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 12.1.

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 Okay, that's in page 1139.

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 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy,

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 to offer you a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.

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 This is your spiritual act of worship.

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 Do not comfort any longer to the partner of this world,

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 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

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 Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is,

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 his good, pleasing, and perfect will.

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 For by the grace given me, I say to every one of you,

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 do not think of yourself more highly than you would,

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 but rather think of yourself with sober judgment,

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 in accordance with the measure of faith in God has given you,

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 just like each of you has one body with many members,

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 and these members do not all have the same function.

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 So in Christ, we who are many from one body,

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 and each member belongs to all the others,

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 we have different gifts according to the grace given us.

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 If a man's gift is protected,

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 let him use in the proportion to his faith.

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 If it is serving, let him serve.

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 If it is teaching, let him teach.

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 If it is encouraging, let him encourage.

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 If it is contributing to the needs of others,

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 let him give generously.

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 If it is leadership, let him govern diligently.

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 If it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

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 Thank you.

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 Thanks very much, Alveda, for reading.

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 So we start into a new series.

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 The Gospel Applied is the title for the whole series,

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 which will take us through from Romans 12 through to 16.

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 And this morning we look at a church that is shaped by the gospel,

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 and in particular, how a church is shaped by God's mercy.

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 So let's pray and let us ask for God's help

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 as we look at this together.

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 Father, we ask that you would pour out your mercy upon us even now.

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 In your goodness and in your kindness,

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 would you help us to concentrate with our minds

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 that we may hear clearly what your word is saying to us.

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 And we pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 it would change our hearts,

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 it would change our lives on the inside,

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 and that it would shape us

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 into being the kind of people and the kind of church

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 that you call us to be.

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 We pray that through our time this morning

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 and through our hearing of your word,

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 that we would leave this morning amazed,

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 thrilled, encouraged

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 by what you have done.

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 And may it motivate us

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 to live lives of service

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 for you.

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 So we ask for your help to us all.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 If you were to choose a theme song

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 for the church,

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 what would it be?

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 I asked Kirsty this during the week.

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 She said,

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 who let the dogs out?

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 Don't think that was the right answer.

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 What song would you choose?

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 Theme songs are important

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 because they shape and define

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 who we are.

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 They create pride.

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 They stir up passion within us.

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 So when Ireland play their rugby matches

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 or their soccer matches,

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 the crowd in unison,

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 the stadium will all stand together

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 and they will sing

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 That's as far as my Irish goes.

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 Soldiers are we

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 whose lives are pledged to Ireland.

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 And as the song goes on,

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 in Aaron's cause come woe or weal,

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 mid cannons roar and rifles peal,

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 will chant a soldier's song.

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 Now when we hear a song like that

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 in unison with everybody together,

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 it puts fire in your belly.

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 They're songs that define our cause

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 and they shape the kind of people that we are.

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 So what is the theme song of the church?

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 Well in Romans 12,

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 we start into a new section

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 and it's all about the church.

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 It's all about the gospel being applied to the church.

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 But before we see what the church should be like,

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 we've got to know what our theme song is.

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 Because this song defines our cause

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 and it will shape the kind of people we will be.

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 It's a song that will stir up passion

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 to pledge ourselves to the gospel.

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 It's a song that will motivate us

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 to give ourselves in sacrifice to God

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 and in service to others.

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 So what is the song that we are to sing?

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 Well look at chapter 12, verse 1.

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 Therefore, I urge you,

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 I beg of you,

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 I plead with you, my people,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 in view of God's mercy.

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 So our theme song is to be a song about mercy.

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 Together we are called in verse 1

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 as a church to come together

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 to look back and remember

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 God's amazing kindness towards us.

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 We are to stand and view

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 the beauty and brilliance of God's mercy

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 to people like you and me.

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 For 11 chapters,

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 he's been telling us all about God's mercy.

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 And it all comes to a climax

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 in chapters 9 through to 11.

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 So go back to chapter 9.

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 He's talking here about the salvation

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 that we have received,

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 the new life in Christ that we have.

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 So in chapter 9, verse 15,

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 this is what it says.

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 For he, that's God,

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 says to Moses,

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 and it applies to us,

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I have mercy

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 and I will have compassion

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 on whom I have compassion.

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 It does not,

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 that means our salvation,

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 does not therefore depend

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 on man's desire or effort.

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 It doesn't depend on anything we do,

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 but on God's mercy.

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 God in his compassion

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 has looked down on people

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 like you and me

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 who fail and fall all the time,

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 who deserve God's just judgment,

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 but yet when he looks upon us,

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 he responds in mercy.

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 I read an article recently

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 in the newspaper

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 about a public hanging in Iran.

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 The headline went like this,

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 Woman Spares Son's Killer

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 from Hanging.

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 A young man had murdered

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 a mother's 18-year-old son,

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 and the law in that country

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 states that as an act of justice,

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 the victim,

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 in this case the mother,

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 can kick the chair away

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 on which the criminal is standing

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 to cause his death.

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 So with this huge crowd

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 of people watching,

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 the mother climbed the steps,

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 and instead of kicking the chair away,

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 she removed the noose

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 from around the man's neck,

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 and she forgave him.

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 It was an incredible act of mercy.

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 Now we are told

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 to look back and view God's mercy.

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 We are to picture in our minds

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 not a gallows,

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 but a cross.

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 And there we are to see

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who takes the nails

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 for you and for me.

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 Because it's us

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 who are guilty.

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 It's us who deserve to die.

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 But in an incredible act of mercy,

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 it's as if God takes the noose

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 from around our neck

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 and he places it

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 around his own son,

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 the God-man Jesus Christ.

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 So Jesus is the one

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 who dies in our place.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who takes my sin

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 on himself.

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 He takes the judgment

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 that is mine.

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 The wrath of God

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 falls on him.

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 That is mercy.

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 But that's not all.

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 Imagine with me,

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 if you would,

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 that the woman

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 in that illustration

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 not only spared

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 the criminal from death,

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 but imagine now

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 that she takes that man,

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 that murderer,

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 and she takes him

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 into her home.

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 That she adopts him

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 into her family.

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 That she gives him

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 his own room

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 and provides for him,

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 giving him food

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 and shelter

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 and care

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 and protection.

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 She now treats

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 this criminal

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 as she loved

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 her own son

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 who had died.

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 Imagine.

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 Well, the woman

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 never did that.

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 But that is exactly

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 what God has done

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 for us.

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 Look in chapter 9,

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 verse 25.

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 Again, this is talking

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 about the big picture

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 of God's mercy.

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 Romans 9,

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 verse 25.

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 As God says

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 in Hosea,

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 I will call them

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 my people

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 who are not

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 my people.

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 And I will call

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 her my loved one

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 who is not

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 my loved one.

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 And it will happen

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 that in the very place

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 where it was said

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 to them,

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 you are not

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 my people,

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 they will be called

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 sons of the living God.

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 That's the beauty

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 and the brilliance

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 of God's mercy.

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 This is the compassion

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 and goodness

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 of God's kindness

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 towards people

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 like you and me.

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 He forgives us.

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 But not only

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 does he forgive us,

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 but he now welcomes us in.

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 He takes us as people

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 who weren't in his family

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 and he says,

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 now you are

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 in my family.

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 You are my loved ones.

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 You are my people.

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 You are my children.

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 And so this is

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 our theme song.

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 This is the song

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 that is always

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 to be playing

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 in the background

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 of our lives.

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 Never tire

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 from looking back

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 to the cross.

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 As we sang earlier,

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 beneath the cross

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 of Jesus,

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 this is where

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 we are to stand

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 and to see

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 unending mercy

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 flow to us.

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 never tire

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 of looking back

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 to Christ

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 and seeing

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 how you are

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 eternally loved

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 and treasured.

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 That you have become

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 brothers and sisters

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 and that you

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 by faith

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 belong

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 to the family

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 of God.

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 So this is

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 our theme song.

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 A song

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 of mercy.

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 Now as we

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 remember

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 God's mercy,

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 we will see

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 that it begins

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 to shape us

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 and define

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 who we are

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 as a church.

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 So look at

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 chapter 12

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 verse 1.

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 Therefore,

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 I urge you

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 brothers and sisters

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 in view

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 of God's mercy,

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:45.100
 offer your bodies

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 as living sacrifices.

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 Verse 6.

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 We have been

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 given different

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 gifts according

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 to the grace

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 given us.

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 If a man's

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 gift is

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 prophesying,

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 let him use

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 it in proportion

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 to his faith.

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 If it is

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 serving,

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 let him serve.

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 In other words,

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 what he's saying

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 to us here,

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 because of

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 everything God

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 has done

00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.600
 for us,

00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.059
 in view

00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:10.220
 of God's

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 mercy,

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 this is how

00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.860
 you are to live.

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 You have been

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 filled

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:16.299
 with God's

00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:16.659
 mercy

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.500
 and now

00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:18.100
 because you

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 have been

00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:18.840
 filled,

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.579
 your lives

00:14:19.579 --> 00:14:20.699
 will overflow

00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:22.280
 in sacrifice

00:14:22.280 --> 00:14:23.379
 and in

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 service.

00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.540
 Now,

00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.220
 before we look

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 at these things

00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:29.700
 in detail,

00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.720
 let's get this

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 right.

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 We do these

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.360
 things,

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 we sacrifice

00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:35.180
 and we serve,

00:14:35.540 --> 00:14:36.740
 not to earn

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.960
 God's mercy,

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.460
 but because we

00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.200
 have already

00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:41.620
 received his

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 mercy.

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 Our sacrifice

00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.360
 and our service

00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.700
 is not a duty

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.480
 to perform

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.300
 to try and get

00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:48.140
 God's attention

00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.139
 or to earn

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 his favour.

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 It's an expression

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 of our love

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 and a way

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 to say,

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 thank you,

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 thank you,

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.419
 Father,

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 for your

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 amazing mercy

00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:58.620
 to me.

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 So,

00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.139
 we are to be

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.699
 a church

00:15:02.699 --> 00:15:03.639
 that is shaped

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.899
 and driven

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.600
 by mercy.

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 mercy.

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.360
 First,

00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.399
 a church

00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:11.320
 shaped by

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 mercy

00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.960
 will mean

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 we offer

00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.399
 ourselves

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.879
 in sacrifice

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.720
 to God.

00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.360
 A church

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.159
 that is shaped

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.960
 by mercy

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.120
 will mean

00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:21.860
 we offer

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.560
 ourselves

00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:23.320
 in sacrifice

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:24.019
 to God.

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 Let's read

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 verse 1 again.

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 Therefore,

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 I urge you,

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 I plead

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 with you,

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 brothers and

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 sisters,

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 in view

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.580
 of God's

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.000
 mercy,

00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:34.419
 to offer

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.220
 your bodies

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:36.500
 as living

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.480
 sacrifices,

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 holy and

00:15:38.939 --> 00:15:39.699
 pleasing to

00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:40.059
 God.

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.539
 This is your

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.720
 spiritual act

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.319
 of worship.

00:15:44.699 --> 00:15:45.259
 Offer your

00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.679
 body

00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.360
 as a

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.799
 living

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.259
 sacrifice.

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 Well,

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.679
 what does that

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 mean?

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 What does that

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 look like?

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 Well,

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:53.759
 go back to

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.620
 chapter 6.

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.279
 Go back

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 to chapter 6,

00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:59.319
 verse 13.

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 Here in

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.360
 chapter 6,

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 he's been

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.559
 talking about

00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.439
 all that

00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:10.179
 Christ has

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:11.019
 done for us,

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 how we are

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.699
 united with

00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:14.220
 him in his

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 death and

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.240
 resurrection

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 and the new

00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:16.580
 life that we

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 have,

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 and in

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.740
 response to

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 that,

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 look at

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.360
 what we do,

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 verse 13.

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 Do not

00:16:23.439 --> 00:16:24.259
 offer the

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.919
 parts of

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.620
 your body

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:27.159
 to sin

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:28.240
 as instruments

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.360
 of wickedness,

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.500
 but rather

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.519
 offer yourselves

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.299
 to God

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.879
 as those

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.200
 who have

00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.740
 been brought

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.500
 from death

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.360
 to life

00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.340
 and offer

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.039
 the parts

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.379
 of your

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.060
 body to

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:40.179
 him as

00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.899
 instruments

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:42.560
 of righteousness.

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.820
 Because of

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.320
 God's

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.379
 mercy in

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.259
 our lives,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.120
 we have

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.860
 been brought

00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.779
 from death

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.580
 into

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.879
 life.

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:52.960
 life.

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 And so

00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.460
 in response,

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.220
 in celebration

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.840
 of this

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.580
 new life

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:57.960
 that we

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.299
 have been

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.559
 given,

00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.539
 we now

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.100
 give our

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 bodies to

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.779
 God,

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:02.559
 physically,

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.539
 mentally,

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.480
 emotionally,

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.319
 spiritually.

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.299
 In other words,

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.859
 we give our

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.980
 whole self to

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.259
 God.

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.079
 We hold

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.180
 nothing back.

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.180
 It is total

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.119
 and it is

00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.700
 complete.

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:12.880
 complete.

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.500
 Go back

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.000
 to chapter

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.640
 12.

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.880
 Do you

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.200
 see what

00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.759
 it says

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.559
 in chapter

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.059
 12,

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.779
 verse 1?

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.200
 Offer

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.860
 your bodies

00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:26.019
 as living

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:27.380
 sacrifices.

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:27.799
 We are

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.559
 not dead

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.059
 people,

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.420
 we are

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.779
 living,

00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.539
 it requires

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.420
 action,

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:34.900
 holy and

00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:36.400
 pleasing to

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:36.740
 God.

00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:37.259
 To be

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.720
 holy,

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.840
 to be a

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.759
 holy person

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.059
 is not to

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.759
 kind of wander

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.360
 around with

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:42.879
 some kind

00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.439
 of flowing

00:17:43.439 --> 00:17:44.099
 robe and

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:45.139
 do all

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.559
 kinds of

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.559
 funny chants.

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.259
 Holy means

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.159
 to be set

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.899
 apart.

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.500
 It means

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.939
 to give

00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.399
 yourselves

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:53.259
 exclusively

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.599
 to God.

00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.199
 Here I

00:17:56.199 --> 00:17:56.599
 am.

00:17:57.179 --> 00:17:58.299
 I am an

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.879
 instrument

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.839
 in your

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.939
 hands for

00:18:00.939 --> 00:18:01.559
 you to

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.659
 use as

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.240
 you would

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.939
 choose.

00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:06.179
 This,

00:18:06.719 --> 00:18:07.279
 verse 1,

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:07.899
 is your

00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.699
 spiritual

00:18:08.699 --> 00:18:10.539
 act of

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.000
 worship.

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.200
 worship.

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.319
 This is

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.900
 the right

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.799
 kind of

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.539
 response

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.859
 to God.

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.519
 This is

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.000
 how we

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.000
 worship God

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.839
 in response

00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.380
 to his

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:19.759
 mercy.

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.680
 We give

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.160
 ourselves

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.759
 to him.

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.680
 We

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.160
 worship

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.579
 him.

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.259
 Worship

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:27.980
 is not

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.920
 singing songs

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.539
 for 20

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.019
 minutes.

00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.460
 It includes

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.880
 singing,

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:32.720
 and it's

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.099
 good to

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.299
 sing,

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.700
 and that's

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.160
 why we

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.539
 sing,

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:36.099
 but true

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.180
 worship is

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.859
 about giving

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.559
 your whole

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.099
 life,

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.639
 24-7,

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.819
 to God.

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:42.920
 Worship

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.519
 really starts

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.220
 when we

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.740
 head out

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.379
 that door

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:46.960
 and we

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.399
 go to

00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:48.139
 work tomorrow

00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:48.599
 morning,

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.200
 or we

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.019
 study for

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.759
 our exams,

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.460
 or we

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.180
 care for

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.920
 our children.

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.759
 This is

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.200
 where we

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.639
 live in

00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.399
 response to

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:55.839
 God's

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.240
 mercy.

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.220
 It's

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.799
 living for

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.339
 God

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:59.279
 exclusively

00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:00.440
 in the

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.139
 context of

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.899
 our day-to-day

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.559
 lives.

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:06.379
 Now,

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.720
 if you're

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.319
 anything like

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.639
 me,

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:10.039
 you'll find

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.919
 that really,

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.179
 really hard.

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.059
 It's hard

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.740
 to give

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.480
 ourselves in

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.019
 sacrifice,

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.779
 because the

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.399
 message that

00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.259
 we get blaring

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:20.099
 in our ears

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:21.359
 every day is,

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:22.779
 look after

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.399
 self,

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.919
 don't

00:19:24.919 --> 00:19:25.519
 sacrifice.

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.619
 Look after

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.259
 yourself,

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.279
 you're number

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.740
 one.

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.919
 Every day

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.420
 there's a

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.300
 battle inside

00:19:33.300 --> 00:19:34.060
 of us about

00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:35.000
 every decision

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.519
 and every

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.180
 choice that

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.620
 we make.

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.360
 It's all

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.160
 about self,

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.400
 not sacrifice.

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 Live for

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 yourself,

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.779
 don't live

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 for God.

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 That's the

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.900
 battle inside

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 of us.

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 So how

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.460
 can we

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.840
 overcome

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.480
 this battle?

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 Well,

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.019
 look at

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.640
 verse 2.

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 He says,

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 do not

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 conform any

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 longer to

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 the pattern

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.060
 of this

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 world,

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 but be

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 transformed by

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 the renewing

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 of your

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 mind.

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.440
 you see,

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.060
 the pattern

00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.560
 of this

00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:04.660
 world is

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.019
 to live

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 for self.

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 The voice

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 of this

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.799
 world is

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 saying to

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 us every

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 single day,

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 live for

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 yourself.

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 Rather,

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.380
 he is saying,

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 let the

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 voice of

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 God,

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 let that

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 begin to

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 transform and

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 shape your

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 mind.

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.460
 In other

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.980
 words, I

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 think it's

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:25.880
 coming back

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 to the

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.680
 beginning of

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 verse 1.

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 it's about

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 singing the

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 song of

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 mercy to

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 each other.

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 It's

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 reminding

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 ourselves of

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 God's

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 mercy and

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.540
 letting that

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 transform and

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.120
 renew your

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 mind.

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 It's looking

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 back to view

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 it and see

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 how God

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 gave his

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 life to

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 sacrifice his

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 life for

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 you, who

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 held nothing

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.860
 back but

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 gave his

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 all for

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.600
 you so

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 that you

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 could have

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 life.

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 And when we

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.240
 look at that

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.300
 mercy, let it

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 shape you,

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 let it change

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.119
 you, let it

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 get deep

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.700
 inside of

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 your life so

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 that in the

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.740
 heat of the

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.299
 battle when

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 you're questioning

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 about will it

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.079
 be self or

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.500
 will it be

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.619
 sacrifice, you

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.679
 will be amazed

00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:04.359
 at the mercy

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.299
 of God and

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.700
 in response you

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.579
 will sacrifice

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.859
 your life for

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 him.

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 So as a

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:15.039
 church that

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 is shaped by

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.899
 mercy, we

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.539
 will offer

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:20.039
 ourselves in

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.639
 sacrifice to

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.079
 God.

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.619
 second, a

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.179
 church shaped

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.799
 by mercy

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.559
 means we

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 will be

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:30.079
 offering

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.220
 ourselves in

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.579
 service to

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.159
 others, we

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.779
 will offer

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.679
 ourselves in

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.359
 service to

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.779
 others.

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.559
 Look at

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.159
 verse 3,

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.419
 for by the

00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:40.079
 grace given

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:41.500
 me, I

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.159
 say to

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:42.859
 every one

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:44.059
 of you, do

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.819
 not think of

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.539
 yourself more

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.159
 highly than

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.779
 you ought,

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.659
 but rather

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.339
 think of

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.720
 yourself with

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.720
 sober judgment,

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.220
 others.

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.500
 Now this is

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:54.980
 the beginning

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.679
 of a section

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.319
 which is all

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.859
 about a

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.419
 call to

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.539
 serve others

00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:00.759
 and how we

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.480
 serve others

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.079
 will all

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.859
 depend how

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.519
 we think of

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.980
 ourselves.

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.039
 So how do

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.759
 you think about

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.079
 yourself?

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:09.519
 What's your

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.539
 opinion of

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.919
 yourself?

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:13.199
 If you have

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:14.179
 too high of

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.740
 you, if you

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.279
 think too

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.899
 highly of

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:17.740
 yourself, you

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.379
 will think

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:20.019
 that everybody

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:21.299
 is there to

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.919
 serve you.

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:24.379
 if you

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.960
 have too

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.720
 low a view

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.379
 of yourself,

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.039
 you will

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.639
 think, well

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.039
 I'm not

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.480
 good enough

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.939
 to serve

00:22:30.939 --> 00:22:31.379
 anybody.

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.980
 If I'm

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.679
 too high of

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.799
 you, everybody

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.500
 should serve

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.839
 me.

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.059
 If I have

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.960
 too low a view

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.679
 of myself,

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.439
 then I'm not

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.119
 able to serve

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.559
 anyone.

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.379
 But look what

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.919
 it says in

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.539
 verse 3.

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.659
 He says we

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.240
 are to think

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.819
 of ourselves

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.659
 with sober

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.480
 judgment.

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.720
 judgment.

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.299
 We don't

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.740
 have too

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.500
 high a view

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.200
 and we

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.579
 don't have

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.160
 too low

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.559
 of you.

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.420
 In fact, we

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.180
 are to think

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.000
 of ourselves

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.039
 as God

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.980
 sees us

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.180
 and as God

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.120
 treats us.

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.559
 Look at the

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.120
 rest of verse

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.360
 3.

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.700
 He says,

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.120
 think of

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.599
 yourself

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:07.059
 with sober

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.620
 judgment.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.480
 Here's the

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.240
 phrase, in

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.279
 accordance with

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.980
 the measure

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.880
 of faith

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.880
 God has

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.480
 given you.

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:16.339
 So the

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.000
 measure of

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.500
 faith that

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.880
 has been

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.460
 given to

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:20.480
 us is

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.900
 not in

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.400
 terms of

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.059
 quantity,

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.400
 but quality.

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.180
 The faith

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.620
 that he has

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.039
 given to

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.599
 us is not

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.240
 quantity,

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.559
 but it's

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.160
 quality.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.279
 It's not

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.759
 that some

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.259
 people have

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.720
 been given

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.360
 a greater

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.839
 measure,

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.660
 that we

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:35.120
 have more

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.700
 faith than

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.440
 other people.

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.240
 No, it

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.759
 means we've

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.140
 been given

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.960
 the same

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.000
 kind of

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.240
 faith,

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.720
 the same

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.039
 measure,

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.500
 the same

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.500
 standard of

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.680
 faith,

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.180
 the faith

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.579
 that God

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:43.920
 has given

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.519
 to you,

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.160
 is the

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.400
 same

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.000
 faith that's

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.360
 given to

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.500
 me,

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:46.860
 it's the

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.120
 same

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.860
 standard.

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.340
 In other

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:50.840
 words, it's

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.560
 coming back

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.080
 again to

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.800
 God's

00:23:52.800 --> 00:23:53.380
 mercy.

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.400
 God in

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.019
 his mercy

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.500
 has given

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.900
 us the

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.420
 gift of

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.940
 faith which

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.539
 we can't

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.279
 earn and

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.840
 we don't

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.320
 deserve,

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.000
 and the

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.700
 only reason

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.060
 that I

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.580
 am who

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.120
 I am,

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.700
 that I

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.200
 am a

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.740
 child of

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:03.980
 God,

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.420
 is because

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.960
 of God's

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.560
 mercy.

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.920
 So I

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.480
 now look

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.160
 at myself

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.960
 through the

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.640
 eyes of

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.060
 God,

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.680
 I look

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.259
 at myself

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.960
 through

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.580
 mercy.

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.940
 And that

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.400
 changes

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.140
 everything.

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.600
 So I

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.080
 no longer

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.960
 see myself

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.740
 as superior

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.720
 to other

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.160
 people,

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.279
 I no longer

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.720
 think of

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.360
 myself as

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.560
 inferior to

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.400
 anybody else,

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.400
 in fact,

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.140
 because of

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.900
 God's mercy

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.500
 to me in

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.019
 my life,

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.060
 I will see

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:31.279
 myself as

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.200
 a valued,

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.300
 treasured

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.660
 member of

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.320
 God's

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:36.160
 church,

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.160
 his family.

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.759
 Look at

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.340
 verse 4.

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:40.199
 just as

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:40.619
 each of

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.199
 us has

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:42.039
 one body,

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.000
 so I

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.279
 was talking

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.679
 about the

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.039
 physical

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.519
 body,

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.459
 with many

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:46.919
 members,

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.339
 so we've

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.859
 got head,

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.339
 arms,

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.779
 legs,

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.220
 eyes,

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.639
 ears,

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.119
 nose,

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.419
 and all

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:50.879
 those sorts

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.379
 of things,

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.399
 even though

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.779
 we've got

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.679
 many members,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.859
 these members

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.599
 do not all

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.220
 have the same

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.759
 function,

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.500
 so our

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.159
 head doesn't

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.599
 do what our

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.119
 hands do,

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.419
 and our

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.980
 hands don't

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.519
 do what our

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.419
 legs do.

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:04.899
 Okay,

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.339
 they've all

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.879
 got different

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.359
 parts.

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.039
 Now,

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.679
 verse 5,

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.500
 so in

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.979
 Christ,

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.859
 we who

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.379
 are many

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:11.719
 form one

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.519
 body,

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.799
 and each

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.000
 member belongs

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.939
 to all

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.839
 the others.

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.439
 There's no

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:19.519
 inferiority,

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.339
 there's no

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.119
 superiority,

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.939
 nobody in

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.519
 the church

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.699
 family should

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.459
 be saying,

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:27.119
 you should

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.919
 serve me,

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.079
 or no one

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.439
 should be

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:30.839
 saying,

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.019
 I can't

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.839
 serve you.

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.839
 We are

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.459
 all by

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:35.000
 God's

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.419
 mercy,

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.159
 valued,

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.159
 and treasured

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.519
 people,

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.139
 we are

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.879
 all vital

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.619
 parts of

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.119
 the body.

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.859
 We belong

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.959
 to Christ,

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.639
 we belong

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.159
 to the

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.759
 church.

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.759
 Now,

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.179
 while we

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.679
 all have

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.299
 the same

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.299
 gift of

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.699
 faith,

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.500
 and while

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.979
 God has

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.679
 treated us

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.339
 in exactly

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.899
 the same

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.399
 way by

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.919
 mercy,

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.419
 we have

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.000
 all been

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.299
 given

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.839
 different

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.439
 gifts

00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.299
 to serve.

00:25:59.439 --> 00:25:59.579
 So,

00:25:59.679 --> 00:25:59.899
 look at

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.559
 verse 6.

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.439
 Look at

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.879
 verse 6,

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:04.299
 we have

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.839
 different

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.419
 gifts,

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.539
 gifts,

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.080
 according

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.600
 to the

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:07.920
 grace

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.259
 given

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.680
 us.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.120
 God

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.560
 has given

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.220
 to us,

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.220
 each one

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.740
 of us,

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.940
 a different

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.680
 kind of

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.039
 gift.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.539
 So,

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:16.960
 in verses

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.620
 7 to

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.900
 8,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.640
 we've got

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.400
 this example

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.800
 of the

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.380
 kinds of

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.880
 gifts that

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.539
 there are,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.800
 whether it's

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.580
 prophesying,

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.440
 whether it's

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.840
 serving,

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.519
 whether it's

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.940
 teaching,

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.519
 whether it's

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.019
 encouraging,

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.920
 whether it's

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.440
 contributing,

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.039
 whether it's

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.880
 giving generously,

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.860
 whether it's

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.340
 leadership,

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.379
 whether it's

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.279
 showing mercy.

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.279
 This isn't a

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.339
 complete list.

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.699
 Rather,

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.139
 it's saying

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.699
 these are the

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.419
 kinds of

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:40.000
 gifts that

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.679
 he gives to

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.379
 his people

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.139
 within the

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.619
 body of

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.240
 the church.

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.559
 And the

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.299
 point is,

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.599
 they're all

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.159
 different.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.359
 None of us

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.519
 all have the

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.459
 same kinds

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:51.939
 of gifts

00:26:51.939 --> 00:26:53.079
 in the same

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.679
 kind of

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:53.980
 way.

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.839
 So,

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.659
 that means

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.339
 we need

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.939
 each other.

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.720
 that means

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.539
 the church

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.620
 family can't

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.140
 operate,

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.940
 the church

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.059
 can't function

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.320
 without each

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.620
 other.

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.740
 Look what it

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.220
 says at the

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.720
 end of verse

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.240
 five.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.320
 Each member,

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.660
 each person

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.920
 belongs to

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.559
 all the others.

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.720
 I belong to

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.539
 you and you

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.380
 belong to me

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.180
 and we all

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.820
 belong to

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.440
 each other.

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.220
 So,

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.480
 if I decide

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.100
 and wake up

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.759
 one morning,

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.140
 I don't think

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.720
 I'll serve

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.059
 today,

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.740
 I don't feel

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.340
 like it.

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.259
 it's actually

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.779
 not just

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.720
 affecting me,

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.339
 it's affecting

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.459
 everyone

00:27:33.459 --> 00:27:34.619
 because we

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.319
 belong to

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.799
 everyone.

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.439
 So,

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.959
 we've been

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:39.639
 given gifts

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:41.220
 through God's

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.399
 mercy to us

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.579
 so that we

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.359
 can begin to

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.019
 serve and

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.679
 give to one

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.019
 another.

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.039
 Now,

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.419
 again,

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:50.639
 as we look

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.019
 at that,

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.779
 that's really

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.699
 hard because

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.559
 there's days,

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.279
 in fact,

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.599
 for me,

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.099
 it's most

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.679
 days where

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.019
 I don't

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.559
 really want

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.139
 to serve.

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.500
 I wish

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.259
 everybody would

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.980
 serve me.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.419
 Do you want

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.779
 to get out

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.179
 of bed in

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.579
 the mornings?

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.579
 Who likes

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.059
 getting out

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.439
 of bed?

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.740
 What John

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:11.980
 does.

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.240
 I don't like

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.579
 getting out

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:13.959
 of bed.

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.099
 I'd love

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.619
 if everybody

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.039
 would just

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.419
 come and

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.519
 serve me.

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.559
 Now,

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.079
 if we all

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.819
 thought like

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.299
 that,

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.279
 what kind

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.819
 of church

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.240
 would we

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.639
 be?

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.599
 A church

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.899
 of self-service

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:29.399
 rather than

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.639
 serving others.

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.160
 So,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.740
 what do we

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.480
 do when we

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.480
 just don't

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.200
 feel like

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.599
 serving?

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:35.920
 When we

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.559
 don't feel

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.119
 like getting

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.639
 up or we

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.200
 don't feel

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.700
 like going

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.220
 to something

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.700
 or doing

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.119
 something?

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.920
 What am I

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.460
 going to do

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.799
 in that

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.180
 moment?

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.139
 Well,

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.559
 we need to

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.920
 go back

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.339
 to verse

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.660
 one.

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.019
 We need

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.480
 to go back

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.819
 to our

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.359
 song.

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.920
 Look at it,

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.720
 verse 12,

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.879
 or chapter 12,

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.340
 verse 1,

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.920
 therefore I

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.520
 urge you,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.080
 brothers and

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.360
 sisters,

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.140
 in view of

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.960
 God's mercy,

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.680
 look back

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.820
 and view

00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:58.340
 the mercy

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.020
 of God.

00:29:00.260 --> 00:29:00.980
 See how

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.780
 the creator

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:02.680
 God came

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.420
 to serve

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.360
 you and

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.740
 give his

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.300
 life for

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.420
 you.

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.160
 He came

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.300
 to serve,

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.120
 not to be

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.680
 served.

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.360
 So,

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.780
 when I

00:29:11.780 --> 00:29:12.340
 don't feel

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.980
 like serving,

00:29:13.260 --> 00:29:13.840
 I need to

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.320
 sing the

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.860
 song of

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.240
 mercy.

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:15.960
 I need

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.420
 to let it

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.180
 shape my

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.460
 heart.

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.860
 I need

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.280
 to let it

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.940
 grab me

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.340
 and take

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.720
 a hold

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.080
 of me

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.720
 and let

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.339
 me see

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.900
 all that

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.299
 Christ

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.880
 has done

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.079
 and I

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.880
 will serve

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.279
 in love

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.559
 in response

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.259
 to that.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.220
 I have

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.660
 an issue

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.720
 not just

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.200
 about getting

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.819
 out of bed

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.220
 but about

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.980
 putting petrol

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.799
 in my car.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.299
 Even when

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.680
 the little

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.299
 orange light

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.900
 comes on

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.299
 and it's

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.779
 telling me

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.140
 that it's

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.700
 way down

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.160
 into the

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.420
 red,

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.940
 I just

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.299
 have this

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.660
 notion

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.000
 that I

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.440
 can keep

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.079
 on driving

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.640
 without

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.940
 putting

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.500
 more petrol

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.759
 in.

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.539
 And on

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.819
 more than

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.420
 one occasion

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.920
 I've been

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.240
 caught

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.599
 out.

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:53.960
 And the

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.279
 simple

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.879
 lesson is

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.220
 this,

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.240
 without

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.839
 petrol

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.019
 the car

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.379
 doesn't

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.740
 work.

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.240
 In fact,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.920
 it will

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.720
 damage the

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:00.980
 car.

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.339
 Now,

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.660
 none of

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.180
 us can

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.619
 live a

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.279
 life of

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.980
 sacrifice

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.299
 and service

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.279
 on

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.879
 empty.

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:10.980
 mercy.

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.920
 We can't

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.340
 serve,

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.580
 we can't

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:15.920
 give,

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.920
 we can't

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.680
 function as

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:17.980
 we are

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.420
 meant to

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.960
 function

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.540
 on empty.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.140
 In other

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.400
 words,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.880
 we need

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.220
 to be

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.400
 filled up

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.380
 each day

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.240
 with the

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.400
 mercy of

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.880
 God,

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.980
 in view

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.860
 of God's

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.280
 mercy.

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.380
 Look at

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.920
 the beauty

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.580
 of Christ

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.200
 every day

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.220
 who sacrificed

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.080
 his life

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.820
 for you

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.180
 and for

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.460
 me.

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.720
 Look at

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.540
 the brilliance

00:30:38.540 --> 00:30:39.200
 of Christ

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.660
 who came

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.340
 to serve

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.779
 you and

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.480
 me and

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.259
 who continues

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.939
 to serve

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:43.939
 us every

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.399
 day.

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.539
 And

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.220
 together as

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.720
 we sing

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.379
 this song

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.119
 of mercy

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.919
 to our

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.480
 hearts,

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.859
 we'll be

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.619
 changed,

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.240
 changed on

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.019
 the inside

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.740
 because the

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.359
 message of

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.879
 the gospel

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.619
 is this,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.639
 not that

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.159
 you must

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.659
 sacrifice

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.799
 more or

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.259
 that you

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.039
 must serve

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.639
 better.

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.659
 The message

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.199
 of the

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:06.139
 gospel is

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.779
 simply

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:08.559
 God's

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.759
 mercy.

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:12.039
 God's

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.599
 mercy.

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.759
 Not

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.099
 do

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.579
 better,

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.500
 not

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.759
 do

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.179
 more,

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.939
 and then

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.359
 when we

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.839
 are filled

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.579
 with God's

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.000
 mercy,

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.359
 so our

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.099
 lives will

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.980
 overflow

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.759
 in sacrifice

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.079
 and service

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.019
 to God.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.439
 Let's pray

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.179
 together.

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.359
 Our

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.899
 Father God,

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.559
 we thank you

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.179
 so much

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:35.899
 for your

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.459
 incredible

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.299
 mercy to

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.700
 us.

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.220
 We pray

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.720
 that you

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.220
 would fill

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.759
 our lives

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.279
 afresh with

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.920
 its wonder

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.340
 and with

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.019
 its beauty

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.620
 and that it

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.319
 would motivate

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.140
 us again

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.640
 to be people

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.279
 who live

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.180
 lives of

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.539
 service,

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.279
 not thinking

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.220
 about what

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.759
 we have to

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.519
 do to get

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.240
 your favour,

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.759
 not thinking

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.220
 about what

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.720
 we have to

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.620
 do to earn

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.299
 your love,

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:01.220
 but simply

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.079
 seeing how

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.620
 we are

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:04.180
 loved and

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.660
 looking at

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.040
 what you

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.440
 have done

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.120
 for us

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.759
 and in

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.400
 response

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.880
 living for

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.220
 you.

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.040
 So Father,

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.779
 we thank

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.779
 you for

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.940
 your amazing

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.660
 mercy to

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.080
 us.

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.400
 In Jesus'

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.920
 name,

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.060
 Amen.