WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.400 Good morning. 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:15.500 My name is Matthew Gapone, and I'm the assistant pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church, 00:00:15.620 --> 00:00:18.019 and it's my joy to bring God's word to you. 00:00:18.539 --> 00:00:21.440 A special welcome if you are new with us, you're visiting with us. 00:00:21.740 --> 00:00:22.820 We're glad you're here. 00:00:23.580 --> 00:00:27.120 And we're glad you're here, as I say every week, not because you are filling a seat, 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:30.859 but because we are following Jesus together here as one community. 00:00:31.339 --> 00:00:35.600 And we're convinced that there's no one so good that they don't need God's grace, 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:38.219 and no one so bad that they can't have it. 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:41.660 And so God has something to say to everyone in his word. 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:45.640 He has something to say to those of us who might say we've been Christians our entire lives. 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:49.359 He has something to say to those of us who might say that we're not Christians, 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.640 that we have questions or doubts or objections to Christianity. 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:58.539 But God's word is powerful enough and good enough that he's willing to speak to us wherever we're at. 00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:03.659 If you remember, we are looking at the book of Philippians, and the book of Philippians is a letter. 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.900 It's a letter that's written to a church that's very much like our church. 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:11.980 That church is in a city very much like our city. 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.019 Remember, we've been talking about the fact that this is a military city. 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:17.140 It has a military history. 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:20.019 It has special privileges in the province of Macedonia. 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:25.780 And so people who are citizens, people who have served with Rome are given special privileges, special benefits. 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:28.019 They have reduced taxes. 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:32.079 They take pride in the fact that they belong to the Roman Empire. 00:01:33.219 --> 00:01:37.359 And so in a world that, in a city that takes pride in its Roman citizenship, 00:01:37.539 --> 00:01:44.359 we saw last week that Paul encourages his readers instead to take pride in their citizenship in the city of heaven, 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.259 that they belong to God. 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:51.780 And this is a book overall in the big picture about partnership in the gospel. 00:01:52.660 --> 00:01:56.240 So it's about our partnership together, that we are working side by side, 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:58.000 that we have the same goal. 00:01:58.300 --> 00:02:00.260 We're seeking the same treasure together. 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.620 And it's also about the gospel, that our treasure is the news about Jesus. 00:02:05.320 --> 00:02:08.420 It's the story of his life, but also the announcement, the news, 00:02:08.480 --> 00:02:13.180 that his life and his death and his resurrection did what we could not do. 00:02:13.180 --> 00:02:19.140 It took the punishment that we deserve for our sins and gave us the righteousness that Christ earned through his obedience. 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:23.540 And so we're both working together and we're with the gospel, 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:25.560 that we can't take those things and separate them. 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.520 Last week we asked the question of how we can stand together, 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:33.780 how we can have a partnership in the gospel together when we face opposition. 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:41.199 And we saw that we can either go on a mission with each other or we can go on a mission against each other. 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:43.180 That those are our two options. 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:48.580 And Paul encourages and exhorts the people in Philippi to strive side by side for the gospel. 00:02:49.219 --> 00:02:52.240 That they have to pursue unity together and with one another. 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.920 And so last week we saw the why. 00:02:55.919 --> 00:03:02.939 We saw that God builds us up, he confirms our faith and that we belong to him when we stand together. 00:03:03.459 --> 00:03:05.500 And this week we're going to see the how. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.819 How is it that we're able to strive side by side? 00:03:10.839 --> 00:03:16.739 It is one thing to join a church and another to get along with the people in it. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:21.640 It's one thing to take vows for better or for worse. 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:26.320 And another to figure out how to actually live with your spouse. 00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:31.060 It's one thing to be excited about the school year that just started. 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.640 And another to actually get along with the classmates around you. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:43.080 It's one thing to talk about people from both sides of the aisle listening to each other. 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:44.740 And it's another thing to do it. 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:47.500 And so our big question is this. 00:03:47.580 --> 00:03:49.340 How do we actually work together? 00:03:50.260 --> 00:03:51.560 What is it that we actually do? 00:03:51.600 --> 00:03:54.620 Because we know that it's easy to say and hard to do. 00:03:55.480 --> 00:03:56.980 It's something that we wish for. 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:02.660 We know that there's few things in this life more satisfying than working with a team, with a group, towards a common goal. 00:04:03.160 --> 00:04:08.000 And yet if we've lived in this life for more than a few minutes, we know that there's also nothing that's more difficult. 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.920 And so Paul is going to address that very thing in his letter to the Philippians today. 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:16.379 We're in Philippians chapter 2, starting at the very beginning. 00:04:16.539 --> 00:04:18.000 We're going to start in verse 1. 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:21.560 And remember that this letter is God's word. 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:27.939 And God tells us that his word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold. 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:30.699 And that it is sweeter than honey. 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.159 Even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.819 And so we're going to read it starting in verse 1 of chapter 2. 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:38.779 Please read with me. 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:51.939 So, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:59.819 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:05:00.359 --> 00:05:00.919 Verse 3. 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.439 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit. 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:08.480 But in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:14.700 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:19.520 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 00:05:20.460 --> 00:05:26.660 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:27.420 Verse 7. 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:33.460 But emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:41.380 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 00:05:42.580 --> 00:05:48.320 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name. 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:49.580 Verse 10. 00:05:49.579 --> 00:05:57.240 So that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:03.019 And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. 00:06:04.379 --> 00:06:07.159 Please pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:10.120 Dear Father in heaven, 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:13.799 we confess as we read your word 00:06:13.799 --> 00:06:18.740 that it's impossible for us to hear from you unless you speak. 00:06:20.359 --> 00:06:26.759 And even if you speak, it's impossible for us to understand unless you send your spirit to work in our minds and our hearts. 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.579 And so we ask simply that this morning, that you would send your Holy Spirit to us. 00:06:32.379 --> 00:06:34.979 That you would take what's dead in us and make it alive. 00:06:36.099 --> 00:06:39.219 That you would take what we can't understand and make it clear. 00:06:39.220 --> 00:06:44.900 And most of all, that you would take a spotlight and that you would put it on Jesus Christ 00:06:44.900 --> 00:06:48.080 so that we could see him for who he is. 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.460 And we would respond to that. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.820 We ask all these things in the name of your son. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:55.960 Amen. 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:02.779 Paul begins this section essentially by asking a question. 00:07:04.579 --> 00:07:08.579 Have you experienced anything good from the gospel? 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:12.019 Verse 1, is there any encouragement in Christ? 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:16.179 Do you take any encouragement from the fact that 00:07:16.179 --> 00:07:21.139 Jesus' death has paid for your sins and his life is credited to you? 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:23.399 Does the gospel mean anything to you? 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.199 But remember, this isn't just about the gospel. 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:27.099 It's about the partnership. 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.139 And so we also ask, does the partnership mean anything to you? 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.459 Do you have any comfort from love? 00:07:33.599 --> 00:07:35.360 Any participation in the spirit? 00:07:35.919 --> 00:07:42.039 In other words, have you experienced even the smallest benefit from partnership in the gospel? 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:47.879 Have you been able to catch the smallest glimpse, to see the smallest part of it, just a sliver of light? 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.439 Have you been able to see even only a little bit? 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:56.420 Have you been able to experience the love that comes from being part of this partnership? 00:07:57.420 --> 00:07:59.219 Has it affected you in any way? 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:01.040 Has it piqued your curiosity in any way? 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:06.740 If it has touched you in anything, in any part of your life, 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.800 if you've been a part of this community, 00:08:10.659 --> 00:08:12.579 then he asks them to make it even more. 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:16.339 Because he's appealing not just to their relationship with God, 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.159 but also to their relationship with him and with others. 00:08:19.859 --> 00:08:22.039 Because in Paul's mind, this partnership is so important. 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:23.620 And so that's why he says in verse 2, 00:08:23.719 --> 00:08:25.339 to complete my joy. 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:30.799 Not only have you experienced something from your relationship with Christ, 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.620 but have you experienced something with your relationship with me, Paul? 00:08:34.319 --> 00:08:37.480 He's appealing to the fact that he knows this church personally. 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.039 It was 10 years ago that he was with them, 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:43.039 and he was in prison for the sake of the gospel. 00:08:44.180 --> 00:08:46.899 And so he appeals to them like a father to his children. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.920 Have you experienced anything good in this family? 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.159 Has it been a blessing to you? 00:08:54.220 --> 00:08:55.440 Do you want to stay in? 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:58.139 Do you call yourself a Christian? 00:08:59.560 --> 00:09:01.300 Well, then you just have one choice. 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:03.480 Have the same love. 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:05.720 Be in full accord and of one mind. 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.139 Verse 3. 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:10.040 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.360 but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:17.680 And it's in verse 3 that we begin to see the answer to our question. 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.019 How is it that we can actually work together? 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:24.120 What is it that we actually do that allows us to strive side by side? 00:09:24.180 --> 00:09:25.460 And Paul gives us a simple answer. 00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:27.019 It's humility. 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:30.360 Now, we could leave it there, 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:32.980 but we wouldn't have any definition of humility. 00:09:33.160 --> 00:09:35.139 Thankfully, Paul's a precise thinker. 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:36.159 He's a precise writer. 00:09:36.699 --> 00:09:40.000 And so he doesn't leave us to wonder what this kind of humility is. 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:40.779 He's very clear. 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:46.000 Humility here is the opposite of selfish ambition or conceit. 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.600 And so we can do one of two things. 00:09:48.699 --> 00:09:52.819 We can either pursue things that make us look good or feel good, 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.679 or we can pursue things that make other people, 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.939 that go after other people's interests. 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:03.120 We can either do things that make people look, 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:04.940 ourselves look good or feel good. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.940 That's the conceit or the pride. 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:10.660 Or we can focus on what's good for others. 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:14.140 That's the first part of humility that he gives us, 00:10:14.180 --> 00:10:15.120 but that's not the end of it. 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:17.420 Verse 4, he says, 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:24.879 Now, I'm not going to take credit for this definition. 00:10:25.059 --> 00:10:26.179 I'm not sure where it comes from, 00:10:26.219 --> 00:10:27.759 but it's a common definition of humility, 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:28.579 and it's simply this. 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.839 Humility is not thinking less of yourself, 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:35.299 but thinking of yourself less. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:39.259 It's not thinking less of yourself, 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:42.919 but thinking of yourself less. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.899 In other words, the focus of your mind, 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.939 the focus of your energy and your thoughts is on other people. 00:10:50.219 --> 00:10:51.620 It's on their needs. 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:53.139 It's on their concerns, 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:57.459 rather than on what makes you look good and feel good. 00:10:58.579 --> 00:11:02.500 That is Paul's answer here to how this partnership is going to work. 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:05.440 What is going to have to happen 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.759 if these Christians in Philippi 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:11.460 are going to be able to achieve what we talked about last week? 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:15.360 If they're going to be able to actually continue striving side by side 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:16.340 for the sake of the gospel? 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:18.779 If they're going to have any humility, 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.220 any partnership, any unity, 00:11:21.659 --> 00:11:22.840 then the answer is humility. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:26.820 Now, don't hear what I'm not saying here. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.080 Paul is not saying that you should allow people to abuse you. 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:36.179 He is not saying that you should live as a doormat. 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:41.500 Remember, he's writing to a church that's in the middle of conflict. 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:44.759 We are going to find out in chapter 4 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.279 that there are people in the church 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.399 that cannot figure out how to get along. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.080 And so he's saying in the middle of conflict, 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:58.059 the answer is to figure out what other people need. 00:11:58.059 --> 00:12:00.679 And so in verse 4, 00:12:00.739 --> 00:12:02.500 I wish this word were even stronger. 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:04.379 Let each of you look. 00:12:05.359 --> 00:12:06.939 We could say maybe look into. 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:11.139 But a better word for this might be research. 00:12:13.579 --> 00:12:15.659 That this looking is an inquiring, 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:16.439 it's an asking, 00:12:16.579 --> 00:12:17.359 it's a questioning. 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:20.120 It's going and trying to figure out 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:21.039 what other people need. 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:23.980 And so it looks something like this. 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.320 It looks like 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:29.560 young families 00:12:29.560 --> 00:12:31.720 trying to figure out 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.899 what is it that our widows in the church need. 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:36.879 It's widows in the church 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.740 being concerned, 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:38.419 first and foremost, 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:40.720 what do young single people in the church need? 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:42.320 What are their concerns? 00:12:42.420 --> 00:12:43.240 What are their interests? 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.120 People who were born in the U.S., 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.759 they make their primary concern 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.700 trying to figure out 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:51.200 what are the needs and the interests 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.340 of people who are not born in the U.S. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.360 It's husbands who are making it their job 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:58.960 to research and look into 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:00.480 what are the needs and concerns 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.879 of my wife and my children. 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.539 That is my primary concern. 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:08.500 And so there's a question challenge here for us. 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:10.559 Because Paul is saying 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.419 that the answer 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:13.639 to our disunity in the church, 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.019 our answer to conflict, 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.240 is to become researchers. 00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:19.039 To become researchers 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.139 about other people in the church. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.360 Our conflict in the situations 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:25.539 that we find ourselves in, 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:27.600 if we're not able to reach unity, 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:29.700 this is his initial answer. 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:31.679 And so when he says in verse 2, 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.759 be of the same mind, 00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:33.840 having the same love, 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:35.019 he does not mean 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:36.120 that everyone in the church 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:37.500 has to agree about everything. 00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:39.600 He's not saying 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.899 that we're going to have a church meeting 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.799 and at this church meeting 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.659 we're going to write down 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.980 ten questions of opinions 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:44.679 and preferences. 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.840 And at the end of the meeting 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.919 all of us have to leave 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:49.059 believing the same thing. 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:52.779 Because the problem here 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:54.279 is that not that people in the church 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:55.220 believe different things, 00:13:55.299 --> 00:13:56.460 but that they can't get along 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.059 with each other. 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:59.399 They don't know how to work together. 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:04.120 I had an acquaintance 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:05.980 in college 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:08.279 and I didn't know him very well, 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:08.879 but at one point 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:10.279 he came up in a conversation 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.000 with someone else 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.259 and I said, 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.659 oh, do you know so-and-so? 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.299 I don't even remember 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.299 what we were talking about, 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.860 but this person's answer 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:17.639 has stuck with me 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.419 ever since then 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:20.079 for the last probably 00:14:20.079 --> 00:14:20.879 ten years or so. 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.279 He said, 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.639 yes, 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:24.059 I know so-and-so. 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:25.059 Let's say his name is John. 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.740 His name's not John, 00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.480 but let's say his name is John. 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.179 I know John. 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.839 And then he sat and thought 00:14:28.839 --> 00:14:29.360 for a second 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.799 and he said, 00:14:29.959 --> 00:14:30.319 John, 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:34.620 John has a lot of answers, 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:38.060 but he doesn't have any questions. 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:42.500 He has a lot of answers, 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:44.580 but he doesn't have any questions. 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.760 And I thought about that for a second 00:14:46.760 --> 00:14:47.360 and I thought, 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.560 yeah, that's true. 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:49.740 I've interacted with John. 00:14:50.420 --> 00:14:51.940 John does have a lot of answers. 00:14:52.780 --> 00:14:54.080 For a 19-year-old, 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:55.660 he knows a lot about the world. 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:59.939 He knows more than the rest of us do, 00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:01.740 but I don't think I've ever heard him 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.459 ask a question. 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:09.179 What we see here in Philippians 2 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:11.079 is that if we want to have unity 00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:11.699 in the church, 00:15:12.459 --> 00:15:14.480 we have to be question people, 00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:16.639 not answer people. 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:20.079 We have to be question people, 00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.839 not answer people. 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:24.059 And question people specifically 00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:25.559 about the needs and concerns 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.639 of other people. 00:15:27.719 --> 00:15:28.959 You know, everyone has a list. 00:15:30.819 --> 00:15:31.819 Everyone has a list, 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.339 whether it's in their marriage, 00:15:34.479 --> 00:15:35.379 whether it's in the church, 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.559 whether it's in your job, 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.839 whether it's in your friend group. 00:15:38.599 --> 00:15:40.339 Everyone has a list of things 00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:40.959 that would make, 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.599 that need to change 00:15:42.599 --> 00:15:45.000 and would make life better for them. 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.679 And so my challenge for us is this. 00:15:49.739 --> 00:15:50.679 What would it look like 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:53.099 to have a list of things 00:15:53.099 --> 00:15:54.339 that would make things better 00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:55.099 for other people? 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.799 And would cause us to lose something? 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.699 What would it be like for us 00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:04.419 to have a list of things 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:05.799 that would make a situation 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.959 better for other people, 00:16:07.359 --> 00:16:09.039 but it would cause us 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.919 to lose something? 00:16:11.619 --> 00:16:12.679 Now, we're going to have a chance 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.959 to practice this a little bit 00:16:13.959 --> 00:16:14.939 in a few weeks. 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:17.640 So you heard this morning 00:16:17.640 --> 00:16:18.200 from Mark 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.420 that we're going to have a survey 00:16:19.420 --> 00:16:20.900 about what time 00:16:20.900 --> 00:16:21.760 the church should meet. 00:16:22.660 --> 00:16:23.840 Now, this is a simple thing. 00:16:23.880 --> 00:16:24.780 This is probably the simplest 00:16:24.780 --> 00:16:25.840 of things we could talk about. 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.920 This doesn't involve 00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:28.180 our theological convictions, 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.360 hopefully. 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.880 But it involves our preferences, 00:16:35.020 --> 00:16:35.800 and I'm just going to say it. 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.820 Someone's going to lose. 00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:41.280 If the time doesn't change 00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:42.640 and you wanted it to change, 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:44.100 then you're going to lose. 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:48.420 If you wanted the time 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:49.080 to say the same 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.720 and it changes, 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.900 whatever happens, 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.780 someone's not going 00:16:52.780 --> 00:16:53.580 to get their preference. 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:56.940 And so we're seeking 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:57.820 as deacons and elders 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.600 to try to do 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.560 what's going to be good 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.540 for our whole community. 00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.800 And so if what happens 00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:03.740 is not your preference, 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.400 if you're anything like me, 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.799 if you're a normal human being 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.420 in this world, 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.360 you're probably going to say, 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.799 you know, 00:17:10.620 --> 00:17:11.819 man, I wish it had been different. 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.960 I wish it had been 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:14.180 what I had voted for. 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.460 Don't they understand 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.740 that I have young kids? 00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:20.539 Or don't they understand 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.960 that I wake up 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.980 at 6 a.m. every morning 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.519 and I have to wait 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.680 three hours for service 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:24.980 to start 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.980 and now I have to wait four. 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:30.039 But the response here, 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:31.220 if we're listening to Paul, 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.200 our response would be this, 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.900 if we lose. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.160 Someone in the church 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.099 must have really needed 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:38.099 our time to change. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.339 And I'm glad we're doing 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.539 what's in the interest 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.180 of other people. 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.799 I'm going to lose something, 00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:47.519 but I'm willing to do it. 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.519 I'm willing to do it 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.519 for the sake of our community. 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.380 I'm willing to do it. 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.779 Now, I don't mean to be trite 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.720 in giving you that example. 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.839 I'll say that is probably 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.779 the least of things 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.519 we could worry about. 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.740 So if we can't pass that test 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.160 as a church, 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.640 we're in trouble. 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.819 I'm confident that we'll pass it. 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.420 I have a preference 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.140 about which time 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:03.039 we're going to change to 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.660 or not change to. 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.480 I'm not going to tell you. 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.500 So then you can't hold me 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.839 accountable 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.860 if it doesn't go my way. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.700 But that's what Paul 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.559 is telling us here. 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.160 Be questioned people, 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.240 not answer people. 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:19.759 Be looking to the needs 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.379 of other people. 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.339 Be researchers. 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.500 When you see that word, 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.259 look in verse four, 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.779 I want you to think, 00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:26.279 let each of you research 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.000 not just his own interests, 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.220 but really research 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.339 the interests of other people. 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:34.240 Don't be brainstorming answers, 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.519 but be brainstorming questions. 00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:38.539 Think about what you don't know 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:40.160 about other people 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.920 in this situation. 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.480 So our first question 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.900 then to our, 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.160 our first answer 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.100 to our question is this. 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.840 How do we have unity? 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.800 How do we work together? 00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.920 We promote the good 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.580 of other people 00:18:53.580 --> 00:18:54.720 even when it costs us. 00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:58.480 So we're not just researchers, 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.420 we take action. 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.340 We figure out 00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:01.480 the needs of other people. 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.900 We're willing to put those needs 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.980 above the needs of our own. 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.680 We're willing to act. 00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:09.460 We're willing to lose. 00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:12.160 We're willing to lose something 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.740 for the sake of others. 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:16.340 And so when Paul tells the church 00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:17.460 to be of one mind, 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.440 again, he doesn't mean 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.100 you have to agree 00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:21.519 about everything except this. 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:24.120 Agree that you're all 00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:25.240 going to have the one mind 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.400 of pursuing what's best 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.160 for other people. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.779 And when you do that, 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.279 unity will not be 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.900 a problem for you anymore. 00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:39.400 You might have disagreements. 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:42.059 You might have friendly debates. 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:45.660 But you won't have disunity. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.640 You won't have people 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:50.019 fighting in factions. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.779 Instead, you'll have people 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.480 fighting over 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:54.059 how they can help other people, 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.880 how they can promote 00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:58.039 other people and lift them up. 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.299 Now this isn't some, 00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:03.440 just some trite 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.519 self-help advice. 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.619 It's more than that. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.420 It's actually impossible. 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.759 So Paul asks us 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.299 to do something 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.220 that we are incapable 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.859 of doing. 00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.960 If you were to run 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.119 into some kind of strategy 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:19.440 like this in a leadership book, 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.000 it would ultimately 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.900 be manipulative. 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.700 Look out for the interests 00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.879 of others so that you can 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:25.359 build their trust 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.379 and then push your agenda 00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.680 through. 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.619 But Paul's not saying that. 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.059 Paul's saying, 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.659 no, you're actually 00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.440 going to lose. 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.299 This is not some 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.359 leadership strategy 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.059 that was published 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.819 in the Harvard Business Review 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:39.339 for people to figure out 00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.480 how to make their agendas 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.339 happen faster. 00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.379 This is actually 00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.419 losing your agenda. 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.839 It's completely dying. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.980 And so how are we going 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:50.460 to do what is impossible, 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.359 what we do not have 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.000 the resources 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.720 to accomplish? 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.259 Well, Paul tells us 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.819 that we do. 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:00.059 We have the resources 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:02.380 but only if we are in Christ. 00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.500 You see in verse 5, 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:04.799 he says, 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.579 have this mind 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.259 among yourselves 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.039 which is yours 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.319 in Christ Jesus. 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.100 In other words, 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.980 the only way 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.240 you are going to be able 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.980 to do this 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:15.039 is if you belong to Jesus 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.019 and his spirit 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.039 is at work in you. 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.960 That's why he talked earlier 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.660 about participation 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.380 in the spirit 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.120 in verse 1 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:23.039 because that's the prerequisite 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.420 for anything to happen. 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:26.339 Anything of spiritual value 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.200 or worth. 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.639 That's how, 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.720 remember we talked about 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.940 we're one garden 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.619 growing together. 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.799 That's how the garden grows. 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.779 It's because there is 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.559 a great gardener. 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.000 And then he goes on 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.539 to tell us 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.460 why this is ours 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.319 in Christ Jesus. 00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.839 Because who, 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.299 though he was 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.119 in the form of God, 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.180 did not count equality 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.680 with a God 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.720 a thing to be grasped 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.639 but emptied himself 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:47.220 by taking the form 00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.740 of a servant 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.920 being born in the likeness 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.299 of men 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.879 and being found 00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.579 in human form 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.420 he humbled himself 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.420 by becoming obedient 00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.420 to the point of death 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.620 even death 00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.600 on a cross. 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.720 In other words, 00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.660 there is no one 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.279 in the history 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.960 of the world 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.500 who has lost 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.539 more than Jesus lost. 00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:09.720 There's no one 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.180 in the history 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.560 of the world 00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.200 who's lost 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.400 more than Jesus lost 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.380 and there is no one 00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:18.460 who is willing 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.300 to lose more 00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.279 for the sake of others. 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:22.639 Jesus didn't hang 00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.720 on to his personal 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.259 interests. 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.420 He didn't hang 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.019 on to what was 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.779 good for him. 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.059 He gave up 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.220 all the privileges 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.859 that he had 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.259 in heaven. 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.399 And not only that, 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.279 he took on 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.779 the body 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.639 of a human being 00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:36.259 with all its 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.059 frailties, 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.579 with all its 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.160 inabilities, 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.220 all its limitations. 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.000 That he didn't just 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.740 lose everything 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.279 that he had 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.259 but he took on 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.259 something that would 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.139 cause him to have 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.319 tremendous suffering. 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:50.619 And yet he was 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.299 still God 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.279 in the midst of it. 00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:54.159 He took off 00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.720 everything that 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.319 would give him 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.819 stature or power 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.579 or status 00:22:57.579 --> 00:23:00.179 and took on 00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.559 the form 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.299 of a human being. 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.019 Now this passage 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.539 here is primarily 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.439 it's about church unity 00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:07.159 but it's become 00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:08.659 a point of debate 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.159 in the church 00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.000 about the relationship 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.939 between Christ's 00:23:10.939 --> 00:23:11.519 human nature 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.460 and his divine nature. 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.599 And so I'm going 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.259 to tell you a story. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.019 The story is not 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.500 my own. 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.639 It's a famous story 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.399 among preachers 00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.679 to explain this concept 00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.819 so I take no credit 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.240 for it. 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:25.139 But the story 00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:25.839 is about 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:28.159 a tribe in Africa. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.659 And this tribe 00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.099 in Africa 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:32.659 had a deep, 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.240 deep well. 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.379 And so to get water 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.819 people would have 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.480 to climb down 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.059 a shaft 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.139 and take their 00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.259 carrier and get 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.579 the water 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.059 and then they would 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.980 have to come back up. 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.619 And there was a chief 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.220 in this tribe 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.220 and this is a true story 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.619 by the way. 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.759 It's from missionaries 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.119 in Africa. 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.819 There was a chief 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.379 in this tribe 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:50.259 who had many honors 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.779 and privileges. 00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.559 The reason he was 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.959 the chief 00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.739 was because he was 00:23:52.739 --> 00:23:54.379 the strongest person 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.179 in the whole tribe. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.099 And he had honors 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.519 and glories 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.039 that went along 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.819 with being a chief 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.599 so he had a great 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.219 headdress. 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.939 He had a great robe 00:24:01.939 --> 00:24:02.919 that he would always wear. 00:24:04.719 --> 00:24:05.559 And one day 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.419 there was a man 00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.219 who went down 00:24:08.219 --> 00:24:08.859 to get his water 00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.539 and while he was down 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.939 at the bottom 00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:10.339 of the well 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.299 he broke his leg. 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:13.259 And so he was 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.819 unable 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.339 to get back up. 00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.059 He was trapped 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.559 at the bottom 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.059 of the well. 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.720 There was nothing 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.319 he could do. 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.460 And so they went 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.339 to get the one man 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.740 who was able 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.339 to do anything 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.799 the chief 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.599 because the chief 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.460 was the only person 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.159 strong enough 00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.200 to go all the way down 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.079 and lift this man 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.799 up on his back 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.659 and carry him up. 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.899 But to go down 00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.440 the shaft 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.980 of the well 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.720 the chief 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.500 could not do it 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.299 with his headdress 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.240 because it was so big. 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:40.740 And he could not 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.900 have his robe on 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.660 because he would 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.220 get in the way. 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.680 And so he took 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.640 off the headdress 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.579 and he took 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.299 off the robe 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.480 and he climbed 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.220 all the way down 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.779 into the shaft 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.160 and he was able 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.120 to put this man 00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.819 on his back 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.359 and carry him up. 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.599 He got rid 00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.160 of everything 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.799 that would give him 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:01.140 glory or power. 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.680 Everything that was 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.640 his by right 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.339 he took down 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.880 for the interest 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.519 of this man. 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.900 And so did he 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.160 stop being a chief? 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.180 Of course not. 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.720 He was still 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.660 always the chief. 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.599 But he took 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.000 off all the things 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.539 that gave him 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.120 his status 00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.779 and his authority 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.380 and his power 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.319 for the sake 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.299 of saving this man. 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.259 And so did Jesus 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.740 cease to become God 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.680 when he became man? 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.460 Of course not. 00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.240 He simply took 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.819 off everything 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.440 that gave him 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.319 power and glory. 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.640 We're told in Isaiah 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.079 that there was 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.160 nothing in him 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.900 that would cause us 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.599 to look at Jesus 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.299 and be impressed 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.660 with him. 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:38.160 When people saw 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.120 Jesus walking around 00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.920 they did not think 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.800 there's a great leader. 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.100 There's a man 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.620 right there. 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.720 No. 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.360 There was nothing 00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.920 that would draw 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.140 our attention to him. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.960 There was no beauty 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.980 in him. 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.279 And yet he laid 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.840 it all down 00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.580 for our sake. 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.540 And so Jesus 00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:56.240 first of all 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.860 he's our model here. 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.779 He shows us 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.720 that he has lost 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.720 more than anyone 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.660 else ever lost. 00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.400 And so 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.279 whatever we lose 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.940 is less than that 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.460 we can follow 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.000 after him. 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.500 But he's not 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.240 just our model. 00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.899 If Jesus were 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.960 just a model 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.139 then he would 00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.660 also be the 00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.259 stupidest man 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.879 who ever lived 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.279 because he would 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.740 have died 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.500 for no reason. 00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.559 But remember 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.180 Jesus is not 00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.759 just our model 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.639 he's our reminder 00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:22.240 because as we 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.680 look at him 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.460 laying aside 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.299 all his glory 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.039 all his privileges 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.720 all his rights 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.399 we have to remember 00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.339 the reason why. 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.799 And the reason 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.279 he did it 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.960 was to die 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.799 for our sins. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.500 And you know 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.779 that the cost 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.420 of the remedy 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:36.359 shows the severity 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.000 of the illness 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.000 Jesus' death 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.180 the fact that he 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.139 died for our sins 00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:41.119 shows us how 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.759 bad off we are. 00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.740 That we're not 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.579 just mistaken 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.299 we're not just 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.819 incorrect 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:49.879 but we're deeply 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.399 broken in every way. 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.200 That God was 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.099 pouring out 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.720 his wrath 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.399 on humanity 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.819 and Jesus 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.500 had to come 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.059 and receive 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.579 that wrath 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.259 for our sake. 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.759 And so Jesus 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.399 is not just 00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.480 a model for us 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.359 but he's a reminder 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.879 a reminder 00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.699 that as we're 00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.679 struggling with unity 00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:07.119 as we're seeking 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.119 the best of others 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.899 we have to remember 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.099 that our ideas 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.879 are not as good 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.819 as we think they are. 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.459 Because 00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:17.459 the reality of sin 00:27:17.459 --> 00:27:18.299 doesn't just affect 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.179 our emotions 00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.019 it doesn't just affect 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.479 our will 00:27:20.479 --> 00:27:20.959 our desires 00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.339 it affects 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.119 every part of us 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.939 it affects our mind 00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.399 as well. 00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:25.099 So whatever we want 00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:27.619 whatever we're pushing for 00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:29.679 the cross 00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.539 has to give us 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.539 a moment to pause 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.359 because we have 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.920 to remember 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.940 how mistaken 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.039 we are. 00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:38.720 We are so wrong 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.059 that Jesus 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.099 had to die for us. 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.240 And so it causes 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.839 us humility 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.500 we don't just have 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.879 humility 00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.500 as we follow 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.000 after Jesus 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.659 as our model 00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.579 but we have 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.000 humility 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.039 because he reminds 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.700 us of how 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.339 desperately 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.319 in need of 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.079 rescue we are. 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.899 How desperately 00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.700 broken we are 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.139 in every part. 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:59.920 and so the gospel 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.780 humbles us 00:28:00.780 --> 00:28:02.200 because it shows us 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.020 that Jesus did 00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.960 more than we can do 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.060 but it also 00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.640 humbles us 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.560 because it shows us 00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.180 that we needed 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.860 him to do it. 00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.640 There are few 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.940 things stronger 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.759 in this world 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.580 than a person's 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.060 need 00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:17.340 to be right. 00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:20.480 I'll say that again. 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.860 There are few 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.960 things stronger 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.820 in this world 00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.640 few forces 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.220 that are more 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.720 powerful 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.279 than an individual 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.059 person's 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.860 need to be 00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.319 right. 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.839 Yet the gospel 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.839 frees us from that 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.779 because to accept 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.200 the gospel 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.079 we have to admit 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.759 that we're wrong. 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.259 To accept 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.839 the gospel 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.940 we have to 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.259 admit 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.200 that we're wrong 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:48.259 because Jesus 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.839 is not just 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.400 our model 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.660 but our savior. 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.920 And so we can 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.839 put the interests 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.180 of others 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.980 above our own 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.840 not just 00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:58.660 because we have 00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.680 the Holy Spirit 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.539 working in us 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.539 not just because 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.920 of Jesus' 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.200 example to us 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.700 but also 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.380 of the reminder 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.779 that whatever 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.380 we think 00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.180 whatever we know 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.840 whatever we feel 00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.820 strongly about 00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:11.980 none of it 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.620 not all of it 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.460 can be 100% 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.880 correct. 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.259 And we know 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.100 that our desires 00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.560 and our 00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:20.880 wants and our needs 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.700 our temptation 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.240 is always 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.720 to make them 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.180 bigger than 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.860 they should be 00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:28.060 and less 00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:28.460 than they need 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.760 to be. 00:29:30.020 --> 00:29:30.780 And so the gospel 00:29:30.780 --> 00:29:32.000 the story 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.580 of Jesus 00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:34.680 his life 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.180 and his death 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.800 and his resurrection 00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.520 and the news 00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:37.480 that he gives us 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:40.500 both empowers us 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.300 as we seek 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.860 the good of others 00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.340 and it also 00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:44.100 humbles us 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:46.519 that if we admit 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.419 our need for him 00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.500 we have to realize 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.759 that we are not 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.119 right 00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:52.240 even as our desire 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.059 to be right 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.679 can feel overwhelming 00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.919 at times. 00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.959 But it doesn't 00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.339 end there. 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.859 We still have 00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.819 verses 9 and 11. 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:09.099 Jesus gave up 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:12.720 but then he gains. 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:31.059 In other words 00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.500 Jesus was willing 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.559 to lose everything 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.099 for the sake 00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.559 of others 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.759 and God gave him 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.159 everything 00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:38.179 in return. 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.960 Jesus didn't 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.000 earn those things 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:43.379 something didn't 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.879 become true 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.079 of him 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.460 that wasn't 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.019 true before 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.740 but instead 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.799 now we know 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:50.059 he has the name 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.819 above every other 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.119 name 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.960 because now 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.700 humanity 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.500 is aware 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.659 mankind 00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.480 is aware 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.240 of the fact 00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.740 that he is 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.200 the one 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:01.099 who showed us 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.919 what God is like 00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:03.019 he's the one 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.119 that is willing 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.639 to give up 00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.039 everything 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.599 for the sake 00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.039 of others 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.240 and so it 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.859 doesn't just 00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.559 stay in his 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.119 humiliation 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.839 we don't just 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.039 stick with the fact 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.759 that Jesus died 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.440 but it ends 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.440 in his exaltation 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.920 it ends in the fact 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.579 that he's risen 00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.160 from the dead 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.720 that he's sitting 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.400 at the right hand 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.940 of the father 00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.099 and so by losing 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.819 everything 00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.960 Jesus gained 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.559 everything 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.759 because God 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.619 gave it to him 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:31.779 and so Jesus 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.839 isn't just 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.399 our model 00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.839 but he's also 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.619 our encouragement 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:36.940 if we're united 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.460 with him 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:39.059 if we have 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.539 participation 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.319 in the spirit 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.819 that we see 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.460 in verse 1 00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.019 if we have 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.599 his mind 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.500 in verse 5 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.159 then his future 00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:46.099 is our future 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.139 as well 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:49.339 and so that 00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.099 when we lose 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:52.379 for the sake 00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:52.839 of others 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.699 when we lose 00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:56.219 for the sake 00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.699 of Christ 00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.459 we also know 00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.839 that we will 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.259 gain with him 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:02.059 we will gain 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.079 everything with him 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.919 that his story 00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.799 is our story 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.639 his exaltation 00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.219 will ultimately 00:32:07.219 --> 00:32:08.240 result in ours 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.119 when he returns 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.980 in his second coming 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:12.740 and so his model 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.459 and his story 00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:14.439 belongs to us 00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:16.639 that we can lose 00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.099 for the sake 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.459 of others 00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:18.579 because Jesus did 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:22.139 and we will win 00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.659 with him 00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:24.039 because he won 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.539 as well 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.259 but it will look 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.899 like the path 00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.619 that he's given us 00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.139 a path 00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:29.220 of suffering 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.599 and then glory 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.559 Jesus models 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.359 this for us 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:36.199 in John 13 00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.759 you remember 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.179 in Mark 10 00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.740 we had James 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.279 and John 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.379 and they asked 00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.899 Jesus if they 00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.619 could be great 00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.539 if they could be 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.059 the first 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.720 if they could sit 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.500 at his right hand 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.019 in the kingdom 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:49.119 and Jesus said 00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.680 it's not for me 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.139 to give 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.680 but my path 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.240 is the path 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.799 of a servant 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.259 and a slave 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:57.119 and then he demonstrates 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.240 it in John 13 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.200 by washing 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.500 their feet 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:03.200 it says 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.619 when Jesus 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.180 had washed 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.700 their feet 00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.139 and put on 00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.819 his outer garment 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.319 and resumed 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.799 his place 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.440 he said to them 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.519 do you understand 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.639 what I have done 00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.019 to you 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.920 you call me 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.819 teacher and Lord 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.619 and you are right 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.579 for so I am 00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.480 if I then 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.099 your Lord 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.579 and teacher 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.119 have washed 00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.579 your feet 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.159 you also 00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.859 ought to wash 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.720 one another's feet 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.259 for I have given 00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.000 you an example 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.039 that you also 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.980 do just as I 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.240 have done 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.699 to you 00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:27.279 truly truly 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.079 I say to you 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.579 a servant 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.319 is not greater 00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.059 than his master 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.779 nor is a messenger 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.879 greater than 00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.359 the one 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.559 who sent him 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.059 if you know 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.740 these things 00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.519 blessed are you 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.460 if you do them 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:43.039 so as the master 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.539 walks 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:45.700 so walk 00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.859 his disciples 00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:48.720 both in his 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.420 giving up 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:51.480 losing everything 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.299 for our sake 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.700 but also 00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.339 in his gaining 00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:56.980 because we 00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.639 follow him 00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.399 in his suffering 00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.680 and his victory 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.759 please pray 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.759 with me 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:05.279 dear father 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.700 in heaven 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.519 we thank you 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.000 that you 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.579 were willing 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.199 to lose 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.800 everything 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.119 for our sake 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.340 for us 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.820 to gain 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.120 to gain 00:34:14.120 --> 00:34:14.519 life 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.079 because without 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.559 you 00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.880 we have 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.140 nothing 00:34:16.140 --> 00:34:16.680 but death 00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:18.200 so we 00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.539 thank you 00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.880 for that 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.200 we ask 00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.380 that you 00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.680 would make 00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.079 it real 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.360 in our 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.740 lives 00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:20.960 that you 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.180 would give 00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.460 us the 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.900 humility 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.400 that comes 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.700 from that 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:23.100 knowledge 00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:25.539 and you'd 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.780 give us 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.320 the humility 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.820 that comes 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.160 from your 00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.500 example 00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.880 that you'd 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.300 move in 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.440 us 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.720 that we 00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.160 would be 00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:30.019 researchers 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.200 looking out 00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.519 for the 00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.059 interests of 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.360 others 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.360 above our 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.539 own 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.000 we confess 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.440 that we 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.920 can't do 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.160 it by 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.640 ourselves 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:38.059 and so we 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.519 ask that you 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.900 would do it 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.319 for us 00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.839 we ask all 00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.279 these things 00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.619 in the name 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.879 of your 00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.159 son 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.359 amen