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 We're going to be reading from Ephesians chapter 2.

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 So if you'd like to turn there from verse 19 onwards.

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 In him, you are also being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

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 For this reason, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, assuming that

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 you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the

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 mystery was made known to me by revelation as I have written briefly.

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 You have heard, you have read this.

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 You can perceive my insights into the mystery of Christ, which is not made known to the

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 sons of men in other generations, as has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets

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 by the Spirit.

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 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers

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 of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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 Of this gospel, I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given

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 to me by the working of his power.

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 To him, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach

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 to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what

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 is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through

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 the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities

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 in the heavenly places.

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 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus, our Lord,

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 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

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 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

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 For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth

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 is named, that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant you to be strengthened

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 with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts

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 through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend

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 with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the

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 love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, and that you may be filled with all the fullness

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 of God.

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 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the

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 power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout

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 all generations, forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Everyone, and especially to those on Zoom, who can't be with us but may well like to be

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 with us.

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 Okay, I don't think anybody here would have any trouble, you know, just warming to and

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 identifying with that beautiful picture of the heavenly church that we saw last week in

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 Hebrews 12, which Martin started with this morning from Revelation.

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 It just draws us in, doesn't it?

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 It's beautiful.

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 We long for it.

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 But the question this morning sort of bounces against that.

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 How important is the local church?

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 And that's perhaps an abstract question, so let me try and break it down a little bit into

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 two smaller questions and give you a couple of scenarios.

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 So here's a very common scenario today.

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 We'll see what you think about it.

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 Is it acceptable for a Christian to say yes to a relationship with Jesus, but no to commitment

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 to a local church like ours?

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 Now, I would suggest around Newcastle and Australia, there's perhaps thousands of people who would

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 call themselves Christians who say exactly that.

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 I've said yes to Jesus, but no to the church.

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 Not interested.

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 They reject any serious involvement in or commitment to a local church family.

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 Now, having asked that question, then we have to ask a further question that sort of is prompted

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 by that first question, and that is this.

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 Is it actually possible for a Christian to grow into spiritual maturity?

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 And by spiritual maturity, I mean grow in obedience and delight in God.

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 Is it possible to grow into spiritual maturity without being seriously committed to the community of Christ's people in a local church?

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 Well, again, lots of people would say absolutely.

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 So I turn the question a little bit.

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 Is there an alternative pathway to honoring God as my father, and for me as a believer, growing in his love as an adopted child,

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 growing into his likeness?

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 Is there an alternative pathway to doing all that other than community of his people, the local church?

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 As I say, many believers, I know some of them, many believers say, well, yes.

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 And then their answer goes something like this.

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 You see, I'm very much aware of being part of what they call the universal church.

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 That is, I'm loosely connected to all believers everywhere in this world,

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 but I don't feel any need to be particularly connected to any group of believers in the local church, such as this.

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 And often that comes with a whole practice then.

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 So they may well interact selectively with other believers of their choice.

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 So in other words, they just hang out with other Christians that they like, get on easily with.

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 And that's their fellowship.

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 And oftentimes then, in today's society, they'll download sermons, the best speakers in the world, podcasts.

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 They'll download music from YouTube, and they'll sing along with the best produced songs imaginable.

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 And all of that, they say, well, that's part of me being committed to the universal church.

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 Last week, I began the series by suggesting that many Christians appear very confused in their thinking about church.

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 And I said last week that in part that confusion comes from thinking individualistically,

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 as our culture has taught us well.

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 So we think about God's salvation primarily in terms of personal benefit.

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 You know, I've been saved.

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 I've been renewed.

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 I've got a place in heaven.

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 Even though the New Testament predominantly speaks in plural, plural nouns, collective,

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 and focuses on community.

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 More confusion then comes from our own experience.

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 And I spoke about that a little bit last week as well.

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 Our understanding of God's heavenly church, as I've already said,

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 that picture of being gathered in heaven and consisting of all God's saved people throughout eternity,

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 gathered around Jesus, pictured in perfect unity and praise.

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 It's just a warm, lovely picture, isn't it?

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 But it's so very much at odds oftentimes with how we experience the local church,

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 which is, in contrast, so often ugly, hurtful,

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 and perhaps some would say, not everybody, totally unappealing.

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 And I think that's caused many Christians to be rather scathing of the local church in general

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 and devote with their feet by withdrawing from meaningful involvement in and commitment to the local church family.

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 Now, as somebody pointed out last week, of course,

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 not everybody has a negative experience of church.

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 As some of you here might have always just been happily involved in a church somewhere.

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 You might well say,

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 well, I recognize there's no perfect church this side of heaven,

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 and my experience of churching has been wonderful.

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 I quite enjoy going to church.

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 I get quite involved.

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 And that might well be true for some.

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 But you can do all that and still not actually know, according to God's word,

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 the importance of the local church in God's scheme of things.

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 So church then becomes, perhaps, it's a nice, pleasant thing,

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 but it becomes a little bit like a club.

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 So a club's where you go because you get similar interests,

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 and you go with other like-minded people,

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 and you enjoy the time.

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 You might be involved and committed to do certain things.

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 But, you know,

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 don't understand the importance of the local church in God's purposes.

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 And more than that, perhaps you don't even think about what,

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 therefore, a local church family ought to look like,

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 and ought to do,

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 and how it ought to shape itself.

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 So this morning I want to jump into the word

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 and see the link between God's heavenly church,

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 or salvation community,

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 and local churches,

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 local salvation communities.

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 And I'm going to do that as spelled out in Paul's letter to the Ephesians.

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 Now,

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 it should be noted just as we jump into this,

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 because I'm going to walk through a lot of passages

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 without doing any of them in detail.

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 It's an easy way for a pastor to do that,

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 because you avoid all the difficult stuff.

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 But I just want to get a scan for what Paul's saying,

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 because the thing to note here,

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 that when Paul speaks mostly,

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 or when he writes,

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 mostly he's writing in the plural.

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 So he's talking about you plural,

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 or to use the vernacular,

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 use.

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 Use or this,

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 use or that.

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 Yeah.

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 And it's a very good word when it comes to,

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 I don't like it normally,

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 but it's a very good word

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 when it comes to describing church.

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 Paul's always thinking plural.

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 Use.

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 Use.

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 So what does Paul say?

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 Well,

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 in Ephesians 1,

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 Paul's point is,

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 the local church is the means by which God's purpose

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 is achieved in his world.

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 If you look at verses 22 and 23 of Ephesians 1,

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 it talks about God's purpose is to bring everything

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 under the headship of Christ.

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 He put all things under his feet,

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 that's under Christ's feet,

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 and gave him as head over all things to the church,

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 which is his body.

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 The fullness of him who fills all.

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 That's quite an extravagant statement

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 about the relationship of Christ in the church.

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 In other words,

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 everything God has done

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 or will do in his world

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 has been for the benefit

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 of his church.

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 Resulting, if you look at verse 12,

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 resulting in God securing

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 the glory,

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 honor,

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 and praise

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 that he deserves.

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 More precisely,

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 even,

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 everything God has done

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 in this world

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 has been part of his single purpose

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 to secure the salvation

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 of his people

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 in and through Jesus.

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 Jesus,

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 therefore,

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 as it says,

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 is the head of God's new salvation community,

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 in which his saved people,

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 Ephesians 1,

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 verse 3,

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 and following,

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 enjoys every spiritual blessing

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 imaginable.

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 That's what God has been doing

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 in history.

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 And that's what it's expressed

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 in the local church.

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 Every spiritual blessing,

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 new hope,

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 new inheritance together in Christ

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 as a salvation community.

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 And together,

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 responding

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 in a way that ascribes

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 glory and praise

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 to God

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 for his grace and mercy.

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 Ephesians 2 continues.

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 Ephesians 2 says

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 that being a local church

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 or salvation community

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 actually defines us

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 as Christians.

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 It's not too much to say,

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 and Paul uses the language

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 in Ephesians chapter 4,

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 it's not too much to say

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 that being the church

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 is our calling.

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 It defines us.

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 Look at Ephesians 2,

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 verses 4 to 10.

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 Again,

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 I'm not going to have time

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 to read it all,

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 but probably a familiar passage

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 for most of you anyway.

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 Talks there about

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 God being rich in mercy

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 because of the great love

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 which he loved us.

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 Even when we were dead

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 in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with him.

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 And verse 6,

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 raised us up with him,

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 seated us with him,

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 all of this is together,

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 together made alive,

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 together seated

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 in the heavenly realms,

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 together saved from our sin.

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 And this is not your own doing,

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 it is the gift of God.

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 We're joined to Jesus

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 in every way,

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 having to be saved by him.

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 And what that means is

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 that coincidentally,

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 we are,

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 no, not coincidentally,

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 that's the wrong word,

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 simultaneously,

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 we are joined

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 with all other died-for people.

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 That's the together language.

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 We are saved as individuals,

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 as I said last week,

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 but we're always saved

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 into community.

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 It's a new community,

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 and it's defined

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 by our spiritual inheritance

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 in Christ.

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 Together,

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 we have received

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 God's grace and mercy.

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 Together,

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 we have been made alive

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 in Christ.

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 Together,

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 we are guaranteed heaven.

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 And if you look at

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 verses 11 through to 21

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 in Ephesians,

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 continuing on

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 through that chapter,

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 together,

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 we have a new identity

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 in Christ.

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 It talks there about

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 how Jesus breaks down

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 the old dividing wall

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 of hostility

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 and calls it

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 a radical new humanity.

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 The church is actually

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 a new humanity.

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 Old,

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 sin-driven divisions

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 have been replaced

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 with radically new family

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 or community.

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 Pictured,

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 verse 19 through to 21,

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 as a building,

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 a temple,

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 a beautiful temple

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 being built together

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 in Jesus

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 and by Jesus

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 and for Jesus.

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 A temple that's shaped

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 by God's Holy Spirit.

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 And again,

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 there is the commonality,

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 the togetherness.

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 Each of us saved by Christ,

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 each of us has the Holy Spirit

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 within us,

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 renewing us.

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 And that gives us

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 a common bond,

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 a common inheritance,

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 a common salvation

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 and a common identity

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 in community.

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 And in verses 21 and 22,

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 it says,

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 in him the whole structure

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 being joined together

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 grows,

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 present tense,

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 into a holy temple

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 in the Lord.

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 In him,

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 you also are being

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 built together,

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 perfect passive

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 into a dwelling place

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 for God

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 by the Spirit.

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 In some senses,

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 as we read through Ephesians,

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 the church,

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 that building

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 is already completed

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 because of what Christ

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 has done.

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 He has,

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 he's died for people

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 gathered in heaven.

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 But in another sense,

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 it's still ongoing,

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 it's being built,

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 which has got to be

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 a reference

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 to this local church

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 that Paul's writing to

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 at Ephesus.

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 And all of this points

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 to our calling

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 10.

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 So what is our calling?

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 So that through the church,

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 the manifold wisdom of God

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 might now be made known

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 to the rulers

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 and authorities

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 in the heavenly places.

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 This was according

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 to the eternal purpose

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 that he realized

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord.

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 What's our calling

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 as the church

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 together?

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 Well,

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 it's to bear testimony

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 to God's goodness,

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 God's wisdom,

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 God's power

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 in salvation.

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 How do we bear

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 testimony to that?

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 In and through

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 this died for

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 salvation community.

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 As people are changed

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 from the inside out

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 by the power

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 of the gospel

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 and demonstrate

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 that change

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 both to one another

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 and to the wider community,

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 we see God's power,

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 God's wisdom.

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 Who would have thought

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 to do it like that?

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 Again,

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 it must refer

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 to the local church

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 at Ephesus

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 that Paul's writing to

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 because the world

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 can't yet see

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 the heavenly church.

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 So this is

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 meant to be

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 seen

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 through a local church

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 like us.

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 That's a big calling,

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 isn't it?

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 And that's consistent

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 with the rest

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 of Paul's letter

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 which records

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 his prayer

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 and practical

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 encouragement

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 for the believers

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 in Ephesus.

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 So what's his prayer

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 directed towards?

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 He's really saying

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 that he wants

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 the Lord

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 to help them

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 be the people

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 they need to be

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 as believers

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 that will actually

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 bring people

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 to see the glory

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 of God

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 and the wisdom

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 of God

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 and the power

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 of God.

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 He wants them

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 to be

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 this renewed

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 gospel community

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 that they actually

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 are.

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 So the watching

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 world might sit

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 up and take notice

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 and think,

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 wow,

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 there's something

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 different about

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 that bunch

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 of people.

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 Ephesians 4

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 through to 6

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 local churches

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 are the context

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 in which Christians

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 are nurtured

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 to maturity.

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 If you look at

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 verse 1

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 of chapter 4

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 Paul says,

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 I therefore

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 a prisoner

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 for the Lord

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 urge you

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 to walk

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 in a manner

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 worthy

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 of the calling

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 to which

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 you've been called.

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 What's that calling?

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 Well I take it

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 that refers back

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 to the church

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 which he's been

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 saying right through

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 chapters 1,

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 2,

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 and 3.

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 It refers back

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 to your identity

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 in Christ.

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 Walk worthy

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 of who you are

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 in Christ.

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 And that's a

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 together picture.

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 We're to reflect

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 as the following

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 verses then show

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 and I don't have

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 time to read them

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 or get into them

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 but you can read

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 them for yourself

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 sometime.

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 As the following

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 verses spell out

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 we're to reflect

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 the character

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 and attitudes

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 of Jesus

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 to one another

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 in community.

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:50.980
 verses 15 and 16

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 of chapter 4

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 it's something

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 we need to nurture.

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 It's something

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 we need to work

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 towards.

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 It doesn't just

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 happen automatically.

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 It says

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 verse 15

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 rather

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 speaking the truth

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 in love

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 so we're not

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 to be tossed

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 about

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 we're not

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 to be hither

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:07.059
 and just all

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 over the place

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 we've got a pathway

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 to follow

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 and that pathway

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 is speaking

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 the truth

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 in love

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 we are to

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 grow up

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 in every way

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 into him

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 who is the head

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 into Christ

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 and the metaphor

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 changes

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 from a temple

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 now to a body

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 from whom

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 the whole body

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 joined

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 there we go

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 the togetherness

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 held together

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 by every joint

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 with which it is

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 equipped

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 when every part

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 is working

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 properly

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:38.059
 makes the body

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 grow

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 so that it

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 builds itself

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 up in love

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 we're to be

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 the body

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 of Christ

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 we're to be

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 a functioning

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 body

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 of Christ

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 not a dysfunctional

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 body of Christ

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 and that

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 functioning

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.220
 body of Christ

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.100
 will be marked

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:03.620
 as we're held

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.220
 together

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.840
 by speaking

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 the truth

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 in love

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 and being

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 controlled

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.740
 by the input

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 from our head

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.960
 the Lord Jesus

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.340
 Christ

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.019
 through his word

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 and through his spirit

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:20.960
 again it's a very

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.740
 strong picture

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:25.780
 it's in community

00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:28.580
 that we show

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:31.420
 the old

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.060
 divisions

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.880
 the old sin

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.580
 driven divisions

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.640
 are now gone

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 and we operate

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:36.920
 to a different

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.980
 drum beat

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:40.960
 not division

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.100
 but unity

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.320
 is our first

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.240
 reference point

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.620
 in Christ

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:48.940
 now

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:50.780
 let me just sum up

00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:51.340
 to this point

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 given the

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.620
 importance

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:55.660
 that God

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.120
 has given

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.180
 the local church

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.780
 in his salvation

00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.360
 purpose

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:01.480
 then I think

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 it's safe

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.540
 to say this

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 and I say this

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 to you this

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:03.860
 morning

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.640
 and I'll take

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.440
 full responsibility

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.160
 so talk to me

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.440
 afterwards

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.840
 if you think

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.600
 I'm overstating it

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:09.100
 it must be said

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.460
 I think

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.240
 that believers

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 who refuse

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.860
 to join

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.779
 other believers

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.840
 in local churches

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 are actually

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.400
 disobeying God

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:21.039
 they're actually

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.779
 rejecting

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.680
 his calling

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:26.920
 and they're

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.620
 robbing him

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.460
 of the glory

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.819
 he desires

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.680
 through his church

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.700
 and robbing

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.340
 themselves

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.620
 of the

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.080
 opportunity

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.660
 to grow

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.400
 into spiritual

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.880
 maturity

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.360
 now

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.519
 am I saying

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.180
 that a Christian

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.240
 outside a local

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.560
 church

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.320
 can't function

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.940
 can't read

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.440
 can't learn

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 things in the

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.060
 bible

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.980
 absolutely not

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.600
 patently

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.080
 that would be

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.799
 stupid to say

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.039
 that

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.640
 because we can

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.220
 all point to

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.980
 people who do

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.340
 say that

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.400
 but I'm talking

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.440
 about what God

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.080
 would have us

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.560
 be doing

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.840
 and what is

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.660
 actually possible

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.940
 and necessary

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.560
 to do in the

00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:58.200
 local church

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.720
 community

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.559
 which we

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.519
 can't do

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:02.120
 individually

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.299
 and in

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.799
 isolation

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.640
 and that's

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:07.900
 I think

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.360
 behind the

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.960
 appeal of

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.700
 another well

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.340
 known verse

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.080
 in Hebrews

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:12.160
 chapter 10

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.220
 verse 24

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 and 25

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.559
 where the

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:14.940
 writer to

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.279
 Hebrews

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.759
 says to

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 the Christians

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 there

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.920
 look

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 do not

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.539
 neglect

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.420
 to meet

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.920
 together

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 is it just

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.180
 because well

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.180
 come on guys

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 I'm all into

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.420
 habits here

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.860
 this is what

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.240
 we normally

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.740
 do on Sunday

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:27.960
 morning

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.559
 I won't

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.000
 know what

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.299
 to do

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.640
 to fill

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:29.900
 in that

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.120
 hour

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.359
 if we

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.519
 don't

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.700
 meet

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.000
 together

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.000
 no

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.940
 that's

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.180
 not what

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.279
 he's

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.480
 about

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.740
 at all

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:33.960
 he's

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.059
 saying

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.519
 do not

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.839
 neglect

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.259
 to meet

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.640
 together

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:35.980
 why

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.819
 so we

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.039
 might

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.720
 stir

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.279
 one another

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.640
 up

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.620
 to love

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.319
 there it

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.799
 is again

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.880
 and good

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.259
 deeds

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.779
 showing

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:45.000
 the changing

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.720
 power of the

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.120
 gospel

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.160
 the wisdom

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.960
 of God

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.579
 the glory

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.099
 of God

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:54.680
 okay

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.039
 let's take

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.500
 another step

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.819
 forward

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.019
 then

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.640
 how does

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.099
 the heavenly

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.659
 church

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.139
 which is

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.599
 beautiful

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.240
 and extreme

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.480
 and its

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.159
 expression

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.919
 in local

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.399
 churches

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.679
 then

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.480
 fit together

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.579
 practically

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:07.459
 so at

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.919
 one point

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.439
 as Martin

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.039
 already said

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.399
 so I

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.599
 thought

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.980
 I might

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.240
 not even

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.480
 have to

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.859
 preach this

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.039
 morning

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.359
 Martin

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.159
 was doing

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:14.199
 it really

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:14.439
 well

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.059
 at one

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.299
 point

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.480
 they

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.059
 completely

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.779
 overlap

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:20.139
 that is

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:21.240
 a local

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.879
 church

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.379
 properly

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.879
 formed

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.199
 around

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.660
 Christ

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:24.960
 and his

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.299
 word

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.440
 is a

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.380
 microcosm

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.200
 of the

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.460
 heavenly

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.940
 church

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.360
 of the

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.640
 heavenly

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.140
 church

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:32.700
 as Martin

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:32.980
 said

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.640
 it is a

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.220
 foretaste

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.740
 of heaven

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.920
 as our

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.860
 sermon series

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.299
 is called

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.799
 it is

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.200
 properly

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.220
 described as

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.700
 the church

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.159
 of God

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:42.180
 we are

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.619
 properly

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.379
 described here

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:43.940
 this morning

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.259
 one local

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.279
 church expression

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.700
 among

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.440
 countless

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.039
 thousands

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.500
 around the

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.259
 world

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.799
 but we are

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.259
 properly

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.940
 described here

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.319
 this morning

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.960
 as the

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.680
 church of

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.960
 God

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.480
 the church

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.019
 of Christ

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:57.019
 not just

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.799
 part of the

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.159
 church of

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.460
 Christ

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.079
 although that's

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.539
 also true

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:01.000
 but we are

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.599
 the church

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.240
 of Christ

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.299
 church of

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.519
 God

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.579
 gathered here

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.980
 in this

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.339
 building

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.299
 at Glendale

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:09.059
 interestingly

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.619
 when Paul

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.099
 addresses

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.839
 the

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.720
 rights to

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:11.919
 the

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.399
 Corinthian

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.819
 church

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.199
 that's

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.460
 how he

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.759
 starts

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:13.960
 off

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.339
 now remember

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.799
 the Corinthian

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.059
 church

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.939
 it was

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.319
 about as

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.240
 full of

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.919
 division

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.980
 and bitterness

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.179
 and dysfunction

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:21.720
 as is

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.359
 imaginable

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:24.659
 but Paul's

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.359
 opening words

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.899
 are he

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.460
 addresses them

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.859
 as saints

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:28.419
 the church

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:30.220
 in Corinth

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.059
 for all

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.179
 their

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:33.039
 imperfections

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:35.019
 for all

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.500
 their sin

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.799
 they are

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.420
 the church

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.740
 in Corinth

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.940
 and indeed

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.420
 when you read

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.700
 through

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.339
 Corinthians

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.980
 you'll find

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.319
 that the

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.000
 reason Paul

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.619
 starts with

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.940
 that is

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.299
 because

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.599
 that is

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.379
 his basis

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.180
 of appeal

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.639
 for renewed

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.240
 behaviour

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.819
 renewed

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.279
 thinking

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.200
 in that

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.599
 community

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.839
 because they

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.319
 are the

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.759
 church

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.859
 you've got

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.200
 to start

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.079
 acting like

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.279
 it

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.940
 and stop

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.680
 acting like

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.460
 unbelievers

00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:00.019
 is Paul's

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.299
 argument

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.539
 through

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.019
 Corinthians

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:06.660
 so at

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.039
 one point

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.240
 they

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.879
 completely

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.339
 overlap

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.819
 but another

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.139
 point

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.339
 then

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.519
 there's

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.099
 significant

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.680
 differences

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.099
 between

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.299
 the

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.559
 heavenly

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.019
 church

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.420
 and the

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.639
 local

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.000
 church

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.259
 and you

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.500
 probably

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.019
 don't need

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.319
 me

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.920
 to

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.680
 point

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:15.839
 them

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:15.980
 out

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.160
 although

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.539
 I was

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.059
 particularly

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.200
 hoping

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.480
 that

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.279
 the little

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.619
 one who

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:19.879
 said

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.119
 that

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.480
 they

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.680
 come

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:20.859
 to

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.059
 listen

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.240
 to

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.619
 God

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.400
 on

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.700
 Sunday

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:22.960
 might

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.059
 have

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.259
 been

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.680
 referring

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.920
 to

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.279
 me

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.200
 but

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:29.059
 just

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.680
 leave me

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.940
 in my

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.140
 little

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.440
 bubble

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.620
 of

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.840
 hope

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.220
 alright

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.180
 please

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.860
 don't

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.279
 blow

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.460
 me

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.660
 down

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.759
 on

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:34.880
 that

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.039
 one

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.220
 yeah

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.980
 there's

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.400
 significant

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.860
 differences

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.759
 the

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.059
 heavenly

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.500
 church

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.720
 is

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.120
 gathered

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:42.019
 by

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.519
 God

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.299
 and

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.480
 is

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.960
 perfect

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.240
 and

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.740
 complete

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.059
 in

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.380
 every

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.700
 way

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.900
 sinless

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:49.580
 totally

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.039
 secure

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.440
 but

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.660
 on the

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.840
 other

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.200
 hand

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.720
 and I

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.200
 struggle

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.620
 to

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:53.860
 work

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:53.960
 out

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.180
 which

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.500
 words

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.819
 use

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:54.980
 here

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.160
 so

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.420
 I'm

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.579
 going

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.740
 with

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:55.900
 this

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.339
 on

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.440
 the

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.619
 other

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:56.920
 hand

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.980
 local

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.440
 churches

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.660
 are

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.180
 human

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.200
 communities

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.880
 Martin

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.059
 Luther

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.619
 wrote

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.160
 that

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.319
 the

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.720
 face

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:06.980
 of

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.119
 the

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.400
 local

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.980
 church

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.940
 is

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.079
 the

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.619
 face

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.019
 of

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.200
 the

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.480
 sinner

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.380
 and

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.500
 what

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.599
 he

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.720
 was

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:13.920
 saying

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.160
 there

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.400
 is

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.559
 that

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.779
 our

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.099
 local

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.599
 church

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.059
 will

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.660
 always

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.880
 be

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.059
 a

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.339
 mixed

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.920
 bag

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.119
 it

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.200
 will

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.299
 be

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.400
 a

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.579
 mixed

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.880
 bag

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.119
 of

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.680
 saved

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.200
 and

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.779
 unsaved

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.140
 people

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.059
 even

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.240
 though

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.419
 that

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:24.679
 won't

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.079
 always

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.359
 be

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.059
 obvious

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.700
 and

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.919
 those

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.079
 who

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.299
 are

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.579
 saved

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.720
 and

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.139
 unsaved

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.720
 won't

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.119
 always

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.259
 be

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.419
 the

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.679
 ones

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:29.879
 we

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.159
 think

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.399
 are

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.579
 the

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.220
 unsaved

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.379
 and

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.480
 the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.700
 saved

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.019
 ones

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.279
 Christ

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.700
 tells us

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.839
 that

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:33.940
 in

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.159
 different

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.539
 points

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.339
 so

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.440
 it's

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.619
 always

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:35.740
 a

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:35.919
 mixed

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.319
 bag

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.679
 of

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.200
 saved

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.359
 and

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.839
 unsaved

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.359
 but

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.519
 it's

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.819
 also

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.339
 always

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.500
 going

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.639
 to be

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:39.759
 a

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:39.980
 mixed

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.339
 bag

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.539
 of

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.819
 good

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.059
 and

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.319
 bad

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.899
 motivations

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.159
 in

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.399
 whatever

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.659
 we

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:42.819
 do

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.259
 together

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.440
 good

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.659
 and

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:45.980
 bad

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.700
 attitudes

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:46.919
 and

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.539
 behaviours

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.859
 you

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.059
 don't

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.240
 need

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.399
 me

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.559
 to

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.720
 tell

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:49.819
 you

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.039
 that

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.659
 that's

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.139
 as plain

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.259
 as the nose

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.700
 on my

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.139
 face

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.740
 and that's

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.000
 plain

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.159
 the local

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.599
 church

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.399
 therefore is like

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:57.859
 God's

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.700
 building site

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:02.200
 and like

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.460
 all

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.880
 building

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.360
 sites

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.259
 it can

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.460
 be

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.900
 ugly

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.740
 and

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.200
 messy

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.460
 to

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.900
 observe

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.120
 and

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.600
 chaotic

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:10.460
 but

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.759
 here's

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.059
 where so

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.259
 many

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.620
 Christians

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.960
 get it

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.279
 wrong

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:14.740
 they

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.259
 harshly

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.039
 criticise

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.240
 the

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.600
 local

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.440
 church

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.240
 as a

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.500
 building

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.819
 site

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.160
 because

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.400
 of

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.779
 present

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.880
 imperfections

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.759
 but

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.140
 forget

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.400
 that it

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.700
 is a

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.940
 building

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.380
 site

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.000
 and

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.140
 that

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.380
 one

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.799
 day

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.799
 out

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:26.900
 of

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.059
 the

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.620
 ugliness

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:27.799
 and

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:27.940
 the

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.319
 messiness

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.179
 and

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.659
 the

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.460
 chaos

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.119
 will

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.859
 arise

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.720
 a

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.019
 beautiful

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.519
 building

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:38.339
 Richard

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.819
 Baxter

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.359
 one of

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.460
 the

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.899
 Puritans

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.439
 described

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.639
 the

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:40.879
 local

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.299
 church

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.279
 as

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.679
 being

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:42.919
 like

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.119
 a

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.460
 field

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.179
 hospital

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:46.779
 and

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:46.879
 he

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.039
 said

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.500
 Christians

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.700
 are

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.220
 patients

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.179
 and

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.319
 they're

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.480
 in

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.599
 the

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:49.960
 hospital

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.379
 because

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.379
 they

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.740
 need

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.500
 what

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.679
 the

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.019
 hospital

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.279
 can

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.639
 offer

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:53.879
 them

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.480
 they

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.700
 need

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:54.879
 the

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.299
 ongoing

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.919
 treatment

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.519
 that

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.960
 God's

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.299
 word

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.559
 and

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.960
 God's

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.379
 spirit

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.599
 and

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:58.899
 God's

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.220
 people

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.679
 offer

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:02.139
 as

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.259
 they're

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.519
 being

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.480
 renewed

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.940
 from the

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.259
 inside

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.679
 out

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:06.799
 and

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.099
 Baxter

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.519
 goes on

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.799
 to say

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:07.960
 then

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.319
 well

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.679
 how sad

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:09.960
 is it

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.399
 that when

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.679
 one patient

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.240
 who's in

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.099
 hospital for

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.779
 this particular

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.240
 illness

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.899
 then criticizes

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.980
 all the other

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.619
 patients who

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.159
 happen to be in

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.559
 the hospital

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.159
 for the same

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.639
 illness

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:23.820
 and

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:23.920
 they

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.020
 said

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:24.320
 well I'm

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.580
 not going

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:24.820
 to stay

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.060
 in this

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.580
 hospital

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.100
 with all

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.520
 you other

00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.340
 sick

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.680
 people

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.900
 it's a bit

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.259
 ironic

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.720
 isn't it

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:36.740
 when we

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.300
 should all

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:37.660
 be

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.660
 supplying

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.620
 the

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.020
 balm

00:30:40.020 --> 00:30:40.440
 of the

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.840
 gospel

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.380
 the balm

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.900
 of God's

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.180
 word

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.300
 the

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:43.920
 medication

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.980
 that Jesus

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.360
 has

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.259
 freely

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.359
 made

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.819
 available

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.400
 and which

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.740
 we so

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.299
 desperately

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.819
 need

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:52.539
 and

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.879
 desperately

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.180
 need

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.379
 one

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.619
 another

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.799
 to

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.160
 apply

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.420
 it

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:58.420
 so

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.539
 the

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.680
 little

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.200
 community

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.140
 is formed

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.680
 by the

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.059
 gospel

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.879
 and for

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.059
 the

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.400
 gospel

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:04.299
 and that

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.619
 must be

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.799
 the

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.460
 starting

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.819
 point

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.039
 for

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.660
 working

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.879
 out

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.079
 what

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.259
 a

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.660
 true

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.160
 local

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.519
 church

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.859
 family

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.079
 will

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.279
 look

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.640
 like

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:11.099
 since

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.279
 it's

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.440
 to be

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.579
 a

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.879
 colony

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.200
 of

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.440
 heaven

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.599
 and

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:12.859
 earth

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.559
 I'll

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.660
 be

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:13.819
 saying

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.079
 more

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.240
 about

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.440
 this

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.879
 next

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.099
 week

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.220
 when

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.319
 we

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.460
 look

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.539
 at

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.660
 the

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.039
 agenda

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.279
 for

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.399
 the

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.599
 local

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.000
 church

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.000
 but

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.460
 just

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.759
 some

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.279
 summary

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.599
 points

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.779
 here

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.019
 now

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.720
 so

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.059
 the

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.399
 local

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.920
 church

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.460
 formed

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.799
 by

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.259
 the

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.559
 gospel

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:23.759
 and

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.000
 for

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.180
 the

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.480
 gospel

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.819
 therefore

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.059
 must

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.299
 be

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.480
 an

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.079
 integrated

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.579
 functioning

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.240
 body

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.899
 that's

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.039
 the

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.559
 building

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.039
 integrated

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.559
 is the

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.879
 building

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.059
 the

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.899
 interdependency

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.980
 functioning

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.500
 body

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.920
 with

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.379
 Christ

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.259
 demonstrably

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.879
 as

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.159
 head

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.440
 of that

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.740
 body

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.480
 the

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.759
 dominant

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.240
 picture

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.440
 of the

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.680
 local

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.079
 church

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.399
 throughout

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.619
 the

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:45.779
 new

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.039
 testament

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.419
 is

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.699
 that

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:46.859
 of

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:46.980
 a

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.259
 body

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.899
 many

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.559
 parts

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.819
 forming

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.199
 an

00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:51.659
 organic

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.199
 whole

00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:54.799
 and

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.199
 Christ

00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:55.720
 as the

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.960
 head

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.319
 of that

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.599
 body

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.119
 and that's

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.299
 what we

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.599
 saw in

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.939
 chapter

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.919
 these

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.339
 Ephesians

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.659
 verses

00:31:59.659 --> 00:31:59.899
 and we

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.119
 see it

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.419
 again in

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.980
 chapter 4

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.559
 verses 12

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.980
 to 16

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.259
 that I

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.659
 referred to

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.019
 before

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:06.439
 and what

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:06.899
 that means

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.439
 is this

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:09.379
 if we're

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.799
 going to be

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.460
 the local

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.019
 church

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.379
 in a

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.659
 proper

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.159
 expression

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.519
 then we

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.059
 always need

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.339
 to be

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.799
 word

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.359
 centered

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:17.220
 we

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.700
 always need

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.139
 to be

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.759
 Christ

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.319
 centered

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.599
 because

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.000
 Christ

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.259
 is the

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.500
 head

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.799
 and it's

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.019
 through

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.279
 his

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.720
 word

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.000
 that he

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.480
 brings

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.899
 renewal

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:26.720
 and that

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.079
 means we

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.519
 therefore have

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.039
 to be

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.700
 spirit

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.339
 dependent

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:31.059
 because the

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.500
 spirit

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:33.059
 enlivens

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.579
 us

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.960
 through

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.599
 the word

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.419
 and it's the

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:38.859
 spirit that

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.539
 enables us to

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.059
 participate

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.779
 meaningfully

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.619
 in this

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.220
 local body

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.720
 of Christ

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.259
 and it

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.500
 means that

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.899
 we need

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:48.119
 to strive

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:49.740
 to maintain

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.480
 a sense

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.980
 of being

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.799
 one family

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.259
 an integrated

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.680
 whole

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.839
 that's what

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.200
 a body

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.619
 is

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:58.019
 and that

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.420
 needs to

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.059
 happen not

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.799
 just when we

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.379
 meet together

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.980
 on Sunday

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.519
 morning as

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.839
 we're doing

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.200
 now

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.680
 but it also

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.299
 needs to be

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.759
 front and

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.240
 center in our

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.240
 mind as we

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.940
 meet together

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.539
 in a whole

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.180
 range of

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.819
 subunits

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.220
 during the

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.480
 week

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.259
 whether it's

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.940
 small group

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.819
 or kids

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.220
 club

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:14.519
 or play

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.880
 group

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.640
 or

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.240
 peer based

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.559
 groups

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.339
 or age

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.740
 specific

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.079
 learning

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.440
 groups

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.839
 interest

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.120
 groups

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.460
 and so

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.640
 on and

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:22.980
 so forth

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.259
 we get

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.860
 so many

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.559
 subunits

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.839
 each one

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.140
 of those

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.680
 subunits

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.140
 needs to

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.259
 be viewed

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:30.079
 as part

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.420
 of the

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.480
 integrated

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.980
 whole

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:36.980
 it must

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.440
 always be

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.500
 seen as

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.079
 being

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.700
 beneficial

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.480
 in so

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.779
 much

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.220
 as

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.700
 they

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.980
 help

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.200
 us

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.900
 become

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.240
 part

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.319
 of

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.400
 the

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.759
 integrated

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.059
 whole

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.640
 not

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.859
 that

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.000
 they

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.319
 become

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.640
 little

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.440
 churches

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.700
 in their

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.859
 own

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.180
 right

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:52.660
 and we

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.299
 must always

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.559
 show

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.079
 unity

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.779
 and

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.920
 interdependence

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.559
 in the

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.160
 context

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.420
 of

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.980
 diversity

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.460
 now

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.619
 this is a

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:00.819
 really

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.319
 challenging

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.799
 one for

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.059
 us as

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.319
 Christians

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.680
 I think

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.180
 because we

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.079
 always start

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.000
 or tendency

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.680
 rather is to

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.000
 start

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.740
 from the

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.119
 point of

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.420
 view of

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.059
 difference

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:10.039
 and then

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.599
 wonder how

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:10.980
 we can

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.260
 manage or

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.940
 conjure up

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.380
 unity

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:20.340
 but if I'm

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.800
 understanding

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.300
 Ephesians

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.920
 chapter 4

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.440
 verses 1

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.820
 to 6

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.159
 right

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.460
 then our

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.039
 starting point

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.539
 is wrong

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.059
 we need to be

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.920
 starting from a

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.400
 point of view

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.960
 of unity

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.960
 in Christ

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.900
 by the

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.360
 spirit

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.900
 and then

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.460
 work out

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.720
 given that

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.159
 unity

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.720
 what is the

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.360
 freedom to

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.820
 express

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.460
 diversity

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 it's an

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.519
 entirely

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.880
 different

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.240
 picture

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.699
 and it

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.960
 will give

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.539
 an entirely

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.860
 different

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.500
 feel to

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.820
 a group

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.400
 like ours

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:51.780
 so we

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.420
 can express

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.079
 diversity

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.019
 in age

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.099
 that's a

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.380
 lovely

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.400
 diversity

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.639
 to be

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.900
 expressed

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.780
 in an

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.480
 interdependent

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.780
 way

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:02.460
 young

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.480
 need the

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.220
 life experience

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.500
 of us

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.780
 old

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.220
 geezers

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:06.599
 and us

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.160
 old

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.480
 geezers

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.900
 need the

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.320
 energy

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.619
 and the

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.000
 kick up

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.579
 well

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.019
 the

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.619
 encouragement

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.019
 shall I

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.200
 say

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.940
 of

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:15.280
 the

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.539
 younger

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.980
 people

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:21.740
 I'm going

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.160
 to recover

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.800
 that for a

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:22.980
 minute

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.820
 not sure

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.160
 where that

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.639
 came from

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.180
 I've lost

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.639
 my place

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.059
 in my notes

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.420
 as well

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:31.460
 just move

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.700
 on

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:33.200
 we see

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.460
 that

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.019
 difference

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.480
 in

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.300
 approach

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.920
 when

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.159
 Christians

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.659
 then just

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.180
 up and

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.579
 leave

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:40.659
 I don't

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.460
 like that

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.559
 person

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.800
 in how

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:43.960
 they're

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.340
 expressing

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.519
 their

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.960
 diversity

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.460
 so I'm

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.700
 out of

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:45.940
 here

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:51.320
 we so

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.659
 easily

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.119
 express

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.300
 our

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.720
 differences

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.180
 through

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:54.079
 criticism

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:57.440
 but we

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.860
 so easily

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.639
 forget

00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:00.159
 to express

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.380
 our

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.840
 unity

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.960
 through

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.579
 selfless

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.460
 participation

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.400
 in a

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.619
 church

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.019
 family

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.539
 like this

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.199
 for the

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.460
 good of

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.719
 all

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:37.719


00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.000
 it's not

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.439
 gospel

00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:38.779
 shaped

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.179
 at all

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:42.599
 I could

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.859
 take you

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.199
 to lots

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.639
 of churches

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.839
 where the

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:45.559
 community is

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.119
 built around

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.139
 similar likes

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.299
 and dislikes

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.439
 or similar

00:36:49.439 --> 00:36:50.039
 needs

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:51.799
 similar

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.839
 demographics

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.779
 similar stage

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.399
 in life

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.519
 so you

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.720
 have

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:57.240
 congregations

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.519
 where they're

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.720
 just

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.160
 teenagers

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.579
 you've got

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.099
 congregations

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.340
 where you

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.599
 have young

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.039
 families

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.380
 and you've

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.400
 got

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.920
 congregations

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.780
 where they're

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.320
 old people

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.900
 and it's

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.680
 just based

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.280
 around

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.220
 lovely

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.800
 enjoyable

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.420
 community

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:09.539
 but it's

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.280
 not gospel

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.680
 shaped

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:12.380
 in that

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.840
 sense

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:16.740
 or it may

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.079
 not be

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.340
 gospel

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.760
 shaped

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:22.840
 well I

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.139
 want to

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.440
 say to you

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.760
 this morning

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.220
 that God

00:37:24.220 --> 00:37:24.760
 is not

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.240
 happy

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.920
 just to

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.260
 have

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:28.620
 entertaining

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.920
 engaging

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.580
 meetings

00:37:30.580 --> 00:37:31.520
 and music

00:37:31.520 --> 00:37:32.440
 which are

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.220
 well attended

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:34.660
 and well

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:35.160
 enjoyed

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:41.020
 he wants

00:37:41.020 --> 00:37:41.680
 us as a

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.120
 local

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.720
 salvation

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.360
 community

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.100
 to show

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.780
 the life

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.400
 changing

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.040
 power

00:37:46.040 --> 00:37:47.020
 of the

00:37:47.020 --> 00:37:47.420
 gospel

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.760
 in diversity

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:51.360
 in our

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.840
 life and

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.400
 relationships

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.200
 within and

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.699
 beyond the

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:53.919
 church

00:37:53.919 --> 00:37:54.299
 family

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:56.359
 so wrapping

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.639
 up

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:58.079
 going back

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.299
 to the

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.759
 questions I

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.259
 started with

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.559
 I suggested

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.039
 this morning

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.299
 that the

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:01.679
 answer to

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.079
 the questions

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.519
 I posed

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.899
 at the very

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:04.179
 start has

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.699
 to be a

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.759
 very loud

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.659
 and definite

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.439
 no

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:11.440
 a believer

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.460
 a believer

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.139
 cannot

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.920
 as I

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.260
 understand

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.480
 the

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.800
 scripture

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:16.179
 be in

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.679
 Christ

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:18.119
 and speak

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.599
 of God

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.019
 as my

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.599
 father

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.000
 and consider

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.559
 myself

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.539
 to be an

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.900
 adopted

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.559
 child

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.200
 into his

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.679
 family

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.720
 and at the

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.139
 same time

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.639
 reject

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.260
 God's

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.599
 family

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:29.039
 or sit

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.360
 loose

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.820
 to it

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:36.940
 and remember

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.480
 that family

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.080
 was assembled

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:38.539
 at great

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.940
 cost

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.340
 it's a

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.740
 died

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.220
 for

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.880
 family

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:44.400
 and again

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.880
 I would say

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.240
 a believer

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:46.120
 cannot expect

00:38:46.120 --> 00:38:46.660
 to become

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.420
 spiritually

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.019
 mature

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.080
 in isolation

00:38:49.080 --> 00:38:51.039
 even when

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.559
 listening to

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.160
 the best

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:52.620
 sermons

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:53.039
 and the

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.880
 best songs

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.580
 from around

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:56.039
 the world

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:59.000
 because

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.460
 there's an

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.059
 aspect of

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.480
 that that

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.460
 comes only

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.719
 by rubbing

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.259
 shoulders

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.800
 with other

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.539
 sinful people

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:06.360
 which is

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.559
 our

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.239
 opportunity

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:10.340
 to learn

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:11.279
 to act

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.059
 towards others

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.739
 in grace

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.940
 to know

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.519
 ourselves

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.900
 and to be

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.320
 gracious

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.000
 and loving

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:19.119
 and what

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.659
 else does

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.300
 that say

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.019
 except

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.619
 the glory

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.940
 of the

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.179
 Lord

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.900
 changing

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.300
 us from

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.679
 the inside

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:24.960
 out

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:31.420
 the context

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:31.840
 in which

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.559
 we struggle

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.960
 and it is

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.400
 a struggle

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.059
 and we

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.639
 strive to

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.000
 grow up

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.599
 into maturity

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.019
 or become

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.599
 more and more

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.079
 like Christ

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.940
 must be

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.280
 in community

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:40.139
 because that's

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.699
 where it makes

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.579
 some sense

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:43.480
 to be challenged

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.079
 to speak

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.579
 the truth

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.119
 and love

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:47.300
 to express

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.079
 and maintain

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.940
 that unity

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.539
 and richness

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.199
 which we have

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.619
 in Christ

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.039
 which is

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.699
 constantly

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.420
 under threat

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.900
 because of

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.539
 our sinfulness

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:58.619
 God has

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.019
 brought us

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.739
 into a

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.519
 died for

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.119
 salvation

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.779
 community

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.840
 that is

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.840
 local churches

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.779
 as I said

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.320
 from Hebrews

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:06.340
 that we might

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.679
 stir one another

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.259
 up to love

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:11.039
 and good deeds

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:15.800
 two more

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.139
 sentences

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.639
 so many

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.139
 believers

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.400
 ask this

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.860
 question

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.880
 where does

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.340
 God

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.779
 and the

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.259
 church

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:23.039
 fit into

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.900
 my life

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.539
 or work

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.059
 or leisure

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:29.480
 but I think

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.980
 the real

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.460
 question

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.279
 ought to be

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.860
 how is

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.779
 my life

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:34.480
 fitted

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.139
 into

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.460
 God's

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.300
 local church

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:39.360
 his central

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.880
 purpose

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.820
 for salvation

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:42.300
 the defining

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.960
 point

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.460
 of my

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:44.019
 existence

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.539
 as a

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.940
 believer

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.360
 the point

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.720
 of my

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.300
 identity

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:48.380
 in Christ

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:50.700
 my calling

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:52.059
 the context

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.420
 in which

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.920
 I become

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.780
 mature in him

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.920
 and thereby

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:56.180
 give him

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:56.660
 the glory

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.340
 he deserves

00:40:57.340 --> 00:41:01.039
 so the

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.300
 question

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.860
 needs to be

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.280
 how is

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.960
 my life

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.240
 fitted

00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:03.900
 into that

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:09.059
 very

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.460
 simply

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.980
 Christ

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.079
 calls you

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.120
 and me

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.800
 individually

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.620
 and together

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.820
 to have

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.460
 the same

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.260
 passion

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:17.000
 for his

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.660
 died for

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.240
 community

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:19.480
 in local

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.059
 expression

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.660
 as he

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:21.940
 has

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:24.920
 and

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.280
 to overdose

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:26.139
 million

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.519
 apologise

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.320
 last

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:27.840
 last

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:32.300
 and

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.420
 the

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:34.260
 how is

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:34.380
ivoliar

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.059
 to

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.480
そして

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.159
 who

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.579
 the

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.000
 opposite

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.200
 going

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:37.639
 as

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.619
 ou

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.000
 or