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 Imagine a church where the members,

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 where many of the members played the French horn.

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 They were proud about this.

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 And they gave the impression that all truly spiritual people

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 were French hornists.

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 Horners?

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 French horn players.

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 I struggled with that.

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 What do you call them?

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 They also think it's their right to exercise their gift

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 when the church meets.

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 And the result is chaos.

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 60 people playing the French horn at the same time,

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 all at different levels of degree of ability.

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 And Paul writes to correct this abuse.

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 He affirms the gift by saying,

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 I too play the French horn as much as any of you,

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 in fact, more than any of you.

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 But then he criticises them for not loving each other

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 in the way they're using their gift.

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 He suggests, could you limit yourselves

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 to maybe two French hornists on a Sunday?

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 And how about a few of you taking up the ukulele as an option?

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 Or maybe some of you help the church with coffee,

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 and maybe some could be out there parking the donkeys

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 for you on a Sunday morning.

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 And so 2,000 years later,

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 we unearth this letter,

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 and we go into a panic.

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 No one in our church plays the French horn.

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 Are we therefore an unspiritual church?

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 That would miss the point.

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 It would miss the point of the letter.

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 The point is not that a spiritual church

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 will have French horn players.

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 The point is that there's a great variety

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 of the gifts that God has given.

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 He wants to use those gifts,

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 those different gifts,

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 in harmony with one another,

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 for the service of one another,

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 for the service of the body,

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 the church.

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 That's the point of 1 Corinthians 12 to 14,

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 in fact, of the whole lot.

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 It fits completely with what we've seen already

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 in 1 Corinthians.

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 This letter is about living the cross-shaped life,

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 and Paul defines true spirituality

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 not by the presence of certain spiritual gifts

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 or spiritual experiences.

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 He defines true spirituality,

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 Christian maturity,

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 about living out what you know.

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 It's about taking up your cross

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 and following Christ,

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 is true spirituality.

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 It is about dying to self

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 and rising to new life in Christ.

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 It's about dying to my self-interest

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 and serving others.

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 It's the way of the cross.

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 And so true spirituality is not judged by gifting.

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 True spirituality prioritises love,

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 not spiritual gifts,

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 not power,

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 not status,

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 not eloquence,

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 or anything else.

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 And so that means that these chapters

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 will leave some of our contemporary questions

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 about spiritual gifts unanswered,

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 because Paul's intent here

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 was not to actually answer those questions.

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 A great deal of confusion and hurt

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 has been caused in recent decades

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 by Christians teaching or implying

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 that they are more spiritual

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 than other Christians.

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 And our debates have often focused

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 on particular gifts

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 and whether certain Christians

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 are overemphasising them

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 or some are under-emphasising them.

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 And some of our differences

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 on the subjects of spiritual gifts

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 are significant.

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 And I believe we should continue

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 those discussions,

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 but we must not let the discussions

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 get out of proportion.

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 Whichever side we find ourselves on,

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 and you will probably find yourself

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 on a different side than me,

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 God's challenge to us

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 is to focus

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 not on the gifts,

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 but on love.

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 In Ephesians 4, verse 3,

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 Paul urges us

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 to make every effort

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 to keep the unity of the Spirit

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 through the bond of peace.

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 He assumes

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 that a profound spiritual unity

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 already exists among Christians

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 because the Holy Spirit

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 has worked in their lives

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 to join us together in Christ

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 and therefore join us to one another.

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 We are already one in Christ

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 and in our call

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 to work out that unity in practice,

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 not least by the patient,

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 respectful love

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 that we are to show one another,

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 particularly as we disagree

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 on secondary matters.

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 And so this unity

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 and love principle

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 need to be in play,

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 I think,

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 even in the next couple of days.

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 Forefront of our thinking

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 as we venture into these chapters,

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 we, like the Corinthians,

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 need to be reminded

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 that love

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 is far more important

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 than any particular view

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 about the nature

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 and use of spiritual gifts.

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 And so while not answering

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 all our questions

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 on spiritual gifts,

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 these chapters will leave us

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 with a significant challenge.

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 Okay, chapter 12.

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 Paul begins chapter 12

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 by saying,

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 now about spiritual gifts,

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 brothers,

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 I do not want you

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 to be ignorant.

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 The word translated

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 spiritual gifts there

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 is in fact different

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 from Paul's usual word

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 that he uses

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 to describe gifts.

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 It is in fact

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 better translated,

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 he better off starting off,

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 now about spiritual things

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 or now about spiritual people,

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 I do not want you

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 to be ignorant.

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 It's possible

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 that this was the word

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 that the Corinthians

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 themselves used

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 for the supernatural experiences

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 that they valued so much

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 or it might have been

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 how they described those

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 who they thought

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 belonged to the

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 spiritually elite class.

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 whichever it is,

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 we do know

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 that they regarded

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 themselves as knowledgeable

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 on spiritual matters.

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 And Paul humbles them

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 within the first couple

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 of verses.

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 He brings them

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 right down.

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 He says,

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 you are in fact

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 ignorant.

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 The word is

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 not knowledgeable

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 but without

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 knowledge.

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 You're actually in fact

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 ignorant

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 of what it means

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 to be

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 a spiritual person.

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 You're ignorant

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 of what it means

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 about spiritual things.

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 In fact,

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 so ignorant

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 you are just as ignorant

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 as when they were

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 pagans

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 worshipping idols.

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 And what follows

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 in verse 3

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 is the corrective.

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 The thing,

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 this is the thing

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 that they don't understand.

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 This is Paul's

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 foundational teaching

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 about true

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 spirituality.

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 Therefore,

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 I tell you

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 that no one

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 who is speaking

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 by the Spirit

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 of God

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 says,

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 Jesus be cursed.

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 And no one

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 can say,

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 Jesus is Lord

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 except by the Holy Spirit.

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 That's his

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 foundational teaching.

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 It's almost

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 an anticlimax,

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 really.

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 How could they

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 have missed it?

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 The simple

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 lesson here

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 is that the

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 spiritual person

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 is any person

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 who can say,

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 Jesus is Lord

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 and mean it.

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 Really simple.

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 And by ourselves,

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 none of us

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 will recognise

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 the truth

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 of Christ's

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 unique identity

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 as Saviour

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 and Lord

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 and respond to him

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 with repentance

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 and faith.

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 It is only

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 that we are born again

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 and born again

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 and we cross

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 from darkness

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 to light

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 from spiritual death

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 to spiritual life.

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 And this

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 conversion

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 with its

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 knowledge

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 of Christ's

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 lordship

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 is the

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 only marker

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 that distinguishes

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 between the

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 spiritual

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 and the

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 unspiritual

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 person.

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 It's the only

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 marker.

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 All

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 Christians

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 are spiritual

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 people

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 is what

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 Paul says

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 here.

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 And it

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 is from

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 that very

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 foundation

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 that Paul

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 launches

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 into teach

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 generally

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 about spiritual

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 gifts

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 and where

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 they fit.

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 And I

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 say generally

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 because the

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 exact nature

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 of the

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 gifts

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 he doesn't

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 really define.

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 He doesn't

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 go into

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 a lot of

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 detail

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 about the

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 actual

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 gifts.

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 What,

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 for example,

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 is the

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 message of

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 wisdom?

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 In verse

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 8,

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 we may

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 speculate

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 that it

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 could be

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 some kind

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 of revelation,

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 it could

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 be a wise

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 saying,

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 or even

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 the proclamation

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 of the

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 cross,

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 which is

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 the wisdom

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 of God

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 according to

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 chapter 1,

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 but in

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 the end

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 we cannot

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 be really

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 sure.

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 And if

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 it was

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 important

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 that we

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 knew the

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 exact

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 nature

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 of every

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 gift,

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 then I

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 suspect the

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 Holy Spirit

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 would have

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 made it a

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 whole lot

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 clearer for

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 us through

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 Paul here.

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 And so it

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 would be a

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 mistake to

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 suggest that

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 Paul is

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 giving us

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 a checklist

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 against which

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 we should

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 measure our

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 church to

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 see if the

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 different gifts

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 he mentions

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 are actually

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 present.

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 He presumably

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 refers to

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 these particular

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 gifts and

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 not others

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 because they

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 were especially

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 prevalent in

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 Corinth and

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 were most

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 likely the

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 subject of

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 controversy.

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 And so

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 notice a few

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 things.

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 This is what

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 he does say

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 about gifts.

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 Notice

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 firstly that

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 the word

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 he uses

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 for spiritual

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 gifts in

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 verse 4

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 is the

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 same Greek

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 word as

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 the word we

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 use for

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 grace or

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 undeserved

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 gift.

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 That's its

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 foundation.

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 Paul uses

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 it here to

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 refer to any

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 God-given

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 ability of a

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 Christian which

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 God uses to

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 bless other

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 believers.

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 that means

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 pride and

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 boasting about

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 our gift is

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 actually perverse

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 because they're

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 not something

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 that we've

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 achieved.

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 They've been

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 given to us

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 by God's

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 grace and

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 so writing to

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 this church in

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 Corinth that was

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 prone like us

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 like me to

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 spiritual pride

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 he stresses

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 repeatedly that

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 the gifts are

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 given in

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 verse 7

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 verse 8

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 and verse 11.

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 Notice

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 secondly that

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 Paul stresses

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 that all

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 gifts come

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 from the

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 same source

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 according to

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 verse 4

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 5 and 6

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 the gifts

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 are different

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 but they are

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 given by the

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 same spirit

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 in verse 4

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 the same

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 Lord in

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 verse 5

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 and the same

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 God in

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 verse 6

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 and I'm

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 assuming here

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 that Paul

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 who's careful

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 with every

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 word he puts

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 down

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 that the

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 reference to

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 the Trinity

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 is not

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 accidental

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 just as

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 there is

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 both unity

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 and diversity

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 within the

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 Godhead

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 so there is

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 unity and

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 diversity within

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 his body

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 the church

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 notice thirdly

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 the diversity

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 of the gifts

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 in verse 8

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 to 11

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 and again in

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 verse 28

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 Paul includes

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 a list of

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 gifts

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 and there are

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 three other

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 lists of

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 gifts

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 and it's

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 striking that

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 every list

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 is different

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 they're all

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 different

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 10 gifts

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 are mentioned

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 in this

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 chapter

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 and a

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 further

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 10

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 elsewhere

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 and I

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 don't think

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 there is any

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 reason to

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 believe that

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 there are

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 only 20

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 gifts in

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 all

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 for instance

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 music

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 which was

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 practiced

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 in the

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 early church

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 doesn't get

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 a mention

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 anywhere

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 it's not

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 described

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 explicitly

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 as a

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 spiritual

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 gift

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 but it

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 surely

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 belongs

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 to the

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 category

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 as one

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 of the

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 means

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 by which

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 God

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 ministers

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 his grace

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 through one

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 Christian

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 to a bunch

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 of other

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 Christians

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 to build

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 up the

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 church

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 notice

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 fourthly

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 that although

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 there is

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 diversity

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 in gifts

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 no clear

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 distinction

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 is drawn

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 between

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 abilities

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 we might

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 consider

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 rather

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 mundane

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 and more

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 obviously

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 supernatural

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 gifts

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 he doesn't

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 make a

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 distinction

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 between

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 supernatural

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 and natural

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 gifts

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 there's no

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 distinction

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 drawn in

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 verse 28

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 between

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 those able

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 to help

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 others

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 and those

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 with gifts

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 of

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 administration

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 and the

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 ability

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 to work

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 miracles

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 they're all

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 spiritual

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 gifts

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 and so

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 that's

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 his

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 foundational

00:13:05.560 --> 00:13:06.180
 teaching

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 his broad

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 general

00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:07.899
 teaching

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 on gifts

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 and now

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 he wants

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 to bring

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 them

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 to apply

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 them

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 his point

00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.259
 to this

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 church at

00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.120
 Corinth

00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.659
 and in fact

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 to us

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 and so

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 he uses

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 an illustration

00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:19.379
 to do

00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.680
 that

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 he likens

00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.279
 the local

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 church

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.039
 to the

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 human

00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:22.700
 body

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 which is

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 a unity

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 and yet

00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:26.139
 is

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.159
 diversity

00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.239
 and in

00:13:28.239 --> 00:13:28.899
 the diversity

00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:30.000
 it is

00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.639
 unity

00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.679
 and so

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 as Paul

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 used an

00:13:33.479 --> 00:13:33.919
 illustration

00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.299
 to make

00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:34.759
 his point

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 I think

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 I'll do

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 the same

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 very quickly

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 some of

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 you have

00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.159
 seen me

00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:41.419
 do this

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 before

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 he says

00:13:42.479 --> 00:13:42.899
 first of

00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.079
 all

00:13:43.079 --> 00:13:43.579
 the church

00:13:43.579 --> 00:13:43.859
 is a

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 body

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 made up

00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.319
 of

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 many

00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:48.659
 parts

00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:53.459
 and without

00:13:53.459 --> 00:13:54.120
 the parts

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.699
 connected

00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:55.199
 to the

00:13:55.199 --> 00:13:55.639
 body

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 they're

00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:01.199
 not the

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 body

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.299
 the parts

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.139
 in themselves

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:05.579
 are not

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 the body

00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.199
 by themselves

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 they are

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 just

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 parts

00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:12.039
 and the

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 unity

00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:12.980
 of the

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.279
 body

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.620
 is

00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.459
 achieved

00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:15.360
 when all

00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:15.959
 the parts

00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:16.279
 or the

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 diverse

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.360
 parts

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.100
 are

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:18.500
 brought

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.320
 together

00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:20.060
 as one

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 whole

00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:21.700
 verse 12

00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:24.700
 so I

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 don't have

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.259
 to put it

00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:25.620
 all together

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.000
 again

00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.060
 the unity

00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:28.399
 of the

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.620
 body

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.240
 is achieved

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.540
 in the

00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:29.960
 diversity

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.159
 of the

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.399
 parts

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.680
 coming

00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.019
 together

00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.600
 as one

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.019
 whole

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:33.000
 verse 12

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.300
 the body

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:33.540
 is a

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:33.820
 unit

00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:34.720
 though it

00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.019
 is made

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.300
 up of

00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.500
 many

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.019
 parts

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.639
 and though

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.279
 all its

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.580
 parts

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.000
 are many

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 they form

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 one

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 body

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 the body

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 can now

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 function

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 correctly

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 they can

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 achieve

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 its

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 purpose

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 notice

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 thirdly

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 the

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 diversity

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.019
 of the

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 parts

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 serve

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 the

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 unity

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 and

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 the

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 function

00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:54.320
 of

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 the

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 body

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 verse 14

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 now the

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 body

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 is made

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 up of

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 one

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 part

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 is not

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 made up

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 of one

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 part

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 but of

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 many

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 if the

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 foot were

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 to say

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 because I'm

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 not a

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 hand

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 I do

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 not belong

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 to the

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 body

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 it would

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 not for

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 that reason

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 cease to be

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 part of

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 the body

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 and if

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 the ear

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 should say

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 because I'm

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 not an

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 eye

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 I do

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 not belong

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 to the

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 body

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 it would

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 not for

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 that

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 reason

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 cease to

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 be part

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 of the

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 body

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 if the

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 whole

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 body

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 were an

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 eye

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 where would

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 the sense

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 of hearing

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 be

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 and if

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 the whole

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 body

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 were an

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 ear

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.760
 where would

00:15:17.760 --> 00:15:18.100
 the sense

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 of smell

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 be

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 and so

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 what he's

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 saying is

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 that all

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 parts

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 different

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 in the

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 diversity

00:15:24.760 --> 00:15:25.860
 are essential

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 for the

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 unity

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.460
 and the

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 function

00:15:27.780 --> 00:15:28.040
 of the

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 body

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 what he's

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 saying

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 here is

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 that

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 this

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 is

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 not

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 a

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 body

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 where

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.459
 all

00:15:45.459 --> 00:15:45.779
 the

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 gifts

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:48.059
 were the

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 same

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 this is

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 a church

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 where

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 everyone

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.360
 plays

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 the

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 French

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 horn

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 and that

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 does not

00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:56.620
 serve

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:56.879
 the

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 unity

00:15:57.219 --> 00:15:58.559
 of the

00:15:58.559 --> 00:15:58.879
 body

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.719
 the

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 body

00:15:59.979 --> 00:16:00.439
 does not

00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.059
 function

00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.699
 correctly

00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:03.979
 the

00:16:03.979 --> 00:16:04.360
 unity

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.599
 of the

00:16:04.599 --> 00:16:04.860
 body

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.559
 is not

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 seen

00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:07.459
 in all

00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:07.699
 the

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 gifts

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.819
 being

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.299
 the

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 same

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:12.580
 and so

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:12.879
 these

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 words

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.679
 here

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.299
 in this

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 last

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 section

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:15.679
 of

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 chapter

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.480
 12

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.360
 are both

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 an

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.159
 encouragement

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.659
 and a

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 rebuke

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.519
 for this

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 church

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.060
 at

00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:21.360
 Corinth

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.240
 it's a

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 word of

00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:24.200
 encouragement

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:25.560
 for those

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 who did

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.340
 not

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 belong

00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:29.240
 to the

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 so-called

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 group

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 that

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 regarded

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 itself

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 as the

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 elitist

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 group

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 at

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 Corinth

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 where

00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.000
 all

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 the

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 arms

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:35.820
 were

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 the

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 ones

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.360
 who

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 said

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 that

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 this

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 is

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 what

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 it

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 means

00:16:39.280 --> 00:16:39.520
 to be

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 a

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 truly

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 spiritual

00:16:40.420 --> 00:16:41.000
 person

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 you're

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 an

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 arm

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:43.120
 and so

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.279
 the

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 poor

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.740
 old

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.079
 ear

00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.360
 over

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.779
 here

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.939
 is

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:48.419
 trying to

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:48.879
 work out

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.319
 where it

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.759
 fits

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.079
 so this

00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:50.399
 is a

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:50.779
 word of

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.439
 encouragement

00:16:51.439 --> 00:16:51.980
 here for

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.199
 these

00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:52.659
 people

00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:54.500
 Paul

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:54.720
 here

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.519
 implies

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:57.000
 that the

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.360
 image of

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.699
 the body

00:16:57.699 --> 00:16:58.159
 to show

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.399
 them

00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:01.019
 how wrong

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.220
 their

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.579
 thinking

00:17:01.579 --> 00:17:02.319
 is

00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:04.220
 every

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.759
 part

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.420
 plays

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.720
 an

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.259
 important

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.099
 function

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.200
 whether

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.460
 it's

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 an

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.039
 obvious

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.519
 part

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:09.759
 or

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.279
 not

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.220
 and I

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.559
 want to

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:11.839
 say

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.180
 that

00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.920
 I

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.379
 along

00:17:14.379 --> 00:17:14.599
 with

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:14.960
 many

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.240
 other

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.740
 people

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.779
 have

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.059
 been

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.720
 greatly

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.220
 helped

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.139
 by the

00:17:19.139 --> 00:17:19.619
 frequent

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.399
 words

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:20.839
 of

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 wisdom

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.519
 and

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.079
 example

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.960
 of

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.220
 godly

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.839
 brothers

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.559
 and

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.019
 sisters

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.299
 in

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.819
 Christ

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:28.220
 who

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.740
 have

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.500
 prayed

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.899
 for me

00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.579
 consistently

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.079
 behind

00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.559
 closed

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.059
 doors

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:34.879
 not

00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.379
 visible

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:37.519
 and the

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:37.839
 word of

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.519
 encouragement

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.119
 is that

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.000
 you don't

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.500
 need to

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.659
 be

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.179
 visible

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.959
 and of

00:17:42.959 --> 00:17:43.159
 the

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:43.619
 same

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.059
 in order

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.519
 to play

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.339
 a crucial

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.899
 part

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.819
 of the

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.139
 body

00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:50.619
 and the

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:50.919
 second

00:17:50.919 --> 00:17:51.239
 thing

00:17:51.239 --> 00:17:51.619
 here

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:53.459
 associated

00:17:53.459 --> 00:17:53.819
 with

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.439
 implications

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:54.939
 for the

00:17:54.939 --> 00:17:55.099
 other

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.479
 part of

00:17:55.479 --> 00:17:55.619
 the

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:55.879
 church

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.199
 is that

00:17:56.199 --> 00:17:56.379
 all

00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:56.739
 parts

00:17:56.739 --> 00:17:57.019
 need

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.259
 each

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.519
 other

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.079
 in

00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.219
 the

00:17:58.219 --> 00:17:58.579
 body

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.919
 for it

00:17:59.919 --> 00:18:00.039
 to

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.339
 function

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.919
 correctly

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:02.179
 let us

00:18:02.179 --> 00:18:02.879
 not say

00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:03.339
 I have

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.139
 no need

00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.599
 for you

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:04.959
 ear

00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:06.959
 I don't

00:18:06.959 --> 00:18:07.279
 need

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.599
 you

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.319
 verse 20

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:08.699
 the eye

00:18:08.699 --> 00:18:09.299
 cannot say

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.559
 to the

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:09.839
 hand

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.480
 I don't

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.839
 need

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.099
 you

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.639
 and the

00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:11.819
 head

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.079
 cannot

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.319
 say

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.519
 to the

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:12.699
 feet

00:18:12.699 --> 00:18:13.220
 I don't

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.539
 need

00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:13.939
 you

00:18:13.939 --> 00:18:14.619
 on the

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:14.939
 contrary

00:18:14.939 --> 00:18:15.259
 those

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.599
 parts

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:15.839
 of the

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.119
 body

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.599
 that seem

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:16.859
 to be

00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.319
 weaker

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.919
 are

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.839
 indispensable

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.059
 and the

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.519
 parts that

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.939
 we think

00:18:20.939 --> 00:18:21.279
 are less

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.859
 honourable

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.599
 we treat

00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.119
 with special

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.339
 honour

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:23.879
 the parts

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.159
 that are

00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:24.819
 unpresentable

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.159
 are treated

00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:25.679
 with special

00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.220
 modesty

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.919
 while our

00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:27.379
 presentable

00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:27.980
 parts need

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.039
 no special

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.679
 treatment

00:18:29.679 --> 00:18:32.159
 but God

00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:32.799
 has combined

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 the members

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 of the body

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 and has

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 given greater

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 honour to the

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 parts that

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 lack it

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 and so

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 while some

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 of these

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 churches in

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 Corinth

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 were feeling

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 a bit

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 inferior

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 because they

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 didn't have

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 the gifts

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 that were so

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 prized amongst

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 them

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.559
 others

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 were proud

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 they thought

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 they were the

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 ones where

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 everyone depended

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 on me

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 because look

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 at my arm

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 look at how

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 great I can

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 play the

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 French horn

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 they gave

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 the impression

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 that the

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 rest of the

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 church

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 was not

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 necessary

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 Paul's

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 teaching here

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 that is no

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 individual

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 member of the

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 body can

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 think that

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 they are

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.740
 self-sufficient

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 no one

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 is self-sufficient

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 in the body

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 and so

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 Paul's word

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 here is to

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 both

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 humble the

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 proud

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 and encourage

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 those who

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 are feeling

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 inferior

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 verse 22

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 on the

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 contrary

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 those parts

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 of the

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 body

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 that seem

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 to be

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 weaker

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 are

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 indispensable

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 it's not

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 they are not

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 optional

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 they are

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 necessary

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 they're not

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 just helpful

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 they are

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 necessary

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 and so

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.799
 these verses

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.199
 ought to

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 either

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 encourage us

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 or humble

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 us

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 regardless

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 of

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 what we

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 do

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 in the

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 body

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 now

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.300
 the last

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 verse

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 of this

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 chapter

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 is a bit

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 of a

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.240
 transition

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.900
 into chapter

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.520
 13

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 he says

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 but eagerly

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.800
 desire the

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 greater gifts

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.880
 and now

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.580
 I will show

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 you the

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 most excellent

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 way

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 for some

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 reason

00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:15.940
 it's a

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 strange word

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 but eagerly

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.940
 desire the

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 greater gifts

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:20.100
 Paul's word

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 there eagerly

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.380
 desire the

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 greater gifts

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.160
 somehow does

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.820
 not negate

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.139
 what he's

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 already said

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 and that

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 God is

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 the one

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 who gives

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.980
 the gifts

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:28.039
 somehow

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.439
 doesn't

00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:28.839
 negate

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.119
 that

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:32.299
 and

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.279
 what I

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 think he's

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.099
 saying here

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.439
 is that

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:34.919
 while I

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.579
 said earlier

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.139
 that Paul

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 makes no

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.319
 distinction

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:39.039
 between us

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.619
 having

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.379
 spiritual

00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.939
 some gifts

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.439
 are spiritual

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.939
 some gifts

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:42.579
 are unspiritual

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.240
 in the church

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.259
 he does

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.939
 seem to rate

00:20:44.939 --> 00:20:45.659
 gifts in

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.099
 terms of

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 importance

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.159
 in two

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 broad

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 categories

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 in verse

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 28

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 first of all

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 second

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.619
 third

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 he does

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 give a

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 list

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.199
 there

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:56.039
 with a

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 certain

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.159
 order of

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 priority

00:20:58.199 --> 00:21:00.339
 and what

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.899
 the two

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.299
 broad

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.739
 categories

00:21:01.739 --> 00:21:02.219
 are in

00:21:02.219 --> 00:21:02.479
 the way

00:21:02.479 --> 00:21:03.099
 he orders

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.699
 the gifts

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 are those

00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:06.019
 that are

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.319
 for the

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 common good

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.399
 for building

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.779
 up the

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.239
 church

00:21:09.239 --> 00:21:10.419
 and those

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.599
 which are

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.439
 more

00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.079
 personal

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.799
 and that

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.599
 seems to be

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.379
 his argument

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.739
 in chapter

00:21:16.739 --> 00:21:17.179
 14

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.539
 but I'll

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.819
 leave that

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.339
 to Sam

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.319
 and he can

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.819
 correct that

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.259
 if I've

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.559
 got that

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:20.899
 wrong

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.979
 it seems

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.339
 to be his

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.599
 argument

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:22.919
 in chapter

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.519
 14

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.639
 and when

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.000
 he says

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.519
 eagerly

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:25.879
 desire

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.440
 the greater

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.920
 gifts

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.039
 he's referring

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.500
 to the

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.859
 gifts

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.339
 which are

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.759
 there

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.460
 the greater

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.779
 gifts

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.359
 as those

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.059
 which are

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.619
 for building

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.639
 up of

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.180
 the church

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.099
 not for

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.480
 personal

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:35.900
 use

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.240
 the greater

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.579
 gifts

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.000
 are for

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.639
 the common

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.379
 good

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.839
 for the

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.079
 church

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.619
 the body

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.240
 that we

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.440
 might

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.839
 function

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.279
 well

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.440
 but

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.960
 even

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:45.980
 even

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.299
 those

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.680
 greater

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.200
 gifts

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.500
 are

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.840
 only

00:21:48.840 --> 00:21:49.340
 great

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.059
 if

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.240
 they

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.400
 are

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.840
 used

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.480
 in

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.840
 love

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:53.440
 and

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.740
 therefore

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:53.940
 the

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.380
 transition

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.660
 into

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:54.940
 chapter

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.519
 13

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.880
 as

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.080
 the

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.620
 greater

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.059
 way

00:21:57.059 --> 00:22:00.440
 there's

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.679
 a number

00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:00.799
 of

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.220
 implications

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.839
 for us

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.240
 in

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.619
 these

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:04.419
 verses

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.179
 and

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.519
 I

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.720
 won't

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.099
 pick on

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.220
 them

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.480
 all

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.460
 first of

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.639
 all

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:09.000
 I want

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.539
 to say

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.759
 that

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:14.259
 it's

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.960
 unloving

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:17.559
 it's

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.539
 unspiritual

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.740
 it's

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.380
 immature

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.920
 to not

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.420
 exercise

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:21.779
 gifts

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:24.460
 to sit

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.000
 over here

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.160
 and not

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.559
 make a

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.059
 contribution

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:29.259
 not to

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.700
 serve the

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:29.940
 body

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.819
 a

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.120
 congregation

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.640
 is a

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:31.860
 body

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.319
 Christ's

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.559
 body

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.440
 with the

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.900
 life of

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.180
 Jesus

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.620
 flowing

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:34.799
 through

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:34.960
 its

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.299
 members

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.740
 by the

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:35.940
 Holy

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.340
 Spirit

00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:36.960
 and

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.140
 for

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.299
 our

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.680
 function

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:37.940
 and

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.120
 for

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.299
 our

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.680
 health

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.200
 we

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.380
 all

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.559
 need

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.700
 to

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:39.920
 play

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.259
 our

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.620
 part

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:40.980
 in

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.460
 love

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.940
 and

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.100
 to

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.259
 sit

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.500
 over

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.920
 here

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.460
 and

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.620
 to

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:43.799
 say

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:43.940
 to

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.059
 the

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.360
 body

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.940
 serve

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.160
 me

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.400
 serve

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.559
 me

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.820
 serve

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:45.960
 me

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.220
 serve

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.360
 me

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:46.660
 serve

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:46.920
 me

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.980
 is

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.140
 in

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.380
 fact

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:50.039
 unloving

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.460
 and

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.980
 unspiritual

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:55.220
 this

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.759
 teaching

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.460
 I think

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.880
 here

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.019
 is a

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.299
 real

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.740
 challenge

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.180
 for us

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.519
 in an

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.320
 individualistic

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.980
 generation

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:02.100
 which tends

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.539
 to keep

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.039
 all

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.820
 but a few

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.320
 people

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.059
 at arm's

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.360
 length

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.920
 we could

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.680
 easily lapse

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.220
 into viewing

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.779
 church as

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.180
 just one

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.400
 of the

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.660
 many

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.340
 products

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.180
 we

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.820
 consume

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:13.340
 and

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.539
 you

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.019
 generally

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.539
 tell

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.339
 consumers

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.519
 by the

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.879
 level

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.180
 of

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.779
 complaints

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:19.839
 that's

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.279
 how you

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.680
 tell

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.279
 consumers

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:23.940
 I've

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.180
 heard of

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.539
 a church

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.700
 in

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.220
 America

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.960
 that

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.279
 sought

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.559
 to

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.920
 meet

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.900
 such

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.519
 demands

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.299
 of the

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.740
 individual

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.420
 over here

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:32.200
 by offering

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.819
 a drive

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.119
 in

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.519
 Sunday

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.259
 service

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.619
 which

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.079
 enabled

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.559
 people

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.779
 to tune

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.539
 into

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.339
 their corporate

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.799
 worship

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.359
 of their

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.700
 local

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.259
 church

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.119
 in the

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.379
 church

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.680
 car

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:42.980
 park

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.240
 via

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.460
 their

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.700
 car

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.160
 radio

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.700
 and

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:44.819
 they

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.019
 didn't

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.180
 need

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.839
 to

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:45.940
 get

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.079
 out

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.119
 of

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.240
 their

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.579
 car

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:48.440
 not

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.579
 sure

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.700
 how

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:48.819
 they

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:48.980
 took

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.099
 up

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.240
 the

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.559
 collection

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.740
 at

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:49.900
 that

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.180
 point

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.879
 but

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.039
 I'm

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.400
 assuming

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.819
 something

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.259
 like

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.960
 they

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.259
 did

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.299
 taking

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.720
 orders

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:56.920
 for

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.180
 morning

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.500
 tea

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.359
 someone

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.559
 on

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.759
 roller

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.240
 skates

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.759
 around

00:23:59.759 --> 00:23:59.900
 the

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.099
 car

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.299
 park

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.400
 or

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.579
 something

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:00.839
 like

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.039
 that

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.920
 now

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.079
 it's

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.279
 easy

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.480
 for

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.700
 us

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:03.980
 as

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.140
 we

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.500
 did

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.680
 just

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:04.839
 then

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:04.980
 to

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.200
 shake

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.359
 our

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.559
 heads

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.839
 and be

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.200
 shocked

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.420
 by

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.640
 that

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:12.920
 and

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.960
 have

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.360
 little

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.259
 more

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.860
 interaction

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.580
 than

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:17.800
 if

00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:17.960
 they

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.860
 had

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.140
 stayed

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.300
 in

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.460
 their

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.820
 car

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.700
 throughout

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.900
 the

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.120
 course

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.220
 of

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.300
 the

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.460
 whole

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.759
 thing

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.720
 they

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:22.920
 may

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.200
 well

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.340
 have

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.560
 stayed

00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:23.680
 in

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.780
 the

00:24:23.780 --> 00:24:23.980
 car

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.320
 park

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:27.000
 they

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.320
 rush

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.460
 in

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.660
 at the

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:27.960
 last

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.220
 minute

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.480
 they

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.720
 leave

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:28.880
 as

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.080
 soon

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.240
 as

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.580
 possible

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:29.759
 at

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:29.840
 the

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.140
 end

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.860
 having

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.160
 only

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.380
 had

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.640
 the

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.240
 briefest

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.340
 of

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.960
 conversations

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.340
 if

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.680
 any

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.340
 conversation

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.580
 at

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.840
 all

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.380
 and

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.740
 certainly

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.020
 no

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.579
 contribution

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.879
 or

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.299
 service

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.980
 to

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.440
 anyone

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:40.859
 church

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.200
 is

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.539
 certainly

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.879
 not

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.099
 meant

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.240
 to

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.359
 be

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.579
 like

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.799
 that

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.119
 we

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.519
 in

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.819
 fact

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.579
 need

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.960
 each

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.240
 other

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.940
 no

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.400
 part

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.599
 of

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.759
 the

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.019
 human

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.339
 body

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.559
 can

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.980
 function

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.299
 and

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.660
 grow

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.059
 unless

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.379
 it's

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.879
 attached

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.359
 to

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.519
 the

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.759
 rest

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:50.920
 of

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.059
 its

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.599
 parts

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.000
 Thursday

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.879
 my

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.299
 Phoebe

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.220
 had

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.579
 had

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:56.740
 her

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.139
 tonsils

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.279
 and

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.000
 adenoids

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.299
 out

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.119
 they're

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.440
 dead

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.980
 somewhere

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.460
 they're

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.579
 in

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.759
 some

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.059
 bin

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.639
 somewhere

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.379
 in

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.500
 the

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.720
 martyr

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.240
 hospital

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.879
 wherever

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.160
 it is

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.500
 I don't

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.720
 know where

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.079
 they go

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.539
 actually

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.380
 wherever

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.039
 they are

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.519
 they've

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.140
 been detached

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.539
 from the

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.839
 body

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.299
 and they

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.819
 are dead

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.079
 they have

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.759
 no life

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.680
 no part

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.920
 of the

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.440
 body is

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.799
 meant to

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.440
 function

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.059
 independent

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.859
 of the

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.140
 local

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.640
 church

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:22.819
 it is

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.079
 as a

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.400
 community

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.759
 that God

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.319
 expects us

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.720
 to grow

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.200
 together

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.559
 in the

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:26.859
 Christian

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.299
 life

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.799
 and be

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.000
 his

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.319
 witnesses

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.759
 in this

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.180
 world

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.960
 we

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.160
 should

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.360
 not

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.600
 see

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:31.920
 church

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.440
 simply

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.400
 as a

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.660
 meeting

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.019
 that we

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.539
 attend

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.100
 but rather

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.460
 it's a

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.960
 community

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.640
 to which

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.320
 we belong

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:38.160
 with all

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.779
 the duties

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.860
 all the

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.279
 privileges

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.360
 and all

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.960
 the joys

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.340
 that go

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.799
 with that

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.299
 secondly

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.160
 I am

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.360
 very

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.840
 grateful

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.940
 for those

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.480
 who do

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.160
 see that

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:51.120
 as their

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.580
 duty and

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:51.960
 their joy

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.240
 and their

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.799
 privilege

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.100
 one of the

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.900
 great things

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.460
 things

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.360
 that I

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.900
 would say

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.580
 about the

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.320
 reformation

00:25:58.320 --> 00:26:00.480
 was

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.620
 we

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.540
 rediscovered

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.380
 something about

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.880
 putting the

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.460
 scriptures into

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.280
 the hands of

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:05.640
 the ordinary

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.240
 person and

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.840
 putting ministry

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.160
 in their

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.640
 hands as

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.920
 well

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.060
 every

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:10.200
 member of

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.820
 ministry was

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.519
 discovered at

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.300
 the reformation

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:13.519
 it's a very

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.140
 good thing

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.140
 the church was

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.800
 never meant to

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:16.440
 be a body

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.580
 where only a

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.420
 few people

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.380
 do all the

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.880
 functioning

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:22.740
 and the rest

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.580
 are spectators

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:26.240
 but

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.799
 for those

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.259
 of us who

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.019
 are doing

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.720
 the functioning

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:31.139
 who are

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.759
 serving

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.579
 there can be

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.099
 the same

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.659
 level of

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.559
 selfishness

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.659
 in every

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.599
 member ministry

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.879
 as if I'm

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.399
 not making

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.079
 any contribution

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.519
 at all

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.279
 and the same

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.740
 level of

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.139
 service

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.839
 is that

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.259
 ultimately

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.699
 if we're not

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.159
 careful

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.759
 it becomes

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.559
 about me

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:49.139
 it becomes

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.639
 about me

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.179
 hanging on

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.559
 to what

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.079
 makes me

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.960
 feel significant

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.159
 this is my

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.460
 part

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.079
 my place

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.660
 this is my

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.980
 gift

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.840
 your job

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.180
 is to

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.960
 recognise it

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.500
 to use me

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.799
 in this

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.039
 way

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.380
 this is

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 what I

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 do

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 and if

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 we're not

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.019
 careful

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.819
 it becomes

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.799
 more about

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 me

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 and we get

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.360
 detached

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 from the

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 head

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 and what

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 I find my

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.440
 significance in

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 is my

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.299
 particular part

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 in the

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 body

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 it's a very

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.259
 big danger

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.880
 for anyone

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 who's in

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.740
 full-time

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.160
 ministry

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.180
 and anyone

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.700
 who's making

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.460
 a contribution

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.559
 and involved

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.079
 in ministry

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 at all

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.379
 normal

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.099
 practice

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.379
 when a

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.539
 new

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.859
 minister

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.359
 starts

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.939
 a church

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.859
 comes into

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 a church

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 and it

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 happened to

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 me here

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 and this

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 is not

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 any way

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.199
 of an

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 accusation

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 it's a

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 bit of a

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.319
 common

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.579
 theme

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.339
 with every

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.319
 minister

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.980
 I've spoken

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 to

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 is that

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.399
 you go

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.740
 into a

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.000
 church

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.299
 as a

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.500
 new

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.779
 senior

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.179
 minister

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 and within

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 a matter

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.639
 of weeks

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 you'll have

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 a whole

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.879
 range

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.220
 of people

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.779
 lining up

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.079
 to tell

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.159
 you

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 this is

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.779
 what I

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:43.939
 do

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.220
 in this

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.659
 place

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.379
 this is

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.720
 where I

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:45.919
 fit

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 and this

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.399
 is how

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.720
 you can

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.019
 help me

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.279
 fit

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:53.039
 so there's

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.579
 an encouragement

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.359
 here for

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.779
 those of

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.879
 us off

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.139
 on the

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.619
 sidelines

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:56.960
 to get

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.519
 engaged

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.359
 there's

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.819
 encouragement

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.420
 here or

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.039
 rebuke for

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.480
 those of

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.759
 us who

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.399
 are engaged

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:02.740
 but wanting

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.019
 to hang

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.299
 on to

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.660
 it

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:05.180
 as well

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:07.940
 exercise

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.500
 our service

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.899
 of one

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.399
 another

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.460
 out of

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.000
 love

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.920
 the way

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.139
 of the

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:13.559
 cross

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.899
 in everything

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.279
 that we

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.660
 do

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.500
 including

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.839
 what we

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.180
 do in

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.420
 church

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.700
 is to

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.080
 take up

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.240
 our

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.500
 cross

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.820
 and go

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.080
 to the

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:19.360
 place

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.100
 of execution

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:21.340
 the cross

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.259
 is not

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.620
 just the

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.039
 place of

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.539
 my past

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.019
 substitution

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.660
 for my

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.100
 sins

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.180
 it is the

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.620
 daily

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.779
 place of

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.420
 execution

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.200
 for me

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.140
 as I

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.580
 die to

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.320
 my rights

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:32.480
 and I

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.220
 serve