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 It's my joy once again to welcome the Reverend Dr. Erwin Entz to preach the word this morning.

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 For those of you who have just come in for worship, who have not been here for the weekend,

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 we've had a fantastic time.

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 We've been exploring this topic, the title of the retreat, A New We, talking about what

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 it means to have a vision rooted in the gospel, an understanding of what it means to bear

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 God's image, to forsake attempts to seek dignity apart from that dignity that is to be found

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 in our identity as image bearers of God, as people in Christ.

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 We've been talking about this ultimate vision that to bear God's image is most fully realized

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 when the entire world, the multi-ethnic body of Christ, is joined together under His Lordship.

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 And we've been exploring some amazing themes, both big, grand themes, and then also asking

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 hard questions about what that means for us at Church of the Advent.

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 And so it's my delight to welcome Dr. Entz back.

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 He's the, if you don't know, he's a pastor at Grace DC.

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 He's also the director of the newly formed Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission.

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 And it's a delight to have you with us.

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 Thank you, Pastor.

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 Well, good morning, y'all.

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 Good morning.

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 For one last time together, at least.

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 The time being, it has been a delight this weekend to be with y'all and getting to know

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 y'all and enjoying all of the talents that were on display last night.

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 Some great pictures of some men in this congregation.

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 I want to kind of wrap up our time this weekend looking at these three verses that were read

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 to your hearing from Colossians chapter 3 on this subject.

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 Gratitude is the attitude.

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 Gratitude is the attitude.

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 And really, the point of this is that we live as God's people together with a daily gratitude

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 to God as the peace of Christ rules, rules in our hearts, and as his word, the word of

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 Christ, dwells richly among us.

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 So let me pray, and then we will start to dig in.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 That's not dead, but that is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing

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 to the division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, judging the thoughts and the intentions

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 of the heart.

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 Lord, our confession this morning is that we are all naked and exposed to you, the one to

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 whom we must all give account.

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 And that's good news, Lord, because you know precisely what we stand in need of then.

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 So would you, through the preaching of your word, meet us where we are and give us what

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 we need?

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 Lord, if we need encouragement, would you be pleased to encourage our hearts in your gospel?

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 If we need correction, would you, in your mercy, correct us that we might walk rightly?

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 If we need, Lord God, if we need faith, hope, would you give us those gifts that we will be

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 people who live for the glory of Jesus Christ.

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 In his name we pray.

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 Amen, amen, and amen.

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 Let me read those verses to you again from Colossians chapter 3, verses 15 to 17.

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 The apostle Paul, we're catching him in mid-thought here, really.

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 And he says,

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 I want to tell you a brief story about a young African-American couple, Daryl and Joyce.

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 These are pseudonyms, it's not their real names, just protecting the innocent.

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 They live in a densely populated urban city in America, and they're both musicians, and

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 they met while they were each pursuing a master's degree at a prestigious conservatory here in

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 the U.S., and together they attend a racially, ethnically diverse church in their city, serving

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 on that church's music ministry team.

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 And I interviewed this couple during my research for my doctor of ministry dissertation, and

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 many of my interview questions when I would meet with people were intended to provoke a

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 emotional and thoughtful response.

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 And one group of questions that continually prompted that kind of response were these.

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 I would ask, what does it feel like to be your ethnicity at your church?

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 And I would get specific.

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 If they were black, what does it feel like to be black at your church?

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 What does it feel like to be white at your church?

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 I would ask, how often do you think about your ethnicity at your church?

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 And then I would ask him, what ways has that begun to change since you began attending your

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 church?

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 And when I asked Daryl that question, what does it feel like to be black at your church?

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 He said, I can't really be black at my church.

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 And of course, I wanted to know what he meant by that.

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 And he said, I mean, the things that I would do if I were in a more black setting, I can't

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 do that.

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 I often say, if I want to worship God, he said, I'm very expressive, and I'm going to

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 express it with my whole being.

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 The culture of all saints' church is pretty much the opposite.

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 They call me to play the organ.

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 Yes, it's the ham and be organ, but I'm not going to play it the way I would be playing

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 it in a black church.

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 It's a sad thing, but it's going to be something they can relate to.

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 And he's been a member of that church for over five years, so obviously he stayed, even

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 though he felt like he suppressed a part of himself, a part of his identity, and he's

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 still a part of the music team.

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 And when I asked, well, why is that?

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 He said, I used to get upset that I had to suppress it.

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 But over time, I've learned to see things from everyone's perspective.

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 I've been learning over the years how to deny myself.

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 He said, I hope that it can be the other way around, too, that they can deny themselves,

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 too, and we can assimilate across the different cultures.

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 And then his wife, Joyce, added this.

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 She said, I prefer to hear gospel music played.

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 I prefer actually to play gospel music, and those things are fine to prefer, but really,

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 at the end of the day, my growth with Christ is not about my preferences.

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 Actually, she said, it's a stripping away of my preferences.

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 We're supposed to be, Darrell said, ministers of reconciliation, and we need to really see

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 that in our city.

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 What does it look like in practice to live as a reconciled community, as the beautiful

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 community we've been talking about?

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 One of the things that is explicitly clear, if you've been paying any attention at all over

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 the past few years in the good old U.S. of A., it's been explicitly clear that we don't

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 live in a land where reconciliation is the norm.

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 You might even find yourselves this morning a little bit weary from all of the talk and

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 the issues that surround race in this land.

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 You might be angered or find yourself grieving by the ongoing evidence of this enduring problem

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 when will it end.

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 How will the strife be done away with?

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 We need to be perfectly clear, of course, the only true and permanent reconciler is Jesus

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 Christ.

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 And what is absolutely necessary is for the members of his body, the members of his church

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 to be ministers of reconciliation.

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 And that begins with his church living as reconciled community.

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 Should Darrell have had to feel as though he had to suppress a part of his racial identity

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 at All Saints Church?

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 Probably not.

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 Should All Saints Church be aware of its preferences and how their African-American musician was feeling

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 and what he was experiencing?

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 Yes, they should have been, but Jesus is the reason that Darrell can say,

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 I've been learning over the years how to deny myself.

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 Jesus is the reason that his wife Joyce can say,

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 my growth in Christ isn't based on my preferences.

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 It's based on the stripping away of preferences.

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 What's more, both had grown in thankfulness to God for this Christian community that they were a part of,

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 even though things were not precisely the way they wanted them to be.

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 You see, gratitude is the attitude that Jesus creates in the hearts of his people.

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 Did you notice that in these three verses,

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 the tagline, almost like an add-on by the apostle at the end of each verse,

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 is thankfulness to God.

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 There's a movement of gratitude in these three verses.

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 We see peace and place and practice.

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 We see being grateful in peace,

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 grateful in place,

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 and grateful in practice.

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 And this chapter, this section of Colossians,

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 is primarily about instructions on how the church is supposed to live

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 in light of what Jesus Christ has done for us.

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 It's about life in the messy middle

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 between the time that Jesus will come to set all things right.

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 How are we supposed to live?

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 He starts out this chapter in verse number one,

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 saying,

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 Since then you've been raised with Christ,

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 set your minds on things that are above,

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 not on earthly things,

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 for you have died,

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 and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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 Since Jesus is the Father's right-hand man,

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 so to speak,

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 with all power and authority

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 to affect God's will

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 and to protect his own people,

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 then the Christian life

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 should be completely oriented

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 by reference to him.

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 And he sets this out,

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 saying,

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 listen,

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 that has some implications,

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 Paul is going to say,

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 in this chapter,

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 that therefore,

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 this is a life of putting off

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 and putting on,

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 put to death,

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 therefore,

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 he says,

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 what is earthly in you

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 because you've put off the old self

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 with its practices

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 and you've put on the new self

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 which has been renewed in knowledge

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 according to the image of its creator.

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 Therefore,

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 he said,

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 put on,

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 as God's chosen ones,

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 who are holy and loved,

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 put on tenderheartedness,

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 put on compassion,

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 put on kindness,

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 gentleness,

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 humility,

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 patience,

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 forgiving one another.

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 And he says,

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 above all these things,

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 put on love,

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 which is the binding glue of perfection.

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 This life,

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 in other words,

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 is not about me and you

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 as individuals,

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 as we've been talking about.

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 God is not simply interested

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 in making a new me.

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 He wants to make a new we.

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 And this reconciled community,

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 Paul emphasizes in verse 11

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 of this chapter

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 where he says,

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 here,

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 there is not Greek and Jew,

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 circumcised and uncircumcised,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 but Christ is all

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 and in all.

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 They are supposed to,

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 as this reconciled community

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 of Jew and Gentile,

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 barbarian,

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 Greek,

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 Scythian,

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 slave,

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 and free,

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 that are holy

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 and loved together.

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 They are to be putting

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 earthly things to death

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 and putting on love

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 together

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 across all of these differences.

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 And this is absolutely clear

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 in this first point,

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 being grateful in peace.

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 He says in verse 15,

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 let the peace of Christ

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 rule in your hearts

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 to which indeed

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 you are called

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 in one body

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 and be thankful.

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 The desire for peace

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 is not new.

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 The fact that in this world

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 we are regularly confronted

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 with violence

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 and injustice

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 and war

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 and disharmony

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 and disruption

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 and division

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 is nothing new.

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 We long for peace,

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 but the world

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 has never known

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 how to get it.

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 And this is in part

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 because peace

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 is not simply calmness.

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 Peace is not simply

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 the absence of strife.

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 When we see

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 in cities

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 in America

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 over recent years

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 racial unrest

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 and protests

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 over racial injustice

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 and police killings

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 that explode

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 into violence,

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 when we see it

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 in a city

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 like Charlottesville, Virginia,

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 do you know

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 that before the riots,

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 Charlottesville, Virginia

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 was not a city

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 at peace?

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 When you gather together

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 on Sunday morning

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 in Brooklyn

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 in D.C.,

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 there's no violence

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 necessarily going on

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 outside of the windows,

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 but D.C.

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 is not a city

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 at peace.

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 Peace

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 is not simply

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 biblically speaking

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 the absence of hostility.

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 It is the presence

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 of something.

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 It is the presence

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 of well-being.

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 It is the presence

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 of wholeness

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 and flourishing

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 and prosperity.

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 It is all things

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 working together

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 as they ought to.

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 So here,

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 when the apostle says,

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 let the peace of Christ

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 rule in your hearts,

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 to be a Christian

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 at least means this,

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 it means to be

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 at peace with God.

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 Jesus Christ

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 reconciles us

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 to God.

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 We are God's enemies.

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 We were at war

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 with God.

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 That's a losing battle,

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 but we didn't care.

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 That is how life

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 apart from faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 looks.

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 This is why Paul said

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 in the first chapter

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 of this letter,

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 verses 19 to 22,

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 for in him,

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 in Christ,

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 all the fullness

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 of God

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 was pleased

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 to dwell

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 and through him

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 to reconcile

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 to himself

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 all things,

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 whether on earth

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 or in heaven,

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 making peace

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 by the blood

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 of his cross.

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 And you,

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 who were once

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 alienated

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 and hostile

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 in mind,

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 doing evil deeds,

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 he has now

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 reconciled

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 in his body

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 of flesh

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 by his death

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 in order to present

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 you holy

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 and blameless

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 and above reproach

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 before him.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is our peace.

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 He's our holy hope

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 for peace

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 with God

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 and what that means

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 is that in

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 Jesus Christ,

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 we are restored

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 to wholeness

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 and flourishing

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 in our relationship

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 with God

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 and so Paul says,

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 let the peace

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 of Christ,

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 this peace

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 that Christ

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 has established

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 and brought you

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 into,

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 let that rule

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 your hearts.

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 The command

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 is for something

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 to rule

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 and the subject

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 of that command

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 is not you.

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 The subject

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 is the peace

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 of Christ.

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 Ruling here

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 has the sense

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 of an arbitrator

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 and an umpire

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 like in baseball.

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 When there's tension

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 and difficulty

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 among you,

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 what is the determining

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 factor

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 and what you all

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 say

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 and what you all

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 do?

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 What's in the position

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 of calling balls

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 and strikes

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 in your decision-making?

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 What is in the position

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 and the decision-making

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 position of

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 do this

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 and don't do that,

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 say this

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 and don't say that?

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 Is it your feelings?

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 Are you driven

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 by how you feel

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 at the moment?

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 Is it your likes

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 and your dislikes?

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 Is it your preferences?

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 Would you please

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 notice with me

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 that this is something

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 that the Colossians

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 are to let happen,

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 not make happen.

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 Paul doesn't say

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 make the peace

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 of Christ rule.

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 Let the fact

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 that we have been

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 reconciled to God

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 and have peace

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 with God

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 or a flourishing

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 relationship

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 with God,

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 let that be

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 the ruling factor

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 in our decision-making.

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 He says,

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 do not get it.

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 Twist it.

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 You are called

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 to this

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 in one body.

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 You didn't call

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 yourselves

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 into this life.

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 God called you

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 into it.

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 God placed you

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 in this one body.

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 It's not even

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 your body.

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 It's the body

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 of Christ.

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 You've been called

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 into peaceful

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 existence

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 in this body

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 and you're only

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 a part of it

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 because God

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 called you

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 and placed you

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 in it.

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 Were it not

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 for the blood

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 of Jesus' cross,

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 we would have

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 stayed apart

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 because of differences

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 and divisions.

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 The pursuit

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 of what makes

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 for peace

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 only happens

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 to live

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 in a position

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 of gratitude

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 for that peace.

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 peace.

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 When he says

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 and be thankful,

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 it's not a

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 throwaway lie.

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 What he means is

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 keep on being thankful.

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 Keep on being thankful

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 for the peace

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:49.359
 that Jesus Christ

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 has made

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 for you

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 with God

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 for life

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 in this world

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 by his blood.

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 keep on being thankful.

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 Let that be

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 the decision-making

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 authority

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.840
 when you relate

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 to one another

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 in his body.

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 Being grateful

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 in peace

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 is intimately tied

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 to being grateful

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 in place

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 and when I say

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 being grateful

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 in place,

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 I'm talking

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 about the same place

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.020
 that the apostle

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 is talking about.

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 He says in verse 16,

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 let the word of Christ

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:26.280
 dwell richly,

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.940
 richly,

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.039
 that is live

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 in you all

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 richly

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 in all wisdom

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 as you teach

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 and admonish

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 or warn each other.

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 He doesn't say

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:37.139
 let the word of Christ

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 dwell in your hearts,

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.819
 but that's what he means.

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.680
 He's still talking

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.079
 about what is

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.279
 at the center

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:46.019
 of our decision-making

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.980
 in our life

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.519
 together.

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.480
 Notice he says

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 let it live

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.480
 in you,

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.519
 let it live

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.099
 in you all

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.059
 richly

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.519
 with all wisdom

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 as you teach

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 and admonish

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 each other

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 singing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.180
 with gratitude.

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.139
 With gratitude

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.599
 where?

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.180
 He says

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.200
 with gratitude

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.660
 in your hearts

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 to God.

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 The peace of Christ

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 is supposed to be

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:14.339
 the head honcho

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.980
 if you will,

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.900
 the decision-making

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.819
 power in your hearts

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.799
 and now he says

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:20.240
 the word of Christ

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.960
 is supposed to

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.879
 flourish there

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:23.720
 and letting

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.660
 the word of Christ

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:26.020
 dwell richly

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 among us

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 isn't simply

00:21:29.020 --> 00:21:30.920
 about memorizing

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 scripture verses

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:33.080
 that you can apply

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.560
 to various situations.

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 I'm all for

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 memorizing scripture,

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 right?

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 We are people

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 of the book

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 as it were.

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 The Bible

00:21:40.260 --> 00:21:41.640
 is our only rule

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.740
 for faith

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.700
 and for practice

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 but the word

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.960
 of Christ here

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.660
 is related

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.720
 to the peace

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.200
 of Christ

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.460
 in verse 15.

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 I like the way

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:53.460
 Chaplain Blackman,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.940
 the chaplain

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.240
 at Wheaton College

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.600
 put it recently

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.480
 when he spoke

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.319
 on this passage.

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 He put it this way.

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 He says

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:02.440
 let the verbalized,

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.579
 vocalized

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.340
 announcement

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.799
 of God

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.799
 about what

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.680
 Jesus Christ

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.380
 is doing

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:10.140
 and who he is,

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.259
 let it be

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:13.019
 the telling influence

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.480
 of your control tower,

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:16.259
 the executive center

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.740
 of your being.

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.620
 let it be

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:20.019
 the telling influence

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.880
 of everything

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.299
 that you think

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.460
 and act

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.440
 and do.

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.420
 It is

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.660
 the living voice

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.759
 of Jesus Christ.

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.120
 The peace

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.940
 of Christ

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.079
 is ours

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.120
 because

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:35.200
 of the word

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.859
 of Christ.

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.319
 The word

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.799
 of Christ

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.400
 is God's

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.839
 declaration

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.120
 of who Jesus

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.539
 is,

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.420
 what he's doing

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.720
 and why he's doing it.

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.799
 Let this word,

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.120
 the apostle says,

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.700
 live among you

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.600
 all richly.

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.580
 So don't just

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.620
 read your Bible.

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.220
 In other words,

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.920
 hear the voice

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.779
 of your Lord.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.819
 Hear the voice

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.380
 of your Lord.

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.940
 Realize it is

00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.380
 the living word

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:02.100
 of the living God

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.160
 and it shouts

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.940
 to us

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:05.500
 about God's

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.400
 reconciling

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.380
 and renewing

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.539
 all things

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.080
 in Jesus Christ.

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.840
 And letting

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.360
 the word

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.039
 of Christ

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.840
 live in us

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.639
 is to be done.

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.139
 He says,

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:16.419
 with all wisdom,

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.899
 when the peace

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.439
 of Christ

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.599
 is our decision

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.959
 making

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.619
 and the word

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.220
 of Christ

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.359
 is flourishing

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 among us,

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.939
 we will engage

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 one another

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 with all wisdom.

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 We won't simply

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.740
 be walking around

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.119
 quoting Bible verses

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.879
 at each other

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 to correct one another

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 or try to fix

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 an issue.

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 And listen,

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.419
 biblically speaking,

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.500
 wisdom is not just

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.299
 about knowledge.

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 It is the skill

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 to apply

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 what we know

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 in a way

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 that enables

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 life to thrive.

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 And he's doing

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 something intentional

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 here,

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 the apostle is.

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 He's setting them up.

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 Look at what he said

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.899
 in chapter one

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 verses 28 and 29.

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 At the end

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 of the chapter,

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 he says,

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 him we proclaim,

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 Christ we proclaim,

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 warning everyone

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 and teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:08.000
 that we may present

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 everyone mature

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 in Christ.

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 Paul says,

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 for this I toil,

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 struggling with all

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 his energy

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 that he powerfully

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 works within me.

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 He's talking about

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 himself as an apostle.

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 I'm working hard

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 to proclaim

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 Jesus Christ

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 to you all,

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 warning and teaching

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 with all wisdom.

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 The purpose is your

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 maturity in Jesus Christ.

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 And now,

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 when we get to chapter three,

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.639
 he says,

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 this isn't just for me

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 to do for you.

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 This is for you all

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 to do with

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 and for one another.

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 He uses the same words

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 that he used

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 in chapter one,

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 with all wisdom,

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 teaching,

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 and warning each other.

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 In other words,

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 he said,

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 don't only look to me

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 as an apostle.

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 As the peace of Christ

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 rules in your hearts

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.799
 and the word of Christ

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 is lavishly living

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.660
 among you,

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 God will grant wisdom

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 so that you can grow

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 in maturity together.

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 together.

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.559
 This dwelling

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:08.519
 of the word of Christ

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 with all wisdom

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 as you teach

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 and warn each other

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 actually happens

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:15.240
 when we come together

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 for worship.

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 It happens

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 when you're singing

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 psalms and hymns

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:21.819
 and spiritual songs

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.859
 with gratitude

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.000
 in your hearts

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 to God.

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 The teaching

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.259
 and the warning

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:29.039
 actually is happening

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 when the body of Christ

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.740
 comes together

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.460
 for worship.

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 Isn't it wonderful

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.379
 that he calls out

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 our corporate singing

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 as a particular way

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 in which we let

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.859
 the word of Christ

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 live richly in us

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 as a way we teach

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 and warn one another.

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 Like,

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 what do you think

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.960
 when you come to church

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 to sing?

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 What do you think

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.680
 is happening?

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 Do you just think about

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 you and God

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 on an island together?

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 just me dwelling

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:04.519
 and worshiping God?

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.879
 Does it work

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:12.000
 into your praise

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.940
 to be thinking

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.359
 about the people of God

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.859
 you are among

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 when you are worshiping,

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.480
 singing psalms

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.220
 and hymns

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.379
 and spiritual songs?

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.299
 Is it generating

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.679
 a gratitude

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.240
 gratitude

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.519
 in your hearts?

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.779
 A thankfulness

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.100
 to God

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.460
 for the community

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.140
 in which

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.779
 he has placed you.

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.320
 When we come

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.279
 together

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.860
 we're able

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.740
 to help each other

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.400
 be grateful

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.140
 for the peace

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.740
 of Christ

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.840
 that's been given

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.400
 to us.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.779
 We're able

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.660
 to help each other

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.519
 be grateful

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.340
 that we're called

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:45.820
 together

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.039
 in one body.

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 We're to help

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.200
 each other

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.860
 be grateful

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.799
 that God

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.519
 has opened

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.259
 our ears

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.000
 to hear

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.940
 the word

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.560
 of Christ.

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.019
 We're to be

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.500
 grateful

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.519
 in the place

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.400
 we're to be

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.900
 grateful

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.039
 in the place

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.940
 that God

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.960
 has captured

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:03.099
 to help

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.680
 each other

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.400
 be grateful

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.359
 in our hearts.

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.680
 And lastly

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.559
 the apostle

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.519
 commands us

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.779
 to be grateful

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.639
 in practice.

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.599
 He expands

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.420
 this attitude

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.339
 of gratitude

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.920
 to the entirety

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.059
 of our lives

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.420
 and whatever

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.139
 you do

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.400
 in word

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.640
 or in your

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.300
 work

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.740
 do everything

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.980
 in the name

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.880
 of the Lord

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.420
 Jesus

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.759
 giving thanks

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.380
 to God

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.980
 the Father

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.000
 through him.

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.680
 Yeah, yeah

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.140
 I know

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.920
 gratefulness

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.440
 in your hearts

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.900
 to God

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.400
 when you're

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.180
 singing songs

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.740
 and hymns

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.460
 and spiritual

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.580
 songs together

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.620
 in worship

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.080
 but he's like

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.660
 look, look, look

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.120
 whatever you do

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:46.160
 in word

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.220
 or in work

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.880
 in word

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.680
 or in deed

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.640
 do it all

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.640
 do it all

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.520
 in the name

00:27:53.520 --> 00:27:54.000
 of the Lord

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.380
 Jesus

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.220
 giving thanks

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.720
 to God

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.300
 the Father

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:58.100
 through him.

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.900
 In other words

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.780
 this attitude

00:27:59.780 --> 00:28:00.759
 of gratitude

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.100
 is to spill

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.480
 out of Sunday

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.960
 worship

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.200
 into everyday

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.700
 living.

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.300
 The rubber

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:07.420
 is to meet

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.240
 the road

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.180
 in our daily

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.700
 lives.

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.800
 So let me

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.560
 kind of wrap

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.000
 this up

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.220
 with an example

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.200
 of what gratitude

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.220
 in practice

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.980
 looks like

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.800
 from something

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.500
 I was blessed

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.139
 to see

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:19.259
 and hear

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.259
 just a couple

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.220
 of years ago

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.839
 from a good

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.639
 friend of mine

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.519
 a brother pastor

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.460
 during a time

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.720
 of racial tension

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.539
 in his city

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.240
 my brother

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.059
 Howard Brown

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.759
 who pastors

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.039
 Christ Central Church

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.960
 in Charlotte

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.960
 North Carolina

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.759
 back in September

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.839
 of 2016

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.500
 he was interviewed

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.259
 in a local

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.539
 for a local TV

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.259
 news program

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.440
 to discuss

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.339
 the racial tensions

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.119
 in his city.

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.319
 the city

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.619
 just exploded

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:49.259
 in protests

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.139
 and there was

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.919
 violence

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:52.599
 and the reporter

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.819
 said to him

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.179
 he said

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.779
 he said

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.259
 pastor

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.959
 you have a very

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.879
 unique position

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.419
 in that you have

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.339
 police officers

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.039
 in your congregation

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.419
 yet you also

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.419
 have congregants

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.099
 who are very

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.639
 frustrated

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.500
 with the police

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:08.179
 and pastor

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.859
 Brown said

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.339
 he said

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.159
 correct

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.619
 the work

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.259
 we do

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.819
 is the work

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.559
 of reconciliation

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.240
 so we have

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.519
 open and honest

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.139
 discussion

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.799
 and we

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.859
 believe

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.099
 that we serve

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.759
 a God

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.440
 and we have

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.079
 a gospel

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.859
 that can handle

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.299
 any kind of dispute

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.659
 in any kind

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.279
 of issue

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.240
 and then the reporter

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.679
 said

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:31.639
 but what is the

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:33.079
 challenge for people

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.440
 even

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.839
 he said

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.139
 even

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:36.859
 people of faith

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.740
 what is the challenge

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.899
 is reconciling

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.759
 their spirituality

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.019
 reality

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.400
 with real life

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.099
 right now

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.599
 in which

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.700
 a lot of people

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:46.519
 feel disenfranchised

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.460
 and feel like

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.339
 they're targeted

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.420
 actually being

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.900
 killed by faith

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:53.900
 pastor Brown said

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.140
 he said

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.039
 what the community

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.660
 of faith

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:57.240
 needs to realize

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.000
 and communicate

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.140
 to people out there

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.839
 is this

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:02.099
 you have a God

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.779
 who is highly

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.379
 concerned

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.879
 and upset

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.819
 at the oppression

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.940
 he's highly

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.879
 concerned

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.859
 about the issues

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.460
 that people

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.240
 are going through

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.000
 but he also recognizes

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.140
 that it is impossible

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.880
 for us

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.099
 to get the justice

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.079
 that our souls

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.120
 and our situations

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.900
 deserve

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.140
 so he was willing

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.900
 to go to bat

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.579
 for us

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.299
 through the work

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.900
 of his son

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.620
 Jesus Christ

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:23.299
 we believe that

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.140
 the question

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.180
 we need to ask

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.599
 is

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.960
 is there space

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.700
 and room

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:29.400
 not only in our churches

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:31.059
 but in our gospel message

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.279
 for those folk

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.460
 who are in the street

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.620
 who are really hurting

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:37.200
 and he said this

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.700
 the only difference

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.720
 between you

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.460
 and the folk

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.240
 who are running

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.980
 in the street

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.120
 is the degree

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.860
 of mercy

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.640
 and grace

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.559
 that you've received

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.460
 that you fail

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.220
 to realize

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.620
 you are no better

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:50.440
 you are no more moral

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.460
 you simply

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:53.279
 are being given

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.519
 a grace of God

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.880
 in a different situation

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.819
 that is not

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.840
 of your own doing

00:30:57.840 --> 00:31:00.440
 what pastor Brown

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.340
 was describing

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:03.539
 is what gratitude

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.519
 in practice

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.460
 looks like

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.920
 gratitude

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.000
 in practice

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.840
 particularly

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:10.560
 when it's rough

00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.960
 around the edges

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.680
 when there are disputes

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.039
 that bubble over

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.019
 into tension

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.279
 and hostility

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.840
 is a recognition

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:20.120
 that I

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.240
 have been given

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.660
 a grace from God

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.680
 that is not

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.420
 of my own doing

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.539
 that I have received

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.560
 peace with God

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:28.860
 through Jesus Christ

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:30.259
 and this governs

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.900
 the realities

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.900
 of my life

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.740
 day in

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.460
 and day out

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.539
 and what that means

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.579
 is I walk

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.940
 into these situations

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.259
 with humility

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:40.640
 I don't walk

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.380
 into them

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.759
 as I know it all

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.600
 having all

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.559
 of the answers

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:47.039
 and would you notice

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.819
 that there's

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.840
 no escape clause

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:52.440
 the apostles

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.160
 have been giving them

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.460
 lists in this passage

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:56.039
 in Colossians chapter 3

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.539
 and now

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.980
 in

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.380
 just in case

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.340
 anybody might think

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.420
 that there's a loophole

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:04.019
 he says whatever you do

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.019
 in word

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.460
 or in deed

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.220
 do

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.240
 everything

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.720
 everything

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.100
 as we say

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:13.560
 everything

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.640
 in the name

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:16.279
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.580
 giving thanks to God

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:17.980
 the Father

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.740
 through him

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.740
 do you know

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.800
 particularly

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.880
 when you're trying

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.759
 to pursue

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.240
 beautiful community

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.720
 when you're trying

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.380
 to pursue it

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.980
 in the church

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.440
 when you're trying

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.100
 to pursue it

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.160
 in your community

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.759
 it's a lot easier

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.279
 to give thanks

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.040
 to God the Father

00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:33.840
 through Jesus Christ

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.880
 when things are going well

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.259
 this

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.700
 particularly

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.519
 has

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.540
 has

00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:42.220
 has

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.259
 has pointed

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.180
 power

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.840
 when we are

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.340
 dealing

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:47.600
 with difficulties

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:49.100
 and divisions

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:50.920
 and differences

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:52.980
 and hostilities

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.700
 and we ask

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.319
 the question

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.759
 what

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:58.099
 difference

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.380
 is Christ

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.720
 making among us

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.700
 what difference

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.779
 is the presence

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:05.380
 of the peace

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.519
 of Christ

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.680
 making

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.099
 among us

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:12.579
 are we learning

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.500
 like Joyce

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:15.599
 when she said

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.500
 I'm learning

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.519
 that my growth

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.880
 in Jesus Christ

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.920
 isn't about

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.960
 my preferences

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.819
 is actually

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.759
 quite often

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.660
 the opposite

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.279
 it's about

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.880
 the stripping

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.840
 away of my

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.460
 preferences

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:29.539
 gratitude

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:31.460
 is the attitude

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.880
 that God

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.039
 calls us to

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.039
 gratitude

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.160
 is the attitude

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.180
 that God

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.579
 calls us to

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.759
 to live

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.960
 out the reality

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.579
 of the peace

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.180
 that we have

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.840
 been given

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:45.279
 by him

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.039
 through faith

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.039
 in Jesus Christ

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.700
 the peace

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.840
 that we have

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.840
 with him

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.699
 that is

00:33:50.699 --> 00:33:51.159
 to just

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:52.379
 flow out

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:54.039
 into a pursuit

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.980
 an active

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.659
 pursuit

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.819
 of peace

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.919
 with another

00:33:57.919 --> 00:33:59.139
 as we live

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.759
 as one body

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.179
 with gratitude

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:03.019
 in our hearts

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.059
 to God

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.859
 let's pray

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:07.819
 Father thank you

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.739
 for your peace

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.719
 you pray

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.179
 Lord

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.980
 that it is

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.079
 indeed

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.360
 the ruling

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.940
 factor

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.539
 over our hearts

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.400
 as your people

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.960
 we pray

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.559
 Lord God

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.360
 that we grow

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.519
 in gratitude

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:24.400
 and in love

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.639
 for one another

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.599
 and for our

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.980
 neighbors

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.440
 as we worship

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.780
 your holy name

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.660
 being reminded

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.320
 that you've done

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.740
 for us

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.740
 what we could

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.340
 not do

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.260
 for ourselves

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.360
 and we pray

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.960
 Lord God

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.680
 that this

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.820
 this gratitude

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.380
 for this peace

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.740
 would just rush

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.780
 out into the

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.900
 daily aspect

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.300
 of our lives

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.619
 every day

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.659
 all day

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.639
 to the praise

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.359
 of your glorious

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.819
 grace

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:50.219
 in Christ's name

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.940
 amen

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.679
 let's rise

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.139
 and sing

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.739
 song number

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.179
 four

00:34:55.179 --> 00:35:07.139
 and so

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:21.059
 to