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 Turn in your Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 7, verses 2-16, which is on page 1163 of the Church Bibles.

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! So that's 2 Corinthians chapter 7, and starting in verse 2.

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 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one. We have corrupted no one. We have exploited no one.

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 I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.

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 I have spoken to you with great frankness. I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged in all our troubles. My joy knows no bounds.

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 For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn, conflicts on the outside, fears within.

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 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort that you had given him.

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 He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever.

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 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it, I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while.

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 Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance.

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 For you became sorrowful as God intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

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 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret.

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 But worldly sorrow brings death.

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 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you.

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 What earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.

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 At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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 So even though I wrote to you, it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the injured party,

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 but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.

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 By all this we are encouraged.

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 In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus was,

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 because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you.

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 I had boasted to him about you, and you have not embarrassed me.

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 But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true as well.

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 And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient,

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 receiving him with fear and trembling.

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 I am glad I can have complete confidence in you.

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 Good morning everyone.

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 I'll try again.

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 Good morning everyone.

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 That's good.

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 Somebody's out there.

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 let's keep our Bibles open at 2 Corinthians chapter 7 and it's quite a long chunk but

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 I hope as we go through it you'll see a connecting theme

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 we're going to break next week from 2 Corinthians and we're going to be looking

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 at Isaiah 42 so if you want to read up on what we're going to be looking at in the next few weeks

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 you can read Isaiah 42 not now of course but let's pray together and ask for the Lord's help

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 Jesus said as the Father has loved me so have I loved you I have told you this

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 so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete

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 Father our prayer is simple we come as needy people longing to experience your joy in our life

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 and we pray that by your spirit you would enable us to experience that joy as we love one another

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 and love the Lord Jesus amen

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 well have you got that Christmas feeling that bubbling overflowing joy I don't mean the kind

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 of happy vibe you get with putting up Christmas lights and listening to the music or that surface

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 thrill as you meet with friends for Christmas drinks that's a manufactured circumstantial joy

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 so that when you put all the decorations away and the music stops and it's back to January and back to work

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 well in that moment our joy just evaporates

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 now the joy that we're talking about today is a joy that is deep and foundational even when life can be hard and broken

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 a joy that can say look back at chapter 6 verse 10

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 chapter 6 verse 10 a joy that can say sorrowful yet always rejoicing

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 now we don't usually put those two together sorrow and joy so how can we experience that kind of joy

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 joy well up to now in our studies of second Corinthians we've seen that Christian life is hard Christian

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 ministry Christian service is difficult serving Christ will involve weakness suffering and death

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 which doesn't sound very joyful at all but as we turn to chapter 7 we discover that we can experience

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 joy as we serve Christ think of a honeycomb and breaking open that honeycomb and all that honey just dripping down

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 well as we open up chapter 7 as we open it up it drips with joy

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 look at the text with me look at the end of verse 4 of chapter 7

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 he says I take great pride in you

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 I'm greatly encouraged in all our troubles

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 my joy

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 knows no bounds

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 or look at the end of verse 7

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 he talks about

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 the deep sorrow the ardent concern for me so that my joy was greater than ever

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 or verse 9

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 yet how I am happy or joyful

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 down in verse 13

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 he says in addition to our own encouragement we were especially

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 delighted the same word there is joy

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 to see how joyful Titus was

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 and verse 16

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 I rejoice or I am glad I can have complete confidence in you

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 can you see how it just oozes with joy

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 because as we serve Christ

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 we experience joy

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 now before we look at this joy through the text together

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 we need to know what joy means

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 so here's a simple definition of Christian joy

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 with the help of John Piper

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 Christian joy

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 is the experience of a deep

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 happy

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 emotion or feeling

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 worked in us

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 as we serve

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 Christ

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 it's the experience of a deep

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 happy emotion

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 worked in us

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 by the Spirit

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 as we serve

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 Christ

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 so here we have

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 four ways to experience

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 joy

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 this Christmas

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 a joy

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 that you won't hear of

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 anywhere else

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 here's the first one

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 transparent love

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 produces

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 boundless

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 joy

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 look at how this love

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 is expressed

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 verse 2

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 Paul writing to the church in Corinth

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 he says

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 make room for us

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 in your hearts

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 of course Paul had

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 already opened

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 his heart

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 to the church

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 look back at chapter 6

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 verse 12

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 he says

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 we are not withholding

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 our affection

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 from you

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 but you are withholding

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 your affection

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 from us

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 so as a fair exchange

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 and I speak to you

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 as to my children

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 open wide

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 your hearts

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 also

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 there's a deep

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 transparent

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 affection

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 for Christ's

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 people

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 but not only that

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 there's this

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 sacrificial

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 commitment

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 this sacrificial

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 love

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 expressed to the

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 people

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 look at the middle

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 of verse 3

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 this is chapter 7

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 verse 3

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 he said

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 I have said

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 before

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 that you have

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 such a place

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 in our hearts

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 that we would

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 live

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 or die

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 with you

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 I'm here

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 to serve

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 your good

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 to seek

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 your best

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 in living

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 I am

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 with you

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 in dying

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 I am

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 with you

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 can you see

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 this

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 open heartedness

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 this

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 transparent

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 love

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 for God's

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 people

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 it's saying

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 I'm for you

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 I'm holding

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 nothing back

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 I'm giving

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 my all

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 it's

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 deep affection

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 faithful

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 service

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 sacrificial

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 love

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 it's saying

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 verse 4

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 I take

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 great

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 pride

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 in you

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 now isn't

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 that the

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 kind of

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 love

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 we all

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 seek

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 the kind

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 of love

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 we long

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 to experience

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 a love

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 where it's

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 opening up

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 hearts

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 a love

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 that gives

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 to the

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 blessing

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 of others

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 well as we

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 as God's

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 people

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 obey God's

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 commands

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 to love

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 one another

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 look at the

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 results

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 of such

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 love

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 transparent

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 love

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 produces

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 boundless

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 joy

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 hope

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 hope

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 look at

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 the end

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 of verse

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 4

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 I am

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 greatly

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 encouraged

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 in all

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 our

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 troubles

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 my

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 joy

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 knows

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 no

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 bounds

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 You see, transparent love removes all the obstacles to joy.

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 It breaks down all the barriers to experiencing joy.

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 When we open wide our hearts to one another as we faithfully serve and sacrificially commit,

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 look at the results.

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 They are incalculable.

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 We can say, end of verse 4, my joy knows no bounds.

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 So this Christmas, the call to one another is to not, what am I getting?

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 But serve one another with transparent love.

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 And as we do, we will experience a boundless happiness that wells up inside each one of us.

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 Transparent love brings boundless joy.

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 Second, genuine care causes an increased joy.

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 Now some context will help us here as we look at verse 5.

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 Let's go back to chapter 2 to start off with.

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 Back to chapter 2 and verse 12.

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 You see, what's going on here is that Paul had sent his companion, his fellow worker Titus,

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 to Corinth with a letter.

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 And we're going to talk about that letter in just a minute.

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 And the plan was that after Timothy had brought the letter to Corinth,

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 Titus would then meet Paul back in a place called Troas.

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 So Corinth is in Greece and Troas was on the coast of Turkey.

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 So there was a bit of travelling to take place to bring the letter all the way to Greece

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 and then meet up again in Turkey.

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 So let's pick it up, chapter 2, verse 12.

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 So Paul says,

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 When I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ

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 and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,

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 I still had no peace of mind.

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 Why? What's the matter?

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 Because I did not find my brother Titus there.

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 He was meant to come and join him,

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 but he wasn't there.

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 So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

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 Now this part of the story is picked up again for us in chapter 7, verse 5.

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 Let's read verse 5.

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 So when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest.

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 But we were harassed at every turn.

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 Conflicts on the outside and fears within.

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 Not only had he opposition to deal with,

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 but there were those fears inside.

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 He had no peace of mind.

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 Where's Titus?

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 My brother, is he okay?

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 Had something happened to him?

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 He couldn't pick up the phone and ring him and see where he is or what's going on?

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 And what about the church?

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 Is the church alright?

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 Have they fallen apart?

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 Have they stopped meeting together?

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 His fearful concern led him to being, verse 6,

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 downcast.

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 Literally, he was depressed.

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 He was worried sick for his brother Titus and the church.

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 He didn't know how they were.

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 Now isn't that how we can often feel for Christ's people?

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 Don't you fear for how your brother and sister are doing?

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 How is their faith?

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 Why are they absent?

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 How are they going to get through this trial?

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 But yet God was at work through it all.

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 Two things.

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 First, there was God's comfort.

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 Verse 6.

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 But God, who comforts the downcast,

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 comforted us by the coming of Titus.

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 Oh, Titus, you're here.

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 You could imagine that embrace as they hugged and wept.

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 Titus, my friend, my companion,

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 all is well.

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 He's okay.

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 And the church?

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 Oh, they're okay too.

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 Look at the rest of verse 7.

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 He told us about your longing for me,

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 your deep sorrow and your ardent concern for me.

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 His spirits were lifted,

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 no longer down,

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 but now happy.

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 You see, as we serve our brothers and sisters,

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 as we have concern,

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 look at the results.

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 Genuine concern causes increased joy.

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 Isn't that what we see at the end of verse 7?

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 That my joy was greater than ever.

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 Genuine concern can bring fears and worries.

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 Concern for our brothers and sisters

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 can make us lie awake at night.

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 But as God does his work through these trials,

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 and as we find out how each other are doing,

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:27.759
 it leads to an increased joy.

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 As we invest in each other,

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:34.639
 as we carry the concerns of one another,

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:37.720
 as we are burdened for each other,

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.079
 and at times we feel downcast.

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 Yet God is at work so we can also say,

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:50.680
 my joy is greater than ever.

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 So this Christmas,

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 let's encourage one another

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 to continue on in the genuine care.

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 Because as we do,

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:08.380
 we will experience an increased happiness

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:12.600
 that wells up with inside of us

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:14.820
 and overflows.

00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:18.920
 So genuine care

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:23.520
 brings about an increased joy.

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.680
 Third,

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:30.420
 honest conversations

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 foster spontaneous joy.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 For if I caused you sorrow

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 by my letter,

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 I do not regret it.

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 This was the letter

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:48.940
 that Titus had brought.

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 And well,

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.340
 gosh,

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:53.760
 it wasn't the easiest of letters

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 to read.

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 Look back at chapter 2 again with me.

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 We get an insight

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.220
 into the difficulty

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 in writing this letter

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 and what was behind it.

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:10.740
 chapter 2,

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.100
 verse 3.

00:21:15.540 --> 00:21:16.560
 Paul says,

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.160
 I wrote as I did

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 so that when I came

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 I wouldn't be distressed

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 by those who should have made me rejoice.

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 I had confidence in all of you

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 that you would all share my joy.

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 For I wrote to you

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 out of great distress

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 and anguish of heart

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 and with many tears

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 not to grieve you

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.720
 but to let you know

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:46.720


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 the depth of my love

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 for you.

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 Go back to chapter 7.

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 Paul was having to write

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.720
 a difficult letter

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 to address

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 some undealt-with sin

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:06.120
 in the life of the church.

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.539
 You see,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.539
 sin is never private

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 and if it's not dealt with

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.759
 well,

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:14.139
 rather than foster

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:15.779
 spontaneous joy

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:17.759
 it will fester

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.699
 in the lives

00:22:18.699 --> 00:22:19.399
 of the church

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 and it will kill

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 and destroy.

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 So Paul had to have

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.379
 these honest

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.679
 conversations

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:28.339
 with the church.

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 a conversation

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 by way of a letter.

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 Verse 8.

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 So even if I caused you

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.259
 sorrow

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 by my letter

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 I do not regret it.

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 Though I did regret it

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 because I see

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 that my letter hurt you

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 but only for a little while.

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 He's,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.079
 he's,

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.119
 he's,

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 you know,

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 I wanted you to hear this

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 but my heart aches

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 because it's going to cause you

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 some difficulty.

00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.240
 Verse 9.

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 Yet now

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 I am happy.

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 Now I am joyful.

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 What caused his joy

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 in the midst of such sorrow

00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:13.059
 in such a messy situation

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 having to write about sin

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 that all of he can,

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.240
 all of a sudden

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.799
 he can say,

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.259
 whoa,

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.059
 now I'm happy.

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 Well,

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.539
 three things we'll see

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.839
 lead to his joy.

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 First,

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.339
 sin

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:31.359
 has been confronted.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.500
 None of us

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:35.459
 like to confront sin.

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.359
 We don't want to lose

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.459
 each other's friendship

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.419
 or come across

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.199
 a superior.

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.019
 But you know what?

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:45.779
 If we love the church,

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.839
 if we love our brothers

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.519
 and sisters,

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:51.079
 we will do the hard things.

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:53.000
 Just like Paul,

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.839
 we will have

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.940
 honest conversations

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:59.019
 and confront sin.

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.200
 So first,

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.279
 sin is confronted.

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.000
 Second,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.119
 repentance

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.859
 is practiced.

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.500
 Look at verse 10.

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:11.480
 Godly sorrow

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.000
 brings repentance

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:15.519
 that leads to salvation

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.940
 and leaves no regret.

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.400
 Now there's a huge difference

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.880
 between regretting our sin

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:28.440
 and repenting of our sin.

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.360
 regretting our sin

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.960
 means,

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.900
 well,

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.460
 you're sorrowful

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:36.420
 because your sin

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.400
 has been revealed.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.180
 You're not really

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:42.039
 sorry to God.

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.420
 I only feel

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.799
 sorry for myself.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.799
 that's,

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.899
 at the end of verse 10,

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.460
 is worldly sorrow

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:54.119
 and it leads to death.

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.799
 You see,

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:58.680
 regret does not bring joy.

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.059
 Rather,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:02.579
 it will destroy you.

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.859
 So,

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:07.319
 we don't want to regret our sin.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.099
 Rather,

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:10.279
 we want to repent of our sin.

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.639
 To have godly sorrow.

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.460
 That is,

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:15.480
 to grieve over our sin

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:19.140
 and see how it hurts others

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:22.360
 and how it is an offense

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.700
 to God.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.640
 Where we admit our sin,

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.180
 we don't excuse it,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.019
 we own it

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.240
 and take responsibility

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:32.860
 and we confess it all

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:34.579
 to our Father God

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:37.200
 and we receive forgiveness

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:39.799
 and we seek change

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.779
 and transformation

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.100
 in our life.

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:44.199
 that's,

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.019
 verse 10,

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.899
 godly sorrow

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:49.199
 and it leads to salvation

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:51.699
 and no regrets.

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.419
 Emptying the tank

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.659
 before God

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:59.359
 will be a joy for you.

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:03.500
 That's what we are to practice

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:05.219
 amongst each other.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.860
 we confront our sin,

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:10.720
 repentance is practiced

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:13.700
 and then we see that change

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.720
 is seen.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.240
 Look at verse 11.

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:20.579
 See what this godly sorrow

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.200
 has produced in you.

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.640
 It's taken effect

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.920
 in your life.

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.400
 What earnestness,

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.200
 what eagerness

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.400
 to clear yourselves,

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:31.039
 what indignation,

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.120
 what alarm,

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.079
 what longing,

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.339
 what concern,

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.480
 what readiness

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.740
 to see justice done.

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.399
 They wanted to get right

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.099
 with God

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.099
 and with their brothers

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.859
 and sisters

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:43.839
 and to put everything right.

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.839
 You see,

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.139
 confronting sin

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:49.079
 and practicing repentance

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.379
 leads

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:53.539
 to a transformed life.

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:56.339
 a life that becomes

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.619
 more like Christ.

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.139
 So of course,

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:02.720
 Paul was rejoicing.

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.440
 You see,

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.420
 honest conversations

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:08.559
 with brothers and sisters

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.940
 fosters

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:12.680
 spontaneous joy.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.659
 Isn't that what we see

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.599
 in verse 9?

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.220
 As he had sorrow

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.879
 over the letter he wrote,

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:21.000
 verse 9,

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:24.859
 yet now I am happy.

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.460
 I'm happy

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.220
 because you have come

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.059
 to repentance.

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.319
 And so as the Spirit of God

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.240
 convicts us

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.019
 as we openly confess

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.839
 to one another,

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.740
 as we lead each other

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:40.380
 back to the Lord Jesus,

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.220
 there is joy

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.740
 in that journey.

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.680
 We can also say,

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.559
 verse 9,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:52.559
 now I am joyful.

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.339
 So this Christmas,

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:59.599
 don't avoid the elephant

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.379
 in the room.

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.200
 Let's have those

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.159
 honest conversations.

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.700
 And as we do,

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.079
 we will experience

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:11.740
 that spontaneous happiness

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:14.139
 that wells up

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.899
 within us.

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:18.840
 So,

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.460
 honest conversations

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:23.960
 leads to spontaneous joy.

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.560
 Fourth,

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:30.640
 nurturing relationships

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.980
 promotes a confident joy.

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.480
 You see,

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:36.340
 there's a wonderful,

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.220
 beautiful relationship

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.780
 in these verses,

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.740
 indeed throughout

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.720
 the whole letter,

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:43.300
 between the church

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:44.000
 in Corinth,

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.559
 Titus,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.960
 who's bringing the letter,

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.660
 and Paul.

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.460
 A partnership

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.779
 where they work

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.059
 and invest

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.660
 in each other's lives.

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.220
 There's the encouragement

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.279
 of the church

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.500
 to Titus,

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.980
 verse 13.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.440
 In addition

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.700
 to our own encouragement,

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.279
 we were especially

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.000
 delighted,

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.000
 we were joyful

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.220
 to see

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.000
 how joyful

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:11.000
 Titus was.

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.339
 because by,

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.099
 because his spirit

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.099
 has been refreshed

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.200
 by all of you.

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.579
 The church

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.700
 loved

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.859
 Titus.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.640
 And Titus

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.279
 in turn

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.220
 loved

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.420
 the church.

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.700
 Verse 15.

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.319
 His affection

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.039
 for you

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.440
 is all the greater

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.440
 when he remembers

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.240
 that you were

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.220
 all obedient.

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.059
 This mutual

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.380
 sharing of love

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.740
 between each other.

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:38.500
 but this love

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:40.440
 has all

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.779
 been nurtured

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:43.680
 and encouraged

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:45.680
 by Paul.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.420
 Look how he speaks

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.980
 to the church

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.680
 and to Titus

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.960
 about each other.

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.160
 Look at verse 14.

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.920
 I had boasted

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.420
 to Titus

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.740
 about you,

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.220
 that's the church,

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.720
 and you have not

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.720
 embarrassed me.

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.519
 Titus,

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.460
 the church

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.059
 in Corinth,

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.779
 yeah,

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.360
 they've got

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.240
 their flaws,

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.079
 yes,

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.779
 they're messy

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.380
 people,

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.740
 but they love

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.420
 the Lord.

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.160
 And deep down

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.880
 they care

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.880
 and they will

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.839
 care for you.

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.740
 It's going to be

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.120
 okay,

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.880
 Titus.

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.059
 And look what

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.640
 he says

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.660
 to the church

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.779
 about Titus.

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.539
 Verse,

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.400
 at the end

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.259
 of verse 14.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.460
 But just as

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.860
 everything

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.039
 we said

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.579
 to you

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.259
 was true,

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.359
 so our

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.799
 boasting

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.500
 about you

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.500
 to Titus

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.359
 has proved

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.980
 to be true

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.559
 as well.

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.839
 The church

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.480
 in Corinth

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.079
 he's telling

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.299
 them,

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.519
 Titus is a

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.240
 good guy,

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.359
 he genuinely

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.399
 cares for you,

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.059
 he has

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.159
 deep affection

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:51.000
 for you.

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.059
 This mutual

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.759
 love,

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.119
 one for the

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.460
 other.

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.359
 And Paul

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.480
 nurturing

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.740
 that love

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.539
 as he speaks

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.980
 well of each

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.339
 other.

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.079
 And look

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.339
 at the

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.059
 results of

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.440
 it all,

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.460
 verse 16.

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.660
 Nurturing

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.759
 relationships

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.599
 promotes

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.319
 confident

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.860
 joy.

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.120
 I am

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.000
 joyful

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.720
 that I

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.279
 can have

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.019
 complete

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.839
 confidence

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.500
 in you.

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.960
 There's

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.880
 this beautiful

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.380
 joy that

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.960
 comes as

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.819
 we nurture

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.740
 our

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.440
 relationships.

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.740
 relationships.

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.080
 Yes, it

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.900
 takes effort.

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.400
 Yes, it

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.100
 can be hard

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.640
 work.

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.980
 Yes, it

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.820
 can be messy.

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.400
 But oh, isn't

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.180
 it worth it

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.519
 all?

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.620
 To nurture

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:43.080
 the relationships

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:44.120
 that we have

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.660
 with each

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.039
 other

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.600
 builds

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.519
 for our

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.940
 future.

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.759
 It puts us

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.539
 on a good

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.420
 foundation.

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.820
 So this

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.480
 Christmas,

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.799
 treasure

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.899
 those

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 relationships.

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.579
 Nurture

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.899
 them.

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.099
 Speak

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.940
 well to

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.559
 one another.

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.539
 And as we

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.399
 do, we

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.500
 will experience

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.539
 a confident

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.339
 happiness

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:09.099
 that wells

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.700
 up within

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.319
 us and

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.079
 overflows.

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.379
 those.

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.439
 So have

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:17.000
 you got

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.379
 that

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.980
 Christmas

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.119
 feeling?

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.039
 That

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.899
 overflowing

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.559
 joy?

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.720
 Well, before

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.539
 we head out

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.379
 the door this

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.960
 morning and

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.039
 think, all

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.899
 right, I've

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.460
 got to serve

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.220
 more, I've

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.699
 got to love

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.519
 more, and

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.839
 then I'm

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.220
 going to get

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.899
 more joy.

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.659
 No.

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.059
 Let's be

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.480
 careful.

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.299
 We don't

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.659
 serve to

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:43.899
 receive joy.

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.259
 We

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.319
 experience

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.899
 joy as

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.659
 we serve.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.039
 We don't

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.839
 serve to

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.819
 receive joy.

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.259
 It's not

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.839
 something we

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.480
 earn to

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.980
 get.

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.519
 Rather, we

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.700
 experience

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.319
 joy as

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.720
 we serve.

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.220
 You see,

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.960
 the joy

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.399
 comes in

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.039
 serving

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.899
 Christ,

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.839
 who loved

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:10.059
 us and

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.200
 served us.

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.399
 us.

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.519
 Just take a

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.399
 sneak peek at

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.059
 chapter 8,

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.819
 verse 9.

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.379
 We'll come

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.059
 back to this

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.539
 after Christmas.

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.879
 But here's a

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.359
 well-known

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.240
 verse of the

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.859
 wonderful love

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.500
 of God who

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.539
 served us.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.000
 For you

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.619
 know the

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.500
 grace of our

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.180
 Lord Jesus

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.200
 Christ, that

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.019
 though he was

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:36.019
 rich, yet

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.659
 for your

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.299
 sake he

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.200
 became poor,

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.860
 so that you

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.799
 through his

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.940
 poverty might

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.660
 become rich.

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.759
 Here is a

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.319
 true,

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.440
 transparent love,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.200
 a saviour who

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.340
 opened wide

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.819
 his heart and

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.600
 held nothing

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.180
 back.

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.680
 In deep

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.539
 affection,

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.759
 Jesus loved

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.100
 us and he

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.620
 took our

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.660
 poverty, all

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.420
 our sin and

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.200
 all our mess,

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.160
 so that we

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.019
 might receive

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.519
 his riches and

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.199
 the forgiveness

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.780
 of all our

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.320
 sin.

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.340
 In genuine

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.199
 concern, Jesus

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.639
 confronted us.

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.900
 By the

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:18.000
 Holy Spirit he

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.880
 caused us to

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.440
 turn in

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.940
 repentance.

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.460
 Jesus saw

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.380
 our need and

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.719
 he reached out

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.780
 to save us

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.619
 and to change

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.139
 us.

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:28.679
 and now we

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.460
 live with the

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:31.259
 comfort of

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.980
 Jesus who

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.839
 by his

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:34.779
 spirit nurtures

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:36.299
 that relationship

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:38.159
 as we listen

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.400
 to him and

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.239
 as we talk

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.759
 to him.

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.659
 You see, we

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.579
 don't serve

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.000
 Christ to

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.619
 get the

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.039
 joy.

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:48.179
 We experience

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:50.440
 the joy as

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.139
 we serve

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.799
 Christ who

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.900
 loved us

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:55.119
 and who

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.260
 served us.

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.760
 So this

00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:00.960
 Christmas, I

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.559
 pray, I

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.340
 pray for us

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.860
 all and

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.740
 can we pray

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.300
 for one

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.760
 another that

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.400
 we will have

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.160
 a truly joy

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:11.180
 filled

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:13.599
 Christmas as

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.260
 we look at

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:15.680
 the beauty of

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:16.440
 Christ who

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.400
 loved us and

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.340
 served us

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:20.320
 and as we

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.280
 in response

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.139
 serve one

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.659
 another in

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.099
 love.

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.819
 Let's pray

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.679
 together.

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:48.279
 Our

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.719
 Father,

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.539
 will you

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.460
 please help

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:54.219
 us by

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:55.079
 your spirit

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:57.880
 to love

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.440
 one another

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:00.739
 well with

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.619
 a transparent

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.420
 love,

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.239
 that we

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.539
 would

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.400
 demonstrate

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.099
 genuine

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:08.579
 concern,

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.340
 that you

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.860
 would help

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.519
 us to have

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.199
 honest

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.719
 conversations,

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:19.359
 and that

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.000
 Father, you

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.619
 would help

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:22.619
 us to

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:24.139
 nurture the

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:25.199
 relationships we

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.079
 have with one

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.459
 another.

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:29.879
 We pray all

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.519
 of this,

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:32.219
 that it might

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.939
 be to the

00:36:32.939 --> 00:36:34.159
 glory of

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.579
 God,

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:37.099
 for the

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.500
 good of

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.000
 others,

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.480
 and for the

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.339
 overflow and

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:42.480
 experience of

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.219
 joy in our

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.679
 life.

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.439
 Thank you,

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.219
 Lord Jesus,

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.019
 that you

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.000
 loved us,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.699
 and you

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.639
 served us,

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.339
 and you

00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:56.279
 continue to

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.719
 love and

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.459
 to serve us

00:36:58.459 --> 00:36:58.799
 now.

00:37:00.439 --> 00:37:01.379
 Thank you,

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.879
 Jesus.

00:37:02.959 --> 00:37:03.639
 Amen.

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:11.379
 We're going

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.219
 to respond

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:14.179
 in song.

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.379
 Thank you,

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.599
 up.

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