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 That was Ephesians 2 verse 11.

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 In Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility,

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 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances,

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 that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

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 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.

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 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.

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 For through him we both have access in one spirit to the Father.

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 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,

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 but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

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 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

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 Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

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 in whom the whole structure, being joined together,

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 grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

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 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

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 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

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 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation,

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 as I have written briefly.

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 When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations,

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 as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

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 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs,

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 members of the same body and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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 Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace,

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 which was given me by the working of his power.

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 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints,

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 this grace was given to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ

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 and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God,

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 who created all things,

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 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known

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 to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

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 This was according to the eternal purpose

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 that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word?

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 Father, my simple prayer is that you would give us a vision of your church that you have.

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 And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, I don't think this is a profound statement,

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 but we all crave connection, don't we?

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 Studies have shown that a newborn child,

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 deprived of all physical touch,

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 have serious issues growing up,

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 all physical touch.

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 Solitary confinement in prison is one of the worst punishments

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 you can inflict on a human being.

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 And even that relational connection

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 is one of the best ways to overcome addictions of various kinds.

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 We all crave connection, community.

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 But don't we try and do it on my terms?

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 A child wants to be part of the family,

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 but despises sharing the household chores

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 or their parents saying no.

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 We want the hospitals and the roads

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 and the protection of police and the justice system,

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 but we hate paying taxes.

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 We want to be part of the sports team,

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 but only when it's convenient for me.

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 I even heard of a local amateur sports team

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 where the coach paid the players to come to training.

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 And as the season went on,

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 they still didn't come.

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 We want to be married.

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 We want that deep intimacy and common purpose,

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 but do we really want to submit all our choices to our spouse?

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 And we just settle for transactional relating.

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 I'll do this if you do that.

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 You might want to fully belong to this church family,

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 but if you only give yourself to others

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 and what's going on here when it's convenient and safe

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 and requiring little sacrifice,

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 just don't be surprised if you don't feel very connected.

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 But then we know from other cultures and from history

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 that the antidote to that isn't to elevate the group,

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 the family, the nation, the church,

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 as supreme to the point where the individual is lost altogether.

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 It gives all the power to those in charge

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 where the individual life can become very, very cheap.

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 And it can create division between groups,

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 between families, between tribes and nations

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 that the bloodshed in history shows us

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 that that doesn't work either.

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 So I think we're kind of stuck.

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 We crave connection as human beings

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 and we try and have it on our own terms,

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 but it doesn't work.

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 It keeps us at arm's length self-protection

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 and unity that lasts is almost impossible to maintain.

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 We saw in Genesis, before the fall,

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 before sin entered the world,

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 how central in God's purposes that God wants a people.

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 We hear it in the command to fill the earth with his people.

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 We hear the Lord's surprising declaration to Adam,

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 who is in paradise, relating to the Lord,

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 it's not good to be alone.

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 He needs someone of the same flesh,

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 the same nature to relate to.

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 We have here not only the commencement of marriage,

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 but the start of the human race under Adam and Eve.

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 What should have spread was Adam's family

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 ever increasing and worshipping the Lord

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 without any shame, only blessing.

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 So as we come to the end of our sermon series,

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 we've covered a lot of ground, haven't we?

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 We've gone on so many topics.

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 But it would be incomplete and it would be tragically distorted

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 if we viewed everything we've covered so far,

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 if we viewed it individualistically.

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 So if we think of the Christian hope of heaven

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 as simply me being resurrected so that I can see the Lord face to face,

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 now that's true and it's wonderful,

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 but it's incomplete.

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 If we understand that the Lord is personal

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 and he speaks through his word to me,

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 I can know him through his word.

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 That's true, but it's not complete.

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 The sovereign creator is still sovereign

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 and he's working all things for my good

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 to conform me to the likeness of his son.

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 That's true, but he's got a bigger goal than that.

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 That I can know the triune creator,

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 God as father, because I belong to the son

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 filled with his spirit.

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 Again, individualistically, that's true,

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 but it's more than that.

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 That I'm made for worship, to love, trust and obey God,

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 build my life on God, not some created thing.

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 That sin is trying to be in control

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 when really God is the one who should be in control.

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 That I'm made in the likeness of God,

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 to be like God, to reflect the glory of God

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 as I go about in the world.

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 All these things, individualistically, is true,

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 but it's incomplete.

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 It's not God's picture.

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 Of what he intended creation to be,

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 not the full picture.

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 Because we see in Genesis that God's goal is rest

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 and at the heart of rest is God dwelling with

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 his worshipping people.

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 One way to understand the story of scripture

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 is to look at it through the theme of

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 two competing, two alternatives to community.

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 One is a man-made community with man at the centre

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 and the other is a God-made community

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 with God at the centre.

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 So we see this at the end of scripture in Revelation

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 where you've got the city of Babylon,

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 man-made, living life for self,

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 but it comes to an end.

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 What city lasts?

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 God's city.

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 But we see this theme starting off in Genesis.

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 We come to it in Genesis 11

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 where we've got the Tower of Babel.

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 And here at the Tower of Babel,

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 you've got people sinfully trying to go,

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 let us make a name for ourselves.

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 Now what are they trying to do?

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 They're trying to build a kingdom without the king.

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 Let us make a name not for God but for ourselves.

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 Let's build a society where we've got security,

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 where we've got our own purpose,

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 where we're going to get all the acclaim ourselves,

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 where we're going to guarantee our future.

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 It's trying to build a kingdom just without the king.

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 So that's one option.

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 And we've been trying ever since.

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 Building community without God at the centre.

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 But then in Genesis 12,

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 God steps in, calls Abraham out,

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 and he starts his program

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 to build a people for himself.

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 So the rest of the Old Testament

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 zooms in on Abraham's descendants,

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 the nation of Israel.

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 But in the end,

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 even this privileged nation

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 who had God speaking to them,

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 all the privileges in the world,

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 even they,

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 instead of being a light to the nations

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 to draw them in,

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 they end up becoming like the nations.

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 So we can see there's two communities,

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 two alternatives.

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 One is man-made,

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 God-made.

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 One is man-centred.

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 One is God-centred.

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 So if the nation of Israel didn't work,

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 does that mean that God's desire for a people

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 failed?

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 Did it fail?

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 And here we come to Ephesians.

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 I think Ephesians says it most explicitly and clearly,

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 which is why we're going to look at it today.

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 Here we have in Ephesians 3,

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 so open your Bibles to Ephesians 3,

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 we'll be spending our time here,

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 2 and 3.

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 In Ephesians 3,

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 we're told that God has had

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 a greater plan

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 than just national Israel,

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 that he is moving all history

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 towards this goal.

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 Paul says that God,

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 the creator of all things,

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 had an eternal purpose in mind,

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 an everlasting goal in mind,

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 but that God had kept it a mystery.

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 Now, that word mystery

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 doesn't mean it's totally unknowable.

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 It doesn't mean it's like a murder mystery,

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 where if you just picked the right pieces,

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 you could have worked it out yourself.

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 It's more like MasterChef,

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 where you've got the mystery box.

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 You don't know what's under that mystery box

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 until the lid is lifted.

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 It's real.

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 It's just hidden.

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 So God

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 had a plan

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 from the start,

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 and he gave himself testimony

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 throughout the Old Testament,

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 so it's not like this came out of nowhere,

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 but he has lifted the lid,

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 Paul is saying.

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 He has revealed it

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 to the apostles and prophets.

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 What could be so important

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 to the creator,

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 the climactic purpose of history,

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 this mystery

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 that he's now revealed,

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 this mystery is so profound

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 that when angels

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 and heavenly realities

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 look at it,

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 they are in amazement.

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 Now,

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 either I'm not saying this properly,

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 which is possible,

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 or you're asleep,

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 or you're addicted

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 to your smartphone,

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 something chronic,

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 or you are so confident

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 in your own purpose to life

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 that you don't care

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 what the creator's is.

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 I mean,

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 like the creator of the world

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 has a mystery

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 and he's revealed it.

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 What is it?

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 Verse 6,

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 this mystery

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 is that the nations,

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 the Gentiles,

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 that's you if you're not a Jew,

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 that's me,

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 our fellow heirs,

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 members of the same body,

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 partakers of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through the gospel.

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 Verse 9 tells us

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 the purpose in all this,

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 to bring to light

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 for everyone

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 what is the plan

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 of the mystery

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 hidden for ages

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 in God

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 who created all things

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 so that through the church,

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 the church,

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 the manifold wisdom

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 of God

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 might now be made known

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 to the rulers

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 and authorities

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 in the heavenly places.

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 God lifts the lid

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 of his eternal plan

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 to the apostles,

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 they preach it

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 through the gospel message

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 throughout the world

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 and the society

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 that this gospel creates,

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 heavenly realities

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 are looking at the society

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 and going,

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 wow,

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 God is incredible.

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 The world might see

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 the church as outdated

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 and irrelevant,

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 a weird bunch of people,

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 sorry,

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 who need a crutch

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 to get through life,

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 maybe even bigoted,

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 intolerant,

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 dangerous.

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 The world might see

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 the church that way.

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.240
 You might see it

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 as useful at times.

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.120
 Surround your kids

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 with other moral kids,

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 the occasional uplifting sermon,

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 a bit of relationship.

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 Maybe a necessary duty.

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 God sees it

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 as the climax

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 of his created purposes.

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 He sees his unified church

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 as central

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 to his eternal purpose

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 because it's through

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 the unified church

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 that the Lord is glorified.

00:16:39.280 --> 00:16:41.800
 How is the Lord glorified

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.400
 in the church?

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:48.840
 sin has alienated us

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 from God.

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 We hear that regularly

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 but it's also alienated us

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 from one another.

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 Sin has created hostility

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:59.060
 between us and God

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 but it's also created hostility

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 between one another.

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 And in the church,

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.600
 Christ has achieved

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 a double reconciliation.

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 Here in the second half

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 of Ephesians 2,

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 the focus is on

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 the divide between Jew

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 and Gentile

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 which I'm taking this

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 as a greater

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 to lesser point.

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 This is the greatest divide

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 there is between societies,

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 the chosen people of God

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 and everyone else.

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 if this war can be broken down,

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 any war can be broken down.

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 I think we need to remember

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 and I don't think this,

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 Ephesians 2,

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 Ephesians 2,

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 God says that we need to remember,

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 verse 11,

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 at one time

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 what our condition was.

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 We need to remember

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 what our condition was

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 so that we can marvel

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 at his grace.

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 We live in a time

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 when personal choice

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 is just

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 all that matters basically.

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 Like, yeah,

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 of course I can belong

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 to the church

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 if I want to.

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 Yes, you can walk

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 in these doors

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 and attend

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 but

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 you

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 had no right

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 and me,

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 you had no right

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 to belong

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 to God's spiritual

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 heavenly church

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 based on your choice.

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 Before we came

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 to Christ in faith,

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 our spiritual condition

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 was utterly hopeless,

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 we're told.

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 We were separated

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 from Christ,

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 we were alienated

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 from Israel,

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 we were tourists,

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 we had no rights,

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 got all God's promises

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 to Israel,

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 not for you.

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 No promises to you.

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 We were hopeless,

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 and we were without God,

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 we had no true knowledge

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 of God

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 and if we don't have God,

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 what do we really have?

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 Nothing in the end.

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 I think our far away condition

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 is pictured in the temple,

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 the physical temple

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 that existed

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 when Paul was writing this

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 in Jerusalem.

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 So,

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 you want to be close to God,

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 his name dwelling

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 in the temple?

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 Well,

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 you've got,

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 first of all,

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 you've got the inner

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 court for the priests

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 who were serving

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 and then you've got

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 another area after that

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 for the men of Israel

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 and then another area

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 for the women of Israel

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 and then you went down

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 a bunch of steps

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 and behind a thick wall

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 and then everyone else,

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 if you're not a Jew,

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 you can go there.

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 And there was a sign

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 which basically said,

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 you cross this wall,

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 your death is on your hands.

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 I think that just gives us

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 a taste of spiritually

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 how far we were

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 from God

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 before we knew Christ.

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 That's not saying

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.680
 that Jews didn't need

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.160
 the gospel.

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 The gospel was preached

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.740
 to them who were near.

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 They had every privilege.

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 They still needed

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 their sins forgiven.

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 But we were

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 a long,

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 long way off.

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 Verse 13,

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 but now,

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 God has acted

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 to change all that.

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 But now,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 you who once

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.000
 were far off

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.200
 have been brought near

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 by the blood

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 of Christ.

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 Christ,

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 in his flesh,

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 has broken down

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:40.360
 every dividing wall

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 of hostility

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 between people.

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 Verse 18

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 is the climax.

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 For through him,

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 through Christ,

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.039
 we both,

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:51.919
 Jew and Gentile,

00:20:52.939 --> 00:20:53.579
 every person

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.119
 with faith,

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.979
 through him,

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 we both have access

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 in one spirit

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 to the Father.

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 That's the kind

00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.500
 of God he is.

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.299
 He wants us

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 to have full access

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:05.079
 and he's now

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.879
 created that

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:07.779
 in Jesus.

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 He's broken

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 down the law

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:15.559
 that keeping

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 the law

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 produces

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:19.259
 self-righteousness

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:21.059
 and condemns

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 anyone who's

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.019
 not keeping

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 the law.

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 Jew and Gentile

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 all come in

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.940
 on the basis

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 of faith,

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.639
 all come in

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.139
 on the basis

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 of grace.

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 It is by his

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 death we are

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.700
 all forgiven.

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 It is by being

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.680
 united to him

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.200
 that we all

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.539
 live.

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:43.399
 God was

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.200
 rightfully

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.720
 wrathful

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.899
 toward our

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.399
 rebellion

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:49.879
 and we hated

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.619
 his claim

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.500
 to rule over

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.240
 our lives.

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.879
 But Jesus

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.779
 kills,

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 I love the

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.700
 wording,

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.680
 he kills

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.500
 the hostility.

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.700
 He murdered

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.519
 the hostility

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:05.559
 by himself

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.279
 being murdered.

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.940
 that sin

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.579
 that produced

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.339
 the wrath

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.859
 at us

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:11.099
 is gone.

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.720
 And now

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.160
 when we look

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.480
 at God

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.859
 we don't

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.259
 see a

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.720
 condemning

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.119
 judge

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.460
 that we

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.740
 actually

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.119
 hate

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.559
 and we

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.019
 don't want

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.240
 him to

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.500
 control

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.899
 our lives.

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.160
 We go,

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:18.980
 wow,

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.339
 if you

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:19.619
 are this

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:19.940
 loving,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.799
 go ahead,

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.440
 control my

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.779
 life.

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.279
 He kills

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.019
 the hostility

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.039
 between man

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.420
 and God

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.440
 and God.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:25.980
 But he

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.399
 also breaks

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.940
 down the

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.519
 wall of

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.159
 hostility

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:30.920
 between people

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.460
 and people,

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.000
 Jew and

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.460
 Gentile.

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.960
 God

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:37.259
 because it's

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.940
 by grace

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.480
 alone that

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.940
 we belong

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.340
 to God,

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.620
 that we

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:40.920
 are near

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.380
 to God.

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.400
 There is

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.180
 no separation

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.960
 between people.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.299
 I thought

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.620
 of the

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.700
 story of

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:54.759
 Jim Elliott,

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.600
 a missionary,

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.500
 and four

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.920
 others who

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.400
 were killed

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.500
 when they

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.920
 tried to

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.240
 take the

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.860
 gospel to

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.240
 Ecuador,

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.000
 to a

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.439
 tribe in

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:03.779
 Ecuador.

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.099
 You might

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.299
 have heard

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.699
 this story

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.039
 before.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.659
 One of the

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.019
 guys who

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.559
 was killed

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.319
 along with

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.799
 Jim Elliott

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.099
 was Nate

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:13.099
 Saint.

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.599
 So when

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.199
 they arrived,

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.919
 the tribe

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:18.000
 speared these

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.759
 men to

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.039
 death.

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.819
 They didn't

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.339
 have a chance

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.719
 to speak

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.139
 the gospel.

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:24.799
 Now,

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:25.439
 why,

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:25.799
 like,

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.519
 I saw

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.059
 pictures of

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.439
 them as I

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:27.879
 was preparing

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.259
 this and

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:30.659
 they're in

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.399
 their 30s,

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.740
 young and

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.059
 married,

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.599
 got young

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.059
 children.

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.479
 Why they

00:23:36.479 --> 00:23:36.919
 took this

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.439
 risk in the

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.019
 first place

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.419
 is pretty

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.939
 astonishing.

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.599
 But even

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.619
 more incredible

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.279
 than their

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.919
 sacrifice for

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.359
 the gospel

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.899
 is that

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.639
 eventually the

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.319
 tribe did

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.879
 welcome the

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.439
 wives,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.179
 the bereaved

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.859
 wives in,

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.359
 and the

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.939
 gospel went

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.479
 to this

00:23:51.479 --> 00:23:52.159
 tribe.

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.579
 And Steve

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.219
 Saint, who

00:23:55.219 --> 00:23:55.899
 was only five

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.419
 years old,

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.519
 he grew up

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.779
 in this

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.180
 tribe,

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:01.279
 and he

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.839
 befriended

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.500
 the men

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.079
 who murdered

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.779
 his dad,

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.940
 and he

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.059
 was,

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:08.480
 sorry,

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.900
 he was

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.900
 baptized by

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.339
 them,

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.900
 and embraced

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.759
 as a son in

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.379
 the tribe.

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.740
 Like, what is

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.220
 that?

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.319
 What is that?

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.579
 That you can

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:23.379
 genuinely love

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.099
 the people who

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.619
 murdered your

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.039
 dad?

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.819
 Like, what

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.539
 is that?

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.000
 That's the

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.399
 church.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.639
 That's what

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.139
 Christ has

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.460
 done.

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.259
 This wasn't

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.720
 faking.

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.420
 This is

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.539
 real peace.

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.019
 Christ

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.960
 didn't die

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.839
 to merely

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.539
 create an

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.440
 institution

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.920
 or social

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.579
 movement.

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.819
 A key

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.659
 phrase is in

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.500
 verse 16.

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.019
 So that

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.160
 he might,

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.660
 the second

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.040
 half of

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:02.340
 16,

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.740
 that he

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.580
 might create

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:04.540
 in himself

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:06.400
 one new

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.140
 man in

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.620
 place of

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.019
 the two,

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.800
 so making

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.300
 peace.

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.019
 Now,

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.519
 notice that

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.200
 isn't plural.

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.340
 Yes,

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:15.060
 when we come

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.519
 to Christ,

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.160
 we are made

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.640
 new, we

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.040
 are born

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:18.160
 again, but

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.620
 this is

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.120
 singular.

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.580
 This is

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.779
 talking about

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.880
 the church,

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.580
 picturing the

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.120
 church as a

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.720
 whole, the

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.080
 spiritual

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.500
 church.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.900
 Christ has

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.160
 one new

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.920
 man.

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.279
 What it's

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.779
 saying is

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.880
 Christ has

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.660
 created a

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.440
 new humanity.

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.779
 It's not

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.100
 just an

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.640
 institution,

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.500
 it's not

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.820
 just a

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.100
 movement,

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.320
 it's a

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.580
 new human

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.080
 race.

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.800
 One

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.320
 flesh,

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.200
 his flesh,

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.880
 his body.

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.620
 So just

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.640
 reflect, do

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.300
 you see the

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.760
 church that

00:25:50.760 --> 00:25:50.940
 way?

00:25:51.020 --> 00:25:51.240
 Do you

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.660
 see the

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.880
 church as

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.480
 just a

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.640
 local community

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.380
 that help

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.840
 one another

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.500
 out?

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.040
 Or do you

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:57.460
 see the

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.980
 church as a

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.560
 new human

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.120
 race?

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.960
 Now, I'm

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.640
 mindful that

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.680
 that phrasing

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.980
 sounds pretty

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.420
 arrogant.

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.800
 It almost

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.300
 sounds like

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:11.440
 superior race

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.940
 kind of

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.539
 language, but

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:14.279
 this race is

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.220
 created and

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.360
 motivated by

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.900
 grace.

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.920
 It's knowing

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.779
 how much we

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.500
 don't deserve

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.860
 it.

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.820
 And it's

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.740
 animated by

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.720
 his spirit,

00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.220
 the same

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:27.160
 spirit who

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.820
 chose to be

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:29.320
 killed to

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.980
 make peace.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:32.220
 I don't

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.539
 think it

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.860
 creates

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.360
 superiority.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.039
 I think it

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.579
 creates,

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.599
 well, I

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.640
 feel like

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.079
 Jim Elliot

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.000
 and Nate

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.779
 saying,

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.960
 a new

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.519
 humanity.

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.940
 And then

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.180
 we're given

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.920
 three pictures

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.500
 of what this

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.259
 unity looks

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.660
 like.

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.059
 The first

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.579
 one is we

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.980
 are fellow

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.940
 citizens of

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.339
 the kingdom.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.180
 There's no

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.099
 need to have

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.039
 an imposter

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.839
 syndrome in the

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.360
 church if

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.000
 you're riddled

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.799
 with sin and

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.159
 shame.

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.859
 If you're

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.319
 filled with

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.619
 sin and

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:01.940
 shame, you

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.220
 may not

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.539
 feel like

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.960
 you belong

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.419
 here right

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:03.680
 now.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.379
 We can even

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.919
 feel like

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.480
 that when

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.659
 we're

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.299
 underdressed

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.720
 and things

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:07.980
 like that.

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.019
 We don't

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.440
 need to feel

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.779
 that way.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.319
 You are

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.119
 full citizens

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.419
 of the

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:14.059
 kingdom by

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.599
 faith in

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.000
 Christ.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.059
 You're not

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.680
 an outsider.

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.899
 You're not

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.259
 even a

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.599
 permanent

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.039
 resident.

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.720
 You're a

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.319
 full citizen.

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.559
 The second

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.539
 picture adds

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.220
 a more intimate

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.579
 note.

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.460
 We are

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.659
 members of

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.700
 his

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.220
 household.

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:31.940
 We have

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.600
 one father.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.660
 We're in

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.100
 the true

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:36.019
 royal family.

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.120
 I don't

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.640
 think this is

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.120
 sentimental

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:41.019
 language like

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.840
 our workplaces

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.980
 want to talk

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.800
 about our

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.580
 work family.

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.860
 They just want

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.259
 you to do

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.740
 your job

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.340
 properly.

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.180
 That's just

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.500
 sentimental

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.160
 language I

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.300
 think.

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.800
 This blood

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.360
 that runs

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:52.720
 through this

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.160
 family is

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.660
 more precious

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.420
 than any

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.140
 human blood.

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.440
 You better

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.040
 get used to

00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:03.400
 the people

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.000
 sitting around

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.240
 you.

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.600
 You're going

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.000
 to be with

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.420
 them for a

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.840
 very, very

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.480
 long time.

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.019
 But I

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.120
 also want to

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.800
 be real about

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:14.920
 it.

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.279
 We have

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.960
 serious

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.540
 differences

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.019
 in this

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.240
 room.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:21.180
 I heard

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.700
 someone

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.279
 describe it

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.000
 as we

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.319
 don't look

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.559
 at each

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.880
 other and

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.079
 go,

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.059
 wow, I

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.359
 just feel

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.700
 so much

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.240
 affection for

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.319
 you.

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.620
 We look

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.900
 at each

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.240
 other and

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.400
 go,

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.440
 I'm

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.000
 surprised

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.359
 you're in

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.700
 the family

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.200
 of God.

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:34.960
 Now, there's

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.440
 something wrong

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.860
 about that

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.319
 joke too,

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.519
 but there

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.000
 are serious

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.460
 differences.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.140
 Let's not

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.980
 downplay those,

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:42.319
 but I

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.620
 think the

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.180
 beauty of

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.720
 Christ is

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.440
 seen when

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:46.519
 despite all

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.220
 those differences

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.100
 we can

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:50.240
 unite in

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.819
 worship in

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.220
 the same

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.740
 Christ.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.519
 When we

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.200
 genuinely

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.460
 display brotherly

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.840
 love,

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.220
 despite those

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.580
 differences,

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:00.480
 differences,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.919
 that's when

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.339
 the wisdom

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.599
 of the

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.159
 cross is

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.879
 displayed in

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.159
 all its

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.439
 fullness.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.299
 So we

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.799
 are full

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.379
 citizens of

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.699
 the kingdom.

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.599
 There is a

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.319
 brotherhood

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:12.879
 united in

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.759
 sacrificial love

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.059
 for one

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.339
 another.

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.819
 And the

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.399
 third picture

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:16.619
 is that of

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.099
 the temple.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.679
 God has

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.460
 this grand

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.399
 building project.

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.980
 He's building

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.859
 his home to

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.299
 live in.

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.539
 This living

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.439
 temple isn't

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:26.039
 about your

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.879
 body being

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.460
 the picture of

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.720
 health.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.419
 It's about

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.740
 relationships in

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.120
 the church

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.500
 are meant to

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.720
 be the

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.140
 picture of

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.400
 health.

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.200
 And Christ

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.100
 underpins this

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.539
 structure.

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.600
 He is the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.240
 cornerstone.

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.900
 We are built

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.460
 on him.

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.680
 What governs

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.720
 our church is

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.700
 his word through

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.900
 the apostles and

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.259
 prophets.

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.080
 It's not what

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.620
 you think.

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.140
 It's not what

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.600
 I think.

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.640
 But we sit

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.019
 under the

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.779
 authority of

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.279
 his word.

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.279
 That's how we

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.880
 are built up.

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.100
 And it's a

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.460
 permanent

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.860
 building.

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:57.740
 The world

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.899
 is busy

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.500
 creating

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.219
 organizations.

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.879
 The average

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.659
 organization I

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:02.899
 heard the

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.240
 other day

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.919
 lasts for

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.819
 30 to 40

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.399
 years, the

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:05.579
 average

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.079
 business.

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.399
 Everything the

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.879
 world is trying

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.579
 to build will

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.099
 collapse.

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.579
 But this

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.179
 building project

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:14.579
 is permanent

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:16.659
 because Christ

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.079
 has risen.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.439
 It's in

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:18.699
 him.

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.799
 It's built

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.359
 on him.

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.399
 His temple

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.000
 is forever.

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.560
 So all

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.160
 these pictures

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.700
 of the new

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.800
 humanity that

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.480
 Christ has

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.360
 created, full

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.360
 citizens, members

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.420
 of one family, a

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.280
 living temple for

00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:33.259
 God to dwell in.

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.519
 I think it

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.100
 tells us something

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:37.280
 about the nature

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:37.960
 of God, what

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.720
 he's like.

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.640
 God is a

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.580
 uniting God.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.320
 He's an

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:45.280
 in-gathering

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.780
 God.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.460
 He's a

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:48.100
 peace-loving

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.220
 God.

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:58.519
 So I'm

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.980
 hesitant to

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.259
 say the

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.680
 next line.

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.779
 It's almost

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.600
 blasphemous, but

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.200
 I don't think it

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.480
 is.

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.299
 God doesn't

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.039
 want to think

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.759
 of himself

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:09.339
 apart from

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.000
 his people

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.200
 is the

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.799
 import I'm

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.259
 getting from

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.460
 this.

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.519
 He wants

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.940
 to dwell in

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.579
 his people.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:19.339
 Christ wants

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.779
 to be the

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.419
 head of his

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.319
 body, the

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.679
 church.

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:22.980
 He wants

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.619
 to be united

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.419
 more than a

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.899
 husband and

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.500
 wife is

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.960
 united.

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.039
 God is a

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.939
 uniting God

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:30.679
 between God

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.179
 and man,

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.779
 between man

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.299
 and man,

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.159
 and heaven

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.679
 and earth.

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.639
 That's his

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.059
 goal.

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.339
 United in

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.799
 the love of

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:41.659
 Christ, God

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.980
 is glorified in

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.740
 his united

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.399
 church.

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:49.360
 So if

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.300
 God's plan

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:51.220
 since creation

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.040
 has now

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.680
 been revealed

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.180
 to be the

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.759
 unity of

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.360
 his church,

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.460
 and if

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.200
 Christ gave

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.780
 his blood

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.620
 to create a

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.180
 new and

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.600
 eternal

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.340
 people for

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:01.300
 God, how

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.800
 can we

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.460
 approach

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:04.660
 church from

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.680
 our own

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.540
 self-interest?

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.080
 It's not

00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:09.440
 what we're

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.820
 called to,

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.259
 it's not who

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.540
 we are, and

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:12.000
 it's not what

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.440
 we're called

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.720
 to.

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.700
 The glory

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.539
 of God is

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.580
 seen in

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:20.259
 individuals being

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.140
 saved, but

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.720
 that's not the

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.080
 end of the

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.440
 story.

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:24.200
 We have a

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.940
 high calling

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.759
 to be the

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.500
 church, the

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.299
 resurrected new

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.820
 community.

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.779
 We're meant to

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.460
 be showing the

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.880
 world a

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.460
 different way.

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.900
 We are

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.420
 called to

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.180
 display to

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.720
 the heavens,

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.740
 whoever they

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.360
 are watching,

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.299
 the glory of

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.620
 God.

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:43.199
 what an

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.639
 incredible

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.439
 purpose.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.759
 Imagine the

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.219
 difference it

00:32:50.219 --> 00:32:50.699
 would make

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:53.039
 if we didn't

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.839
 approach church

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.379
 according to

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.059
 what I got

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.539
 out of it,

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.199
 but if we

00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:56.659
 saw the

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.059
 church as

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.500
 what we

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.939
 are.

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.739
 We are

00:32:59.739 --> 00:33:00.479
 his body,

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.099
 we are

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.179
 his kingdom,

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.719
 we are

00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:03.739
 his new

00:33:03.739 --> 00:33:04.199
 humanity,

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.659
 we are

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.639
 one family.

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.859
 Imagine if

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.479
 we thought of

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:08.059
 ourselves that

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.299
 way.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:12.919
 go away

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:14.379
 however the

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.819
 spirit is

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.279
 convicting.

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.220
 Let's think

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.720
 about that.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.940
 None of us

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.359
 view the

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.440
 church fully

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.799
 as we

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.180
 ought to,

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.680
 as God

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:21.980
 does.

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.839
 We've all

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.039
 got to

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.379
 grow in

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.899
 this area.

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.659
 As our

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.940
 society tries

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.299
 to define

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.299
 itself more

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.899
 and more

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.859
 by what an

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.799
 individual does,

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.240
 we can show

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.519
 a better

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.880
 way.

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.740
 We can

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.120
 be so

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.759
 secure in

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.200
 ourselves

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.759
 because we

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.140
 know who

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.579
 we are.

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.039
 I don't

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.279
 have to

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.740
 prove who

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.000
 I am,

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.240
 I don't

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.519
 have to

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.960
 find who

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.160
 I am,

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.519
 I know

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.880
 who I

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.039
 am,

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.880
 I am

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.779
 his

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.180
 church,

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.240
 I belong

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.700
 to him.

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.460
 As our

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.079
 society

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.599
 increasingly

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.480
 mistrusts

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.000
 authority,

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.819
 anyone in

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.380
 authority because

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.859
 it threatens

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.359
 personal

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.720
 choice,

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:00.980
 we need

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.319
 to focus

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.779
 on being

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.420
 the church

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.799
 to show

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.039
 a better

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.359
 way.

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:05.379
 If we

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.799
 see the

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.339
 unity of

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.740
 the church

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.159
 that those

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.460
 who are

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.659
 given

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.920
 authority are

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.440
 to use

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.819
 it like

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.699
 serving another

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.359
 member in

00:34:12.359 --> 00:34:12.739
 the body,

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.400
 just wanting

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.199
 the one

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.739
 body to

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.219
 thrive,

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.179
 and those

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.440
 who are

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.739
 under

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.259
 authority,

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.759
 I will

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.500
 give myself

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.380
 to those

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.859
 above me

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.519
 because in

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.940
 the end I'm

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.380
 doing it for

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.839
 my head,

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.619
 I'm doing it

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.159
 for Christ's

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.380
 sake.

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.859
 Imagine if we

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.219
 showed a

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.819
 different way

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.519
 of doing

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.039
 authority.

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:31.179
 Or as

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.340
 our society

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.019
 increasingly

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.460
 takes

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:35.039
 offence at

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.659
 disagreement

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.699
 and cancels

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.519
 and divorces,

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.739
 we need to

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.860
 focus on

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.639
 being the

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.099
 church,

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.500
 knowing we

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.900
 are all

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.380
 saved by

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.779
 grace.

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.619
 Imagine

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.219
 the community

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.800
 of people

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.300
 who said,

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.199
 I deeply

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.940
 disagree with

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.219
 you on

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.440
 that,

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.279
 but I'm

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.420
 going to

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.000
 keep dying

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.460
 for you

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.500
 because you're

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.900
 my brother,

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.320
 you're my

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.619
 sister.

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.559
 I really

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.960
 disagree,

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.340
 but

00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:00.280
 by my

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.860
 actions and

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.100
 words,

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:02.240
 I still

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.680
 love you.

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.720
 Imagine if

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.660
 we sat

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.240
 under the

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.860
 authority of

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.420
 God's word

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.280
 and patiently

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.860
 tried to

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.720
 persuade each

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.100
 other on

00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:14.500
 issues.

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.539
 I think

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.940
 this view

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.519
 of church

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:22.559
 will

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.240
 increase

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.780
 our grief

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.780
 because we

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.180
 all know

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:27.980
 the church

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.940
 and myself

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:28.960
 and myself,

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.460
 we all

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.320
 don't live

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.619
 up to

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.079
 this vision.

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.760
 It increases

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.420
 our grief

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:35.199
 that we

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:36.099
 have robbed

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.519
 God of

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.099
 his glory

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.800
 when we

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.280
 stuff this

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.539
 up.

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.940
 But I

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.199
 don't think

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.539
 we should

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.880
 be disillusioned

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:45.740
 because the

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.320
 creator

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:49.019
 whose goal

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.659
 is his

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.039
 unified

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.740
 church to

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.900
 his glory

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.139
 has promised

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.239
 that the

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.779
 bride will

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.639
 be adorned.

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.259
 We will

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.599
 have the

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.159
 glory of

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.559
 God

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:01.379
 so we

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:01.879
 can keep

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:02.359
 growing,

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.759
 we can

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.159
 keep

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.879
 pursuing

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.659
 peace and

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.019
 unity.

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:10.320
 if you

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.719
 see the

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.219
 glory of

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.599
 God

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:13.460
 depending

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.039
 on our

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.639
 genuine

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.280
 unity

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.519
 in the

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.800
 love of

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.280
 Christ in

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.759
 the church,

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.179
 then hear

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.860
 the call

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.559
 in Ephesians

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.000
 4.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:30.019
 I urge

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.900
 you to

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.159
 walk in

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.559
 a manner

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:35.079
 worthy of

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.739
 the calling

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.579
 to which

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.840
 you have

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.400
 been called

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.960
 with all

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.039
 humility and

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.599
 gentleness,

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.599
 with patience,

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.420
 bearing with

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.079
 one another in

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.400
 love,

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:48.039
 eager to

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.699
 maintain the

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.340
 unity of the

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.900
 spirit in

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.280
 the bond

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.900
 of peace.

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.599
 God

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:57.099
 is at

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.420
 stake.

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.920
 We have

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.539
 this high

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.239
 calling to

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.019
 show the

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.940
 heavens and

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.880
 the world a

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.440
 different way,

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.239
 that the

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.019
 new creation

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.679
 has begun

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:11.539
 here in

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.059
 the church

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.860
 universal.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.980
 I urge

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.639
 you to

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.320
 walk in a

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.980
 manner worthy

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.460
 of the

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.800
 calling to

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.199
 which you

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.500
 have been

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.860
 called.

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.820
 show the

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.159
 world a

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.579
 better way.

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.260
 Let's

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.480
 pray.

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.119
 Father, I

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.559
 pray that

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.920
 out of

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:40.199
 an

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:42.880
 understanding

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.559
 of what

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.679
 Christ has

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.179
 achieved,

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.280
 that knowing

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.559
 that we

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.280
 have unity,

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.800
 not that we

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.219
 have to

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.559
 create it,

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.360
 but that we

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.679
 have to

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.360
 maintain it,

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.740
 I pray

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.079
 that you

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:55.940
 would be

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.559
 convicting

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.039
 each one

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.300
 of us

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.620
 where we

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:57.940
 need to

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.180
 be.

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.740
 I pray

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:01.200
 that where

00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:01.400
 there's

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.680
 hostility in

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.700
 relationships in

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.220
 this room,

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.079
 that you

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.680
 would give us

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.360
 the resources

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.840
 and the

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:09.180
 help and

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.780
 the perspective

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:11.460
 to seek

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.300
 real peace.

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.519
 Lord, I

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.019
 pray that

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.920
 when

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.579
 disagreements

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.059
 arise,

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.440
 that we

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.200
 will submit

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.079
 to your

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.960
 authority and

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.639
 seek your

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.379
 glory and

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:22.779
 not our

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:24.279
 own sense

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.000
 of justice.

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.480
 Lord, I

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.019
 pray that

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.460
 we would

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.980
 not just

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.000
 love with

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.980
 words, but

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.259
 we would

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.960
 love in

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.679
 actions and

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.219
 in truth,

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.139
 in the way

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.659
 that we

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:38.259
 carry each

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.559
 other's

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.419
 burdens and

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:40.119
 bear each

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.439
 other's

00:38:40.439 --> 00:38:41.259
 sorrows and

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.599
 urge one

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.179
 another on

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.039
 to live

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.439
 for you.

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.380
 So, Lord,

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.840
 I pray that

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.159
 you would

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:49.599
 however we

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:49.880
 need to

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.480
 change, I

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.800
 pray that

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.099
 you would

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:52.059
 make us

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.539
 more of

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.099
 this unified

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.760
 church to

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.119
 the glory

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.380
 of your

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.639
 name.

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.780
 Amen.