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 So we have been, as a church, working together verse by verse through the book of Romans.

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 You will note today that I had you turn to 1 Corinthians.

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! We finished chapter 8 a couple of weeks ago and have decided for the summer not to go on to chapter 9.

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 We believe that in order to remain, keep some continuity going as we get into chapter 10 and 11,

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 as many of the college students come back in the fall,

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 we would always have to re-preach chapter 9 to catch everybody up to where we're going to be talking in 10 and 11

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 and some of the hard issues there.

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 And so we preferred to wait.

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 Now, that's not the only reason we're putting it off.

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 I don't want you to think that you're getting lesser sermons because we wanted to wait on that.

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 But there have been some issues both discussed amongst our church and cultural,

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 pretty massive cultural issues going on, that we feel deserve some discussion.

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 And so today we're going to start a sermon series called Christ and Culture.

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 And I'll explain as we go on what we mean by that term and what that's going to end up looking like for us.

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 But this morning, the text we're going to be using is going to be kind of the theme text for this sermon series.

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 And so starting in verse 19 of 1 Corinthians chapter 9, let's read together.

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 Paul writes,

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 If I was going to say, there's our theme.

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 Verse 24.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, truly, in this hour we need you, as we do all the time.

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 I need you, by the power of your Spirit, to enable me to speak with clarity,

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 to speak true things from your Word.

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 And all of us, Father, need your Spirit to apply them to our lives,

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 to understand it, to soak it in, to have it affect and change our hearts.

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 And I pray, God, for our church as we go through this study together over the coming weeks,

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 that you will show us how we can best honor you in all of the areas of our life.

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 We pray this in the precious name of Christ.

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 So in this series, Christ and Culture,

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 we're seeking to acknowledge culture, that it exists,

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 by discussing and demonstrating exactly how we ought to think, act, believe, and interact with culture.

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 But before we get going too far,

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 the main thing I want to show you from our text today

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 is Paul's unwavering commitment to the Gospel.

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 Paul's unwavering commitment to the Gospel.

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 And his success in it as well.

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 And I want to show you five things, two from the text,

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 others that are just general about Paul's life.

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 Number one, Paul was called by God's Father.

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 Paul affirms his apostleship in chapter 9, verse 1.

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 And in 1.1 of 1 Corinthians, he says,

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 Paul called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ.

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 And then in 9.16,

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 Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel.

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 Paul had a definite, a firm call in his life to be a preacher of the Gospel of God,

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 as do we all.

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 None of us are exempt from this.

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 If we are in Christ, we are known by Him,

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 that we all have been given the same call.

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 We're all, in some sense, apostolic,

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 sent to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.

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 Number two, he was given revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 He saw the Lord, and he therefore had clarity of message.

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 Chapter 9, again, verse 1, he says,

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 Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?

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 He asked rhetorically, of course I have.

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 Galatians 1.11 and 12,

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 For I would have you know, brothers,

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 that the Gospel that was preached by me is not man's Gospel.

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 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it,

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 but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 And in the same way, we as Christians today, in the 21st century,

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 have been given a blessed revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 We have the full, sufficient Word of God,

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 which is a clear picture of our Lord,

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 and we ought to, as a result, want to share it with Him.

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 Number three, he was guided by the Spirit.

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 You see the Trinitarian motivation of Paul.

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 Acts 13, 2-4, you see the sending, the commissioning of Paul.

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 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,

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 the Holy Spirit said,

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 Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

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 Then after feasting, fasting, and praying,

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 they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

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 So being sent out by the Holy Spirit,

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 they went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed, disciples.

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 Romans 8-14, Paul says,

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 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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 And his point there in 8-14 is the affirmation.

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 If you are a son of God, you will be led by the Spirit of God.

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 Your motivations will change.

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 What you desire will be different because the Spirit of God abides in you.

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 And that motivates, pushes us toward an unwavering commitment to the gospel.

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 Now, in the text where we are today,

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 fourthly, he was encouraged by joy.

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 He was encouraged by joy.

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 Paul's life was a rough life.

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 By any American standard, Paul suffered greatly.

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 Paul had little to count for in this world.

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 But yet, he traded the things of this world for the joy that was in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We see in verse 23 that he does all of this,

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 all of his self-denial for the sake of the gospel,

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 that he may share with them those he's winning to Christ in the blessings of the gospel.

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 And we see in verse 25 that he's competing for a wreath that is imperishable.

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 That is ultimate and final joy forever.

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 So he was encouraged by joy.

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 And then fifthly, and where we're going to spend a bit of our time,

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 he was motivated by love.

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 Paul loved people.

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 And he cared for their eternal state.

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 And I could ask at each one of these points, is this you?

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 Have you been called by the prophet?

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 Have you been given a revelation of Christ?

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 Are you guided by the Spirit?

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 And I hope as Christians you can say yes,

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 because if you can't, then you're not a Christian at all.

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 You merely claim to be a Christian,

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 but you are not in fact a follower of Christ.

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 I hope that we're encouraged by joy.

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 But mostly this morning,

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 I hope that we're motivated by love.

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 Do you love people?

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 Are you self-serving or do you serve others?

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 And we see here that Paul is in a state,

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 as he's writing this,

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 of self-denial and self-nutrival.

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 So those are the two things I want you to see.

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 Self-denial we see through verse 23.

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 He starts in verse 19.

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 For though I am free from all.

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 He's free.

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 In the gospel, he is free from all.

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 No longer to serve the ways of man,

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 but to serve God.

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 But what does he do?

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 He makes himself a servant to all.

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 He denies himself

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 some of the rights he has in the gospel

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 in order that he might better serve.

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 The letter to the Corinthians

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 is all throughout flavored with this issue

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 that was going on in the church at Corinth.

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 That they were taking their liberty they had in Christ,

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 which they certainly had,

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 but they were taking it to its extreme end.

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 They said,

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 Well, I've been free from the law of God.

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 I can do anything I want to do, right?

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 Paul affirmed liberty.

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 He said,

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 Yes, you're free in Christ.

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 However, you're to be a servant to all.

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 We as Christians too often lean on liberty.

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 Notice Paul in verse 21.

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 He says that he's not outside the law of God,

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 but he's under the law of Christ.

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 We are still called to keep the moral law.

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 In order to what?

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 Look at the theme all throughout.

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 Verse 19,

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 That I might win more of them.

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 Verse 20,

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 In order to win Jews.

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 At the end of verse 20,

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 Win those under the law.

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 Verse 21,

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 Not being outside of,

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 Excuse me,

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 I don't know why I'm the wrong thing.

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 Win those outside the law.

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 Verse 22,

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 Win the weak.

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 And at the end of verse 22,

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 That I might save some.

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 Paul was willing to give up some of the rights that he had

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 in order to serve those to the end of the gospel.

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 Now hear me carefully.

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 When you don't practice a liberty,

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 as many Christians would say,

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 when you don't practice a liberty,

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 you're not denying yourself freedom in Christ.

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 You have the liberty in Christ

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 to do something and to not do something that's gray.

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 Let me give you the example of alcohol.

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 And I hope I'm not opening up a massive can of worms

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 because I'm not going to treat it today in its entirety.

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 But you would have those who would say,

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 if I don't drink,

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 then I'm denying my liberty in Christ.

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 The freedom that you've given to me,

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 I'm giving it back.

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 How dare I do such a thing?

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 But actually,

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 as I've done,

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 I've chosen not to drink because of my position.

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 I don't want it to ever be a stumbling block

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 for the gospel in my life.

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 Not necessarily the case for you,

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 but for me,

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 I'm practicing my liberty to not drink.

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 I don't have to do either.

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 I'm free to do what's best

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 and follow my convictions,

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 my conscience in that way.

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 And that's where we get into

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 as we talk about Christ and culture.

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 There's a lot of gray out there.

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 There's much this defined for us.

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 There's a lot of black and white in the scripture.

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 But as we live now in the 21st century,

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 believing that the scripture is fully sufficient for us,

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 God has left us some gray areas,

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 some places that we must be dependent on him

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 and led by his spirit,

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 act appropriately to engage our culture.

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 Look now to his self-control.

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 Verse 24 through 27,

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 he speaks of this race

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 that lots of people run the race,

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 but not all of them win.

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 So if we're going to win the race,

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 he's not saying that as Christians,

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 only one of us is getting to the end.

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 He's just saying that

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 if we're going to run the race well,

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 we must discipline ourselves.

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 We must be self-controlled.

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 Verse 27, he says,

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 but I discipline my body

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 and keep it under control.

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 This is such interesting language.

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 To keep your body under control

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 is to make it a slave by severe force.

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 That's what the Greek phrase means.

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 And if you have an ESV,

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 which is what I'm preaching from,

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 you'll actually see that the footnote for,

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 but I discipline my body

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 and keep it under control,

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 the footnote translates it,

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 I pummel the body and make it a slave.

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 So it's a fierce act

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 to keep the body under control.

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 For what?

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 Again, remembering the context

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 so that we can serve the end of the gospel.

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 What do we do?

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 How do we act?

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 What do we believe?

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 What do we say?

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 All these things should be highly disciplined

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 for the sake of the gospel.

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 When he speaks of this wreath that's fading,

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 the perishable wreath,

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 he's referring,

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 as he's talking to the Corinthians,

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 to some games that took place.

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 For the Greeks,

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 sport was very important to them.

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 There was games that took place,

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 yet the Olympic games,

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 we're familiar with those,

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 but the Isthmian games were held

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 every third year in Corinth.

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 And to even be considered,

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 to be able to enter into those games,

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 you had to have written proof,

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 you had to show that you've been training

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 for at least 10 months

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 to be able to enter into the games.

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 And once you were accepted into the games,

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 you moved to Corinth,

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 if you didn't already live there,

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 and you went through a 30-day training regiment.

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 There was somebody in charge of the game,

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 and they took you through

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 this rigorous training regiment

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 so that you would be ready

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 to run in the race

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 to earn the ultimate prize,

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 which there was only one winner.

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 Ultimately and finally,

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 there was only one winner,

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 and what they earned

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 at the end of it all

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 was an evergreen wreath.

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 Now in our Olympic games,

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 we get the gold medals.

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 You know the gold medals

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 only worth 110 bucks,

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 that little medal

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 that they hang around their necks.

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 Fairly trivial,

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 the prize was,

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 but what the evergreen wreath

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 symbolized was immortality.

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 You have won the Isthmian games.

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 You will be remembered forever.

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 Have any of you heard

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 of the Isthmian games

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 before I mentioned that?

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 Okay, we got one.

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 Okay.

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 But to prove my point,

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 none of you know

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 who won the Isthmian game.

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 None of you know that.

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 They weren't immortalized at all.

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 John MacArthur,

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 in speaking on this text,

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 spoke of his time in college

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 as he played football,

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 and he broke a number of records,

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 and they had a record board,

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 and he went back as an alum

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 to an alumni event,

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 and the record board,

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 he noticed many of his records

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 had been replaced

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 with new record holders,

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 and he returned the following year,

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 and the record board

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 had been taken down

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 for some remodeling,

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 and somebody had lost it.

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 So it didn't even exist anymore at all.

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 And not long after that,

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 the school that he attended

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 shut down altogether,

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 and he used how foolish he was

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 for training himself

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 and thinking that he would be immortalized

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 with his efforts in that way.

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 But we are to train ourselves,

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 to discipline ourselves,

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 to understand how we should act

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 and interact with culture

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 so that we might win prize.

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 So Christ and culture.

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 And I think we need to define those terms

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 to set us up for the next few weeks.

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 When we say Christ,

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 we're talking about the Lord.

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 The one who sits at the right hand of the Father.

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 The perfect spotless Lamb.

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 The only sacrifice that was worthy

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 of paying the sins of the church.

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 That's the Christ we're talking about.

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 We're not talking about hippie Jesus,

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 or good moral teacher Jesus.

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 We're not talking about all the perversions of Christ.

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 We're talking about the Christ of Scripture.

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 And his effect now in the world.

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 So Christ is currently,

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 if you don't know this,

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 he sits at the right hand of the Father

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 in the place of honor,

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 and he reigns there.

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 He holds the world in sway

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 by the power of his word.

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 That's providence.

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 Christ is totally and completely

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 in control of everything

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 that's going on in this world right now.

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 And he has commissioned us

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 by his Spirit as his soldier.

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 We are the hands and the feet

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 and the mouthpiece of Christ.

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 He multiplied us to the world.

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 I used to think,

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 how great it would be

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 if Jesus walked the earth now.

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 What could he accomplish now

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 if Jesus walked the earth?

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 He's accomplishing much more

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 at the right hand of the Father

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 because he's given his Spirit

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 to those who follow him.

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 And he's multiplied us

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 across the world

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 to advance his kingdom.

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 He ushered in the kingdom of God.

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 He inaugurated the kingdom of God

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 when he came, lived, died, resurrected.

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 And he's in the process now

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 of seeing it come to full culmination.

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 So we live in a place right now

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 where we're kind of in between two worlds.

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 What is the kingdom of God has come

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 and what is yet to be

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 the full realization of it.

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 That's the Christ that we're talking about.

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 So that includes us

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 when we talk about Christ in culture.

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 And that's primarily

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 what we're going to be discussing

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 over the coming weeks.

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 How is it that we function

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 within the world that we live in

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 as Christians

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 for the sake of the gospel?

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 So that's the Christ.

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 Culture.

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 We've got to talk about this

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 at a little bit greater length

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 and it deserves a short water break.

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 This is a much debated topic.

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 How do we define culture?

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 Now for a lot of people

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 when they think of culture

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 they think of high culture.

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 Like we need to get you cultured.

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 So we're going to take you to the opera.

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 We're going to have you

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 taste fine wines.

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 I'm going to teach you

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 how to use a knife and a fork properly.

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 That's what we think of culture.

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 That's not really what culture is.

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 Culture runs the gamut.

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 You could say

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 we're talking about both

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 high culture and low culture.

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 We could say

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 we're talking about those

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 who go to fine meals and opera

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 and those who play Xbox

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 and eat Twinkies.

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 We're talking about

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 all things in culture.

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 So here's your cultural definition

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 that we're going to operate under

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 although there are many others.

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 If you want this for your notes

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 see me afterward

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 because it's a little bit long.

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 So you hear me out here.

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 Culture consists of the beliefs,

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 behaviors, objects,

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 and other characteristics

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 common to the members

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 of a particular group or society.

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 Culture includes many societal aspects.

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 Language, art, customs, values,

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 norms, folklores, tools, technologies,

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 products, organizations, and institutions.

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 I'm sure that's not exhausting.

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 It includes basically everything

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 we encounter day to day.

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 Off the website

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 Christ and Pop Culture

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 which I'll commend to you.

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 It's a really fun read.

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 They say,

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 Culture is everywhere.

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 You can attempt to avoid it

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 but even if you succeeded

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 those around you are immersed in it.

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 Culture is more than just

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 television, film, music,

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 and the things people

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 indulge themselves with

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 the past time.

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 It's politics.

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 It's lifestyle.

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 It's the common knowledge

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 of our age.

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 You could say

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 it's the common sense

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 of our age.

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 Now some 50 plus years ago

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 a man named Richard Niebuhr

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 wrote a book

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 called Christ and Culture.

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 Culture.

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 And I would presume

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 that none of you have read it.

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 I haven't read it.

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 I've read a critique of it

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 but I haven't read

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 the book itself.

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 But it has been

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 the predominant narrative

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 in the church

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 and how we function

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 with culture.

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 And the danger of the book

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 is right in some aspects

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 but the danger of the book

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 is that it's reductionary.

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 It makes things

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 too simple.

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 And what it has tended

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 to cause the church to do

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 is one of two things.

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 It's either become isolationistic.

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 Totally withdraw culture

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 altogether.

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 The Amish would be

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 a good example of that.

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 They have said

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 all things of the world

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 are evil.

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 I'm not of the world.

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 Therefore we will do

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 everything of our own.

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 That's the one danger.

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 Fundamentalism would be

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 another example of that.

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 The other side of that

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 is an attempt to

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 totally meld the gospel

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 into current culture.

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 The emergent movement

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 would be an example of that.

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 Where the message itself

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 is actually being changed

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 to try to make it

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 culturally relevant

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 as if the gospel

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 hasn't always been

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 relevant to people

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.299
 who need a savior.

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 So those are the two

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 end extremes

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 and that's kind of

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 tended to be what happened

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 and we could probably

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 find ourselves

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 in varying areas

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 of our life

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 doing one of those

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 two things.

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 That's why I think

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 that this is all

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 so important

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 for us to discuss.

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 So let's talk a little

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 bit more about how

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 complicated culture can be.

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 We exist in varying

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 cultures.

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 There is certainly a

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 meta-narrative of the world,

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 a broad culture,

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 the human culture,

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 in which we are all

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 sinners separated from God.

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 We all have a sin nature.

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 We all need a savior.

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 That's a shared commonality

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 between all of us.

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 A subset of that

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 would be those

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 who know Christ,

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 the church,

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 and I don't mean

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 anybody who attends

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 a church,

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 I mean those who are

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.200
 truly regenerate

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 and belong to God

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 and those who don't.

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 Those would be

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 subsets of that culture

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 but think about

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 some of the other

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 things you do,

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 the operations

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 that you have,

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 the groups and societies

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.980
 you belong to

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 that share beliefs

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 and commonalities

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 and symbols

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 and those types of things.

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 I used to

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:01.140
 whitewater kayak a lot.

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 I don't get to do that

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.759
 really anymore

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 but I used to do it a lot

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 and that was subculture.

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 There was a language

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.599
 we had,

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 the term booth.

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 If you're a whitewater

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 kayaker,

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 you know exactly

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 what that means.

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 If you're not,

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 you have no clue

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.339
 what we're talking about.

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 There's terminology

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.220
 like that.

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 So there are tons

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 of subcultures

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 we exist within.

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 Each of us as individuals

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 exist within

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 multiple cultures,

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 all kinds of cultures

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 and they're not

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.900
 these concentric circles.

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 They're circles

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 that overlap,

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 that are very fuzzy

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 at the edges.

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 You might have a group

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 that you identify with

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 but not in every way.

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 Your sorority

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 or paternity

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 may do that.

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 You share some

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 of the common values

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 of brotherhood

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 and sisterhood

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 but you may not

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.700
 really appreciate

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.460
 some of the parting

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 that goes on

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 within your paternity

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 or sorority.

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 The lines become fuzzy

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 and they overlap.

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 Very complicated

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 if we look at culture

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 and what that means.

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 It would be nice

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 to just divide it all up

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 into nice little pods

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 and deal with it

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 but we can't.

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 So really every individual

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.939
 is their own set

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:06.519
 of complicated

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.919
 cultural interactions.

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.059
 And what we're trying

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.779
 to accomplish

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.959
 as Christians

00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:14.099
 is we're trying

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.879
 to filter all

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:16.819
 of our cultural experience

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.839
 through the gospel

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.379
 of Christ

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.619
 and ultimately

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:21.519
 see everyone else's

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.359
 cultural experience

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.219
 come under

00:23:23.219 --> 00:23:24.279
 the auspice

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.939
 of the gospel.

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 We want it to reign

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.460
 in their lives

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.259
 as well.

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 Which means it'll change

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 some of the things

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.220
 we do.

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 It'll change some

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.299
 of our belief structures.

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.720
 That's what we're

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.339
 going to be talking

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.259
 about through the

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.579
 varying topics

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:39.099
 over the coming weeks.

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.599
 How should Christians

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.720
 believe about certain

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.180
 things?

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.640
 What are the gray areas

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.759
 and how can we seek

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.420
 the spirit

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.559
 to live properly

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.259
 in those areas

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.160
 of our lives?

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.720
 Important things

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.839
 to discuss.

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.220
 We're ultimately

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.400
 waiting.

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.279
 As we interact

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.880
 with the world

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.680
 we're trying

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:58.180
 to disarm them.

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.519
 I've heard a great

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 analogy this week.

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.620
 The guy talked

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.500
 about how every

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.180
 person you have

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.740
 a conversation

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.559
 about the gospel

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.500
 with is holding

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.600
 a rock in their hand.

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.079
 And that rock

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.920
 is waiting

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:10.299
 to beat you with it

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 but it's built

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.180
 of preconceived notions.

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.579
 It's built

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.279
 of their past

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.920
 experience with the gospel.

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.600
 And what we're

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.460
 trying to do

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.160
 as we interact

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.620
 with them

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.200
 is get them

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.600
 to put down

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 the rock

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 and listen.

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 Now I fully

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.299
 recognize

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.959
 the spirit

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 of God

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 must intervene

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 in somebody's life

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.579
 for them to become

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.099
 saved.

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 Must.

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 But he's given us

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:32.119
 means by which

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 he uses.

00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:33.419
 So we should

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:34.139
 have a methodology.

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 We should

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.839
 understand people.

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.699
 We should seek

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.959
 first to understand

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.759
 then be understood.

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 We should try

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:39.919
 to get them

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:41.239
 to put the rock

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 down.

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 The Protestant

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.899
 Evangelical Church

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.439
 as well as

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 many other

00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:49.500
 denominations

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.339
 that claim

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 to follow

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.519
 Christ

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 have put

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 a widening

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.880
 chasm

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 between us

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.039
 and the lost.

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 And it's

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.619
 happening all

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 the time.

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 We live

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 in a

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.200
 politically

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.039
 charged

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.559
 nation

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.680
 that has

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.519
 lots of

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:06.019
 Christian value

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.680
 pushed up

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.400
 under political

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.880
 decisions

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.819
 and a lot

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.359
 of that

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.359
 makes that

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.839
 chasm

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.799
 wider

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.400
 and wider.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.839
 The picture

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.460
 in my mind

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.000
 is always

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.660
 of church

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.019
 leaders

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.720
 and politicians

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.500
 standing on a

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.980
 bank that's

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.720
 crumbling in

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.500
 and they keep

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.940
 kicking the

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.420
 sides of it

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.740
 and they just

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.220
 keep crumbling

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.900
 and they take

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.339
 a step back

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.700
 and they keep

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.100
 kicking the

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.380
 sides

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.180
 and this gap

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.779
 gets wider

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.559
 and wider

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.400
 and wider

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.319
 and our goal

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.900
 as Christians

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.720
 is not to

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.039
 make the

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.700
 chasm wider

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.200
 but to build

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.839
 a bridge

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.579
 and we might

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.039
 share the

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.460
 gospel

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.779
 with those

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.019
 who are

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.460
 lost.

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.059
 So culture

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 is a complicated

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.839
 thing.

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.600
 What I really

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.940
 want you to

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.400
 see in all

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.720
 of that

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.380
 not to

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.700
 dishearten

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:40.940
 you

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.980
 but to get

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.279
 you to see

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.579
 that you

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:44.200
 cannot avoid

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.059
 interacting with

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.319
 culture.

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.539
 There's no

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.000
 way around

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.240
 it.

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.079
 And as a

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.359
 Christian

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.039
 as a follower

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.539
 of Christ

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.299
 he must

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.200
 permeate

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.420
 all of those

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.000
 interactions

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.200
 and all of

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.819
 those things

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.740
 that you do.

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.240
 So let's look at

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.880
 Paul a little

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.799
 bit as to

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.440
 how we should

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.400
 then function

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.220
 in our varying

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.200
 cultural context.

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.339
 He says in

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.079
 chapter 9

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.900
 verse 22

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.440
 and 23

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.980
 here's kind of

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.819
 our theme

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.299
 verses

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.879
 I have

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.299
 become all

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.680
 things to

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.099
 all people

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.419
 that by

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.919
 all means

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.339
 I might

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.859
 save some

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.379
 I do it

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.200
 all for the

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.579
 sake of the

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.740
 gospel that I

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.099
 might share

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.599
 with them

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.559
 in its

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.919
 blessing.

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.519
 But we

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.519
 know that

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.019
 Paul doesn't

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.359
 seek the

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.819
 approval of

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.059
 men

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.519
 right?

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.139
 Paul doesn't

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.399
 seek the

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.299
 approval of

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.440
 men

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.819
 Galatians

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.279
 1 10

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.879
 for am I

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.460
 now seeking

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.879
 the approval

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.339
 of man

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.779
 or of

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.099
 God

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.879
 or am I

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.319
 trying to

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.839
 please man

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.079
 if I

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.319
 were still

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.599
 trying to

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.039
 please man

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.779
 I would

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.419
 not be

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:32.599
 servant of

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.039
 Christ.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.440
 Interesting.

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.159
 2nd

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.779
 Corinthians 4

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.399
 2 he says

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:50.920
 remember in

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.420
 verse 21

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.140
 of chapter 9

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.840
 he says

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.360
 that he's not

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.220
 outside the

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.800
 law of God

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.320
 but under

00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:55.800
 the law

00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:56.580
 of Christ

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:56.960
 so we

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.400
 don't

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.600
 become

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.320
 the culture

00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.740
 we don't

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.700
 become

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.080
 the people

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.420
 we're trying

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.759
 to share

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.860
 Christ with

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.540
 but we

00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:05.380
 figure out

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.640
 how to

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.280
 understand

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.500
 them

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.819
 that we

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.039
 might

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.339
 better

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.700
 share

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.279
 the truth

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.299
 with them

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.619
 you've

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.799
 probably

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.039
 if you've

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.240
 been in

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.460
 the church

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.779
 long

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.519
 heard the

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.940
 phrase

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.740
 we're called

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.000
 to be

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.440
 in the

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.660
 world

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.039
 but not

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.500
 of the

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.759
 world

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:17.079
 and that's

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.359
 not actually

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.879
 found anywhere

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.339
 in scripture

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.759
 nowhere did

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.259
 Jesus say

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.660
 you should be

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.059
 in the world

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.440
 but not of

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.740
 the world

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.359
 it's kind

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.559
 of an

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.700
 extrapolation

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.039
 it's kind

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.259
 of a

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.839
 combination

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.119
 of a

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.299
 number

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.599
 of verses

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:25.960
 so it's

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.279
 certainly

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.180
 true

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.099
 we're

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.500
 meant to

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.940
 be here

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.240
 we were

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.859
 left behind

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.119
 with a

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.420
 very

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.259
 specific

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.139
 mission

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:33.539
 but we're

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.920
 not meant

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.539
 to look

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.000
 like the

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.139
 set apart

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:38.720
 Jesus said

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.079
 that he was

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.440
 not of the

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.680
 world

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.220
 John 8

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.639
 23

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.279
 he said

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.639
 to them

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.379
 you are

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.019
 from below

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.559
 I am

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.160
 from above

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.660
 you are

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.000
 of this

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.339
 world

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.980
 I am

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.440
 not

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.099
 of this

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.399
 world

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.579
 Jesus said

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.859
 that his

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.339
 followers

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.759
 are not

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.000
 of this

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.279
 world

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.220
 John 15

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.579
 19

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.299
 if you

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.700
 were of

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.079
 the world

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.539
 the world

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.019
 would love

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.500
 you as

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.960
 its own

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.660
 but because

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.940
 you are

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.420
 not of

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.819
 the world

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.359
 but I

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.839
 chose you

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.220
 out of

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.599
 the world

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.160
 therefore

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.279
 the world

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.940
 hates you

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.480
 Paul taught

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.700
 that we

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:02.980
 are not

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.279
 to be

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.019
 conformed

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.440
 to this

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.779
 world

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.759
 Romans 12

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.059
 2

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.419
 do not

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.519
 be

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.859
 conformed

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.000
 to this

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.139
 world

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.339
 be

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.879
 transformed

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:09.220
 by the

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.700
 renewing

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.519
 of your

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.919
 mind

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:12.200
 so we're

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.919
 meant to be

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.519
 set apart

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.059
 we're meant

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.559
 to be

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.720
 sanctified

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.079
 that's what

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.480
 that term

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.919
 means

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.879
 Sam and I

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.539
 have a plate

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:20.079
 a red and

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.779
 blue plate

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.700
 and it says

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:21.940
 on it

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.379
 you are very

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.799
 special

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.299
 and it is our

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.159
 set apart

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.059
 plate for

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.379
 honored guests

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.099
 and for birthdays

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.799
 and things of that

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.099
 sort

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.839
 that's what that

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.339
 term

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.980
 sanctified

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.419
 means we're

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:31.960
 meant to be

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.619
 set apart

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.359
 we're meant to be

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.759
 holy

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.720
 as God

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.379
 is holy

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.839
 so I'm not

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.539
 talking about

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.440
 compromise

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:40.539
 I'm not talking

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.240
 about becoming

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.900
 something that

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.700
 doesn't look

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.359
 like Jesus

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.960
 Christ

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.400
 what I'm

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.980
 talking about

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.180
 is operating

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.200
 as Paul

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.980
 operated

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.500
 in the

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.720
 gray areas

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.359
 in those

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.039
 things that

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.879
 aren't explicitly

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.420
 spelled out

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.799
 for us

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.900
 being led

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.619
 by the

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.140
 spirit of

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.539
 God

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.759
 so that we

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.740
 might serve

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.559
 those who

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.180
 are lost

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.299
 D.Ed Carson

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.180
 who's a

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.799
 professor of

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.240
 New Testament

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.799
 at Trinity

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.759
 Evangelical

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.120
 Divinity

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.480
 School

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.799
 wrote a book

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.440
 called Christ

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.940
 and Culture

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.480
 Revisited

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.320
 which I have

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.740
 a copy of

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:11.920
 here

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.620
 if you are

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:12.940
 in the mood

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.299
 for something

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.000
 incredibly petty

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.720
 I tell you

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:15.980
 this is a

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.400
 great read

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.700
 I'm working

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.100
 my way through

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.580
 it right now

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.560
 but I wanted

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:19.900
 to read you

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.720
 a quick quote

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.860
 from it

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.519
 he says

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.299
 the unease

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.840
 we feel

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.340
 at such

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:25.860
 tension

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.420
 the tension

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.740
 of being

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.039
 Christian

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.920
 being in

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.220
 the world

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.799
 but not of

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.000
 it

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:32.920
 will not

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.460
 be resolved

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.920
 until the

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.640
 last day

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.660
 we await

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.220
 the return

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.759
 of Jesus

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.180
 Christ

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.940
 the arrival

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.599
 of the new

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.960
 heaven

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.579
 and the new

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.859
 earth

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.799
 the dawning

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.059
 of the

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.460
 resurrection

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.200
 the glory

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.819
 of perfection

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.599
 the beauty

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.519
 of holiness

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.799
 until that

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.319
 day we are

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.720
 a people

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.460
 in tension

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.400
 on the one

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.079
 hand we belong

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.720
 to the broader

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.660
 culture in which

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.480
 we find ourselves

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.319
 on the other

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.960
 we belong to

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.440
 the culture

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.460
 of the consummated

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.279
 kingdom of God

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.960
 which has

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.680
 dawned among

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.079
 us

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.420
 our true city

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.900
 is the new

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.299
 Jerusalem

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.279
 even while

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.200
 we still belong

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.859
 to Paris

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.659
 or Budapest

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.299
 or New York

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.399
 or Lumpkin

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.919
 or Hall

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.879
 or Dawson

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.359
 White County

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.799
 and while we

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.339
 await the

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.879
 consummation

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.680
 we gratefully

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.339
 and joyfully

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.059
 confess that

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.579
 the God

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.019
 of all

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.899
 is our God

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.519
 and that we

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.819
 have been

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.460
 called to

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.839
 give him

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.180
 glory

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.299
 acknowledge his

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.659
 reign

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.200
 and bear

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.859
 witness to

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.559
 his salvation

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.460
 by the

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.899
 proclamation

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.680
 of the gospel

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.359
 we anticipate

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.960
 the conversion

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.419
 of men

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:23.879
 and women

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.539
 from every

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.039
 language

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.659
 and people

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.279
 and nation

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.980
 and as

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.419
 redeemed

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.980
 human beings

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.460
 we seek

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.980
 the peace

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.580
 and prosperity

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.080
 of the city

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.539
 in which we

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.240
 find ourselves

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.140
 until the new

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.779
 Jerusalem comes

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.860
 down from

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.120
 heaven

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.539
 this is that

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.279
 critique I was

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.279
 talking about

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.580
 of Niebuhr's

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.480
 Christ and

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.840
 culture

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:41.140
 the reductionary

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.840
 nature of it

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:43.360
 and Carson

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.380
 fully affirms

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.980
 that we're going

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.880
 to live in

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.620
 this tension

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:48.680
 but we must

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.360
 as Christians

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:51.039
 understand it

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.460
 we must get

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.560
 why there are

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.340
 chasms between

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.900
 us and a lot

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.440
 we must

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.720
 understand the

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.519
 stones they

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.080
 hold in their

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.440
 hands

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.540
 if we

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.740
 love them

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:02.340
 there's the

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:03.360
 motivating power

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.960
 of love

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.500
 in Paul's

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.120
 life that we

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.560
 can see

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.200
 that he was

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.560
 willing to

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.420
 become all

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.880
 things

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.700
 all people

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.100
 he was willing

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.920
 to lay down

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.860
 some of his

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.560
 rights

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:13.019
 a wonderful

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.740
 example of this

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.160
 in scriptures

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.240
 from Acts 16

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.259
 when Paul

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.080
 takes Timothy

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.600
 with him

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.440
 to go along

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.880
 with them

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.700
 to build

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.080
 disciples

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.519
 and plant

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.960
 churches

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.840
 do you recall

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.680
 what Paul does

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.160
 to Timothy

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.080
 he was

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.820
 Greek

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.379
 he circumcised

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.639
 him

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.639
 he's a grown

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:27.919
 man

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.679
 he circumcised

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.059
 Timothy

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.379
 that seems

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.279
 crazy to us

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.799
 doesn't it

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.419
 not if we

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:33.799
 have this

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.339
 perspective

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:36.240
 what Paul knew

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.899
 was that

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.839
 Timothy's

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.639
 uncircumcision

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.679
 would be a

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.919
 stumbling block

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.980
 to weak

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.819
 Jews

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.379
 back in our

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.259
 text in 1 Corinthians

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.119
 he says

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.899
 to the weak

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:48.159
 I became weak

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:48.899
 he's not talking

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.579
 about weak

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:51.480
 in physical

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.079
 strength

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.079
 he's talking

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.980
 about those

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.839
 who are willing

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.279
 to see

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.880
 who cannot

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.819
 yet see

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.759
 the liberty

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.259
 that we have

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.720
 in Christ

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.539
 he's talking

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.039
 about those

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.940
 judgmental

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.960
 narrow minded

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.360
 people

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.759
 that drive

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.400
 all of us

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.339
 so crazy

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.380
 in the church

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.620
 part of what

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.140
 he's talking

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.759
 about here

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.400
 right

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.120
 so as he's

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.620
 taking

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.259
 Timothy

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.799
 along with

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:10.920
 him

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.559
 he knows

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.940
 he's going

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.519
 to encounter

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.160
 those

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.740
 type

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.319
 of people

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.140
 and as

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.579
 such

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.759
 he asked

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.079
 Timothy

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.740
 to also

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.579
 be weak

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.859
 to follow

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.359
 some of

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.960
 the old

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.480
 law

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.179
 in order

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.439
 to

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:23.740
 because it's

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.139
 a gray

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.579
 area

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.960
 in that

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.419
 case

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.359
 it wasn't

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.039
 necessary

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.519
 that he be

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.159
 circumcised

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.919
 but it didn't

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.480
 matter if he

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.919
 was or was

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.299
 not

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.759
 so they were

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.299
 led by the

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.679
 spirit to

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.220
 circumcise

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.379
 him

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.079
 that they

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.639
 might

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.599
 close the

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.899
 chasm

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:37.039
 have them

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.639
 drop the

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:37.980
 rock

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.819
 and they

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.179
 could share

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:39.579
 the true

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.939
 gospel

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.659
 of Jesus

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.059
 Christ

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.500
 it's a

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.759
 really

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.119
 wonderful

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.559
 example

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.740
 of what

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.319
 I'm

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.799
 trying to

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.039
 get you

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.379
 to see

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.100
 so we're

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.240
 going to

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.720
 be talking

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.140
 about

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.580
 what is

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.040
 optional

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:50.200
 and what

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.620
 is not

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.000
 optional

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.260
 what are

00:32:52.260 --> 00:32:52.480
 the

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.220
 closed

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.780
 fisted

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:54.140
 issues

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.540
 that our

00:32:54.540 --> 00:32:54.840
 Christian

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.200
 culture

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.460
 should

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.780
 have

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.320
 and what

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.520
 are the

00:32:56.520 --> 00:32:56.800
 open

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.040
 handed

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.380
 issues

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.760
 we talk

00:32:57.760 --> 00:32:57.980
 a lot

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.380
 about that

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.780
 about our

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:59.200
 church

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.440
 here

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.980
 the

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.240
 non-negotiables

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.840
 of the

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.040
 closed

00:33:02.040 --> 00:33:02.360
 fisted

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.580
 issues

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.920
 there are

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.280
 things

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.820
 that you

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.000
 should

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.200
 not

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.420
 even

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.900
 come

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.060
 and

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.340
 talk

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.480
 to

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.640
 me

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.880
 about

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.280
 changing

00:33:06.280 --> 00:33:06.540
 about

00:33:06.540 --> 00:33:06.680
 our

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.020
 church

00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.800
 our

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.100
 statement

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.280
 of

00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:08.500
 faith

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.900
 don't

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.080
 even

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.380
 ask

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.100
 you

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.220
 want

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.320
 to

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:10.600
 add

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.860
 something

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.080
 to

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.779
 maybe

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.099
 we can

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.259
 talk

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.460
 about

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.659
 that

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:12.819
 but

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.000
 those

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.119
 are

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.559
 doctrinal

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.919
 statements

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.279
 that we

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.639
 have

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.259
 affirmed

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.559
 together

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.799
 as a

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:15.960
 church

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.279
 and we

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.480
 will

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.699
 not

00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:17.039
 change

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.220
 those

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.339
 are

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.579
 closed

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.980
 fisted

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.679
 issues

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:20.419
 open handed

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.899
 issues

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.399
 those are

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.740
 things we

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.119
 can talk

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.419
 about

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:23.500
 the order

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.740
 of the

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.179
 service

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.659
 we have

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.179
 convictions

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.639
 as we should

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.059
 have convictions

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.559
 about everything

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.859
 we do

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.079
 we have

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.480
 convictions

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.899
 about the

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.199
 way we

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.359
 do

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:29.639
 things

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:29.960
 but I'll

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.399
 talk about

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.599
 that

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.000
 with you

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.460
 talk about

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.699
 if you'd

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.079
 rather have

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.480
 all the

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.839
 music at

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.099
 the end

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.439
 or all

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:34.439


00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.899
 We split

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.079
 it in

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.359
 the middle

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.539
 it doesn't

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.059
 really matter

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.740
 that much

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.159
 right

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.439
 we can talk

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.799
 about these

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.019
 things

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.579
 but not

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.839
 these

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.119
 so that's

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.519
 what we're

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.899
 going to be

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.579
 seeking to

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.439
 find together

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:45.359
 as we talk

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.059
 about culture

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.179
 and praise

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.759
 God

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.659
 we have

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.240
 the spirit

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.699
 of God

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.639
 to lead us

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.299
 in those

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.759
 things

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.059
 much of the

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.659
 coming sermons

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.240
 are going to

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.859
 have some

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.240
 opinion

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.699
 I promise

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.139
 you I will

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.519
 state it

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.939
 as opinion

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:59.419
 I will tell

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:00.519
 you I think

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.039
 this would be

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.859
 best but I

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.259
 don't know

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.219
 scripture doesn't

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:03.979
 explicitly say

00:34:03.979 --> 00:34:04.559
 that is how

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.919
 you must

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.359
 interact

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.879
 with your

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.159
 culture

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.340
 but there

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.840
 are definite

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.440
 things

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.139
 that are

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.860
 close-fisted

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.280
 that we

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.840
 must

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.639
 believe

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.400
 to be

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.800
 true

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.119
 to interact

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.360
 with our

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.659
 culture

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.639
 around us

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.860
 Mark

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.700
 Driscoll

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.840
 uses a little

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:21.619
 easy to remember

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.119
 deal to talk

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.740
 about culture

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.740
 he uses three

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.019
 terms

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.460
 reject

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.000
 receive

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.480
 redeem

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.280
 so as you

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.039
 filter culture

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.420
 through your

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.720
 life

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.720
 you can think

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.420
 about those

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.880
 things that you

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.360
 should reject

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.920
 there are

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.240
 definitely

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.720
 things in

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.139
 culture that

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.599
 we shouldn't

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.320
 interact with

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.920
 pornography

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.599
 for example

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.279
 there's no

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.779
 reason that

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.219
 any Christian

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.639
 should ever

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.299
 involve themselves

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.880
 in anything

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.920
 like that

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.719
 you shouldn't

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.480
 watch pornography

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.099
 with a friend

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.539
 that you might

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.079
 get a chance

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.460
 to share the

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.900
 gospel with

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.139
 and you

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.400
 shouldn't

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.619
 you should

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.139
 reject it

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.699
 entirely

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.460
 as a

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.719
 Christian

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:49.019
 there's

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.279
 some things

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.539
 we should

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.059
 just receive

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.360
 there's

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.679
 some things

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:50.860
 that are

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.339
 just good

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.940
 and enjoyable

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.299
 food

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:54.199
 can be one

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.480
 of those

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.860
 things in

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.219
 our life

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.460
 there's

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.779
 just some

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.339
 good food

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:56.559
 and you

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.860
 don't have to

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.420
 really worry

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:59.019
 about what

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.619
 it means

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.960
 for you to

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.420
 eat certain

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.900
 foods

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.799
 you just

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.319
 receive that

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.600
 and there

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:02.980
 are some

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.700
 things that

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:03.960
 should be

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.400
 redeemed

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.140
 and a great

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.640
 example of

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.100
 that is

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:07.080
 Halloween

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:08.700
 I don't

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.039
 think as

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.320
 Christians

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.700
 and this is

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:09.940
 opinion

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.240
 I'm going to

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.620
 tell you that

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:10.980
 I don't

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.220
 think as

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.440
 Christians

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.019
 we should

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.380
 reject

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.740
 Halloween

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.640
 I understand

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.120
 that it's a

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:14.620
 pagan holiday

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.059
 it's got some

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.600
 roots in that

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.519
 I get all that

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.480
 but I think it's

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.840
 something we should

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.380
 be working to

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.720
 redeem

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.360
 the night of the

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.720
 week that we

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.160
 get together

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.519
 and the kids

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.960
 dress up

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.320
 and we give

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.760
 them candies

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.000
 not inherently

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.500
 evil

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.800
 we should be

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.200
 working on

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.860
 building connections

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.620
 with our community

00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:27.700
 and loving people

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.559
 even though we

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.220
 don't completely

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.980
 agree with what's

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.840
 going on

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:33.500
 but there's an

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.559
 example of

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.240
 what it would

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.059
 be to

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.340
 redeem something

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.179
 and all of

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.760
 these things

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.480
 these fuzzy

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.880
 edges

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.619
 these gray

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.240
 areas

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:42.460
 we can depend

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.840
 on the Holy

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.619
 Spirit in our

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.380
 lives to bring

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.619
 us conviction

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.219
 so as we

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:48.860
 study these

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.519
 various topics

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.940
 and I know

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.300
 that some of

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.599
 you may not

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.059
 even be here

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.740
 but as you

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.340
 think through

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.360
 these various

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.780
 topics we

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.139
 really need to

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.539
 ask ourselves

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.039
 two important

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.460
 questions

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.000
 how should the

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.079
 Christian culture

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.559
 true Christian

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.960
 culture

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.539
 Christ

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.719
 think

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.599
 believe

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.579
 about

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.059
 particular

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.519
 topics

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.139
 and then

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.739
 how then

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.039
 should we

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.619
 interact

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.380
 with other

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.900
 cultures

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.319
 to best advance

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:10.779
 the gospel

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:12.179
 do we love

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:13.059
 people to that

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.500
 degree

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.659
 to the degree

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.380
 that we will be

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 self denying

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 and self controlling

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 that the great

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 end of the gospel

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 is more important

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 to us

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 than the things

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 that we've

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 been liberated

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 to do

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 I hope that we

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 can all

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 confidently say

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 yes of course

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 we would gladly

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 serve the world

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 that way

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 and I'll tell you

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 if you can't

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 say that

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 then you don't

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 know the heart

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 of your savior

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 he certainly

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 wants to see

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 and save the

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 lost

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 to do so

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 in the most

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 effective means

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 possible

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 he wants

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 his kingdom

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 to advance

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 and he wants

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 to use us

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 praise God

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 he loves us

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 so much

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 he wants to

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 use us

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 to make that

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 happen

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 and so I

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 pray for us

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 as a church

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 as we meet

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 together

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 that we might

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 have this mind

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 that Paul

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 had

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 this willingness

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 willing

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 willing

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 the desire

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 to do

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 whatever it

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 took

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 provided you

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 to cross

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 the lines

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 but to

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 function in

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 those gray areas

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 in the second

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 of the gospel

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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