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 1 Corinthians 4, 1-21.

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 So in 2010, I had a chance to be a part of a large missions conference in Cape Town

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 called the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization,

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 where 4,000 missionaries from 198 countries attended.

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 So I was not distinguished enough to get invited to the conference,

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 so I snuck in as a volunteer.

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 And most of the volunteers were actually, they're all pastors and missionaries as well.

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 And one evening at the conference, there was a bit of a stir

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 because of one Anglican bishop that was there who refused to sit down.

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 And his reason for not sitting down was that he is a bishop,

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 but he was given the same chair as everybody else in the conference.

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 He thought as a bishop, he should have a better seat,

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 something that reflects his station as a bishop.

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 At that moment, the volunteer who was attending to him

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 had the presence of mind to get on his hands and feet and offer to him,

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 you can sit on me if you want.

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 And so the bishop was ashamed by his bold confrontation and gesture of humility

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 and decided that, okay, I'll just sit on the regular chair after all.

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 Sometimes I think Christians think that now that we are children of the king,

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 because we are adopted children of the creator of the universe,

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 that our life should be one of ease and comfort and glory.

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 Even though we claim to be the follower of a crucified Lord,

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 instead of the cross, we want a crown.

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 Instead of faithfulness to God, we seek success in this world.

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 Instead of serving others, we want to lord it over others.

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 And instead of glorifying Christ, we like to glorify ourselves.

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 The Corinthian church was experiencing a similar struggle.

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 So Paul teaches in this passage that the life and ministry of a Christian

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 should reflect the suffering servanthood of Jesus Christ.

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 First, Paul, to that end, offers two examples from his life

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 and the life of other apostles of suffering servanthood of Christ.

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 And then he exhorts the Corinthian believers to imitate him.

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 So that would be my outline.

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 The first point is in verses 1 to 5, example of servanthood.

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 Second point in verses 6 to 13, example of suffering.

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 And the last point in verses 14 to 21 is the exhortation to imitate.

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 Paul concluded the previous passage by saying in chapter 3, verses 21 to 23,

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 So let no one boast in men, for all things are yours,

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 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future.

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 All are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

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 So the church does not belong in any way to Paul or Apollos or Cephas

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 or any other leader of the church.

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 Rather, they belong to the church and the church to Christ and Christ to God.

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 But then after having said this, Paul now sets forth the proper way in which the church,

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 the Corinthians, can properly perceive of the leaders of the church.

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 He says this in verse 1.

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 This is how one should regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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 Paul already used the word servant in the preceding chapters to describe himself and Apollos in chapter 3, verse 5.

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 But the Greek word that's translated here as servant is actually a different word here in chapter 4, verse 1.

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 It still means servant, but with a different nuance.

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 So the word that was used earlier in chapter 3 highlights the servant's role as an intermediary between two people, two parties,

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 as someone who is a minister, who is an agent that represents someone.

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 But here the word servant in chapter 4, verse 1 means helper or assistant,

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 and it highlights the accountability of that person to his own master.

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 So it refers to someone who has been given a duty, has been charged with something.

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 He is supposed to discharge that duty without any personal prejudice

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 because he's accountable entirely to his master, his owner, his lord.

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 And so that meaning is highlighted by the second word that Paul uses also.

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 It's stewards.

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 A steward in this cultural context was usually a slave,

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 a slave that was entrusted by a manager of managing, by the master of managing the household.

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 So he didn't own anything in the house.

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 He simply stewarded it.

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 And he functioned with delegated authority from the master and was accountable to the master.

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 So again, the same concept of accountability to the master is in view here.

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 And the mysteries of God that Paul says he's a steward of is the gospel that he mentioned,

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 chapter 2, verse 7, which he called the secret and hidden wisdom of God.

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 It refers to God's salvation plan, which was hidden in the previous ages,

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 but was revealed ultimately once and for all through Jesus Christ.

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 And he saw himself and the other apostles as stewards of this gospel,

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 servants accountable to God.

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 They had to safeguard it, transfer it, and they were subjected to and accountable to Christ in that regard.

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 And due to this nature of servant and steward, as someone who is under another person's authority,

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 Paul says in verse 2,

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 it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

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 The stewards must be found faithful, which can also be translated trustworthy.

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 They have to be worthy of their entrustment.

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 They have to validate the trust that the master has placed on them by faithfully discharging their duties.

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 And that means it doesn't matter how successful these stewards look to those outside looking in.

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 What matters is that they are faithful to the master who has entrusted this to them.

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 And so Paul highlights that it's only the judgment of and the verdict of his master that concerns him in verse 3.

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 But with me, it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court.

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 This verse confirms our suspicion up to this point that the Corinthian believers have been judging Paul

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 and have been examining him.

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 And so they are acting like they're the grand jury

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 and that ought to determine whether Paul is up to snuff or not.

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 So Paul tells them,

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 And notice it's not just their judgment that he's saying is inconsequential.

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 He says,

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 So the expression human court in the Greek is literally human day.

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 And it's similar to the English idiom,

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 Having one's day in court.

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 You guys have probably heard of that, right?

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 So it refers to a day of judgment in the human court.

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 By using that expression,

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 Paul is intentionally contrasting this human day

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 with the day that he mentioned earlier in chapter 3, verses 12 to 13.

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 He said there that,

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 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

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 each one's work will become manifest,

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 for the day will disclose it.

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 Because it will be revealed by fire,

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 and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

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 So Paul doesn't care about any human day

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 because his hope is set on the day of God's judgment.

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 That's why he's able to say,

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 With me, it is a very small thing

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 that I should be judged by you or by any human court.

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 But Paul doesn't stop there.

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 He goes one step further.

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 He says,

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 In fact, I do not even judge myself.

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 This offers us a revolutionary insight into Paul's humility.

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 Because when people judge us and criticize us,

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 our instinct is to respond in one of two ways.

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 And one way is to make too much of other people's judgments and criticism

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 and then beat ourselves up.

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 So we say,

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 It's all my fault.

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 I'm stupid and incompetent.

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 Or we can go the other way.

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 We discount others' criticisms

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 and make too much of our own judgments about ourselves.

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 We say,

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 There's nothing wrong with me at all.

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 My critics are unfair and biased,

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 and they would do far worse than I do under my circumstances.

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 But Paul says he does neither of these things.

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 But with me,

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 it is a very small thing

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 that I should be judged by you or any human court.

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 In fact, I do not even judge myself.

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 He made much of neither other's judgments

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 nor his own judgment

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 because he was holding out for God's judgment.

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 He escapes that vicious cycle of peer judgment and self-judgment

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 by reserving himself for God's ultimate judgment.

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 Now, but by this,

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 Paul's not saying that he doesn't ever examine his own life in ministry.

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 Of course he does,

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 and that's what he adds in verse 4.

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 For I am not aware of anything against myself,

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 but I am not thereby acquitted.

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 It is the Lord who judges me.

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 Paul has examined his life in ministry

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 and has a clear conscience,

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 which is a testament to his maturity in the Lord

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 because I certainly can't say that for myself.

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 So he's saying that I've examined myself.

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 He's grown to a point where he actually has a clear conscience

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 about his life in ministry.

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 Nevertheless, he insists that that does not mean that he is acquitted

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 because it's the Lord who judges him.

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 Paul knows that he is neither objective nor omniscient

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 when it comes to judging himself and his life in ministry.

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 So he suspends judgment and waits for the Lord's judgment,

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 which is perfectly right and just.

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 And it's standard legal practice if you think about it, right?

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 So if a judge is personally implicated in a case,

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 it's standard legal practice for the judge to recuse himself, right?

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 But when it comes to ourselves, we are often delusional.

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 We think that we can be an accurate judge of ourselves.

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 We think that we can fairly and accurately judge our own life in the ministry.

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 And so I want to ask you this morning,

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 are you living today in fear of people's judgments?

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 Do you find yourself often passing judgment on yourself or on others?

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 Because when you have your day in court,

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 it doesn't matter whether you have a thousand critics or a thousand supporters.

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 It doesn't matter that unknown millions of people have judged you

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 in the court of public opinion.

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 It doesn't matter how many witnesses you have testifying on your behalf in the stands

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 because their opinion counts for nothing.

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 And when you have your day in court,

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 it doesn't matter how vehemently you protest your own innocence.

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 It doesn't matter how compelling your own defense is.

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 Your opinion counts for nothing in court.

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 What counts is what the judge says.

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 What counts is his verdict.

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 So why be so exercised over judgment?

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 So why, whether it's by others or yourself,

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 like why, why did we as God's servant have to curry favor with other people,

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 as other humans, as they were our master?

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 So then I want to encourage you this morning,

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 step outside of the court of human opinions and judgments

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 and entrust yourself completely to the sovereign God

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 who knows everything, sees everything.

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 It's his verdict that counts.

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 He is our master.

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 He's our judge.

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 And he is our God.

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 In this book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes about

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 what this kind of humility and servanthood would actually look like.

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 He writes, quote,

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 Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man,

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 he will be what most people call humble nowadays.

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 He will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person

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 who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.

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 Probably all you will think about him

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 is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap

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 who took real interest in what you said to him.

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 If you do dislike him,

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 it will be because you feel a little envious

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 of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily.

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 He will not be thinking about humility.

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 He will not be thinking about himself at all.

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 In Paul's words,

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 I do not even judge myself.

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 People who possess true Christian humility like this

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 live with the sense of freedom and self-forgetfulness.

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 They are able to rejoice in other successes

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 without getting envious,

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 and they enjoy their own successes

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 without getting puffed up.

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 They can receive criticisms from others

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 without being defensive and dismissive on the one hand

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 or depressed and dejected on the other.

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 They can offer constructive criticisms to others

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 with love and humility rather than anger and pride

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 because they subject all human judgments,

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 including their own,

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 to the ultimate judgment of God.

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 This is what Christian servanthood looks like.

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 And since Paul is ultimately accountable to Christ

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 and not to the Corinthians,

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 Paul warns the Corinthian believers

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 against judging the servants of Christ.

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 He says in verse 5,

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 Therefore,

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 Therefore,

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 do not pronounce judgment before the time,

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 before the Lord comes,

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 who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness

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 and will disclose the purposes of the heart.

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 Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

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 This is continuing the line of thought

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 that we saw in chapter 3

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 where Paul told us that we cannot

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 in any ultimate, final sense,

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 judge the quality of our Christian labor

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 because only the day of judgment

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 will reveal the true quality of our neighbor.

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 So following that line of thought,

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 Paul's arguing here that the Corinthians

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 are judging and dismissing him,

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 his teaching as immature in a premature way.

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 Now, this doesn't mean that we can't judge in any way

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 or form any kinds of judgments

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 because just in the immediately next chapter,

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 Paul speaks of the need for the Corinthian church

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 to discipline a sexually immoral brother.

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 Paul writes in chapter 5, verse 12,

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 Is it not those inside the church

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 whom you are to judge?

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 So he says we need to judge.

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 And in chapter 6, verse 5,

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 Paul encourages believers to settle disputes

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 among Christians themselves

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 instead of suing each other.

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 So it is necessary for the church

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 as the body of Christ

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 to form certain judgments in appropriate times.

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 But when they do,

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 they have to render appropriate judgment

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 according to God's verdict.

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 It has to be in accordance with God's word,

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 not their own judgments

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 as the Corinthians were doing.

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 The kind of judgment that Paul's forbidding here

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 is different altogether

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 because the Corinthians were judging Paul

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 not by God's standard,

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 but by the standards of worldly wisdom.

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 And they were doing so prematurely.

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 And that's why Paul is saying,

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 your judgment is inconsequential.

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 So instead of their divisive boasting

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 in certain church leaders

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 and their criticism of Paul,

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 Paul offers a counter example

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 of Christ-like servanthood.

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 That's the first point.

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 And then having offered the example

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 of Christ-like servanthood,

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 Paul also offers in verses 6 to 13

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 an example of Christ-like suffering.

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 He says,

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 the life and ministry of a Christian

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 should reflect the suffering servanthood of Christ.

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 In verse 6,

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 which is a transition from a previous paragraph,

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 he says this,

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 Everything that Paul has said

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 up to this point about servanthood

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 from chapter 3 verse 5

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 to chapter 4 verse 5,

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 Paul's saying that he has applied

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 to himself and to our polls

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 for their benefit.

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 And Paul gives two parallel purposes

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 for why he did this,

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 and the two are related,

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 they explain each other.

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 So look at the rest of verse 6.

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 It says,

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 That you may learn by us

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 not to go beyond what is written,

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 that none of you may be puffed up

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 in favor of one against another.

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 The first clause says,

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 That you may learn by us

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 not to go beyond what is written.

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 The phrase,

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 that phrase is preceded

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 by a definite article in the Greek,

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 which means,

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 if you want to translate that literally,

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 it would read,

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 it would read,

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 That you may learn by us

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 the not beyond what is written.

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 Right?

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 That doesn't really make sense

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 as you think about it.

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 Right?

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 So that's the standard way

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 in which quotations

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 are introduced in the Greek.

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 So that's why the NIV,

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 if you have the NIV translation

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 in your hand,

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 in verse 6,

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 it says it this way.

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 Now, brothers and sisters,

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 I have applied these things

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 to myself and I pose

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 for your benefit,

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 so that you may learn from us

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 the meaning of the saying,

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 Do not go beyond

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 what is written.

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 Right?

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 So Paul seems to be quoting

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 a saying,

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 a maxim here.

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 And he says,

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 Not beyond what is written.

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 It's likely similar

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 to English idioms

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 that we use,

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 such as stick to the script

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 or stay within the lines

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 or keep within bounds.

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 Right?

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 So he's saying,

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 the saying means

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 to keep within the bounds

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 of something.

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 But what does Paul mean

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 by what is written?

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 The verb write occurs

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 in its passive perfect form.

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 It is written

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 or it has written

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 ten times

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 throughout 1 Corinthians.

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 And every single time,

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 it precedes

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 a direct quotation

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 of scripture.

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 So I think it's safe

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 to assume when Paul says,

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 Do not go beyond

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 what is written.

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 He means don't go beyond

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 what is written

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 in scripture.

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 And he cited

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 several Old Testament

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 scripture up to this point.

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 And one that may be

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 most relevant for this

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 is Jeremiah 9, 23, 24,

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 which he cited

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 in chapter 131.

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 It says,

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 Let not the wise man

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 boast in his wisdom.

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 Let not the mighty man

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 boast in his might.

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 Let not the rich man

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 boast in his riches.

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 But let him who boasts

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 boast in this,

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 that he understands

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 and knows me,

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 that I am the Lord

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 who practices

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 steadfast love,

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 justice,

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 and righteousness

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 in the earth.

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 So these verses

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 from Jeremiah

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 will be alluded to

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 again in this passage,

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 actually.

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 So it's possible

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 that this specific passage

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 is something that Paul

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 has in mind

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 as he's writing this.

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 He's saying,

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 Don't go beyond

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 what is written

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 in scripture.

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 Because Corinthians

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 were boasting in people

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 instead of in God.

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 And that would make

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 good sense of the second

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 purpose that he gives

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 in verse 6.

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 That none of you

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 may be puffed up

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 in favor of one

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 against another.

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 By not going beyond

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 what is written,

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 that's what he means.

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 That they would not

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 boast in other people.

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 Instead boast in God.

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 And the language

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 of being puffed up

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 is so great

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 because it conjures up

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 an image of literally

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 like a bloated belly.

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 Or someone who is

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 so prideful

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 that their head's

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 just swelling up

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 like a balloon.

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 That's the image

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 that he has.

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 Puffed up.

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 And so they're saying

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 when you say

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 I follow Paul

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 or I follow Apollos

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 and boast in that way

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 Paul's saying

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 you're just being puffed up.

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 You're just full of hot air.

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 And then in verse 7

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 Paul gives the reason

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 why the Corinthians

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 boasting is out of place

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 and he writes

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 For who sees

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 anything different in you?

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 What do you have

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 that you did not receive?

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 If then you received it

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 why do you boast

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 as if you did not receive it?

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 The Greek word

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 that is translated here

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 as see anything different

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 means to discern

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 or to distinguish.

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 And it's a cognate

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 of the word

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 that's translated

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 judge earlier.

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 So Paul is basically

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 doing a little word play here

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 to get back at them

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 and he's saying

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 for who

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 you're pronouncing judgment

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 on me before my time

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 but he's saying

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 but who sees anything

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 different in you?

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 Who judges you

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 any differently?

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 I'm just a servant

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 who is stewarding

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 God's

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 and entrustment from God

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 and you are no different

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 is what Paul is saying.

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 So if you were to put it

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 in colloquial English

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 he's saying

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 who do you think you are?

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 I mean that's what he's saying.

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 I mean don't

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 why are you judging?

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 Who judges you

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 any differently?

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 Who do you think you are?

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 And then Paul continues

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.700
 in the rest of verse 7

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 What do you have

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 that you did not receive?

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 If then you received it

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 why do you boast

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 as if you did not receive it?

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 All that they have

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 every single one

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 of their spiritual endowments

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 they have received

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 freely from God

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 in accordance with God's grace

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 instead of their merit

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 or deserving.

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 So if that's the case

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 then why are they acting

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 like they earned it

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 and as if they deserve

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 some credit for it?

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 They're acting like

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 like a child

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 right?

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 Who just received

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 like his brother won

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 a match

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 in track and field race

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 or something like that

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 and got a gold medal

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 and he gave it to his younger brother

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 as a gift

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 and then he turns around

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 to his friends

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 and says

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 hey look

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 look at this

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 and he's like

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 I know I don't look kind of fast

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 but I'm pretty fast

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 right?

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 I mean it's like

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 you're boasting

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 with the gift that you received

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 as if you earned it yourself

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 right?

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 Or like a teenager

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 that has rich parents

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 that just bought him

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 a brand new car

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 and he drives around

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 like he owns all the money

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 in the world

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 right?

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 I mean that's

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 it's vain

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 it's puffed up

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 that's what he's saying

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 why

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.899
 what do you have

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 that you didn't receive?

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 Nothing

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 so why do you boast

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 as if you did not receive it?

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:38.180
 All the spiritual gifts we have

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 all the spiritual life

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 we have in us

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 every single one of it

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 is a gift

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 that highlights

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.839
 the generosity

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 of the giver

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 so why do we make it a ground

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:48.380
 for our own boasting?

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 We're just recipients

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 of that gift

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 and the Corinthians believers

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 possessed many gifts

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 as we see

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:58.080
 in the following chapters

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 and they saw those gifts

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 as evidence

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.200
 of their spiritual arrival

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 as I mentioned before

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 and they thought of themselves

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 as so mature

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 and so spiritual

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.059
 that they

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 were throwing off

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 of their shoulders

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 even the authority

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 of the apostle Paul

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 and so in a series

00:21:14.219 --> 00:21:15.639
 of short sentences

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:17.319
 Paul offers some examples

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.019
 of the Corinthians

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.099
 inappropriate boasting

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.839
 in verse 8

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 Already

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:23.159
 you have all you want

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:24.119
 Already

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.599
 you have become rich

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 Without us

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 you have become kings

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 and would that

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.219
 you did reign

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 so that we might

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 share the rule with you

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 The repetition of the word

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:35.539
 already highlights

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.039
 the Corinthians

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:37.279
 theological error

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.879
 According to scripture

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.319
 the kingdom of God

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 the reign of God

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 which refers to

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 the kingdom of God

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 refers to the reign of God

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 the rule of God

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:50.880
 is already here

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 but not yet

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:54.660
 and it's already here

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 but it's not yet consummated

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 so that's why Jesus says

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 in John 5 25

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 Truly truly I say to you

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 an hour is coming

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 and is now here

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 and when the dead

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.720
 will hear the voice

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.279
 of the Son of God

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.500
 those who hear will live

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:09.000
 that hour is both

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.259
 already here on the one hand

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 but it's still coming

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 so it's here

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 but it's not fully consummated

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 and so with the

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 it's kind of like

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 with the life and death

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.819
 and resurrection

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.099
 ascension of Jesus Christ

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 it's as if the hourglass

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.140
 of the last days

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.059
 has been turned

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.180
 and so the sand

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.099
 is trickling down

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.980
 and the definite

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.019
 it's definitely coming

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 it's imminent

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 but it's already here

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 in a real sense

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 because that hourglass

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 has been turned

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 but it has not been consummated

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 there's still sand left

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.859
 in the hourglass

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 that's basically kind of

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.240
 the consistent biblical teaching

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.220
 about the end times

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 and that's why the Bible

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 sees even the time

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.400
 of the apostle

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 every all the age

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 is subsequent to Christ

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 as the last days

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 and so some Christians

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.980
 mistakenly think

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:51.180
 that only the not yet

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.680
 part of this is true

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:54.740
 and the not yet aspect

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 of the kingdom of God

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 is true

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 people who think that way

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.940
 believe that the new age

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 of Christ's reign

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.980
 is not yet here

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 and because of that

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.599
 they believe that

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.359
 they don't participate

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.140
 in that reign

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 and that they believe

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.279
 that that's all lying

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 in the future

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 and therefore that the power

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.140
 of God's spirit

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:09.759
 is not available to them

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.780
 for spiritual growth

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 and victory

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 so the Christians

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.940
 that live with this

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 not yet mentality

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:17.460
 have think that Christ

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.920
 live as if Christ's coming

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.580
 made no real spiritual difference

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:22.240
 to how they live

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.100
 here and now

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 and it's only the second coming

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 that will come

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 that will solve

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.980
 all their problems

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.360
 so they tend to live

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.460
 with the defeatist

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:31.040
 victim mentality

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 right

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.100
 they have

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.960
 believe that they have

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.320
 no power to overcome sin

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.160
 or to change

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.560
 this world

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 and Christians

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.220
 on the other hand

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.599
 like the Corinthians

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 mistakenly believe

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.720
 that only the already aspect

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.500
 of the kingdom of God

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.899
 is true

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:47.019
 that it's all here

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.539
 and they believe

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.099
 that the new age

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.720
 of Christ's reign

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:51.000
 is already consummated

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.000
 and because of that

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.519
 they believe

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.419
 they have everything

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.000
 already

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.319
 with nothing left

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.419
 to get in Christ's

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.940
 second coming

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.139
 so already you have

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.740
 all you want

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.299
 already you have

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.740
 become rich

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.259
 without us

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.159
 you have become kings

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:02.379
 and they live

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.639
 with the triumphalistic

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.139
 mentality

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:06.060
 so as if everything

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:07.060
 is within their powers

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.759
 to do everything

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.520
 that they need to do

00:24:08.520 --> 00:24:09.100
 in this world

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.940
 and in their lives

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.900
 and in order to correct

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.660
 that error

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:14.640
 Paul now uses his own life

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.780
 and the life of other apostles

00:24:15.780 --> 00:24:17.040
 as an example of suffering

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:18.460
 to show that the Christians

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.520
 do not in fact

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:20.560
 have all that they want

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:20.900
 yet

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:22.460
 they do in a real way

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.700
 reign with Christ now

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.620
 but that reign

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:26.020
 has not yet been consummated

00:24:26.020 --> 00:24:27.340
 and so he says this

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.000
 in verse 9

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.880
 for I think that God

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.900
 has exhibited us

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.680
 apostles

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.160
 as last of all

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.420
 like men sentenced

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.019
 to death

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.359
 because we have become

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.640
 a spectacle to the world

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.380
 to angels

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.480
 and to men

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.299
 in the Roman

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.839
 gladiatorial games

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:44.420
 the finale

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.759
 of the show

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.500
 was when the

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.240
 captive slaves

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.779
 were condemned

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.440
 to death

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.680
 or were released

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.640
 loose to fight

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.220
 to their death

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.700
 or if they had

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.819
 people that they

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.299
 were going to kill

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.680
 execute

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.700
 to give them over

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.100
 to the beast

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.940
 that was the finale

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.259
 of the gladiatorial games

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.560
 and so they are

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.560
 Paul is describing

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.220
 himself in that way

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.140
 they are the last

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.660
 of all

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.920
 like men sentenced

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.740
 to death

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.799
 a spectacle

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.860
 to the world

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.820
 to angels

00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.840
 and to men

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.700
 that's a striking

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.700
 contrast right

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.779
 to the Corinthians posture

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.460
 they were acting

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.160
 like kings

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.400
 the apostles however

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.340
 are like slaves

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.680
 condemned to death

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.140
 Paul continues

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.720
 in verse 10

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.820
 we are fools

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.700
 for Christ's sake

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.759
 but you are wise

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.360
 in Christ

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.820
 we are weak

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.379
 but you are strong

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.759
 you are held

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.319
 in honor

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.039
 but we

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.200
 in disrepute

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.899
 right

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.039
 he's alluding

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.559
 once again

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.319
 here to Jeremiah

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.539
 9 23 24

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.899
 which said

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.720
 the wise should not

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.519
 boast in their wisdom

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.700
 the strong not

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.799
 boast in their strength

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.779
 and the rich not

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.519
 boast in their riches

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.579
 but instead in the Lord

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.359
 but the Corinthians

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.079
 are boasting

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.299
 in exactly those things

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.720
 they're saying

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.359
 in boasting

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.119
 in their wisdom

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.419
 boasting in their riches

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.879
 boasting

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:50.599
 in their honor

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:52.159
 and the way

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:54.259
 Paul describes himself

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.279
 is exactly

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.579
 in contrast to this

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.959
 because the Corinthian believers

00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:58.779
 are kind of drunk

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.619
 on their theology

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.119
 of glory

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.959
 and Paul's trying

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.699
 to sober them up

00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.459
 with the good dose

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.419
 of the theology

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.059
 of the cross

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.519
 he says in verses 11

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.219
 to 13

00:26:06.219 --> 00:26:07.799
 to the present hour

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.899
 we hunger and thirst

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:10.240
 we are poorly dressed

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.839
 and buffeted

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.459
 and homeless

00:26:11.459 --> 00:26:12.339
 and we labor

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.559
 working with our own hands

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.539
 when reviled

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.099
 we bless

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.859
 when persecuted

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.599
 we endure

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.399
 when slandered

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.099
 we entreat

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.219
 we have become

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.940
 and are still

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.000
 like the scum

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.600
 of the world

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.620
 the refuse

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.220
 the refuse

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.079
 of all things

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:26.380
 and so he's

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.140
 I don't know

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.779
 if you are able

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.339
 to catch it

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.720
 in that brief reading

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:31.019
 but he's directly

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.799
 point for point

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:33.680
 contrasting his lifestyle

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.900
 with the lifestyle

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.680
 and the boasting

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.360
 of the Corinthians

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:38.360
 because they were saying

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.279
 to themselves

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.500
 that they already

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.319
 had all they want

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.600
 and then Paul insists

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.720
 that he is hungry

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.279
 and thirsty

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:47.180
 the Corinthians

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.860
 were boasting

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.380
 that they already

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.200
 had become rich

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.759
 but Paul says

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.319
 that he is still

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.400
 poorly dressed

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.340
 and buffeted

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.940
 and homeless

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.539
 and working

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.519
 with his own hands

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.480
 but the Corinthians

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.080
 believed that

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.580
 they had already

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.580
 become kings

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.860
 and then Paul insists

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.480
 that he and the other

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.319
 Pauls are still

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.420
 like the scum

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.100
 of the world

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.059
 the refuse

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.940
 of all things

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.160
 and Paul's

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.160
 intentionally using

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.640
 very degrading terms

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.779
 to describe himself

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.700
 and the other apostles

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.460
 right

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.819
 the word scum

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.559
 and refuse

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.059
 I mean

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.900
 they're very accurate

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.740
 translations

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.460
 because they are

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.599
 off scourings

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.980
 you guys know

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.259
 what I mean

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.700
 when I say that

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.200
 so it's like

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.640
 when you clean

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.099
 your carpet

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.519
 right

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.299
 if you have

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.980
 a carpet cleaner

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:26.299
 it's amazing

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.120
 the things that come up

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.359
 after you go

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.960
 through your house

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.480
 like you're like

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.140
 oh I cannot believe

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.819
 I'm living in this

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.059
 right

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.899
 and so all that

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:34.559
 accumulated filth

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.440
 and dirt

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.240
 that you have to

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.759
 pour out

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.759
 that's scum

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.299
 right

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.099
 or when you clean

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.700
 all the gunk

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.440
 off your dishes

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.259
 or when you're

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.919
 trying to scrub

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.679
 the grime

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.799
 off your bathtub

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.819
 that's scum

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.339
 that's what Paul's

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.539
 saying

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.460
 that's scum

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.659
 we're scum

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.179
 we're treated

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.839
 like that

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.740
 and he says

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.460
 they refuse

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.779
 it's garbage

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.879
 they're treated

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.500
 like garbage

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.720
 they're like trash

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.720
 in this world

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.680
 that's how the great

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.600
 apostle Paul

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.900
 describes himself

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.539
 his position

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.940
 in this world

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:05.240
 we have become

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.839
 and are still

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.720
 like the scum

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.779
 of the world

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.720
 the refuse

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.460
 of all things

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.380
 and as such

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.680
 he says

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.460
 when reviled

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.279
 we bless

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.440
 when persecuted

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.400
 we endure

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.680
 when slandered

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.759
 we entreat

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.600
 you could just hear

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.700
 the apostle Paul's

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:21.180
 heartbeat in that verse

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.779
 when he says that

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.579
 because that's

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:24.039
 exactly how Paul's

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.860
 currently

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.180
 presently in his writing

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.480
 responding to the Corinthians

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.539
 because they reviled him

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.639
 but he's blessing them

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:32.240
 they persecuted him

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.399
 but he's enduring them

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.819
 and they slandered him

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.480
 but he's entreating them

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:38.399
 and so he continues

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.200
 his entreaty

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.420
 in verses 14-21

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.200
 and that brings me

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.960
 to my third point

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.879
 the exhortation

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.399
 to imitate

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:45.899
 the examples

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.559
 of servanthood

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.259
 and suffering

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.319
 that Paul just laid out

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.379
 he now exhorts them

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.920
 to imitate

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.440
 and he says

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.200
 in verse 14

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.639
 I do not write

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.200
 these things

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.519
 to make you ashamed

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.079
 but to admonish you

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.539
 as my beloved children

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.139
 children

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:01.000
 he switches his metaphors

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.619
 once again

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.720
 and exhorts them

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.359
 as their spiritual father

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:08.240
 in verses 15-16

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.740
 he says

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:10.559
 for though you have

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.019
 countless guides in Christ

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.299
 you do not have

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.940
 many fathers

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.759
 for I became your father

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.519
 in Christ Jesus

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.240
 through the gospel

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.740
 I urge you then

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.659
 be imitators of me

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:22.579
 because the members

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.680
 of the Corinthian church

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.240
 came to faith

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.500
 in Christ

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.759
 through Paul's ministry

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.960
 he claims to be

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.019
 their spiritual father

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.799
 and the word guides

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.900
 or guardians

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.460
 in Greco-Roman culture

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.420
 was also typically

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.299
 a slave

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.900
 that was in charge

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.819
 of basically

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.740
 taking the children

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.460
 back and forth

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.079
 to school

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.420
 basically in charge

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.019
 of the kids

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.859
 while the father

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.599
 was not there

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.940
 what present with them

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.200
 and so he's saying

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.299
 that you have many guides

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.379
 and guardians like this

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.920
 in fact you have

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.779
 thousands of guides

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.619
 is the literal translation

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.299
 but he says

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.539
 you only have one father

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.819
 the one who founded

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.460
 this church

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.200
 and brought them

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.779
 to the Lord

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.860
 in the first place

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.940
 so he's here

00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:00.200
 finally reasserting

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.200
 his own authority

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.680
 as the founding apostle

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:04.579
 of the Corinthian church

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.539
 because they've been

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.400
 challenging his authority

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.960
 up to this point

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:08.559
 and then he leverages

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.140
 that metaphor

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.079
 to urge them

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.720
 to be imitators

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.140
 of him

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.539
 right

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.840
 I mean in the

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.660
 ancient world

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.980
 the children

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.600
 were encouraged

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.019
 to follow

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.539
 in the footsteps

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.819
 of their parents

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.799
 their fathers

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.400
 in particular

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.620
 and you still see

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.440
 a trace of this

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.900
 in a lot of people's

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.480
 last names

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.180
 right

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.880
 and I think

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.600
 example

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.380
 some of the people

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.080
 have the last name

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.539
 baker

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.960
 right

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.519
 that means

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.259
 their ancestors

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.320
 were bakers

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.640
 or if you're a smith

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:34.100
 you're a silversmith

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:35.400
 or coppersmith

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.779
 or if your last name

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.240
 is bauer

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.980
 that's a German word

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.600
 for a peasant

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.259
 or a farmer

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.940
 so your ancestors

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.539
 were farmers

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.580
 in the ancient world

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:41.799
 right

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.680
 they were expected

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.160
 to follow

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.840
 in their footsteps

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.240
 right

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.220
 to do those things

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.360
 or in a more

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.240
 kind of basic

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.940
 simple way

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.559
 like I mean

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.480
 we expect children

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.620
 to be like their parents

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:50.900
 right

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.680
 like father

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.200
 like son

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.460
 right

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.960
 if you have

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.860
 really good looking

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.380
 parents

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.920
 like you're not

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.299
 going to get

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.120
 an ugly child

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.580
 all of a sudden

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.860
 right

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.620
 and if you have

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.320
 really intelligent

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.779
 parents

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.340
 you expect

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.880
 your child

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.580
 to be intelligent

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:01.880
 right

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.740
 it's people

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.600
 that expect

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.100
 their children

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.640
 to behave

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.580
 like their parents

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.279
 so Paul's

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.980
 using the same

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.400
 logic

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.039
 and he tells

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.519
 them as their

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.340
 spiritual father

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.539
 you should be

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.019
 characterized

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.180
 by servanthood

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.320
 and suffering

00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:14.060
 because that's

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.740
 what my life

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.340
 looks like

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.400
 and I'm your

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.180
 spiritual father

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:19.620
 and because Paul

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.259
 himself could not

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.320
 be present with them

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.460
 he says he sent

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.319
 Timothy for that

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.679
 purpose in verse 17

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:26.679
 that's why I sent

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:27.200
 you Timothy

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.460
 my beloved

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.379
 and faithful

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.339
 child in the Lord

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.700
 to remind you

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.700
 of my ways

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.220
 in Christ

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.359
 as I teach them

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.899
 everywhere

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.619
 in every church

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:38.159
 like earlier

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:38.980
 Paul described

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.519
 the need

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.299
 for the stewards

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.960
 of the mysteries

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.539
 of Christ

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.619
 to be faithful

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.859
 and Paul here

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.779
 describes Timothy

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.720
 as faithful

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.899
 and I think Paul's

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.619
 concerned here

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.599
 that because

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.119
 the Corinthians

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.979
 were judging him

00:31:49.979 --> 00:31:50.839
 and dismissing him

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.719
 that they would

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:52.699
 receive Timothy

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:53.319
 coldly

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.379
 and so he says

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.599
 no receive him

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.199
 warmly because

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:57.659
 he is my beloved

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.399
 and faithful

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:59.339
 child in the Lord

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:01.239
 and he tells them

00:32:01.239 --> 00:32:01.839
 that when he comes

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.739
 Timothy knows

00:32:02.739 --> 00:32:03.759
 the ways of Christ

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.759
 and that he will

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.519
 show them that

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.099
 because that's

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.759
 the same way

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.679
 he's taught them

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:09.099
 in every church

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.719
 that he's been

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.980
 and imitation

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.519
 kind of

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.200
 makes us

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.900
 a little uncomfortable

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.640
 I think because

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.140
 we have

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:18.240
 notions of humility

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.720
 where like

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.460
 oh if you're humble

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.960
 you should never

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.779
 boast about anything

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.620
 you should not

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.299
 be good at anything

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.079
 I mean that's the

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.019
 kind of false

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.740
 humility right

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.680
 but if you have

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.360
 a proper sense

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.700
 of humility

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.360
 we are talking

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.200
 about Christian humility

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.180
 I think there is

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.839
 a place where

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.600
 imitation is good

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:32.319
 and it should

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.940
 be commended

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.019
 in fact it's

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:35.039
 an essential part

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.360
 of Christian discipleship

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.079
 is to

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.079
 because when we

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.019
 hang out with people

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.200
 certain people

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.119
 we tend to

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.240
 act more like them

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.339
 to talk more like them

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.839
 and that's an

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.660
 essential part

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:46.139
 of Christian discipleship

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:47.119
 and so Paul

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.039
 urges believers

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.799
 to imitate him

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.759
 in many of his letters

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.940
 and he will do it

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.920
 again later in this

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:53.039
 letter in 1 Corinthians

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.639
 11 1

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.059
 where he says

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.079
 be imitators of me

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.579
 as I am of Christ

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:58.339
 and that puts a

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.099
 weight irresponsibly

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.000
 on all of us

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.599
 doesn't it

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.079
 because we have

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.000
 to live in a manner

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.200
 worthy of our calling

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.639
 and be examples

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.220
 to those around us

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.259
 I mean that puts

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.720
 the pressure

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.660
 on the teacher

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:11.339
 if you have to

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.799
 tell people

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.500
 to imitate them

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.680
 right

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.879
 and this is one

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.359
 of the reasons

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.160
 why being a member

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.019
 of the church

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.640
 being in a regular

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.660
 Christian community

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.220
 is so important

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.859
 because there are

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:22.180
 things you can't

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.879
 learn from just

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.720
 reading a book

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.900
 that you have to

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.839
 learn from observing

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.980
 the lives of people

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.440
 and more mature

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:30.059
 believers among us

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.039
 need to say

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.940
 to younger believers

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.480
 among us

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.660
 come watch me

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.539
 I'll show you

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.779
 how to study the Bible

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.980
 come watch me

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.579
 and I'll show you

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.220
 how to pray

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.379
 come watch me

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.039
 and I'll show you

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.639
 how to serve

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.720
 your wife and family

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.759
 come watch me

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.399
 and I'll show you

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:43.980
 how to respect

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.980
 and serve your husband

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.359
 come watch me

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.839
 and I'll show you

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.899
 how to share the gospel

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:49.160
 with an unbeliever

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.619
 and then Paul

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.539
 turns his attention

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.480
 more specifically

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.759
 to the instigators

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.480
 of this problem

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.339
 in the Corinthian church

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.339
 who arrogantly

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.539
 rejected his apostleship

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.339
 he writes to them

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.759
 in verses 18 to 19

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.660
 some are arrogant

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.859
 as though I were

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.740
 not coming to you

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.119
 but I will come

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.759
 to you soon

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:08.519
 if the Lord wills

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.539
 so some of the

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.440
 Corinthians were

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.340
 boasting

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.619
 and criticizing Paul

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.579
 as if Paul

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.440
 would never come back

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.179
 to correct them

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.619
 and Paul maintains

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.280
 that he is

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.179
 definitely planning

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.940
 on visiting them

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.139
 but he doesn't give

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.219
 a specific timetable

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.659
 right he says

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.579
 if the Lord wills

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.880
 and he's experienced

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.199
 wanting to go somewhere

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:26.280
 for his missionary journey

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.940
 but not being able

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.539
 to go before

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.679
 so he's more tentative

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.539
 as he says this

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:31.079
 but he does say

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:32.659
 he has definite plans

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.019
 to come

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.920
 he will come soon

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.139
 and when he comes

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.800
 he says in verses 19 to 20

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:38.139
 I will find out

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.059
 not the talk

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.159
 of these arrogant people

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.480
 but their power

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.940
 for the kingdom of God

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.059
 does not consist

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.800
 in talk

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.059
 but in power

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.139
 this is awesome

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.480
 right

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.940
 the word arrogant

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:50.900
 here is the exact same word

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.880
 that was translated earlier

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.900
 as puffed up

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.239
 right

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:55.480
 and the word talk here

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.420
 is the same word

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.099
 that was translated

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.119
 in the preceding chapters

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.000
 as word

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.159
 so in 117

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.659
 Paul said

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.340
 that he intentionally

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.360
 did not preach the gospel

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.280
 with words

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.320
 of eloquent wisdom

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:07.119
 lest the cross of Christ

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.219
 be emptied of its power

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.159
 and similarly

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.860
 in chapter 2

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.639
 verses 4 to 5

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.019
 Paul said

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.800
 his speech

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.340
 and his message

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.420
 were not in plausible

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.780
 words of wisdom

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:16.039
 but in demonstration

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:17.099
 of the spirit

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.099
 and of power

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.280
 so that their faith

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.980
 might not rest

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.159
 in the wisdom of men

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.099
 but in the power

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.019
 of God

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.519
 right

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.199
 so Paul's using

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:25.679
 the same concepts here

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.980
 because the puffed up

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.900
 Corinthian believers

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.800
 were boasting

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.960
 in their worldly wisdom

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.599
 and word of eloquence

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.079
 and then

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.380
 but Paul warns them

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.559
 that when he visits them

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.119
 he will test

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.360
 not their word

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.619
 but their power

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:39.280
 because God's kingdom

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.000
 doesn't consist

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.599
 in word

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.519
 but power

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.559
 and that

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.820
 those previous references

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.920
 to the word power

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.740
 helps us understand

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:47.139
 that Paul is here

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.480
 referring to the power

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.500
 that is associated

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.400
 with the cross

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.039
 of Christ

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.740
 in chapter 118

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.139
 he said

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.659
 the word of the cross

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.539
 is folly

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.599
 to those who are perishing

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.559
 but to us

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.679
 who are being saved

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.719
 it is the power

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.279
 of God

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.559
 right

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.339
 so Paul's contrasting

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:03.000
 the Corinthians

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.599
 word of worldly wisdom

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.859
 with the word

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.819
 of the cross

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:08.319
 which is the power

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.379
 of God

00:36:09.379 --> 00:36:10.940
 and so what he's saying

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.480
 here is that

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.659
 the power to save

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.599
 does not lie

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:15.019
 in persuasive rhetoric

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:17.179
 or philosophical fluency

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.119
 it lies

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.659
 in the crucified Lord

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.319
 the gospel

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.619
 of Jesus Christ

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:23.039
 and the proof

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.980
 of this power

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.980
 is in the Corinthians

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.480
 themselves

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.559
 because Paul came

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.619
 and simply preached

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.239
 that gospel

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:29.059
 and the Corinthians

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.579
 converted

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:31.000
 they came to faith

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.460
 in the Lord

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.339
 and they were filled

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.139
 with the Holy Spirit

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.179
 and as a result

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:34.480
 of that

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.239
 they possessed

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.359
 many spiritual gifts

00:36:36.359 --> 00:36:37.239
 that were causing

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.779
 some problems

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.400
 in their midst

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.799
 so they themselves

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.460
 were proof

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.139
 of the fact

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.079
 that power

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.239
 lay in the cross

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:44.000
 of Christ

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.440
 and so Paul's

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.940
 just

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.739
 I mean

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.599
 taking them to task

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.819
 here

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:50.440
 he's so confident

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.059
 and I love

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.739
 that confidence

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.380
 in the gospel

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.059
 that he has

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.779
 look at it

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:55.179
 he's not afraid

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:56.619
 of his impending

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.400
 confrontation

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.320
 with these

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.039
 Corinthians

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.759
 instigators

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.279
 even though

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:02.159
 they're probably

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.860
 experts

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.460
 in Greek rhetoric

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.880
 and philosophical

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.000
 writings

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.000
 and sophistry

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.159
 but even though

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:10.360
 they have all of that

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.239
 Paul's not worried

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.960
 one bit

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.799
 about them

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.440
 he's not worried

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.199
 that he would be

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:15.139
 overpowered by them

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.440
 because he's so certain

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.699
 of the powerful

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.400
 manifestation

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.820
 of the gospel

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.380
 itself

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.539
 that that will be

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.280
 his vote

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.920
 of confidence

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.740
 when he comes

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:26.559
 Paul's confident

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.519
 that the puffed up

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.019
 Corinthians

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.920
 eloquence

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.480
 will not produce

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.180
 gospel fruit

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:32.119
 that it will not

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.280
 lead to transformation

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.420
 of people's lives

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.360
 and it will not

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.320
 lead to the filling

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.220
 of the Holy Spirit

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:38.500
 and the distribution

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.300
 of the gifts

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.079
 of the Holy Spirit

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:42.380
 I hope all of us

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.400
 can have that confidence

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.000
 in the gospel

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:46.780
 because the gospel

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.780
 is not a gimmick

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.780
 it's not

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:51.039
 a fad

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:53.119
 we should strive

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.659
 to make the gospel

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.199
 the main thing

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.840
 in our ministry

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.039
 not because of our

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.559
 theological

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.400
 or denominational

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.940
 commitments

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.599
 or traditions

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.659
 but because that's

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.739
 what Apostle Paul did

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:03.000
 because that's what

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.960
 scripture itself

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.519
 enjoins

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.840
 and if we don't

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:07.019
 have this confidence

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.719
 in the gospel

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.000
 we will be hesitant

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:10.159
 to share the gospel

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.539
 if we doubt

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.059
 its power

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.599
 to save

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.239
 and transform

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.179
 people's lives

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.759
 then we will be

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.339
 tentative

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.099
 and reluctant

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.019
 witnesses

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.639
 it's only when

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.360
 we share

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.659
 Paul's confidence

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.360
 in the power

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.940
 of the gospel

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:23.079
 to change people

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.659
 that seem

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.819
 to be totally

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.900
 beyond saving

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.519
 that's when

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.219
 we be bold

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.639
 witnesses

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:30.619
 that's when

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.079
 we will be

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:32.380
 effective evangelists

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:36.099
 and in the conclusion

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.039
 of his appeal

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.779
 in verse 21

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.599
 Paul resorts

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.400
 one more time

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.039
 to the father

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.920
 children analogy

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.679
 that he used

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.339
 and he says

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.220
 what do you wish

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.800
 shall I come

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.280
 to you with

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.800
 the rod

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.600
 or with love

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.140
 in a spirit

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.780
 of gentleness

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.120
 the rod

00:38:48.120 --> 00:38:48.920
 is a figurative

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.539
 representation

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.260
 of fatherly

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.700
 discipline

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:51.880
 and the spirit

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.380
 of gentleness

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.160
 is an expression

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:54.340
 of fatherly love

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.660
 right

00:38:54.660 --> 00:38:55.180
 and so they're

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:56.000
 both expressions

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.920
 of fatherly care

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:58.039
 but whether he

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.840
 comes with the rod

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.579
 or with the spirit

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.100
 of gentleness

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:00.840
 will be determined

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.620
 by the Corinthians

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:02.200
 behavior

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.480
 will they change

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.019
 their ways

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.860
 will they reform

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.539
 their ways

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.120
 and will they

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.579
 repent

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:09.000
 and that last

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.579
 verse shows

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.340
 clearly that for

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:10.739
 Paul

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:12.380
 the Christian

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.799
 life

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.940
 there was no

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.500
 alternative

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.559
 but the life

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.319
 that reflects

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:17.139
 the suffering

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.639
 servanthood

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.219
 of Christ

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.179
 Christ has

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.739
 sanctioned

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.519
 no other type

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.980
 of Christian

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.739
 life and ministry

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.500
 and that's why

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.420
 even if it takes

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.880
 a rod

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.619
 Paul will

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.259
 correct them

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:26.659
 he says

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.599
 because they

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.960
 were living

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.319
 in a way

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.940
 that's contrary

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.579
 to the cross

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.519
 the path

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.059
 that Jesus

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.940
 took to

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:33.039
 his glory

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.300
 his ascension

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.779
 and his

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.699
 his seating

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:37.079
 and his sitting

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.860
 down and ruling

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.500
 at the father's

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.960
 right hand

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.639
 the path

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.199
 that he took

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.800
 to that glory

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.400
 was the path

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.039
 of the cross

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:43.360
 and it's the same

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.480
 for every single

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.920
 Christian

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.980
 the path

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.400
 to glory

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.840
 for us

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.739
 is path

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.800
 to through

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.360
 the cross

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.960
 and look at

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:52.039
 the prophecy

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.719
 in Isaiah

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.159
 how it describes

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.139
 our Lord Jesus

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.519
 Christ

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.500
 in Isaiah 53

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:58.119
 and please don't

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.059
 take this passage

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.639
 for granted

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.139
 just because

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.840
 it's so familiar

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.500
 and then tune me

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.940
 out as I'm

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.340
 reading it

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.160
 okay listen

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.600
 to it

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:04.340
 actually listen

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.059
 to the words

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.260
 that the author

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:07.480
 uses to describe

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.800
 it

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.340
 he says

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:09.559
 he had no

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.960
 form or majesty

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.900
 that we should

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.559
 look at him

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:14.000
 no beauty

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.640
 that we should

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.260
 desire him

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:17.180
 he was despised

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:18.360
 and rejected

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.860
 by men

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.559
 men of sorrows

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.620
 and acquainted

00:40:21.620 --> 00:40:22.440
 with grief

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.840
 and as one

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.579
 from whom

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.220
 men hide

00:40:25.220 --> 00:40:25.760
 their faces

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.860
 he was despised

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.660
 and we esteemed

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:28.280
 him not

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:30.059
 surely he has

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.140
 borne our griefs

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:31.840
 and carried

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.640
 our sorrows

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.720
 yet we esteemed

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:34.420
 him stricken

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.559
 smitten by God

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.420
 and afflicted

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.340
 but he was

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:38.380
 pierced for our

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.140
 transgressions

00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:40.620
 he was crushed

00:40:40.620 --> 00:40:42.000
 for our iniquities

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.240
 upon him

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.400
 was the chastisement

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.380
 that brought us

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.820
 peace

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:47.000
 and with his

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.579
 wounds

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.660
 we are healed

00:40:48.660 --> 00:40:50.600
 he was oppressed

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:52.880
 he was afflicted

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.820
 yet he opened

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.600
 not his mouth

00:40:54.600 --> 00:40:56.059
 like a lamb

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.660
 that is led

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:57.480
 to the slaughter

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.920
 and like a sheep

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.500
 that before

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.079
 it shears

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.780
 is silent

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:02.280
 so he opened

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:03.219
 not his mouth

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:04.760
 by oppression

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.780
 and judgment

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.400
 he was taken

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.760
 away

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:08.519
 it was the will

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.980
 of the Lord

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:10.079
 to crush him

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.480
 he has put him

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.159
 to grief

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.559
 when his soul

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.460
 makes an offering

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.079
 for guilt

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.740
 he shall see

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.420
 his offspring

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.519
 he shall prolong

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.139
 his days

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.599
 and the will

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.039
 of the Lord

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.719
 shall prosper

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.360
 in his hand

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.780
 out of the

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.440
 anguish

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.119
 of his soul

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.460
 he shall see

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:26.059
 and be satisfied

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:28.019
 by his knowledge

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.739
 shall the righteous

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.839
 one my servant

00:41:29.839 --> 00:41:30.799
 make many

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.739
 to be accounted

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.460
 righteous

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:34.019
 and he shall

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.960
 bear their

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.980
 iniquities

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:37.859
 it's through

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:39.420
 the anguish

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.739
 of his soul

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.699
 that the Lord

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.519
 Jesus found

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.359
 satisfaction

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:44.179
 in redeeming

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:44.659
 his people

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:46.239
 it's through

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:47.500
 his despisement

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:49.759
 his affliction

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.940
 grief

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.839
 sorrow

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:53.120
 and slaughter

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:54.059
 that our Lord

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.440
 Jesus

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:56.240
 saved us

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:59.340
 do you desire

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.220
 to be wealthy

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:01.620
 powerful

00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:03.440
 beautiful

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.960
 if that's

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.559
 your goal

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:08.079
 in your Christian life

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.780
 you have chosen

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.640
 the wrong path

00:42:09.640 --> 00:42:11.800
 even the rich

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.700
 and famous Christians

00:42:12.700 --> 00:42:13.640
 that you hear

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:14.380
 on podcasts

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.140
 or at conferences

00:42:15.140 --> 00:42:16.280
 if they are faithful

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:16.860
 to the Lord

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:18.620
 they experience

00:42:18.620 --> 00:42:19.180
 sorrows

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:20.000
 and griefs

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.860
 that we know

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.440
 not of

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.139
 precious

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.940
 that we know

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.539
 not of

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:26.360
 every path

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:27.920
 of the path

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.940
 toward glory

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.920
 for every single

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.300
 Christian

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:31.300
 is the path

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.880
 of the cross

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:33.039
 and that's why

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.639
 Jesus said

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.200
 to his disciples

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:35.139
 in John 15

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.360
 20

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:35.860
 a servant

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.679
 is not greater

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.480
 than his master

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.860
 if they persecuted

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.179
 me

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.019
 they will also

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.820
 persecute you

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.240
 if you are not

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:42.920
 yet a follower

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.380
 of Jesus

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.579
 then I want

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.460
 to dissuade

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.760
 you

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.760
 from following

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.480
 Jesus

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.039
 unless you're

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.619
 willing to pick

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:49.340
 up your cross

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:50.320
 pick up his cross

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.980
 and follow him

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:53.180
 why

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.880
 then should

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.680
 we want to be

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.039
 a Christian

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.720
 if that's what

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:56.700
 Christian life entails

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.800
 because what does

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.480
 it profit a man

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.940
 if you gain

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.680
 the whole world

00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:00.440
 yet forfeit

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.940
 your soul

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:03.059
 because as Christians

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.680
 we believe

00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:04.260
 that this

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.420
 momentary suffering

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.880
 that we have

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.640
 in this life

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:07.539
 prepares us

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.200
 for the eternal

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:09.180
 weight of glory

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:11.100
 because we would

00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:11.780
 rather be a

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.660
 suffering servant

00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:14.220
 of our Lord Jesus

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:15.480
 than be insufferable

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.019
 kings

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:17.100
 in this world

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:18.360
 because we'd

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:18.799
 rather be

00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.500
 the scum

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.440
 and refuse

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.179
 of this world

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:22.159
 with Christ

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:23.219
 than be the jewel

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:23.940
 of this world

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.860
 without Christ

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:26.599
 that's why

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.839
 because Christ

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.679
 is worth it all

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:31.019
 and if you are

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.719
 already a follower

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.139
 of Christ

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.659
 then let this

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:33.339
 be a warning

00:43:33.339 --> 00:43:34.019
 and an encouragement

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.539
 to you

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.619
 because if you

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.699
 start to feel

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:38.019
 home in this world

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:39.639
 if you start to feel

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.880
 comfortable in this world

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.019
 then you're losing

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.699
 touch with your

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.659
 true home in heaven

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:46.259
 but if you are

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:47.259
 treated like dirt

00:43:47.259 --> 00:43:48.000
 in this world

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:49.940
 remember what

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.559
 Jesus said

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.920
 in John 1633

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:53.099
 in this world

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.579
 you will have

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.239
 tribulation

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:55.299
 but take heart

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:56.219
 I have overcome

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:57.000
 the world

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.319
 when we are

00:43:58.319 --> 00:43:59.199
 ridiculed for our

00:43:59.199 --> 00:43:59.659
 faith

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:01.059
 in academia

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.599
 or in our

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.339
 workplaces

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:03.379
 when we're

00:44:03.379 --> 00:44:04.119
 caricatured

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.960
 as ignorant

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.819
 as regressive

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.399
 bigots

00:44:07.399 --> 00:44:09.519
 when Christians

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:10.019
 in Muslim

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.519
 countries

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.039
 and Buddhist

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.460
 countries

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.099
 and Hindu

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:13.059
 countries

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:14.400
 are persecuted

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.139
 and martyr

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.599
 for their

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.019
 faith

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.519
 when they

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:16.759
 have to

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:17.559
 go underground

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:19.279
 to proclaim

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.880
 a prohibited

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.380
 gospel

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:23.059
 and in many

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.880
 smaller ways

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.320
 when we

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:24.739
 in each

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:24.980
 of our

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.519
 own lives

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.059
 make small

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.840
 sacrifices

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:28.659
 and endure

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.179
 suffering

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:29.779
 to advance

00:44:29.779 --> 00:44:30.360
 the gospel

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.059
 when we

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.559
 serve the

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:31.880
 church

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.259
 though it's

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:32.860
 hard and

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.239
 difficult

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.880
 at times

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.599
 when the

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:34.840
 church

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.599
 comes together

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.119
 to serve

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.519
 a brother

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:37.320
 and sister

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.759
 that's getting

00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:38.139
 married

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:39.699
 even though

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.000
 it's a lot

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.360
 of work

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:41.139
 and you're

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.679
 all exhausted

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.059
 on Sunday

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.360
 morning

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:44.559
 when we

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:44.960
 serve the

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.240
 church

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.700
 and when

00:44:45.700 --> 00:44:46.300
 we forego

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.780
 earthly

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:47.460
 pleasures

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:48.320
 earthly

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.720
 riches

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.539
 so that we

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:50.059
 can be more

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.440
 generous

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.840
 and give

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.599
 sacrificially

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.340
 to others

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.720
 and toward

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:53.059
 God's

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.380
 mission

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:54.140
 when we

00:44:54.140 --> 00:44:54.460
 take

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.000
 difficult

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.039
 and thankless

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:56.500
 jobs

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.120
 like many

00:44:57.120 --> 00:44:57.460
 of you

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:57.820
 have

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.519
 to stay

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:58.820
 here

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.099
 so we

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.680
 can minister

00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:00.360
 be a part

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.780
 of a church

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.120
 plant

00:45:01.120 --> 00:45:01.740
 to be

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.200
 missionaries

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:02.519
 here

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:05.380
 when

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:06.500
 you're

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.760
 working

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:07.420
 those jobs

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.059
 even though

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.980
 you don't

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.579
 want to

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.079
 do

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:11.079
 because

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.539
 so that

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:11.739
 you can

00:45:11.739 --> 00:45:12.259
 put food

00:45:12.259 --> 00:45:12.460
 on the

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.639
 table

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:12.960
 for your

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.360
 family

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:15.639
 when you

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.940
 are daily

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.519
 you have

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.000
 your hands

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.519
 full with

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.239
 dirty diapers

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:20.000
 and dirty

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.559
 clothes

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.279
 and dirty

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.679
 dishes

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.539
 so you

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:22.920
 can serve

00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:23.500
 your family

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:26.320
 when someone

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:27.179
 hurts you

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:28.420
 in the

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:28.800
 church

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:30.219
 or uses

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:30.880
 harsh words

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.460
 or snubs

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:31.739
 you

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.679
 and you

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:33.380
 cover that

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:33.880
 with love

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.500
 and forgiveness

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:36.639
 when you

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.039
 overcome

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.500
 your own

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:37.920
 fears

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.619
 and anxieties

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:39.340
 to share

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.900
 the gospel

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.980
 with your

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:41.480
 unbelieving

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.000
 neighbors

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.280
 in a hundred

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.099
 little ways

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:45.699
 when we deny

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.239
 ourselves

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:47.219
 each day

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:47.760
 for the sake

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:48.280
 of Christ

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:49.500
 we're imitating

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.219
 the suffering

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:51.179
 servanthood

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:52.300
 of Christ

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:53.720
 and as such

00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:54.200
 we become

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:54.820
 pictures

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:55.860
 representations

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:57.539
 of the gospel

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.340
 of Jesus Christ

00:45:58.340 --> 00:45:58.820
 in the watching

00:45:58.820 --> 00:45:59.260
 world

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:01.860
 so take heart

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.180
 today

00:46:02.180 --> 00:46:02.820
 if you're a believer

00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:04.120
 be encouraged

00:46:04.120 --> 00:46:04.420
 today

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:06.100
 and make it

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:06.600
 your aim

00:46:06.600 --> 00:46:06.960
 today

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.740
 to reflect

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:08.519
 the suffering

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.039
 servanthood

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.580
 of Christ

00:46:09.580 --> 00:46:10.720
 let's pray

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:11.100
 together

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:23.639
 God only

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.219
 don't know

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:25.619
 you

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.900
 and say

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.119
 this

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:30.659
 that Lord

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:30.960
 Jesus

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.679
 you are

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.199
 worth it

00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:32.480
 all

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:34.579
 that you

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:35.039
 are more

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.699
 precious

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:37.179
 than silver

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:37.759
 or gold

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:41.420
 that you

00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:41.680
 are

00:46:41.680 --> 00:46:42.660
 more to

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.320
 be desired

00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:45.220
 than anything

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:45.660
 that this

00:46:45.660 --> 00:46:46.180
 world has

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:46.780
 to offer

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:51.480
 Lord we

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:51.960
 believe that

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:52.320
 with all

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.840
 our hearts

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:56.540
 help us

00:46:56.540 --> 00:46:58.020
 more and

00:46:58.020 --> 00:46:58.440
 more to

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:58.820
 live

00:46:58.820 --> 00:46:59.820
 with that

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.300
 reality

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:00.780
 so that we

00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:01.260
 can be

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:01.880
 faithful

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.700
 representations

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:04.899
 of you

00:47:04.899 --> 00:47:05.599
 the suffering

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:06.119
 servant

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:09.559
 and we

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:09.899
 pray

00:47:09.899 --> 00:47:10.799
 Lord that

00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.119
 you

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:12.099
 if there's

00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:12.699
 anyone here

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:13.579
 that doesn't

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:13.960
 know you

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.179
 yet

00:47:14.179 --> 00:47:14.460
 that you

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.579
 would

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.019
 save

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:17.259
 that you

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:17.579
 would bring

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.239
 true conviction

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:18.839
 of sin

00:47:18.839 --> 00:47:22.319
 that you

00:47:22.319 --> 00:47:22.879
 would exalt

00:47:22.879 --> 00:47:23.599
 your son

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:25.299
 in our

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:25.699
 sight

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:27.519
 so that

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:28.179
 we pursue

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:28.859
 him at all

00:47:28.859 --> 00:47:29.359
 costs

00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:31.279
 do that in

00:47:31.279 --> 00:47:31.639
 our midst

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:31.859
 today

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.360
 in Jesus

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.760
 name we

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:33.000
 pray

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.640
 amen