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 If you're looking at the new Bible, that is page 956.

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 We are resuming our series in 1 Corinthians after taking a short break around Easter time.

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 But we'll be plowing ahead, entering into the second half of this book.

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 So let's read together 1 Corinthians chapter 8, reading the whole chapter this morning.

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 Now concerning food offered to idols.

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 We know that all of us possess knowledge.

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 This knowledge pops up, but love builds up.

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 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

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 But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

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 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol has no real existence

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 and that there is no God but one.

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 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords.

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 Yet for us, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist.

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 And one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

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 However, not all possess this knowledge.

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 But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol,

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 and their conscience being weak is defiled.

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 Food will not commend us to God.

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 We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.

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 But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

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 For if anyone who sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple,

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 will he not be encouraged if his conscience is weak to eat food offered to idols?

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 And so by your knowledge, this weak person is destroyed.

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 The brother from whom Christ died.

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 Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

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 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

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 Well, the topic of today's sermon is food sacrificed to idols.

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 At least that's the headache of the ESV.

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 If you were raised in a Western culture, that topic might seem completely irrelevant.

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 You might wonder, why does Paul spend the next three chapters discussing this issue?

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 What, if anything, does this have to do with me?

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 You know, a few years ago, somebody actually admitted to me that they had looked at the sermon card

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 and read the passage that we were going to be preaching on

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 and decided that it just wasn't worth coming to church that day.

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 So I'm glad you didn't do that.

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 I'm wondering for you, don't tune out.

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 Here's a couple reasons why this passage is relevant.

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 At first, the issue of food offered to idols is still relevant in many cultures.

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 Recently, I was talking to another pastor who had preached for 1 Corinthians to his church.

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 And the members of his church were mostly African and Caribbean immigrants.

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 And he said, you know, a whole section about sex and marriage, chapters 6 and 7.

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 I thought that could be controversial, but pretty much everyone seemed to agree,

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 in principle at least, with what Paul was saying.

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 But then we got the food offered to idols.

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 And this was the most controversial section of the whole book.

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 One person said, whenever I go home and my mom puts a meal,

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 she'll pour out some of the food on an image that sits in our front yard

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 as a way of warding off evil spirits.

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 Or maybe you're from an Asian culture.

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 What about the traditional meals eaten in honor of ancestors?

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 Or is it in worship of ancestors?

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 Are they harmless cultural traditions?

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 Are they pagan religious rituals?

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 Should Christians not make a big deal out of them?

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 Or should Christians completely refrain from participating in them?

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 You know, if you go into most of the Thai restaurants in New Haven,

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 you may notice that in the entryway, there's often a little statue of the Buddha.

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 And there's often a little food placed right in front of you.

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 So for some of you, these may be very real issues

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 that have potential to cause a lot of tension in your family

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 or among your close friends who follow a different religious tradition.

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 And the question there is, how do I remain loyal to Christ

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 without unnecessarily offending people who are close to me?

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 Where do I draw the line between cultural expressions and religious practices?

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 How do I show respect to people who I love

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 without endorsing practices that don't reflect God's will?

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 So we'll try to address some of those questions over the next few weeks,

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 especially when we get to chapter 10.

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 But before we go on, let me just point out

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 that in every culture there are some biblical teachings

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 that deeply resonate with our intuitions.

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 They make total sense to us.

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 And we say, that's true wisdom.

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 That's beautiful.

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 There are other biblical teachings that sound strange and countercultural

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 and we inherently tend to resist them.

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 Now from the Bible's perspective, that makes sense

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 because we're all created in the image of God

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 and yet we're all deeply flawed and corrupted by sin.

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 But since every culture and every person is different,

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 the parts of the Bible that you most struggle with

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 that seem most implausible to you

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 may be the parts that are most obviously true

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 and uncontroversial and make intuitive sense

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 from someone else's perspective or someone else's culture.

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 You know, it's helpful to realize this.

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 Your own doubts and questions are largely determined

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 by your cultural background

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 and the historical moment in which you live.

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 That doesn't mean you should simply dismiss them or ignore them.

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 But it does mean you shouldn't see them as absolute,

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 unchangeable objections which every reasonable person would share.

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 If you're really struggling with any biblical teaching,

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 it's helpful to ask,

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 what is it that I'm assuming

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 that makes it so hard for me

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 to accept what the Bible says in this particular area?

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 Well, so food offered to idols is a concern for many Christians today.

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 Second, the second reason why this is relevant

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 is Paul's primary concern in this section

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 is not actually just whether you should eat food offered to idols.

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 If that was Paul's only concern,

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 he could have skipped chapter 8, chapter 9,

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 most of chapter 10 and gone right to chapter 10,

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 verse 21 and 25 and 27,

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 where he finally answers that question.

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 And if you want to know Paul's answer,

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 should you eat food sacrificed offered to idols,

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 his answer is this.

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 Number one, don't participate in religious feasts

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 which involve idol worship.

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 That's 1021.

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 But second, if you're in the marketplace

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 or you're at somebody's house,

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 you can eat whatever you want

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 as long as it's not explicitly associated

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 with promoting idolatry.

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 As long as by eating you're not actively promoting it.

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 Now, we'll get to untangling that in a couple of weeks.

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 So for Paul, eating food offered to idols,

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 in the context of pagan religious feasts,

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 it's not actually simply a matter of opinion

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 over which Christians may differ.

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 Sometimes people think that this passage

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 is talking about the same thing as Romans 14,

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 which talks about opinions or disputable matters.

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 There's actually a difference.

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 Romans 14 does not mention food offered to idols.

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 It's talking more about flea and unclean foods,

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 which is sort of a different issue.

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 And so Paul agrees with Acts 15,

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 the decree of the Jerusalem Council,

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 and Revelation 2,

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 where the Apostle John warns against Christians

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 eating food offered to idols.

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 So the New Testament is actually consistent

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 on this issue,

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 which is something I didn't always realize.

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 But that's, I think,

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 the best way to put things together.

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 Now, if that's the answer,

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 why does Paul spend three whole chapters on this topic?

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 And the reason is Paul's more concerned

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 with a bunch of bigger issues that are related.

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 So three of the issues Paul's concerned with

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 in these chapters are,

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 one, how should the Christian church

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 relate to the outside unbelieving world?

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 Second, how should Christians

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 with different social backgrounds

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 and different opinions

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 relate to one another?

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 Third, how does your freedom in Christ

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 relate to your responsibility

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 to other people in the body of Christ?

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 So these are three of the issues

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 that Paul will be dealing with

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 in these next three chapters.

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 He doesn't just want to draw the boundaries

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 and say you can do this,

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 you can't do that.

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 He wants to address this at the level

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 of our motivations and our identity.

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 Say, who are you?

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 Who do you belong to?

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 You know, a lot of Christian answers

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 to ethical questions only make sense

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 if you start with, who are you?

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 Who do you belong to?

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 You're a human being created in God's image

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 or someone who's called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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 A lot of Christian ethical answers

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 only make sense in the context

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 of the Christian worldview.

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 So that's what Paul's doing all along

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 in 1 Corinthians.

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 He's addressing all kinds of different issues

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 by bringing them back to the message

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 of Christ crucified and risen.

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 Now before we jump into chapter 8,

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 take out your bulletin

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 and look at the insert.

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 We're about halfway through 1 Corinthians,

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 so I wanted to do a little bit

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 of a big picture

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 where we come from,

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 where we're going.

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 And particularly,

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 I just want to point out

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 some patterns in 1 Corinthians.

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 1 Corinthians is not just sort of

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 a random assortment of issues

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 that Paul's dealing with one by one.

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 There's actually some patterns

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 in how he addresses each issue

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 in light of the gospel of Christ.

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 And particularly,

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 he begins by warning against

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 divisions and pride in section 1,

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 against sexual immorality and greed

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 in section 2,

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 which we just finished.

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 And here against idolatry

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 and selfishness.

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 All of those things destroy the church.

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 But he follows the warnings

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 with a positive vision

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 of what it looks like,

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 practically speaking,

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 to build up the church

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 to display the glory of God

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 in this world.

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 In chapter 3, verse 16,

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 Paul said,

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 you are the temple of God.

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 God's dwelling place on earth,

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 the visible display of God's glory

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 in this broken world.

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 So he says,

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 live in such a way

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 as to build up that temple.

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 That language of building up

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 is very,

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 you'll see a lot

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 in the next half of 1 Corinthians,

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 especially 12 through 14.

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 But building up on another.

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 The image Paul has in mind

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 that the church is God's temple,

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 God's dwelling place

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 where His presence and glory dwell

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 in this world.

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 And Paul says,

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 build up that temple.

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 Don't tear it down.

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 And don't hurt

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 the parts of the building

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 that are weak.

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 Rather,

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 come alongside them

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 and strengthen them.

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 chapter 8 through 10,

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 there's a pattern.

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 Same as 12 through 14,

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 he begins with some general principles,

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 which we'll look at today.

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 Chapter 8,

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 he then seems to digress.

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 He seems to address

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 a different topic.

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 Chapter 9 doesn't mention

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 food offered titles at all.

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 And Paul seems to go

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 a totally different direction,

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 but actually,

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 that's the heart of Paul's message.

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 And then he comes back

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 to food offered titles,

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 chapter 10.

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 It's the same thing,

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 12, 13, 14,

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 with spiritual gifts

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 and then love.

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 Right?

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 That chapter gets read

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 at weddings all the time.

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 It's not just about marriage,

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 it's not primarily about marriage,

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 it's about love

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 for your brothers and sisters

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 in the church.

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 And why that's the key

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 to understanding

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 spiritual gifts.

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 The key to understanding

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 spiritual gifts

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 is understanding

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 what it means to love

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 as Christ has loved us.

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 And the key to understanding

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 food offered to idols

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 is understanding

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 what it means to

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 be willing to lay down

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 our rights

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 and our freedoms

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 and our privileges

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 for the good

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 of others.

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 Alright,

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 so that's a little bit

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 of where we're going.

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 Let's dive in.

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 Chapter 8, verse 1.

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 Now concerning food

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 offered to idols.

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 If you look back

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 at chapter 7, verse 1,

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 Paul uses the same phrase.

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 Now concerning the matters

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 about which you wrote.

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 So the Corinthians

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 had written to Paul,

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 we don't have a copy

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 of their letter,

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 but they had written

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 a letter to Paul,

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 probably asking his advice

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 on certain matters.

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 Most likely,

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 this was one of them.

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 In verse 1 and verse 4,

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 Paul seems to be quoting,

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 perhaps from their letter,

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 that they sent him.

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 Now the ESV puts

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 those things in quotes.

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 All of us possess knowledge.

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 An idol has no real existence.

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 There is no God but one.

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 So it seems like,

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 if you look at the context

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 of these chapters,

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 it seems like here's what

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 the Corinthians wrote to Paul.

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 Dear Paul,

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 some members of our church

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 have become upset

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 because others have accepted

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 invitations to dinners

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 held in idol temples

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 and freely eat food

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 that has been offered

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 to idols.

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 But all of us possess knowledge

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 that an idol has no real existence

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 and that there is no God but one.

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 So there is no such thing

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 as idol food,

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 just food.

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 But these weak people

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 are frightened.

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 They think we are promoting

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 idolatry.

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 They question our right

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 to eat whatever we want.

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 We are trying to build them up

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 so they too can enjoy

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 freedom in Christ

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 and eat any food.

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 That's probably something like

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 what the Corinthians wrote

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 to Paul.

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 If you want to understand

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 how I came up with that,

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 I'm happy to explain

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 more later.

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 But this is,

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 I think this will make sense

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 of what we're reading

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 in chapter 8.

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 Now, what we'll see here

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 is Paul doesn't immediately

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 take sides.

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 He doesn't immediately say,

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 I agree with you,

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 I disagree with you.

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 He takes a step back

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 and addresses some

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 bigger picture issues.

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 And in this chapter

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 in particular,

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 he focuses on knowledge

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 and love.

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 He says,

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 you know, you're saying

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 you know all these things.

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 Well, let's talk about knowledge.

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 And let's also talk about love.

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 What does it mean

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 to love one another

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 in the body of Christ?

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 So there are three paragraphs.

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 In chapter 8,

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 we'll take them in turn.

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 Paragraph 1,

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 verse 1 through 3,

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 how knowledge relates to love.

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 Paragraph 2,

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 verse 4 through 6,

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 what we know as Christians.

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 And paragraph 3,

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 how Christians should love.

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 Verse 7 through 13.

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 So first,

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 knowledge and love,

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 how they relate together.

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 What Paul does in verse 1 through 3,

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 is he points out

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 the dangers of knowledge

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 and the priority of love.

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 He says,

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 this knowledge

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 puffs up,

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 but love

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 builds up.

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 If anyone imagines

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 that he knows something,

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 he does not yet know

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 as he ought to know.

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 Now,

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 we should rip that verse

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 out of context.

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 Paul is not against

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 knowledge.

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 Paul himself

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 was very well educated.

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 Paul also wasn't

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 a radical skeptic.

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 he wasn't saying

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 the only thing

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 we can ever know

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 is that we don't

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 know anything.

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 What Paul was saying

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 is that there's

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 an inherent danger

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 in accumulating

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 knowledge.

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 Particularly when

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 that knowledge

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 is limited

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 or distorted.

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 And he's concerned

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 that some of the

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 Corinthian Christians

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 were falling

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 into this trap.

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 Their knowledge

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 was puffing them up

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 with pride

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 and arrogance.

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 They were very

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 confident in their

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 knowledge,

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 but they were

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 using their knowledge

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 as a weapon

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 to defend themselves

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 rather than

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 as a tool

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 to build up

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 the community.

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 But they perhaps

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 didn't even realize

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 that they were

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 doing this.

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 I don't think

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 they were out

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 to,

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 I don't think

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 they were malicious

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 people

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 that Paul was

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 writing to

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 who were out

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 to hurt the weak

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 in their community.

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 They were simply

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 very confident

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 in their knowledge,

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 blind about

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 some of their,

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 the ways that

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 they were affecting

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 other people

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 and not realizing

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 the harm

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 they were causing them.

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 And so Paul's

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 trying to help them.

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 And he's trying

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 to help us

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 get our priorities

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 straight.

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 So he wants to say

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 true knowledge

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 of God

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 and of ourselves

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 should express itself

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 in love for God

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 and love for Naaman.

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 Jesus said

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 that's the first

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 and greatest commandment.

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 What we read

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 from Deuteronomy,

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 to love the Lord

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 your God

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 is all your heart

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 and soul

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 and mind

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 and strength.

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 The second is like it

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 to love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Paul says

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 knowledge pops up.

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 It's like a balloon.

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 You know,

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 kids are always excited

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 when they get balloons,

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 aren't they?

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 Right?

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 But the balloon

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 never lasts

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 more than a few days.

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 It deflates.

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 It shrivels up.

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 It doesn't last

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 in a church

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 that's built

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 on knowledge

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 and pride

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 but lacks

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 love and humility.

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 It's like balloon.

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 It may look

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 very impressive

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 for a while

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 and elevated

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 and large

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 but it can fall apart

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 just as quickly.

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 But Paul says

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 love

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 builds up.

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 Love creates

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 something

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 substantial

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 and enduring

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 and solid

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 that can't be

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 quickly blown away

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 by the wind.

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 When a Christian community

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 is characterized

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 by steadfast

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 enduring

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 love

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 it can withstand

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 all kinds

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 of external pressures

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 and stresses

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 without falling apart.

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 That's why Proverbs

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 says love covers

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 over a multitude

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 of sins.

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 Love is

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 very important.

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 Now of course

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 love for God

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 and love for one another

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 matures

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 through growing knowledge.

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 Philippians 1

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 Paul prays

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 it is my prayer

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 that your love

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 may abound

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 in knowledge

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 and with all discernment

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 so that you may

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 prove what is excellent

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 and be pure

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 and plainly.

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 So Paul's not saying

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 knowledge is unimportant.

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 He's saying

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 our knowledge

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 needs to be rooted

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 in love

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 and it needs to be

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 expressed

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 in love.

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 Now verse 3

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 right

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 if that's the main

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 point of the paragraph

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 we might expect

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 Paul to say

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 if anyone

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 loves God

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 that person

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 is the one

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 who truly knows God

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 right

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 because if you

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 truly know God

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 then you'll

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 have love

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 for God

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 but interestingly

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 Paul gives us

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 a little surprise

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 he says

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 if anyone

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 loves God

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 he is known

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 by God.

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 What Paul

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 wants to leave us

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 with in this paragraph

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 is the most

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 important kind

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 of knowledge

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 is not any

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 knowledge that you

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 have

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 it's that

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 God

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 knows

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 you

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 and when the

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 Bible talks

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 about God

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 knowing

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 us

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 it doesn't

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 just mean

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 he knows

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 about us

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 just like

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 he knows

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 about everything

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 else in the rest

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 of the world

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 and everything

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 else there is

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 to know

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 when the Bible

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 says God

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 knows you

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 that refers to him

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 choosing us

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 to be his own

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 before the foundation

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 of the world

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 uniting himself

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 to us

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 intimately

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 in covenant

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 faithfulness

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 through Christ

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 when we're

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 known by God

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 it means we're

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 loved by God

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 it means

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 we're

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 wrapped

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 in his

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 embrace

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 it means

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 we respond

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 by knowing

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 and loving

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 him in return

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 it means

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 we're drawn

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 in

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 to the

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 Father

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 Son

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 and Holy

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 Spirit

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 in that

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.500
 community

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.220
 of love

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 and knowledge

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:05.380
 now before

00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:05.720
 we go on

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.100
 to the next

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 section

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.900
 the next

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 paragraph

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.240
 let me give

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.779
 a few brief

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 applications

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.759
 about the

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.080
 dangers

00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.680
 of knowledge

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.420
 and the

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 priority

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 of love

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 first

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 college

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.420
 students

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.680
 and this

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 applies

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:17.880
 to high

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 school

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 and middle

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 school

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.960
 students

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 but you

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 live in

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.680
 an environment

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:22.240
 that's oriented

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 around increasing

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 your technical

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:25.039
 knowledge

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.000
 and critical

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 thinking skills

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 and those

00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:29.300
 skills can be

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 very valuable

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 and very

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 worthwhile

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 but beware

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 the tendency

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.320
 of knowledge

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 to puff

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 you up

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 with pride

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 I mean

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 it's pretty

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 easy

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 if you go

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 to Yale

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 it's easy

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 right

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 it's pretty

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 easy

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.759
 to look

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 around

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 and find

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 somebody

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 else

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 that seems

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 to be

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.039
 pumped up

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.380
 with all

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.960
 their knowledge

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.900
 but the

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.340
 false question

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 is

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 look at

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 ourselves

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 is that

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 happening

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.180
 to us

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 too

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 and second

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 we're

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 supposed to

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 pursue

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 love

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.880
 with as

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.200
 much

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.680
 diligence

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.559
 and energy

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.019
 as you

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.319
 pursue

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.819
 knowledge

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.939
 and by

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.179
 love

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 I don't

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 mean

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.079
 romance

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.759
 necessarily

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:16.839
 by love

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 I mean

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.679
 things like

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.259
 learning to

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 listen

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.500
 well

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:22.200
 learning to

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.579
 be a good

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.159
 friend

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 regardless

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 of whether

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 you're a good

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.079
 networker

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.939
 learning to

00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.399
 relate to

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.700
 people who

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.099
 are very

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.619
 different than

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:31.919
 you

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 or who

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.079
 seem to

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.539
 have nothing

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.980
 to offer

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.259
 you

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:36.579
 learning to

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:36.980
 speak the

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.359
 truth in

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 love to

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 people who

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.460
 have offended

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.220
 or wronged

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.460
 you

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:42.819
 learning to

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.480
 forgive as

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.899
 God has

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.460
 forgiven you

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:46.639
 this is the

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.199
 kind of love

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.639
 that our

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 world desperately

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.079
 needs

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:52.119
 resolve to

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.859
 pursue love

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.460
 and harness

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.980
 your knowledge

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.439
 toward the

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:55.000
 end of

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.799
 loving others

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.039
 more effectively

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:59.240
 it takes

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.579
 time to

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.019
 develop

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.119
 that kind

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.559
 of love

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.000
 it's not

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.579
 something that

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.220
 comes naturally

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.059
 to us

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.659
 Paul says

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.139
 it's a fruit

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.420
 of the

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.040
 Holy Spirit

00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:10.000
 working in

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.240
 us

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.900
 so if

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.220
 your student

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.660
 resolves

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.980
 to pursue

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.400
 love

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.120
 with as

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.340
 much

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.720
 diligence

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.220
 and energy

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.560
 as you

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:16.020
 are pursuing

00:22:16.020 --> 00:22:17.060
 knowledge

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.960
 second

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:19.720
 if you're

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.700
 in divinity

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.240
 school

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.160
 or thinking

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.880
 about going

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.500
 to seminary

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.860
 or divinity

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.200
 school

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.680
 one of the

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.480
 major spiritual

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.259
 dangers of

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.720
 enrolling

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.600
 full time

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.340
 especially in

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.940
 seminary or

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.380
 div school

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.320
 is that your

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:32.120
 knowledge about

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:33.660
 God and

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.320
 the Bible and

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:34.940
 theology and

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.420
 church history

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.880
 is almost

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.660
 always growing

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.460
 faster than

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.200
 your love

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.740
 for God

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.980
 and for

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.480
 your name

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.880
 and so many

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.279
 people don't

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.759
 realize this

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.420
 but seminary

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.799
 or div

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.140
 school can

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.519
 be as

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.140
 much of a

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.519
 spiritual

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.019
 battlefield

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:51.059
 as anywhere

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.620
 else in the

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:51.940
 world

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:53.640
 some people

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.980
 think it will

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.500
 be a spiritual

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.100
 paradise

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.660
 I can just

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.100
 go and learn

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.460
 about the

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.000
 Bible for

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.279
 two or

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.960
 three years

00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:01.000
 it's not

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.559
 just that

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.160
 because the

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.640
 dangers are

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.100
 more hidden

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.819
 if you're a

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.079
 div school

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.579
 student you

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.019
 need the

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.779
 broader body

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.459
 of Christ

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:10.099
 the local

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.719
 church not

00:23:10.719 --> 00:23:11.139
 just the

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.539
 div school

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.219
 community and

00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:12.819
 not just the

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.219
 div school

00:23:13.219 --> 00:23:13.699
 chapel

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:15.740
 because being

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.419
 part of the

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.059
 larger body

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.679
 of Christ

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:18.779
 will constantly

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.480
 challenge you

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.019
 to love

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.279
 people who

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.679
 are different

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.039
 than you

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.379
 people who

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.980
 haven't read

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.399
 any of the

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.779
 books you're

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.219
 reading and

00:23:25.219 --> 00:23:25.559
 might not

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.039
 really care

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.719
 about them

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:29.079
 it'll push

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.299
 you to

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.940
 consider how

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.460
 the material

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.940
 you're learning

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.860
 actually applies

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.400
 to people

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:34.420
 in their

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.240
 real daily

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.960
 lives

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.079
 it will

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.700
 humble you

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.039
 and you

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.740
 probably need

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.079
 that

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.839
 on a regular

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.480
 basis

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.980
 okay third

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.339
 group

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:47.059
 I've been in

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.400
 all these

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.900
 groups by the

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.380
 way

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:50.140
 okay

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.079
 third group

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.039
 if you're

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.640
 really into

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.900
 reform theology

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.740
 okay maybe

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.180
 you came to

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.420
 Trinity

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.019
 because you

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.720
 found us on

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.420
 9 March

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.060
 and the

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.840
 gospel coalition

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.420
 and you

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.900
 read our

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.380
 recommended

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.960
 book list

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.300
 on the

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.720
 website

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.380
 and you

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.039
 thought this

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.400
 is the

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.880
 church for

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.279
 me

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:07.779
 some of you

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.120
 are like I

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.340
 don't even

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.580
 know what

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:08.940
 any of those

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.380
 things are

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.240
 that's fine

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.700
 okay there's a

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.519
 danger of

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.340
 being pumped up

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.940
 with reform

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.500
 theology

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.360
 just as much

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.840
 as any other

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.220
 kind of

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.539
 college

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:20.120
 but think

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.519
 about what

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.240
 reform theology

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.840
 says

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:24.400
 it says this

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.920
 it says God

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.380
 doesn't owe

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.980
 you anything

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.400
 because he's

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.980
 sovereign over

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.759
 everything he

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.440
 chose you in

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.059
 Christ before

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.440
 the world

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.400
 began you

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.819
 had nothing

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.240
 to do with

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.660
 that and

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.339
 your salvation

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.099
 is by grace

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.140
 alone not by

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.500
 your good

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.279
 works not by

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.880
 your intellect

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.500
 and not because

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.900
 you have your

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.680
 theology all

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:43.339
 right so if

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.720
 you really

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.720
 understand that

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.940
 the harder

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.839
 performed theology

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:49.099
 you'll become

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.019
 increasingly humble

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:52.220
 and willing and

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.059
 even wanting to

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.759
 receive correction

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.440
 from others in

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.900
 the body of

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.400
 Christ whether

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.240
 or not they

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.039
 understand what

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.740
 performed theology

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.400
 is or call

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.680
 themselves

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.200
 performed or

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.980
 don't know or

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.500
 don't care

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:03.440
 and you will

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.220
 become increasingly

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.379
 grateful and

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.079
 generous and

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.700
 joyful and

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.700
 reverent that's

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.500
 the kind of love

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.920
 that understanding

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.240
 the biblical gospel

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.279
 produces

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:15.700
 and finally the

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.119
 knowledge we

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.460
 should treasure

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.779
 more than

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.299
 anything else

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.819
 as I said is

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.379
 the knowledge

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.460
 that God

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.660
 knows us

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.779
 that he has

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.740
 loved us and

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.379
 received us

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.099
 through Christ

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.139
 that he knows

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.740
 us better than

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.539
 we know ourselves

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.680
 and yet he loves

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.500
 us through and

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.819
 through

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:30.539
 he's called us

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.139
 by name

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 you know there's

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.160
 an amazing promise

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.059
 in Revelation 2

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.599
 17

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.839
 Jesus says to

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.299
 the one who

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.059
 overcomes that

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.660
 is the one who

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.119
 perseveres in

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.899
 faith I will

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.259
 give you a

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.240
 white stone

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.500
 with a new

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.240
 name written

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.059
 on the stone

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.140
 that no one

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.759
 knows except

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.319
 the one who

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.140
 receives it

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:51.799
 Jesus knows

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.000
 you better than

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.779
 you know yourself

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.079
 and one day in

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.359
 heaven he's going

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.859
 to give you a

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.400
 new name

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.339
 and apparently

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.779
 he's just going

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.940
 to be he knows

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.839
 you so intimately

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.519
 and personally

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.160
 and individually

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.980
 that no one

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.480
 will know that

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.059
 name except

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.019
 him and you

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.279
 and maybe you

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.700
 can share with

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.220
 everybody else

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.640
 because I guess

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.440
 we'll have a

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.900
 complete knowledge

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.299
 in heaven I

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.720
 don't know how

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.279
 that all works

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.940
 but the point

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:13.799
 is he knows

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.360
 your name

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:16.200
 and he has

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.779
 called you by

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.259
 name and he

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.880
 has a name

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.420
 that he's going

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.120
 to give you

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:21.000
 because he knows

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.820
 you so well

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:23.700
 and sees all

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.160
 that he's going

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.019
 to do in you

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:27.620
 that's an amazing

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.059
 promise

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:29.600
 alright so that's

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.120
 the first thing

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.279
 priority of love

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.860
 and the dangers

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.299
 of knowledge

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.100
 second thing

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:35.559
 what we should

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.700
 know as Christians

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.480
 this is verse 4

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.880
 through 6

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.460
 again Paul's

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.880
 not putting

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.660
 down knowledge

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:42.340
 that's why he

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:42.880
 talks about it

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.380
 in verse 4

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.040
 through 6

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:45.800
 Paul goes back

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.200
 to some of

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.660
 the Corinthian

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.380
 slogans

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.340
 an idol has

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.140
 no real existence

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.860
 there's no God

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.200
 but one

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.860
 this is a reference

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.940
 to what we read

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.880
 earlier in Deuteronomy

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.420
 it's called the

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.820
 Shema

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:55.340
 it's the confession

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:56.040
 of faith

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:57.340
 that the Jewish

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:59.220
 people have

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.860
 recited for centuries

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.980
 the Lord our God

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.400
 the Lord is one

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:05.259
 you shall love

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.019
 the Lord your God

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.880
 with all your heart

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.259
 with all your soul

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.380
 and with all your might

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:11.860
 now some of the

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.240
 people in the

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.720
 Corinthian church

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.220
 were saying

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.620
 well idols aren't

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:14.840
 real

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.880
 it's only one

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.280
 through God

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:17.000
 so we can just

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.660
 go into pagan

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.060
 temples

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:19.080
 and eat meat

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.880
 offered to idols

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.460
 it doesn't really

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.820
 matter

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.600
 idols just aren't

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.860
 real

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:23.040
 we just know

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.900
 it's all a charade

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.720
 they might believe

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.080
 it's real

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:26.220
 but as long as

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.620
 you know it's

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:26.940
 fake

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.060
 then it doesn't

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.500
 matter

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.840
 well let's

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.500
 challenge that

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.019
 attitude

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.940
 because at one

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.420
 level there was

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.200
 a self-serving

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.579
 attitude

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.920
 the primary

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.619
 reason people

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.039
 would have been

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.059
 motivated to go

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.240
 into idol temples

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.960
 and eat food

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.900
 offered to idols

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:44.379
 is because that

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.879
 is where a lot

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.839
 of the more

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.920
 socially prominent

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.960
 Corinthians often

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.519
 gathered

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.000
 for both religious

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.900
 rituals as well

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:54.019
 as social occasions

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.859
 and so if you

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.639
 got an invitation

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.680
 to dine at the

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.639
 temple of Asclepion

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:01.039
 there was a

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.799
 potential social

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.759
 cost to refusing

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.119
 it

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.799
 or to showing

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:06.200
 up and abstaining

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.819
 from some of the

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.419
 foods that the

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.079
 host provided

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:11.980
 and so Paul has

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.720
 a challenge

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:16.259
 their attitude

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:18.579
 and sort of their

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.539
 desire for social

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.339
 advancement at all

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.859
 costs

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:23.419
 but Paul does this

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.759
 first by saying

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.339
 remember what we

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.839
 know as Christians

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.399
 again Paul's

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.079
 stepping back

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.519
 he doesn't just

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.139
 say yes

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.480
 no

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.059
 he doesn't just

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.980
 get right in their

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.539
 face right away

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.200
 but he steps back

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.059
 and says think

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.679
 about knowledge

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.240
 and think about

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.059
 love and then

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.519
 think about what

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.960
 we know as

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.419
 Christians

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:38.379
 verse 6

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.039
 for us there is

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.599
 one God the

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.919
 Father from whom

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.480
 are all things

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.200
 and for whom we

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.099
 exist and one

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.919
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.519
 through whom are

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.159
 all things and

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.200
 through whom we

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.559
 live

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:48.019
 now notice what

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.720
 Paul points out

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.359
 Paul points out

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.679
 three things in

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.940
 that simple verse

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:55.079
 three things beyond

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.599
 there is no God

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.720
 beyond a simple

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.480
 affirmation of

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.859
 monotheistic faith

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.980
 so first he points

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.980
 out we exist for

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.480
 God

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:06.019
 one God for whom

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.679
 we exist

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.359
 in other words

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.099
 you don't exist

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.019
 for yourselves

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:12.000
 God is not only

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.619
 the origin of

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.199
 everything he's

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.919
 also the purpose

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.839
 and end for which

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.759
 we were created

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:19.099
 and as Paul

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.419
 will get into

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:21.139
 this later on

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.799
 one of the major

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.579
 problems is that

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.179
 some of the

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.859
 Corinthian Christians

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.859
 were being selfish

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:26.959
 and self-promoting

00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:28.919
 and they were

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.619
 acting as if

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.439
 God exists

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.659
 so that we can

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.339
 do what we want

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.659
 and Paul says

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.079
 oh no

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:36.319
 we exist for God

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.579
 that's a fundamental

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.399
 truth

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:40.240
 from him and for him

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.719
 we have to start

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.000
 there

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.579
 second

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:43.059
 we come to God

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.439
 the Father

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:44.659
 through Jesus

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.240
 Christ

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.099
 it says

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.679
 through whom

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.219
 are all things

00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.679
 and through

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.339
 who we exist

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.619
 now

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:51.379
 that last phrase

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.919
 is literally

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:53.019
 it says

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.939
 the ESV

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.399
 translated

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.140
 through who

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.780
 we exist

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.960
 which is very

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.840
 legitimate translation

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:59.420
 but it literally

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.840
 just says

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.820
 we through him

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.740
 it says

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.200
 from whom

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.759
 are all things

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.820
 and we for him

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:05.120
 and then one more

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.660
 Jesus Christ

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.080
 through whom

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.580
 are all things

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.780
 and we through him

00:30:07.780 --> 00:30:09.360
 so I think

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.220
 the end of the verse

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.040
 is not just saying

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.800
 we exist

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:13.440
 because of Jesus Christ

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.580
 but it's saying

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.560
 that it's through

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:16.380
 Jesus Christ

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.400
 that we

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.759
 achieve the end

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.340
 for which we were

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.759
 created

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.599
 it's through

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.160
 Jesus Christ

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.720
 that we realize

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.240
 our purpose

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.740
 and destiny

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.559
 as human beings

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.379
 and it's through

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.779
 Jesus in particular

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.359
 who came

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.680
 and died

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.160
 on the cross

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.779
 that we're

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.619
 reconciled to God

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.059
 we can know

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.859
 God as our Father

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:33.099
 again

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.000
 Paul just mentions

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.680
 these theological

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.160
 truths here

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.879
 but these are the

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.259
 truths

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.940
 that he's going

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.920
 to really dig into

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.259
 because even later

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.740
 in this chapter

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.500
 he's going to say

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.539
 your brother

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.160
 is the one

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.680
 for whom

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.500
 Christ died

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.660
 it is through

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.420
 the sacrificial

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.299
 death of Christ

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.759
 that you

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.740
 and your brother

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.619
 and your sister

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:52.099
 can come freely

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.819
 before God

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:54.539
 so again

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.039
 Paul's sort of

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.919
 laying the groundwork

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.399
 for what he's going

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.039
 to dig into

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.539
 deeper

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.680
 later on

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:00.000
 third thing

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.960
 Paul says

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.299
 Jesus Christ

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.940
 is Lord

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.579
 and God

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:05.319
 now this is a side note

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.480
 but if you take

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.000
 a New Testament

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.559
 class

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.099
 at a secular

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.740
 university

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.799
 or if you watch

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.799
 a PBS special

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.919
 on early Christianity

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:13.579
 you may hear

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.299
 people say

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.859
 the earliest

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.839
 followers of Jesus

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.480
 did not actually

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.359
 worship him

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.399
 or proclaim

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.159
 his divinity

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:22.720
 this belief

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.740
 developed gradually

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.220
 and later on

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.059
 just like the

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.019
 larger than life

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.720
 legends

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.439
 that develop

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.019
 around great

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.939
 historical figures

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.899
 long after they're

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.259
 gone

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:33.659
 the problem

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.319
 with that view

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.539
 well this verse

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.359
 among many other

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.779
 things

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.220
 creates a problem

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.819
 for that view

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:40.240
 because 1 Corinthians

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.859
 is one of the

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.720
 earliest pieces

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.679
 of Christian literature

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.519
 that we have

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.659
 written only 20 years

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.779
 after Jesus' death

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.440
 and resurrection

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.660
 and when Paul says

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.320
 Jesus Christ

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.200
 is not only

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.060
 the Messiah

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.980
 but also

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.779
 the one

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.600
 Lord

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:57.080
 Paul's identifying

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:58.040
 Jesus with

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:59.560
 the one God

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.519
 that Jews

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.000
 had worshipped

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.620
 for centuries

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:04.840
 it's a strong

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.240
 statement

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.220
 of the deity

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.380
 of Jesus Christ

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:09.420
 and Paul states

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.060
 this as if

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.960
 everyone knows

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.320
 this

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:12.140
 this is one of

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.860
 the few statements

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.299
 in 1 Corinthians

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.959
 that it's not

00:32:14.959 --> 00:32:15.839
 at all controversial

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.919
 the Corinthians

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:18.019
 got this right

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.279
 Jesus Christ

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.000
 is God

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.359
 they knew it

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.399
 Paul agreed

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.879
 with them

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.719
 he didn't have

00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:24.559
 to convince them

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:26.719
 there's all kinds

00:32:26.719 --> 00:32:27.240
 of other things

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.659
 he was trying

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.199
 to convince them

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.500
 of

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.879
 but this was

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.859
 already established

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:32.599
 it's even

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.099
 possible

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.159
 that Paul

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.639
 was quoting

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.159
 an early

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:35.579
 Christian

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.959
 pre

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:37.679
 an early

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.079
 Christian

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.859
 summary of the

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.099
 faith

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.099
 confession of faith

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.179
 that was based

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.740
 on the Jewish

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.619
 confession of faith

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.359
 in Deuteronomy

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.559
 but expanded

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.679
 to explain

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.359
 that we not only

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.279
 believe in one God

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.799
 but we believe

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.599
 in the one Lord

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.399
 Jesus Christ

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.819
 our Savior

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:55.079
 so it's simply

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.899
 not the case

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.559
 that the deity

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.419
 of Jesus Christ

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.699
 is a belief

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.319
 that appears

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.359
 more prominently

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.219
 in later

00:33:01.219 --> 00:33:02.119
 Christian writings

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:04.419
 it's right there

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.939
 from the start

00:33:05.939 --> 00:33:07.079
 and it's crystal

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.539
 clear

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:09.440
 and for Paul

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.399
 and the Corinthians

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.220
 that wasn't

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.920
 even controversial

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:15.960
 so that's

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.460
 what Christians

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.039
 should know

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.839
 third section

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:20.639
 of how we're

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.700
 called to love

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.559
 verse 7

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.039
 to 13

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:26.460
 now the main

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.940
 point of this

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.319
 paragraph

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.519
 is verse 9

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:30.279
 and the reason

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.139
 I can say

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.539
 it's the main

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.220
 point is because

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.799
 it's the only

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.379
 command

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:35.139
 in this passage

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.639
 and actually

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.000
 in the whole

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.399
 chapter

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.360
 verse 9

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.300
 is really the

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.700
 message

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.360
 the takeaway

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.160
 that Paul

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.620
 wants us to

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.240
 go away with

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.019
 take care

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.000
 that this

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.540
 right of yours

00:33:45.540 --> 00:33:46.980
 does not

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.000
 somehow become

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.920
 a stumbling

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.480
 block

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.540
 through to

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.680
 the week

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.580
 for the week

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:54.720
 so in this

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.100
 paragraph

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.820
 Paul's addressing

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.360
 the people

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.280
 who claim

00:33:57.280 --> 00:33:57.880
 to possess

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.560
 knowledge

00:33:58.560 --> 00:34:01.580
 and who claim

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.840
 that because

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.380
 they have this

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.800
 knowledge

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:04.940
 we should all

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.460
 feel free to

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.240
 eat any food

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.559
 we want

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.120
 anytime we

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.440
 want

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:10.199
 and who are

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.480
 sort of

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.860
 probably

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.599
 complaining to

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.800
 Paul

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.199
 saying these

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.900
 weak people

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.699
 who still

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.059
 think that

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.460
 isles are

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.800
 real are

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.619
 preventing us

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.960
 from living

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.320
 out our

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.780
 freedom in

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.280
 Christ

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.019
 and Paul

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.420
 says wait

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.800
 a minute

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:24.220
 he says

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.940
 consider how

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.559
 the display

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.039
 of your

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.079
 knowledge

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.039
 and Paul

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.380
 is using

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.860
 knowledge

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.460
 a bit

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.960
 ironically

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.380
 in this

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.960
 whole chapter

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.039
 but anyway

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.340
 he says

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.840
 consider how

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.260
 the display

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.519
 of your

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.019
 knowledge

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.619
 will affect

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.980
 your brothers

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.420
 and sisters

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.900
 in Christ

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.340
 those whom

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.079
 you consider

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.800
 weak

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:43.000
 verse 8

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.820
 he says

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.480
 food won't

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.980
 commend us

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.460
 to God

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:48.340
 well they

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.599
 would have

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.980
 agreed with

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.240
 him

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.800
 so yeah

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.220
 food doesn't

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.519
 matter

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.760
 that's not

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:51.980
 how you're

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.260
 made right

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.619
 with God

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.920
 so therefore

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.360
 we should be

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.659
 able to eat

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.099
 anything we

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.380
 want

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.039
 whatever we

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.340
 want

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.220
 and Paul

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.720
 says

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:59.600
 but we're

00:34:59.600 --> 00:35:00.100
 no worse

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:00.720
 off if we

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.340
 don't eat

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.720
 and no

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.220
 better off

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.579
 if we

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.840
 do

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:06.120
 he actually

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.480
 says the

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.920
 opposite of

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.180
 what they

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.340
 want

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.680
 they want

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:07.900
 him to

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.220
 say

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:09.300
 we're

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.840
 no worse

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.220
 off if

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.680
 we eat

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.100
 and no

00:35:11.100 --> 00:35:11.620
 better off

00:35:11.620 --> 00:35:11.900
 if we

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:13.579
 don't

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:16.460
 Paul says

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:16.800
 if you don't

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.100
 eat the

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.400
 food

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.920
 you'll be

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.400
 just fine

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.660
 with the

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:19.960
 end

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.240
 and if

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.519
 you do

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.820
 eat

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:23.519
 it doesn't

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.780
 get you

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.260
 any closer

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.740
 to God

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:26.379
 you already

00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.879
 have everything

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.299
 you need

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.919
 in Christ

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:29.259
 Christ

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:29.799
 died for

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.039
 you to

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.439
 bring you

00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:31.059
 to God

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:32.659
 so you're

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.039
 not only

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.419
 free to

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:33.859
 partake

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:34.259
 you're also

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.679
 free to

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.139
 abstain

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:37.299
 you see

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.599
 having

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.099
 freedom

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.819
 in Christ

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.539
 to eat

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.139
 all foods

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.479
 as long

00:35:40.479 --> 00:35:40.739
 as they're

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.000
 received

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.159
 with

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.639
 thanksgiving

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.559
 which at

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.979
 one level

00:35:42.979 --> 00:35:43.500
 Paul doesn't

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.959
 agree with

00:35:43.959 --> 00:35:46.139
 doesn't mean

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.379
 you are

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:47.099
 compelled to

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.559
 eat all

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.959
 foods to

00:35:47.959 --> 00:35:48.299
 prove how

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.719
 free you

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.000
 are

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.959
 Paul doesn't

00:35:51.959 --> 00:35:52.239
 want them

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.879
 eating food

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.759
 in the context

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.139
 of a

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.500
 pagan

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.279
 idolatrous

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.719
 feast

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:57.599
 because he

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.019
 doesn't want

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.440
 them promoting

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.019
 idolatry

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.400
 we'll look

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.759
 up to that

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.359
 chapter 10

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:01.500
 jumping ahead

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:03.559
 Paul's saying

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.199
 to have

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.659
 freedom

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:06.039
 doesn't mean

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.359
 you have

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.039
 to indulge

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:09.639
 you can

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.339
 have freedom

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:11.079
 to drink

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.739
 alcohol in

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.179
 moderation

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.699
 and you

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.440
 can choose

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.980
 for various

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.500
 reasons

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.579
 that you

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.879
 don't want

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:17.099
 to do

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.319
 that

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:21.000
 and you're

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.619
 still free

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:24.719
 in Christ

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:26.940
 that's one

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.559
 expression of

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.960
 freedom in

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.279
 Christ

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:31.099
 so in this

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.500
 circumstance

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.259
 Paul argues

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.699
 you need to

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:34.000
 prioritize love

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.839
 for your weak

00:36:34.839 --> 00:36:35.339
 brothers and

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.779
 sisters in

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.500
 Christ over

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.079
 your own

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.599
 rights to

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.059
 eat and drink

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.500
 whatever you

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.920
 want whenever

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.400
 you want

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.900
 so he says

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.519
 take care

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:44.079
 you know

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.440
 think about

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.960
 what if one of

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.319
 your brothers

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:45.940
 or sisters in

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.980
 Christ used to

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.619
 worship at the

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.119
 temple of

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.699
 Aphrodite

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:50.019
 and they

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.379
 hear that

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.759
 you're going

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.039
 to the

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.639
 festival there

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:51.899
 and you're

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.079
 going to

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.559
 pick out

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.279
 and you're

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.519
 just going

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.739
 to have a

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.399
 great time

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:57.439
 and that's

00:36:57.439 --> 00:36:57.739
 where they

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:58.059
 used to

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.819
 worship idols

00:36:58.819 --> 00:37:00.480
 and commit

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.359
 sexual immorality

00:37:01.359 --> 00:37:03.139
 do all kinds

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.639
 of things that

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.039
 they're just

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.679
 trying to

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.699
 move away

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.000
 from

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:08.679
 because they've

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.379
 just come to

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.679
 faith in

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.059
 Christ

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:12.159
 how will that

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.739
 affect them

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:15.219
 if you're

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:17.219
 publicly going

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.539
 and saying

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.000
 hey why

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.280
 don't we get

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.860
 a roof

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.079
 from the

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.280
 church

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.559
 to go

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.940
 along

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:23.780
 Paul says

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.340
 their conscience

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.619
 will be

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.119
 defiled

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.480
 that is

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.800
 they'll be

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.360
 persuaded

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.820
 to do

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.280
 something

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:28.360
 that they

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.239
 are convinced

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.039
 is a

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.500
 compromise

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.500
 of their

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.099
 loyalty to

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.539
 Jesus

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.360
 and Paul

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.820
 says that's

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.380
 never a

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.039
 good pattern

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.739
 to be

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.340
 urging a

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.940
 fellow believer

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.400
 to do

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.719
 something

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.099
 that they

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.059
 are convinced

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.619
 for biblical

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.139
 reasons

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:42.260
 is displeasing

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.699
 to God

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:47.079
 now

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.579
 there are

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:49.159
 other places

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.679
 in scripture

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.099
 especially

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.819
 Romans 14

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.799
 where Paul

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.199
 sometimes

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.739
 challenges

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.159
 some of

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.819
 the weak

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.799
 people

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.539
 right

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.000
 who are

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.099
 Paul's

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.359
 concerned

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.719
 some of

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:57.879
 these

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.500
 weak

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.759
 people

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:58.899
 are

00:37:58.899 --> 00:37:59.219
 becoming

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.519
 actually

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.299
 legalistic

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:01.259
 and sort

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.519
 of wanting

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.039
 to add

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.500
 all these

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.980
 rules

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.719
 and enforce

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.059
 them on

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.460
 everybody

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.859
 else

00:38:04.859 --> 00:38:05.099
 in the

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.319
 Christian

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:05.839
 community

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.180
 and in

00:38:08.180 --> 00:38:08.680
 that case

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.220
 Paul says

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.559
 no

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:11.280
 you can't

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.680
 do that

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.300
 you can't

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.220
 add rules

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.620
 that aren't

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.820
 in the

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.160
 Bible

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:17.200
 but here

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.600
 Paul's

00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:19.059
 focus is

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.960
 on the

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.400
 quote unquote

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.920
 strong

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:23.780
 people who

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.200
 think hey

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.539
 we can do

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.900
 whatever we

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.140
 want

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:27.420
 Paul challenges

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.960
 them here

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:30.460
 verse 11

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.780
 Paul has

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:31.079
 some very

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.600
 strong words

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:32.059
 by your

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.600
 knowledge

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.760
 which you

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.180
 boast about

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.640
 so much

00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:35.160
 this weak

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.640
 person is

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:35.859
 being

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.420
 destroyed

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.440
 that is

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.799
 not just

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:38.199
 personally

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.699
 offended

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:40.980
 but spiritually

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.659
 torn apart

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.139
 led into

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.819
 sin by

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.219
 you

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:44.480
 and this

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.920
 weak person

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.239
 is the

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.719
 brother or

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.219
 sister for

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.679
 whom Christ

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.199
 died

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:49.359
 Christ laid

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.679
 down his

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.079
 life for

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.299
 him and

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.539
 you're not

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.940
 even willing

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.219
 to give

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.779
 up a meal

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:53.819
 for his

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.039
 or her

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.440
 good

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:56.619
 verse 12

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.019
 Paul says

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.319
 you're not

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.839
 only sinning

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.199
 against your

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.659
 brothers or

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.099
 sisters you're

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.599
 sinning against

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.819
 Christ because

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.339
 Christ said

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:02.019
 whatever you do

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.619
 to the least

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.219
 of these my

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.779
 brothers and

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.279
 sisters you've

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.739
 done it to

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.099
 me

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.980
 and Jesus

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.400
 said whoever

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.079
 causes one

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.339
 of these

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:10.139
 little ones

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:12.019
 who believe

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.599
 in me that

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.199
 is a

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.699
 vulnerable

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.559
 believer

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.239
 to sin

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.279
 it would be

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:18.860
 better for that

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.440
 person to have

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.759
 a great

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.199
 stone

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.699
 fastened

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.079
 around his

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.880
 neck and

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.360
 to be drowned

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.619
 in the

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.119
 depth of the

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.380
 sea

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:25.179
 Matthew 18

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.159
 verse 6

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.480
 and 7

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.380
 so Paul's

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.000
 conclusion in

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.519
 verse 13

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.380
 is if food

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.420
 makes my

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.119
 brother or

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:33.159
 sister stumble

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.199
 I'll never

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.539
 eat meat

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.940
 again

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.900
 hey I'm

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.219
 willing to

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.440
 give it

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:37.699
 all up

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:43.259
 so I'm

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.659
 willing to do

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.079
 whatever it

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.460
 takes

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:46.659
 to love

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.159
 and build

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.099
 up my

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.579
 brothers and

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.000
 sisters in

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.219
 Christ

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:50.399
 especially those

00:39:50.399 --> 00:39:50.919
 who are

00:39:50.919 --> 00:39:51.759
 weak or

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.480
 vulnerable in

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.500
 some way or

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.819
 other

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:55.839
 in the

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.219
 Corinthian

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.859
 context

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:59.359
 the people

00:39:59.359 --> 00:39:59.639
 who are

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.439
 strong

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:01.500
 are the

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.859
 people who

00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.259
 are probably

00:40:02.259 --> 00:40:02.939
 better off

00:40:02.939 --> 00:40:03.579
 economically

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.099
 that's why

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.679
 they're receiving

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.439
 invitations to

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.820
 the temples

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.320
 anyway

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.159
 the poor

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.500
 didn't get

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.960
 invited to

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.320
 those kind

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.800
 of feasts

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:10.079
 they were

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.519
 people who

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.019
 possessed

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.659
 knowledge

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.960
 perhaps were

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.720
 more sophisticated

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:15.039
 more nuanced

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.760
 who were

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.460
 self confident

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.039
 probably too

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.760
 self confident

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:19.920
 the weak

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.300
 were probably

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.740
 people who

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:22.019
 were financially

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.559
 poor

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:24.639
 not as well

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.179
 educated

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:26.280
 not as

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.780
 sophisticated

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:28.220
 maybe new

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:29.659
 converts to

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.119
 Christianity

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.700
 who had just

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.500
 begun following

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.099
 Jesus

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:34.599
 and Paul says

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.019
 if you're in

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.719
 this category

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:37.599
 be careful

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.920
 that the

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.579
 exercise of

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.900
 what you

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.340
 feel are

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.880
 your rights

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.340
 and freedoms

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.179
 doesn't actually

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.340
 cause this

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.699
 group of

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.679
 people to

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.059
 stumble

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:45.880
 or to

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.300
 turn away

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.800
 from God

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:50.000
 are we

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.460
 willing to

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.940
 prioritize

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.800
 loving our

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.179
 weaker

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.880
 brothers and

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.340
 sisters in

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.860
 Christ even

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.280
 if it means

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.960
 limiting our

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.759
 rights and

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.239
 privileges

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.440
 this is the

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.880
 theme Paul's

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.159
 going to go

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.500
 into in

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.059
 chapter 9

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.280
 he's going to

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.739
 address it from

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.039
 a totally

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.619
 different angle

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.559
 but it's the

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.059
 main point

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.780
 so we'll get

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.860
 into this

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.300
 more in the

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.640
 next two

00:41:06.640 --> 00:41:07.019
 weeks

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:08.160
 but that's

00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:08.400
 the main

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.880
 point Paul

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.160
 wants to

00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:09.540
 leave us

00:41:09.540 --> 00:41:09.860
 with

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:11.180
 are we

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.700
 willing to

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:13.200
 limit our

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.720
 own freedoms

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.240
 and rights

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.900
 for the sake

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.400
 of loving

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.920
 our brothers

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.400
 and sisters

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.720
 and the

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.140
 reason he

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:17.440
 wants to

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.720
 leave us

00:41:17.720 --> 00:41:18.180
 with this

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:19.620
 is of course

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:20.080
 because this

00:41:20.080 --> 00:41:20.300
 is what

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.720
 Christ has

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.040
 done for

00:41:21.040 --> 00:41:21.420
 us

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:23.680
 that Christ

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.360
 limited his

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.860
 freedoms and

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.220
 rights

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:28.720
 by coming

00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:29.220
 to earth

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:31.120
 by taking

00:41:31.120 --> 00:41:31.519
 on the

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.980
 limitations

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.559
 of human

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.940
 nature

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:35.059
 by facing

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.619
 temptation

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:37.840
 and resisting

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.360
 it to the

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.719
 end

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:40.940
 by loving

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.500
 his disciples

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.059
 by laying

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.380
 down his

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.820
 life on the

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.019
 cross

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.519
 this is what

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.960
 Christ has

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.599
 done for

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.039
 us

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.039
 this is why

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.460
 we're brothers

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.860
 and sisters

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.360
 in Christ

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.780
 this is why

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.199
 we can come

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.820
 to the table

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:52.059
 and share

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.880
 in the Lord's

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.440
 supper together

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:56.159
 because while

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.720
 we were still

00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:57.099
 weak

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:59.200
 Christ died

00:41:59.200 --> 00:41:59.500
 for the

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.179
 ungodly

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:02.119
 while we

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.420
 were still

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:02.720
 sinners

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.340
 Christ died

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.840
 for us

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.000
 Paul says

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.420
 now we're

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.880
 all part of

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.159
 the body

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.760
 of Christ

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:08.900
 and later

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.200
 on in

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.720
 chapter 12

00:42:09.720 --> 00:42:10.099
 he says

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.700
 those parts

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.099
 of the body

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.820
 that seem

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.200
 to be

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:12.700
 weaker

00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:14.240
 are actually

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:15.440
 indispensable

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:17.880
 so if you're

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.800
 hurting your

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.260
 brothers or

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.760
 sisters or

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.760
 ignoring your

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.220
 brothers or

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.679
 sisters who

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:22.420
 are poor

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:23.400
 or who are

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:25.260
 maybe more

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:26.019
 easily offended

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.559
 perhaps more

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.079
 difficult to

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.480
 deal with

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.800
 even

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:31.599
 if you're

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.059
 brushing them

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.680
 to the side

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:35.180
 you're hurting

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.599
 them by the

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.059
 way you

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:37.039
 express your

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.780
 knowledge

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:39.059
 Paul says

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:40.340
 you're hurting

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:41.119
 a member of

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.820
 Christ's own

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.500
 body who is

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.240
 indispensable

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:48.019
 so we're

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.400
 going to come

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.920
 to the Lord's

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.380
 table this

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.680
 morning

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:52.180
 celebrate the

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:52.579
 unity that

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:53.019
 we have in

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.419
 Christ

00:42:53.419 --> 00:42:54.819
 sacrifice

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.480
 Christ made

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.639
 for us

00:42:56.639 --> 00:43:03.079
 let me read

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:04.599
 chapter 10

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.159
 verse 16

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.899
 and 17

00:43:05.899 --> 00:43:07.919
 Paul says

00:43:07.919 --> 00:43:08.399
 the cup of

00:43:08.399 --> 00:43:08.919
 blessing that

00:43:08.919 --> 00:43:09.480
 we bless

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:11.159
 is it not a

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.019
 participation in

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.460
 the blood of

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.859
 Christ

00:43:12.859 --> 00:43:14.659
 and the bread

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.239
 that we break

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.779
 is it not a

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:16.519
 participation in

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:17.039
 the body of

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.480
 Christ

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.539
 Christ

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:19.360
 because there's

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.079
 one bread we

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.559
 who are many

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.340
 are one body

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:22.519
 for we all

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.039
 partake of

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.579
 one bread

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:25.460
 so as we

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:25.820
 come to the

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.440
 Lord's supper

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:27.780
 there's two

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:29.300
 things I want

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.940
 to remind us

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.179
 of

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.980
 as we take

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.420
 the cup

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.719
 remember

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.500
 Christ's blood

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.500
 that was shed

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.039
 for us

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.340
 we confess that

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.820
 the blood of

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.380
 Christ that was

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.780
 shed on the

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.480
 cross cleanses

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.000
 us from all

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.320
 sin

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:42.519
 and this

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.880
 blood

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:44.140
 the cup is a

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.780
 sign and a

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.580
 seal of God's

00:43:45.580 --> 00:43:46.400
 new covenant

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.039
 promise in

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.780
 Jesus Christ

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:49.480
 if you have

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.580
 confessed your

00:43:50.580 --> 00:43:50.840
 sin

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.660
 turned to Jesus

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:52.360
 as your Savior

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.780
 and Lord

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.780
 that you are

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.160
 clean

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:55.700
 you are forgiven

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:57.840
 you are set

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.300
 apart

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:59.539
 to belong to

00:43:59.539 --> 00:43:59.920
 God

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:03.240
 you've been

00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:03.800
 born again

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:05.680
 right

00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:07.240
 cry out with

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.940
 love and joy

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:11.860
 the blood of

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.039
 Christ

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.480
 cleanses us

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.740
 from sin

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.220
 Paul also

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.519
 says we

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:13.980
 are made in

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.460
 the body of

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.780
 Christ

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.500
 represented by

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:15.920
 the bread

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:18.820
 and in this

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.360
 context what

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.940
 Paul means is

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.360
 that when you

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.059
 take this bread

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:22.900
 remember that

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:24.340
 you are united

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:26.159
 with every other

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:27.019
 person in this

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.639
 room and every

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.139
 other Christian

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.679
 throughout the

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.039
 world who

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.840
 takes this bread

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:31.639
 by faith in

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.340
 Jesus Christ

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.500
 and who drinks

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.980
 this cup

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:36.480
 so as we come

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.960
 to the Lord's

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.220
 table

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:39.779
 there's two

00:44:39.779 --> 00:44:40.759
 things that it

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.339
 calls us to do

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:42.980
 one is to

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:43.559
 remember that

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.339
 we are cleansed

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:44.679
 and forgiven

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:45.159
 by the blood

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.579
 of Christ

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:46.079
 and so if

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.639
 there is a

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:48.000
 sin that God

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.459
 has brought to

00:44:48.459 --> 00:44:49.000
 mind that you

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.699
 realize you need

00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.399
 to confess to

00:44:50.399 --> 00:44:50.859
 the Lord in

00:44:50.859 --> 00:44:51.339
 your life

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:52.519
 there's a way

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.959
 you've been

00:44:52.959 --> 00:44:54.379
 living that

00:44:54.379 --> 00:44:54.879
 isn't pleasing

00:44:54.879 --> 00:44:55.359
 to God

00:44:55.359 --> 00:44:56.719
 confess that to

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:57.059
 the Lord

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.000
 ask his forgiveness

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:59.919
 as the elements

00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:00.519
 are being passed

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:01.399
 out and then

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:01.980
 take the cup

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.699
 remembering Christ

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:03.199
 shed his blood

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.679
 for you

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:05.639
 and as the bread

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.139
 is being passed

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.779
 out think about

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.680
 one another

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:09.860
 is there anyone

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.680
 in this church

00:45:10.680 --> 00:45:11.660
 or any other

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.100
 Christian

00:45:12.100 --> 00:45:13.100
 with whom you

00:45:13.100 --> 00:45:13.560
 are not

00:45:13.560 --> 00:45:14.340
 reconciled

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:16.220
 because when you

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.780
 eat this bread

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:17.320
 what you're saying

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:18.000
 is we are

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.860
 reconciled to

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.340
 each other

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.240
 through Christ

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:22.440
 so if you need

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.960
 to repent

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:24.300
 if you need

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:24.760
 to forgive

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:25.460
 someone else

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:26.700
 if you need

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.280
 to lovingly

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.880
 confront someone

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.300
 else

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:29.660
 if you need

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.019
 to listen

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.420
 to someone

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.800
 else

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:32.300
 let this

00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:33.240
 spur you

00:45:33.240 --> 00:45:33.700
 on to do

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:33.980
 that

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:35.059
 without any

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.440
 delay

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:38.179
 with those

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.639
 who are coming

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:40.099
 to serve

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:40.659
 communion this

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:40.920
 morning

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.619
 up to the front

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:59.739
 Paul writes

00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:00.679
 for I received

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.299
 from the Lord

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:02.479
 what I also

00:46:02.479 --> 00:46:03.299
 deliver to you

00:46:03.299 --> 00:46:04.899
 that the Lord

00:46:04.899 --> 00:46:05.500
 Jesus on the

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:05.939
 night when he

00:46:05.939 --> 00:46:06.399
 was betrayed

00:46:06.399 --> 00:46:07.019
 took bread

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:08.439
 and when he

00:46:08.439 --> 00:46:08.679
 had given

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.159
 thanks he

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:09.619
 broke it

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.539
 and said

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:11.019
 this is my

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.559
 body which

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.159
 is for you

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:13.379
 do this

00:46:13.379 --> 00:46:13.819
 in remembrance

00:46:13.819 --> 00:46:14.259
 of me

00:46:14.259 --> 00:46:16.119
 in the same

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.519
 way also

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:16.979
 he took the

00:46:16.979 --> 00:46:17.379
 cup after

00:46:17.379 --> 00:46:17.699
 supper

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:18.179
 saying this

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:18.659
 cup is the

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:19.099
 new covenant

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:19.779
 in my blood

00:46:19.779 --> 00:46:20.699
 do this

00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:21.079
 as often

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.359
 as you

00:46:21.359 --> 00:46:21.799
 drink it

00:46:21.799 --> 00:46:22.899
 in remembrance

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:24.039
 of me

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:25.860
 Tyler would you

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.260
 give thanks

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:26.740
 for the bread

00:46:26.740 --> 00:46:27.160
 of me

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:32.019
 I have

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.739
 that

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:34.139
 I have

00:46:34.139 --> 00:46:34.779
 that

00:46:34.779 --> 00:46:35.279
 I have

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:36.079
 that

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.119
 went

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:36.759
 back

00:46:36.759 --> 00:46:36.799
 to the

00:46:36.799 --> 00:46:36.980
 end

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.299
 in remembrance

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:38.239
 of me

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.299
 achieve

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:40.079
 that

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.819
 I am

00:46:40.819 --> 00:46:41.539
 not

00:46:41.539 --> 00:46:43.679
 by

00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:44.339
 in remembrance

00:46:44.339 --> 00:46:44.980
 of me

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:46.039
 as fala

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.299
 of me

00:46:47.299 --> 00:46:47.579
 Moham

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.480
 name

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:49.719
 the

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:49.819
 female

00:46:49.819 --> 00:46:50.599
 May

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:51.460
 but

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.500
 the

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:56.500
 other