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 Well, today is Anniversary Sunday.

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 We've been three years old as a church.

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 Three years ago, we, amen.

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 We had our first public service,

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 and to commemorate that,

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 we set aside every first Sunday of October to rejoice.

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 Well, it was the fall of 2012,

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 and I was at the tail end of an assessment

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 by the elders of Crossway Community Church.

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 Crossway is the church that planted Christ the King Church,

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 and I went through a year-long assessment

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 to see if I was fit to do this work,

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 and as part of that, in that fall,

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 I was asked to write a BHAG, B-H-A-G,

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 a big, hairy, audacious goal.

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 A God-sized goal.

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 And this is what I wrote.

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 We read this at every membership class.

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 The vision of Christ the King Church

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 is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 transform every area of our personal lives,

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 our families, our church, our city, and our world.

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 It's 1020 a.m. one Sunday in the year 2033.

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 It's a red light.

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 As cars come to a stop at the intersection of Sheridan and 60th Street,

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 they hear the one voice of Christ the King Church

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 singing, Blessed Assurance,

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 through the open stained glass windows of their building.

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 Inside the building, almost all of the 1,000 seats are filled.

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 Remember, this is a vision.

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 Dreaming big.

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 They had to expand the capacity of their building in 2020.

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 The whole church is standing with hands raised.

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 There are dark chocolate hands raised.

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 There are also deeply tanned hands raised.

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 There are fair and freckled hands raised.

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 There are some nicely groomed hands that are raised.

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 There are a smattering of exotic fingernails.

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 Tattoos on hands are common.

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 Most of the hands are calloused, strong, and rough.

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 And as the people sing, standing,

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 tears gently stream down cheeks as with one voice.

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 Christ the King Church lifts her praise to God.

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 No one expected God to do what God has done.

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 The light turns green.

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 For the last 20 years,

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 there's been a pronounced and sustained outpouring of God's spirit

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 throughout Kenosha's downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.

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 God has spread the people of Christ the King like Levin

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 throughout the neighborhoods of Uptown, Harbor Park,

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 Sunnydale, Lincoln Park, Frank, Allendale, Wilson,

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 even out west of Green Bay Road.

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 The people of Christ the King Church

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 reach out with the gospel often and intentionally.

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 Evangelism usually involves a couple members of Christ the King

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 inviting some of their friends to come over for a meal

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 and eventually the topic turns to Jesus.

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 477 people have become Christians

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 and have been integrated into the life of the church

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 over the last two decades.

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 It was in 2018 that God finally opened a door

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 into the African American community.

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 Shawan Jackson was a co-worker of Mike Purgatelli.

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 They were on the same work crew for the city's water department

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 and Mike had been sharing the gospel with Shawan weekly

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 as they made runs in their blue dump truck.

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 Finally, God opened Shawan's eyes to see his need for Christ

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 and after coming to faith in Christ,

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 Mike brought Shawan to a small group.

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 They were studying Ephesians together

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 and that life group warmly welcomed Shawan.

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 They shared openly about their hardships,

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 fears, joys, and struggles with sin.

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 And after about 18 months,

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 Shawan was able to let down his guard

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 with people who were not black.

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 He experienced Christian fellowship with Anglos and Latinos.

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 He came to realize that he had more in common

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 with his Anglo and Latino,

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 these Anglo and Latino sinners saved by grace

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 than he did with his Frank neighborhood buddies.

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 Shawan started bringing his longtime friends

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 from Frank neighborhood to the Christ of King Church

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 of Sunday service.

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 Some were convicted of their sin.

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 They repented and put their trust in Christ.

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 But most did not.

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 Shawan continued to grow in the face

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 of being ridiculed for his devotion to Christ

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 and the people of Christ the King.

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 He married Manuela in 2023

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 and soon they had three beautiful boys.

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 Shawan never met his dad,

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 but God provided what he needed.

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 A handful of godly older men

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 had been mentoring Shawan since his conversion.

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 He's now a godly dad.

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 His boys feared the Lord.

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 And then from 2024 to 2027,

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 Shawan participated in Christ the King Church's

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 leadership development program.

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 And by the fall of 2028,

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 Shawan had been nominated to become an elder.

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 He's formally set in as an elder

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 of Christ the King Church January of 2029.

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 He's just started his second three-year term.

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 God continues to use Shawan

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 to evangelize the young men of Frank neighborhood.

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 In fact, he's mentoring three young men

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 from his neighborhood now.

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 2018 was a significant year in the life

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 of Christ the King Church.

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 Early in that spring,

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 Christ the King Church sent out

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 her first church plant to Waukegan,

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 El Rey de la Gracia.

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 Lou, give it to us.

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 Today, God has grown that church to 215 people.

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 They meet in Waukegan High School.

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 They joined the Crossway Association of Churches

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 in 2021.

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 Since 2016, Christ the King has been sending teams

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 across the globe to play a small role

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 in filling the Great Commission.

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 Every year since 2016,

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 Christ the King has sent out a multi-ethnic team

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 to visit, strengthen, and assist

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 the international mission partners of the church.

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 There are strong ties to partners in Myanmar,

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 Philippines, Brazil, Morocco, India, China,

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 Georgia, as in the Republic of Georgia,

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 though the state of Georgia needs missionaries too.

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 Somalia, France, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.

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 God has done a mighty work

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 in uniting the diverse people

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 of Christ the King Church

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 into a mature body

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 whose head is Jesus Christ.

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 No one spends a lot of time

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 thinking about what it means

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 to be ethnically diverse anymore.

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 Christ the King Church is ethnically

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 and socioeconomically diverse.

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 The church reflects the community it's in.

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 Every dimension of Christ the King Church

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 is experiencing the transforming

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 and unifying effect of the gospel.

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 The children's ministry volunteers

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 are ethnically diverse.

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 Worship team, ethnically diverse.

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 Greeting team, diverse.

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 Life group leaders and life groups

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 are ethnically diverse.

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 Deacons are ethnically diverse.

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 And of course, the elders of Christ the King Church

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 are ethnically and socioeconomically diverse.

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 The diversity is a sign of a greater reality.

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 The power of the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 radically changes individuals

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 as well as a people.

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 A diverse people living in downtown Kenosha

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 have been given new identities.

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 United in Christ,

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 resulting in a whole new people group.

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 We are Christ the King Church.

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 As we were,

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 the elders of our church

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 were seeing this day approaching,

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 we thought it would be good

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 to rally us around our mission

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 as a church.

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 to call to mind why we're here.

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 Why we do what we do.

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 And it's our third anniversary this morning.

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 So we want to refocus us as a church

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 on our mission as a church.

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 And to do that,

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 we're going to take a break from Matthew 6,

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 and we're going to plop down

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 right in the middle of Colossians.

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 Colossians 1, verses 28 and 29.

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 And in these two verses,

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 the Apostle Paul gives a brief

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 but potent summary

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 of his gospel ministry.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 So if you would open up your Bibles

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 to Colossians 1.

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 Hear the Word of God.

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 1, verses 28 and 29.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 Warning everyone and teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom

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 that we may present everyone

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 mature in Christ.

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 For this I toil.

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 Struggling with all His energy

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 that He powerfully works within me.

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 So as we take our cues

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 from the Apostle Paul

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 and Jesus Himself,

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 we exist as a church

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 to make known the life-transforming power

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 of the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 to all people.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 We're all about Jesus.

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 And so this morning,

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 to help you see that,

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 three points.

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 Our goal,

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 our method,

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 and our strength.

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 Our goal,

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 our method,

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 and our strength.

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 So let's look at first

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 our goal.

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 And you can see our goal

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 in the second half

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 of verse 28.

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 I'll just read verse 28 again.

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 Him we proclaim,

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 warning everyone

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 and teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom

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 that we may present

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 everyone mature

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 in Christ.

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 And so as we talk about our goal,

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 I want you to notice three words.

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 Mature,

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 everyone,

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 and present.

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 So let's look at this word mature.

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 The goal of Paul's ministry

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 was to present everyone

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 mature in Christ.

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 You see that little word that?

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 That,

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 we may present.

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 That word,

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 that,

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 signifies purpose.

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 Aim.

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 Goal.

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 And our goal

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 is the same as the Apostle Paul's.

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 To present

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 everyone

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 mature

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 in Christ.

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 Now that word mature

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 comes from a Greek word,

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 teleon,

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 which means complete,

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 fulfilled,

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 lacking nothing.

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 One commentator wrote

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 that this sense of maturity

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 is in someone

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 who is so wholeheartedly

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 devoted to Jesus

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 that their conduct

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 is blameless.

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 Wholehearted devotion.

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 It's not any kind of maturity

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 we're talking about here.

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 This is mature

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 in Christ.

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 The goal of Paul's ministry

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 was to present people

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 mature

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 in Christ.

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 And what that means

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 is to be Christ-like.

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 Would you hold your spot

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 in Colossians 1

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 and flip over a couple pages

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 to Ephesians chapter 4?

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 I want to see how

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 Paul talks about this

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 in another way.

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 Similar way.

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 In chapter 4,

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 verse 11,

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 we read,

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 and he gave the apostles,

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 the prophets,

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 the evangelists,

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 the shepherds,

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 and teachers

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 to equip the saints

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 for the work of ministry,

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 for building up the body.

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 So God gives leaders

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 to the church

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 to equip the church

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 to build up the church.

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 gospel ministry

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 takes place

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 among all of us.

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 All of us

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 are gospel ministers

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 building the church up.

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 And then look at verse 13.

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 Until we all attain

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 to the unity of the faith

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 and the knowledge

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 of the Son of God

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 to mature manhood.

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 Same word.

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 To mature manhood.

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 And then look at the next clause.

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 To the measure

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 of the stature

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 of the fullness

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 of Christ.

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 Our goal

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 is to present

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 everyone mature

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 in Christ

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 to be like Christ

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 in all that they are

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 in every area

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 of their lives.

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 It's all about Him.

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 Paul uses this

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 maturing Christ language

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 all throughout his epistles.

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 But when we turn

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 to the Gospels,

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 it's a different

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 kind of language.

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 And so instead of

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 talking about

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 someone mature in Christ,

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 the Gospels talk about

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 being disciples

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Discipleship.

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 And so when we

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 talk about it this way,

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 the goal of our church

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 is to make

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 mature disciples

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 of Jesus.

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 You remember

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 Matthew 28.

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 Luke quoted it

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 when he was praying

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 and starting

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 our worship service.

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 Jesus commissions

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 all of His disciples

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 of all time.

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 He says,

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 go make disciples

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 of the nations.

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 Make disciples

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 of me,

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 Jesus,

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 of the nations.

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 Jesus Himself

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 has commanded us

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 to be about

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 this business

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 of making

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 mature disciples

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 of Jesus.

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 And a disciple

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 is someone

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 who is a lifelong

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 learner of Jesus

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 and His ways

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 and a lifelong

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 follower of Jesus

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 and His ways.

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 Not only do they

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 know who Jesus is

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 and what they taught,

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 they learn in order

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 to obey,

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 to observe all

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 that He commanded.

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 Now,

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 what does a mature

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 disciple of Jesus

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 Christ look like?

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 Well,

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 it has a variety

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 of appearances.

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 But you remember

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 we were preaching

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 through the Sermon

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 on the Mount.

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 We've been preaching

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 through the Sermon

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 on the Mount

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 and early in the summer

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 we were working

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 through the Beatitudes.

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 The Beatitudes

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 are just a wonderful

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 profile of a mature

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 follower of Jesus.

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 Do you remember

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 where they start?

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 Blessed are the poor

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 in spirit.

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 Humility is a hallmark

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 of a mature disciple.

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 It starts all there.

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 I know it's not

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 about me,

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 it's about Him.

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 Jesus radically

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 changes a sinner

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 to think less

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 of themselves

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 and more of Him,

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 more of God.

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 And so that's

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 where it all starts.

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 Poverty of spirit,

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 spirit,

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 that is the root

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 and then

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 it blossoms

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 into the beautiful

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 peacemakers

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 that we are to be.

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 Sharing the gospel,

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 helping people

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 be at peace with God

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 through the blood

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 of Jesus,

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 be at peace

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 with each other,

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 peace within ourselves.

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 But it doesn't

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 stop there.

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 Peacemaking isn't

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 the end.

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 Being persecuted

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 is.

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 Mature disciples

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 catch heat

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 for the name

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 of Jesus.

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 That's what we're

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 called to.

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 Making mature

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 disciples

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Now did you notice

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 the word

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 everyone?

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 It's repeated

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 three times

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 in verse 28 alone.

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 So you see,

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 Him we proclaim

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 warning everyone

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 and teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom

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 that we may present

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 everyone

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 mature

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Now,

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 when you hear

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 the word

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 everyone,

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 you might start

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 thinking,

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 whoa,

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 are we talking

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 like seven and a

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 half billion people

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 on the face

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 of the planet

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 right now?

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 And in one sense,

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 yes we are.

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 Jesus says,

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 go make disciples

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 of the nations,

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 all 7.5 billion

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 of them.

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 It's good we're

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 not in it alone.

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 God's worldwide

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 church is carrying

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 out His mission.

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 But the way

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 to think about this

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 too is to be

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 considering this.

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 everyone we come

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 into contact with

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 and is responsive

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 to the gospel,

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 everyone we present,

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 we want to present

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 mature in Christ.

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 Now,

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 I want to point out

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 something very

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 interesting about this.

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 Notice in verse 27,

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 to Him God chose

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 to make known

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 how great among

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 the Gentiles

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 are the riches

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 of the glory

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 of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you,

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 the hope of glory.

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 Gentiles.

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 What's that

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 a reference to?

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 Well,

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 a Gentile

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 is a non-Jew.

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 Remember,

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 back in the first century,

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 a Jew would think

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 of the world

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 in two categories,

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 Jews and everybody else.

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 Gentiles.

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 And what Paul

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 seems to be saying

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 here is that,

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 hey,

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 we proclaim Christ

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 to everyone,

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 Jew or Gentile.

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 we warn everyone,

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 we teach everyone

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 in order to present

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 everyone

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:49.039
 mature in Christ.

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 Now,

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 let's dial that in

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 a little bit.

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 So for us

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 as a church,

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 do you know

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 what that means?

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 Here's what that means.

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 Regardless

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 of someone's ethnicity,

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 regardless

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 of someone's gender,

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 of their socioeconomic status,

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 of their age,

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 of their present

00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:08.059
 marital status,

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 or their past

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.620
 marital status,

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 of their past history

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.779
 with the law,

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 our aim

00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:14.100
 as a church

00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:14.840
 is to present

00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.620
 everyone

00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:17.120
 mature in Christ.

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 All are welcome.

00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:21.900
 All are welcome.

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 Everyone we come

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 into contact with

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:27.000
 and is responsive

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.220
 to the gospel,

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.940
 we are to present

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.860
 them mature

00:17:30.860 --> 00:17:31.600
 in Christ,

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 to help them

00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:35.419
 grow in Christ-likeness.

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 And of course,

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 there's that word

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 present.

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 Paul uses it earlier

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 in verses 21 and 22

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 of chapter 1.

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 He says,

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 and you who were

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 once alienated

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 and hostile in mind

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 doing evil deeds,

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 he is now reconciled

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 in his body of flesh

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 by his death

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 in order to present

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 you holy

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 and blameless

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 and above reproach

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 before him.

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 And so,

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 there is a direction

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 of that word present.

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 Think of it as

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 an aimed present,

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.359
 aimed at God.

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.480
 Our presenting

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 everyone mature

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.779
 in Christ

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 is towards God.

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 We present them

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 to God.

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 So do you know

00:18:13.199 --> 00:18:13.699
 what that means?

00:18:14.719 --> 00:18:15.399
 Our ministry

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 is an act of worship.

00:18:17.899 --> 00:18:19.159
 Our proclaiming Christ

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 and presenting people,

00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.000
 everyone mature

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.579
 in Christ,

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 it is worship

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 of the living God.

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 We are presenting

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 them to him.

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 our ministry

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.980
 is Godward.

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 It's for his glory.

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.900
 It's an act

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:37.160
 of worship.

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.420
 The goal of Paul's

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.920
 ministry,

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.200
 and therefore the goal

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.080
 of our ministry,

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:43.559
 is to present

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 to God

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.980
 everyone,

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.860
 everyone we encounter,

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 everyone who's

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.900
 responsive to the gospel,

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 everyone mature

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.360
 in Christ,

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 that they become

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 more and more

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 like Jesus.

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 it's all about

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 him.

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 That's the goal.

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.019
 Now let's look

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.500
 at the method.

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.859
 Now you may be

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.559
 asking yourself

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:06.980
 the question,

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.200
 okay,

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.960
 the goal

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.980
 is to present

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:10.139
 everybody mature

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:11.099
 in Jesus.

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 How do we do that?

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.440
 How do you get

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.500
 towards that end?

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 How does that

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 take place?

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.839
 Well,

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.859
 in the first part

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 of 28,

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 we have the answer.

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 him we proclaim.

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.420
 Warning everyone

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.279
 and teaching everyone

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.339
 with all wisdom

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:33.460
 that we may present

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.339
 everyone mature

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.720
 in Christ.

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 How do we present

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 people mature

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 in Christ?

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 We proclaim

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 Christ to them.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 Remember,

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 it's all about him.

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 In order for somebody

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 to become like Christ,

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 they've got to hear

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 Christ proclaimed

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 again and again

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 and again.

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 him we proclaim.

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 Now the one

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 great need

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 of everyone

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 on the planet

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 is Christ.

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 Him we proclaim

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 to everybody.

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 Think about it

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 this way.

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 Think about

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 a timeline

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 of a maturing

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 disciple

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 of Jesus Christ

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 Christ.

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 And it starts

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 with when

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 we were

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 non-Christians.

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 When we were

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 non-Christians,

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.679
 we were dead

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 to God.

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 We were living

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 in darkness.

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 We had no hope

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 in the world.

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 We,

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 our hearts,

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 were devoted

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 to anything

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 and everything

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 but God.

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 That's what

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 we were living

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 for.

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 Do you know

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 what someone

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 who's living

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 in darkness

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.460
 needs to hear?

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 They need

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 to hear

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 Christ

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 proclaim to

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 them.

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 Jesus is

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 the light

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 of the world.

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 He's the only

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 one that can

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 transform a

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 heart that

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 is living

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 for oneself,

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 transform that

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 heart to a

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 heart that is

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 empowered to

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 live for the

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 one true

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 God.

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 Only Jesus

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 can do that.

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 So what do we

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 proclaim?

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 Who do we

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 proclaim to

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 non-Christians?

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 Jesus.

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.880
 Now let's

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 say a

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 non-Christian

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 hears the

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 gospel,

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 God gives

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 them ears

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 to hear,

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 and they

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 believe.

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 And at

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 that moment

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 their eternity

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 changes.

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 A radical

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 transformation

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 has taken

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 place in

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 one moment.

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 And now

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 we have

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 an immature

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 disciple of

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 Jesus.

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 He's a baby

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 Christian.

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 Christian.

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 What are we

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 going to

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.940
 proclaim to

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 that baby

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 Christian?

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 You know,

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.640
 what you

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.060
 really want to

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:48.460
 start doing

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 now is reading

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 every book of

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 the Bible

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 twice every

00:21:51.020 --> 00:21:51.400
 day.

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 You want to

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 pray every

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 minute of

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 every day,

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 and if you

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 do, here's a

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 list of 900

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 things to be

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 praying for.

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 Our

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 inclination is

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 to point people

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 who just become

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 Christians to

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 to-do lists.

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 You know what

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:07.900
 we need to

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.320
 point them to?

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 Him we

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.740
 proclaim.

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 They need to

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.520
 learn about

00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:14.120
 their master.

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 They learn to

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 know what he

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 taught, and

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.460
 they need to

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 learn his ways,

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 and so we're

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 going to point

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 them to him

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 over and

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 over and

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 over again.

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 They're born

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 again.

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 They want to

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.759
 live for Jesus,

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 right?

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 And they're

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 looking at

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 their lives,

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 and they're

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.060
 seeing, oh

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.880
 man, where

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.040
 do I start

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:37.300
 with Jesus?

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.940
 Him we

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.200
 proclaim.

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.539
 How about

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 someone who

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 is no longer

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 an immature

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.919
 disciple, but

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:46.059
 is a maturing

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 disciple?

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.599
 These are the

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 kind of people

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 who they have

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.579
 a split devotion

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 from time to

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 time.

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 There are

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 significant areas

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.299
 of their life

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 that still need

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.700
 to come under

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.500
 the lordship of

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.920
 Jesus.

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.019
 What are we

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.359
 going to tell

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.619
 them?

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 What are we

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.660
 going to

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.240
 proclaim to

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.420
 them?

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.859
 Him we

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.180
 proclaim.

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.819
 We call them

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.319
 to Jesus.

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.059
 We point them

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.440
 again and

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.819
 again to

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 him.

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.799
 Who he is,

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.099
 his ways,

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 and see over

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 time him do

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.160
 a work where

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 every area of

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.039
 their life comes

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.900
 under his

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.299
 reign.

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.759
 How about a

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.920
 mature disciple,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.180
 a brother or

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.259
 sister who has

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.900
 a wholehearted

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.779
 devotion that

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.700
 results in a

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.860
 blameless life?

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.539
 What do we

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.100
 proclaim to

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.460
 them?

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.960
 Jesus!

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.180
 Now, a

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.900
 wholehearted, a

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.660
 mature disciple,

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.240
 just to clarify,

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.720
 they're not

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.320
 sinless.

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.779
 Perfection hasn't

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.400
 reached this

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:43.840
 person.

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.860
 In fact, they

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.259
 would probably

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.820
 say something

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.340
 like this,

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.799
 you know what,

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.080
 I am more

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.299
 aware of God's

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.180
 holiness than I

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.960
 ever have been,

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 and as a result,

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.400
 I am more aware

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.580
 of my sinfulness.

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.440
 It's not the

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.100
 blatant sins

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.699
 I did when I

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.099
 was a little

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.240
 baby Christian.

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.000
 These are the

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.759
 more refined

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.919
 sins that I

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:02.000
 do now, but I

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.759
 see them as

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.419
 even more

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.099
 grievous in

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.719
 God's sight,

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.339
 so they're more

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.019
 aware of their

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.079
 sin, yet they

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.959
 would also say,

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.839
 and I'm more

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.079
 aware of what

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.679
 Christ has done

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.480
 for me.

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.000
 One of the

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.939
 distinctive marks

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.659
 of a mature

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.459
 Christian is not

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.000
 that they're just

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:23.419
 dwelling on who

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.940
 Jesus is a lot

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.580
 of the time.

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:27.240
 They are seeking

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:29.019
 to make disciples

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.200
 of Jesus as

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.440
 well.

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.340
 They're seeking

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:33.100
 to proclaim Him

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.140
 to others, to

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.660
 help present

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:37.140
 others mature in

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.680
 Christ.

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:43.140
 This book is

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.580
 Christ revealed.

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.940
 He reveals Himself

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.140
 to us through this

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.519
 book.

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.759
 It's a living

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.200
 book.

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.360
 And so we

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.480
 help people follow

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.240
 Jesus by showing

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.980
 them Jesus through

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.660
 the book, showing

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.580
 Him His ways

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:59.380
 through the book.

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.259
 So here's what I'm

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.860
 trying to tell you.

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.440
 No matter where

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.420
 you're at on the

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.180
 timeline of a

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.059
 maturing Christian,

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.759
 whether you're not

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.880
 a Christian yet, or

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.720
 you're a mature

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.940
 Christian, do you

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.600
 know what you need

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:12.039
 to hear most, and

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.700
 most often?

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:15.640
 Christ for you.

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.460
 That's what you

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.799
 need to hear.

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.400
 He's for you.

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.440
 He loves you.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.759
 He died for you.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.040
 He was raised for

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.259
 you.

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.600
 He's interceding for

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.440
 you, and He's

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.680
 coming back in order

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.980
 to bring you to

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.060
 Himself so you can

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.980
 see each other face

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.540
 to face.

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.259
 If you just look at

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.340
 the first chapter of

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.780
 the book of

00:25:40.780 --> 00:25:42.740
 Colossians, do you

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.500
 know what Paul does

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.340
 with these Christian

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.840
 Colossians?

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:47.820
 He preaches Christ

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.240
 to them.

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.579
 Take a look at

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.220
 verse 15.

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.119
 Talking about the

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.019
 preeminence of

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.439
 Christ.

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.359
 He is the image of

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.179
 the invisible God,

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.059
 the firstborn of all

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.379
 creation, for by Him,

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.539
 Jesus, all things were

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.460
 created in heaven and

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.700
 earth, visible and

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.319
 invisible, whether

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.379
 thrones or dominions or

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.220
 rulers or authorities,

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.200
 all things were created

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.439
 through Jesus and for

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:07.899
 Jesus.

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.480
 And He's before all

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.019
 things, and in Jesus

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.879
 all things hold

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.319
 together.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.539
 You know what Paul's

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.759
 doing?

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.900
 Hey, Colossian

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.819
 Christians, here is

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:21.180
 your Savior, Lord of

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.720
 creation.

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.599
 And He doesn't

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.539
 stop there.

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.200
 Look more.

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.259
 He goes into verse

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.279
 18, and He is the

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.140
 head of the body, the

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.500
 church.

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.799
 He's the beginning, the

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.740
 firstborn from the dead,

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:31.160
 that in everything He

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.279
 might be preeminent.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.839
 For in Him, Jesus, all

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.720
 the fullness of God was

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.599
 pleased to dwell, and

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.579
 through Him, Jesus, to

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.980
 reconcile to Himself all

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.539
 things, whether on earth

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.539
 or in heaven, making

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:42.099
 peace by the blood of His,

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.140
 Jesus' cross.

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.759
 And so not only does He

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.280
 proclaim Jesus as Lord

00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:47.460
 over creation to these

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.560
 Colossian Christians, He

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.160
 doesn't stop there.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.780
 He goes, He's Lord of

00:26:50.780 --> 00:26:52.300
 redemption, Lord of the

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.740
 church.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.080
 He's Lord of it all.

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.560
 So here we see in the

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.720
 book of Colossians, Paul

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.820
 proclaiming Christ to

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.360
 Christians.

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.840
 This is who your Savior

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.100
 is.

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.700
 And if that weren't

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.080
 enough, in verses 21

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:08.040
 through 23, Jesus, Paul

00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:09.280
 takes, okay, here's Jesus,

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.400
 Lord of all, and he goes

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.860
 very personally, he says,

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.620
 He's your Lord.

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.200
 Look at verse 21.

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:20.120
 And you, who once were

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:21.340
 alienated and hostile in

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:22.480
 mind, doing evil deeds,

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:25.320
 He has now reconciled in

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:26.640
 His body of flesh by His

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.600
 blood in order to present

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.480
 you holy and blameless,

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.960
 above reproach before Him.

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:34.040
 Paul is preaching Christ to

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:35.800
 these Colossians, Colossian

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.080
 Christians.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:38.020
 He's telling them who Jesus

00:27:38.020 --> 00:27:40.320
 is and what He has done for

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.500
 them.

00:27:40.780 --> 00:27:41.600
 Do you know that goes by

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.720
 another word?

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.440
 Do you know what it is?

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.960
 The gospel.

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.120
 He's proclaiming the gospel

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.519
 to these Christians.

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:52.240
 Him we proclaim, a.k.a.

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.880
 the gospel.

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.339
 It's the good news.

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.640
 And we never outgrow the

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.019
 gospel.

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.860
 We never outgrow the good

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.940
 news about Jesus.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:07.220
 It is the old, old story that

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.860
 never gets old.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:12.000
 It's new today as it was

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.700
 yesterday.

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.519
 This past week I had lunch

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.420
 with a brother from the

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.700
 church and he is a mature

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.100
 brother.

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.360
 I touched base with him this

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.620
 morning.

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.420
 I'm like, how?

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.559
 He's been a Christian for over

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.400
 40 years.

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.019
 That's a long time of walking

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.440
 with Jesus.

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.140
 And so here we are having lunch

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.519
 together.

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.400
 And we reach a point where

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.700
 we're kind of both reflecting on

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:35.200
 past mistakes and past

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.639
 hardships.

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.680
 And it was kind of like out of

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.000
 nowhere.

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.779
 He said something to the effect

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:43.279
 of, and I am so grateful that

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.480
 God has borne all the wrath for

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.119
 my sin in Christ Jesus.

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.379
 Here he is, 40 years in the

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:53.180
 faith, reveling in the gospel

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.059
 work of Jesus.

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.759
 Jesus at lunch.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:04.839
 40 years in the faith, we never

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:08.179
 outgrow the work of Jesus at the

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.539
 cross.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.940
 We never do.

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:13.899
 He's 40 years in the faith and it

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:15.159
 happened, he's talking about like

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:16.000
 it happened yesterday.

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:20.259
 We never outgrow the good news of

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:23.000
 who Jesus is and what he has done

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.240
 for us, what he's done for you,

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.359
 what he's done for me.

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.960
 Him we proclaim to both

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.700
 non-Christians and Christians.

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.500
 It's all about him.

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:37.140
 It's all about who he is and what

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.480
 he's done.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:41.480
 That verb translated proclaim, it's

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.299
 in the present tense.

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:44.279
 And so we're to keep on

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.799
 proclaiming.

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.240
 Him we proclaim and then

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.859
 proclaim again.

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.480
 We proclaim, proclaim, and

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.740
 proclaim.

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:52.400
 And this proclamation of Christ

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.700
 involves both warning and

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.700
 teaching.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.660
 Did you notice that?

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.880
 Him we proclaim, warning everyone.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.279
 That Greek word translated

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:06.059
 warn literally means to place

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:08.200
 something into someone's brain.

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:12.279
 It's a word of admonishment.

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.420
 It works kind of like this.

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:18.019
 Hey man, in light of who Jesus is,

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.480
 in light of what he's done,

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.880
 really you don't want to reject him.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.360
 We're proclaiming Christ and

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.080
 warning everyone.

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:28.740
 In light of who Jesus is and what

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.340
 he's done, don't stray from him,

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.819
 sister.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.840
 In light of who Jesus is and what

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:36.880
 he has done for you, brother,

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:39.180
 don't grow cold in your

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.400
 devotion to him.

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:43.540
 A word of warning as we

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.200
 proclaim him.

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.340
 It's part of the proclamation

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:47.040
 of Christ.

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.520
 And by the way, that word

00:30:48.520 --> 00:30:49.900
 warning is a present tense

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.560
 verb as well.

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:53.180
 We're to continue warning.

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:54.820
 It's part of our life together

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.440
 as a church.

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.820
 Part of our love for together

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.400
 as a church.

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.560
 Helping each other.

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.380
 But in addition to warning,

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:02.260
 we also see there's an ongoing

00:31:02.260 --> 00:31:04.320
 teaching as part of our

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.720
 proclamation of Christ.

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:05.799
 Christ.

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.360
 That's what we see Paul doing

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.220
 in Colossians 1.

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.860
 Constantly teaching who Jesus is.

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.319
 Lord of creation.

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.779
 Lord of our redemption.

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.960
 Lord of all.

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.140
 Constantly teaching what he has

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.440
 done.

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.819
 He shed his blood on the cross

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:24.380
 in order to make peace between

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.819
 a holy God and sinful man.

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.220
 You.

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:32.220
 Constantly teaching what he is

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.519
 doing.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.119
 Did you know right now

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.180
 that Jesus is interceding for you

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:38.019
 at the right hand of God?

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:41.139
 Constantly teaching what he will

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.440
 do.

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.839
 He's coming back.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.240
 And we see throughout the New

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:47.440
 Testament in both Paul and in

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.900
 James that the promise of his

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.279
 return is to encourage us.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.599
 Constantly teaching that his bride,

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.299
 the church,

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.319
 the church,

00:31:58.899 --> 00:32:00.000
 who we are.

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.759
 We are he,

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:02.679
 the apple of his eye,

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.199
 the blood-bought people.

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.839
 And we're to proclaim him to

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.319
 everybody.

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.819
 Would you look at Colossians 3,

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.339
 16?

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:15.599
 This is a command to the

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.439
 Colossian church.

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:20.279
 We read,

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:23.220
 let the word of Christ,

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.160
 the gospel,

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:28.700
 dwell in you richly.

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.580
 Teaching and admonishing,

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.340
 warning one another in all

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.720
 wisdom.

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:37.420
 Singing psalms and hymns and

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.440
 spiritual songs with

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.920
 thanksgiving,

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.440
 thankfulness in your heart.

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:43.660
 We preach Christ to each other

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.779
 in a variety of ways.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:52.500
 We're to teach them to observe

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.460
 all that he has commanded.

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.399
 So,

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:59.500
 warning everyone and teaching

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:01.160
 everyone both have important

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.660
 and vital roles in our

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.799
 proclaiming Christ to everyone.

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:08.019
 God uses it all to bring about

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.379
 maturity in his disciples.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.119
 Do you know what we do on

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.379
 Sunday mornings at our

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:15.380
 breakfast that we reach out

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.940
 to the community?

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.980
 Do you know what we do there?

00:33:17.060 --> 00:33:17.980
 We preach Christ.

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:20.100
 Do you know what we do here

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:21.320
 Sunday mornings when we gather

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.940
 as a church?

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:24.240
 We preach Christ from the

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.480
 Bible.

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.100
 Do you know what the King's

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.520
 kids are doing right now as

00:33:27.520 --> 00:33:28.280
 they're gathered together?

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:30.840
 We're preaching Christ to them.

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.480
 Do you know what?

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.880
 It's going to happen in our

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.620
 life groups.

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.860
 Preach Christ to one another.

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:38.120
 In our men's and women's

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.740
 Bible studies,

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.820
 we preach Christ to one

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.100
 another.

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.380
 Do you know what Billy does

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.540
 through the Gospel of John

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:44.880
 at our Thursday evening

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.760
 youth meetings?

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.320
 He preaches Christ to our

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:47.880
 young people.

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:51.660
 As we show acts of mercy,

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.880
 we're looking to proclaim

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.460
 Him.

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.580
 Him we proclaim.

00:33:54.780 --> 00:33:56.080
 It's all about Him.

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:59.040
 Our goal?

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.000
 Present everyone mature in

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.380
 Christ.

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:04.160
 Our glorious method is the

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.520
 Gospel.

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.660
 To preach Christ to everyone,

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:10.160
 both non-believers and

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.579
 believers.

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.139
 And on a final note,

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.639
 let's look at our strength.

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:16.699
 Our strength is Christ

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.119
 Himself.

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:21.779
 Christ provides the power

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:23.179
 to be faithful.

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.319
 In verse 29,

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.659
 for this I toil,

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:29.460
 struggling with all His energy

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.659
 that He powerfully works

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.179
 within me.

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.779
 The work of proclaiming

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.119
 Jesus,

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:36.440
 this proclaiming Christ to

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.920
 everyone,

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.659
 warning everyone,

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.679
 teaching everyone,

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.759
 it is not easy work.

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.119
 Making disciples of people

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.199
 is not easy.

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.359
 It's hard work.

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.079
 In fact,

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:49.579
 if you look up at verse 24,

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.739
 Paul writes,

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:52.159
 now I rejoice in my

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.779
 sufferings for your sake.

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.299
 And in my flesh,

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:56.359
 I'm filling up what is

00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:57.619
 lacking in Christ's

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.319
 afflictions.

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.159
 Hard work.

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:01.039
 Look at verse down

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.759
 at 29 again.

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.799
 For this I toil.

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.279
 It's a word that means

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:05.480
 to work to exhaustion.

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.900
 And then the next word,

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:10.559
 struggling with all His energy

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.500
 that powerfully works

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.039
 within me.

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.980
 And then in verse 1,

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.360
 for I want you to know

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.639
 how great a struggle.

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.539
 Those words struggling

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.039
 and struggle,

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.639
 they come from the Greek word

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.340
 that we get the word

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.219
 agony from.

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.780
 Agony.

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:27.320
 The work of advancing

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.960
 the gospel,

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.139
 of proclaiming Christ

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.740
 is hard work.

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:34.419
 Rejection.

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.179
 Alienation.

00:35:38.459 --> 00:35:39.379
 People questioning

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:40.099
 our motives.

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.959
 Charges of intolerance.

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.659
 Getting labeled

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.319
 narrow-minded.

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:45.259
 Not being taken seriously.

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:48.519
 Being put on the fringe

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.319
 of your family.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.579
 Putting on the fringe

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.619
 of your workplace.

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:55.319
 The proclamation of Christ

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:56.739
 can be offensive to people.

00:35:56.739 --> 00:36:00.359
 And then we can be

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:01.199
 assumed upon.

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 Taken advantage of.

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 And then there's the whole

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.799
 part of change

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:07.099
 comes so slow

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 and it can be so

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 discouraging.

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 And then when you're

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.579
 laboring in a church

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.159
 and you're serving

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.559
 in a church

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 and no one seems

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.279
 to notice,

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.479
 feel underappreciated,

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.519
 taken for granted,

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:21.119
 it can be hard work.

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 Not to mention the fact

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:28.179
 that the goal

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.859
 of our labor

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 to present everyone

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.400
 mature in Christ

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:33.940
 is humanly impossible.

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.559
 What's going to get us through?

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.839
 Where do we go?

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 Well, if you don't know

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 this already,

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 you're going to need

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 to learn it.

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 And that is only God

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 can change a person's heart.

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:56.019
 Only God gives the increase.

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.320
 Only God brings about

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.200
 Christlikeness.

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 It's His work

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.559
 and it's His power

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:04.039
 that brings it about.

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.680
 Our mission as a church

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.800
 is humanly impossible.

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:11.059
 We can't in and of ourselves

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:12.120
 change people's hearts.

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 Only He can radically

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.599
 change a sinner's heart.

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 But praise be to God.

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.819
 Jesus provides the power

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:24.440
 we need to be faithful

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:26.819
 to proclaiming Him to all.

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 Christ is in us

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 to empower us

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:36.460
 in order to present

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 everyone mature in Him.

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 In verse 29,

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 there's a pile up

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.599
 of power words.

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 For this I toil,

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 struggling with all His energy

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.599
 that He powerfully

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:50.420
 works within me.

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 You could translate it,

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 struggling with all His power

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.739
 that He so powerfully

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.779
 empowers in me.

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 It reminds us of

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.880
 our great need

00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:00.920
 for His strength

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.339
 in this work

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:03.179
 He's called us to.

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:06.159
 We labor

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.279
 by the strength

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.559
 that He provides.

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 Remember John 15?

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 Jesus is the vine.

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:16.059
 We are the branches.

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 Apart from Him

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:19.099
 we can do nothing

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:20.279
 but if we abide in Him

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:21.239
 wholeheartedly

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.279
 trusting in Him

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:24.699
 He will bear fruit

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:27.079
 in and through us.

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.480
 He's our confidence.

00:38:30.439 --> 00:38:31.500
 He's our strength

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:33.059
 in this mission

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:34.279
 He has called us to.

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:36.179
 We cannot afford

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:37.139
 to trust ourselves.

00:38:38.419 --> 00:38:39.819
 It's His power in us.

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:42.300
 It's Him dwelling in us.

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.400
 Our goal

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.760
 present everyone

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.720
 mature in Christ.

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.460
 Our method

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.300
 proclaiming

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.780
 gospel Christ

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.940
 to everyone

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.680
 and our strength

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:54.360
 is Christ Himself.

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:57.500
 On this anniversary Sunday

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.620
 I just want to remind you

00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:01.320
 it's all

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.260
 about

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.260
 Him.

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:05.120
 God

00:39:05.120 --> 00:39:06.160
 thank You so much

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:07.000
 for Colossians 1

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.840
 28 and 29

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 thank You so much

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:10.460
 for three years

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.960
 as a church

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.220
 and God

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:15.060
 if Jesus should tarry

00:39:15.060 --> 00:39:16.440
 God would You give us

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.440
 many more years

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.480
 of being

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.980
 a gospel witness

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:22.060
 to the non-believers

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:23.080
 and believers

00:39:23.080 --> 00:39:24.180
 here in the city

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.840
 of Kenosha

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.260
 would You make much

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.820
 of Yourself

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.620
 in and through us

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:27.940
 Jesus

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:29.600
 You are our strength

00:39:29.600 --> 00:39:31.180
 it's Your name we pray

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.160
 Amen

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:35.240
 Amen

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.260
 Amen

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.460
 Amen

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.580
 Amen

00:39:38.020 --> 00:39:39.060
 Amen

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:42.420
 Amen

00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:43.580
 Amen

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:46.560
 Amen

00:39:46.560 --> 00:39:48.280
 Amen

00:39:49.600 --> 00:39:50.000
 Amen

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.260
 Amen

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.540
 Amen

00:39:50.540 --> 00:39:50.820
 Amen

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.140
 Amen

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.240
 Amen

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.940
 Amen

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.120
 Amen

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:53.220
 Amen

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.920
 Amen

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.300
 Amen

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.940
 Amen

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.220
 Amen

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.720
 Amen

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.040
 Amen

00:39:56.040 --> 00:39:56.280
 Amen

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:58.060
 Amen