WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000 So, I wonder what it is that you think makes a Christian a really spiritual Christian. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:12.439 ! Or a really spiritual person. 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:17.500 You look at this person and you think the spirit is really with them. 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:19.559 ! They are really spiritual. 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:28.320 Maybe you imagine a monk style Christian who floats around on a cloud of holiness 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.600 and no problems touch them. 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:35.539 Maybe someone with unusual spiritual gifts. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.420 Speaking in tongues or something like that. 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:47.260 Well, Paul actually has a different kind of a vision of a spiritual person here. 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:54.320 Remember, if you were here last week, Paul contrasts the work of the flesh 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.219 and the work of the spirit in a person. 00:00:57.219 --> 00:01:05.659 And Christians are people who are no longer relying on themselves, the flesh, to be right with God. 00:01:06.500 --> 00:01:12.120 But they are taken over and empowered by the Holy Spirit who joins them to Jesus Christ. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:14.920 And so Christians are spiritual people. 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:21.000 In verse 25 there, he says we are to walk in step with the spirit. 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.760 So we are to be the people that we are, spiritual people. 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:30.700 But Paul wants to now show us what the spiritual life looks like. 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:34.359 But what does a spiritual Christian look like? 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.000 And it's more run of the mill than we expect. 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.280 And if you notice the main theme now in our passage, 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:48.659 it is all about how our spiritual life is seen in our relational life. 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:56.760 The main theme here is how relationships are changed and conducted by spiritual people. 00:01:57.340 --> 00:02:03.079 If you just scan over the bookends of this passage, you can see that. 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.159 See the mention of the word us. 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.359 Let us keep in step with the spirit. 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:11.740 Let us not become conceited. 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.599 The repetition of the phrase, one another. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:17.960 Not provoking one another. 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:20.039 Envying one another. 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:22.259 Bearing one another's burdens. 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:25.300 And then at the bottom in verse 10, 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:28.759 Let us do good to everyone, especially the household of faith. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:36.739 You see, you can see how spiritual I am when I am with us. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:45.139 Spirituality, for Paul, is gauged on how you relate to other people, one another. 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.560 And it's about here dealing with each other's mess, 00:02:49.359 --> 00:02:52.979 each other's failures and sins in real world relationships. 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.319 A couple of things about this here. 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.259 He says spiritual people, first of all, have a sense of corporate empathy. 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:06.680 Number one, spiritual people deal with each other charitably. 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.379 Spiritual people deal with each other charitably. 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:15.840 So if you look at chapter 6 verse 1 there, 00:03:15.959 --> 00:03:18.879 what Paul does there, he pictures a situation 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:23.379 where someone has transgressed. 00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:25.019 They've sinned against God. 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.599 If anyone is caught in a transgression. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:29.859 So that's the scenario. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.359 And the spiritual person should respond in a certain way. 00:03:35.359 --> 00:03:39.019 To restore that person in a spirit of gentleness. 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:44.519 So the response of a spiritual person should be 00:03:44.519 --> 00:03:46.620 to agree with Paul here 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:52.659 in how he describes what this sinner has done. 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.780 He describes it actually with great charity 00:03:56.780 --> 00:03:58.700 and understanding. 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.000 This person in the scenario, 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:04.900 they've sinned against God in a serious way. 00:04:05.659 --> 00:04:08.080 But the emphasis in the way that Paul describes it 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.640 is on them falling into this transgression. 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:18.659 The emphasis is on the unwitting folly of a transgression 00:04:18.659 --> 00:04:21.639 that they've been caught in, he says. 00:04:21.860 --> 00:04:24.519 Like a bird caught in a trap. 00:04:26.099 --> 00:04:27.979 It's something that a person has done 00:04:27.979 --> 00:04:29.800 and it's been really, really stupid. 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:35.699 But he emphasises this sin as a mistake 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:40.960 rather than a deliberate, remorseless act. 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:44.240 Now it doesn't take away the responsibility 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:47.879 of this person's transgression or sin. 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:51.819 But the spiritual person is to view 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:53.879 other people's sins in that way. 00:04:55.080 --> 00:04:57.879 The spiritual person is to give other people 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.079 the benefit of the doubt. 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:03.259 Not to sweep wrongdoing under the carpet. 00:05:03.699 --> 00:05:04.000 No. 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:06.839 He says that things must be restored. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:08.779 That person must be restored. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.120 The wrongs done must be straightened out. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:14.459 Wrong things must be set in order. 00:05:14.579 --> 00:05:17.540 That person is to be brought back from sinning. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:19.199 Stop doing it. 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:22.699 But there's to be a sympathy about it. 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:25.620 Sympathy about other people's failings 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:26.399 and empathy. 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.100 And the truly spiritual person, 00:05:30.159 --> 00:05:32.459 the one who walks in step with the spirit, 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:33.300 is like that. 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.240 They empathise with other people's failings. 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:40.579 And just in the wider context, 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.279 I think the reason for this, 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:43.579 this emphasis, 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:47.279 it comes from a corporate understanding 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:49.600 amongst spiritual people 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:54.159 of the battles that truly spiritual people face 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.140 against sin and against temptation. 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.300 And only a person who has the Holy Spirit dwelling within them 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:04.120 will get that. 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:06.440 And will sympathise with that. 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.020 If you remember in our passage last week, 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:13.120 he's just been talking about the war that goes on 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.420 in every Christian life 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:17.020 between the flesh, 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:19.219 Paul's way of describing 00:06:19.219 --> 00:06:22.019 the kind of leftovers of ourselves 00:06:22.019 --> 00:06:25.740 after we've trusted in Jesus Christ. 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:30.620 The flesh that opposes the Holy Spirit's work 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:31.599 in your life. 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:33.959 And there is this battle going on 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:34.819 within a Christian. 00:06:36.419 --> 00:06:37.659 The Apostle Peter, 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:39.279 he writes, 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:41.599 I urge you to keep yourself 00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:44.039 from the passions of the flesh 00:06:44.039 --> 00:06:46.959 that wage war on your souls. 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.659 The enemy within 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:52.479 is the flesh 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:55.479 who fights against the Holy Spirit's 00:06:55.479 --> 00:06:57.739 guiding and leading 00:06:57.739 --> 00:07:00.959 to keep you from doing the things you want to do, 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:02.059 remember Paul said. 00:07:02.979 --> 00:07:05.679 And the noise of that war 00:07:05.679 --> 00:07:07.519 in every Christian life 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:08.879 is there for everyone. 00:07:10.239 --> 00:07:11.119 None of us, 00:07:11.219 --> 00:07:13.099 if we've trusted in Jesus Christ 00:07:13.099 --> 00:07:14.059 and have his Spirit, 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:16.439 are immune to that battle. 00:07:17.859 --> 00:07:18.399 Actually, 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.500 the war is a sign that you do belong 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:23.659 if that battle is going on. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:27.000 So each truly spiritual Christian 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:28.019 is in the trenches. 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.719 We're all brothers and sisters in arms. 00:07:31.719 --> 00:07:32.799 In arms against 00:07:32.799 --> 00:07:34.559 the passions of the flesh 00:07:34.559 --> 00:07:36.479 which wage war against our souls. 00:07:37.479 --> 00:07:39.039 Against the temptations 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.620 of the people that we used to be 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:42.480 and who we were. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:44.140 The old me and the old you. 00:07:46.020 --> 00:07:48.080 I don't know if you saw any of the commemorations 00:07:48.080 --> 00:07:51.100 from D-Day on the TV last week. 00:07:52.200 --> 00:07:54.780 What was it that kept those veterans 00:07:54.780 --> 00:07:56.680 heading up the beach 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.640 towards the German lines? 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.039 Well, 00:08:00.219 --> 00:08:01.639 in the kind of stories 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:02.500 and the interviews, 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:04.639 one of the kind of common thing 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.379 that came out across all of them 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:07.579 was that most of them 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:09.240 were not thinking about themselves. 00:08:10.159 --> 00:08:12.099 They were thinking about the man next to them. 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:13.819 That was what got them up the beach. 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:16.639 It wasn't a question of me, 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.419 but it was a question of us. 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:23.500 And there was this sense of corporate progress 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.400 being together 00:08:24.400 --> 00:08:26.439 that got them through it. 00:08:26.640 --> 00:08:28.020 And thinking like that 00:08:28.020 --> 00:08:29.180 is heading towards 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:30.580 what Paul is on about here. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.320 Especially when it comes to 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:34.460 other people's failures. 00:08:36.680 --> 00:08:38.860 A church father 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:42.320 once said about the sins of a close friend, 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:44.379 he fell yesterday 00:08:44.379 --> 00:08:46.680 but I may fall today. 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:49.920 Because when we're engaged in this battle, 00:08:50.040 --> 00:08:51.379 as we walk 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:53.080 in step with the Spirit, 00:08:54.020 --> 00:08:56.580 at times the man or woman next to us 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:57.280 might fall. 00:08:58.520 --> 00:09:00.080 And the battle that goes on 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:00.840 in our own hearts 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.140 is so fierce 00:09:02.140 --> 00:09:04.160 and so scary 00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:06.820 that we can't help sympathise with others. 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:09.300 And hold our hands out 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:10.460 and grab 00:09:10.460 --> 00:09:13.060 the fallen Christian next to us. 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:17.139 It is to our shame, isn't it, 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:18.519 that we glory 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.680 in the failure of others at times. 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:22.560 I do that to my shame. 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:24.360 In my heart 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.600 I rewrite Galatians chapter 6. 00:09:28.900 --> 00:09:31.019 If anyone is caught in a transgression 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:33.180 I should feel smug about that. 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.240 And I can say 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.019 I could have done so much better. 00:09:38.620 --> 00:09:39.800 I'm like the Pharisee 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.159 in the story told by Jesus. 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:41.819 Thank you Lord 00:09:41.819 --> 00:09:42.839 that I'm not like them. 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:44.819 But do you know 00:09:44.819 --> 00:09:46.399 that lack of empathy 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.519 that we often display 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.740 really comes from 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:51.759 an immaturity 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.659 and an inexperience 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:54.740 in the war 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.159 that goes on 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:57.139 in the Christian life. 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.059 And the most spiritual people 00:10:01.059 --> 00:10:02.479 Paul is arguing here 00:10:02.479 --> 00:10:03.979 are the veterans 00:10:03.979 --> 00:10:04.799 who can sympathise 00:10:05.459 --> 00:10:06.639 with other people's failures. 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:06.840 failures. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.120 Since they are the veterans 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:11.179 of failure 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:12.120 after failure 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:13.039 after failure 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.139 restored by God's grace 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:15.879 each time. 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:18.299 Paul is saying 00:10:18.299 --> 00:10:19.220 that that is 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.799 the sign of a spiritual person 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.100 who has this empathy. 00:10:23.699 --> 00:10:25.500 Because the spiritual person 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:26.299 by definition 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:27.620 knows what it feels like 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:28.559 to be at war 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:29.279 with the flesh. 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.240 And when you fail 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.100 my first response 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:34.579 should be 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:34.919 brother 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:36.259 sister 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.179 I've been there. 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:39.500 I've also fallen. 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:40.399 I've heard 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.259 the noise of war 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:41.799 as well. 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:44.339 And so if we 00:10:44.339 --> 00:10:45.519 lack sympathy 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.179 we're just 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:48.480 acting like civilians 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:50.439 with no 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.100 understanding 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:52.199 and no experience 00:10:52.199 --> 00:10:52.819 of the battle. 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:54.799 And a person 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:55.659 who lacks 00:10:55.659 --> 00:10:56.139 empathy 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:56.959 and seeks 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:58.019 to restore 00:10:58.019 --> 00:10:59.100 another 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:00.259 fallen believer 00:11:00.259 --> 00:11:01.180 but in a spirit 00:11:01.180 --> 00:11:02.379 of harshness 00:11:02.379 --> 00:11:04.060 I'd suggest 00:11:04.060 --> 00:11:04.740 knows little 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:05.300 of the war 00:11:05.300 --> 00:11:06.080 with the flesh. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:07.960 Little 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:09.000 of the opposition 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:09.920 that he poses 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:10.879 because actually 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:11.600 he runs 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.920 riots within them 00:11:12.920 --> 00:11:14.400 with no opposition 00:11:14.400 --> 00:11:15.000 whatsoever. 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.920 The unsympathetic 00:11:16.920 --> 00:11:17.379 person 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.460 knows nothing 00:11:18.460 --> 00:11:19.820 of the malice 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:20.600 of the flesh 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:22.180 because actually 00:11:22.180 --> 00:11:22.980 they've made him 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:24.080 their best friend. 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.360 Paul adds 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.040 in verse 2 00:11:28.040 --> 00:11:28.920 bear one 00:11:28.920 --> 00:11:29.860 another's burdens. 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:31.100 It is the sense 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:31.860 of struggling 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:32.780 together against 00:11:32.780 --> 00:11:33.420 the weight 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:34.960 and the pressure 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:35.840 of temptation. 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:38.200 So there should 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:39.200 be this corporate 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:40.300 sense of empathy 00:11:40.300 --> 00:11:41.379 amongst truly 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:42.379 spiritual people 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.000 those who are 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:43.780 walking in step 00:11:43.780 --> 00:11:44.280 of the spirit 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:45.220 to deal with 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.160 others charitably. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.180 Secondly 00:11:48.180 --> 00:11:48.500 though 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:49.360 there should be 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.580 an individual 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:51.379 sense of 00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:51.900 honesty. 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:54.259 deal with 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.179 others charitably. 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.039 Number 2 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:56.799 deal with 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:57.539 yourself 00:11:57.539 --> 00:11:58.819 humbly. 00:11:59.579 --> 00:12:00.179 Deal with 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:01.100 yourself humbly. 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:03.699 We shouldn't 00:12:03.699 --> 00:12:04.360 misunderstand 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.399 Paul here 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.639 because as 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.059 he emphasizes 00:12:09.059 --> 00:12:10.319 relationships 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:11.759 that us 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:13.620 Paul is 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.579 not saying 00:12:14.579 --> 00:12:15.039 that the 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.059 truly spiritual 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:16.860 person has 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:17.860 no thoughts 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.919 about themselves 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.860 actually to be 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:22.759 charitable to 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:23.759 others and to 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.479 know how to 00:12:24.479 --> 00:12:24.959 relate to 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:25.860 others properly 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:27.099 we do need 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:28.519 to think about 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.379 ourselves and 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:30.059 have the right 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:30.459 view of 00:12:30.459 --> 00:12:31.219 ourselves. 00:12:33.579 --> 00:12:34.139 And a lack 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.019 of empathy 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:36.439 Paul goes on 00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:37.139 to say is the 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:38.199 symptom of an 00:12:38.199 --> 00:12:39.219 elevated view 00:12:39.219 --> 00:12:39.819 of yourself. 00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.360 Let's look at 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:42.159 verse 3 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:45.399 Now do you 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.179 see the logic 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:46.639 here? 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:48.219 He says the 00:12:48.219 --> 00:12:48.899 stuff about 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:49.679 relating to 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:50.399 others gently 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.159 verse 3 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:52.199 4 00:12:52.199 --> 00:12:53.579 there's the 00:12:53.579 --> 00:12:54.360 linking words 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:55.659 if anyone 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.699 thinks he is 00:12:56.699 --> 00:12:57.159 something 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.480 when he is 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:59.059 nothing he 00:12:59.059 --> 00:13:00.019 deceives himself. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.639 So how you 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.360 are with others 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.240 springs from 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:04.939 how you are 00:13:04.939 --> 00:13:05.759 with yourself. 00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.740 There are some 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.399 stories going 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:09.819 around of 00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:10.879 people who've 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.919 lied on their 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:13.019 CVs for 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:13.899 job applications 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:15.039 and they got 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.759 into a situation 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.279 where the 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:17.620 truth has 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.340 finally had to 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:18.840 come out. 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.240 One candidate 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.820 was applying 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:21.480 for a position 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.360 as an academic 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.179 in the field 00:13:23.179 --> 00:13:23.939 of philosophy 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:24.620 at a top 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.220 university 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.559 and in his 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:27.840 CV he claimed 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.379 that he'd 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:29.080 studied under 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:29.620 the German 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:30.179 philosopher 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:30.820 Friedrich 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:31.299 Nietzsche 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:33.360 who the only 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:33.740 problem with 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00:13:52.100 and told him 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:52.620 to play 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.139 for the whole 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.560 group. 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.180 The truth 00:13:54.180 --> 00:13:54.759 had to come 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.259 out at that 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:55.680 point. 00:13:56.540 --> 00:13:56.840 Now they're 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.620 silly stories 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:57.960 aren't they 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.280 but they 00:13:58.280 --> 00:13:58.899 illustrate a 00:13:58.899 --> 00:13:59.540 point here 00:13:59.540 --> 00:14:01.120 that these 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.300 bad relationships 00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:03.620 and harshness 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:05.220 and envy 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:06.580 and conceit 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.840 amongst the 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:08.660 Galatians 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:10.579 is due 00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:11.659 to an 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.579 overblown 00:14:12.579 --> 00:14:13.819 sense of 00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:15.039 self-importance 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.759 and that 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.719 leads to 00:14:17.719 --> 00:14:18.120 this lack 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.679 of empathy 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:20.399 and of 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.120 deceiving 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.860 yourself 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.759 about yourself 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.539 it's like 00:14:23.539 --> 00:14:24.159 fudging the 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:25.139 spiritual CV 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:28.759 so the 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.620 original 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:31.639 Greek of 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.559 verse 3 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.179 if anyone 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.799 thinks he's 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.299 something when 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:34.699 he's nothing 00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:35.259 he deceives 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.580 himself 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.980 is probably 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.819 a bit stronger 00:14:37.819 --> 00:14:39.220 than how it 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.759 seems in the 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.240 English. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.740 Paul is 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.259 saying there 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:44.319 don't think of 00:14:44.319 --> 00:14:44.960 yourself as 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.779 something because 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.539 actually on 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.340 your own 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.980 you're nothing 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:50.240 it's really 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.700 strong. 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:52.700 apart from 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.520 what God 00:14:53.520 --> 00:14:53.920 has given 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:55.180 you and 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:55.860 made you 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.200 to be 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:56.580 you are 00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.000 nothing 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.080 and he's 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.600 not just 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:00.220 talking here 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:00.660 about your 00:15:00.660 --> 00:15:01.480 skills and 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.000 your gifts 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.460 and your 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:03.300 abilities but 00:15:03.300 --> 00:15:04.020 your very 00:15:04.020 --> 00:15:04.740 being 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:06.140 who you 00:15:06.140 --> 00:15:06.360 are 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.879 what you 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.340 are 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:09.040 and he's 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:09.600 saying who 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:09.840 do you 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.200 think you 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.600 are 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:12.400 when without 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:13.040 God you 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:13.540 are nothing 00:15:13.540 --> 00:15:13.840 you are 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.240 nobody 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.620 so the 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.279 antidote to 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.259 unspiritual 00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.440 unsympathetic 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.399 harshness with 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.120 others is to 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:21.779 view yourself 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:23.180 humbly to 00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:23.960 admit that 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.120 all anyone 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.379 is is by 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:27.919 the grace of 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.600 God alone 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:30.919 and it's 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.320 really a 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:31.940 question isn't 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.620 it of which 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.840 standards you 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.560 use to 00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:36.680 assess yourself 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.299 and that is 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.019 really important 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.620 because we 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.799 are to assess 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.899 ourselves and 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.539 to think of 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.360 ourselves and 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.220 judge ourselves 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:45.160 verse 4 00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:46.540 let each 00:15:46.540 --> 00:15:47.279 one test 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.680 his own 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.240 work 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.220 we are to 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.160 judge and 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:52.139 assess ourselves 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.759 but the 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.500 question is by 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.300 which standard 00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:56.680 because the 00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:57.639 very easy 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:59.279 thing is 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.279 to compare 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.080 ourselves with 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.759 others isn't 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.680 it 00:16:02.680 --> 00:16:03.920 verse 4 00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:04.660 that's the 00:16:04.660 --> 00:16:05.480 concern 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.820 that your 00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.540 boast will 00:16:07.540 --> 00:16:09.019 be or his 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.779 boast will be 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.580 in himself 00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.440 alone and not 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:11.820 in his 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.220 neighbour 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:14.600 but the 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.300 standards of 00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.000 our lives 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.540 and the 00:16:16.540 --> 00:16:17.040 way that we 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:18.000 view ourselves 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.000 is so often 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.800 based on the 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.379 failures of 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.940 others isn't 00:16:20.940 --> 00:16:21.200 it 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.680 other people's 00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.240 faults 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.720 kind of become 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:26.840 our norms 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.220 the sort of 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.759 line of 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.060 acceptable behaviour 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:31.820 we make it 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.519 too easy for 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--> 00:16:54.299 and not in 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.939 your neighbour 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:56.980 and those 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.360 sort of 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.379 comparisons really 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:58.980 don't matter 00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.679 what matters 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.600 is what you 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.659 do yourself 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:04.420 and there is 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.440 another standard 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.000 that Paul gives 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.460 us not 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.740 other people 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.740 it's there in 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.380 verse 2 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.960 bear one 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.360 another's 00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.120 burdens and 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:14.120 so fulfil 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.980 the law 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.880 of Christ 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.920 we're told 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.600 here use 00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:19.920 God's 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.400 measures 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.440 on yourself 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.019 not your 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.620 measures 00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:25.079 that you've 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.660 cooked up 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.360 in comparison 00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:26.940 with someone 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.380 else 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:30.100 so someone 00:17:30.100 --> 00:17:30.559 else's 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.420 failure is 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.220 neither a 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.900 reason for 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.819 me to boast 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:35.600 because I've 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.120 been there 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:37.679 in the war 00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:38.339 in the battle 00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:40.079 and neither 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.219 are they a 00:17:41.219 --> 00:17:41.699 reason to 00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.559 slacken off 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:44.419 as we see 00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:45.179 others fail 00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.819 their sin 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.259 does not 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.259 excuse me 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.799 or become 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.279 the standard 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:48.679 of my 00:17:48.679 --> 00:17:49.239 conduct 00:17:49.239 --> 00:17:50.599 no we are 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.119 to bear 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.939 our own 00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.500 load 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.479 verse 5 00:17:53.479 --> 00:17:56.559 so let me 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.219 try and wrap 00:17:57.219 --> 00:17:57.599 up a little 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.959 bit 00:17:57.959 --> 00:18:00.759 Paul is 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.219 saying isn't 00:18:01.219 --> 00:18:01.699 he here 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.240 that you 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.160 cannot be 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:05.539 truly spiritual 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.240 you cannot 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.080 walk in 00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.840 step with 00:18:07.840 --> 00:18:08.299 the Holy 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.720 Spirit 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:10.519 and do 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.340 what agrees 00:18:11.340 --> 00:18:12.059 with him 00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:13.759 and merely 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.759 keep yourself 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.559 to yourself 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.140 that the 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.500 flesh asks 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.640 what about 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.200 me 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.140 but the 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.660 spirit 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:25.860 saying here 00:18:25.860 --> 00:18:26.559 what about 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.180 us 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:29.039 what about 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.759 your brother 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.380 and sister 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:32.759 you can't 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.660 be a 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.000 Holy 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.640 Spirit 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:36.900 walking 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.680 stepping 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.740 with the 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.060 spirit 00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:39.400 kind of 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.759 Christian 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.480 and not 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.299 commit to 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.580 other 00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:42.100 brothers and 00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.440 sisters 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.700 you can't 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.299 belong to 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:45.600 Jesus 00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.900 and walk 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.279 in step 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.640 with his 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:47.860 spirit 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.160 if you 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.740 don't have 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.279 an interest 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.039 in Jesus 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.580 people 00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.860 there is 00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:52.279 no such 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.660 thing as 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.700 an independent 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:55.259 stay at home 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.660 Christian 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.660 unless your 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.300 circumstances 00:18:57.300 --> 00:18:57.840 are really 00:18:57.840 --> 00:18:58.480 extreme 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.200 Jesus 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.120 teaches us 00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.840 to pray 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:03.080 our 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.720 father 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.920 not my 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.500 father 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:08.160 if you've 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.580 got no 00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.200 interest in 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.480 that 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.920 or you're 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.720 only interested 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.320 in picking 00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:11.980 open the 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.759 wounds of 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.140 fallen 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.740 brothers and 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.120 sisters 00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.980 and loving 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.500 that 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.440 and sort 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.100 of revelling 00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.480 in their 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.980 failures 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.920 and rebuking 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.480 in a spirit 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.560 of harshness 00:19:20.560 --> 00:19:21.040 Paul is 00:19:21.040 --> 00:19:21.440 saying look 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.900 you are 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.480 acting like 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.060 a civilian 00:19:23.060 --> 00:19:25.060 who knows 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.639 little of 00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.019 the war 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.399 between 00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.799 flesh 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.460 and spirit 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:29.460 if your 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.179 first 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:31.220 response is 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.740 to someone 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.119 else's 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.440 failure 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.960 I could 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.220 have done 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.619 better 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.879 you are 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.379 deceiving 00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.940 yourself 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.919 no you 00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:37.379 couldn't 00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:38.819 you are 00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.460 only what 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:39.819 you are 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.399 by God's 00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:40.720 grace 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.019 without 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.440 God 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.779 you are 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.259 nothing 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:45.039 St. 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.579 Augustine 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.039 says there 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.500 is no 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.220 sin which 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.240 one person 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.940 has committed 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00:20:10.299 and they 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.879 are really 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.399 sorry 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.919 and it's 00:20:12.919 --> 00:20:13.279 been a 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.799 stupid 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.399 thing 00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:16.119 and we 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.799 aim to 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.639 help restore 00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.359 them in 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.879 gentleness 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.780 and empathy 00:20:19.780 --> 00:20:21.320 and that 00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.620 kind of 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.280 response 00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:23.980 that is 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.760 what true 00:20:24.760 --> 00:20:25.360 spiritual 00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.880 Christianity 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.800 looks like 00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:27.900 never mind 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.320 all the 00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.260 razzmatazz 00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:31.080 it is about 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.800 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00:20:55.600 and the 00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.060 mature 00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:56.860 spiritual 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.400 veteran 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.420 comes alongside 00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.280 the fallen 00:20:59.280 --> 00:21:00.800 and says 00:21:00.800 --> 00:21:01.600 stand up 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:01.940 brother 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:03.460 stand up 00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.000 sister in 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.519 arms 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:06.300 together we 00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:06.940 stand 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.080 against our 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.940 common enemy 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.620 the flesh 00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:11.240 and I've 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.740 been there 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:14.300 let's pray 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.740 brothers and 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:14.740 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