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 Will you please join me this morning in reading this morning's liturgy? It's on the screens above.

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

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

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

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

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 Have this mind among yourself, which is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 Though he was in the form of God, he did not count himself a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in likeness of men.

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 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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

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

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 and every tongue confess, Jesus Christ is Lord.

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 Glory of God the Father. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Welcome to Watermark.

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 We're so glad to have you here with us this morning.

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 We're a big family here.

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 We're a very big family this morning.

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 So like families do when we get together, we turn around and we greet each other.

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 We say hello.

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 Try and find someone new and introduce yourself.

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 Morning.

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 The scripture reading today comes from Genesis chapters 1 to 3 and Paul's letter to the Philippines.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins.

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep.

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 And the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

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 Then God said,

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 Let there be lights.

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 And there was light.

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 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

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 God called the light day.

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 And the darkness he called night.

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 And there was evening, and there was morning.

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 One day, then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.

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 And let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created man in his own image.

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 Male and female, he created man in his own image.

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 God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it.

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 And rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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 God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

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 And there was evening, and there was morning.

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 The sixth day.

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 By the seventh day, God completed his work which he had done.

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 And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

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 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.

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 Because in it, he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

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 The Lord God planted a garden towards the east in Eden, and there he placed the man whom he had formed.

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 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes,

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 and that the tree was desirable to make one wise,

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 she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her.

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 And he ate.

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 Then the eyes of both of them were opened.

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 And they knew that they were naked.

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 And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

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 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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 Then the Lord God called to the man and said to him,

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 Where are you?

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 He said,

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 I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.

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 And he said,

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 Who told you that you were naked?

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 Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?

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 The man said,

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 The woman whom you gave to me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.

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 Then the Lord God said to the woman,

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 What is this you have done?

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 And the woman said,

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 The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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 From Philippians 2,

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 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ,

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 if there is any consolation of love,

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 if there is any fellowship of the Spirit,

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 if any affection and compassion,

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 make my joy complete by being of the same mind,

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 maintaining the same love,

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 united in Spirit,

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 and intent on one purpose.

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 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,

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 but with humility of mind,

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 regard one another as more important than yourselves.

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 Do not merely look out for your own personal interests,

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 but also for the interests of others.

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 Have this attitude in yourselves,

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 which was also in Christ Jesus,

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 who, although he existed in the form of God,

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 did not regard equality with God as a thing to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself,

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 taking the form of a bondservant,

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 and being made in the likeness of men.

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 Being found in appearance as a man,

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 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 For this reason also,

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 God highly exalted him,

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 and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,

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 so that at the name of Jesus,

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 every knee will bow,

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 of those who are in heaven and on earth,

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 and under the earth,

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 and that every tongue will confess

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord,

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 And this is God's word.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Wow, that's good.

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 First time people spoke out like that.

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 She didn't want me to say it again, right?

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 That's what it is.

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 Hey, so, welcome to Watermark Church.

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 This is your first time, or your second time.

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 I'm Tobin.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 And last week we've been talking about,

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 we talked about an invitation to a party,

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 and the party was the kingdom of God.

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 The party was in the kingdom.

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 The party was heaven,

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 and we talked about the invitation to that party.

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 And I got a lot of feedback on that issue,

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 and people asked a lot of questions.

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 Some of them were asking for their relatives

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 and their family members,

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 and they said,

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 so what you said was that

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 we can't bring anything to the party.

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 We have to come,

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 but we can't come with anything in our hands.

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 I said, yes, that's not exactly what I said,

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 but that's what Christ says.

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 And they said, wow, that's really hard to hear

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 because we have so many family members

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 who turn down Christianity

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 because they can't offer anything to God.

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 I just kind of cried, right?

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 When you hear that, you're like, oh my gosh.

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 And I think that that is something we need to be sure of

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 and true of when we teach the gospel,

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 that we come with empty hands.

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 We come with nothing.

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 There's another scripture story.

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 It's almost exactly like when we talked before.

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 I almost shared it.

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 It was in Matthew.

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 And in this story, the same thing happens.

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 The invitations go out,

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 and the people deny it.

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 They say no at the second invite,

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 and so Christ sends out his workers,

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 us, his people,

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 to give the invitation to other people.

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 And we're told that when everybody gathers in

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 and the master comes in,

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 he sees someone in the party dressed not appropriately.

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 And I've always had a hard time with that passage.

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 It really kind of bugged me

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 because the master comes up and says,

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 well, how did you get in here

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 if you're not appropriately dressed?

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 And he goes, well, I just walked in.

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 And he said to his servants,

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 you have to get him out of there to make him leave.

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 And again, what Jesus was trying to share to the people

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 is that when we come to God's party,

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 when we come to heaven,

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 and I didn't know this until I started studying

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 that in Middle Eastern parties,

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 really big parties,

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 you would walk in and the guest,

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 the host, would give you clothes.

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 I mean, you would walk in

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 and you would shed your clothes

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 and the host would give you amazing clothes

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 of gold and linen and some of the best things.

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 And the thought behind the parable was

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 is that the only way you can get into heaven

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 is being dressed by God,

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 being dressed in his mercy,

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 in his grace, in the blood of Christ.

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 Sometimes, again, we forget that

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 because we want to wear our own clothes

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 and we want to dress ourselves.

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 You know, when he started to plant,

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 to pray about starting this church,

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 we prayed for a long time.

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 And we said that we wanted to start a community.

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 We wanted to start a family.

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 We wanted to start a church.

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 We didn't want to start a club.

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 Christina's dad came here in the early 60s

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 and they lived for 30 years here

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 and Christina was born here.

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 And one of the first things

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 that Don told me about Hong Kong

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 before I even came,

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 when we were thinking about coming,

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 is he says that Hong Kong

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 is a place you can get clubbed to death.

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 I had to think about that for a minute,

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 what that really meant.

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 But there's clubs everywhere, you know.

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 And we said, you know,

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 God isn't calling us to start a club.

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 He's calling us to start a church.

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 And a club and a church are very different, right?

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 So you go to a club

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 and people really don't even really know you.

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 I mean, you can step in and step out

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 and no one even knows who you are.

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 They're not going to ask you messy questions in the clubs.

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 You know, you're not going to be doing Pilates

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 and the guy's going to look over and say,

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 hey, dude, you're here like every night this week

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 for three hours doing exercise.

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 What's going on with your family?

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 You look at them like,

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 that's none of your business.

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 Who are you to ask about my family?

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 But in a church,

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 in a community, in a family,

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 we ask those type of questions.

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 We get messy sometimes.

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 Sometimes it's scary.

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 It's why people come in and they leave.

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 They come in and they leave.

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 They don't want to be known by anybody.

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 They want a club.

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 In a club, people don't notice you

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 unless your phone goes off

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 or you park in their parking space

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 or you don't pay your bill.

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 But we realized in a church,

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 God has called us to notice everyone.

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 The Greek word often used for church

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 in community is the word storge,

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 S-T-O-R-G-E, storge.

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 It's one of the four love languages.

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 And this language is very,

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 this word is very specific.

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 It talks about relationships

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 that are happened and developed over time.

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 It talks about people

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 who've been in the middle of battle

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 or they've gone through incredible events

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 like hospital visits

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 and kids and relationships being broken up

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 and all of these things.

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 And as people are on this journey together

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 and those relationships,

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 storge happens,

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 depth in love and caring happen.

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 And that's what God has called the church to be.

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 So my encouragement to you is

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 don't just come and go.

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 Because if you do,

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 we miss out

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 on everything you have to offer.

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 We, the church,

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 are less

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 because you don't serve.

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 We, the church,

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 are less

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 because you're not known.

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 We, the church,

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 are not what God meant for us to be

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 because you're not using your talents

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 and people don't know you

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 and that you're not in community.

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 And I know some of you are freaking out

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 when you hear this

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 and you're going,

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 wow, my community is my yacht club

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 or my community is my cricket team

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 or my community is my workplace

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 and I don't really need another community.

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 But that's not what Scripture talks about

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 when it says storge

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 in church.

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 But it talks about a community of depth

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 and understanding

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 and being known.

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 One of the greatest,

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 most famous studies done

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 on community

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 and relationships

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 was done by a Harvard social scientist.

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 It's called the Alameda County Study

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 and it took 7,000 people

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 over a nine-year period of time.

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 And after this study,

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 he found a couple things.

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 He found that people who are most isolated

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 are three times more likely to die

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 than people who are very connected relationally.

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 The study found that men tend to experience

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 greater health benefits

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 if they are around women,

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 but women have not,

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 had no need

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 or had to experience

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 no significant health benefits

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 being around men.

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 It's a fact.

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 It's scientific, right?

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 So this means, guys,

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 that while you need women

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 to teach you how to eat

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 and to comb your hair

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 and remember to zip your fly up

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 and all those things,

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 women have no need of men,

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 which I feel like we all knew that

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 a long time ago, right?

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 So I'm not teaching anything else

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 differently or anything like that.

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 They discovered that people

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 who had bad health habits,

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 that they were smokers,

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 they ate a lot of fast food,

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 they ate sugars,

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 they ate sodas,

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 they were obese

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 or almost obese,

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 they were out of shape.

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 People who had bad health habits

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 but strong relational connections

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 lived significantly longer

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 than people with great health habits

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 but who were isolated.

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 So in other words,

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 they found that it was better

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 to eat M&Ms and brownies

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 and drink massive amounts

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 of Diet Coke

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 and do it with good friends.

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 It was healthier

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 than you for to eat broccoli

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 and drink water alone.

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 Scientific fact.

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 Okay, so I just had to put that

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 in there for my wife.

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 It is a scientific fact

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 and we need to remember that.

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 Another study by the JAMA,

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 the Journal of American Medicine

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 Medical Association,

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 they took 276 volunteers

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 and they infected them

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 with a virus that produces

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 the common cold.

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 In the study,

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 they found out that people

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 with strong emotional connections,

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 deeper emotional relationships,

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 did four times better

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 than fighting off the illness

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 than those who were isolated.

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 Those with better community

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 were less susceptible to colds.

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 They shed the cold virus quicker.

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 They produced less mucus

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 than relationally unconnected people.

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 I'm not making this up.

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 This is true.

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 In other words,

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 less connected people,

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 people not in community

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 with others

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 or more snottier

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 than people who have deep

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 emotional relationships

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 and they're in community.

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 And we can go on and on.

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 I found all these things

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 and I thought they were hilarious.

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 But what they're saying basically

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 is what we've said all along

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 that the Bible says

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 that you and I,

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 we were made for community.

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 We were made to know each other.

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 We were made to be known

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 for each other.

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 We were made to care

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 for each other.

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 We were made for community.

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 C.S. Lewis said that

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 Christians commonly say

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 that they want a relationship

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 with God,

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 that they want to get to know

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 Jesus better,

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 but often they say

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 they want to do it by themselves

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 because people in the church

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 really bother them.

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 But Lewis went on and he said,

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 but you will never be able

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 to do that by yourself.

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 To know Jesus better

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 and to grow in your faith,

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 you must be deeply involved

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 in the church,

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 the Christian community,

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 with strong relationships

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 of love and accountability.

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 Only if you are part

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 of that community

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 with believers

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 seeking to resemble,

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 serve,

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 and love Jesus

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 will you ever get

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 to know Jesus better

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 and grow into his likeness.

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 Everything says

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 that we were made

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 for community.

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 Let me give you

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 a little context here

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 in the scriptures.

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 The Bible

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 was written to a people

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 who were surrounded

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 by pagan nations.

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 The scriptures were written

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 to people who were surrounded

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 by nations

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 and religions

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 and almost all of them

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 were pluralistic.

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 Almost all of them

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 had many gods.

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 In fact,

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 the hierarchy

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 was always something

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 like this.

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 Gods,

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 king,

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 priest,

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 artist,

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 merchants,

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 slaves,

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 Aussies.

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 Always like that.

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 God,

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 I love you.

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 God,

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 priest,

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 kings,

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 priest,

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 merchants,

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 artists,

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 slaves.

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 And what you see

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 in these cultures

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 that only the king

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 was made

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 in the image of God.

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 Only the king

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 reflected God's glory.

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 Only the king mattered

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 in all of these cultures.

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 People,

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 if they wanted access

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 to God,

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 they had to go

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 through the king.

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 If you wanted to see

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 what God looked like,

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 you looked at the king

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 because how the king

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 looked like

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 describes how God

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 looks like.

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 But then we come

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 to this passage

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 in Genesis

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 and we're told

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 in the very first chapter,

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 in the very beginning

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 of time,

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 that God makes us

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 in his own image.

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 I mean,

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 the wording

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 is very,

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 very deliberate.

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 I mean,

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 he's talking

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 and he's told

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 that God

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 who existed

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 in community

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 from the beginning

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 of time,

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 from eternity past,

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 God in community,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 He comes in

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 and he creates man,

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 male and female,

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 a plurality,

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 a community

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 with relationships.

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 And as he does that,

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 he says,

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 this is who I am.

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 This is what reflects

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 my personality.

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 This is how I am.

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 I mean,

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 you see it as God

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 in the scripture.

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 He says,

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 the God creates us

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 in his image.

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 In the Hebrew word

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 there is Salem.

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 It basically means

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 his image,

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 T-S-E-L-E-M.

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 And so God makes us

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 in his image

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 and for the first time

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 we look at everyone

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 around us

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 and we realize

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 it's not just

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 the king.

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 It's not just

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 the ruler

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 but God has given

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 dignity

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 to everyone.

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 That everyone

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 is made

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 in his image.

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 And when these words

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 are spoken

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 in scripture,

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 everything

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 changes.

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 Cultures change.

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 History changes.

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 As people are looked at,

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 changes.

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 All human relationships,

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 all interacting

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 with each other.

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 For the first time

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 we look at people

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 in the history

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 of mankind

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 and we see

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 male,

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 female,

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 white,

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 black,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 all of them

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 are equal.

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 I've been thinking

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 about this a lot.

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 And I've been wondering

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 what would it be like

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 if there was a church

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 or a community

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 who treated

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 everyone equally?

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 what would it be like

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 if there was a community

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 that when someone

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 walked in the door

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 the first thought

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 that they thought

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 on their head was

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 and their mind was

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 this person

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 is made

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 in God's image.

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 What would the atmosphere

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 be like

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:29.459
 in that church?

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 What would people

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 think as they came

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 to visit that church?

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 What would the community

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 think when they

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 looked at that church

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 and they realized

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.279
 that man,

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 everybody in that church

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 treats everybody

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 like they're the image

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 of a king.

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 In the olden days

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 and ancient days

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 the kings made

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 these big busts

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 and statues of them

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 and you see them

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 everywhere

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 and they placed

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 their image

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 everywhere.

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 Every part

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 of their kingdom

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 had their bust

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 or their image

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 of it.

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 And the purpose

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 was so that

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.799
 when you came

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 in to the community

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 when you walked

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.699
 across the boundaries

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 of the country

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 and you saw

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 the image

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 you knew right away

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:15.099
 who was in control.

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 You knew right away

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.500
 who the ruler was.

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.240
 You knew right away

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.379
 what the gods

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.039
 would look like

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.599
 because you could

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.299
 look at the king.

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 But in Genesis

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 for the very first time

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 we're told

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 that God

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 makes us

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 and he places

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 his image

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.180
 in us

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 you and I

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 and he places

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.900
 us all around

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.680
 his creation

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 so that whenever

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:42.200
 anybody walks

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.680
 into God's creation

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:47.240
 they see us

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 and they see

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.000
 what God looks like

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:54.119
 how he acts

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 how he should act

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.900
 what should he do.

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.539
 The scripture

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.039
 goes on

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.380
 and it says

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.920
 that we weren't

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.480
 just created

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.200
 by ourselves

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.059
 but that we were

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:04.819
 created in community.

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.079
 In the passage

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.720
 when we see

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.079
 Salem

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.000
 means something

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.579
 very special.

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.319
 Calvin talked

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.920
 about it a lot

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.000
 a lot of the reformers

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.599
 talked about it

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 but what he talks

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.099
 about is this

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 that you and I

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:18.259
 are mirrors

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:22.059
 and our purpose

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.819
 in this world

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.640
 is to glorify

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 the Lord

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 is the chief

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 and the man

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 and as we stand

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.799
 there is a mirror

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.799
 here is God

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.660
 here is us

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.599
 and here is creation

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:34.180
 God shines

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.339
 his goodness

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.660
 his grace

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:38.059
 his love

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.180
 his caring

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.279
 it hits us

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.799
 as a mirror

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 and we live

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.599
 that out

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.379
 and people see

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.500
 that on creation.

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 Are you following me?

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.339
 And then when people

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.140
 see

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.839
 wow

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.380
 that church

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.019
 is amazing

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.579
 or wow

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.180
 that community

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.779
 is incredible

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.920
 or see how they

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.779
 care about each other

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.579
 see how they

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.200
 love each other

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 see how they

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 do that

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 and they get

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.880
 nothing in return

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.180
 that praise

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.359
 and that worship

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.400
 comes up

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.500
 and it hits me

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.059
 as a mirror

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.900
 and it reflects

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.680
 back to God.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.420
 And so our

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.480
 whole life

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.660
 the reason you

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.220
 and I

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.799
 were made

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.480
 the reason

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.120
 that we were made

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.960
 in the image

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.440
 of God

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.160
 is so that we

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.799
 would reflect

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.640
 his presence

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:23.420
 not as a single

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.819
 mirror

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:26.220
 but that we'd

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.480
 reflect his presence

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:30.539
 within community

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:33.980
 with each other

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.880
 as we lived

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.539
 our life

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 because the passage

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.279
 says in Genesis

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.380
 from the very

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.059
 beginning of time

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.759
 that God

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.799
 lived in community

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:44.839
 there was a

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.159
 father

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.740
 there was a

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 son

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.339
 there was a

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.859
 Holy Spirit

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.200
 and I think

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.000
 sometimes as

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.440
 Christians

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.619
 we forget that

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:54.519
 especially as

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.440
 American Christians

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.039
 as Western

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.519
 Christians

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.579
 we think so

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.200
 individually

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.200
 we think about

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.720
 ourself

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.539
 we think it's

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.419
 just about me

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:02.220
 and we don't

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.779
 realize that

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.319
 when God

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.639
 writes his

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.059
 word

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.299
 to his

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.779
 people

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.700
 he's talking

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.419
 to us

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.339
 in a

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.799
 community

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:13.579
 another way

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.119
 to say this

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.559
 is

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.220
 unless you're

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.519
 from the

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.839
 south

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.799
 you're reading

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.240
 your Bible

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.619
 wrong

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:23.619
 that's just

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.139
 a fact

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:26.159
 because when

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.079
 God wrote

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.960
 in Hebrew

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.079
 and in Greek

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 and in Aramaic

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.339
 and used

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.940
 the words

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:33.000
 you

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:36.899
 actually what

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.299
 the word

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.039
 meant was

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.940
 y'all

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:44.360
 I'm serious

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.960
 but the

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.539
 translators

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.920
 they weren't

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.240
 from the

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.580
 south

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.019
 so they

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.160
 didn't

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.360
 have

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.779
 y'all

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:50.340
 they just

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.559
 put

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.019
 you

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.259
 and so

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.600
 when we

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.180
 read that

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.559
 we say

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:53.820
 okay

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.279
 how are

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.799
 you doing

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.700
 how is

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.880
 your

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.279
 quiet

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.680
 time

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.440
 how are

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.759
 you doing

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.120
 sharing

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.519
 with people

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.820
 what's

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.299
 going on

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.480
 here

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.799
 how are

00:25:59.799 --> 00:25:59.980
 things

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.360
 happening

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.980
 and we

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.240
 miss

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.840
 we miss

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.400
 community

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.920
 because when

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.220
 God

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.100
 created it

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.360
 when he

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.960
 penned the

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.240
 words

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.620
 he said

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.400
 y'all

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.900
 okay

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:12.000
 repeat after

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.299
 me

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.740
 y'all

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:16.299
 y'all

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.500
 okay

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.059
 so now

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.440
 you know

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.220
 it wasn't

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.860
 just you

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.380
 it was

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.220
 y'all

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.299
 and so

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.880
 you see

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.240
 you know

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.799
 you see

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.160
 in

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.259
 and there's

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.120
 we could go

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.920
 for hours

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.480
 on this

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.860
 topic

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.420
 in many

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.779
 sermons

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.519
 and we're

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.940
 just kind of

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.440
 skimming the

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.900
 pop because

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.200
 we're setting

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.600
 up for the

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.000
 next couple

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.340
 sermons

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.320
 but in

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.580
 scripture

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.059
 this is

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.279
 deep

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.299
 with theology

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.419
 and so

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.019
 when sin

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.759
 comes in

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.480
 and sin

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.000
 comes into

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.339
 the world

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.700
 which we

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.019
 read

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.799
 it comes

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.240
 in and it

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.599
 changes

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.039
 everything

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.559
 it breaks

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.359
 us

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:46.460
 it breaks

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.259
 our relationship

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:49.440
 with God

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.419
 it breaks

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.480
 how we

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.379
 see other

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.839
 people

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:55.960
 we no longer

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.039
 see people

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.019
 as made

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.059
 in God's

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.519
 image

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:01.900
 we see

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.740
 ourselves

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:05.539
 as God

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:07.259
 we look

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.559
 at our

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.019
 mirrors

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.400
 and they're

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.779
 broken

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.139
 and we

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.519
 say

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.240
 you know

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.339
 everybody's

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.740
 giving me

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.379
 these praise

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.319
 and I

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.680
 should be

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:13.920
 saying

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.519
 yeah God

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.839
 God

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.539
 God gave

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.759
 me the

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.000
 gifts

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.400
 God gave

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.599
 me the

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.920
 talents

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.480
 but you

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.599
 know

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.259
 in reality

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.900
 God really

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.259
 didn't do

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.480
 that

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.059
 because it

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.539
 all came

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.819
 to me

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.180
 because I'm

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.859
 I'm working

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.460
 really hard

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:24.440
 I've studied

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.319
 incredibly hard

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.160
 and yeah

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.859
 yeah yeah

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.440
 but it's

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.099
 really me

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.139
 and so

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.439
 when that

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:30.939
 sin comes

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.219
 in and

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:31.539
 breaks

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.759
 our

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.039
 mirror

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.740
 we look

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.000
 at our

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.219
 mirror

00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:33.579
 and we

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.079
 forget

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:36.480
 why God

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.079
 made us

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:39.579
 and so

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.879
 we start

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.480
 thinking thoughts

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.799
 like well

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.199
 maybe I

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.699
 should be

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:43.679
 God

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:46.319
 maybe I

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.799
 know what's

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.379
 better for me

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:48.000
 than God

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.899
 I mean you've

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.279
 heard this in

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.859
 counseling sessions

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.319
 all the time

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.959
 you say hey

00:27:50.959 --> 00:27:51.199
 you know you

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.439
 shouldn't be

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.839
 doing this

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.279
 and scripture

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.139
 says you

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.379
 shouldn't be

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.659
 doing these

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:53.859
 things

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.359
 and you go

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.619
 yeah I

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.000
 know that

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.699
 but I

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.059
 know what's

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.539
 best for me

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.839
 and I

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.079
 think we

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.339
 should do

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.779
 this

00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:03.079
 the mirror's

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.419
 broken

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:05.099
 I mean we

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.759
 deal with

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.539
 these things

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.079
 and we deal

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.459
 with these

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:07.799
 struggles

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.659
 and we try

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.259
 to be God

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.839
 and the question

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.480
 I want to ask

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.179
 ourselves is

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.240
 how are we

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.679
 doing with

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:12.939
 that

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:17.619
 I mean how

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.759
 how is your

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.359
 world doing

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:21.980
 with you as

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.219
 God

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:27.940
 I mean we

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.460
 look around

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.960
 and we see

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.759
 wars and

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.240
 we see

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.400
 conflict and

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.779
 we see

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.160
 hatred and

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.579
 we see

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.220
 husbands

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.799
 dominating

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.440
 wives and

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.700
 we see

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.660
 wives dominating

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:38.019
 children and

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.980
 we see all

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.559
 of these things

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.259
 and that's

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.700
 just in the

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.140
 church

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:45.539
 that's not

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.019
 even among

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.420
 the people

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.920
 who don't

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.019
 know God

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:50.299
 we want to

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.039
 rule on

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.599
 our own

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.160
 we want

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.079
 to be

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.639
 our own

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.139
 God

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.819
 and all

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.099
 of our

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.680
 philosophers

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.480
 and people

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.940
 who teach

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.299
 us

00:28:58.299 --> 00:29:00.119
 affirm that

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.000
 I love

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.480
 philosophy

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.879
 and as I

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.319
 read it

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.859
 and think

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.359
 about it

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.799
 you can see

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.240
 it even

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.740
 hundreds of

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.400
 years later

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.700
 played out

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:08.960
 in our

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.420
 lives

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.960
 Rousseau

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.639
 said this

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.079
 and he was

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.559
 around in the

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.099
 French Revolution

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.799
 he was one of

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.339
 the thinkers

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.799
 for the French

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.160
 Revolution

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.080
 these are his

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.420
 words

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.900
 you are an

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.320
 individual

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:19.420
 with a mind

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:21.880
 you don't

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.320
 really need

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.700
 others

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.740
 you don't

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.100
 really need

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.420
 God

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.440
 you don't

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.720
 need his

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.120
 grace to

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.480
 help you

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.420
 you don't

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.600
 need to

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.019
 look outward

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.440
 to God

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.740
 you need

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.040
 to look

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.400
 inward

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.560
 to yourself

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:32.440
 you're not

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.940
 really a

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.180
 sinner

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.820
 you are

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.380
 basically a

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.920
 good person

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.540
 what you

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:37.980
 need to do

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.460
 is not

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.360
 seek God's

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.680
 love

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:41.240
 but you

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.440
 need to

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.340
 love yourself

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:44.019
 you need to

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.519
 not seek

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.000
 God's

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.380
 acceptance

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.619
 through

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.940
 Jesus

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.519
 but you

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.759
 need to

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.059
 learn how

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.460
 to accept

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.900
 yourself

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.779
 you ever

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.059
 heard anybody

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.519
 say that

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:53.640
 I hear those

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.019
 thoughts

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.960
 echo through

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.519
 my mind

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:57.579
 as I walk

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.900
 through my

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.200
 day

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.920
 William James

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.380
 a well-known

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.980
 psychologist

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.539
 said it this

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.799
 way

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.940
 not only are

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.339
 you a pretty

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.940
 good person

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.819
 not only are

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.640
 all the answers

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:07.119
 that you need

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.680
 not only are

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.380
 the answers

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.299
 in you

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.000
 instead of

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.420
 God

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.259
 you don't

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.720
 really need

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.480
 God or

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.019
 others

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.819
 at all

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:17.740
 what you

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.000
 need is a

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.819
 highly trained

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.399
 specialized

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.179
 psychiatrist

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:23.779
 you need a

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.159
 therapist

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:26.279
 you need a

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.839
 psychologist

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.899
 you don't

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.500
 need God

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:31.419
 but you

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:31.939
 need me

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:33.799
 how's that

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.759
 I read that

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.200
 over and over

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.740
 like what

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.299
 the heck

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.579
 and then

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.700
 finally a

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.299
 guy you

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.220
 probably never

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.679
 heard of

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.220
 before but

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.019
 you hear his

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.759
 words echoed

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.379
 in your

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.700
 bank

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:47.700
 in your

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.240
 law firm

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.919
 in your

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.439
 university

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:52.379
 in your

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.779
 home

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.379
 at the

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.700
 club

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.179
 Abraham

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.659
 Maslow

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.019
 he's an

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.259
 American

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.819
 psychologist

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.339
 he wrote

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.539
 this

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.399
 Maslow

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.059
 hierarchies

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.519
 needs

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.480
 and he

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.019
 said this

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:04.259
 you do

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.879
 not need

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.419
 people or

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.759
 God

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.480
 the greatest

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.099
 need is to

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.720
 glorify

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.159
 yourself

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:12.379
 self

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.240
 actualization

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.200
 achieve your

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.720
 potential

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:17.799
 make all the

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.159
 money you

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.839
 can be as

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.399
 healthy as you

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.039
 can be as

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.700
 successful as

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.559
 you can be as

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.200
 powerful as you

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.839
 can be as

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.440
 influential as

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.359
 you can be as

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.500
 affluent as

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:28.599
 possible people

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.759
 will slow you

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.099
 down

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:34.200
 use them

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.319
 only if

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.819
 necessary

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:40.900
 and you ask

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.339
 the question

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.960
 is it any

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.799
 wonder

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.079
 why our

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.180
 world is

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.660
 the way it

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.019
 is

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:49.180
 you ask the

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.579
 question is

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.440
 any wonder as

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.940
 those thoughts

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.819
 go through me

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.799
 that my

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.920
 relationships are

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.900
 so broken

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.460
 and so

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.920
 tainted

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.740
 and not

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.400
 doing good

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:59.440
 I remember

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.820
 as a young

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.440
 Christian I

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.940
 went to

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.460
 church

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:03.120
 and I was

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.640
 going to take

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.120
 some friends

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.420
 who just

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.840
 came to

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.259
 Christ

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.600
 and as we

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.180
 walked into

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.940
 this church

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.519
 in the deep

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.660
 south we

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.120
 were in the

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:11.200
 back and the

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.820
 elders and

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.480
 deacons stopped

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.940
 me and they

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.420
 said you can

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.019
 go in here

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.000
 but your

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.900
 black friends

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.140
 can't

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:20.240
 we don't

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.300
 like them

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:26.480
 the mirror

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.980
 breaks

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:31.159
 20 years

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.720
 later I'm

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.099
 in Austin

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.639
 Texas

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:34.339
 and God

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.799
 seen this

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.500
 amazing

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.099
 amazing

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.619
 ministry

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.279
 of people

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.799
 coming to

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.159
 Christ

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.639
 as mainland

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.119
 Chinese

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.460
 so I

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.740
 thought hey

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.000
 I'm going

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.259
 to take

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.559
 them to a

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.879
 Chinese

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.359
 church

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.440
 and so I

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.720
 take them

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.000
 to a

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.319
 Chinese

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.839
 church

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:48.419
 and at

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.559
 the end

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.759
 of the

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.019
 service

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.480
 the deacons

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.859
 come up

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.180
 to me

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.580
 again

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.580
 and they

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.960
 look at

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.259
 me and

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.539
 say you

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.840
 know you're

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.420
 welcome to

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.779
 come

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:56.180
 but you

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.640
 can't bring

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.060
 them back

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.500
 anymore

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.620
 I'm like

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.400
 but they're

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.820
 Chinese

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:02.120
 this is a

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.799
 Chinese church

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.080
 you should

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.360
 be all

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.840
 welcome

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:05.799
 he goes

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.160
 yeah but

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.880
 they're FOB

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:10.759
 I'm like

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.039
 what

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.519
 they're fresh

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.820
 off the

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.039
 boat

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:16.500
 bring them

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.140
 back after

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.880
 they're educated

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.900
 bring them

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.400
 back after

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.680
 they know

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:19.980
 how to

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.259
 speak

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.680
 English

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.460
 properly

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:27.820
 and our

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.060
 mirror

00:33:28.060 --> 00:33:28.560
 breaks

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:30.920
 and we

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.560
 try to

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:31.940
 reflect

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.420
 God's

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.720
 goodness

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.160
 and his

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.560
 glory

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.420
 but sin

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.840
 has come

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.220
 in and

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.539
 sin

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.980
 has shattered

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.660
 everything in

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.120
 our life

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.500
 and in our

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.900
 community

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.759
 and we

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.320
 don't understand

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.860
 what it means

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.560
 to reflect

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.120
 God's image

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.440
 we don't

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.799
 understand

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.039
 what it

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.480
 looks like

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.460
 to be

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.620
 like God

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:45.960
 we don't

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.360
 understand

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.640
 what it

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.060
 looks like

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.740
 to take

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.360
 his worship

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.759
 and his

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.119
 grace

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.500
 and give

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.719
 it out

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.119
 to people

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.639
 and we

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:50.779
 don't

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.240
 understand

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.459
 what it

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:51.799
 means like

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.339
 to reflect

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.159
 his praise

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.539
 and worship

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.919
 back

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.599
 because we

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:54.779
 have a

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:54.979
 broken

00:33:54.979 --> 00:33:55.259
 mirror

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:58.439
 and the

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:58.939
 amazing thing

00:33:58.939 --> 00:33:59.379
 to me about

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.839
 this story

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.359
 is it doesn't

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.779
 just end

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.459
 because God

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:02.579
 continues to

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.119
 pursue us

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.939
 he continues

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:04.459
 to pursue

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:05.139
 you and me

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.939
 he sends

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.459
 his son

00:34:06.459 --> 00:34:07.179
 to earth

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:07.859
 his son

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.460
 comes in

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.059
 and think

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.440
 about this

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.739
 for the

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.319
 first time

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.699
 ever

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.819
 God breaks

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.160
 up his

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.620
 community

00:34:12.620 --> 00:34:15.620
 because from

00:34:15.620 --> 00:34:16.539
 eternity past

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.980
 the father

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.460
 son and

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.880
 holy spirit

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.360
 were together

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.300
 and all of a

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.660
 sudden the

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:20.620
 son leaves

00:34:20.620 --> 00:34:21.240
 that trinity

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:22.340
 so he leaves

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.780
 not the

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.039
 trinity

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.380
 but he leaves

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.960
 the proximity

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.460
 of them

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.080
 he leaves

00:34:25.080 --> 00:34:25.580
 his home

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:26.860
 and he

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.320
 comes to

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.700
 earth

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:29.380
 and he

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.100
 walks around

00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:30.860
 us as men

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.980
 and he

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.539
 shows us

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.880
 what it

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.300
 means to

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.660
 reflect

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.039
 God's

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.360
 image

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.320
 he walks

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.180
 around us

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.559
 and he

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.960
 lives

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.080
 like one

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.579
 of us

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:43.340
 and his

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.340
 whole purpose

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.299
 is to

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.719
 point us

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.319
 to God

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:47.239
 to point us

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.779
 back to the

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.139
 father

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.400
 and to die

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.119
 on the

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.639
 cross

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:53.119
 so that you

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.519
 and I

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.539
 might come

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.219
 back to him

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:57.159
 and as he

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.799
 does this

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.880
 the Bible

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.480
 says that our

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.019
 relationships

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.719
 are healed

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:04.199
 that as our

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.599
 relationship

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.219
 with God

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.420
 is healed

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:08.599
 our

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 relationships

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.460
 with all

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.759
 the other

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.139
 people

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.759
 around us

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:13.299
 begin to

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.759
 be healed

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:15.359
 and so

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:16.000
 Christ comes

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.400
 into our

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.679
 lives

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.159
 and he

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.619
 takes this

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.179
 broken mirror

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.679
 and he

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.279
 starts to

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:20.400
 heal it

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.859
 and the

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.299
 scripture says

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.679
 it's never

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.019
 going to be

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.000
 totally healed

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.239
 until we

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.639
 get to

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.019
 heaven

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:28.339
 but the

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.960
 focus on

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.359
 this and

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:29.659
 what he

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.159
 says to

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.599
 us is that

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.400
 he wants

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.779
 us to

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.159
 do it

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.920
 within

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.579
 community

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:36.379
 that's why

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.940
 he left

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.539
 the church

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.839
 here

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.440
 the book

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.880
 of Acts

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.360
 is all

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.100
 about the

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:40.380
 church

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.920
 going out

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.700
 about people

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.420
 being restored

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.200
 about healing

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.620
 happening

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.680
 about relationships

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.300
 being renewed

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.220
 about communities

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.800
 being made

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.680
 the book of Acts

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.460
 tells all of the

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.000
 story about how

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.700
 Christ came

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.320
 and he

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.120
 jump-started

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:52.620
 this community

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:54.360
 so that we

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.059
 could understand

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.079
 why we're

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.400
 here

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:59.160
 and what our

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.880
 purpose is

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:02.000
 I got to be

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.320
 honest with you

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.800
 sometimes I just

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.559
 like living in the

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.240
 kingdom of Tobin

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:06.259
 and sometimes I

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:07.159
 like being God

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.579
 and I like

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.319
 dealing with those

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.059
 things and there's

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.000
 times I like the

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.659
 praise I don't want

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.259
 to reflect it back

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.719
 to God

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.059
 sometimes as I

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.539
 look and I

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.599
 walk and you

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.239
 are like this

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.599
 too because

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.179
 scripture says

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.799
 that all of us

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.159
 were like this

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.719
 before we came

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.139
 to know him

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:19.079
 and many of us

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.519
 are like this

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.099
 after we come

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.459
 to know him

00:36:20.459 --> 00:36:21.339
 but we walk

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:22.119
 around God's

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.119
 creation and the

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.699
 one thought in

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.819
 our mind is how

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.539
 do we put our

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:27.879
 image on

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:30.779
 everything how do

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.159
 we make our

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.919
 workplace look

00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:33.459
 like Tobin

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:36.199
 how do we make

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.820
 our community

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.579
 look like

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:40.159
 Ian

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.079
 how do we make

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.860
 our family

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:45.940
 look like

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.519
 Kip

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:48.480
 and we struggle

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.019
 with that and

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.880
 Christ continually

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.639
 comes into our

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.400
 life and he

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.420
 continually woos us

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.119
 and shows us who

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.920
 the father is

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.320
 and why we're

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:57.380
 here and how we

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.039
 can be made whole

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.780
 and new again

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.400
 and what the

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.980
 purpose of our

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.699
 community is like

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:03.659
 how we doing

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:06.039
 does this make

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.399
 sense

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:08.960
 so you were

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.519
 made in God's

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.859
 image

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.799
 Imago Dei

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:14.019
 you were made

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.439
 so that when

00:37:14.439 --> 00:37:15.500
 creation sees

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.419
 God they see

00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.119
 you they see

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:18.299
 an image of

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.319
 grace and

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.679
 mercy

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.939
 sin comes in

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.759
 it breaks all

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.359
 those things

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:23.219
 and now we

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.019
 cannot act the

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.599
 way that we

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.079
 should do

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:28.259
 okay I'm going

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.799
 to fly through

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.679
 this because we

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.359
 got five minutes

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:32.400
 the scripture

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.059
 that you read

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.660
 in Philippians

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.460
 tells the story

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.019
 of a church

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.980
 the church was

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.760
 doing very well

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.740
 when Paul came

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.260
 to the church

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.099
 he couldn't find

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.700
 any Christian

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.160
 men there

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:42.760
 he went to the

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.200
 river and he

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.800
 found some women

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.500
 working there

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.780
 and through these

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.519
 women he started

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.039
 a community

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.660
 a church in

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.120
 Philippi

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:50.400
 Philippi was

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:51.059
 this amazing

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.760
 city it was a

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.500
 military city

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.300
 but it was very

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.000
 popular to the

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.300
 Romans

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.559
 there was a

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.059
 huge battle

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.539
 that was fought

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.200
 right outside of

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.720
 that and ever

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.599
 since then the

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.140
 Romans treated

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.719
 everybody in

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.339
 Philippi just

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.779
 like a Roman

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.179
 citizen

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:03.039
 and so Philippi

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.679
 was on this

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.259
 trade route

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.980
 much like

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.699
 Hong Kong

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.699
 all the trade

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.219
 going to

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:08.259
 Rome had to

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.539
 go through

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.059
 Philippi

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:10.940
 and everybody

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.619
 in Philippi

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.539
 became prosperous

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:14.099
 and prideful

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:15.279
 and wealthy

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:16.679
 and they came

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.219
 to a point

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.099
 even within

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.619
 the church

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.179
 that they

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:20.159
 forgot what

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.480
 it meant

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.480
 to be the

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.139
 family of God

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.759
 and walk

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.460
 in God's

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.839
 image

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:25.940
 when you read

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.519
 that passage

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.179
 you see three

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.719
 things

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:29.000
 you see what

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.379
 does it look

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:29.819
 like to be

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.239
 in God's

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.539
 image

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:32.179
 you see why

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.019
 did the image

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.599
 break and what

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.079
 happened in

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.699
 that church

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.859
 and you see how

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.299
 do we come

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.939
 back to it

00:38:36.939 --> 00:38:38.599
 the what is

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.159
 very easy

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.299
 the what is

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.839
 unity and

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.259
 community

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.559
 verses one

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:42.939
 and two

00:38:42.939 --> 00:38:44.299
 the Bible

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.899
 says that God

00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.519
 is always about

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.899
 this

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:47.959
 bringing people

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:48.359
 together

00:38:48.359 --> 00:38:49.719
 one of the

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.119
 names of

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.719
 Satan is

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.219
 Diablo

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:52.459
 Diablo means

00:38:52.459 --> 00:38:52.859
 in Latin

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.779
 to rip apart

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:55.800
 that's why

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.460
 in the garden

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.019
 the first thing

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.400
 that Satan

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.160
 attacked was

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:58.600
 community

00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:59.120
 the man

00:38:59.120 --> 00:38:59.640
 and the wife

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:00.840
 but God

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.300
 says in this

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.620
 passage

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:02.460
 that what a

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.060
 healthy church

00:39:03.060 --> 00:39:03.540
 looks like

00:39:03.540 --> 00:39:04.280
 what a healthy

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.860
 community looks

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.519
 like is this

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.300
 together

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:08.560
 now in verses

00:39:08.560 --> 00:39:09.140
 three and four

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.820
 we see that

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.519
 there were some

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.740
 people in this

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.140
 church

00:39:12.140 --> 00:39:13.500
 they started

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.420
 arguing with

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.860
 each other

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.200
 they started

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:16.700
 asking the

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.100
 question well

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.740
 whose church

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.420
 is this really

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.420
 and whose image

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.000
 should be stamped

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.320
 on it

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.260
 and this argument

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:22.660
 spread to two

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.280
 different groups

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.700
 of people

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.140
 and they

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.340
 started

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.840
 fighting each

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.060
 other

00:39:25.060 --> 00:39:26.680
 can you

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:27.260
 imagine that

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:30.640
 people in

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.260
 God's

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.800
 church

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:34.320
 dividing

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.960
 the church

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:37.380
 over whose

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.100
 image should

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.560
 be stamped

00:39:38.560 --> 00:39:38.980
 on this

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.360
 church

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:41.240
 and in

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:41.880
 verses three

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.480
 and four

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.300
 he basically

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.960
 says why

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.440
 they did it

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.840
 and he says

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.300
 they did it

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.680
 because they

00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.340
 were selfish

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:48.820
 they were just

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.220
 thinking of

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.700
 themselves

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:51.580
 and he uses

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:52.380
 a very interesting

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.880
 word here

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.200
 he says

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.139
 empty conceit

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.819
 in Greek

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.219
 it means

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.759
 kino

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.839
 doksi

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:57.599
 doksi

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.399
 means praise

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:59.119
 kino means

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.439
 empty

00:39:59.439 --> 00:40:00.079
 he says

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.460
 they were

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:00.879
 doing it

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.579
 because they

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.199
 were empty

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.819
 and they

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.559
 wanted praise

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.980
 they wanted

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.339
 worship

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.719
 they wanted

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:06.079
 everybody to

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.480
 look at them

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.759
 they wanted

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.079
 people to

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.500
 see them

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.019
 they didn't

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.219
 want to

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.599
 reflect it

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.899
 back to

00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.139
 God

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.719
 they wanted

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.079
 them

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.460
 them

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.819
 them

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:11.139
 them

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.859
 and Paul

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.079
 says

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.899
 because you're

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:13.359
 focused on

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:13.739
 yourself

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:14.480
 because you

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.819
 want the

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.079
 praise

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.559
 because you

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.839
 want the

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.119
 glory

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.719
 because you

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.059
 forgotten

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.439
 why God

00:40:17.439 --> 00:40:17.859
 made you

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:18.259
 and you're

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.759
 not reflecting

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.059
 it back

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.480
 to God

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.319
 everything's

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:20.539
 out of

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:20.859
 control

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.259
 community

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.860
 is destroyed

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:25.060
 how

00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:27.720
 how do

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:27.960
 we bring

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.460
 it back

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:33.700
 verses 5

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.100
 through 8

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:35.760
 have this

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.280
 attitude in

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.640
 yourself

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:36.960
 which is

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.400
 also in

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.700
 Christ

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.080
 Jesus

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.940
 who although

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.500
 he existed

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.780
 in the

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.080
 form of

00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:40.280
 God

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:40.580
 did not

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:40.920
 regard

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.400
 equality

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.780
 with God

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.000
 a thing

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.220
 to be

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.720
 grasped

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:43.700
 but he

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.020
 emptied

00:40:44.020 --> 00:40:44.320
 himself

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.620
 taking

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:44.960
 the form

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.180
 of a

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:45.420
 bond

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.660
 servant

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:45.880
 and he

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.080
 made

00:40:46.080 --> 00:40:46.280
 in the

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:46.580
 likeness

00:40:46.580 --> 00:40:47.100
 a man

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:48.040
 being

00:40:48.040 --> 00:40:48.320
 found

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.580
 in the

00:40:48.580 --> 00:40:49.040
 appearance

00:40:49.040 --> 00:40:49.420
 of a

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.840
 man

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:51.400
 he

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.760
 humbled

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.140
 himself

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.640
 by becoming

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:53.120
 obedient

00:40:53.120 --> 00:40:54.380
 even to

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.800
 the point

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.240
 of the

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.760
 cross

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:58.920
 the people

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.340
 were asking

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.760
 Paul how

00:40:59.760 --> 00:40:59.920
 do we

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.220
 get back

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.579
 to normal

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.860
 how do we

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.280
 regain our

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.860
 image how do we

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.300
 understand our

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.880
 function how do we

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.420
 get back to this

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.260
 and Paul said

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.800
 just a very

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.460
 simple answer

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:08.059
 look at

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.460
 Christ

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:11.579
 look at

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:11.940
 Christ

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.920
 you've

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.340
 become so

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.079
 prideful in

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.620
 your work you

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.059
 become so

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.620
 prideful in

00:41:16.620 --> 00:41:17.420
 your home you

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:17.800
 become so

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.360
 prideful in

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.760
 the church

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.660
 you've lost

00:41:19.660 --> 00:41:20.200
 the purpose

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.520
 of why

00:41:20.520 --> 00:41:20.880
 you're here

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.380
 and you're

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.700
 trying to

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:21.940
 put your

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.400
 image on

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.800
 everything

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.120
 and Paul

00:41:24.120 --> 00:41:24.620
 says the

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:25.200
 only way that

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.680
 you can fix

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:26.560
 yourself is

00:41:26.560 --> 00:41:26.840
 by looking

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.320
 at Christ

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:29.940
 because when

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.640
 we're prideful

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.280
 and we know

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.900
 it and we

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.480
 talk about how

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.040
 prideful we

00:41:33.040 --> 00:41:33.740
 are who are

00:41:33.740 --> 00:41:34.040
 we really

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.780
 focusing on

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:37.140
 ourselves

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:39.080
 well I need

00:41:39.080 --> 00:41:39.680
 to do things

00:41:39.680 --> 00:41:40.120
 so that I'm

00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.440
 not so

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:40.880
 prideful

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.960
 and I need

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.620
 to do things

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.300
 so that our

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.680
 church isn't

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.320
 so prideful

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.340
 and we need

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.880
 to do things

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.280
 so that we're

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.780
 kinder

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:48.700
 and Paul

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.200
 says no

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:51.000
 because just

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.380
 like those

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.180
 psychiatrists

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.480
 and the

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.000
 psychologists

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.440
 and the

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.019
 sociologists

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.080
 if you focus

00:41:55.080 --> 00:41:55.760
 on yourself

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:58.320
 you're always

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.780
 going to walk

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.280
 around with a

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.840
 shattered mirror

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:02.560
 so Paul

00:42:02.560 --> 00:42:03.080
 writes this

00:42:03.080 --> 00:42:04.680
 incredibly tender

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:05.560
 and loving

00:42:05.560 --> 00:42:06.300
 and nurturing

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.760
 letter it's

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.100
 probably one of

00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:07.340
 the most

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.060
 nurturing letters

00:42:08.060 --> 00:42:08.440
 he's ever

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.840
 written to a

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.200
 church

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:11.400
 and he's

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.040
 saying remember

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:13.079
 why you're

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.420
 here

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:16.820
 remember why

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.980
 Christ came

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:20.019
 remember that

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.599
 he emptied

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.159
 himself

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:22.719
 and I think

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:23.099
 it means he

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.679
 emptied himself

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.440
 of his glory

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:26.179
 I mean if you

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:26.619
 were in heaven

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.139
 and you saw

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.300
 Jesus like

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.920
 Daniel says

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.599
 you would fall

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.079
 down on your

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.320
 knees

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:31.059
 but if Jesus

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.719
 walked into

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.219
 our church

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.759
 right now

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:35.119
 the Bible

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:35.579
 says that none

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.000
 of us

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:38.619
 would take any

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.219
 notice of him

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:43.199
 because he

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.559
 didn't draw

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.219
 attention to

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.679
 himself

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.079
 he didn't

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.800
 dress sexy

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:49.259
 he didn't

00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:49.800
 expect to get

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.360
 the best seats

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:50.639
 he didn't

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.159
 expect to do

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.460
 anything

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:52.340
 he was just

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:52.800
 there to

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.400
 serve

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:55.779
 and to love

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:56.300
 the people

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:58.139
 in the church

00:42:58.139 --> 00:43:01.279
 you look at

00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:01.900
 this progression

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.400
 there

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:04.420
 in verse 6

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:04.960
 he went from

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.539
 being God

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.179
 to being man

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.539
 have you ever

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.880
 thought about

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.279
 that for a

00:43:07.279 --> 00:43:07.460
 second

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:11.940
 he's living

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.380
 in the

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.420
 perfect place

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:14.920
 the perfect

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.400
 house

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.559
 the perfect

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.000
 everything

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.000
 everything is

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.720
 spotless

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:20.800
 and he comes

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.440
 to earth

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:22.980
 which probably

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.659
 looks like a

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.159
 cesspool

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:26.920
 and he lives

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.200
 here

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:31.579
 think about

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.099
 leaving your

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.480
 house and

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.860
 going to the

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.340
 worst place

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.860
 you can imagine

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.700
 the cage city

00:43:34.700 --> 00:43:35.519
 or some kind

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.740
 of little

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.420
 small box

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.679
 where people

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:36.960
 are living

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.260
 in it

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:38.200
 that doesn't

00:43:38.200 --> 00:43:38.900
 even compare

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.780
 to what Christ

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.099
 did when he

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.500
 came to be

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:41.940
 with us

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:44.260
 and so he

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.519
 went from

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.320
 being God

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.780
 to being a

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.000
 man

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.539
 he went from

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:47.019
 being a man

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.539
 to being a

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:47.860
 servant

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.940
 a slave

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.619
 a doulos

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.199
 he went from

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:50.840
 being a slave

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.980
 to the cross

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:55.400
 so that you

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:55.900
 and I

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:59.059
 in our church

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:02.619
 in our community

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:06.099
 could be healed

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:09.039
 maybe some

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.739
 questions we

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.340
 should be asking

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.800
 ourselves

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.460
 as we walk

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.019
 into church

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.380
 or as we

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.900
 walk out

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.180
 of our

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:13.620
 church

00:44:13.620 --> 00:44:15.600
 or something

00:44:15.600 --> 00:44:16.280
 like this

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:19.200
 how can I

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:20.420
 live my life

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.980
 in a way

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.620
 that mirrors

00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:22.380
 God well

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:25.660
 what would it

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:26.140
 look like for

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.780
 this church

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:29.059
 to mirror

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.640
 God well

00:44:29.640 --> 00:44:30.300
 in the community

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:32.320
 in the world

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:32.980
 around us

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:35.620
 what would it be

00:44:35.620 --> 00:44:36.260
 like to be in a

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:36.660
 church

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.099
 church

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:39.379
 if everyone

00:44:39.379 --> 00:44:40.699
 treated everyone

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:42.619
 as if they

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:43.259
 were a king

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:46.099
 made in the

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:47.099
 image of God

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:49.500
 do you think

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.759
 that would be

00:44:49.759 --> 00:44:50.159
 attractive

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:53.899
 what does it

00:44:53.899 --> 00:44:54.379
 look like to

00:44:54.379 --> 00:44:55.299
 reflect Christ

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:56.000
 well when I

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.679
 get caught in a

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:57.319
 work environment

00:44:57.319 --> 00:44:58.079
 that is toxic

00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:00.980
 how do I

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.699
 reflect Christ

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.319
 well when my

00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:02.940
 boss is out of

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.519
 control and he's

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.259
 yelling and cussing

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:05.060
 at people what

00:45:05.060 --> 00:45:05.620
 does it look like

00:45:05.620 --> 00:45:06.580
 to reflect Christ

00:45:06.580 --> 00:45:07.620
 well when my

00:45:07.620 --> 00:45:08.420
 team goes to the

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.040
 emperor club

00:45:09.040 --> 00:45:09.480
 without their

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:09.880
 spouses

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:12.200
 and I know

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:12.500
 what's going to

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.100
 happen next

00:45:13.100 --> 00:45:16.860
 what does it

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.460
 look like

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:19.940
 to mirror

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.840
 Christ well

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:22.140
 when I get

00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:23.100
 ready for church

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:25.480
 and I'm walking

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.160
 out of the door

00:45:26.160 --> 00:45:29.020
 and my temptation

00:45:29.020 --> 00:45:29.780
 is to yell at

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.400
 my kids

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:32.260
 because they're

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:33.060
 so slow

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:36.320
 not you

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.539
 kid

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:40.059
 but what does

00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:40.659
 it look like

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:42.239
 to understand

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:43.119
 that my broken

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.539
 mirror

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:45.779
 is being

00:45:45.779 --> 00:45:46.259
 healed

00:45:46.259 --> 00:45:51.639
 God is asking

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.420
 me to reflect

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:53.000
 his goodness

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.380
 and his

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.699
 kindness

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:55.000
 everywhere

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:58.219
 what am I

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:58.699
 supposed to do

00:45:58.699 --> 00:45:58.960
 in this

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.219
 shaky

00:45:59.219 --> 00:45:59.900
 situation

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:01.559
 do I ask

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:01.840
 okay

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.179
 what am I

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:03.679
 what am I

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:04.360
 about to do

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:05.619
 am I going

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:05.940
 to reflect

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.699
 God well

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:07.799
 in what I'm

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.380
 about to do

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:09.799
 I mean

00:46:09.799 --> 00:46:10.320
 will my

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:10.880
 employers

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.239
 or my

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:11.679
 employee

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:12.159
 or my

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.500
 family

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:12.719
 or my

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:12.940
 friends

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.440
 are they

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:13.639
 going to

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:14.159
 see Christ

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.539
 in me

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:17.340
 are they

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:17.440
 going to

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:17.960
 see Christ

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.239
 in my

00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:18.659
 words

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:18.960
 and my

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.380
 actions

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:20.079
 what does

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:20.340
 it look

00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:20.559
 like

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:20.820
 there

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:24.420
 and the

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:24.759
 passage

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.619
 says really

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.000
 clearly

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.679
 that the

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:27.079
 focus

00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:27.820
 is on

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.259
 Christ

00:46:28.259 --> 00:46:28.820
 that we

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:29.279
 surrender

00:46:29.279 --> 00:46:29.840
 our lives

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.279
 to Christ

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:30.740
 we

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:31.240
 acknowledge

00:46:31.240 --> 00:46:31.640
 our needs

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.160
 for Christ

00:46:32.160 --> 00:46:32.680
 we

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.240
 go

00:46:33.240 --> 00:46:34.120
 and move

00:46:34.120 --> 00:46:34.980
 from reflecting

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.760
 our glory

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:36.500
 we confess

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.080
 to God

00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:37.380
 that we've

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:38.000
 been reflecting

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.540
 our glory

00:46:38.540 --> 00:46:39.260
 we want our stamp

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:39.620
 everywhere

00:46:39.620 --> 00:46:40.240
 we've been

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:40.980
 retaining the

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.519
 praise from him

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.460
 and we come

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.800
 to him

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:43.380
 and we confess

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.940
 that to him

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:47.060
 and we're told

00:46:47.060 --> 00:46:47.580
 that as we do

00:46:47.580 --> 00:46:48.440
 that he heals

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:48.900
 us

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:50.920
 and he doesn't

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.700
 just heal us

00:46:51.700 --> 00:46:52.280
 but he heals

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:53.580
 our relationships

00:46:53.580 --> 00:46:54.180
 he heals

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:55.240
 our community

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:56.360
 and the amazing

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:56.840
 thing to me

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.220
 and when you get

00:46:57.220 --> 00:46:57.660
 some time

00:46:57.660 --> 00:46:58.360
 go back tonight

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:58.740
 later on

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:59.100
 and read this

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.480
 passage

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:00.960
 write down

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:02.079
 Ezekiel

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:03.839
 write down

00:47:03.839 --> 00:47:04.819
 Isaiah 14

00:47:04.819 --> 00:47:05.880
 right beside it

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:07.779
 Isaiah 14

00:47:07.779 --> 00:47:08.679
 tells the devil

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.079
 and the devil

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:10.420
 is on the

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:10.779
 mountain of

00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:11.139
 God

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:12.279
 and what he

00:47:12.279 --> 00:47:12.799
 says is

00:47:12.799 --> 00:47:13.400
 I'm going to

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.059
 raise myself

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:14.319
 up

00:47:14.319 --> 00:47:14.819
 I'm going to

00:47:14.819 --> 00:47:15.420
 lift myself

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.659
 up

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.079
 I'm going to

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:16.559
 make myself

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:16.980
 look good

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.519
 I'm going to

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:17.940
 do all these

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.179
 things

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:18.480
 and God

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:18.860
 says if you

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:19.199
 do that

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.460
 you're going

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:19.759
 to fall

00:47:19.759 --> 00:47:24.360
 if you think

00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:24.940
 about yourself

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.480
 if you only

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:26.039
 do yourself

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.719
 if you want

00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:27.019
 to mirror

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.420
 yourself

00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:28.000
 if you want

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.480
 to do glory

00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:28.960
 to yourself

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:29.460
 you're going

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:29.860
 to fall

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:33.940
 and Jesus

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.440
 comes in

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:34.860
 in Philippians

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.199
 2

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:36.599
 and he

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.019
 goes from

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.420
 God

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:39.579
 to man

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:41.240
 to slave

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:42.599
 to the cross

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:43.099
 I know that

00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:43.740
 is not a

00:47:43.740 --> 00:47:44.139
 progression

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:44.599
 that you're

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:44.980
 taught in

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.360
 your business

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:45.800
 schools

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:47.260
 you're not

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:47.699
 taught to

00:47:47.699 --> 00:47:48.059
 start at the

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.639
 very top

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:49.619
 and end up

00:47:49.619 --> 00:47:49.940
 dead

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:52.340
 but that's

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:53.639
 God's

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:55.300
 method

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:57.360
 for us

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:57.940
 as children

00:47:57.940 --> 00:48:00.460
 and we're

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:00.760
 told that

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:01.160
 as we

00:48:01.160 --> 00:48:01.720
 make less

00:48:01.720 --> 00:48:02.340
 of ourselves

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:02.640
 and we

00:48:02.640 --> 00:48:03.080
 make more

00:48:03.080 --> 00:48:03.620
 of God

00:48:03.620 --> 00:48:05.620
 God

00:48:05.620 --> 00:48:06.640
 makes more

00:48:06.640 --> 00:48:07.120
 of us

00:48:07.120 --> 00:48:09.660
 in verse

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:10.580
 9 it says

00:48:10.580 --> 00:48:11.120
 because of

00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:11.580
 what Christ

00:48:11.580 --> 00:48:11.980
 has done

00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:12.400
 his name

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:12.880
 is highly

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:13.360
 exalted

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.100
 and at the

00:48:14.100 --> 00:48:14.440
 name of

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:14.740
 Christ

00:48:14.740 --> 00:48:15.280
 every knee

00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:15.760
 shall bow

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:16.940
 every tongue

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:17.600
 confess that

00:48:17.600 --> 00:48:18.140
 Jesus is

00:48:18.140 --> 00:48:18.560
 Lord

00:48:18.560 --> 00:48:19.600
 and as he

00:48:19.600 --> 00:48:20.100
 does that

00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:21.140
 our hearts

00:48:21.140 --> 00:48:21.800
 are changed

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:24.300
 our families

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:24.920
 are changed

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:26.900
 our relationships

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:27.480
 are healed

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:29.660
 our church

00:48:29.660 --> 00:48:30.200
 is healed

00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:32.320
 our community

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:32.860
 is healed

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:35.080
 and the world

00:48:35.080 --> 00:48:35.600
 is healed

00:48:35.600 --> 00:48:37.500
 but it only

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:38.200
 happens when we

00:48:38.200 --> 00:48:38.720
 understand

00:48:38.720 --> 00:48:40.440
 that our

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.860
 purpose

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.700
 in life

00:48:41.700 --> 00:48:43.920
 is to

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.880
 reflect God's

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.760
 amazing grace

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:46.940
 and mercy

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:48.060
 and love

00:48:48.060 --> 00:48:49.160
 to everybody

00:48:49.160 --> 00:48:49.820
 around us

00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:52.300
 and as we

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:52.680
 do that

00:48:52.680 --> 00:48:53.320
 the praise

00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:53.760
 and worship

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:54.559
 comes forth

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:54.960
 like you

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.340
 were singing

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:55.780
 today

00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:56.760
 and it goes

00:48:56.760 --> 00:48:57.400
 back to God

00:48:57.400 --> 00:49:00.620
 we believe

00:49:00.620 --> 00:49:01.180
 that that only

00:49:01.180 --> 00:49:01.800
 happens in

00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:02.260
 community

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:04.900
 we believe

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:05.300
 that just as

00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:05.580
 you were

00:49:05.580 --> 00:49:06.019
 created

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:07.240
 male and

00:49:07.240 --> 00:49:07.600
 female

00:49:07.600 --> 00:49:08.220
 of community

00:49:08.220 --> 00:49:09.460
 that you

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:09.880
 grow

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.300
 and you

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:10.760
 walk

00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:12.320
 in Christ

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:12.780
 within

00:49:12.780 --> 00:49:13.300
 community

00:49:13.300 --> 00:49:15.400
 these last

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:15.920
 couple weeks

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.140
 we've been

00:49:16.140 --> 00:49:16.700
 talking about

00:49:16.700 --> 00:49:17.360
 small groups

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:17.660
 and bringing

00:49:17.660 --> 00:49:18.400
 leaders up here

00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:19.240
 and we don't

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:19.579
 do it just

00:49:19.579 --> 00:49:19.979
 because we

00:49:19.979 --> 00:49:20.599
 think that it's

00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:21.259
 something that's

00:49:21.259 --> 00:49:21.859
 cool and we

00:49:21.859 --> 00:49:22.219
 can say we

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:22.599
 have this many

00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:22.879
 people in

00:49:22.879 --> 00:49:23.379
 group we

00:49:23.379 --> 00:49:23.619
 don't even

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:24.159
 keep track

00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:24.739
 of numbers

00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:25.879
 which is

00:49:25.879 --> 00:49:26.399
 probably not a

00:49:26.399 --> 00:49:26.859
 good thing

00:49:26.859 --> 00:49:29.059
 but we do it

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.639
 because we know

00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:30.119
 it's what God

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:31.000
 has created you

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.819
 to do and be

00:49:31.819 --> 00:49:34.319
 and if you're in

00:49:34.319 --> 00:49:35.239
 here right now

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:36.679
 and you come in

00:49:36.679 --> 00:49:37.179
 and you go

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:37.779
 and you come in

00:49:37.779 --> 00:49:38.179
 and you go

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:38.679
 and no one

00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:39.159
 knows you

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:40.039
 you're not

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:42.439
 you're not in

00:49:42.439 --> 00:49:42.839
 church

00:49:42.839 --> 00:49:46.919
 you're in a club

00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:51.619
 Hong Kong

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:52.159
 has too many

00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:52.539
 clubs

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:55.460
 and we don't

00:49:55.460 --> 00:49:56.039
 want Watermark

00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:56.480
 to be another

00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:56.920
 club

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:59.240
 but we want

00:49:59.240 --> 00:49:59.559
 to be a

00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.000
 community of

00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:00.420
 people going

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.820
 on a journey

00:50:00.820 --> 00:50:01.200
 together

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:04.539
 so the action

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:05.059
 point is to

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:05.519
 remember who

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:06.039
 you are

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:07.659
 remember why

00:50:07.659 --> 00:50:08.220
 God created

00:50:08.220 --> 00:50:08.460
 you

00:50:08.460 --> 00:50:09.780
 remember the

00:50:09.780 --> 00:50:10.099
 things that

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.639
 derail you

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:11.000
 and break

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.340
 your mirror

00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:11.639
 and remember

00:50:11.639 --> 00:50:12.039
 that Christ

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:12.480
 is always

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:12.960
 working in

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:13.260
 your life

00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:13.880
 that Christ

00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:14.400
 never gives

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:14.579
 up

00:50:14.579 --> 00:50:15.059
 that he's

00:50:15.059 --> 00:50:15.700
 always working

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:16.379
 to prevent

00:50:16.379 --> 00:50:16.699
 us from

00:50:16.699 --> 00:50:17.039
 getting what

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.559
 we deserve

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:19.339
 how do you

00:50:19.339 --> 00:50:19.759
 feel about

00:50:19.759 --> 00:50:20.039
 that we

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:20.299
 have a

00:50:20.299 --> 00:50:21.119
 God who's

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:21.919
 always working

00:50:21.919 --> 00:50:22.579
 to prevent

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:22.919
 us from

00:50:22.919 --> 00:50:23.199
 getting what

00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:23.659
 we deserve

00:50:23.659 --> 00:50:25.699
 he's always

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:26.559
 actively involved

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:27.039
 in your life

00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:27.659
 he's always

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:28.319
 moving in your

00:50:28.319 --> 00:50:28.980
 life he's

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:29.699
 always fixing

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:30.179
 the mirror

00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:30.779
 and smoothing

00:50:30.779 --> 00:50:31.279
 it

00:50:31.279 --> 00:50:36.859
 the passage

00:50:36.859 --> 00:50:37.399
 says that we

00:50:37.399 --> 00:50:37.819
 do it

00:50:37.819 --> 00:50:38.699
 together

00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:42.519
 we do it

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:42.779
 together

00:50:42.779 --> 00:50:44.539
 let's pray

00:50:44.539 --> 00:50:45.400
 father we

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:45.719
 thank you

00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:46.000
 for this

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:46.199
 day

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:46.500
 we thank

00:50:46.500 --> 00:50:46.699
 you for

00:50:46.699 --> 00:50:47.079
 your goodness

00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:47.440
 in our

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:47.840
 life

00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:49.119
 we thank

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:49.440
 you as

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:49.980
 we think

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:50.880
 about why

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:51.519
 you created

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:51.920
 us

00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:53.179
 and why

00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:53.559
 we were

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:54.059
 here

00:50:54.059 --> 00:50:55.440
 and the

00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:55.840
 mess that

00:50:55.840 --> 00:50:56.279
 we've gotten

00:50:56.279 --> 00:50:56.739
 ourselves

00:50:56.739 --> 00:50:57.139
 into

00:50:57.139 --> 00:50:58.980
 we continually

00:50:58.980 --> 00:50:59.639
 be humbled

00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:00.460
 and overwhelmed

00:51:00.460 --> 00:51:01.599
 at your

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:02.059
 goodness

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:03.900
 we're continually

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.599
 humbled and

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:05.099
 overwhelmed

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:05.860
 at your

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.279
 mercy

00:51:06.279 --> 00:51:09.079
 we're continually

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:09.699
 humbled and

00:51:09.699 --> 00:51:10.159
 overwhelmed

00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:12.639
 that you

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:12.920
 would give

00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:13.279
 your most

00:51:13.279 --> 00:51:14.059
 precious thing

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.679
 your son

00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:16.539
 to come

00:51:16.539 --> 00:51:17.539
 to not

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:17.920
 such a

00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:18.500
 great place

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:18.859
 earth

00:51:18.859 --> 00:51:21.799
 to heal

00:51:21.799 --> 00:51:22.159
 us

00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:24.159
 to show

00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:24.440
 us what

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:24.699
 it looks

00:51:24.699 --> 00:51:25.159
 like to

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.440
 be in

00:51:25.440 --> 00:51:25.799
 community

00:51:25.799 --> 00:51:26.339
 with you

00:51:26.339 --> 00:51:28.000
 and to

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.480
 those around

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:28.839
 us

00:51:28.839 --> 00:51:30.480
 and so we

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:30.859
 come before

00:51:30.859 --> 00:51:31.159
 you lord

00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:31.339
 because i

00:51:31.339 --> 00:51:31.539
 know there

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:31.799
 are many

00:51:31.799 --> 00:51:32.039
 of us

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.319
 in here

00:51:32.319 --> 00:51:33.119
 who haven't

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.599
 even thought

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.000
 about these

00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.639
 ideas and

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:34.940
 we're trying

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.179
 to figure

00:51:35.179 --> 00:51:35.619
 out still

00:51:35.619 --> 00:51:35.920
 why did

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:36.179
 he break

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.579
 the mirror

00:51:36.579 --> 00:51:39.179
 lord we

00:51:39.179 --> 00:51:39.460
 pray that

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.659
 you would

00:51:39.659 --> 00:51:39.980
 just speak

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.480
 to us

00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:42.619
 help us

00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:43.000
 to focus

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:43.419
 on your

00:51:43.419 --> 00:51:43.739
 son

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:45.099
 help us

00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:45.440
 to surrender

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:45.980
 our lives

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.440
 to him

00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:47.519
 and to

00:51:47.519 --> 00:51:48.000
 realize that

00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:48.399
 in him

00:51:48.399 --> 00:51:48.699
 we are

00:51:48.699 --> 00:51:49.139
 healed

00:51:49.139 --> 00:51:49.500
 and we

00:51:49.500 --> 00:51:49.759
 are made

00:51:49.759 --> 00:51:50.039
 new

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:51.859
 lord we

00:51:51.859 --> 00:51:52.379
 love you

00:51:52.379 --> 00:51:53.919
 and we

00:51:53.919 --> 00:51:54.539
 need you

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:56.039
 we pray

00:51:56.039 --> 00:51:56.319
 these things

00:51:56.319 --> 00:51:56.480
 in your

00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:56.879
 son jesus

00:51:56.879 --> 00:51:57.339
 name

00:51:57.339 --> 00:51:58.359
 amen

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:59.539
 please be

00:51:59.539 --> 00:51:59.739
 seated

00:51:59.739 --> 00:52:00.000
 just for

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.579
 one second

00:52:00.579 --> 00:52:08.139
 do any

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:08.380
 of us

00:52:08.380 --> 00:52:08.719
 have

00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:09.239
 not

00:52:09.239 --> 00:52:09.519
 broken

00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:09.860
 mirrors

00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:10.259
 in here

00:52:10.259 --> 00:52:14.000
 bible says

00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:14.400
 all our

00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:14.920
 mirrors are

00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:15.380
 crushed

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:17.420
 and i'll

00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:17.819
 probably be

00:52:17.819 --> 00:52:18.139
 the first

00:52:18.139 --> 00:52:18.340
 one to

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:18.539
 tell you

00:52:18.539 --> 00:52:18.719
 that i'm

00:52:18.719 --> 00:52:18.940
 probably

00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:19.319
 the most

00:52:19.319 --> 00:52:19.619
 broken

00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:19.960
 person

00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:20.400
 in here

00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:23.099
 and the

00:52:23.099 --> 00:52:23.539
 person that

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:24.340
 needs christ

00:52:24.340 --> 00:52:25.199
 the most

00:52:25.199 --> 00:52:30.539
 there are

00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:30.960
 times i

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:31.399
 like i

00:52:31.399 --> 00:52:31.619
 don't want

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:31.819
 to go to

00:52:31.819 --> 00:52:32.039
 community

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.399
 group

00:52:32.399 --> 00:52:33.519
 i've had a

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:34.239
 huge busy

00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:34.679
 week this

00:52:34.679 --> 00:52:35.019
 week and

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:35.899
 even though

00:52:35.899 --> 00:52:36.299
 we love

00:52:36.299 --> 00:52:36.619
 our community

00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:36.859
 group we

00:52:36.859 --> 00:52:37.079
 think we

00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:37.299
 have an

00:52:37.299 --> 00:52:37.659
 amazing

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:37.980
 community

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.319
 group there

00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:38.559
 are times

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:38.839
 i'm just

00:52:38.839 --> 00:52:40.339
 ah you

00:52:40.339 --> 00:52:40.639
 know there's

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.339
 never been a

00:52:41.339 --> 00:52:41.879
 time that

00:52:41.879 --> 00:52:43.639
 we haven't

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:46.579
 gone and

00:52:46.579 --> 00:52:47.239
 been blessed

00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:51.480
 because we

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:52.059
 learn about

00:52:52.059 --> 00:52:52.960
 christ

00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.300
 we do

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:55.720
 that within

00:52:55.720 --> 00:52:56.199
 community

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:58.340
 next week we

00:52:58.340 --> 00:52:58.800
 are not

00:52:58.800 --> 00:52:59.220
 here

00:52:59.220 --> 00:53:00.740
 okay not

00:53:00.740 --> 00:53:00.980
 that we're

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:01.579
 getting raptured

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:02.199
 to heaven but

00:53:02.199 --> 00:53:03.260
 that might

00:53:03.260 --> 00:53:04.860
 happen okay

00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:05.320
 that might

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:06.639
 happen uh

00:53:06.639 --> 00:53:07.679
 but uh we

00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:08.159
 we are at

00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:09.460
 isf okay so

00:53:09.460 --> 00:53:10.000
 if you come in

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:10.320
 here there's

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:10.539
 gonna be a

00:53:10.539 --> 00:53:10.800
 bunch of

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:11.280
 lawyers in

00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:11.599
 here you're

00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:11.740
 gonna be

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:12.099
 incredibly

00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:13.320
 bored um

00:53:13.320 --> 00:53:14.500
 sorry for

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:15.280
 you guys uh

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:15.880
 so please

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:16.740
 isf in your

00:53:16.740 --> 00:53:17.300
 bulletin there's

00:53:17.300 --> 00:53:17.960
 a little directional

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:19.280
 map there so

00:53:19.280 --> 00:53:20.320
 go there that's

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:20.579
 where we're gonna

00:53:20.579 --> 00:53:21.340
 be next week

00:53:21.340 --> 00:53:22.320
 uh it's one of

00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:22.840
 those times you

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:23.360
 get kicked out

00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:23.820
 of here and

00:53:23.820 --> 00:53:24.460
 that's what

00:53:24.460 --> 00:53:25.940
 god has for

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:27.340
 us next week

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:27.920
 also we have a

00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:28.660
 new member class

00:53:28.660 --> 00:53:28.960
 which will be

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:29.800
 about 20 minutes

00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:30.920
 after the service

00:53:30.920 --> 00:53:31.500
 there'll be kids

00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:33.120
 time kids child

00:53:33.120 --> 00:53:33.579
 care will be

00:53:33.579 --> 00:53:34.980
 provided uh so

00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:35.680
 if you're interested

00:53:35.680 --> 00:53:36.180
 in learning more

00:53:36.180 --> 00:53:37.039
 about watermark

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:38.100
 becoming a member

00:53:38.100 --> 00:53:38.700
 of the church

00:53:38.700 --> 00:53:39.700
 having questions

00:53:39.700 --> 00:53:40.740
 encourage you to

00:53:40.740 --> 00:53:41.579
 stay extra 20

00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:42.280
 minutes after the

00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:43.800
 service uh next

00:53:43.800 --> 00:53:45.380
 sunday and i'll be

00:53:45.380 --> 00:53:46.079
 there with some of

00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:46.600
 the elders and

00:53:46.600 --> 00:53:47.120
 leaders and we'll

00:53:47.120 --> 00:53:48.380
 talk about why god

00:53:48.380 --> 00:53:50.480
 had us step out

00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:51.240
 in faith and

00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:52.419
 and start this

00:53:52.419 --> 00:53:54.539
 church on your

00:53:54.539 --> 00:53:55.779
 chairs there

00:53:55.779 --> 00:53:56.439
 were two things

00:53:56.439 --> 00:53:57.259
 one of them is

00:53:57.259 --> 00:53:57.939
 this that's

00:53:57.939 --> 00:53:58.739
 tells you where

00:53:58.739 --> 00:53:59.119
 the community

00:53:59.119 --> 00:53:59.859
 groups meet and

00:53:59.859 --> 00:54:00.559
 when they meet

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:02.199
 and on the front

00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:02.719
 is how to get

00:54:02.719 --> 00:54:03.319
 connected with

00:54:03.319 --> 00:54:03.879
 those so if

00:54:03.879 --> 00:54:04.439
 you're not in a

00:54:04.439 --> 00:54:04.859
 community group

00:54:04.859 --> 00:54:05.439
 we'd encourage you

00:54:05.439 --> 00:54:06.099
 to get connected

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:07.339
 with one send

00:54:07.339 --> 00:54:08.979
 an email and the

00:54:08.979 --> 00:54:09.519
 person who's

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.379
 overseeing that

00:54:10.379 --> 00:54:11.339
 will send you a

00:54:11.339 --> 00:54:13.699
 reply by tuesday

00:54:13.699 --> 00:54:14.899
 and introduce you to

00:54:14.899 --> 00:54:15.539
 the leaders of

00:54:15.539 --> 00:54:16.859
 community group and

00:54:16.860 --> 00:54:17.620
 we just want to

00:54:17.620 --> 00:54:18.240
 encourage you to

00:54:18.240 --> 00:54:19.059
 start that journey

00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:21.320
 and do it with

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:22.019
 other brothers and

00:54:22.019 --> 00:54:22.559
 sisters who are

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:26.880
 broken yeah oh two

00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:28.039
 weeks okay okay so

00:54:28.039 --> 00:54:28.820
 membership classes in

00:54:28.820 --> 00:54:29.500
 two weeks don't worry

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:30.260
 don't come next week

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:32.400
 uh also in your in

00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:34.620
 your uh chair there

00:54:34.620 --> 00:54:35.440
 was this right here

00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:36.240
 it's just i know you

00:54:36.240 --> 00:54:36.940
 hate filling out

00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:38.800
 things i do too but

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.740
 we really would like

00:54:39.740 --> 00:54:40.360
 for you to fill this

00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:41.320
 card out it basically

00:54:41.320 --> 00:54:42.740
 just your your name

00:54:42.740 --> 00:54:44.519
 your email address and

00:54:44.519 --> 00:54:45.220
 just a couple

00:54:45.220 --> 00:54:46.180
 information like what

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:46.919
 what district you

00:54:46.919 --> 00:54:48.079
 live in it's not

00:54:48.079 --> 00:54:48.599
 going to be passed

00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:49.500
 around but it's for

00:54:49.500 --> 00:54:50.139
 us to be able to

00:54:50.139 --> 00:54:51.099
 communicate with you

00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:52.239
 and to know where

00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:53.000
 you're at so if you

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:54.319
 haven't everyone

00:54:54.319 --> 00:54:54.940
 should fill one of

00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.679
 these out and stick

00:54:55.679 --> 00:54:56.239
 it in the offering

00:54:56.239 --> 00:54:56.980
 box the offering

00:54:56.980 --> 00:54:57.679
 boxes are those

00:54:57.679 --> 00:54:58.419
 wooden things over

00:54:58.419 --> 00:55:00.239
 there so uh just

00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:01.480
 stick that out please

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:02.219
 on the way out just

00:55:02.219 --> 00:55:03.079
 so we can be involved

00:55:03.079 --> 00:55:04.679
 we have three community

00:55:04.679 --> 00:55:05.359
 groups i just want to

00:55:05.359 --> 00:55:06.519
 promo really briefly

00:55:06.519 --> 00:55:08.059
 are the leaders here

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:08.659
 you bring them up

00:55:08.659 --> 00:55:09.399
 okay come on guys

00:55:09.399 --> 00:55:15.460
 come on up mike

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:19.440
 these are three groups

00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:20.159
 some of them are new

00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:20.820
 some of them are just

00:55:20.820 --> 00:55:21.880
 starting and i just

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:22.579
 wanted them to share

00:55:22.579 --> 00:55:24.280
 really quickly uh mike

00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:26.280
 and julian and oliver

00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:30.119
 hey guys come on up

00:55:30.119 --> 00:55:31.659
 yeah just come on up

00:55:31.659 --> 00:55:32.740
 here yeah and so maybe

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.460
 just start we'll start

00:55:33.460 --> 00:55:34.480
 with mike and oliver

00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:35.980
 and then ron and grace

00:55:35.980 --> 00:55:37.900
 and terry and all you

00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:40.119
 guys uh mike why don't

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:40.760
 you share just a little

00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:41.699
 bit about your group or

00:55:41.699 --> 00:55:42.720
 where you when you guys

00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:44.219
 meet and timing and all

00:55:44.219 --> 00:55:46.359
 that okay so we're in

00:55:46.359 --> 00:55:47.739
 kennedy town or sci one

00:55:47.739 --> 00:55:49.699
 so every thursday uh

00:55:49.699 --> 00:55:50.619
 eight o'clock eight to

00:55:50.619 --> 00:55:52.299
 ten that's um that's

00:55:52.299 --> 00:55:53.039
 our community group

00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.879
 everyone is welcome

00:55:53.879 --> 00:55:55.819
 uh heartfelt invitation

00:55:55.819 --> 00:55:58.139
 um for us um jillian

00:55:58.139 --> 00:55:59.779
 and i we think that uh

00:55:59.779 --> 00:56:01.099
 one corinthians 12

00:56:01.099 --> 00:56:02.019
 everyone is a special

00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:03.859
 gift and spiritual gift

00:56:03.859 --> 00:56:05.259
 from god and if you

00:56:05.259 --> 00:56:05.779
 come to the community

00:56:05.779 --> 00:56:06.579
 group you get a chance

00:56:06.579 --> 00:56:07.359
 to implement it and

00:56:07.359 --> 00:56:08.299
 share it and unpack it

00:56:08.299 --> 00:56:10.539
 and um pour it out into

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:11.239
 the community that you're

00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:11.739
 going to get involved

00:56:11.739 --> 00:56:12.879
 with thank you

00:56:12.879 --> 00:56:15.979
 oscar hey guys um my

00:56:15.979 --> 00:56:17.279
 name is oscar along with

00:56:17.279 --> 00:56:19.739
 uh jackie and ed and

00:56:19.739 --> 00:56:23.179
 jeremy uh we um co-host a

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:24.619
 community group uh which

00:56:24.619 --> 00:56:26.319
 meets on friday at 7 30

00:56:26.319 --> 00:56:28.599
 either in uh causeway bay

00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:31.979
 or mid levels um we

00:56:31.979 --> 00:56:33.759
 usually kick off our group

00:56:33.759 --> 00:56:36.299
 with um uh with dinner um

00:56:36.299 --> 00:56:37.379
 and then we enter into time

00:56:37.379 --> 00:56:39.879
 of bible study uh and uh

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:41.340
 worship and we end up with

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:43.099
 uh with prayer and sharing

00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:44.920
 um our group is pretty

00:56:44.920 --> 00:56:46.619
 diverse um we have singles

00:56:46.619 --> 00:56:50.019
 uh uh married couples um

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:52.400
 we even have a father and

00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:53.420
 mother in our group as well

00:56:53.420 --> 00:56:56.360
 uh um trish and ed so uh

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:57.340
 yeah feel free to get in

00:56:57.340 --> 00:56:58.420
 touch with me or anybody

00:56:58.420 --> 00:56:59.640
 um any of our leaders

00:56:59.640 --> 00:57:00.539
 thanks

00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:03.300
 uh good morning everyone my

00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:04.779
 name is ron uh this is my

00:57:04.779 --> 00:57:06.500
 wife mccall and this is

00:57:06.500 --> 00:57:07.820
 grace and terry and we

00:57:07.820 --> 00:57:09.300
 co-lead a community group

00:57:09.300 --> 00:57:11.679
 that uh leads on that meets

00:57:11.679 --> 00:57:14.519
 on friday evening 8 30 uh in

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:16.739
 bel-air phase two uh you

00:57:16.739 --> 00:57:18.579
 don't need to live in bel-air

00:57:18.579 --> 00:57:19.679
 to come to our community

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:20.860
 group that's just where we

00:57:20.860 --> 00:57:21.940
 meet you're welcome to come

00:57:21.940 --> 00:57:22.960
 if you don't live in bel-air

00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:25.599
 um and it's very much the

00:57:25.599 --> 00:57:27.219
 same as what you've heard we

00:57:27.219 --> 00:57:29.059
 we uh come together to open

00:57:29.059 --> 00:57:30.639
 up god's word to encourage

00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:32.139
 each other to love and good

00:57:32.139 --> 00:57:35.500
 works uh and uh and we pray

00:57:35.500 --> 00:57:37.079
 uh we share with each other

00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:38.439
 what's going on in our lives

00:57:38.439 --> 00:57:41.139
 uh both family and at work

00:57:41.139 --> 00:57:44.379
 and uh and we just uh eat at

00:57:44.379 --> 00:57:47.039
 the end of the evening um we

00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:48.259
 uh there's about five couples

00:57:48.259 --> 00:57:49.439
 in our groups we've all got

00:57:49.439 --> 00:57:52.659
 young families um so feel free

00:57:52.659 --> 00:57:54.559
 to get in touch with me mccall

00:57:54.559 --> 00:57:56.239
 grace or terry and if you want

00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:57.079
 to come along we'll give you

00:57:57.079 --> 00:57:59.339
 the details that's good so i

00:57:59.339 --> 00:58:00.339
 think there's a there's a food

00:58:00.339 --> 00:58:01.759
 component in every group right

00:58:01.759 --> 00:58:04.639
 yeah you have to eat so so hey

00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:05.739
 you what are you up to

00:58:05.739 --> 00:58:10.899
 she thinks it's over with right

00:58:10.899 --> 00:58:14.379
 so it's okay uh hey i'm gonna

00:58:14.379 --> 00:58:15.919
 pray for us and i want to pray

00:58:15.919 --> 00:58:18.179
 just uh for the groups if these

00:58:18.179 --> 00:58:20.379
 guys will be out at the table um

00:58:20.379 --> 00:58:22.439
 you want to pray with us these

00:58:22.439 --> 00:58:23.819
 guys will be at the table if you

00:58:23.819 --> 00:58:24.819
 have any questions about community

00:58:24.820 --> 00:58:27.039
 groups ask them ask myself uh

00:58:27.039 --> 00:58:29.580
 today's the elections right so we

00:58:29.580 --> 00:58:30.580
 want to pray for the elections

00:58:30.580 --> 00:58:32.200
 going on in hong kong and just that

00:58:32.200 --> 00:58:34.100
 god would be moving in people's

00:58:34.100 --> 00:58:36.240
 lives and we pray for just the

00:58:36.240 --> 00:58:38.320
 prosperity of hong kong and we're

00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:40.420
 not talking just monetarily we're

00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:42.500
 talking spiritually right and we're

00:58:42.500 --> 00:58:43.620
 talking about that god's hand would

00:58:43.620 --> 00:58:48.059
 move and would redeem huge chunks of

00:58:48.059 --> 00:58:49.180
 hong kong and so i'm going to pray

00:58:49.180 --> 00:58:51.800
 for the elections also and just close

00:58:51.800 --> 00:58:53.620
 our time father we just thank you for

00:58:53.620 --> 00:58:54.780
 this day we thank you for your

00:58:54.780 --> 00:58:56.560
 goodness um

00:58:56.560 --> 00:59:00.420
 wow i just continually am overwhelmed

00:59:00.420 --> 00:59:02.960
 when i think of your mercy and grace

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:06.360
 in our life so often we want to put the

00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.500
 focus on ourselves or on others and

00:59:08.500 --> 00:59:11.660
 the moment we do that we lose sight of

00:59:11.660 --> 00:59:13.820
 your mercy and your grace and your son

00:59:13.820 --> 00:59:17.320
 may we be a church that would really

00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:20.260
 treat everybody like they were made in

00:59:20.260 --> 00:59:20.760
 your image

00:59:20.760 --> 00:59:24.180
 may people hear of this church and this

00:59:24.180 --> 00:59:26.019
 community and your people and they go

00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:28.580
 wow they they really know how to love

00:59:28.580 --> 00:59:29.880
 each other well there they know how to

00:59:29.880 --> 00:59:33.140
 treat each other with respect they treat

00:59:33.140 --> 00:59:36.900
 all people as if they were a king

00:59:36.900 --> 00:59:40.760
 lord we pray for this city your city we

00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:42.980
 pray for hong kong lord we pray for the

00:59:42.980 --> 00:59:45.200
 people who 95 who don't know you they

00:59:45.199 --> 00:59:47.639
 walk in darkness we pray for the leaders

00:59:47.639 --> 00:59:49.939
 while we pray for wisdom we pray that

00:59:49.939 --> 00:59:51.299
 you would put the right people in there

00:59:51.299 --> 00:59:52.539
 that you'd be working on the leaders

00:59:52.539 --> 00:59:53.000
 hearts

00:59:53.000 --> 00:59:55.279
 and softening their hearts and showing

00:59:55.279 --> 00:59:57.619
 them your son and talking to them about

00:59:57.619 --> 00:59:58.239
 the invite

00:59:58.239 --> 01:00:00.960
 and may we as a church and as individuals

01:00:00.960 --> 01:00:01.899
 and as community groups

01:00:01.899 --> 01:00:04.579
 take every opportunity we can to to love

01:00:04.579 --> 01:00:05.159
 these people

01:00:05.159 --> 01:00:08.500
 to send encouraging notes to them and to

01:00:08.500 --> 01:00:09.899
 say that we are praying for them

01:00:09.899 --> 01:00:12.239
 so they might do great things for your

01:00:12.239 --> 01:00:12.579
 kingdom

01:00:12.579 --> 01:00:15.719
 so lord we we desperately pray for our

01:00:15.719 --> 01:00:15.980
 city

01:00:15.980 --> 01:00:18.279
 that you would heal it

01:00:18.279 --> 01:00:21.400
 because we know

01:00:21.400 --> 01:00:23.539
 it's not going to happen

01:00:23.539 --> 01:00:25.440
 unless you do it

01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:30.059
 we love you

01:00:30.059 --> 01:00:32.340
 and we pray these things in your son

01:00:32.340 --> 01:00:32.880
 jesus name

01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:33.940
 amen

01:00:33.940 --> 01:00:36.420
 god bless you see you at isf

01:00:36.420 --> 01:00:38.559
 hang around and meet people before you

01:00:38.559 --> 01:00:38.819
 leave

01:00:38.819 --> 01:00:40.139
 and we'll see you later

01:00:40.139 --> 01:00:54.199
 prayer

01:00:54.199 --> 01:00:54.980
 amen

01:00:54.980 --> 01:00:59.579
 our

01:00:59.579 --> 01:01:01.639
 you