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 Good morning, church. Let us turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 14, verse 1 to 25,

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 where the Bible verse talks about building up the church through gifts, for this is the way of love.

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 Starting in verse 1, we read,

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 Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

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 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the spirit.

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 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.

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 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

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 Now, I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy.

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 The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets so that the church may be built up.

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 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues,

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 how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

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 If even lifeless instruments such as flute or the harp do not give distinct notes,

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 how will anyone know what is played?

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 And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?

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 So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible,

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 how will anyone know what is said?

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 For you will be speaking into the air.

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 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

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 But if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker,

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 and the speaker a foreigner to me.

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 So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit,

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 strive to excel in building up the church.

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 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

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 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

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 What am I to do?

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 I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also.

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 I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

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 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit,

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 how can anyone in the position of an outsider say amen to your thanksgiving

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 when he does not know what you are saying?

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 For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.

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 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others

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 than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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 Brothers, do not be children in your thinking.

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 Be infants in evil, but in your thinking, be mature.

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 If the law is written,

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 by people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to these people,

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 and even then they will not listen to me.

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 Says the Lord.

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 Thus, tongues are assigned not for believers, but for unbelievers,

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 while prophecy is assigned not for unbelievers, but for believers.

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 If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues,

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 and outsiders or unbelievers enter,

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 will they not say that you are out of your minds?

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 But if in all prophesy, an unbeliever or outsider enters,

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 he will be convicted by all.

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 He will be called to account by all.

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 The secrets of his heart are disclosed,

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 and so falling on his face,

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 he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 Thank you, CK.

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 Thank you for not an easy reading,

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 but hey, let's pray,

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 and let's ask God to make his word real and alive and understandable to us.

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 Father, as we come to your word,

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 we want to know what your word is.

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 We are not interested in the opinions of man.

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 We want to have clarity, God,

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 on what Paul was saying to Corinthians,

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 and therefore what you are saying to us.

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 And so help us, God, to understand this.

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 Help me, God, to explain it.

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 God, again, if there's anything that I say that is not of you,

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 may fall in deaf ears, God.

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 We want to,

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 and Lord, if there's anything that I haven't prepared,

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 but you want to say to us,

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 you speak to us, God.

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 The most important thing today is you speak to us.

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 And so let your word come alive in our minds,

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 but also in our hearts, I pray.

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 In your wonderful and great name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Okay, if you are new to Watermark this morning,

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 for the last couple of weeks,

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 we've been working through the final,

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 the end chapters of the book of 1 Corinthians,

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 which is the Apostle Paul's letter to the Corinthian church.

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 And we've been looking at these chapters

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 because they're probably the most prolific chapters

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 the New Testament has on spiritual gifts.

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 We as a church want to grow in our understanding,

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 in our knowledge of what the Bible says,

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 and our practice of spiritual gifts.

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 And so we want to come to God's word,

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 say, what does God have to say?

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 We are not particularly interested

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 in what the church down the road has to say.

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 We want to know what God's word says.

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 And so we've been looking at this.

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 And so far, we've seen two main things.

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 We've seen one,

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 that God's word says the church is a body.

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 We all have diverse and different gifts,

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 like a physical body,

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 that we all have a role to play.

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 And so nobody in the church can look at somebody else and say,

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 I have no need of you.

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 None of the, we all need each other.

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 And then secondly, we saw the importance of love.

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 Last week, we looked at probably the most important chapter,

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 probably the most famous chapter in the Bible,

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 maybe one of the most misunderstood.

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 1 Corinthians 13,

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 love is patient, love is kind,

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 it does not boast, it does not envy.

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 And we saw that has nothing to do with marriage,

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 or dating relationships per se,

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 even though that is good advice for dating relationships as well.

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 We saw it has to do with the church community.

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 This is, Paul says,

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 this is the sign of a healthy and a mature church.

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 One where the relationships are marked by patience and kindness.

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 This is what the Corinthians were not.

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 And so Paul writes to us and says,

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 the most important thing in this whole discussion about spiritual gifts is,

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 do we love one another?

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 It doesn't matter how gifted you are,

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 how miraculous abilities God gives you,

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 how well you can explain the Bible,

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 how much money you put in the offering.

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 The most important mark and sign of a mature and healthy church is,

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 how loving, how gracious, how Christ-like are we?

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 And that's what we've seen so far.

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 Christian maturity is not marked by how long you've been a Christian,

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 how much you know, how much you do,

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 but how much our hearts are like Christ,

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 how much our character is being transformed.

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 And so that's where we've been so far.

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 Now you'll notice,

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 Paul hasn't answered the Corinthians' questions at all.

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 He's just been giving them foundational principles.

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 He's wanting to lay the foundations.

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 And today he gets a little bit more into some of the practicalities.

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 He's still not immensely practical,

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 but today a little further.

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 And so in the passage today,

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 there's two sections.

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 Verses 1 to 19 talk about spiritual gifts and the Christian church.

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 And verses 20 to 25 talk about spiritual gifts and our Christian witness.

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 Okay, so two sections.

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 Spiritual gifts and the Christian church.

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 Spiritual gifts and our Christian witness.

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 Let's look at those two passages,

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 two sections together.

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 So firstly,

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 spiritual gifts and the Christian church.

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 In this section,

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 1 to 19,

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 Paul is wanting to compare and contrast two types of spiritual gifts.

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 One is what you could say comprehensible or intelligible spiritual gifts.

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 Spiritual gifts that utilize our mind and our thinking,

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 our understanding.

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 And here he has mainly in mind things like prophecy,

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 but also things like word of knowledge,

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 a teaching,

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 instruction,

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 maybe a revelation from God,

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 something that makes sense,

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 that you think about,

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 you comprehend,

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 and maybe you share with somebody else.

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 And he's wanting to compare and contrast that

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 with a different category,

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 a type of spiritual gift,

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 that you could say incomprehensible or unintelligible.

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 That doesn't mean they're bad.

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 It just means they,

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 they originate from our spirit.

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 So they utilize our spirit more than our minds.

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 And here in particular,

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 he's thinking about the gift of tongues.

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 Okay.

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 So he,

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 that's what's going on in this passage.

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 He's comparing,

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 contrasting these two types of spiritual gifts.

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 Now let's just define our terms.

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 What is speaking in tongues?

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 Maybe you have experience of that.

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 Maybe you don't,

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 maybe you're new to church,

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 maybe you're not yet a believer this morning,

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 and you've heard about this.

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 What is,

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 what on earth is this spiritual tongue,

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 this talking in tongues thing?

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 Well,

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 the Bible describes speaking tongues in two different ways.

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 The one is,

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 when maybe empowered by God's grace,

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 God's spirit,

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 somebody has the ability to speak in a language,

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 which is foreign to them.

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 They don't know how to speak the language,

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 but the people around them do understand it.

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 And this is sometimes given to people

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 for the sake of speaking the gospel

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 in a context that is not your own.

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 So let's say,

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 for instance,

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 I go to Philippines,

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 and I'm in the marketplace,

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 or I'm on a bus,

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 or I'm in a church service,

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 and by God's grace and his spirit,

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 I feel God giving me the ability

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 to speak something that doesn't make sense to me,

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 and I speak it,

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 and it's Tagalog,

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 and the people around me can understand

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 that they might hear about the wonder of Jesus

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 in the gospel.

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 Okay?

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 And we see something like this in Acts chapter 2.

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 The spirit comes upon the disciples,

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 they're speaking in languages,

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 which are maybe not known to them,

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 but all the people in Jerusalem,

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 the surrounding nations,

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 they hear the gospel in their own language.

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 And they say,

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 God is speaking to us.

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 It's amazing.

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 Okay?

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 So that's type one.

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 Another type of speaking in tongues

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 is probably more common in some ways,

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 and that's when somebody speaks,

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 or maybe more often prays,

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 in a way that doesn't make any logical sense to anybody.

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 It might sound like gibberish,

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 okay,

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 that nobody's going to understand what's being said,

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 but it's a kind of prayer that is prayed

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 in a way that doesn't engage your mind,

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 but engages your spirit.

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 It's a way of praying to God

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 when you maybe run out of words,

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 you don't know what to say,

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 maybe you're caught up in a difficult situation

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 and your words evade you,

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 but you just know I need God.

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 And it's a way of saying,

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 God, I need you.

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 I don't even know what to say,

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 just but my heart knows I need you.

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 And it's a way of personal prayer to God

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 in a maybe way that doesn't engage the mind.

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 And so actually Paul says this twice in our passage.

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 Look at verse two with me.

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 He says,

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 For one who speaks in a tongue,

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 speaks not to men,

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 but to God.

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 No one understands him,

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 but he utters mysteries in the spirit,

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 okay,

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 or with his spirit.

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 Also verse 15,

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 or verse 14.

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 If I pray with a tongue,

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 my spirit prays,

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 even though my mind is unfruitful,

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 okay.

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 So does that make sense?

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 These two different ways of what is praying in tongues.

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 Now on the other hand,

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 prophecy,

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 prophecy is when somebody speaks,

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 empowered by God's spirit,

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 in understandable,

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 logical,

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 coherent words,

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 or ideas,

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 and they speak with precise,

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 or specificity,

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 into a precise situation,

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 maybe for an individual,

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 or for a church.

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 And they say,

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 we feel like God is saying this,

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 for you,

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 or for us as a church,

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 this is what God wants us to know,

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 in this moment.

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 Now sometimes a prophecy,

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 or prophetic word,

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 can be a warning,

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 or a challenge,

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 maybe even a rebuke.

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 But often it's an encouragement,

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 it's an upbuilding,

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 but the purpose of prophecy,

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 is to help either the individual,

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 or the church,

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 or the group,

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 to hold on to God,

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 with faith,

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 and to live by faith,

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 and obedience,

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 for either the immediate moment,

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 or the season ahead.

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 Okay.

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 So you're facing a situation,

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 you're not sure how to handle it,

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 and God says,

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 CK,

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 I've got a word for you,

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 you need to know this.

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 And it speaks with specificity,

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 into the situation that you're facing,

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 and you know,

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 God is with me.

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 God knows what's going on.

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 He's told me which way to go.

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 Now,

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 so maybe for instance,

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 you're in a small group,

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 and that happens.

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 Now one thing to be really clear on,

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 when that happens,

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 the speaker,

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 genuinely,

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 well should,

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 believe that God is speaking through them.

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 Right?

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 But,

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 we need to be very careful,

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 because,

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 that doesn't mean,

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 that it's always infallible,

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 or perfect,

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 and it's certainly not on the same level,

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 as God's word.

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 So nobody should ever say,

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 God has told me,

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 X,

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 Y,

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 Z.

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 Rather,

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 what you should say is,

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 I feel like God may be,

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 may be saying this.

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 Right?

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 Sometimes the speaker,

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 misunderstands.

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 Sometimes there's,

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 they can wrongly,

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 interpret.

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 Sometimes they can wrongly,

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 apply the message.

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 And so the Bible says,

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 we should weigh up,

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 we should test,

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 we should investigate prophecies,

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 and see,

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 does this correspond to God's word?

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 Is this true?

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 do you know what we're talking about?

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 Yes,

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 okay,

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 three of us,

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 okay.

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 Well,

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 let's see,

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 okay.

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 So,

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 tongues,

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 prophecy.

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 Now,

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 1 Corinthians 14,

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 the apostle Paul,

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 is not for one,

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 against the other.

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 Both are spiritual gifts,

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 that are given by God,

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 to the church.

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 But what we see in Corinthians,

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 is that he is going to say,

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 when the church gathers,

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 like we have this morning,

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 or maybe on a Thursday night,

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 at prayer meeting,

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 or when your CG gathers,

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 when the church gathers together,

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 one of these spiritual gifts,

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 is preferable to the other.

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 Okay?

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 Look at what he says here.

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 Look at verse one with me.

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 Paul says,

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 pursue love.

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 Okay,

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 we spoke about that last week.

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 That's the most important thing.

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 Pursue love,

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 and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts,

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 especially,

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 that you may prophesy.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 why does Paul say,

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 especially,

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 that you may prophesy?

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 Well,

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 the immediate situation in Corinth,

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 or as we've heard before,

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 the Corinthians,

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 they were particularly enamored,

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 with speaking tongues.

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 For them,

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 that was their favorite,

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 of all the spiritual gifts.

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 And they thought,

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 that was the most important one.

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 And the reason was,

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 because of the mystery,

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 that surrounded it,

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 for them,

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 speaking in tongues,

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 was the highest expression,

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 that you were a spiritually mature person,

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 that God was with you,

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 you could kind of communicate with God,

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 in this mysterious unknown language.

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 It was the highest expression,

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 that you were a spiritual person.

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 And so they loved to come to church,

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 and didn't matter if nobody understood them,

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 they would all pray in tongues,

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 and pray very loudly,

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 and try and speak louder,

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 than the person next to them,

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 to kind of show off,

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 how spiritual and mature they were.

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 Okay?

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 So that's the immediate context here.

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 And Paul's point is,

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 what you're doing,

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 is you're thinking about yourself,

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 Corinthians.

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 You don't care about the person next to you,

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 you're just thinking about yourself,

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 you're trying to show off.

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 But Paul says that actually,

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 when the church gathers together,

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 as a church family,

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 like we have this morning,

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 what should we be seeking to do?

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 Hopefully our goal,

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 our motive,

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 isn't to show off how spiritual we are.

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 Our motive,

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 our goal,

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 should be to build up the body,

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 to help one another,

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 in our faith,

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 to strengthen the person,

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 that's next to me,

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 to encourage the person,

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 that's behind me,

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 to maybe challenge,

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 or admonish,

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 the person that's being hypocritical,

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 to draw back the person,

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 that's drifting away from Christ.

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 In other words,

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 when the church family gathers,

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 it's not just me and Jesus,

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 my goal,

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 your goal,

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 is to help the person,

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 on either side of us,

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 in front of us,

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 behind of us,

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 to encourage us,

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 and strengthen our faith.

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 Right?

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 To build up,

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 encourage,

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 and strengthen each other.

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 But in order to do that,

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 we need to speak,

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 sing,

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 pray,

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 confess,

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 teach,

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 admonish,

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 with words,

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 that are intelligible,

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 and that we understand.

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 So,

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 look at how Paul says this.

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 Look at your bulletin,

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 verses 1 to 5 with me.

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 Read this together.

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 He says here,

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 pursue love,

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 earnestly desire the spiritual gifts,

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 especially that you may prophesy.

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 Now he has his reason.

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 For,

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 verse 2,

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 for the one who speaks in a tongue,

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 speaks not to others,

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 but to God.

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 No one understands him,

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 he utters mysteries in the spirit.

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 But on the other hand,

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 the one who prophesies,

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 speaks to people,

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 for their upbuilding,

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 their encouragement,

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 their consolation.

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 The one who speaks in a tongue,

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 builds up himself,

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 but the one who prophesies,

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 builds up the church.

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 Now,

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 I want you all,

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 to speak in tongues.

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 Okay?

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 So Paul's not against tongues.

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 But even more than that,

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 I want you to come and prophesy.

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 For the one who prophesies,

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 is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,

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 unless of course someone interprets,

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 so that the whole church may be built up.

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.440
 Okay?

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 You see Paul's point?

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 He's saying when you come together as a church,

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 the goal is to encourage,

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 to strengthen,

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 to build up.

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 Three times he uses the word build up here.

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 He says,

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 the one who prophesies,

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 builds up the church,

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 encourages them,

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 consoles them.

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 The one who prophesies,

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 builds up the church,

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 so that the church may be built up.

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 This is Paul's goal.

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 This is his hope for us.

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 We come to church and we say,

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 hey,

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 maybe you've had a rough week.

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 Maybe you've just lost your job.

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 And as you're worshipping,

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 as you're praying,

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 the person next to you,

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 is not just in their moment with God,

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 actually,

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 they are encouraging you.

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 They're edifying you.

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 They're strengthening you.

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 Which sounds,

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 a lot like love.

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 Chapter 13.

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 When you come together,

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 pursue love.

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 But in order to do that,

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 you've got to understand what the person beside you,

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 is saying.

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 You've got to speak words.

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 So imagine,

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 imagine you come to me and you say,

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 hey Kevin,

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 I'd love to have some time with you.

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 Can I,

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 can I speak with you?

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 There's some difficult things going in my life.

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 I'd love to,

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 to share my heart with you.

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 I say,

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 sure,

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 we make a time.

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 And,

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 and we sit down and say,

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 hey,

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 what's on your heart?

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 And you,

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 you share what's in your heart.

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 And you,

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 you,

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 you talk.

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 And you say,

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 what should I do?

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 What does the Bible say?

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 And I say,

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 well,

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 let me tell you what the Bible says.

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 And then I speak for 15 minutes.

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 And we,

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 we look at scripture.

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 And I try and talk to the matters of the heart.

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 Except imagine,

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 all of that is done in Zulu.

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 Or Isitkursa.

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 Or Swahili.

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 Or something like that.

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 Right?

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 And I share my heart with you.

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 And I pour out everything I know.

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 In,

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 in,

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 in Swahili.

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 And then I slap you on the back and say,

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 all the best.

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 Tell me how it goes.

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 Right?

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 And hey,

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 I've got an appointment.

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 Sorry,

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 I need to go now.

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 How are you going to feel?

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 Are you going to feel encouraged?

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 Are you going to feel built up?

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 Are you going to feel loved?

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 No.

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 Well,

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.000
 Paul says here that,

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 that when we come,

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 we,

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 our goal is to build one another up.

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 So look at verse six.

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 Now brothers,

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 if I come to you speaking in tongues,

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 how will that benefit you?

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 Unless I bring some revelation,

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 some knowledge,

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 some prophecy,

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 some teaching.

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 I may feel encouraged.

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 I may feel like I've,

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 I've really connected with God.

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 Me and Jesus,

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 we've had a moment.

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 But have I encouraged you?

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 Have I strengthened your faith?

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 And so verse 12,

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 the,

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 the key verse,

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 look what he says here.

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 So with yourselves,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 since you're eager for manifestations of the spirit,

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 he's talking about spiritual gifts,

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 excel in building up the church,

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 building up one another.

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 When we gather,

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 we worship God,

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 and we encourage one another.

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 Now,

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.740
 question here.

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 Is Paul against speaking tongues?

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 They say,

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 no,

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 that's bad.

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 We don't do that anymore.

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 We don't do that in our church.

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 We only do this.

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 No,

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 not at all.

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 Look at verse five.

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 I want you all to speak in tongues,

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 but even more when you gather,

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 to prophesy.

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 Verse 18,

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 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

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 says Paul.

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 So he's not against it.

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 Nevertheless,

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 when the church gathers,

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 I'd rather speak in five words with my mind,

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 in order to instruct and edify you,

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 than 10,000 words with my tongue.

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 And again,

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 verse 39,

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 he says,

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 So brothers,

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 earnestly desire to prophesy,

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 do not forbid speaking in tongues.

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 The Bible's not against it.

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 It says,

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 when we gather though,

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 one of our goals is not just me and Jesus,

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 it's horizontal as well.

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 So I personally,

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 I pray in tongues.

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 I pray in tongues quite regularly,

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 probably not every day,

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 but a couple of times a week.

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 And for me,

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 the reason I do that is,

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 sometimes I am,

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 maybe on the way to a meeting,

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 and I just feel like,

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 God,

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 I really need your grace here.

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 This is a difficult meeting.

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 I'm not exactly sure how to handle it.

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 And just,

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 I'm walking to the meeting.

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 I'm just praying under my breath,

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 saying,

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 God,

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 I need your spirit.

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 I'm just drawing on God's strength.

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 Sometimes I'll be in a prayer meeting,

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 and there'll be four or five of us in a circle praying,

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 and someone else is praying.

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 And rather than me just staying quiet and listening,

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 and my mind drifting somewhere else,

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 I'll just be praying under my breath.

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 Yes,

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 God,

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 God,

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 I agree with this person.

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 I'm just,

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 I'm praying in tongues under my breath.

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 My mind is listening,

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 but my heart is engaged with God.

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 Well,

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 sometimes I'm in a situation where I feel so desperate.

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 I have no words.

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 I don't know what to say.

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 I say,

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 God,

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 I need you.

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 I'm just,

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 I'm praying in my spirit.

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 My mind is out of words,

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 but God,

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 I need you.

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 And Paul's point is that when the church gathers,

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 it's not just these individual moments,

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 me and God.

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 It's us together,

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 encouraging each other.

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 Now,

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 there's two implications of this,

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 okay?

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 One theological,

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 one practical.

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 So,

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 the theological one first.

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 Implication one,

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 loving God with your mind

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 is essential to trusting God with your heart.

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.300
 Okay?

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.480
 Loving God with your mind

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 is very essential to trusting God with your heart.

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 So,

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 the Bible places a lot of emphasis

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 on the centrality of our hearts,

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 right?

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 Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

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 Above all else,

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 God,

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 your heart.

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 It is the wellspring of life.

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 Our heart is the control center of our lives.

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 But sometimes,

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:42.840
 Christians,

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 we think,

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 because of the importance of our heart,

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 as long as I love God with my heart,

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 it doesn't really matter what my mind believes.

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:49.860
 Okay?

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.300
 Well,

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 sometimes we think,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.519
 we shouldn't overthink things,

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:54.519
 just love God with your heart.

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 But actually,

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.000
 some people might say,

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 I'm not really into theology and doctrine.

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 I'm kind of,

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 I'm more of a heart person,

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 I'm not a head person.

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 But actually,

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:05.159
 all of us are theologians.

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 We all believe something about God.

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 You may be a bad theologian,

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 or a good theologian,

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 but you all have some beliefs about God.

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 You may be,

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 your theology may correspond to the Bible,

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:17.279
 or it may correspond to culture,

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 but we all have some beliefs.

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.480
 Okay?

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.879
 But actually,

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.720
 what we notice here,

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 notice the underlying assumption here.

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 In order to grow and mature,

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 and be built up in our faith,

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 in order to have a strong and a robust faith,

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 that can handle the challenges,

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 and the difficulties of life,

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 Paul wants us to know biblical truth.

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 He wants us to know with our minds,

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 what does God say?

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.960
 What does the Bible say?

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.299
 What must we believe?

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 You could call it doctrine.

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:44.819
 Okay?

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.439
 And that makes sense,

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 because what is a Christian?

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 A Christian is somebody who's learning to love God,

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 trust God,

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 and obey God.

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.259
 Okay?

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 That's a disciple of Jesus.

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 But how do you love a God that you vaguely know?

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 You don't know Him very well.

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 How do you trust God in the difficulties of life,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.860
 when you don't really know what God is like?

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.180
 You don't know whether He's trustworthy.

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:10.160
 How do you obey God in obedience,

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.020
 or walk in obedience,

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.000
 against the grain of popular culture?

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.460
 You choose the narrow road,

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.860
 the difficult road of obedience,

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:18.300
 rather than the wide road of culture,

00:24:18.760 --> 00:24:20.780
 but when you don't even know what Jesus called us to.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.700
 So in order to walk,

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.859
 to love God,

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.740
 and trust God,

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.599
 and obey God,

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.539
 and walk in obedience,

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.819
 you actually need to know what God says.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.720
 So knowing,

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.299
 loving God with our minds,

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:36.639
 is a very essential part to trusting God with our hearts.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.500
 Does that make sense?

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.379
 Okay, implication one.

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.740
 Implication two.

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.000
 This is more practical.

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:45.019
 Christians come to church,

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.420
 not only as consumers,

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.960
 but as contributors.

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:48.920
 Okay?

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.720
 That's Paul's point here, right?

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.879
 When you gather as a church family,

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.059
 don't just think,

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.639
 I'm going to get a moment with Jesus.

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.379
 Actually come as a contributor.

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 How can I bless and edify,

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.240
 and encourage one another?

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.680
 So practically,

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.379
 what does that mean?

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.700
 Okay,

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.539
 here's a couple of ideas.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.500
 Firstly,

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.039
 come to church early.

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.740
 Okay?

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.519
 I know you've never heard me say that before,

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.379
 but,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:13.720
 if you roll into church at 1045,

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.819
 or 1050,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.599
 or 11,

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:18.799
 there's no way that you're in a state of mind

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:22.059
 to really receive something from God

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.740
 that's going to bless the person next to you,

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.940
 encourage the person next to you.

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.480
 As you run into church,

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.440
 your mind is frantic,

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:30.519
 and you've been fighting with the people in the parking lot,

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.019
 and the bus drivers made you late,

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.480
 and you rushed out the door,

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:36.220
 you're not in any state of mind to say,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.559
 hey God,

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.779
 I'm here to serve others.

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.639
 Right?

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.220
 So come to church early.

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.319
 Secondly,

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:43.299
 come to church prayed up.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.519
 Again,

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.599
 if you roll out of church,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.759
 roll out of bed at 10 past 10,

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.019
 you throw down some coffee,

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:51.500
 find some clothes somewhere in the corner of your room,

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.319
 throw it on,

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:54.419
 you rush into church at 1035,

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:59.079
 what are the chances that you're ready to hear from God,

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:02.279
 to receive maybe a word of encouragement for the person next to you,

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:06.480
 or to bring a spiritual gift that's going to edify the person around you.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.359
 No,

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:07.460
 no,

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.720
 come to church prayed up,

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.339
 have a devotion,

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.480
 get into God's word.

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:13.619
 Come ready to bless those around you.

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.099
 Here's another thing,

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.519
 come ready to strengthen,

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.500
 encourage.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.220
 So here's a really practical tip.

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:21.740
 You know that long corridor all the way down here,

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.220
 okay,

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.480
 that Hayden's about to walk into,

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.240
 walk out of?

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:27.180
 When you get out the lift,

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:30.000
 you've got about 25 seconds down the passageway,

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.740
 here's what you do,

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.119
 you pray,

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.339
 you say,

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.659
 God,

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.699
 this morning,

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:34.239
 I want to meet with you,

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:36.199
 and I also want to be used by you.

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.059
 God,

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.699
 may you help me to encourage the person I sit next to,

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.919
 the person I sit behind,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.719
 or in front of,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.779
 the person around me,

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.059
 may I be a blessing.

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.859
 Here I am,

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.899
 use me this morning.

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:48.699
 Come to church ready to strengthen,

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:50.879
 and come to church ready to receive.

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.359
 The passage,

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:54.059
 the focus of this passage is ready to give,

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:56.399
 but come ready to receive as well.

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.919
 Quick story here,

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.599
 about eight years ago,

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.619
 Dan Tellis,

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:00.919
 right,

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.659
 you guys know Dan,

00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:02.459
 he's sick this morning,

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.959
 he's not here.

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.179
 That is when,

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:06.299
 Watermark met in Cyberport down the hill.

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.379
 Dan is,

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:09.639
 he's moved to Hong Kong about eight months before,

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.239
 and Dan's goal was,

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.119
 he moved from Sydney,

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.879
 he said,

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:15.159
 I'm going to come to Hong Kong for maybe 12 months,

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:15.799
 18 months,

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:17.079
 then I'm going to move to London,

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.699
 through the company ranks,

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.559
 I'm going to get a promotion,

00:27:19.739 --> 00:27:19.859
 you know,

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.839
 I'm going to move through the ranks,

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.699
 I'm going to move to London.

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.079
 I'm going to,

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:24.079
 Hong Kong's going to be just a pit stop,

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.139
 on my way to London.

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:27.640
 And he's not in a great place spiritually,

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.680
 but God's got a hold of him,

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:31.340
 God's busy turning his life around,

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.100
 and so he's come to Watermark,

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.480
 and he's been coming for a few months.

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.640
 And around that time,

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.140
 he gets offered a job offer,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.480
 with another company,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:42.319
 that kind of is going to mess up all his career plans,

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.640
 right?

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.880
 But this company,

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.000
 it's a much bigger company,

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.880
 it's a bigger role,

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.960
 he's a bit scared,

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.620
 he feels like,

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:47.839
 oh,

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.240
 I don't know if I have what it takes,

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.559
 to be in this company,

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.620
 and God,

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.680
 if I take this job,

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.960
 then all my plans of going to London,

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.620
 are out the window.

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.860
 And so he comes to church one day,

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.319
 and he's praying,

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.480
 saying,

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.640
 God,

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.279
 what are you saying,

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.900
 what are you saying?

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.860
 And at the end of the service,

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.240
 a lady says,

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.440
 hey,

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.700
 sorry,

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.240
 can I just share something with you?

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.819
 During the service,

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.579
 I just felt God give me a message for you,

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.919
 and see if this makes sense.

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.879
 I felt like God saying,

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:13.279
 he's opening a new opportunity for you,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.139
 and that you're a bit nervous about it,

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:18.019
 because you feel like you don't have what it takes,

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.279
 but God says,

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.419
 this is of God,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:22.179
 and he wants you to walk with faith,

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.839
 and courage,

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.639
 trust him,

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:25.299
 he's opening this door for you.

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.720
 Dan's like,

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.299
 it's amazing.

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.859
 And so he took that job,

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.099
 and eight years later,

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.799
 he's still here,

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:32.039
 and he's married to Soda,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.779
 and two kids,

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:34.699
 and we're not letting him go anywhere,

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.059
 right?

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.559
 So that wasn't the preaching,

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.980
 it wasn't one of the elders,

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.960
 or anyone on stage,

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.639
 it was just someone sitting in the back row,

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:44.179
 that was open to God.

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.740
 God,

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.659
 is there anything you want to,

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.240
 how do you want to use me this morning?

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.579
 And he had the message,

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.699
 and shared it.

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.240
 He said,

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.039
 you weighed up,

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.659
 maybe of God,

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.220
 maybe not,

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.059
 and it's so encouraging to Dan.

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.099
 Okay,

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:55.839
 so,

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:57.099
 verses one to 19,

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.619
 Paul's really got one main point.

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.299
 When you come to church,

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.399
 come as a body to build up,

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.980
 to encourage,

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.480
 to strengthen the body.

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:07.920
 Look at verses 20 to 25 with me.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.299
 Spiritual gifts,

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.339
 and our Christian witness.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.480
 Now,

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:13.019
 here Paul gives a second reason,

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.339
 why our gatherings,

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.220
 should be marked with intelligible encouraging,

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:20.259
 rather than just individual spiritual experiences.

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.400
 And that is for the sake of the spiritual seeker.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.140
 Okay,

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:27.039
 look at verses 20 to 22 with me.

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.380
 It says,

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.759
 brothers,

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.259
 sisters,

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.620
 do not be children,

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.740
 do not be childish or immature in your thinking.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.079
 Okay,

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.099
 we just spoke about that.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.159
 In regards to evil,

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.639
 okay,

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.339
 be childish,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.639
 but in your thinking,

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.659
 I want you to be mature.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.399
 Verse 21,

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.220
 in the law,

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.039
 in the Old Testament,

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.679
 it says,

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.819
 by people of strange tongues,

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:46.220
 and by the lips of foreigners,

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:48.240
 I will speak to this people,

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.379
 but even then,

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.619
 they will not listen to me,

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.319
 says the Lord.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.599
 Thus,

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:55.039
 tongues are a sign,

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.119
 not for unbelievers,

00:29:56.439 --> 00:29:56.859
 sorry,

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:57.939
 thus,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.199
 tongues are a sign,

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.980
 not for believers,

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.000
 but for unbelievers,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.400
 while prophecy is a sign,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.339
 not for unbelievers,

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.059
 but for believers.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.119
 Okay,

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.160
 what's going on here?

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.140
 At first,

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.880
 this seems like Paul's contradicting himself,

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519
 because here,

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.539
 later on,

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.160
 he's going to say,

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.940
 actually,

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:15.039
 tongues is not for unbelievers,

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.819
 it's for believers,

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.240
 okay?

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.500
 So what's going on here?

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.039
 This is a really difficult passage to understand.

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.099
 Essentially,

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:23.420
 Paul is quoting Isaiah 28,

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.220
 in the Old Testament.

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.900
 And what is going on there,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.220
 in the passage in Isaiah,

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.759
 God's people,

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.319
 Israel,

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:31.279
 they've refused to listen to God.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.399
 He sent them prophet after prophet,

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.359
 leader after leader,

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.779
 they don't want to listen to God,

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.779
 their heads are hard,

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.799
 their hearts are hard,

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.279
 they're bent on rebellion,

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.179
 going their own way.

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:43.839
 And because they refuse to love God,

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.460
 or trust Him,

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.119
 or obey Him,

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.179
 or walk in His ways,

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.099
 God is going to bring judgment.

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:50.720
 He's been trying to call them back to Himself,

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:50.960
 saying,

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.359
 come and center your lives with me,

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.220
 they don't want to listen.

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.240
 And so he says,

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.639
 okay,

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:56.280
 I'm going to bring judgment to you.

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:58.540
 But how is judgment going to come?

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.180
 The way it's going to come

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.820
 is in the form of the Assyrian army.

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.140
 The Assyrians are the nation in the north,

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.640
 they are going to invade the north of Israel,

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.060
 they're going to capture them,

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.320
 they're going to burn down their cities,

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:11.580
 and they're going to march them off to Israel,

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:13.040
 into Assyria,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.420
 and take them in exile.

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:16.540
 They're going to be slaves in Assyria.

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.740
 But the Assyrians are this foreign army

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:21.819
 that speak with a strange language,

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.559
 an unusual tongue.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:27.140
 And so while they're marching them off to Assyria

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.299
 with sword and spear,

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.900
 and they're shouting these commands

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.920
 in a foreign language

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:32.420
 that the Israelites don't understand.

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.980
 You see,

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.859
 these Assyrians,

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.620
 they weren't leading the lost Israelites

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.839
 back to God,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.980
 or back to repentance.

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.120
 They weren't leading them back

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.559
 to being God's people,

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.620
 under God's rule,

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.599
 in God's place.

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.500
 They were leading them further away

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.700
 from God's place,

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.900
 out of Israel,

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.059
 away from the temple,

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.860
 away from the promised land,

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.140
 away from the priests,

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.740
 and the presence,

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.840
 and God's word,

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.400
 and God's law.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.840
 These Assyrians,

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.279
 with their strange language and tongue,

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.440
 were leading God's people

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.100
 that were lost,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.900
 and lost their way

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:03.819
 further away from God,

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.980
 where God's word

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.400
 was not going to be speaking to them.

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.640
 And in fact,

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.180
 actually history tells us,

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.160
 when the Assyrians

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:12.319
 evaded north of Israel

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.640
 in 720 BC,

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.420
 that was the end

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.539
 of that kingdom.

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:18.039
 It never recovered.

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.519
 They went into exile,

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.519
 and they never were reconstituted.

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.119
 It was the end

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.159
 of the north of Israel.

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:24.799
 Okay?

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:27.139
 Now, Paul uses this

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.960
 as an analogy.

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.920
 He says,

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.440
 when people come

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.079
 into our church

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.920
 who are not sure

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.500
 about Jesus

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.139
 or the gospel,

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.519
 the Bible says here,

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.200
 an unbeliever,

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.379
 but the word actually means

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.440
 a spiritual seeker.

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:37.819
 Okay?

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.079
 Like,

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.019
 a number of us

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.579
 are here today.

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.920
 A number of you here

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.019
 wouldn't call yourselves

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.460
 Christians.

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.720
 Maybe you think of yourself

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.740
 as a spiritual seeker.

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.000
 The Bible says that

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.079
 when you come

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:48.200
 into our church gatherings

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.099
 on a Sunday morning,

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.900
 we who are Christians

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.859
 should be mindful of you,

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.960
 and our hope

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.420
 and ambition

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.200
 should be to do

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.839
 everything we can

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.480
 to help you,

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.500
 our guests,

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.039
 those that are

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.700
 spiritual seekers,

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.000
 to help you

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.799
 to come back

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.980
 to know God,

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.900
 to understand His ways,

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.740
 to know who Jesus is,

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.900
 why He died

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.700
 on the cross for you,

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.720
 why you need

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.380
 to follow Him

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.319
 and surrender to Him

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.079
 and bow down to Him

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.919
 and receive Him

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.539
 as your King

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.099
 and your Lord.

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.679
 We don't want to be

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.500
 like the Assyrians

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.240
 that speak in

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.439
 this strange language

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:20.599
 or an unknown tongue

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.079
 and confuse you even more

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.819
 so that you leave

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.539
 this place saying,

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.159
 wow,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.899
 those people are weird,

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:26.019
 I never want to go back there.

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.720
 Okay?

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.279
 We should do

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.079
 everything we can

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.720
 to help you

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.240
 to come to,

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.439
 to plead with you,

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.359
 to urge with you,

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:34.000
 to call you to Christ.

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.000
 But if our services,

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.899
 like the Corinthian services were,

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:39.159
 are not marked

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.099
 with order

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:41.179
 and coherence,

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.899
 if everyone's just

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.820
 on their own mission

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.540
 with God,

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.940
 we will be to you

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.960
 like the Assyrians

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.780
 with the Israelites,

00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:49.320
 actually leading you

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:50.720
 further away from God.

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.640
 And so verse 22 says

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:54.120
 that in that setting,

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.660
 everyone just speaking

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.120
 on their own,

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.920
 doing their own thing,

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.380
 will be like a signpost

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.120
 driving spiritual seekers

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:02.759
 in the wrong direction,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.240
 further away from Christ

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.800
 in the gospel,

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.460
 rather than leading

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.420
 to Christ.

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.860
 And so look at Paul's

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.440
 big point.

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.940
 He says this in verse 23

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.820
 to verse 25,

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.420
 he says,

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:15.639
 If, therefore,

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.300
 the whole church

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.180
 comes together

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:18.139
 and everyone speaks

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.700
 in tongues,

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.240
 outsiders or unbelievers,

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.000
 spiritual seekers

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.619
 will enter,

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.780
 will they not say,

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.680
 you're out of your minds?

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.760
 But rather,

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.880
 if all prophesy

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:27.519
 and a spiritual seeker

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.059
 comes in,

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.280
 he may be convinced

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.680
 of all.

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.099
 He may be called

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.700
 to account.

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.300
 The secrets of their heart

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.019
 being disclosed

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.019
 and so falling

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.720
 on their face,

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.159
 they may worship God,

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.059
 declare that God

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.440
 is really with you.

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.960
 Let me tell you

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.700
 one brief story

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.320
 about this.

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.639
 This is a bit

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.360
 of a crazy story.

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.159
 I've never seen this

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.940
 happen in real life,

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.599
 but anyway.

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.480
 There's a guy

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.240
 called John Wimber.

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.260
 He died,

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.519
 I think,

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.460
 in the 1990s.

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.139
 He kind of started

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.019
 the Vineyard Movement

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.639
 in America

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.920
 in the 1970s.

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.320
 He was really

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.800
 empowered by God

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.519
 and spiritual gifts

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.240
 in an amazing way.

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.159
 One day,

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.900
 he's on the airplane.

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.300
 He's flying from Chicago

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.019
 to New York

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.880
 and the plane

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.579
 hasn't taken off.

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.019
 He's busy

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.920
 buckling his seat

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.719
 and he looks

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.420
 across the aisle

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.280
 and there's a middle-aged

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.699
 gentleman

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:11.239
 and he sees

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.460
 written across his face,

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.559
 not in actual letters,

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.340
 but he kind of sees

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.679
 the word adultery

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:18.119
 and a lady's name

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.699
 underneath.

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.659
 Let's just say

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.599
 Victoria, right?

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.820
 And he's a bit

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.880
 freaked out

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.480
 and he kind of

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.099
 keeps on looking

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.820
 and he's trying

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.219
 not to pay

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.860
 too much attention

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.719
 but he keeps on looking

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.739
 and the guy

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.259
 looks at him

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.659
 and says,

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.199
 hey,

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.900
 what's your problem?

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.340
 What are you doing?

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.960
 And what do you want?

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.239
 And John Wimber

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.059
 leans over to him

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.820
 and the guy's wife

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.579
 is on the other side

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.099
 and says,

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.699
 does the name Victoria

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.800
 mean anything to you?

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.900
 And his face goes white

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.719
 and he says,

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.619
 we need to talk.

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.059
 And so,

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.679
 I don't know

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.360
 if it's there and then

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.900
 or when the plane

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.179
 goes up,

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.420
 whatever,

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.219
 they're in the back

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.559
 of their seats

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.360
 and they go to the front

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.940
 and they talk

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.840
 and he says,

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.920
 who told you?

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.699
 How on earth

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.239
 did you know?

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.599
 And John Wimber says,

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:54.980
 hey,

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.519
 I'm a Christian.

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.519
 I believe that God

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.960
 spoke to me.

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.699
 This is what happened.

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.440
 This is what I saw

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:00.699
 and while he's talking,

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.139
 he says,

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.960
 God gives a message

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.360
 that says,

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.400
 if you don't turn

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.300
 and repent from this,

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.300
 I'm going to take your life.

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.579
 And he shares that

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.960
 with the guy

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.820
 and the guy

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.140
 in the middle

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:08.599
 of the airplane,

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.980
 he breaks down in tears

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.620
 and he says,

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.420
 it's true.

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.099
 It's true.

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.780
 I've been having an affair

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.519
 with this person

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.700
 and I need God.

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.820
 And he repents

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.860
 and he goes back

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.400
 to his seat

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.000
 and apparently

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.140
 he confesses

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.860
 to his wife

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.840
 and then John Wimber

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.660
 leads both of them

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.740
 to Christ, right?

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.740
 Now,

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.320
 I've never seen

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.180
 anything like that

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:27.680
 but

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:29.779
 I think that's

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.719
 what Paul's means

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.339
 when he says,

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:33.000
 the secrets of our hearts

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.819
 are disclosed.

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.839
 Sometimes God has

00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:36.419
 this way

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:37.159
 where he can speak

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.859
 to us and say,

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.960
 you're going

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.119
 in a dead direction

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.480
 and I want you to change.

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.839
 Come back to God.

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.519
 One last story

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.879
 and then I'll close.

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.259
 Seven years ago,

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.980
 Claire and I

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.619
 were living in Cape Town

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:54.099
 and we were

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.119
 in big discussions

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.719
 with Oscar

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.279
 and Ed

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.019
 and Franklin

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.819
 about moving

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.380
 to Hong Kong

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.099
 to come and join

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.900
 the Watermark Church

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.299
 here, right?

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:02.000
 And we felt like

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.719
 God had been speaking

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.219
 to us.

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.199
 We felt like God

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.799
 was leading us

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.339
 to Hong Kong

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:06.380
 and to Watermark

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.559
 but it wasn't finalized

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.440
 and one day

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.839
 I was,

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.319
 I remember

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:11.259
 it was a Thursday afternoon

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.900
 I was on the

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.880
 Watermark website,

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.179
 okay?

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.000
 It's like every few days

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.319
 I was on the

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:15.960
 Watermark website

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.420
 and I remember

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.079
 all the photos

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.359
 were up.

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.219
 Henrika was there

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.739
 and Jeremy

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.319
 and Soda

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:20.819
 and all the staff

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.380
 photos were on

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.740
 the website

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.960
 and I remember

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.460
 thinking,

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.019
 God,

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.800
 there is no ways

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.480
 I can do this.

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.720
 This is way

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.519
 out of my league.

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.140
 I'm just this

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:29.340
 like 32 year old

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.320
 idiot that doesn't

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.039
 know anything.

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.760
 There's no ways

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.660
 I can lead Watermark

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.980
 and I was feeling

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.840
 completely just

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.320
 overwhelmed

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.119
 by the idea

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.099
 of coming here.

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:38.980
 Anyway,

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.460
 that night

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.980
 we have a

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.800
 leaders meeting

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.800
 with a bunch

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.180
 of elders

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:43.660
 and pastors

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.680
 from various churches

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.099
 gathered

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.200
 and I was feeling

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:47.260
 completely overwhelmed.

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.559
 Nobody in the room

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.019
 knew,

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.240
 two people did

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.639
 but they were

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.239
 in another group

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.959
 but pretty much

00:37:52.959 --> 00:37:54.039
 out of 70 people

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.699
 almost nobody

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.819
 knew what

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.259
 was going on

00:37:56.259 --> 00:37:56.679
 in our minds

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.659
 the conversation

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.119
 we're having.

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.399
 And so I'm

00:37:59.399 --> 00:37:59.719
 in a group

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.119
 with a bunch

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.500
 of people

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.879
 and I say

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.179
 hey guys

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.539
 I would just

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.199
 love some prayer

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.659
 and an older

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.299
 gentleman called

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.019
 Paul Johnson

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.219
 he starts praying

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.619
 for me

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.679
 and he says

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.319
 Kevin,

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.339
 similar to Dan

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.639
 he says

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.399
 Kevin I feel

00:38:10.399 --> 00:38:10.859
 like God's

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.279
 saying there's

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:12.179
 a new season

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.759
 up ahead

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.299
 for you

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:15.259
 and you feel

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.699
 overwhelmed

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.279
 you say

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:17.559
 I can't do it

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.500
 and God

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.079
 says that's

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.360
 right

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.000
 you can't

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.179
 do it

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.460
 in your own

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.799
 strength

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.380
 but he will

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.000
 be with you

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.779
 he will go

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.219
 with you

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.039
 and this is

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.360
 of him

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.199
 trust him

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.599
 and in that

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.840
 moment

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.119
 it was like

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.539
 God turned

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.059
 my heart

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.340
 and I knew

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.599
 I mean

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.159
 Paul had

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.019
 no idea

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.579
 that we were

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:31.940
 thinking of

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.679
 moving to Hong Kong

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:34.039
 not a clue

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:35.159
 and yet God

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.900
 spoke to him

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.759
 it was exactly

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.360
 what I needed

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.759
 to hear

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.420
 and I left

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.880
 that meeting

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.239
 in just a

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.639
 completely

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.320
 different posture

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.860
 this is what

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.340
 God wants

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.019
 to do sometimes

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.500
 sometimes

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.960
 he uses

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.659
 spiritual gifts

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.119
 to speak

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.539
 to us

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.799
 and to encourage

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.039
 us

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.660
 and this is

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:48.660
 Paul's point

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:48.860
 here

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.120
 right

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:50.140
 friends

00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:51.840
 when God

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:53.120
 gathers us

00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:53.600
 as a church

00:38:53.600 --> 00:38:54.160
 he wants us

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.960
 to build up

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.320
 one another

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.039
 to encourage

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.480
 one another

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.260
 to edify

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.940
 one another

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:59.180
 maybe you hear

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.620
 this morning

00:38:59.620 --> 00:38:59.940
 you've just

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.720
 lost your job

00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:01.780
 maybe you've

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.340
 lost a loved

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.539
 one

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.440
 or a close

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.039
 family member

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.380
 is sick

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.140
 or you're

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.840
 feeling homesick

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.220
 because you live

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.640
 far away

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.200
 from home

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:08.519
 and you come

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.840
 to church

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.280
 the church

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.900
 family is meant

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.420
 to be a family

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.120
 that encourages

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.700
 and builds up

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.640
 that one another

00:39:12.640 --> 00:39:13.400
 we can strengthen

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.880
 each other

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:15.160
 that you can know

00:39:15.160 --> 00:39:16.240
 with specificity

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:17.059
 God knows

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.779
 your number

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.579
 he knows

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.939
 what you're

00:39:18.939 --> 00:39:19.579
 grappling with

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.479
 and he wants

00:39:20.479 --> 00:39:21.079
 to draw near

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:22.500
 and speak to you

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:24.699
 when we come

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.339
 to church

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.119
 we come

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.059
 not just to receive

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.579
 we come

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.119
 to give

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.019
 we come

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.519
 to bless

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.899
 we come

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.359
 to serve

00:39:30.359 --> 00:39:30.859
 one another

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:32.059
 and in a way

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.879
 that reminds us

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:34.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.479
 doesn't it

00:39:34.479 --> 00:39:34.739
 right

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:36.359
 when Jesus

00:39:36.359 --> 00:39:37.739
 when Jesus

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.259
 came

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:39.379
 how did he

00:39:39.379 --> 00:39:39.739
 come

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:41.219
 Jesus didn't

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.879
 come to serve

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.459
 his own needs

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:43.279
 his own desires

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.080
 in fact

00:39:44.080 --> 00:39:44.480
 his whole

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.960
 coming

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.260
 was to lay

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.220
 down his life

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:48.380
 for one another

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:50.060
 when God

00:39:50.060 --> 00:39:51.019
 wanted to rescue

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.260
 us

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:51.860
 and to save

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.040
 us

00:39:52.040 --> 00:39:53.000
 like the story

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.860
 of John Wimbun

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.260
 that guy

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.860
 in the airplane

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:56.240
 when God

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.860
 wanted to

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.500
 help us

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.300
 he sent

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:59.019
 what John

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.560
 says is

00:39:59.560 --> 00:40:00.480
 the word

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.880
 of God

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.560
 made flesh

00:40:01.560 --> 00:40:02.420
 God's logos

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.260
 his revelation

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.960
 his message

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.519
 of salvation

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.720
 he came

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:05.960
 to us

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.820
 but how did

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.240
 he come

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:08.120
 he didn't

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:08.900
 send a cryptic

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.380
 message

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.280
 he didn't

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:11.220
 send a mysterious

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:11.519
 note

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.179
 he came

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.559
 to us

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.219
 in flesh

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.539
 and blood

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.900
 he came

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.119
 to us

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.739
 in a language

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.039
 that we

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.579
 could see

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.059
 and touch

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.579
 and feel

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.699
 and understand

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:19.380
 God came

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.199
 to us

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:21.039
 to bring

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.699
 God's word

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.199
 to us

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:23.099
 he sought

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.480
 us out

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.320
 his message

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.980
 of salvation

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.199
 and earlier

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.579
 I spoke

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.980
 about the way

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.259
 that we

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.219
 come to church

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.079
 and that may

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.739
 feel like a

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.019
 burden

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.320
 but you need

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.619
 to remember

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.300
 long before

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.000
 you ever

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.759
 came to church

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.699
 God came

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.460
 to you

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.960
 God came

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.940
 for you

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:39.280
 he came

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.699
 in flesh

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.039
 and blood

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:41.219
 he came

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.500
 with a

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.779
 message

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.079
 you could

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.559
 understand

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.619
 he came

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:43.880
 with a

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.139
 word

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.800
 to call

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:45.000
 you

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.480
 away

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.840
 from

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.500
 not just

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.039
 exile

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.300
 into

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:47.679
 Syria

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.179
 but away

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.719
 from hell

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.440
 forever

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.119
 to himself

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:52.400
 friends

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.039
 Jesus was

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.460
 utterly

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:53.900
 content

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.480
 in heaven

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.279
 he didn't

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.539
 need

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.019
 anything

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.360
 he didn't

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.759
 need us

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.019
 he didn't

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.320
 need our

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.619
 worship

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.960
 he didn't

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.259
 need our

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.639
 praise

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.460
 he was

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.719
 utterly

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.079
 content

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.539
 in heaven

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.840
 with the

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.139
 father

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.440
 and the

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.679
 son

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.800
 but he

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.199
 came

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.900
 he loved

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.259
 us

00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:05.460
 he loved

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.820
 us enough

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.199
 to come

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.579
 to us

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.840
 and how

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.099
 did he

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.340
 come

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.360
 he came

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.800
 as a

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.340
 servant

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.440
 to lay

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.720
 down

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:10.900
 his

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.300
 life

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.900
 to pour

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.079
 out

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.240
 his

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.579
 life

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.440
 to bring

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.620
 us

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.019
 not just

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.579
 the message

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.220
 of salvation

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:17.019
 but the

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.600
 hope of

00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:18.160
 salvation

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:19.280
 were it not

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.760
 for Jesus

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.200
 coming

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.780
 all of us

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.039
 would be

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.380
 like the

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.780
 Israelites

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.519
 marched

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.980
 off not

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.440
 to Syria

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.900
 but hell

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.460
 forever

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.100
 and ever

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:26.320
 but Jesus

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.000
 came to

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.360
 us

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.600
 Jesus came

00:41:28.600 --> 00:41:29.280
 for us

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.900
 that we

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.360
 may know

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.680
 him

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.380
 and be

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.920
 saved

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.539
 and have

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.000
 forgiveness

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:34.120
 and be

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:34.620
 rescued

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.719
 and turn

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.159
 to him

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.659
 and live

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.079
 for him

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.779
 friends

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.019
 why don't

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.279
 we do

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:38.599
 that now

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:38.859
 as we

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:39.159
 pray

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.579
 and then

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.759
 we'll

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.139
 celebrate

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.539
 communion

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.039
 together

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.679
 let's pray

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.079
 together

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:44.099
 Lord Jesus

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:45.500
 we hear

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.079
 in your word

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.719
 that when we

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.319
 gather as a

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:47.880
 church family

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.819
 you want

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:50.920
 to build

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.299
 us up

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.539
 in our

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.779
 faith

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.000
 God

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.239
 you want

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.719
 to strengthen

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.299
 and encourage

00:41:53.299 --> 00:41:53.699
 us

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.519
 God

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.900
 thank you

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.159
 for that

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.599
 but Jesus

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.400
 that we

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:57.739
 as Niels

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.179
 and Albert

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.779
 reminded us

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.299
 this morning

00:41:59.299 --> 00:42:00.719
 you always

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:01.199
 take the

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.779
 first step

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:02.880
 God

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:04.120
 before we

00:42:04.120 --> 00:42:04.580
 even come

00:42:04.580 --> 00:42:05.100
 to church

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.800
 you are

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.019
 the one

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.240
 that's

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.500
 moving

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.860
 towards

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.040
 us

00:42:07.040 --> 00:42:07.560
 before we

00:42:07.560 --> 00:42:07.780
 even

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.380
 understand

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.880
 the gospel

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.400
 you are

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.620
 the one

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:09.860
 that's

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.080
 moving

00:42:10.080 --> 00:42:10.420
 towards

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.580
 us

00:42:10.580 --> 00:42:11.580
 you came

00:42:11.580 --> 00:42:12.040
 to us

00:42:12.040 --> 00:42:12.800
 you came

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.380
 for us

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.140
 you calling

00:42:14.140 --> 00:42:14.500
 us to

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:14.960
 yourself

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.340
 God

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.600
 maybe

00:42:16.600 --> 00:42:17.040
 some of

00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:17.240
 us here

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.720
 this morning

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.460
 are spiritually

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.120
 dry

00:42:19.120 --> 00:42:20.340
 we feel

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.840
 tired

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.200
 we feel

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.720
 exhausted

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.160
 we feel

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.540
 burnt

00:42:22.540 --> 00:42:22.740
 out

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.100
 we feel

00:42:23.100 --> 00:42:23.620
 empty

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:25.780
 God

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.160
 by your

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.380
 spirit

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.740
 won't you

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:27.019
 speak

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.519
 to us

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:29.200
 won't you

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.700
 remind us

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:29.980
 that you

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.440
 know what's

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.840
 going on

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.080
 in our

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:31.400
 lives

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.660
 in our

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.119
 hearts

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:34.420
 God

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.699
 want you

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.059
 to remind

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.299
 us

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.619
 that

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:38.019
 you're

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.239
 the one

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.639
 that knows

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.059
 all things

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.399
 and you're

00:42:39.399 --> 00:42:39.559
 the one

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.839
 that wants

00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:40.259
 to carry

00:42:40.259 --> 00:42:40.739
 and sustain

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.139
 us

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:43.339
 you don't

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:43.859
 stand back

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.199
 and wait

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:44.539
 for us

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:44.899
 to pick

00:42:44.899 --> 00:42:45.239
 ourselves

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.500
 up

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.859
 and sort

00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:46.159
 ourselves

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:46.460
 out

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.719
 you don't

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.079
 wait for

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.339
 us to

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:48.679
 come to

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:48.960
 you

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:50.219
 you God

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.679
 come to

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:50.920
 us

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.539
 in grace

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.219
 and mercy

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:53.619
 you are

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.059
 holy

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.879
 and above

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.339
 but you're

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.779
 also a

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:56.099
 good and

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.399
 gracious

00:42:56.399 --> 00:42:56.819
 king

00:42:56.819 --> 00:43:00.099
 God

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.460
 I pray

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.879
 for us

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:01.059
 as a

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.279
 church

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.660
 I pray

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.000
 that we

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.300
 will be

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.700
 a church

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:02.980
 that

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.019
 really

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.600
 experiences

00:43:04.600 --> 00:43:05.340
 the power

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.740
 of the

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.080
 living

00:43:06.080 --> 00:43:06.540
 God

00:43:06.540 --> 00:43:07.660
 the spirit

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:08.019
 of God

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.260
 in our

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:08.540
 midst

00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:08.920
 God

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:10.000
 that God

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.400
 each one

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.640
 of us

00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:11.560
 will know

00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:11.940
 that you

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.980
 are real

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.640
 and alive

00:43:13.640 --> 00:43:14.140
 and moving

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:14.660
 and speaking

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:15.200
 to us

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:16.460
 God

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.480
 God

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.500
 God

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.879
 help us

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.299
 to pray

00:43:17.299 --> 00:43:18.199
 help us

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.339
 to be

00:43:18.339 --> 00:43:18.639
 a church

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:18.839
 that's

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:19.019
 marked

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.739
 by love

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.619
 building

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:20.839
 up

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:21.339
 strengthening

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:22.039
 consoling

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.559
 and encouraging

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.099
 one another

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.599
 God we pray

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.299
 that you help us

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.799
 to be these

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.119
 things

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.679
 in your

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.099
 gracious

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.579
 and wonderful

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:27.960
 name

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:29.119
 amen

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:30.059
 amen

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:31.380
 we're gonna

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.639
 close our

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.179
 service by

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.960
 taking communion

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.420
 and then

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.279
 singing a song

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.759
 and

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:37.139
 communion

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 is this

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.519
 meal that

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.000
 believers

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.599
 go through

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.920
 it's this

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:43.079
 sacrament

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.940
 it's a

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.559
 tradition

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.739
 it's a

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:46.699
 holy tradition

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.199
 where we

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:47.920
 remind one

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.320
 another of

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:48.739
 the gospel

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:50.059
 when we

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.719
 take communion

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:51.199
 we remind

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:51.639
 ourselves

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.579
 that Jesus

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.279
 in flesh

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:53.579
 and blood

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.079
 died on the

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.699
 cross for us

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.719
 the bible

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.079
 says

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.799
 in

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:58.239
 Hebrews

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:59.239
 long ago

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:00.259
 in ancient

00:44:00.259 --> 00:44:00.579
 times

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.119
 God spoke

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.339
 to us

00:44:01.339 --> 00:44:01.659
 through the

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.099
 prophets

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:03.099
 but these

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.339
 days

00:44:03.339 --> 00:44:03.839
 he's spoken

00:44:03.839 --> 00:44:04.179
 to us

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.579
 through his

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.000
 son

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:06.259
 his son

00:44:06.259 --> 00:44:06.599
 Jesus

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.179
 came to

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.439
 die on

00:44:07.439 --> 00:44:07.739
 the cross

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.219
 for us

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:09.359
 communion

00:44:09.359 --> 00:44:09.719
 is a

00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:09.960
 reminder

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.359
 of that

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:11.199
 communion

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.599
 is for

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.059
 believers

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.919
 to remind

00:44:12.919 --> 00:44:13.339
 us that

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.739
 when our

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:14.179
 faith is

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:14.460
 weak

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.719
 and our

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:14.919
 faith

00:44:14.919 --> 00:44:15.559
 is dry

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:17.319
 that God

00:44:17.319 --> 00:44:17.639
 by his

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:17.919
 grace

00:44:17.919 --> 00:44:18.359
 draws near

00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:18.819
 to us

00:44:18.819 --> 00:44:19.559
 and so

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:19.899
 if you're

00:44:19.899 --> 00:44:20.159
 a Christian

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.559
 this morning

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:20.799
 I want

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.099
 to invite

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.439
 you to

00:44:21.439 --> 00:44:22.079
 come

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.799
 and grab

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:23.239
 the elements

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.659
 grab one

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.079
 of these

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.179
 there's

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.400
 some

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.259
 wafer

00:44:26.259 --> 00:44:26.679
 of bread

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:27.019
 in here

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.519
 remind us

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:27.960
 of Christ's

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.159
 body

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.340
 that's

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:28.659
 broken

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:28.980
 there's

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.119
 some

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:29.400
 juice

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.960
 remind us

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:30.679
 of Christ's

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:30.840
 blood

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.079
 that are

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:31.299
 shed

00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:32.279
 if you're

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.500
 a follower

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.980
 of Jesus

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:33.900
 why don't you

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.319
 come get

00:44:34.319 --> 00:44:34.799
 the elements

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:36.380
 and then

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.900
 come back

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.079
 to your

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.299
 seeds

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:37.639
 and I'll

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:38.000
 lead us

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.420
 in taking

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.719
 this

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.259
 together

00:44:39.259 --> 00:44:40.039
 let's

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.360
 do that

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.559
 now

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.000
 if you're

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.340
 not a

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:41.619
 Christian

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.319
 hey I want

00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:42.639
 to encourage

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:42.960
 you to let

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.779
 this pass

00:44:43.779 --> 00:44:44.199
 you by

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:44.759
 this is for

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.179
 those of us

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.460
 that are

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.000
 followers of

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.279
 Jesus

00:44:46.279 --> 00:44:47.559
 but why don't

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:47.840
 you take

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.219
 this moment

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.639
 to think

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:48.960
 about the

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.219
 gospel

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:49.759
 think about

00:44:49.759 --> 00:44:50.219
 the cross

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:51.219
 think about

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.599
 what does it

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:51.899
 mean that

00:44:51.899 --> 00:44:52.539
 Jesus died

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:53.079
 for you

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.500
 for your

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.879
 sins

00:44:53.879 --> 00:44:54.679
 but for

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:55.079
 those of us

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.279
 that are

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:55.679
 followers of

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:55.899
 Jesus

00:44:55.899 --> 00:44:56.199
 why don't

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:56.439
 you come

00:44:56.439 --> 00:44:56.679
 and get

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:56.959
 this

00:44:56.959 --> 00:44:57.639
 and then

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.059
 I'll lead

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.399
 us in

00:44:58.399 --> 00:44:58.659
 taking

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.119
 communion

00:44:59.119 --> 00:44:59.500
 together

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.219
 let's do

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:00.639
 that now

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:01.559
 once

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:03.639
 with

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:04.079
 together

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:11.359
 oh

00:45:11.359 --> 00:45:13.420
 hello

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:15.379
 here

00:45:15.379 --> 00:45:15.960
 have

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:19.460
 a

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:21.539
 let's

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:21.659
 get

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:23.259
 and

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:24.460
 I 이게

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.059
 can

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.579
 use

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:26.579
 Amen.

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.579
 Amen.

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:26.579
 Amen.

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:46.719
 Okay, let's open this up.

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.019
 Friends, one thing with prophecy is the specificity of it.

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:58.719
 And God doesn't just say in general terms, you know, I love you.

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:03.980
 That's good to know, but he knows your specific need, your specific situation.

00:47:05.259 --> 00:47:06.480
 Communion is like that as well.

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:09.440
 We know God loves us.

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:10.599
 The Bible tells us.

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:12.000
 But how do we know it?

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:14.500
 Well, Jesus says, I died on the cross for you.

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:17.380
 My body was broken for you.

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.980
 I shed my blood for you.

00:47:20.099 --> 00:47:23.280
 Friends, if you follow Jesus, I don't know what state of mind you're in this morning.

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:25.280
 Maybe you feel unworthy.

00:47:26.100 --> 00:47:26.280
 You feel unwelcome.

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:31.460
 You feel like if God knew or if you, Kevin, if you knew what was going on in my life, maybe you wouldn't welcome me.

00:47:31.640 --> 00:47:33.460
 No, God knows everything about you.

00:47:34.200 --> 00:47:36.380
 In fact, no, God knows you better than you know yourself.

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:39.340
 God says, you're probably worse than you think you are.

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:41.980
 But still, I went to the cross for you.

00:47:42.660 --> 00:47:45.720
 I love you more than you'll ever even comprehend.

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:53.099
 Friends, as we take this communion, Christ's body was broken, not just for the world in general, for you.

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:55.199
 That your sins might be atoned.

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:57.579
 That your sins might be covered.

00:47:58.299 --> 00:48:00.919
 That you could become a child, a son, a daughter of God.

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:02.739
 Christ's body broken for you.

00:48:02.799 --> 00:48:03.539
 Let's eat this together.

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:11.119
 In Christ's blood shed on the cross to make an eternal covenant.

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:16.059
 A covenant of peace and grace that will never be broken for all eternity.

00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:22.960
 You will be in Christ with him, loved by him, because he died on the cross for you.

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:25.719
 If you're a believer, Christ's blood shed on the cross for you.

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:26.420
 Let's drink together.

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:30.720
 Thank you, Lord Jesus, for your grace.

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:32.000
 Thank you for your mercy.

00:48:32.579 --> 00:48:33.380
 We love you.

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:34.260
 We need you.

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:40.039
 God, more than anything else, may we be built up around the gospel.

00:48:40.200 --> 00:48:42.079
 May the gospel renew and encourage us.

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:43.200
 Strengthen us.

00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:45.240
 May we live by faith.

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:47.980
 This week, may we love you and trust you and obey you.

00:48:48.700 --> 00:48:51.960
 Because we know you are Christ and King and we are in you.

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:53.519
 Our life is safe in you.

00:48:54.220 --> 00:48:56.099
 Help us to pray in your wonderful name.

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.019
 Amen.