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 Hebrews chapter 10, I'll begin reading in verse 19.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we thank you for your visible church.

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 I thank you that you are at work amongst us,

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 and that a great display of Christ's work sits in this room together today.

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 And I pray, Father, because of your great love for your church,

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 you will add your blessing to the study of your word this morning,

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 for your glory and our good.

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 And we pray this in the precious name of Christ.

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 Amen.

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 So please grab a seat.

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 As I do the same, I'm going to dispel some notions that you may have about me.

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 And I recognize that these might be very deep-rooted beliefs that you have about who I am as a person,

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 really right down in the midst of you.

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 And I just apologize.

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 I'm going to shake you up a little bit this morning,

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 because I have to tell you that I'm not the strongest guy you know.

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 I know many of you think that, and it's just not true.

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 Wes and I took a group of students from Truett McConnell caving and rock climbing this weekend,

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 and I am in so much pain right now,

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 which is why I'm sitting down, not because I'm cool and preach from a stool,

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 but because I hurt.

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 I don't think I can stand for 30 minutes.

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 The second notion you may have about me is that I'm the smartest guy you know,

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 which is also not true at all,

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 because I took a bunch of young people caving and climbing

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 and thought I could hang with them in that act.

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 So I'm not the strongest or smartest person you know,

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 which is evidenced not just in this morning, but in a number of things.

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 So we've been working our way through this text that I read to you this morning,

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 in Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 through 25,

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 and we came to it with the intended purpose of talking about the vision of Christ's family church.

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 How is it that Christ's family church,

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 which we believe exists to experience, proclaim, and display the supremacy of Jesus Christ in all things,

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 does that?

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 How is it that we experience, proclaim, and display the supremacy of Jesus Christ in all things?

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 And I've told you that we kind of like to use an analogy of ministry about the activity of a church,

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 and we use this picture of a tree that we're to have roots that are firmly and deeply founded in the word of the living God

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 and branches that exalt Christ in our congregational worship and prayers together,

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 and fruit that the action of loving one another and the world through service and through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And so I kind of began in this process of wanting to kind of preach a little series, so to speak,

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 and God brought me to this text, which contains all of these truths and not quite as neat a format.

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 But we've been working our way through it, and this will be the last sermon in this text.

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 Verse 24 and 25 will be our focus this morning.

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 So let me read just those two verses to you again to kind of bring us in a bit on what we're going to focus on today.

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 The writer of Hebrews says,

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 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,

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 but encouraging one another, and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.

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 And we saw, beginning in verse 19, we saw these privileges, two privileges here.

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 Certainly there are some beyond that, but two privileges here that have been bought for us

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 are granted to us by the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And they were, number one, unlimited accessibility to God.

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 And we see that in verses 19 and 20, that because Christ, because of his sacrifice on our behalf,

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 the sacrifice once and for all for our sins, we now have full access, easy access,

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 not once a year access like the Jews had one guy one time a year to enter in the presence of God,

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 but we have full, unhindered accessibility to God.

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 And number two, the second great privilege was great advocacy with God,

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 because Jesus is now our great high priest.

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 And even now, as I speak at the right hand of the Father,

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 interceding for me and the preaching this morning,

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 and interceding for you and your hearing of preaching this morning.

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 And so we have these great privileges granted to us by the gospel.

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 And the writer of Hebrews goes on, as a result of that, to give us three exhortations,

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 three encouragements to us in light of these two privileges.

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 And these exhortations, these encouragements,

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 were called by the Puritans, ways of improving upon these privileges.

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 Not that we make the privileges greater,

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 but our practicing of them is an improvement upon these privileges.

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 And the first two that we saw, number one was,

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 let us draw near to God.

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 Christian worship, the act of coming together,

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 let us as a congregation come together with hearts and minds engaged upon who God is.

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 And number two, we are to hold fast, verse 23,

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 the confession of our hope, or the one who is our hope, without wavering.

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 This morning we're going to talk about the third way we're exhorted to improve upon these privileges,

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 which is there in verse 24 and 25.

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 So, he begins by saying,

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 let us consider how to stir up one another.

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 And you may have a different translation of that.

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 That Greek word has been translated a number of different ways.

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 Stimulate, spur on.

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 But I think my favorite is incite.

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 Let us consider how to incite one another to love and good works.

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 Colin Round, who is probably the most renowned contemporary linguist,

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 has translated this word affectionate incitement.

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 So, it's not just the strong word of let us figure out how to command one another to love and good works.

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 Let us affectionately incite one another to love and good works,

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 which are authentic displays of Christianity.

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 So, if we're to incite each other to something,

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 stir up each other to something,

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 authentic displays of Christianity,

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 which the writer of Hebrews simply says,

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 love and good works.

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 Love, which is affection,

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 which desires the greatest good of its object.

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 And good works,

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 which is just the tangible outworking of that affection.

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 Is it not?

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 So, love and good works

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 is what we're to incite one another to.

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 And we could easily call this

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 the ministry of affectionate incitement.

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 And I want to give you

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 four points to that end.

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 The ministry of affectionate incitement.

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 Number one

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 is the responsibility

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 of all of us.

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 The ministry of affectionate incitement

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 is the responsibility

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 of all of us.

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 And I pointed out to you before,

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 I'm going to do so again,

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 the pattern

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 the writer of Hebrews is using here.

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 In verse 19,

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 we see plural pronouns.

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 We have confidence.

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 Verse 20,

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 open for us.

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 Verse 21,

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 we have a great priest.

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 Verse 22,

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 let us draw near.

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 Our hearts sprinkled clean.

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 Our bodies washed.

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 Verse 23,

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 let us hold fast.

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 Verse 24,

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 let us consider.

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 Right?

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 The ministry of affectionate incitement

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 is the responsibility

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 of all of us.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 this ministry

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 has been given to you.

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 I would say,

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 not only is it a privilege,

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 but it is a duty

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 to serve

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 in this way.

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 1 Peter 1,

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 22 and 23.

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 Peter writes,

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 having purified your souls

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 by your obedience

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 to the truth

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 for a sincere

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 brotherly love,

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 love one another

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 earnestly

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 from a pure heart.

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 Why?

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 The beginning of verse 23,

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 since you have

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 been born again.

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 Love one another

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 because

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 of who

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 you

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 are.

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 You are children

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 of the Most High God.

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 Therefore,

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 love one another

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 will be another way

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 of saying that.

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 1 John 4,

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 10 and 11.

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 John wrote,

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 in this

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 is love.

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 Not that we have loved God,

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 but that He loved us

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 and sent His Son

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 to be the propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Right?

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 He's talking to the church.

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 Right?

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 In this is love

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 that Christ has died

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 for us.

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 Then He says,

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 Beloved,

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 if God so loved us,

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 we also

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 ought to love

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 one another.

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 It's a response

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 to who

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 we are

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 because Christ

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 has purchased us.

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 John 13,

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 35,

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 Jesus says,

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are

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 my disciples.

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 By what?

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 By Sunday morning

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 participation?

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 By the t-shirts

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 that we wear?

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 By the things

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 we claim to hate

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 and be against?

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 Mm-mm.

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 If you have love

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 for one another.

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 This is the

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 defining characteristic.

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 Are there other things

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 that you characterize

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 as followers of Christ?

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 Absolutely.

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 But if we had to say

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 one that trumps them all,

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 this is the one.

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 Our love

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 for

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 one

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 another.

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 So this is a ministry

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 that belongs

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 to all of us.

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 There aren't

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 people

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 specifically called

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 to be

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 inciders of

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 love and good works.

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 This is something

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 that is responsibility

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 laid on all

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 our shoulders.

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 Number two,

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 the ministry of affection

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 and incitement

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 is the fruit

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 of intention.

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 It is the fruit

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 of intention.

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 Verse 24 begins,

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 let us

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 consider.

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 And as

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 has been the pattern

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 over these past

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 couple of weeks,

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 the let us

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 is not actually

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 found in Greek,

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 but it's implied

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 in the Greek word.

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 So it's actually

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 one word here.

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 Let us

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 consider

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 is one Greek word,

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 plural,

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 present active.

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 It's a very strong word,

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 this word consider.

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 it means to

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 consider

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 attentively,

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 to fix

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 one's mind

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 and gaze

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 upon.

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 It's the very

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 same word

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 used in Hebrews

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 chapter 3,

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 verse 1,

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 where the writer

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 says,

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 fix your eyes

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 upon Jesus.

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 The idea there

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 is not that you

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 glance

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 at Christ,

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 but that you

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 fully set

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 your gaze

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 on Christ,

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 right?

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 intently

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 staring at

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 who Christ

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 is,

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 his person

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 and his work.

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 The same

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 word used

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 there,

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 very strong

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 word,

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 consider

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 attentively,

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 fix your

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 mind

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 upon this.

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 It's not

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 going to happen

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 just because.

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 This is something

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 we're going to

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 have to work

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 at.

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 Not everyone

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 here needs

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 to be

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 incited

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 in the same

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 way.

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 We all have

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 different

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 experience.

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 We're all

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 going through

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 something

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 differently

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 today.

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 All of us

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 have different

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 home situations.

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 All of us

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 have struggled

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 with various

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 sins in the

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 past and

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 in the

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 present.

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 If we

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 are to

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 be about

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 the ministry

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 of incitement,

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 it's going

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 to take

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 intention

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 on our

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 part.

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 We're going

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 to have to

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 pay attention

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 to those

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 around us

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 and their

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 needs.

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 We're going

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 to have to

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 get to

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 know each

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 other a

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 little bit,

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 aren't we?

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 It's also

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 regular and

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 ongoing.

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 I mentioned

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 that it's

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 present active

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 tense.

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 This is not

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 something that

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 you do

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 one time.

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 It's not a

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 checkbox on

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 your list of

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 Christian duty

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 for the week

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 and you

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 check it off

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 once and

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 you say,

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 incited,

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 I'm done,

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 it's good.

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 This is a

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 constant,

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 engaged

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 activity that

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 we are to

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 be about.

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 Leads us

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 to number

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 three.

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 The ministry

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 of affectionate

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 incitement

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 necessitates

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 consistent

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 togetherness.

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 Necessitates

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 consistent

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 togetherness.

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 We see

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 that in

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 verse 25.

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 Now,

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 I don't

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 know how

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 your translation

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 may render

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 verse 24 and

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 25,

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 but upon

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 an initial

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 reading,

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 it seems

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 as if

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 verse 25

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 is a

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 fourth

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 exhortation.

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 That it's

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 yet another

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 thing we

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 should do

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 in light of

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 what Christ

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 has done

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 for us.

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 However,

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 really it

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 could be

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 read,

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 verse 24,

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 and let us

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 consider how

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 to stir up

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 one another

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 to love

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 and good

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 works,

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 verse 25,

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 by not

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 neglecting

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 to meet

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 together.

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 So,

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 let us

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 consider how

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 to do

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 this by

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 meeting

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 together.

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 He says

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 it in the

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 negative

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 first,

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 not

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 neglecting

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 to meet

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 together,

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 as is

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 the habit

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 of some,

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 but the

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 implication is

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 meeting together

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 and encouraging

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 one another.

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 And all

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 the more,

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 as you say,

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 this day

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 drawing near,

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 probably this

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 book was

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 written just

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 prior to

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 70 AD,

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 we don't

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 know exactly

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 when,

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 but probably

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 so.

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 It was rather

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 early in the

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 Christian church,

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 and it would

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 seem that

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 already,

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 Christians had

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 gotten out of

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 the habit

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:36.000
 meeting together

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 had already

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 become a

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 challenge in

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 the church.

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 This book

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.179
 written to

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 Jewish believers

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 in Rome

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 had already

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 began to

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 drift apart

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 and neglect

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 their gathering

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 together.

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 We don't see

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 in this text

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 why.

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 He doesn't

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 get to that,

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 but we know

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 historically there

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 are documents

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 outside of

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 Scripture that

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 talk about what

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 was going on

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 and the

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 varying reasons

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 that people

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 were potentially

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 not meeting

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 together.

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 Fear of

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 persecution

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 from the

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 Romans,

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 embarrassed by

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 the size of

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 their small

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 congregation

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 compared to

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 the large

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 gathering at

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 the Jewish

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 synagogues,

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 business

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 possibly.

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 Until the

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 fourth century,

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 this was a

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 day of work,

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 the first day

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 of the week.

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 The Lord's

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 Day was a

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 day of work,

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 and they

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 met in the

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 evenings,

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 early Christians

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 did,

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 on the first

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 day of the

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 week.

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 So that's

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 potentially

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:35.120
 spiritual

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 laziness.

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 Not really

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 another way to

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:37.879
 put that,

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:39.180
 just spiritual

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 laziness

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.639
 would have

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 caused them

00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.620
 to neglect

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 to meet

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 together.

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 As I said,

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 none of these

00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:44.340
 things are in

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.759
 the text,

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 but the

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:46.919
 reason for

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.399
 that, I

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.700
 believe,

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.200
 is that none

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:48.379
 of them

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.899
 really matter.

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 It doesn't

00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.220
 give us a

00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:52.759
 way to

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.220
 wiggle out

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.680
 of this.

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 If we have

00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.500
 a ministry

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.000
 that we've

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.800
 all been

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.300
 called to,

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 that's going

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.139
 to take

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 intention,

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.040
 we ought

00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.300
 to meet

00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.640
 together.

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.960
 We ought

00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.340
 not

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:07.120
 neglect

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.400
 meeting

00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:09.620
 together.

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 Some people

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 will say,

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 you don't

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.180
 have to go

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:14.500
 to church

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.820
 to be a

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.100
 Christian.

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 Many of you

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 may know

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 people like

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 that.

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 You may

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 be one

00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:20.300
 of the

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 people that

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 would say

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 that,

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 whether

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 you'd say

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 it out

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.580
 loud or

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:22.780
 not.

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 You don't

00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:23.460
 have to

00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:23.700
 go to

00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.040
 church

00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:24.740
 to be a

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:24.960
 Christian.

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 And I

00:16:25.280 --> 00:16:25.680
 agree with

00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:25.840
 you.

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 You also

00:16:27.400 --> 00:16:27.800
 don't have

00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.019
 to go

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.320
 home to

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:28.720
 be married.

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 But if

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 that's the

00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:32.560
 attitude that

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:32.920
 you cherish

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.200
 in your

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.420
 heart,

00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:33.800
 there's

00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:34.300
 something

00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:34.920
 seriously

00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:35.780
 wrong in

00:16:35.780 --> 00:16:36.400
 both cases.

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 Because of

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.480
 the privileges

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.400
 bought for

00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:41.759
 us by

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.139
 Christ,

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 we ought

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.519
 to want

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 to be

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 together.

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 I'm not

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.480
 being

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.340
 legalistic.

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 There are

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.980
 things that

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.320
 take us

00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:52.700
 away,

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 and that's

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.100
 okay.

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 I wouldn't

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.300
 begin to

00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:56.620
 say I

00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.100
 expect you

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.460
 all to

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:57.759
 be here

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.680
 every single

00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.720
 time we

00:16:59.720 --> 00:16:59.980
 gather

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.379
 together.

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.040
 There are

00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:01.700
 circumstances

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.840
 that take

00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.320
 us apart.

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.700
 Next week,

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 I won't be

00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.600
 here.

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.640
 I'm taking

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.140
 a forced

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.680
 vacation.

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.720
 Chris has

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.180
 told me that

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.600
 I have to

00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.000
 take a week

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.880
 off this

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.779
 fall before

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 I die.

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 And so I'm

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 doing that

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 next week,

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 and I won't

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 be here next

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 Sunday.

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.559
 However,

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 if I don't

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 long to be

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 here next

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 Sunday,

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 if it's not

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 the place I

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 would ultimately

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 love to be,

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 there's

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 something wrong

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 with my

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 heart.

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 I will

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 miss you

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 guys next

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 Sunday.

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 I know

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 that for a

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 fact.

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 Sam and

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 I are

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 going to

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 go spend

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 the Lord's

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 Day with

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 her family.

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 Her father

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 is a

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 pastor,

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 and we're

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 going to

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 visit his

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 church.

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 I've only

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 been there

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 once,

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 and all

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 the time

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 I've been

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 married to

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 Sam,

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 so we're

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 going to

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 go do

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 that.

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 But I'm

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 going to

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 sit there

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 the entire

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 time wishing

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!

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 I was with

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 you,

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 because you

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 are my

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 church,

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 and that

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 ought to be

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 the attitude

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 of our

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 hearts.

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 So,

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 don't

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 mischear me,

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 I'm not

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 being legalistic.

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 I'm talking

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 about your

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 heart,

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 not the

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 activity so

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 much,

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 but where

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 do you

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 long to

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 be?

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 Young

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.279
 people,

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 when you're

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 up here

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 for school,

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 come and

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.159
 be with

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 us.

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 When you

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 go home

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.159
 for the

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 summer,

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 I hope

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 you miss

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 us.

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 I hope

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 you can't

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 wait until

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 school starts

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 back in

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 the fall.

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 So it

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 necessitates

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 consistent

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 togetherness.

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 How are we

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 going to know

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 one another

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 if we don't

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 spend time

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 together?

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 Inciting

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 one another

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 to love

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 and good

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.220
 works,

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 encouraging

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 one another

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 as the

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 day draws

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 near,

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 is not

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 something you

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 can do

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 if you're

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 a church

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.480
 hopper.

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 How will

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.579
 you possibly

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 know how

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 to encourage

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 a person

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 if you

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 don't know

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 anybody

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 at the

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.400
 churches

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:40.740
 you go

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 to?

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 Speaking

00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:42.759
 particularly

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.100
 to you

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.299
 young

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:43.640
 people,

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.480
 pick a

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.860
 group of

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.180
 people.

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.539
 No church

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:47.860
 has it

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.500
 all right.

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 We're all

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 a mess

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.280
 because we're

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 made of

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 people.

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 Go to a

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 church and

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 get involved

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 and love

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 the people.

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 Fall in

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 love with

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 people,

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 not

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.140
 programs.

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 Certainly

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.980
 there are

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.740
 attributes that

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.740
 make a

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.400
 godly church.

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.140
 We can

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.520
 talk about

00:19:05.520 --> 00:19:06.020
 those later.

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.020
 But just

00:19:08.020 --> 00:19:08.660
 be sure

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.200
 you're not

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.980
 worshipping a

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.360
 show,

00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.620
 serving your

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.140
 ends,

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 but you're

00:19:12.780 --> 00:19:13.220
 going to

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.880
 serve a

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.220
 group of

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.480
 people.

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 number

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.259
 four.

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 The

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.839
 ministry

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.460
 of

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.940
 incitement

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.720
 expresses

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.360
 itself

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.140
 in

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.660
 encouragement.

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 It

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.779
 expresses

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.319
 itself

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.539
 in

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:27.880
 encouragement.

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.160
 This

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.839
 is how

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.700
 we

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.180
 incite

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.360
 one

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.680
 another

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.360
 to

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.779
 love

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.460
 and

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.620
 good

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.019
 works.

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.819
 He

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.279
 concludes

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.460
 verse

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.079
 25 by

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.440
 saying,

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:36.960
 as you

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.299
 see the

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.720
 day

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.599
 drawing

00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:38.920
 near,

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.819
 and this

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.380
 is my

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:40.779
 belief,

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.079
 this is

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.360
 my

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:42.000
 presumption

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.559
 that he

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.279
 includes

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.759
 that because

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.319
 he believes

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.740
 that things

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.119
 are going

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.500
 to get

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.940
 tougher

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.660
 for these

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.000
 people.

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.059
 Things are

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.240
 going to

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.119
 be more

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.859
 difficult for

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.059
 them.

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.440
 We see at

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:51.779
 the end of

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.359
 chapter 10

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.960
 that they've

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.660
 already endured

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.819
 suffering.

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.240
 He knows

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.819
 that more

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.500
 is coming.

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.079
 As the

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.720
 final day

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.180
 of judgment

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.579
 comes,

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.039
 persecution

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.180
 will rise

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.379
 in the

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.559
 world,

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.180
 and they'll

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.059
 need this

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.019
 even more

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.660
 than they

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:04.940
 need it

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.279
 now.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.940
 This

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.460
 encouragement,

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.460
 this word,

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:08.920
 this Greek

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.259
 word,

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.900
 encouraging,

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.240
 is a

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.259
 very elastic

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.259
 word.

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.519
 It can

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.759
 mean lots

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.660
 of things.

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:16.960
 It can

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.660
 mean to

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.220
 exhort,

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.200
 to comfort,

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.200
 to help,

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.319
 to urge,

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.339
 to appeal

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:22.660
 to,

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.079
 to admonish,

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.480
 to strengthen.

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.559
 It can

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.980
 mean all

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.519
 these things.

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.200
 There are

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:28.519
 a number

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.119
 of others

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.779
 that it

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.079
 can also

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.339
 mean.

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.400
 But its

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.859
 emphasis,

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.180
 the word

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.859
 of emphasis,

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.220
 is verbal.

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.460
 Emphasis is

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.859
 verbal.

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:41.639
 So this

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:41.919
 kind of

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:42.279
 encouragement

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.959
 can come

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.639
 in the

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.599
 form of

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.039
 a sermon,

00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:47.079
 can come

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.259
 in the

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.679
 form of

00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:48.379
 a piece

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.979
 of music

00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:50.500
 performed,

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.959
 or led,

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.619
 can come

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:53.740
 in the

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.159
 form of

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:54.479
 a letter.

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.119
 Actually,

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:55.379
 at the

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.779
 end of

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.339
 Hebrews,

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:56.819
 the writer

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.719
 calls his

00:20:57.719 --> 00:20:58.659
 letter words

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.479
 of exhortation

00:20:59.479 --> 00:21:00.019
 or words

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.479
 of encouragement.

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.939
 Same word

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.219
 there.

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.219
 Words of

00:21:03.219 --> 00:21:03.919
 encouragement.

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.479
 But since

00:21:05.479 --> 00:21:06.099
 this ministry

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.779
 has been

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.339
 given to

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.199
 all of

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.599
 us,

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.519
 it also

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.659
 must express

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.240
 itself

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.980
 one-to-one.

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.500
 On a

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.240
 one-on-one

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.939
 basis.

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.779
 It must,

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.079
 right?

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.299
 I can't be

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.799
 the only one

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.179
 this morning

00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:20.480
 that's going

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.240
 to be an

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.779
 encourager.

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.799
 But we

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.359
 must be

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.939
 expressing

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:27.279
 this one-to-one.

00:21:28.919 --> 00:21:29.159
 Have you ever

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.740
 considered that

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.679
 the part you

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.179
 play in us

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:32.939
 coming together

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:35.000
 is to come

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.539
 and encourage

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.220
 somebody else?

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.039
 Have you ever

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.559
 thought about

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.839
 that?

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.220
 We might

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.880
 show up

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.220
 before 1030

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.480
 if we

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.140
 realize that.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.620
 We might

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.519
 come looking

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 for an

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 opportunity

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 to encourage

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 somebody

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 in our

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 setting.

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 We might

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 stick around

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 a little bit

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 beyond our

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 formal gatherings

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 together.

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 We might

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 look for

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 opportunities

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 beyond the

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 organized times

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 we meet

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 together to

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 get with

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 members of

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 the church.

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 church.

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 Have you

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 considered that?

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 You play

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 an important

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 part in our

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 meeting together.

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 You're not

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 merely a

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 spectator.

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 You might

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 ask me,

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 how do I

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 do this?

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 How do I

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 encourage?

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 I don't

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 find myself

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 to be a

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 particularly

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 encouraging

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 person.

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 I don't

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 really feel

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 that I'm

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 equipped to

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 counsel

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 somebody or

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 minister to

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 them in

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 any way

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 whatsoever.

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 I'm not a

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 very knowledgeable

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 person.

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 I feel

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 theologically

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 weak.

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 I feel

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 like I

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 fail so

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 much in

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 my own

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 sin and

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 I just

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 don't have

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 a lot to

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 offer to

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 anybody to

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 think through

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 processes.

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 How is it

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 that I'm

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 meant to

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 encourage the

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 church?

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 Let me

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 tell you how

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 you can

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 encourage me.

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 Talk about

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Talk about

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 the great

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 work He is

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 doing in

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 your life.

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 And that

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 will move

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 me to do

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 the same to

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 you.

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 this

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 becomes a

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 cyclical

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 ministry

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 in the

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 church.

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 You

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 encourage

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 somebody

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 with a

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 great

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 work of

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 the

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 gospel

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 in your

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 life

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 and it's

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 going to

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 motivate them

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 to do

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 the same.

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 Love and

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 good works.

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 It begins

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 to build

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 like a

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 snowball

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 amongst us.

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 That is

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 the way

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 you minister

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 to those

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 around you.

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 Somebody

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 here may

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 have a

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 wayward

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 father.

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 Feels

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 a lack

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 in their

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 life.

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 life.

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 And you

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 may not

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 have ever

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 experienced

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 that.

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 There is

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 no way

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 I'll ever

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 have all

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 of the

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 life

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 experiences

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 shared in

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 this room.

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 Praise God,

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 that would

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 be a lot

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 of a mess,

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 wouldn't it,

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 for me?

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 handle.

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 But the

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.540
 gospel of

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 Jesus Christ

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 ministers to

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.980
 all of

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 those

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 situations.

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 So

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 minister to

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 one another

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 with the

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 gospel.

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 Encourage

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 one another

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 with what

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 God is

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 doing in

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 your life.

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 I hope

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 and pray

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 that God

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 is doing

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 something in

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 your life

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.220
 worth sharing

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.540
 this week.

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 If not,

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 let's get

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 busy.

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 Right?

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 Let's

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 imagine if

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 all of us,

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.560
 the few of us

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 that there are

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 here, but if

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 all of us

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 came this

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 morning with

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 a thought in

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 mind, I'm

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 not coming

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 here to

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.860
 serve myself,

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 I'm coming

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.160
 to corporate

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.700
 worship to

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 praise God

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.960
 and to

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:26.380
 encourage the

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.779
 church.

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 That's what

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.480
 you had.

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.120
 You got up

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.580
 this morning

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.380
 with that on

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.019
 your mind

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.920
 and prepared

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.620
 yourself for

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 it.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.540
 All of us

00:24:33.540 --> 00:24:34.320
 came together

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.200
 for that

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.779
 activity.

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.620
 Can you

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:37.980
 imagine what

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.660
 a different

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.180
 group of

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.560
 people we

00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:39.920
 would be?

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.660
 I do

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.500
 not want

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.200
 Christ Family

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.680
 Church to

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.180
 be known

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.860
 for the

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.480
 distinctives on

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.980
 our website.

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.200
 Those are

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.680
 good things.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:48.980
 Those are

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.400
 important

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.800
 things.

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.040
 We're

00:24:50.040 --> 00:24:50.920
 reformed,

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.120
 Southern

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.500
 Baptist,

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.100
 missional,

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.700
 family

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.279
 integrated,

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.900
 good things.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.220
 I don't

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.500
 want to be

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.140
 known for

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.600
 those things.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.019
 If that's

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.240
 all we're

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.600
 known for,

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.440
 we're just

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.980
 another

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.700
 flavor.

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.100
 We're just

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:03.140
 another type

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:04.300
 of church.

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.100
 I want

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.460
 people to

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.279
 know us

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.279
 for our

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.460
 love for

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.900
 one another.

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.360
 I want

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:12.779
 somebody to

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.220
 say to

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.560
 you,

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.160
 someday,

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:14.500
 I want

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.759
 them to

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.040
 say,

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.940
 what church

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.180
 do you

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.600
 go to?

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.040
 You say,

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.519
 oh,

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.220
 Christ Family

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.519
 Church,

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:20.920
 and in

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.259
 their minds

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.540
 they go,

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.200
 of course,

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.019
 those people

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.500
 really love

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.840
 each other.

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.779
 That's the

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.220
 kind of thing

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.620
 we should be

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.140
 known for.

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.680
 Not buildings

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.200
 and signs

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.920
 and programs,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.380
 but how much

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.340
 we love

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.960
 one another.

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.380
 Can you

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:35.180
 imagine

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.960
 what that

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.240
 would look

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.539
 like?

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.920
 Briefly,

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.299
 I want to

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.640
 talk about

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.180
 four things

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.720
 that hinder

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.039
 this kind

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.519
 of ministry

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.560
 amongst us.

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.980
 Four things,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.539
 quickly.

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.000
 Number one,

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.740
 self-sufficiency.

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.140
 Self-sufficiency.

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:57.080
 You were

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.880
 not saved

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.560
 simply for

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.019
 yourself.

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.700
 In the

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.080
 70s,

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.440
 I've harped

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.779
 on this a

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.100
 couple of

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.600
 times in the

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:03.900
 past,

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 in the

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.620
 70s,

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.360
 a little

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.980
 bit of

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.440
 language

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.880
 entered

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.140
 into

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.620
 Christendom.

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:10.120
 That phrase,

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.160
 personal

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.759
 relationship

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.240
 with Jesus

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.720
 Christ,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.640
 and I

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.920
 think it

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.400
 was birthed

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.640
 out of

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.080
 good

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.640
 motivation,

00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:17.500
 but why

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.940
 we think

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.140
 that when

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.540
 we mess

00:26:18.540 --> 00:26:18.720
 with

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.040
 biblical

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:19.600
 language,

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.060
 it won't

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.460
 have some

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.740
 negative

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.340
 side effect

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.880
 is beyond

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.160
 me.

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.800
 Gospel

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.320
 presentation

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:25.000
 should be

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.519
 repentant

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.860
 belief,

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.320
 not personal

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.980
 relationship

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.060
 with Jesus

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.460
 Christ.

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.120
 God saves

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.860
 individuals,

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.080
 but he saves

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.860
 them to

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.799
 the church.

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.299
 You are

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.000
 not self

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.419
 sufficient.

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.939
 You were

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.579
 saved to a

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.399
 community of

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.740
 believers.

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:44.019
 God's

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.399
 graces

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.359
 come

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.359
 through the

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.819
 church.

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.439
 John

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.759
 Wesley

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.179
 once said

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.399
 there's

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.259
 nothing more

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.579
 unchristian

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.459
 than a

00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:53.779
 solitary

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.259
 Christian.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.159
 There is

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.759
 nothing more

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.419
 unchristian

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.539
 than a

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.899
 solitary

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.419
 Christian.

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.379
 Number two,

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.039
 formality.

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.079
 formality.

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.720
 Having

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.159
 certain

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.000
 expectations

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.639
 of our

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.879
 time

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.220
 together,

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.579
 our

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.539
 liturgy

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.960
 together,

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.639
 and a

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.019
 belief that

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.399
 our time

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.879
 together does

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.480
 not extend

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.259
 beyond our

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.079
 organized time

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.440
 together.

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:17.359
 That coming,

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.159
 walking in the

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.599
 back door,

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.519
 sitting down,

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.119
 going through

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.500
 the motions,

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.079
 getting up and

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.539
 walking out,

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.599
 is the extent of

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:22.940
 your Christian

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.480
 participation.

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.799
 Formality will

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.480
 get in the way

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.460
 of the

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.819
 ministry of

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.099
 incitement.

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:31.039
 number three,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.779
 bitterness.

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.719
 As I've

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.139
 said before,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.059
 we are an

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.919
 imperfect group

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.299
 of people.

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.659
 I won't

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.240
 always say

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.679
 the kind

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.099
 words you

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.339
 need to

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.519
 hear.

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.359
 I pray

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.619
 that I

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.079
 always do,

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.480
 but I

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.819
 won't.

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.419
 I won't

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.039
 always walk

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.480
 in here with

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.819
 the best

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.139
 attitude.

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.439
 I won't

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:52.719
 always call

00:27:52.719 --> 00:27:53.299
 you when

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.659
 you feel

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.000
 you need

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.379
 a call.

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:58.000
 don't let

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.520
 a root of

00:27:58.520 --> 00:27:58.840
 bitterness

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.380
 form in

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.380
 you toward

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.760
 members of

00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:01.160
 the church.

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.920
 We are

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.300
 all imperfect.

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.280
 We are

00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:06.160
 all on a

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.540
 progression

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:07.160
 towards

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.340
 perfection,

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.340
 but we

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.280
 fail a lot.

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.460
 Don't make

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.080
 being here

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.340
 about you.

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.620
 Think about

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.620
 serving others.

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.640
 Don't let

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.160
 bitterness get

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.500
 in the way.

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.720
 And number

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.080
 four,

00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.320
 elitism.

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:24.379
 Elitism is

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.339
 the creation

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.720
 of cliques

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.659
 based on

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.480
 exclusiveness.

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.240
 J.I.

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.559
 Packard

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.819
 called

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.279
 elitism

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.200
 a satanic

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.980
 counterfeit

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.879
 of true

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.259
 fellowship.

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.639
 A satanic

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.319
 counterfeit

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.299
 of true

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.659
 fellowship.

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.839
 The ministry

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.519
 of incitement

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.859
 involves you

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.599
 getting involved

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.460
 in people's

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.980
 lives of

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.579
 varying

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.579
 backgrounds

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.059
 and

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.240
 demographics

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.279
 from you.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.599
 don't allow

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.279
 yourself to

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.940
 become a

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.460
 clique that

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.220
 excludes

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.279
 others from

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.700
 your group.

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.099
 You never

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.839
 know who

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.160
 may need

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.619
 to be

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.519
 in your

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.899
 group both

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.200
 for their

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.599
 benefit and

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.180
 for ours.

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.759
 It's worth

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.359
 noting that if

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.779
 we have a

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.180
 love like

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.559
 this that

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.480
 expresses itself

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.960
 properly,

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.519
 this love

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.799
 and good

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.240
 works,

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.079
 that this

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.480
 kind of

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.839
 affection,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:15.019
 us being

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.599
 known for

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:15.920
 our love

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.139
 for one

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.359
 another,

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.879
 this kind

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.339
 of affection

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.960
 is going

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.379
 to spill

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.879
 outside of

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.299
 our borders.

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.859
 I believe

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.099
 that if

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.259
 I'm

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.779
 encouraged

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.039
 the way

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.339
 I should

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.480
 be

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.859
 encouraged

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.460
 in this

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.819
 meeting,

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.879
 the

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.299
 encouragement

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.659
 I can

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.559
 give back,

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.259
 I'll have

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.639
 too much

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:28.859
 of it.

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.519
 I won't

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.720
 be able

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:29.940
 to give

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.379
 it away.

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.559
 And it's

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:31.740
 going to

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.059
 spill

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.700
 outside of

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.159
 the borders

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.059
 of this

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.440
 meeting time

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.339
 to our

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.839
 communities,

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.460
 places we

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.980
 live and

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.159
 work and

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.619
 play,

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.859
 that ultimately

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.940
 there will

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.599
 be not just

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.659
 fruit of love

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.039
 within our

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.339
 church,

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.819
 but fruit of

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.559
 love to the

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.839
 world.

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.159
 We won't

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.539
 be able to

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.639
 contain the

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:49.619
 goodness of

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.059
 Christ,

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.799
 which is

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.319
 experienced

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.500
 here amongst

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.000
 us.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.599
 And it's

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.619
 my deep

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.079
 prayer,

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.779
 and I

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.259
 realized as I

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.519
 was looking

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.819
 over my

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.180
 notes this

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.839
 morning that

00:29:58.839 --> 00:30:00.039
 I'm not

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.619
 shy to try

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.039
 to coin

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.619
 phrases.

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.139
 And I say

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:04.299
 try because

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.000
 if you

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.579
 actually coin

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.960
 a phrase,

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.420
 people begin

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.119
 to use it,

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.240
 exchange it

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.859
 as currency.

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.619
 They actually

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.299
 understand what

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.720
 it means.

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.720
 And I tend

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.240
 to say things

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.480
 and just

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.980
 continue to

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.359
 say them and

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.779
 nobody has a

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.139
 clue what I'm

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.700
 talking about.

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.700
 So let me

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.120
 tell you when

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.519
 I say it's

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.440
 my deep

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.180
 prayer.

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.680
 Deep prayers

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.100
 for me come

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.600
 out of deep

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.160
 conviction.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.700
 An understanding

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.279
 of what church

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.539
 should look

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.019
 like is not

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.539
 just something

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.980
 that God's

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.380
 put in my

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.740
 head,

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.900
 but it

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.480
 kind of

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.200
 is sitting

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.559
 down here

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.840
 in my

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.240
 gut.

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.700
 I long

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.759
 for our

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.140
 church to

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.480
 look like

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.799
 this.

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.980
 I desire

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.400
 not just

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.039
 a small

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.380
 group of

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.700
 people that

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.700
 understand and

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.360
 engage in

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.080
 what community,

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.500
 what church

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.140
 is actually

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.660
 meant to be

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.000
 about,

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.640
 but a large

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.960
 group of

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.319
 people that

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.160
 get this.

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.519
 that put

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.980
 down the

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.920
 consumerism of

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.180
 American

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.779
 Christianity,

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.700
 understand that

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.120
 Christianity is

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:52.080
 relational.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.019
 It's a

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.620
 fellowship.

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.840
 First,

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.759
 vertical,

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.400
 and second,

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.500
 horizontal.

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:00.100
 It makes me

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.360
 hurt to think

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.299
 about how bad I

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.880
 want to see this

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.220
 happen.

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.519
 And that's what I

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.299
 mean when I

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.840
 say it's my

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:07.160
 deep prayer.

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.080
 Christ Family

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.019
 Church will be a

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.500
 church that so

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.180
 greatly appreciates the

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.900
 privileges bought for

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.620
 us by Christ,

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.820
 understands them,

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:19.200
 really knows what's

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.200
 been granted to us

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.240
 by Christ,

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.900
 this unlimited

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.680
 accessibility to

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.700
 God and our

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.780
 great advocacy

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:25.820
 with God,

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.180
 that will actively

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.720
 and continually be

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.600
 about the work of

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:32.019
 improving upon

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.519
 these privileges,

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.120
 and that will do

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:35.480
 so by drawing near

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.420
 to God and God

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.920
 centered,

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.180
 frequent,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.660
 corporate worship

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:42.400
 that will hold

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.460
 fast to the one

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.460
 in whom we have

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:46.240
 hope through a

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 deep understanding

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 of His redemptive

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 work,

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 and that fixing

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 our gaze on

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 mutually encouraging

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 one another

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 will be known

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 for love and

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 good works.

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 I hope that

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 the analogy of

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 the tree now

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 has become

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 glaringly,

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 abundantly

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 clear to all

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 view,

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 roots,

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 branches,

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 and fruit.