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 Christ the King Church.

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 We as a church have an unprecedented opportunity in front of us.

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 We have been uniquely placed as a church in this city at this time

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 with all of us to make an impact for Jesus.

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 We are uniquely positioned to make a compelling case to the people of our city

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 that God the Father has sent God the Son to die in the place of sinners

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 and to gather a people, a diverse people unto himself.

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 The case that we have to make as a church is not a logical argument

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 for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, though that may come in time.

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 The case that our Lord Jesus, our Good Shepherd, is calling us to make

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 is to love one another.

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 It's what Francis Schaeffer calls the final apologetic.

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 As we love one another across differences and cultural divides,

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 as we love one another as Christ has loved us,

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 we're going to communicate to our city, the world,

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 that yes, God has sent his Son.

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 And yes, Jesus does change people

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 to live in love in ways that don't make any sense to the rest of the world.

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 At the end of last Sunday's service,

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 one of our elders, Brian Whittington, closed with this question.

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 With the revelation that Jesus, the Good Shepherd,

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 has laid down his life for his sheep,

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 how does that inform, shape, and change

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 our understanding of all the people

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 who gather in this body Sunday after Sunday?

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 How does that inform our understanding of the church?

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 We the church.

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 For the month of February and March,

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 we are looking at the Bible to understand

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 what God says about the church,

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 and our prayer is this,

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 that we would think about the church

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 the way that God our Father thinks about the church,

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 that we would feel about the church

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 the way that Jesus feels about his church,

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 and that we would prioritize the church

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 the way that the Holy Spirit prioritizes his church

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 in reaching a world for Christ.

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 So we're looking at different New Testament pictures

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 of the blood-bought people of God.

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 The church is the blood-bought people of God

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 indwelt by the Holy Spirit on mission for Christ.

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 So all throughout the New Testament,

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 we see different ways that God describes his people.

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 The church is the bride of Christ.

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 The church is the body of Christ.

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 The church is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 The church is a royal priesthood, a holy nation.

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 The church is a family of God.

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 The church is a bunch of refugees,

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 strangers and aliens, living in a foreign land.

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 The church is salt and light in a dark place,

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 a city on a hill.

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 And last week, we started to look at the church

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 as the flock of God.

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 We are one united flock

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 following one exclusive shepherd.

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 All of these images of the church

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 communicate the relationship

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 between God and his people at this time.

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 And when we turn to John chapter 10,

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 there's one little phrase that stands out

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 in verse 16.

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 We are one flock,

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 one shepherd.

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 We are one united flock

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 following one exclusive shepherd.

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 And so last week, what I tried to show you

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 is I tried to make a case

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 for how our good shepherd

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 is a one-of-a-kind good shepherd.

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 One-of-a-kind in his authority over his sheep.

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 One-of-a-kind in his relationship,

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 his knowing of his sheep.

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 One-of-a-kind in his care for the sheep.

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 Remember, he's the door.

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 One-of-a-kind in his sacrifice for his sheep.

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 He laid his life down for his sheep.

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 One-of-a-kind in his mission of gathering sheep

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 from different sheepfolds

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 together into one flock,

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 one shepherd,

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 following one voice.

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 And he's one-of-a-kind

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 in the promise he makes to his sheep.

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 Nobody can snatch my sheep

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 out of my hand or my father's hand.

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 He is our one exclusive shepherd.

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 There's nobody like him.

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 But this morning, in part two,

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 what does it mean for us

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 to be one united flock

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 following him?

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 How does that inform,

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 shape,

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 change

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 the way that we think about ourselves

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 in this time and in this place?

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 So here's what I'd like to do.

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 Let's look at John 10,

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 and we're going to see

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 five unifying truths

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 about being a flock,

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 one flock with one shepherd.

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 And what you're going to see

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 as I get to point five,

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 there's a lot riding on this.

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 So five unifying truths

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 of being one flock

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 following one shepherd.

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 I just want to let you know,

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 if you want to amen,

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 amen.

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 The first unifying truth is this.

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 We see it in chapter 10,

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 verse 3,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 4,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 5,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 6.

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 It shows up in the word

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 voice.

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 We are united

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 as one flock

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 by one voice.

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 The voice

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 of our good shepherd.

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 Read with me,

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 John chapter 10,

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 verse 3.

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 To him,

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 the gatekeeper opens,

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 the sheep hear

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 his voice.

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 And he calls his own

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 sheep by name

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 and leads them out.

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 When he's brought out

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 all his own,

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 he gets before them

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 and the sheep follow him

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 for they know

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 his voice.

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 Verse 5,

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 for they do not know

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 the voice of strangers.

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 Verse 16,

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 I must bring them

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 these sheep

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 from different

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 non-Jewish folds,

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 the Gentile sheep

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 from Gentile folds

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 and subfolds

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 of Gentiles.

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 I must bring them

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 and also

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 and they will listen

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 to my voice

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 so there will be

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 one sheep,

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 one flock,

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 one shepherd.

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 Here's the claim.

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 The good shepherd,

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 Jesus,

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 the risen Christ,

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 is speaking today.

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 He's calling a people

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 out to himself.

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 A people out

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 to himself

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 and he's gathering

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 them as one flock.

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 And his voice

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 doesn't stop

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 with you,

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 your conversion

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 of getting called

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 out to him.

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 We follow his voice

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 ongoingly.

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 He is the sheep

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 who leads in front

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 of his flock.

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 Do you remember

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 in John 6,

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 Jesus has just

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 said some really

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 hard things

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 to a bunch

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 of people

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 who are saying

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 they want to

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 follow him.

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 He says things

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 like this,

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 hey,

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 you've got to

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 eat my flesh

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 and you've got

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 to drink my blood

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 and people

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 were just

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 disgusted.

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 And so you know

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 what happens

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 in John 6?

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 People stop

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 following Jesus.

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 And Jesus

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 turns to his 12

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 and he says

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 to them,

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 hey,

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 do you want

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 to go as well?

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 Now's the time

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 to get off

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 the Jesus train?

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 And Peter responds,

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 he says this,

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 Lord,

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 to whom

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 shall we go?

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 You have

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 the words

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 of eternal life,

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 your voice.

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 And we have

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 believed

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 and have come

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 to know

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 that you are

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 the Holy One

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 of God,

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 the Messiah.

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 Your voice.

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 We follow

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 your voice.

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 all who

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 the Father

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 has given

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 the Son

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 will come

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 to recognize,

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 believe,

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 obey,

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 follow the

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 voice of

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 their good

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 shepherd.

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 And if you

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 look down

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 to verse 16,

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 we read,

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 and I have

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 other sheep

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 that are not

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 of this fold.

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 Remember,

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 Jesus is speaking

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 John 10

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 to an audience

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 of Jews

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 and he's

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 saying to them,

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 I've got sheep

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 not here

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 in the Jewish

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 fold,

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 I've got

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 sheep

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 in the Gentile

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 fold,

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 and I must

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 bring them

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 in also,

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 and they

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 will hear

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 my voice.

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 When we think

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 about the city

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 of Kenosha,

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 I don't know

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 if you've driven

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 around the city,

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 y'all,

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 there's a bunch

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 of different

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 neighborhoods,

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 and these

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 different neighborhoods

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 are marked

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 by a variety

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 of different things,

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 different kinds

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 of homes,

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 different kinds

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 of people

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 living in those

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 homes,

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 different crime

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 rates,

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 different school

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 kind of quality.

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 It varies from

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 neighborhood to

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 neighborhood,

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 and here's what

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 I want to put

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 in your minds.

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 Think about a

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 neighborhood as

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 a neighbor fold,

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 a little fold

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 of sheep.

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 And what I

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 believe God

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 is calling us

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 to,

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 and many in

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 this room

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 believe,

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 is that the

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 good shepherd

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 shepherd is

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 calling to

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 himself sheep

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 from a variety

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 of different

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 neighbor folds

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 in our city

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 to form one

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 flock with

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 him as his

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 one shepherd,

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 and we all

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 together follow

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 his voice.

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 We obey his

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 voice.

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 Have you ever

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 played the game

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 Marco Polo?

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 Summertime?

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 Oh, I would love

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 to be in the

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 summertime right now.

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 In a pool,

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 playing with your

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 kids or your

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 friends, and if

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 you're it, you're

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 Marco, and you've

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 got to close your

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 eyes, and you're

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 like, Marco, and

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 then the people

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 you're playing with,

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 they say, Polo, and

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 the idea is if you

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 can locate the

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 voice and go

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 after and tag

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 them, they're it.

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 We locate and

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 go after Jesus by

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 his voice.

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 And do you

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 know where to

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 go to listen

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 to Jesus?

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 Do you know

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 where the primary

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 place is to hear

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 the voice of

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 Jesus?

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 The definitive

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 place to go for

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 the voice of

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 Jesus?

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 The final place

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 to go to hear

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 the voice of

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 Jesus?

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 You go to this

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 book.

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 You don't look

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 inward, you look

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 to the book.

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 You go to the

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 words.

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 All of these

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 words in this

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 book are breathed

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 out by God and

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 profitable.

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 Each one is

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 authoritative because

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 they originated in

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 the mind of God.

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 And all of these

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 words, in some

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 way, some fashion,

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 point to Jesus.

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 And the Gospels

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 in particular, they

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 record his voice.

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 And ironically, we're

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 reading a passage

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 where Jesus' voice is

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 recorded talking

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 about his voice.

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 And his words are

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 living and active.

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 Today, in his

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 words that call us

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 to lay down your

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 lives, come after

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 me, they are

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 living.

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 And when his

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 sheep hear that,

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 they respond.

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 His voice unites

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 us together to

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 follow our good

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 shepherd.

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 Our ears are

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 turned to him

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 and tuned to

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 him.

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 I want to just

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 make one other

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 point before we

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 move on.

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 One of the ways

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 that you can

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 discern Jesus'

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 voice, he's

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 always calling you

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 to come to him,

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 come after him.

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 It's all about

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 him.

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 Come after me.

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 All you who are

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 weary and heavy

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 laden, come to

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 me.

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 So the question I

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 want to ask you

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 this morning,

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 Christ the King

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 Church, is are you

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 listening to the

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 voice of Jesus?

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 Are you seeking

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 out his voice in

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 the word?

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 Go to him.

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 God.

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 It's a great

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 case to be

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 regularly planting

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 yourself in one

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 of the gospels.

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 We are united

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 together by his

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 voice and he's

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 going to lead us

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 by his voice.

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 The second unifying

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 truth is that we

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 are united by our

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 relationship with

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 him.

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 In verse 14,

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 Jesus says this,

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 I am the good

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 shepherd.

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 I know my

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 own and my

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 own know me.

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 And so the

00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:02.379
 question becomes

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 what kind of

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 knowledge?

00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:05.420
 What kind of

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 knowing?

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 Well, if you look

00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:08.519
 at verse 15, he

00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:10.040
 explains what kind

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 of knowing he

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 means.

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 He says, just as

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 the Father knows

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 me and I know

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 the Father.

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 Do you know what

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 kind of knowing

00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.540
 he's describing

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 right there?

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 Being in

00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:21.180
 personal relationship

00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:21.660
 with someone.

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 Just as Jesus is

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 in personal

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.440
 relationship with

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 his Father, we

00:14:27.560 --> 00:14:28.100
 are to be in

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 personal relationship

00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:30.280
 with our good

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 shepherd.

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 There's no one

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 like him.

00:14:37.900 --> 00:14:38.740
 Here's how that

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 relationship works.

00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:42.640
 If you observe

00:14:42.640 --> 00:14:43.440
 Jesus' life

00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:43.820
 throughout the

00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:44.920
 gospels, there's

00:14:44.920 --> 00:14:45.560
 so much you'll

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.240
 learn about him.

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.360
 There's no one

00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:48.800
 like him.

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 And you see

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.360
 Jesus interacting

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.980
 with his Father

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 and he's regularly

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 pouring out his

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 heart to his

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 Father.

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 It's informative

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 for us because

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 we are to pour

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 out our hearts

00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.880
 to our good

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 shepherd.

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 Because we know

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 him.

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 We're in personal

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 relationship to him.

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 And so when we

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 all are pouring

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 out our hearts

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.400
 to the good

00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:12.920
 shepherd,

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:16.360
 it unites us.

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 We're united not

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.660
 just on an

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 individual relationship,

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 but we relate to

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 him as a flock

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 too in our

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 gathering Sunday

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 by Sunday.

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 Have you ever

00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:31.299
 been to like a

00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:31.699
 party?

00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:33.219
 When you're

00:15:33.219 --> 00:15:33.659
 showing up to

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.319
 the party and

00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:34.699
 you're drinking

00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:35.500
 some punch and

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.059
 some other person

00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:37.859
 kind of walks up

00:15:37.859 --> 00:15:38.179
 and you start

00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:39.039
 making small talk

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.759
 and then you're

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.679
 comparing notes a

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.279
 little bit and

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.839
 you're like,

00:15:42.119 --> 00:15:42.739
 wait, you know

00:15:42.739 --> 00:15:43.139
 George?

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 And you're like,

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 I know George,

00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:45.779
 do you know

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.159
 George?

00:15:47.119 --> 00:15:47.719
 And so all of a

00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:48.199
 sudden you realize

00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:48.679
 you have this

00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.379
 common friend.

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 And then you

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:51.080
 start comparing

00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:51.879
 notes on your

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.700
 common friend and

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.360
 you start laughing

00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.159
 a lot because

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:55.320
 George is a freak

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.019
 show and you

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.759
 both know it.

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.860
 All of a sudden

00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.659
 those people who

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:04.659
 share that friend

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:06.539
 are united.

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.200
 And brothers and

00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:11.059
 sisters, we all

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.919
 share a common

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.240
 friend, a common

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.220
 Lord and the

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.720
 good shepherd.

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:19.080
 We're united by

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.320
 our being in

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:21.340
 relationship to

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.660
 him.

00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.900
 I have found

00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.960
 myself for the

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.759
 last two weeks,

00:16:28.920 --> 00:16:29.820
 I was telling

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.639
 Billy and Matt,

00:16:30.780 --> 00:16:32.160
 I've been doing a

00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.980
 lot of good shepherd

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:35.280
 praying because as

00:16:35.280 --> 00:16:36.100
 I've been seeped in

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.000
 John 10, I just

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:38.420
 can't, I can't get

00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:40.540
 around how amazing

00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:41.200
 he is.

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.520
 And it informs my

00:16:43.520 --> 00:16:44.180
 praying.

00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.120
 Oh good shepherd,

00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:47.960
 oh good shepherd,

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:49.660
 would you call this

00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:51.800
 man to yourself?

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.820
 Oh good shepherd,

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.460
 would you provide my

00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:56.500
 brother with the

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.560
 help he needs?

00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:58.879
 Oh good shepherd,

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.400
 I'm scared.

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.040
 Oh good shepherd,

00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.660
 I'm exhausted.

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.340
 Oh good shepherd,

00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:02.000
 I don't know what to

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.820
 do with my child.

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.039
 Oh good shepherd,

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.940
 oh good shepherd,

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.579
 lead me, help me,

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.660
 help me to hear your

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.240
 voice.

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.380
 Yes.

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.620
 Do you know and love

00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:15.400
 your good shepherd

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.759
 better than he did a

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.319
 year ago?

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:21.819
 We are in a personal

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:23.039
 relationship with him.

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:25.019
 Each of us, we share

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.700
 him together.

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:28.000
 We're united in our

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.299
 relating to him.

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.259
 And he knows us in and

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.500
 out.

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.059
 The third unifying truth

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.619
 is this.

00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:41.039
 We all, we're united by

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.460
 his care for us.

00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:44.879
 In verse 7, Jesus says,

00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:46.600
 truly, truly, truly, I

00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:47.660
 say to you, I am the

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.500
 door of the sheep.

00:17:49.280 --> 00:17:50.360
 All who come before me

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.180
 are thieves and robbers,

00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:52.080
 but the sheep did not

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:53.780
 listen to my, but the

00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.560
 sheep did not listen to

00:17:54.560 --> 00:17:55.200
 them.

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.180
 I am the door.

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.540
 If anyone enters by me,

00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.940
 he will be saved and

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.920
 will go in and out and

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.600
 find pasture.

00:18:00.760 --> 00:18:01.820
 The thief comes only to

00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:02.560
 steal and kill and

00:18:02.560 --> 00:18:02.940
 destroy.

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.400
 I came that they might

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 have life and have it

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.300
 abundantly.

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:09.799
 I tried to explain to

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:11.480
 you last week that back

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.599
 in the first century, in

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.859
 the Middle East, sheep

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:15.720
 folds were not this very

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.019
 impressive architectural

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.619
 event.

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 So you would have like a

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.440
 wall in a village or a

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:22.379
 wall in a house and the

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:24.220
 shepherds would build this

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:26.440
 kind of twisted kind of

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.240
 stick, kind of bulky kind

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.419
 of wall to form a sheep

00:18:31.419 --> 00:18:31.819
 fold.

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 And then there would be an

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 entryway.

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 And not every entryway had

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 a door.

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 So it wasn't unusual for a

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 shepherd to put himself in

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 the entryway of a sheep

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 fold as the door.

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 And in so doing, that

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 shepherd would keep out the

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 bad guys, verse 8, and he

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 would also love his sheep by

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 letting them out and in to

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 out to find the verdant

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 pastures, the green, rich

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 pastures, and to come back

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 in and to find shelter.

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 It's a picture of provision

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 and protection.

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 It's a picture of life.

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 Abundant life.

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 The good shepherd is

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 constantly providing for and

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 protecting his sheep.

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 His sheep.

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 And it raises a question.

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 Well, how does he do that

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 today?

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 It's 2020.

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 I don't see Jesus outside

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 in front of this building.

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 What's up?

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 Well, the good shepherd,

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 who is also the chief

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 shepherd,

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 he appoints under-shepherds

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 to shepherd local flocks

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 to provide and protect

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 his sheep.

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 You remember in John 21,

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 Jesus is reinstating Peter.

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 I mentioned this last week

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 three times.

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 Do you love me, Peter?

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 Lord, you know I do.

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 Feed my lambs.

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 Do you love me?

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 Lord, you know I do.

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 Feed my sheep.

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 Do you love me?

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 Three times.

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 Peter denied him.

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 Three times.

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 Do you love me?

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 Lord, you know everything.

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 Feed my sheep.

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 My sheep.

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 If you flip back in your Bibles

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 to 1 Peter 5,

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 this same Peter

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 is writing to a bunch of elders

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 of some churches

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 in a particular region

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 and this same Peter

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 says,

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 so I exhort the elders among you

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 as a fellow elder

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 and a witness of the sufferings

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 of Christ

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 as well as a partaker

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 in the glory

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 that is going to be revealed.

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 Shepherd the flock of God

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 that is among you.

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 Exercising oversight,

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 not under compulsion,

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 but willingly.

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 So God,

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 as God would have you,

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 not for shameful gain,

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 but eagerly.

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 Not domineering over those

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 in your charge,

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 but being examples

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 to the flock.

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 And when the chief shepherd

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 appears,

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 you will receive

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 the unfading crown

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 of glory.

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 If you turn to Acts 20,

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 verse 28,

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 the apostle Paul

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 is heading back

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 to Jerusalem

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 from his second missionary journey.

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 He's trying to make

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 as much time as possible

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 and so he's going to land

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 in a port town

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 called Miletus

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 and he sends

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 for the elder team

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 of the church of Ephesus

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 and he says,

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 guys,

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 you've got to meet me here

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 in Miletus.

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 I've got to tell you

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 some things

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 because I'm not going

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 to see you again.

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 And so when he lands

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 and they gather,

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 one of the things he says

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 in verse 28,

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 so this is the apostle Paul

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 to this Ephesian shepherd team,

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 elder team.

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 He says,

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 pay careful attention

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 to yourselves

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 and to all the flock

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 in which the Holy Spirit

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 has made you overseers

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 to care for the church of God

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 which he obtained

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 with his own blood.

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 Today,

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 the good shepherd

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 cares for his sheep

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 through the humble oversight

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 of a team of qualified

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 under shepherds,

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 a.k.a. elders,

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 pastors,

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 overseers.

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 And the New Testament norm

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 is that these elders

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 serve together

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 on a team

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 in a plurality

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 for the health

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 of the sheep

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 because elders

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 need to be shepherded too.

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 One of the things

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:58.180
 I love about my New Testament

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 are the qualifications

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 of elders

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 for elders

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 in 1 Timothy 3,

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 1-7,

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 Titus 1,

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 5-9,

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 1 Peter 5,

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 1-4,

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 what we just read.

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 They're pretty rigorous.

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 Do you know why

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 those are in there?

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 Because Jesus,

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 the good shepherd,

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 loves his flock.

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 And he doesn't just

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 let anybody at him.

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 He wants men

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 of proven character

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 who are humble,

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 who are trusting in him.

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 So the authority

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 an elder team

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 has to exercise

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 in a church,

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 that's not their own authority.

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 That's a derived authority

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 from the chief shepherd.

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 That's why Peter says

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.639
 when the chief shepherd appears,

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 you're going to give

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 an account to him.

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 Now the result

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.700
 of having a healthy

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 and humble team

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 of elders

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 is that a local flock

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 is protected against people

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 with bad intentions

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 and it happens.

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 And that same flock

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:02.439
 is faithfully fed

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 green pasture

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 and is faithfully led

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.379
 following after

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.379
 the voice of Jesus.

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:12.820
 We are united

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:14.800
 by the care

00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.640
 of the good shepherd

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 by his under shepherds.

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 It's not the only way

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.800
 he cares for his church

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:24.140
 but it is a primary way.

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 The fourth thing

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.560
 that unites us,

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:30.360
 the fourth unifying truth,

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:33.240
 we are one flock

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 following after one shepherd.

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.859
 we are united

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.660
 by his blood.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.400
 I pointed this out

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.000
 last week.

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.319
 Every time Jesus

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.059
 calls himself

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.799
 the good shepherd

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.720
 in John 10,

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:48.819
 he explicitly links

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.920
 him being the good shepherd

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.759
 with laying down

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.900
 his life for the sheep.

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.680
 You see it in verse 11,

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.440
 I'm the good shepherd.

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.079
 The good shepherd

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.599
 lays down his life

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.200
 for the sheep.

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.139
 Verse 14,

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.200
 I'm the good shepherd.

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.799
 I know my own.

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.240
 My own know me

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.799
 just as the Father knows me

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.659
 and I know the Father

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:07.119
 and I lay down

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.619
 my life for the sheep.

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.619
 Five times

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.379
 in this passage,

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.299
 Jesus references

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:13.059
 laying down his life.

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.639
 Two times,

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.220
 he talks about

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.339
 taking it up again.

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.839
 It's a reference

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.940
 to his death

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.960
 and his resurrection

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.220
 for the good

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.740
 of his sheep.

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.519
 And when Jesus

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.440
 lays down his life

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.740
 at the end of John,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.879
 it is a bloody mess

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.579
 of an event.

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:31.819
 He sheds his blood

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.619
 for his sheep.

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.220
 That's why Paul

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.639
 in Acts 20, 28

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:37.139
 calls the church

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:39.179
 the blood bought.

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.639
 Those whom he purchased

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.519
 with his blood.

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:48.220
 His blood made it possible

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.500
 for you and me

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.220
 to become his.

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:55.660
 And it's the greatest

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.740
 unifier

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:58.259
 of them all.

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.860
 The cross

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.940
 levels

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.500
 the playing field.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.539
 It is the great

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.539
 equalizer

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:08.259
 of the flock.

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.380
 Not only does

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.900
 his death

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.700
 and resurrection

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.200
 unite us to him,

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.880
 it unites us

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.660
 to one another.

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.319
 So not only

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.360
 are we blood

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.099
 bought,

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.219
 we are blood

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:22.039
 bound.

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:26.439
 We were all

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:27.979
 straying

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:28.959
 sheep

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:30.279
 that Jesus,

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.359
 the good shepherd,

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.899
 came and found

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.939
 and laid his life

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.559
 down for.

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:37.119
 We were all

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.899
 united

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:39.219
 in our running

00:26:39.219 --> 00:26:40.639
 away from God

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:42.240
 and there was

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.119
 no way we could

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.000
 save ourselves

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.159
 but because of

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:46.099
 the grace of God

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.679
 and the mercy

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.339
 of the good shepherd,

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.279
 he laid his life

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.879
 down for us.

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.800
 We all have

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.520
 that in common.

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.820
 We are all

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.840
 united by the fact

00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.580
 that we have

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.520
 this promise

00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:59.340
 that no one

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.460
 can snatch us

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.240
 out of the good

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.100
 shepherd's hand

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:05.240
 or his father's.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.480
 We are united

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.360
 by his blood

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:10.000
 in that unity

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.120
 that we share.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.560
 It rightly

00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:15.820
 must bubble up

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.819
 as gratitude.

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.899
 United

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.879
 gratitude

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.779
 over

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.799
 our good shepherd

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.679
 who laid his life

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.619
 down for us.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.720
 That's why we love

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.679
 to sing so much

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.759
 Sunday after Sunday.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.700
 We love to sing

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.419
 of what he's done.

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.639
 Do you know what this

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.119
 means for us

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.619
 as a church?

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.399
 Here's what this means

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.220
 for us as a church.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:41.860
 We must

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:43.100
 begin

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:44.880
 seeing each other

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:46.299
 first and foremost

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.960
 as the blood

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.660
 bought sheep

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.660
 of the good shepherd.

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.440
 We

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:53.079
 must

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.880
 see

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.960
 one another

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.500
 with eyes

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.079
 of faith

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.440
 not eyes

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.220
 of flesh.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.700
 Eyes of flesh

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.860
 they focus

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.620
 on differences.

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.059
 Eyes of flesh

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.920
 they make

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.819
 judgments

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.440
 move to judgments

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.220
 like this is what

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.900
 they're not.

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:10.560
 eyes of faith

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.320
 they don't

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.460
 ignore differences.

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.560
 Eyes of faith

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:15.759
 recognize

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.680
 blood

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.040
 bought

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:19.620
 first and foremost.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.680
 And when you

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.420
 begin to see

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:24.180
 other people

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.320
 in our church

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:26.519
 as blood

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.960
 bought

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.500
 sheep

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.740
 of the good shepherd

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.680
 it makes

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.380
 you careful.

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.259
 It slows

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.880
 you down.

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:37.940
 this person

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:39.240
 belongs

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.560
 to the good shepherd

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:42.140
 purchased by

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.640
 his blood.

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.560
 So if you've

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.280
 had a disagreement

00:28:45.280 --> 00:28:46.080
 with someone

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.300
 who

00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:47.100
 some other

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:48.460
 sheep of the

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.900
 flock

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.780
 remember

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:51.820
 your blood

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.140
 bought

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.900
 their blood

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.220
 bought

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.000
 you both

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.500
 belong to

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.180
 the good shepherd.

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.140
 Or maybe

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.160
 one other

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.620
 sheep

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.880
 really rubs

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.580
 you the wrong

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.040
 way.

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.860
 Blood

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.220
 bought

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.660
 first and foremost.

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.860
 Or maybe

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.740
 there's another

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.180
 sheep

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.279
 that just

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.660
 kind of

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.559
 took a bite

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.900
 of you

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.339
 and took a

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.860
 chunk out

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.160
 of you.

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.019
 Blood

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.339
 bought.

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.539
 It's not

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.900
 okay

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:17.100
 but we're

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.680
 all blood

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.039
 bought

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:20.160
 followers

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.819
 of the good

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.180
 shepherd.

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.019
 His blood

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.519
 is

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.200
 greater

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.400
 than

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.420
 anything

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.800
 that could

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.160
 divide

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.480
 us.

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.380
 Greater

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.660
 than

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.480
 anything

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.440
 that

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.820
 could

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.740
 divide

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.060
 us.

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.019
 We have

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.660
 been united

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.640
 by

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.500
 his

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.160
 blood.

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.300
 We are

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.600
 blood

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:42.980
 bought

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.779
 blood

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.580
 bound.

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.039
 He laid

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.380
 his life

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.920
 down for

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.320
 us.

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.920
 Which brings

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.240
 me

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.360
 to the

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.980
 fifth point

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.960
 and the

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.320
 point

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.180
 that I've

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.500
 been looking

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.039
 forward to

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.420
 most.

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.680
 The

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.560
 we are

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.080
 united

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:03.240
 for

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.140
 his

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.860
 mission.

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.259
 In

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.860
 1016

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.779
 Jesus

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.140
 says

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.460
 and I

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.580
 have

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:09.779
 other

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.039
 sheep

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.200
 that

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.279
 are

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.440
 not

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.539
 of

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.720
 this

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.080
 fold.

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.920
 I

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:13.019
 must

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.759
 bring

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.240
 them

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.940
 also

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.740
 and they

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:15.880
 will

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.200
 listen

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.700
 to

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.060
 my

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.460
 voice

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.920
 so

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.060
 there

00:30:18.060 --> 00:30:18.120
 will

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.259
 be

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.580
 one

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.039
 flock

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.880
 one

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.279
 shepherd.

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.100
 We

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.320
 have

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.500
 been

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.180
 united

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.420
 for

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.960
 his

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.320
 mission.

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:28.519
 Jesus

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.220
 is very

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.619
 clearly

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.079
 saying

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.439
 here

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:30.740
 that

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.019
 he

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.359
 is

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.740
 calling

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.019
 to

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.619
 himself

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.559
 sheep

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.240
 from

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.859
 a

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.639
 multitude

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.639
 of

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.200
 sheep

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.779
 folds

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.279
 in

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.460
 order

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.720
 to

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.079
 gather

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.599
 together

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.419
 as

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.220
 one

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.419
 flock

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.359
 one

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.339
 shepherd.

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.139
 Of

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.319
 course

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.639
 he was

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:46.939
 talking

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.279
 about

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.079
 the

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.539
 Jewish

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.720
 sheep

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.119
 fold

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.439
 and

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.700
 going

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:50.879
 to

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.099
 the

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.720
 Gentile

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.279
 sheep

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.659
 fold

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.259
 but

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.500
 there

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.859
 are

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.579
 sub

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.200
 folds

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.579
 of

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.140
 Gentile

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.579
 sheep.

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.200
 Do I

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.279
 have

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.339
 an

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.500
 amen?

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.880
 What

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.119
 you

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.319
 may

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.619
 not

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.240
 realize

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:04.000
 is

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.180
 that

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.440
 we're

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.759
 part

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:04.900
 of

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.079
 his

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.539
 plan.

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.900
 That

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.839
 must

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.900
 is

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.259
 a

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.140
 missional

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.900
 must.

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.819
 I

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.400
 must

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.880
 bring

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.160
 them

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.680
 also.

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.440
 And

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.700
 he

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.220
 has

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.119
 us

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.680
 in

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.140
 mind

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.579
 to

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.940
 fulfill

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.380
 that

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.559
 purpose.

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.279
 I

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.660
 started

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.599
 with

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.900
 Brian

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.420
 Whittington's

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.720
 quote.

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.000
 Here it

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.420
 is again

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.079
 with the

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.500
 revelation

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.240
 that Jesus

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.740
 the good

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.079
 shepherd

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.519
 has laid

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.740
 down

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:32.920
 his

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.180
 life

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.339
 for

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.500
 the

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.839
 sheep

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.640
 sheep

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.079
 from

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.039
 different

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.640
 folds.

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.700
 How

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.980
 does

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.559
 that

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.180
 inform

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.180
 shape

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.460
 and

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.900
 change

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.180
 our

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.799
 understanding

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.339
 of all

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.500
 who

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.819
 gather

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.079
 in

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.279
 this

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.579
 body?

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:50.859
 We

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.059
 have

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.519
 people

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.119
 gathering

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.500
 Sunday

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.960
 after

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.539
 Sunday

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.879
 sitting

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.960
 next to

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.199
 each

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.439
 other

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.779
 in the

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.099
 same

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.480
 pew

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.779
 with

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.439
 very

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:02.539
 significant

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.619
 differences

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.759
 between

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.079
 them.

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:06.759
 In

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.119
 one

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.500
 pew

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.199
 you

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.339
 could

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.559
 have

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.039
 someone

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.539
 who

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.759
 is

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.119
 very

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.619
 wealthy

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.439
 sitting

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.819
 someone

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.099
 who

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.399
 is

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.919
 dirt

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.619
 poor

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.739
 both

00:32:15.739 --> 00:32:16.399
 are

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.719
 blood

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.099
 bought.

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.339
 In

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.500
 the

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.779
 same

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.259
 pew

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.779
 you

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:20.939
 could

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.319
 have

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.799
 someone

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:21.959
 who

00:32:21.959 --> 00:32:22.439
 just

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.819
 got

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.199
 out

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.500
 of

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.000
 prison

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.739
 sitting

00:32:24.739 --> 00:32:25.099
 next

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.319
 to

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.659
 someone

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.039
 who

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.139
 has

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.339
 never

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.500
 had

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.619
 a

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:26.899
 parking

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.359
 ticket

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.899
 and

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.359
 both

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.779
 are

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.239
 blood

00:32:29.239 --> 00:32:29.759
 bought.

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.119
 You

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.259
 can

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.419
 have

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:32.779
 someone

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.399
 sitting

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.679
 within

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.259
 people

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.639
 within

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:34.979
 feet

00:32:34.979 --> 00:32:35.119
 of

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.279
 each

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.500
 other

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.059
 one

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.439
 is

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:36.739
 an

00:32:36.739 --> 00:32:37.139
 ethnic

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.619
 minority

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:37.879
 someone

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.399
 black

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:38.879
 Latino

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.779
 they

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.939
 have

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.099
 been

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.979
 disadvantaged

00:32:40.979 --> 00:32:41.379
 by

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.519
 an

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.919
 imperfect

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.479
 system

00:32:42.479 --> 00:32:44.079
 and

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.240
 they're

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.559
 sitting

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.899
 right

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.259
 next

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.539
 to

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.079
 someone

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.379
 from

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.539
 an

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.899
 ethnic

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.779
 majority

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.220
 white

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.460
 middle

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.960
 class

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.559
 who

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.819
 has

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.000
 been

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.859
 advantaged

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.299
 by

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.659
 an

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.319
 imperfect

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.839
 system

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.500
 both

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.819
 blood

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.119
 bought.

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.819
 And it

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.339
 goes on.

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.859
 You can have

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.139
 someone who's

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.859
 mentally sharp

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.339
 sitting next

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.460
 to

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.720
 mentally

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.099
 ill

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.519
 both

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.819
 blood

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.079
 bought.

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.819
 Someone

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.079
 highly

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.599
 educated

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.879
 sitting

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.099
 next

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.199
 to

00:33:04.199 --> 00:33:04.439
 someone

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:04.579
 who

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:04.699
 did

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:04.919
 fish

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.220
 middle

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.679
 school

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.359
 both

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.059
 blood

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.559
 bought.

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.919
 Homeless

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.399
 person

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:10.899
 sitting

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.119
 next

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.220
 to

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.419
 someone

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:11.599
 who

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.220
 owns

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.759
 multiple

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.259
 properties

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.579
 in the

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.879
 city

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.520
 both

00:33:14.520 --> 00:33:14.740
 blood

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.000
 bought.

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.180
 Someone

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.440
 who's

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.860
 bathed

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.180
 this

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.560
 morning

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:22.280
 sitting

00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:22.500
 next

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.600
 to

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.780
 someone

00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:22.900
 who

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.080
 hasn't

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.380
 bathed

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.660
 in two

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.100
 weeks

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:25.960
 both

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.220
 blood

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.480
 bought.

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.140
 How are

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.580
 we going

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.400
 to unite

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.760
 around

00:33:32.760 --> 00:33:33.400
 these kinds

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.560
 of

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:33.980
 differences?

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.800
 How are

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:35.880
 we going

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.080
 to get

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.340
 through

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.840
 this?

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.480
 things

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.839
 to

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.240
 us?

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.599
 Because I

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.759
 am

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.139
 convinced

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.459
 it

00:33:40.459 --> 00:33:40.679
 is

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:40.899
 an

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.559
 opportunity

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.480
 that

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.819
 Jesus

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.439
 intends

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:43.859
 for us

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.259
 as a

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.599
 church

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.079
 to make

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.299
 a

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.679
 statement.

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.259
 Well,

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.159
 here are a

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.480
 number of

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.980
 suggestions.

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.079
 When we're

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.599
 faced with

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:54.799
 these

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.379
 differences,

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.419
 first

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.839
 remember

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.299
 this.

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.699
 You need

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:01.899
 to be

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.240
 convinced

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.440
 of

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.799
 something.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.220
 Jesus

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.680
 the good

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.000
 shepherd

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.279
 is actually

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.059
 purposing

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.639
 to unite

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.320
 together

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.900
 in his

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.340
 flock

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.519
 sheep

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.159
 from

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.960
 various

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.559
 and different

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.139
 backgrounds.

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.559
 It's his

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.360
 purpose.

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.239
 He intends

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.860
 to do it.

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.579
 It's not

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.000
 optional.

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.699
 And we

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.260
 are uniquely

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.440
 positioned as

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.000
 a church,

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.880
 as a

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.559
 people in

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.260
 this location

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.420
 to be

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.240
 about that.

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.019
 So,

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.400
 the first

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.599
 thing you

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.900
 need to be

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.200
 convinced

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.639
 of is

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.079
 this

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.400
 one

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.740
 flock,

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.059
 one

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.460
 shepherd

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.300
 means

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.659
 multicultural

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.460
 gospelism.

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.220
 The second

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.579
 thing that

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.880
 you need to

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.180
 keep in

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.579
 mind is

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.920
 this.

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.480
 How are

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.639
 we,

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.079
 how does

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.700
 this inform

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.000
 us?

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.579
 How does

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.139
 this shape

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.360
 us?

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.740
 How does

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.420
 this change

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.880
 us?

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.099
 We've

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.800
 got to reach

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.320
 back into

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.680
 the last

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.099
 point I

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.599
 just made.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.380
 We are

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.019
 united by

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.719
 the blood

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.199
 of our

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.739
 good shepherd.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.019
 It's

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.380
 got to

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.759
 be at

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:04.940
 the

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.300
 forefront

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.880
 of our

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.559
 minds.

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.639
 We've

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.820
 got to

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.280
 be keeping

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.380
 that as

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.759
 kind of

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.780
 the defining

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.460
 thing of

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.980
 who we

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.619
 are.

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.719
 For the

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.259
 sake of

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:16.199
 our unity,

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.360
 we need

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.699
 to keep

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.460
 the cross

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.719
 in front

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.300
 of us

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:22.179
 because it

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.559
 humbles

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.980
 us.

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.940
 The cross

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.300
 levels the

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.699
 flock.

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.119
 It equalizes

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.759
 us all.

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.880
 There's no

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.599
 one in this

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.400
 room who

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.559
 deserves what

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.319
 Jesus has

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.799
 done.

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.759
 The cross

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.819
 keeps us

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.179
 humble.

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.519
 So you've

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.699
 got to

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:41.039
 remember the

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.719
 purpose of

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:41.980
 the good

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.599
 shepherd is

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.480
 to unite a

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.199
 diverse people

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.980
 and the

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.199
 cross keeps

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.019
 us humble.

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.179
 The next

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.860
 thing is

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:55.000
 it's the

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:56.079
 point that I

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.500
 hope gets

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.279
 traction in

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.679
 you this

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:57.980
 morning.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:01.179
 we need

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.539
 to start

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.119
 learning each

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.440
 other's

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:05.119
 stories out

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.619
 of love for

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.039
 one another.

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:10.059
 Later on in

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.559
 John, in

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.139
 John 13,

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 just a couple

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.539
 days before

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.219
 Jesus lays

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.659
 down his

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.159
 life, he

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.800
 says this,

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.159
 a new

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.679
 commandment,

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.019
 this is

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.699
 1334,

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.699
 a new

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.480
 commandment

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.619
 I give

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.240
 to you

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:23.179
 that you

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.819
 love one

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.179
 another.

00:36:25.919 --> 00:36:27.239
 Just as I

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.879
 have loved

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:29.699
 you, you

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.139
 also are

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.259
 to love

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.479
 one another.

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.899
 And the

00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.459
 one another,

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.979
 regardless of

00:36:37.979 --> 00:36:38.519
 your ethnicity,

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.959
 regardless of

00:36:39.959 --> 00:36:40.659
 what fold you're

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:42.000
 from, regardless

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.699
 of your criminal

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.359
 record, your

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:44.039
 neighbor fold,

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.899
 the last time

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.639
 you bathed,

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:46.519
 regardless of all

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.879
 these things,

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.139
 love one another.

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.119
 And he says,

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.920
 just as I

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.319
 have loved

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.659
 you, you

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.199
 know what's

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.500
 on his

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.799
 mind.

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.579
 He's about

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.879
 to lay

00:36:53.879 --> 00:36:54.219
 down his

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.539
 life.

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:56.739
 In John

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.519
 15, Jesus

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.199
 says, greater

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.940
 love is no

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.239
 one than

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.559
 this, that

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.359
 someone lays

00:37:01.359 --> 00:37:02.279
 his life

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:03.379
 down for

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:04.139
 his friends.

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.519
 The kind

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.319
 of love that

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:07.039
 Jesus has in

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.739
 mind here for

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.319
 us is not

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.980
 theoretical.

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.059
 It's

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.900
 experiential.

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:14.500
 It's

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:16.099
 costly, risky,

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.460
 inconvenient,

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.579
 uncomfortable,

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.780
 sometimes

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.619
 unsettling, more

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.320
 often than not,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.059
 messy.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.599
 It's a

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.780
 sacrificial love

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.300
 we're to love

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.679
 one another

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:28.960
 with.

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.119
 But let me

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.579
 help you think

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.119
 something through.

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.179
 You might be

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.599
 thinking in your

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.139
 mind right now,

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.960
 well, who am I

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.740
 supposed to love

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.320
 like that?

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.400
 When Jesus

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.139
 laid down his

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.400
 life, he

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:49.420
 laid down his

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.099
 life for you,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.599
 he already

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.099
 knew you.

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.179
 He wasn't

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.619
 giving his

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.840
 life for a

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.940
 blurry-faced

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.840
 mass of

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.539
 people he

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.320
 didn't know.

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.740
 He was

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.519
 laying down

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.699
 his life for

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.639
 specific

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.440
 individuals given

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.699
 to him en masse

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.639
 by the Father.

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.720
 His

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:13.039
 substitutionary

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.840
 death was

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:16.220
 in the place

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:17.460
 of each

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.640
 of us.

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.120
 He died

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.800
 for me,

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.039
 he died

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.660
 for you,

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.700
 and he

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.820
 knew us

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:28.640
 before we

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:28.900
 were even

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.340
 born.

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.800
 So Jesus

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.320
 didn't give

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.940
 his life for

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.480
 people he

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.380
 didn't know,

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:37.120
 but for

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.740
 those whom

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.420
 he already

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.079
 knew, even

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.539
 those who

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.640
 are yet to

00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:41.140
 be born.

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.720
 He

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.240
 this may

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:46.519
 be a

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.780
 little bit

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.019
 of a

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.640
 stretch, but

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:47.960
 I think

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.360
 it'll make

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.840
 sense.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.680
 So when

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.160
 he calls

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:53.120
 us to

00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:54.100
 love one

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.420
 another,

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.579
 sacrificially,

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.780
 just as he

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.200
 has loved

00:38:59.200 --> 00:38:59.660
 us,

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.579
 he's calling

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.180
 us to

00:39:03.180 --> 00:39:04.300
 lay down

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.160
 our lives

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:07.059
 for people

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.760
 we know.

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:13.860
 let me

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.200
 ask you

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.380
 this

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.820
 question.

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.520
 Right

00:39:17.520 --> 00:39:17.820
 now,

00:39:19.020 --> 00:39:20.280
 who are

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:21.040
 you willing

00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:21.520
 to be

00:39:21.520 --> 00:39:22.420
 inconvenienced

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.800
 for?

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.640
 Who are

00:39:24.640 --> 00:39:25.080
 you willing

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.780
 to change

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.380
 your schedule

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.900
 for?

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.660
 Who are

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.120
 you willing

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:28.520
 to take

00:39:28.520 --> 00:39:29.380
 risks on?

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.200
 Who are

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.680
 you willing

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:31.600
 to share

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:32.460
 your resources

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.000
 with?

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:34.020
 My guess

00:39:34.020 --> 00:39:34.880
 is the

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.420
 people you're

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.800
 willing to

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.280
 do that

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.800
 with are

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.500
 people you

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.539
 already know,

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:41.260
 people you

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.660
 have a

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.180
 relationship

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:42.680
 with,

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.519
 people you

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.220
 care about.

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.519
 A love

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.900
 for one

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.780
 another that

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.880
 will span

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:53.180
 the divides

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:53.820
 of race,

00:39:54.060 --> 00:39:54.840
 of politics,

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.560
 of neighbor

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:56.060
 folds,

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:57.120
 of employment

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:58.000
 and income,

00:39:58.580 --> 00:40:00.160
 it starts

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:01.360
 with getting

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.080
 to know

00:40:02.080 --> 00:40:03.220
 one another.

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.240
 It's one

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.539
 thing to

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.759
 get to

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:06.900
 know

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.360
 someone

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:08.340
 of the

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.719
 same

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.219
 skin

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.619
 color,

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.460
 who's

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.599
 been

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.800
 living

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.000
 the

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.199
 same

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.900
 lifestyle,

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.539
 with a

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:12.739
 similar

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.099
 kind of

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.500
 history.

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.219
 It's

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.699
 another

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.920
 thing to

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.179
 get to

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.300
 know

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.719
 someone

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.059
 with a

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.279
 different

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.599
 skin

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.059
 color,

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.000
 living a

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.279
 different

00:40:19.279 --> 00:40:19.779
 lifestyle,

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.199
 with a

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.400
 very

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.840
 different

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.239
 history.

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:22.239
 heart

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.239
 heart

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.259
 heart

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:26.459
 heart

00:40:26.459 --> 00:40:26.479
 heart

00:40:26.479 --> 00:40:26.939
 heart

00:40:26.939 --> 00:40:28.079
 complications,

00:40:28.459 --> 00:40:28.779
 not

00:40:28.779 --> 00:40:29.039
 having

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.539
 answers

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.739
 to

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.099
 things,

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:30.939
 but we

00:40:30.939 --> 00:40:31.239
 move

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:31.639
 forward

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.039
 in

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.399
 love.

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.719
 So

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:35.979
 loving

00:40:35.979 --> 00:40:36.159
 one

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.419
 another

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:36.979
 starts

00:40:36.979 --> 00:40:37.439
 by

00:40:37.439 --> 00:40:37.859
 seeking

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.099
 to

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.719
 understand

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:38.939
 one

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.159
 another,

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:39.839
 and I

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.959
 want

00:40:40.959 --> 00:40:41.279
 to

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:41.919
 free

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.159
 you

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.439
 all

00:40:42.439 --> 00:40:42.799
 up

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.219
 to

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.599
 take

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.079
 a

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.559
 courageous

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.179
 step

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.619
 towards

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:45.839
 one

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:46.139
 another

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:47.659
 in a

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:47.979
 specific

00:40:47.979 --> 00:40:48.319
 way.

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.300
 it's

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.660
 this.

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.600
 Will you

00:40:53.600 --> 00:40:53.840
 tell me

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:53.980
 your

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.300
 story?

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.539
 Hey,

00:40:57.640 --> 00:40:58.140
 Josh,

00:40:58.260 --> 00:40:58.900
 can we

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.200
 get together

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.740
 for coffee?

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:00.820
 Man,

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.100
 I'd really

00:41:01.100 --> 00:41:01.559
 love to

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.300
 hear your

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.720
 story.

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.660
 You

00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:05.880
 want to

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.140
 come over

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.539
 for dinner?

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:07.120
 Because

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:10.280
 I know

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.900
 you've got

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.480
 a story,

00:41:12.140 --> 00:41:12.440
 and I

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.660
 want to

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:13.059
 hear it.

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.420
 We

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.980
 move

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.559
 towards

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.820
 one

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.100
 another.

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.680
 It

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:20.960
 takes

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.160
 some

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.559
 courage

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.800
 to

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.120
 invite

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:22.559
 someone

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.860
 who's

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.180
 unlike

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.559
 you

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.900
 to

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.460
 do

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.760
 something

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.059
 like

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.440
 that,

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.320
 but

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.620
 what's

00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:27.080
 driving

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.539
 that

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.940
 is

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.500
 love.

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.740
 A

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.080
 Jesus

00:41:33.080 --> 00:41:33.559
 kind

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:33.720
 of

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.059
 love.

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.480
 I

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.700
 think

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:36.900
 the

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.160
 best

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.480
 place

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.640
 to

00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:37.920
 start

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.300
 are

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.760
 informal

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.559
 relationships

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.539
 around

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.120
 tables,

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.380
 in

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.840
 homes,

00:41:43.120 --> 00:41:43.360
 and in

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.600
 coffee

00:41:43.600 --> 00:41:43.980
 shops.

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:46.360
 Nobody's

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.680
 asking

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.260
 you to

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.880
 welcome

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.340
 someone

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:48.480
 who's

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.640
 been

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.059
 homeless

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.280
 for

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.539
 three

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:49.780
 years

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:49.960
 to

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.119
 come

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.320
 live

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.400
 in

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.539
 your

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:50.900
 basement.

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.740
 What we're

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.380
 talking about

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.680
 though,

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:54.980
 sorry,

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.340
 that was

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.000
 my brain,

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.800
 what we are

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.380
 talking about

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.660
 though,

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.860
 is moving

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.260
 towards

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.740
 people,

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.260
 blood-bought

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.720
 people,

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.240
 and love.

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.279
 love.

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.539
 We love

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.959
 one another,

00:42:10.359 --> 00:42:10.679
 and it

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.119
 starts by

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.539
 getting to

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.899
 know one

00:42:11.899 --> 00:42:12.179
 another.

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.219
 Does that

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:13.419
 sound

00:42:13.419 --> 00:42:13.879
 reasonable?

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.619
 But there's

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.939
 even a

00:42:17.939 --> 00:42:18.379
 bigger why.

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.939
 In

00:42:21.939 --> 00:42:22.479
 John 13,

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.059
 35,

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.619
 Jesus,

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:27.139
 after saying

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.799
 this new

00:42:27.799 --> 00:42:28.379
 commandment,

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.619
 just as I

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:30.919
 have loved

00:42:30.919 --> 00:42:31.059
 you,

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.599
 you also

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.179
 are to

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.479
 love one

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.699
 another,

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.320
 says this,

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.179
 by this

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.820
 loving one

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.079
 another,

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.860
 this sacrificial

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.240
 love,

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.420
 all people

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.960
 will know

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.400
 that you

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:38.740
 are my

00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:39.300
 disciples,

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.519
 if you

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.440
 have love

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:42.980
 for one

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.260
 another.

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.280
 It's the

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.840
 distinguishing

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.719
 mark of

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:47.539
 every follower

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.159
 of Jesus.

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.460
 And if you

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.320
 flip over to

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.539
 chapter John

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.199
 17,

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:52.940
 the high

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.340
 priestly

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.920
 prayer,

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.300
 not only do we

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:56.800
 realize that

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.240
 this is a

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:58.139
 command to

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.460
 love one

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.760
 another,

00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:00.860
 it is

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.580
 strategic.

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.680
 Jesus is

00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:05.140
 praying for

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:05.760
 us in

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.280
 verse 20

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.760
 and 21,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.140
 he says

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.380
 this,

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.860
 I do not

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.580
 ask for

00:43:08.580 --> 00:43:09.800
 these only,

00:43:10.020 --> 00:43:11.480
 his disciples

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.260
 that he was

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:12.580
 with,

00:43:13.520 --> 00:43:14.280
 but also for

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:14.680
 those who

00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:15.140
 will believe

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:15.820
 in me through

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.420
 their word,

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.180
 that they may

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.880
 all be one

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:19.860
 united together,

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.300
 just as you

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.940
 father are in

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.420
 me and I

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:22.800
 in you,

00:43:23.020 --> 00:43:23.340
 that they

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:24.200
 also may be

00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:24.740
 in us,

00:43:25.020 --> 00:43:25.420
 and here's

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.000
 the phrase,

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.280
 so that

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:28.340
 the world

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.840
 may believe

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.880
 that you

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.920
 have sent

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.280
 me.

00:43:33.180 --> 00:43:33.559
 Do you see

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.079
 what's riding

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.539
 on our love

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.800
 for one

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.019
 another?

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.780
 Look at

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.579
 verse 23,

00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:39.760
 I in them

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.159
 and you in

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.720
 me that they

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:41.180
 may become

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:42.019
 perfectly one,

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:42.579
 unity,

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.539
 so that the

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.099
 world may

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:44.820
 know that

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:45.380
 you sent

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.820
 me.

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.119
 Our

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:49.180
 loving one

00:43:49.180 --> 00:43:49.539
 another

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:50.500
 sacrificially

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:52.119
 is what

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.840
 Francis Schaeffer

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.700
 calls the

00:43:53.700 --> 00:43:55.220
 final apologetic,

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:56.400
 the greatest

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.260
 case we can

00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.920
 make to a

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.680
 watching world.

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.480
 And if we

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:02.300
 are unwilling

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:03.480
 to love

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.340
 others who

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.159
 are unlike

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.519
 us, we

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.380
 fail the

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.840
 command,

00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:10.400
 and we

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.920
 give reason

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.260
 for the

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:11.840
 watching world

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.240
 to say,

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.180
 ah, they're

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:13.760
 like everybody

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.240
 else.

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.940
 But for

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.659
 those of us

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.159
 who are taking

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.860
 these words to

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:20.280
 heart and

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:20.980
 stepping outside

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.559
 of our comfort

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:23.000
 zones, what

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.539
 people start

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.280
 doing is this,

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:24.920
 it's like,

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.360
 oh, whoa,

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:25.960
 he's a

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.840
 believer in

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:28.380
 Jesus, he's

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.099
 not living for

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:30.139
 himself, he's

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.880
 moving across,

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.519
 she's moving

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.639
 across boundaries,

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.619
 look at who

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.240
 their friends

00:44:35.240 --> 00:44:35.599
 are.

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.820
 That ain't

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.340
 natural!

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.700
 That's the

00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:40.940
 world.

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.180
 Because when

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:44.740
 they see our

00:44:44.740 --> 00:44:45.280
 love for one

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.820
 another, that's

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.800
 resulting in this

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:49.159
 new and uncommon

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:51.180
 unity, it ends

00:44:51.180 --> 00:44:51.820
 up making a

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.599
 convincing case

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.420
 that God has

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:54.299
 actually sent

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:55.199
 Jesus to

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.880
 not only save

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.360
 people but

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.259
 radically change

00:44:57.259 --> 00:44:58.279
 them to be in

00:44:58.279 --> 00:44:58.900
 new kinds of

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.480
 relationships.

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.719
 Let me ask you

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:03.199
 this, where in

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:04.799
 our city are

00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:07.019
 people voluntarily

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:08.659
 moving towards

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:09.739
 other people outside

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:10.339
 of their comfort

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:11.039
 zone right now?

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.460
 you see the

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.039
 opportunity we

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.239
 got.

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.400
 We got a

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.159
 great opportunity,

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.759
 Christ the King

00:45:17.759 --> 00:45:18.079
 Church.

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:20.279
 I hope you're

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.820
 feeling the weight

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.440
 of these words.

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:21.940
 I hope you're

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.440
 feeling not just

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.059
 the command but

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.960
 the strategy of

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.079
 it.

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:26.139
 we are a test

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:28.059
 case in this

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:29.039
 city to

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.380
 demonstrate that

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.299
 God has really

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:32.199
 sent the Son.

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.699
 You can't argue

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.900
 with a supernatural

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.699
 unity among a

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:38.579
 naturally diverse

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:40.559
 people and it

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.920
 just starts by

00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:42.960
 hearing people's

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.619
 stories.

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.400
 Get it?

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:51.759
 We are united

00:45:51.760 --> 00:45:53.140
 for His mission.

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:55.100
 Better said, we

00:45:55.100 --> 00:45:57.780
 must be uniting

00:45:57.780 --> 00:46:00.100
 for His mission

00:46:00.100 --> 00:46:01.360
 because it's

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.240
 essential to

00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:04.000
 His mission.

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:06.200
 We are one

00:46:06.200 --> 00:46:07.320
 united flock

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:08.220
 following our

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:09.440
 one exclusive

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:11.280
 shepherd and

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:11.880
 there's a lot

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.780
 riding on it.

00:46:14.120 --> 00:46:16.560
 One flock, one

00:46:16.560 --> 00:46:17.880
 shepherd, it

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:19.360
 informs, shapes,

00:46:19.560 --> 00:46:20.900
 and changes the

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:21.600
 way that we

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:22.559
 think about

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.940
 ourselves and

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:25.079
 our reason for

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:26.079
 being in our

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.480
 city.

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.619
 So brothers and

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:30.759
 sisters, fellow

00:46:30.759 --> 00:46:33.099
 sheep, we have

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.779
 an unprecedented

00:46:33.779 --> 00:46:35.579
 opportunity to

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.339
 make a statement

00:46:36.339 --> 00:46:37.920
 for Jesus in

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.000
 our city by our

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:41.119
 love for one

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.440
 another.

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.699
 Do I have an

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:42.880
 amen?

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.659
 Let's pray.

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:47.079
 God, thank you

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.799
 so much for

00:46:47.799 --> 00:46:48.119
 Jesus.

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:49.159
 Jesus, thank you

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:49.819
 so much for

00:46:49.819 --> 00:46:51.420
 giving us ears to

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:52.119
 hear your voice

00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:52.720
 this morning.

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:54.099
 This is not an

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:55.099
 easy way, Lord

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.440
 Jesus.

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:58.680
 This is risky, it's

00:46:58.680 --> 00:47:00.480
 uncomfortable, but

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:02.099
 we believe it's

00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:02.440
 true.

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.539
 We believe you're

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:05.480
 calling us to this.

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:07.099
 God, would you

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:08.059
 give us the strength

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.599
 to do it?

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:09.920
 Would you give us

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:10.680
 the courage and the

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:11.659
 boldness, the

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:12.440
 confidence in you,

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.119
 our good shepherd,

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:14.340
 that you're with us

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:15.200
 all along the way?

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:17.720
 God, we ask that you

00:47:17.720 --> 00:47:18.740
 would do a work in

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.319
 Christ the King

00:47:19.319 --> 00:47:20.719
 Church, that through

00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:21.719
 our love for one

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:23.599
 another across various

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:25.959
 differences, that you

00:47:25.959 --> 00:47:27.379
 would draw to yourself

00:47:27.379 --> 00:47:29.459
 more sheep from more

00:47:29.459 --> 00:47:31.199
 folds to form for

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:33.419
 yourself a whole new

00:47:33.419 --> 00:47:35.239
 flock of lovers of

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:38.000
 one another who are all

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:39.659
 attuned to your voice

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:41.739
 for the glory of your

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:42.079
 name.

00:47:43.339 --> 00:47:44.319
 In the name of Jesus, we

00:47:44.319 --> 00:47:44.579
 pray.

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:45.959
 Amen.

00:47:45.959 --> 00:47:46.099
 Amen.

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.119
 Amen.

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:46.139
 Amen.

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:46.159
 Amen.

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.179
 Amen.

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:46.199
 Amen.

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:46.219
 Amen.

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:46.259
 Amen.

00:47:46.259 --> 00:47:46.279
 Amen.

00:47:46.279 --> 00:47:46.299
 Amen.

00:47:46.299 --> 00:47:48.139
 Amen.

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.679
 Amen.