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 And that is on page 1147.

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 If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for justice, for judgment instead of before the saints?

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 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

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 And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge tribal cases?

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 Do you not know that we will judge angels?

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 How much more the things of this life?

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 Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint as judges even men of little account in the church.

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 If I say this to shame you, is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?

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 But instead, one brother goes to law against another, if this in front of unbelievers.

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 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already.

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 Why not rather be wronged?

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 Why not rather be cheated?

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 Instead, you yourself cheat and do wrong.

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 And you do this to your brothers.

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 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?

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 Do not be deceived.

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 Neither do sexually immorals, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexual offenders,

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 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor the drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers.

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 Will inherit the kingdom of God.

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 And that is, some of you were.

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 But you were washed.

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 You were sanctified.

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 You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And by the Spirit of our God.

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 Thank you, Orvita.

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 Well, we're going to pray as we keep that section of Scripture open,

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 as we've been following along in our studies of 1 Corinthians.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for the work that you have done in our lives

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 through Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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 And we pray that we would continually know,

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 as we read and think about your Word this morning,

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 that we would know your Spirit at work in our lives,

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 changing us and bringing us on,

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 individually but also corporately together,

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 as your family.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 are you a saint?

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 Or are you a sinner?

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 Well, maybe like me,

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 there's some days you feel like a saint.

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 Maybe there's other days when you feel like a sinner.

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 Well, if we are Christians,

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 if we're followers of the Lord Jesus,

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 we are actually both.

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 We are saints who sin.

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 Look at how this church is addressed in chapter 6.

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 We see at the end of verse 1

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 that they were to bring disputes before the saints.

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 Verse 2,

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 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

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 So, the saints are the church,

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 the people of God.

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 You see,

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 a saint is not a dead person with a title.

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 A saint is a living person

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 who has been made holy,

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 pure and clean before God.

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 So, look at verse 11.

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 He tells us how that came about.

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 Just the second line into verse 11.

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 He says,

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 You were washed.

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 You were sanctified.

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 You were justified

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 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and by the Spirit of our God.

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 It's telling us there that Jesus,

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 who was pure and clean and holy,

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 took our sin on himself,

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 cleaned us,

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 forgave us,

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 so that we could become pure before God.

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 So, the saints are the church of God,

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 the people of God,

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 who have been made holy.

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 But let's not forget,

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 we are saints who still sin.

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 So, back in verse 1 of chapter 6,

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 if any one of you

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 has a dispute.

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 In other words,

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 it is possible that saints

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 fall out with each other.

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 We are forgiven,

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 but we still struggle

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 with our sinful nature.

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 We all mess up privately

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 and publicly.

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 So, in this church,

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 in Corinth,

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 and indeed this church,

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 or indeed any church,

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 we shouldn't be surprised

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 to find saints

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 who are sinning.

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 And sometimes,

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 there will be sinful disputes.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 6.

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 If any one of you

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 has a dispute

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 with another Christian,

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 another believer,

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 another saint,

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 dare they take it

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 before the ungodly

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 for judgment

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 instead of

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 before the saints?

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 Now, perhaps this dispute

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 was over a land deal

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 that went wrong.

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 Maybe it was the promise

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 of work between

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 two believers

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 that never got finished.

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 Maybe it was two siblings

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 who were in the church family

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 and they were fighting

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 over an inheritance.

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 Whatever was going on,

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 it was not just the fact

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 that there was a dispute.

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 It was the way

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 they were handling

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 the dispute.

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 Rather than deal

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 with the dispute themselves

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 in love and forgiveness,

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 look at verse 6.

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 Instead,

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 one brother goes to law

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 against another.

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 They've been checking out

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 nowinnofee.com.

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 Bring each other to court,

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 suing and claiming damages.

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 Instead of dealing

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 with the matter

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 as fellow saints,

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 as fellow believers,

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 look at verse 8.

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 Instead,

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 you yourselves

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 cheat and do wrong

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 and you do this

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 to your brothers,

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 to your fellow Christians.

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 You see,

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 what should have been

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 worked out

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 in a private,

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 holy way

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 has been done

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 in a very public

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 and unholy way.

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 Not very saintly.

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 Well,

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 I hope that none of us

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 ends up in court

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 because somebody

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 has brought us to court.

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 But I think we can all

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 fall out with each other,

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 can't we?

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 In our own relationships,

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 our family relationships,

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 even within the church family,

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 we can fall out.

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 She never asks

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 how I am.

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 After all that I've done

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 for her,

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 that's the last time

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 I'm going to offer her help.

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 He really annoys me

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 the way he goes on.

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 I'm never going

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 to that study again.

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 Well,

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 they didn't vote

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 the way I wanted them to.

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 I'm not.

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 I'm going to stop

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 my involvement now.

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 If they don't choose

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 the elder that I want,

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 then I'm leaving

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 for another church.

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 Is it possible

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 that we could fall out

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 with each other?

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 I think it is sometimes.

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 But saints who sin

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 are also quick

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 to deal with sin.

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 Look again at verse 1.

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 So if any of you

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 has a dispute

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 with another,

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 dare we take it

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 to the ungodly

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 for judgment,

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 those outside

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 instead of before

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 the saints?

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 You see,

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 rather than voice

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 our complaints

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 to those outside

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 of the church,

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 unbelievers,

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 we should seek counsel

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 from those inside

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 the church,

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 the true believers.

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 Listen to this quote.

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 I think it's helpful

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 as we reflect

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 on what it is

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 to bring matters

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 before the saints,

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 before the church.

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 Unrepentant sin

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 and those who

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 continually cherish it

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 are like cancers

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 that need to be removed

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 if the body

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 to us enjoy health

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 and engage

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 in productive work.

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 confessing sins

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 to one another

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 makes us bring

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 our sins

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 into the light

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 where they can be

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 dealt with

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 in the context

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 of mutually

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 sanctifying friendships

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 in which people

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 are strengthening

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 each other

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 through prayer,

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 encouragement

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 and application

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 of the word.

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 Bringing our sin

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 into the light

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 by confessing it

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 in the context

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 of personal

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 accountability

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 friendships

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 helps to prevent

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 the sins

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 we struggle

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 with now

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 from becoming

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 scandalous

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 later.

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 Churches grow

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 when sin

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 is nipped

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 in the bud.

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 Can we see

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 how that relates

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 to this particular

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 context?

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 You see,

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 instead of running

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 to those outside

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 the church

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 who agree with us

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 and will always

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 take our side

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 if we search

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 long enough

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 we'll always find

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 somebody who will

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 accept our sin,

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 we instead

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 turn to those

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 inside the church

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 to one another

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 to fellow believers

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 who will help us

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 fight our sin

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 and deal with

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 our sin.

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 It's in the context

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 of personal

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 accountable

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 friendships.

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 We don't go

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 to others

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 we go to

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 each other

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 within the family

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 of the church.

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 And we're given

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 three reasons

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 for dealing

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 with our sin

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 urgently

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 and quickly

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 within the context

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 of the church

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 family.

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 So here is the

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 first reason

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 why we need

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 to deal

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 with our sin.

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 First,

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 because saints

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 will be judges

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 of the world.

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 Because saints

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 will be judges

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 of the world.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 Do you not know

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 that the saints

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 will judge the world?

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 And if you are

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 to judge the world,

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 are you not

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 competent to judge

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 trivial cases?

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 Now that should

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 kind of jump out

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 at us as something

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 quite astounding.

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 Because of our

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 faith in Christ,

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 we are bound up

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 in what Christ

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 will do.

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 One day Christ

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 is going to come

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 and he's going

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 to judge the world.

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 He's going to bring

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 about justice,

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 correcting all wrongs.

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 And incredibly,

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 look at verse 2.

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 Don't you know

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 that the saints,

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 the church,

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 are going to be

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 involved in that

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 judgment?

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 Not because we are

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 perfect,

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 but because

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 we have been

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 made holy

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 by our repentance

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 before God.

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 We will be

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 judging

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 with Christ

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 the whole world.

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 Now if we're

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 going to be judges

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 of the whole world,

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 don't you think

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 that we can

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 manage to judge

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 sinful behaviour

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 within the church

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 family?

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 One author

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 likened this scenario

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 to a high court

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 judge dealing

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 with a case

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 of national

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 consequence,

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 who's ignoring

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 a dispute

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 between his two

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 little children.

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 You can picture

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 the high court

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 judge sitting

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 at home in

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 his armchair,

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 smoking a pipe,

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 reading the newspaper,

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 and in the room

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 beside him are his

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 two children

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 causing war.

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 Don't you think

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 a high court judge

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 could deal with

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 a simple matter

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 of his two

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 little children?

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 Well in the same

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 way,

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 if we are going

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 to be judging

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 the world,

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 don't you think

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 we can deal

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 with little matters

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 of life here

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 on earth?

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 Look at verse 3,

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 do you not know

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 that we will judge

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 angels?

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 How much more

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 the things of

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 this life?

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 The church,

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 the believers

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 are going to be

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 at the centre

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 of a universal

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 judgement.

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 So can't we

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 deal with

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 sinful squabbles

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 and sinful

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 behaviour now?

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 Verse 4,

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 therefore,

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 if you have

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 disputes about

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 such matters,

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 appoint as judges

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 even men

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 of little account

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 or people

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 who are just

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 young in their

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 faith

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 who can settle

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 these matters

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 between you.

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 So rather than

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 turning to

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 ungodly

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 solicitors

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 solicitors

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 and counsellors,

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 and I don't

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 mean to say

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 that solicitors

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 and counsellors

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 can't be

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 Christians,

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 of course

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 they're good

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 Christian

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 solicitors

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 and counsellors,

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 but why turn

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 to unbelievers?

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 Turn to the

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 church,

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 to the saints?

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 Because the

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 church here

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 is not just

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 a gathering

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 on a Sunday

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 morning,

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 the church

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 is God's

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 ordained way

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 of dealing

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 with our

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 sinful hearts.

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 This is the

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 place where

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 we keep

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 each other

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 accountable.

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 This is where

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 we confess

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 our sins,

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 where we

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 build up

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 support and

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 point each

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 other to

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 Christ.

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 That's why

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 we always

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 say,

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 come along

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 on Wednesdays.

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 Why?

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 So we can

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 have accountability

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 with each

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 other.

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 The church,

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 the saints,

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 are God's

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 means of

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 healing damaged

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 relationships

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 and restoring

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 our broken

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 lives.

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 so we

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 deal with

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 our sin

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 because we

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 will be

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 judges of

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 the world.

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 The second

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 reason is we

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 deal with our

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 sin within

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 the church

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 because we

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 are witnesses

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 to the world.

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 Look at

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 verse 6.

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 You see this

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 church here that

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 we're reading

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 about in

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 Corinth.

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 instead,

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 we're told,

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 one brother

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 goes to

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 law against

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 another and

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 this is in

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 front of

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 unbelievers.

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 What should

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 have been

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 worked out in

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 a private

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 holy way has

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 been done in

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 a public

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 unholy way.

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 Rather than

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 the church

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 getting alongside

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 and praying and

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 supporting for

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 one another,

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 the community

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 is looking in,

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 laughing and

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.919
 joking at the

00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.399
 church.

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 church.

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 They're reading

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 about the

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 church on the

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 back pages of

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 their newspaper.

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 Look at this

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 event.

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 Did you see

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 what's happening?

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.459
 Verse 7.

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 The very fact

00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.579
 that you have

00:16:04.579 --> 00:16:05.659
 lawsuits among

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 you means that

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 you've been

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 completely defeated

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 already.

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 In other words,

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.779
 your witness to

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.259
 the wider

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.759
 community is a

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 mess.

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 Why not

00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:17.840
 rather be

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.519
 wronged?

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 Why not

00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.379
 rather be

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.879
 cheated?

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 You see,

00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.000
 the church

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.419
 is meant to

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.100
 be a witness,

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.080
 this visible

00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:28.320
 demonstration to

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 the world and

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 the community

00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.840
 around us of

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.259
 the cross of

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.019
 reconciliation.

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 Because when

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 Jesus died on

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.799
 the cross,

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 he brought

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.679
 about our

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.759
 reconciliation to

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.139
 God.

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 Jesus, as he

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 died on the

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.860
 cross with his

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.740
 arms hung on

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.320
 the cross,

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 took our

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.559
 wrongs on

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.220
 himself and

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 was willing to

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 be treated

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.299
 as a

00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.240
 wrongdoer for

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:52.459
 us.

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 He was

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.620
 willing to

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.319
 be cheated

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.679
 for us.

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.379
 Why?

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 So that

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.419
 people like

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:59.079
 you and me

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 could be

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.699
 forgiven and

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.620
 welcomed and

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.879
 accepted and

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.039
 reconciled to

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.420
 God.

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.779
 He did not

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.619
 treat us as

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.119
 our sins

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:08.119
 deserve so

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.759
 that we might

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.599
 be treasured

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:09.960
 as his

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.379
 child.

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.139
 Now,

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.759
 if God

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.379
 has healed

00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:16.119
 and restored

00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:17.339
 our relationship

00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.099
 with him,

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.920
 shouldn't the

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.779
 church family

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.539
 be a place

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.140
 where our

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:23.420
 relationships are

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.380
 also healed

00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.060
 and restored?

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 What does it

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:29.340
 look like if

00:17:29.340 --> 00:17:30.279
 we're saying

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.920
 to people,

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.860
 Christ reconciles

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 sinners,

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.620
 Christ makes it

00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.440
 possible for us

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.140
 to be friends

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.740
 with God,

00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:38.800
 when we can't

00:17:38.800 --> 00:17:39.700
 be reconciled

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.400
 to each other?

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 What are we

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.220
 saying?

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 Well, we're just

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.580
 acting as

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.279
 hypocrites.

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 Verse 8,

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 instead,

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.320
 you yourselves

00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:48.980
 cheat and

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.539
 do wrong

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 and you do

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.800
 this to

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 your brothers.

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 Can you

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.900
 see in the

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.779
 context here

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.259
 of what's

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 going on,

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 how serious

00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:00.759
 it is when

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.220
 we don't

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:01.779
 deal with

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.320
 sin in the

00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:02.980
 right way?

00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:05.820
 When we

00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:06.519
 take it out

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.980
 into the

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.880
 public realm,

00:18:08.820 --> 00:18:09.560
 we push

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.400
 people away

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.080
 from Christ

00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:12.000
 rather than

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.480
 draw them

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.340
 in towards

00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:13.880
 Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And again,

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 we mightn't

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 be taking

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 people to

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 court or

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 we mightn't

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 be writing

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.200
 about it

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 in the

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.940
 newspaper,

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 but we

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 can sure

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 gossip to

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 our friends

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 and talk

00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:23.580
 about other

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.300
 people behind

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 their backs.

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 What are we

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 saying?

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 We're dragging

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 Christ through

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 the dirt.

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 But,

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 when we

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 apply the

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.840
 work of

00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:35.420
 Christ to

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 our lives,

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.080
 the church

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:37.840
 becomes this

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 visible

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 demonstration of

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 Christ and

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 his cross.

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 As people

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.140
 look in,

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.740
 they see the

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.820
 power of

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 Christ at

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.419
 work within

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 our lives.

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 As they

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 look amongst

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 us,

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 they see

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 relationships

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 that have

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 been healed

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 between one

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 and another.

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 They see

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 friendships that

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 have been

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 renewed.

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 They see

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 family relationships

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.279
 that have been

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 broken for

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 years, put

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 back together

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 again.

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 They see

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 wrongs

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 forgiven.

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 Instead of

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 revenge,

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 they see

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 grace and

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 love.

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 Now,

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 doesn't that

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 look like

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 something beautiful

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 to you?

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 Isn't that

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 something very

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 attractive where

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 relationships are

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 healed and

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 friendships

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.819
 renewed?

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 We are

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 witnesses to

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 the world as

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 we apply the

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 gospel to our

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 lives and

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 live out what

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 it is to

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 forgive and

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 work with

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 each other.

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 So we deal

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 quickly with

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 our sin and

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 urgently to

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 reflect the

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.000
 beauty of

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 Christ to

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 the world

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 around us.

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 sins.

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 So we

00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.559
 deal with

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 sin because

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 we'll be

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 judges of

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 the world

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 and because

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 we are

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 witnesses to

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 the world

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 and third

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 because we

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 are to be

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 holy in

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 the world.

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 You see,

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 there is a

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.160
 serious matter

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.759
 to all of

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 this.

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 There's a

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.120
 serious matter

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.539
 when we

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.240
 don't deal

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 with disputes

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.519
 or any

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.099
 other kind

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.519
 of sin.

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 Look at

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 what it is

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.180
 in verse

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 nine.

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 Do you

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 not know

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:13.399
 that the

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:15.000
 wicked will

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.939
 not inherit

00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:16.599
 the kingdom

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.240
 of God?

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.460
 The wicked

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.980
 there being

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.500
 the unrepentant.

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.279
 Don't you

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 realise that

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 unless you

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:25.480
 face up to

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.019
 your sin,

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.819
 you too

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:29.519
 will be

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 judged.

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 Look at the

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.599
 rest of

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.019
 verse nine.

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 Do not be

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 deceived.

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 Don't think

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 that God is

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.379
 just going to

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 overlook it and

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 say,

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 it really

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 doesn't

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 matter how

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.340
 you behave,

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 it's all

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 right.

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 No, it

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.720
 does matter.

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 Do not

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.840
 be deceived.

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 Neither

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.800
 the sexually

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:48.380
 immoral,

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.039
 nor

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.740
 idolaters,

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 nor

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.060
 adulterers,

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.560
 nor male

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.360
 prostitutes,

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.220
 nor homosexual

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.820
 offenders,

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.160
 nor thieves,

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.820
 nor the

00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:56.220
 greedy,

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.640
 nor drunkards,

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:59.000
 nor slanderers,

00:20:59.120 --> 00:20:59.980
 nor swindlers

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.900
 will inherit

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.980
 the kingdom

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.100
 of God.

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.139
 God.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.619
 Now, the

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.219
 shocking thing

00:21:07.219 --> 00:21:07.759
 is, as I

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.219
 read through

00:21:08.219 --> 00:21:09.019
 that list,

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 is not that

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.379
 these are kind

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.859
 of big

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.480
 sins,

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:16.019
 but if we

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.740
 look and read

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.559
 carefully enough,

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.639
 we're all in

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.519
 that list,

00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:21.379
 in one way

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.079
 or another.

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.599
 But this is not

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.319
 talking about

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.480
 people who are

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.219
 repenting of

00:21:29.219 --> 00:21:29.719
 their sin,

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.919
 and people who

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.740
 are seeking to

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.680
 change their

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.299
 lives.

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.839
 This is

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.700
 addressing those

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.620
 who claim to

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.480
 be followers of

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.579
 Jesus, but

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.980
 continually persist

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.359
 in their sinful

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.960
 behaviour.

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.640
 The reality is

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.480
 those who claim

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.200
 to be followers

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.519
 of Jesus, but

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.660
 show no sign

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.420
 of change,

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.700
 no desire for

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.319
 accountability

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.079
 within the

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.799
 church family,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.440
 there is no

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.740
 genuine repentance,

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.500
 look what it

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.079
 says at the end

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.720
 of verse 11,

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:01.380
 will not

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:03.380
 inherit the

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.920
 kingdom of

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.259
 God.

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.420
 The evidence

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.259
 is simply

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.940
 not there.

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.440
 If we are not

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.200
 taking sin

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.559
 seriously, if we

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.279
 are not dealing

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.000
 with it in our

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.299
 lives, then we

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.100
 do not inherit

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.819
 the kingdom of

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.140
 God.

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.860
 It's a serious

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.299
 matter.

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.600
 So if that's

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.799
 you here this

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.799
 morning, if

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.460
 there is sin

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.519
 that is undealt

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.360
 with, do

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.240
 not leave

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.980
 without getting

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.860
 your life right

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.460
 with God.

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.200
 Do not leave

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.120
 without talking

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:39.140
 to another

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.840
 believer and

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.600
 seeking their

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.100
 help and

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:43.279
 support for

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.920
 the things that

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.440
 you struggle

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.120
 with in your

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.559
 life.

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.079
 But this is

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.660
 not the full

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.160
 story.

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.940
 Look at

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.539
 verse 11.

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.599
 verse 11.

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.680
 And that

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.559
 is what

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.359
 some of you

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.299
 were.

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.339
 That is what

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.980
 some of you

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.279
 were.

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.460
 You see, we

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.019
 all have a

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.659
 past, don't

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:05.879
 we?

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.899
 We've all

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.519
 fallen and

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.839
 failed.

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.359
 We've all

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.200
 got skeletons

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.680
 in the

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.180
 cupboard that

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.519
 we don't

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.200
 want anybody

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.599
 to know

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.920
 about.

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.700
 We've all

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.420
 sinned in

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.279
 all kinds

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.759
 of different

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.279
 ways.

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.079
 But, look

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.500
 at the rest

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.159
 of verse 11,

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.960
 sinned, but

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.480
 you were

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.060
 washed.

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.980
 You've been

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.920
 made clean

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.720
 before God.

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:27.680
 Jesus has

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.300
 taken your

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.720
 sin and

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.519
 he's washed

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.920
 you and

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.480
 cleaned you

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.779
 on the

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.279
 inside.

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.500
 But you

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.660
 were sanctified.

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.560
 You've now

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.300
 been set

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:37.580
 apart for

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.220
 God, to

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.840
 live for

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.259
 God and

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.840
 for his

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.420
 desires.

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.620
 But you

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.120
 are now

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:44.080
 justified.

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.880
 You've been

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.519
 put right

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.019
 with God

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.400
 in that

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.140
 relationship

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.660
 where you

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.120
 are now

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.180
 his child

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.960
 and God

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.360
 is your

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.000
 father.

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.380
 And all

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.920
 of this

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.740
 in the

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.140
 name of

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.600
 the Lord

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.019
 Jesus

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.700
 Christ and

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.080
 by the

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:59.100
 spirit of

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.680
 our God.

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.920
 Isn't

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.820
 that incredible?

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.640
 Washed and

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.740
 sanctified and

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.279
 justified.

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.900
 But notice

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:09.360
 the change

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.000
 here that's

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.720
 taken place.

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.060
 Look at

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.600
 verse 11

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:11.920
 again.

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.039
 That is

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.640
 what some

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.080
 of you

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.799
 were.

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 This is

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.340
 the kind

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.799
 of life

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.580
 you used

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.019
 to live.

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 This is

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.880
 the way

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.299
 you were.

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 So this

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.720
 church was

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.399
 made up

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.299
 of people

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.919
 who were

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.399
 sexually

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.879
 immoral,

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.779
 adulterers,

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.099
 male prostitutes,

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.220
 homosexual offenders,

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.079
 thieves, greedy

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.639
 drunkards.

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.960
 This church

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.759
 in Corinth was

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.720
 full of all

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.440
 these kinds

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.019
 of people,

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 but now

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:36.440
 they've been

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.119
 changed.

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.759
 They've been

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.659
 transformed

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 by the

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.180
 grace of

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 God.

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 And now

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.859
 they live

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.519
 a new

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 life

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.240
 completely.

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 Not that

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.680
 they don't

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.399
 struggle with

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.859
 their sins,

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.379
 they're still

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.120
 struggling and

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.760
 still working

00:24:49.760 --> 00:24:50.120
 it out,

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:50.700
 and they're

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.200
 bringing it

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.920
 before God,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.360
 and they're

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.000
 working it,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.560
 and they're

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.200
 trying,

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.480
 and they're

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.420
 accountable to

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 one another.

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 That's

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 the difference.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.980
 Again,

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.340
 look at

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.920
 verse 11.

00:25:04.040 --> 00:25:04.340
 To be

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.220
 sanctified

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.800
 means to

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.280
 be set

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:06.920
 apart for

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.280
 God.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.460
 You've

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.300
 now changed

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:10.140
 your direction

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.860
 of life.

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 You're no

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.500
 longer seeking

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.140
 to go this

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.320
 way.

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:13.900
 You are

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.480
 now seeking

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.960
 to live

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.960
 God's way,

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.600
 a holy

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.060
 life.

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.740
 no longer

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.480
 ignoring

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.159
 sin,

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.700
 but dealing

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.179
 with it

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.460
 in your

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.799
 life.

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.679
 No longer

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.359
 tolerant

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.139
 with sin,

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.839
 but repentant.

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.899
 You see,

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.639
 we are a

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:32.700
 church that

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.720
 quickly and

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.200
 urgently deals

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.940
 with our sin

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.179
 because we

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.619
 have been

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.480
 made the

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.220
 holy people

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.819
 of God.

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.399
 It's not

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.899
 saying we

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.259
 are the

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.259
 perfect people

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.839
 of God,

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.779
 but we're

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.440
 working on

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.720
 it.

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.880
 with one

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.279
 another,

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.160
 accountable

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.120
 to each

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.360
 other,

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.279
 going to

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.500
 the

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.900
 saints.

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.980
 So let

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.319
 me ask

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.839
 the question

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.200
 that we

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.839
 started with

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.380
 this morning.

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.079
 Are you

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.579
 a saint

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:03.519
 or are you

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.920
 a sinner?

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.180
 Well,

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.960
 if we are

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.440
 Christians,

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.140
 we're both,

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.680
 aren't we?

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.299
 We are saints

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:13.039
 who sin.

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.379
 But the

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.460
 saints who

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.940
 sin are

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.440
 those who

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.799
 deal with

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.339
 their sin.

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.779
 Instead of

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.220
 running to

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.119
 those outside

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.720
 the church

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.700
 who accept

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.279
 our sin

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.940
 and who

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.440
 will agree

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.940
 with us

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.379
 and take

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.240
 our side,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.359
 we seek

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.159
 support from

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.259
 those inside

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.000
 the church,

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.259
 the saints,

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:34.960
 those who

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.359
 will help

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.240
 us fight

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.680
 our sin,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.440
 those who

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.159
 will confront

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.859
 us and hold

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.659
 us accountable.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:41.700
 And it's

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.220
 within the

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.000
 community of

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.400
 the church

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.279
 family where

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.940
 we begin to

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.660
 confess our

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.340
 sins to

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.920
 each other,

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.240
 where we

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.779
 seek that

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.940
 personal support,

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.240
 where together

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.960
 we walk

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.940
 alongside each

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.200
 other,

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.000
 hand in

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.360
 hand,

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.259
 not looking

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.820
 down in

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.440
 superiority,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.980
 but walking

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.840
 as equals

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.800
 towards the

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.340
 cross of

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:01.779
 Christ,

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.180
 seeking

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.759
 forgiveness

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.400
 for all

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.700
 of our

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.300
 lives.

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.519
 We are

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.040
 saints.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.519
 but sadly

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.180
 we sin.

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.940
 But we're

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.500
 saints who

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.840
 deal with

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.340
 our sin.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.759
 Let's pray

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.420
 together.

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.500
 Our

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.060
 Father God,

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.800
 we thank

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:33.940
 you that

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.500
 when you

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.340
 show us

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.180
 our sin,

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.620
 we are

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.479
 not in

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:40.219
 despair,

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:42.559
 for we

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.059
 have a

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.779
 saviour,

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.199
 the Lord

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:46.199
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:48.279
 who died

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.039
 for us

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.599
 on the

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.059
 cross,

00:27:50.479 --> 00:27:51.859
 who has

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.539
 washed

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.000
 us,

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.779
 who has

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.879
 sanctified

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.519
 us,

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.319
 who has

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.979
 justified

00:27:58.979 --> 00:27:59.679
 us.

00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:01.579
 We thank

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.939
 you that

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.259
 we are

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.319
 now your

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.399
 children through

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.959
 faith,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.039
 faith,

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.940
 and we

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.420
 ask for

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.920
 the help

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.319
 of your

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.980
 ongoing

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.420
 work,

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.039
 the power

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.360
 of your

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.079
 Holy Spirit

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:13.299
 to deal

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.759
 with our

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.079
 sin,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.779
 that we

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.460
 might become

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.120
 the Holy

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.620
 Church of

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:18.980
 God.

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.640
 We thank you

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.079
 for one

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.360
 another.

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.160
 We thank you

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.740
 for the people

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.259
 that you have

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.960
 placed around

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.259
 us,

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.400
 the people

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.160
 sitting next

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.539
 to us,

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.160
 in front of

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.319
 us,

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.620
 and all

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:28.940
 around,

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:31.360
 your fellow

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.940
 saints,

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.220
 to support

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.900
 us and to

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.779
 encourage us.

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.279
 We thank

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.480
 you,

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.799
 Father,

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.500
 for your

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.960
 church,

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.200
 and for

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.840
 your family.

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.620
 In Jesus'

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.539
 name we all

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.860
 pray.

00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.279
 Amen.

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.640
 We're going

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.100
 to sing

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.580
 together.

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.660
 If you

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.200
 know the

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.620
 forgiveness

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.080
 of the

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.619
 Lord Jesus

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.159
 Christ,

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.859
 then what

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.199
 can we

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.839
 say then

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.319
 to say

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.119
 thank you

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.939
 for saving

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.279
 me.

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:05.819
 You

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.019
 took

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.279
 me

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.319
 to

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.339
 me.