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 Amen. Thank you, Treg.

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 Please take your Bibles and open them up to John chapter 17.

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 John chapter 17. We're continuing this prayer of Christ in John chapter 17.

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 And this morning we'll finish up the chapter. I'll read John 17 verses 20 through 26.

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 And I do ask, as I always do, have your Bibles open.

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 I want you to see it with your own eyes, hold it in your own hands, in your lap, the Word of God.

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 As we walk through this passage together.

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 And when you found it, John 17 verses 20 through 26,

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 if you would please stand in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 Jesus prays, I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.

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 That they may all be one.

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 Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,

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 that they also may be in us,

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 so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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 The glory that you have given me, I have given to them,

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 that they may be one, even as we are one.

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 I in them and you in me,

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 that they may become perfectly one,

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 so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them,

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 even as you loved me.

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 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me,

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 may be with me where I am,

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 to see my glory that you have given me,

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 because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

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 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you,

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 I know you,

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 and these know that you have sent me.

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 I made known to them your name,

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 and I will continue to make it known,

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 that the love with which you have loved me may be in them,

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 and I in them.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Father, we thank you for this word.

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 We thank you for this prayer of Christ,

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 and we pray, Father,

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 that it would be answered right here in this church.

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 God, would you make us one,

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 even as you are one, Lord.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 What does Jesus want?

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 That's the question that we've been asking

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 as we've walked through this prayer here in John chapter 17 together.

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 We saw that in verses 1 through 5,

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 he prayed for himself.

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 Glory.

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 Father, glorify me in your own presence

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 with the glory that I had before the world existed.

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 We saw last week in verses 6 through 19,

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 he prayed for these 11 men,

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 these 11 disciples.

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 So many precious gifts that he prayed for them.

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 He prayed for their perseverance,

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 that they might have his joy.

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 He prayed for their protection.

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 He prayed for their holiness.

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 And now, here at the end of this prayer,

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 in verses 20 through 26,

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 we see he's praying for all those

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 who will believe in him

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 through the word of his disciples.

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 This is a prayer for the global,

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 universal church.

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 It is a prayer for all believers

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 from this point forward.

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 This is a prayer for the Apostle Paul,

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 soon to be Apostle Paul.

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 This is a prayer for Lois,

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 and her daughter Eunice,

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 and her grandson Timothy.

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 It is a prayer for Ignatius,

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 and Polycarp,

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 for Athanasius,

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 and St. Augustine.

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 It is a prayer for Martin Luther,

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 and for John Wesley.

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 It is a prayer for Amy Carmichael,

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 and Adoniram Judson,

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 for Lemuel Haynes,

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 and for Brother Yoon.

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 It is a prayer for Pastor Chad Moore,

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 at Life Park Church,

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 for John Payne,

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 at Christ Church PCA.

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 It is a prayer for me,

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 and if you believe the gospel,

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 church,

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 this is a prayer for you.

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 What do we learn about what Jesus wants for you

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 in this prayer?

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 What does this passage teach us

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 about what Jesus wants for all of his people?

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 Well, to answer it in just one word, church,

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 Jesus wants for his people to experience unity.

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 To say it another way,

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 here's the main point of this prayer,

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 this is the main point of this message,

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 is that the gospel produces

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 supernatural unity

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 in all who believe it.

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 The gospel produces

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 supernatural unity

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 in all who believe it.

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 And I want us to see this

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 in two ways this morning.

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 This will be our outline this morning

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 if you're following along.

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 The gospel produces unity

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 both vertically and horizontally.

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 Vertically and horizontally.

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 Jesus wants you to experience unity

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 both vertically and horizontally.

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 First,

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 Jesus wants you

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 to experience

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 vertical unity

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 with God.

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 Now look with me

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 starting in verse 20

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 to our passage again.

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 Jesus says,

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 again,

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 I'm not praying for the whole world.

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 I have a particular people in mind here.

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 I'm praying for those

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 whom the Father has given me

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 out of the world.

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 Now I've prayed

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 for these 11 disciples

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 and now,

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 now I'm praying

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 for all those

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 who will believe in me

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 through their words.

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 See,

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 Christ is on the road

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 to the cross.

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 He is getting ready

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 to die in the place of sinners.

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 He's preparing

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 to rise from the grave.

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 And then,

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 He's going to send

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 His disciples out

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 to go talk about this.

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 To go tell everybody

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 they come in contact with

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 that there is a Savior

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 who's come to the world

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 that any who turn

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 from their sins

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 and trust in Him

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 can be saved.

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 They will be His witnesses,

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 we're told in Acts 1.8.

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 Witnesses of the glory of Christ

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 in Jerusalem

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 and in Judea

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 and in all Samaria.

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 They will be commissioned,

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 Matthew 28,

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 commissioned to go

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 And Jesus knows

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 that as these disciples

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 go out preaching the Word,

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 scattering seed of the Word,

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 guess what's going to happen?

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 Men and women,

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 boys and girls

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 from all over the globe,

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 from Jerusalem

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 all the way here

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 to all in all South Carolina,

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 will hear that message

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 and believe.

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 So He prays here

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 for all those

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 who will believe in Him

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 through their Word.

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 And what does He pray?

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 What does He pray

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 for these future believers?

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 What does He pray for us?

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 Well, He prays

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 that they might know

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 deep, profound,

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 personal, supernatural unity

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 with God Himself.

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 Think about this.

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 This is what it means

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 to be a Christian.

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 You believe the Gospel

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 and the Gospel creates

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 supernatural unity

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 vertically between you and God.

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 Well, what does this look like?

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 Think with me

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 as we walk through this passage

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 about all that that means

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 for you, Christian.

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 To be one with God

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 means that

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 in a way that's beyond

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 our comprehension,

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 you are in Him

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 and He is in you.

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 To be a Christian,

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 to be united vertically with God

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 through faith in Christ

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 means that you are in God

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 and God is in you.

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 Look there to verse 21.

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 Jesus prays for all

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 who will believe

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 that just as you, Father,

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 are in me

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 and I in you

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 that they,

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 these believers,

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 may be in us.

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 He says in verse 23,

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 I in them

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 and you in me.

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 What He's praying for

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 is this deep,

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 personal unity with God

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 through faith in Christ.

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 You know,

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 being a Christian

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 is a lot more

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 than just believing

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 a few key doctrines,

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 right?

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 You believe

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 a few key doctrines,

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 you check off the boxes

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 of what you know

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 you believe.

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 There's a depth here

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 that goes beyond

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 intellectual acknowledgement

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 of the truth.

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 This is personal inclusion

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 in God Himself.

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 When you believe

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 the truth of the gospel,

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 you are brought

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 into union with God.

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 You're not made God,

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 of course,

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 that's impossible,

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 but you are brought

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 into unity with God,

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 joined together with Him.

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 When you trust in Christ

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 by faith in what He's done,

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 that the sin

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 that has separated us

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 from God

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 is done away with

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 and now,

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 in Christ,

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 everything that Christ has done,

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 He's now done

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 on your behalf.

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 So we can say,

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 as we witnessed last week

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 with Bailey's baptism,

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 we can say that,

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 truly,

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 we have been buried

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 with Christ in baptism.

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 His baptism is ours.

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 His death is ours.

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 And we've been raised

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 to walk in newness of life.

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 His resurrection is ours.

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 His new life is ours.

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 His victory is ours

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 by faith in Christ.

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 You are included in Him

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 and He in us.

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 Church,

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 this is at the very core

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 of what it means

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 to be a Christian.

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 Now,

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 I want us to understand this

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 because this isn't

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 the only place

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 that the Bible speaks

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 about this deep unity

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 between God

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 and His people.

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 John 14, 20,

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 we saw,

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 Jesus said,

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 in that day,

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 you will know

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 that I am in my Father

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 and you in me

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 and I in you.

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 You hear this union language?

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 John 15,

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 we heard Him say,

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 abide in me

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 and I in you.

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 2 Corinthians 5, 17,

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 if anyone is in Christ,

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 He is a new creation.

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 The old has gone.

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 Behold,

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 the new has come

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 if anyone is in Christ.

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 Galatians 2, 20,

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 Paul says,

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 I've been crucified with Christ,

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 therefore I no longer live.

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 Jesus Christ now lives in me.

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 The life that I live

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 in the flesh,

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 I live by faith

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 in the Son of God

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 who loved me

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 and gave Himself for me.

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 I'm dead and gone.

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 I died with Christ.

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 Here I am living

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 in Christ.

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 Romans 8, 9-11,

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 anyone who does not have

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 the Spirit of God,

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 Spirit of Christ,

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 does not belong to Him.

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 But,

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 if Christ is in you,

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 although the body is dead

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 because of sin,

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 the Spirit is life

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 because of righteousness.

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 If the Spirit of Him

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 who raised Jesus from the dead

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 dwells in you,

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 He who raised Christ Jesus

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 from the dead

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 will also give life

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 to your mortal bodies

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 through His Spirit

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 who dwells in you.

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 Church,

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 we should marvel

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 at this.

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 Amen?

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 If you have believed

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 the gospel,

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 you are now united

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 to God Himself

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 in Christ.

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 He is in you.

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 You are in Him.

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 Not only this,

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 but to be a Christian,

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 to be united with God,

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 means that

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 you have received

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 the glory

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 of Christ.

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 Christ.

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 You have received

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 the glory

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 of Christ.

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 He tells us,

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 verse 22,

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 He says,

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 the glory that you

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 have given me,

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 I have given

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 them.

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 You remember last week

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 from chapter 17,

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 verse 6,

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 He says,

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 I have manifested

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 your name

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 to the people

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 you gave me

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 out of the world.

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 This manifestation

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 of the glorious

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 name of God

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 so that

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 it might be

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 seen

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 and enjoyed

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 and believed

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 and trusted

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 and worshipped.

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 That's what Jesus

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 came to do.

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 And how did He do it?

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 Verse 8,

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 you remember last week,

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 For I have given them

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 the words

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 that you gave to me.

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 The words.

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 And they have received them

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 and have come to know

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 in truth

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 that I came from you

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 and they have believed

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 that you sent me.

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 He manifested

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 the glorious

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 name of God

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 through words.

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 And so it is

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 with us.

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 God's people

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 are made God's people.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 it's because somewhere

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 along the way,

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 somehow,

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 the glory of Christ

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 was manifested

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 to you

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 through words.

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 What does Romans 10, 17

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 tell us?

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 Faith comes through

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 hearing

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 and hearing

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 through the word.

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 Word of Christ.

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 Yes.

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 The glory of God

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 and the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 was shared

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 with you

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 and by God's grace

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 you heard it

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 and by God's grace

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 you were given eyes

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 to see His glory.

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 By God's grace

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 you received it.

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 You were given

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 a new heart

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 to receive it,

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 to love it,

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 to trust it.

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 By God's grace

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 you believed it.

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 You received

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 the glory of God

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So now what does that mean?

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 Now,

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 what that means

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 is that you personally

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 by faith in Christ

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 you personally

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 are now partakers

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 of His life.

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 This is eternal life.

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 That they know you

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent.

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 You have received

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 His eternal life

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 by faith in Christ.

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 Now,

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 right now,

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 we are partakers

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 of His joy

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 by faith in the gospel.

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 These things

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 I speak in the world

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 that they may have

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 my joy fulfilled

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 in themselves.

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 Verse 13

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 Right now,

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 we are partakers

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 of His peace

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 through faith

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 in Christ.

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 My peace

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 I leave with you.

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 My peace

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 I give to you.

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 The list goes on

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 and on and on.

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 By faith in the gospel

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 we are partakers,

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 enjoyers,

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 recipients

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 of the glory

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 of Christ

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 right now.

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 But you know,

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 as wonderful

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 as that is,

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 all of that

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 is just a small taste

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 of the glory

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 that's to come.

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 Can you believe that?

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 To be one with God,

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 to be a Christian

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 means that

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 you have the hope

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 of the glory

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 of Christ.

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 Now in part,

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 but then in full.

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 Look there

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 to verse 24.

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 Verse 24.

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 He prays,

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 Father,

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 I desire that they also

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 whom you have given me

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 may be with me

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 where I am

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 to see my glory

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 that you have given me

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 because you loved me

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 Did you hear that prayer?

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 Father,

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 I pray,

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 I desire that

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 they would be

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 with me

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 where I am

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 and that they would

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 see the fullness

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 of my glory.

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 What a hope

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 that lies ahead of us,

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 church.

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 You know,

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 when I was younger,

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 to be honest with you,

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 when I was a kid,

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 when I would think

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 about eternity,

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 when I would think

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 about what

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 in the world

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 heaven would be like,

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 I would get

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 my mind going

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 and eventually

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 if I thought

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 long and hard enough,

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 I would get to a point

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 where I would be

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 bored out of my mind.

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 Right?

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 Am I the only one?

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 You think about eternity,

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 what in the world

00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.320
 am I going to do

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 with eternity?

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 What am I going

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 to fill my days with?

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 What am I going

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 to fill my time with?

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 It sounded boring to me.

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 Let me tell you something,

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 church.

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 Every single joy,

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 every single treasure,

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 every single bit

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 of glory

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 on this side

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 of eternity

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 eventually

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 will get boring.

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 Either it will run dry

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 or you will get tired

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 of it.

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 But the glory

00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.039
 of Christ

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:16.019
 will never

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 get boring.

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 And our enjoyment

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 of the glory

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 of Christ

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 in eternity

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 will be never ending.

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 There's more

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 to enjoy

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 in His glory

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 than all eternity

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 can fill.

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 We have all

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 of eternity

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 to spend

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 drinking ourselves

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 full of the glory

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.580
 of God

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 and the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That's what lies

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 ahead of all

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 who are united

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 to Christ

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.000
 by faith.

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 The invitation

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.920
 of the gospel

00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:48.940
 to our non-believing

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 friends

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.480
 is to turn away

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 from all of these

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 false,

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.180
 passing,

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 fading joys

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 and come

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 find true,

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.639
 lasting life

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 and joy

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 in the presence

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.279
 of Christ

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 now

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 and into eternity.

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 What a gift.

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 What a gift.

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 Church,

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 you know,

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 gifts like this

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 we know

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 are not given

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 flippantly.

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 This is a gift

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 of divine love.

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 Last one here

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 on this first point.

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 Last one.

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 To be a Christian,

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 to be made

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 one with God

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 is to enter

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 into

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 and to be

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 personally

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 loved

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 by God

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 Himself.

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 verse 26.

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 He says,

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 I made known

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 to them

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 your name

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 and I will

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 continue to

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 make it known.

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 Why?

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 To what end?

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 That the love

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.839
 with which

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 you loved

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 me

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 may be

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.539
 in them

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 and I

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 in

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 them.

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 To know

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 Jesus

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 by faith

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 is to

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 know

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 personally

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 know

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 the love

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 of God.

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 To be

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 a Christian

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 is to

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 enter

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 into

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 and to

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 receive

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 the very

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 love

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.759
 that God

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.259
 the Father

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 has

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 for His

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 own

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 Son.

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 Are you not

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 blown away

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 by that?

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 That ought

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 to drive

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 us to our

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 knees

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 in worship,

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 church.

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 To know

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 that we're

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 loved

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 by God.

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 It makes

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 sense that

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 God loves

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 His own

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 Son.

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 He's

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 perfect.

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 He's

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 flawless.

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 He's

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 eternal.

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 He's

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 God

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 Himself.

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 But to

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 know

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 that God

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 loves

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 sinners

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 with that

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 very same

00:18:34.760 --> 00:18:35.260
 love

00:18:35.260 --> 00:18:36.260
 ought to

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 drop us

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 to our

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 knees.

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 But that's

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 what it

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.080
 means to

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 be a

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 Christian.

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.640
 We are

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 loved

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 by God,

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 united

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 to Christ,

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 adopted

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 into His

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 family.

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 Ephesians

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.840
 chapter 1.

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 In love

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 He

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 predestined

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 us for

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 adoption

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 to Himself

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 as sons

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 through Jesus

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 Christ,

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 according to

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 the purpose

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 of His

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 will,

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 to the

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 praise of

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 His

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 glorious

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.820
 grace,

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 with which

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 He has

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 blessed

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 us in

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 the

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 beloved.

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 In

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 Him,

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:06.980
 do you

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.400
 hear that?

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.180
 In

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.900
 Him we

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 have

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.680
 redemption

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.060
 through

00:19:10.060 --> 00:19:10.320
 His

00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:10.780
 blood,

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.320
 the

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:11.740
 forgiveness

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.240
 of our

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 trespasses

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.300
 according

00:19:13.300 --> 00:19:13.640
 to the

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 riches

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.320
 of His

00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:14.740
 grace,

00:19:15.040 --> 00:19:15.360
 which He

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:16.280
 lavished

00:19:16.280 --> 00:19:17.000
 upon us

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 in all

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 wisdom

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 and insight,

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 making

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 known to

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 us the

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.840
 mystery of

00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.000
 His

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.660
 will according

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.279
 to His

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.820
 purpose,

00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:23.480
 which He

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.580
 set forth

00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:25.420
 in Christ

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.180
 as a plan

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.560
 for the

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 fullness

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 of time

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:29.160
 to unite

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 all things

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.700
 in Him,

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.360
 things in

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:32.700
 heaven,

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.680
 and things

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.860
 on earth.

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.820
 Our union

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:37.000
 with God

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.779
 the Father

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:39.420
 is not

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.160
 just a legal

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.840
 formality.

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.680
 Our union

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.300
 with God

00:19:43.300 --> 00:19:43.860
 the Father

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.900
 in Jesus

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.460
 Christ

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.079
 is the

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.799
 realization

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.799
 of a

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.400
 divine

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.100
 plan

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.539
 of

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.700
 divine

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:52.079
 love.

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.500
 We are

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.000
 loved

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.480
 in the

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.840
 beloved.

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.180
 We are

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.700
 sons

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.740
 in the

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.120
 Son.

00:19:59.600 --> 00:19:59.880
 Church,

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.180
 this is

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.440
 what it

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.900
 means to

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.299
 be a

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.700
 Christian.

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.360
 We are

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.180
 united

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.279
 to God

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.120
 Himself

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.940
 in

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.759
 Christ

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.740
 Jesus.

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.140
 What a

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.539
 glorious

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.100
 gift our

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.519
 salvation

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.920
 is.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.140
 But sadly,

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:17.340
 for many

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.840
 believers,

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.980
 this is

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.539
 where it

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.980
 ends

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.560
 for them.

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.960
 Sadly,

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.539
 for many

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.060
 believers,

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.279
 this

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.380
 personal,

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.500
 vertical,

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:31.200
 one-on-one

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.000
 relationship

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.800
 with God

00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:33.840
 is where

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.920
 it ends

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.860
 for them.

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.680
 But what I

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.000
 want us to

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.460
 see here in

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.800
 our second

00:20:37.800 --> 00:20:38.580
 point in

00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:38.940
 the rest of

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.420
 this passage

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.100
 together this

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.420
 morning,

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.440
 is that if

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.840
 you can

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.560
 believe it,

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.320
 Jesus wants

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:46.140
 even more

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:47.100
 than that

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.800
 for His

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:48.200
 people.

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.220
 The aim

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.500
 of the

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.960
 cross of

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.300
 Christ is

00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:53.860
 not just

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.640
 vertical

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.759
 union with

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.120
 God,

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.800
 although that

00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:57.600
 is primary.

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.080
 The aim

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.360
 of the

00:20:59.360 --> 00:20:59.820
 cross of

00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:00.720
 Christ is

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.519
 also

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:03.060
 horizontal

00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:04.700
 unity with

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.460
 all of

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.960
 God's

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.480
 people.

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.180
 Let me

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.480
 say that

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.759
 again.

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.380
 The aim

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.620
 of the

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.060
 cross of

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.539
 Christ is

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.440
 not just

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.639
 your

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.279
 personal,

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.099
 individual,

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.779
 vertical

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.679
 union with

00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:15.259
 God.

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.179
 It's that

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:16.899
 that union

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.720
 would spill

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.599
 over and

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.279
 produce

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.460
 horizontal

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.319
 unity

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.379
 amongst

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.019
 God's

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.819
 people.

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.179
 Let's see

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.519
 this in our

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.059
 second point

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.559
 this morning.

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.019
 Second,

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:28.059
 Jesus wants

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.339
 you to

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.039
 experience

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.019
 horizontal

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.639
 unity

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.559
 with His

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:31.899
 people.

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:31.940
 people.

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.000
 Now,

00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:36.920
 this is

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.480
 supernatural,

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.280
 isn't it?

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.680
 Right?

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.840
 It may be

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.420
 easier for

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.820
 some of you

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.380
 to believe

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.040
 that God

00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:45.680
 can unite

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.440
 Himself to

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.380
 one sinner,

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.880
 that a

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.259
 sinner can

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.780
 be united

00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.500
 to God

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.200
 Himself

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.960
 through faith

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.360
 in Christ.

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:52.040
 It may be

00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:52.600
 easier for

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:52.860
 you to

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.740
 believe that

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.440
 than that

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.320
 one sinner

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:55.759
 could be

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.360
 united to

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.680
 another

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.019
 sinner

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.580
 horizontally,

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:59.220
 much less

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.099
 one sinner

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.659
 to a whole

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.819
 group of

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.339
 sinners.

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.339
 That sounds

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.859
 almost

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.939
 impossible.

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.599
 And I

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.079
 gotta confess

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.559
 to you

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.519
 that often

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.980
 the way

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.480
 the church

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.220
 behaves

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:12.139
 and speaks

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.199
 and acts

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:14.799
 makes it seem

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.099
 like this

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.539
 prayer just

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.059
 went up

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.619
 and hit

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.139
 the ceiling.

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.699
 But Jesus

00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.319
 Himself,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.960
 He lived,

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.579
 He died,

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:23.259
 He rose,

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.220
 not just to

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.659
 make us

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.240
 one with

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.619
 God,

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.059
 but I think

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.639
 it's clear

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.939
 in this

00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.299
 passage,

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.279
 He did

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.899
 this to

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.359
 make us

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.200
 one with

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.359
 one another.

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.119
 Perfectly

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.559
 one.

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.119
 He prays

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.399
 for it

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:34.619
 here,

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:34.940
 it is

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.220
 clear,

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.899
 this is

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.079
 His

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.579
 desire,

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.319
 and yet,

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.180
 church,

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.839
 you know

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.099
 this,

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.279
 don't?

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.579
 I'm not

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:39.899
 telling you

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.259
 anything you

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.680
 don't know.

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.200
 Churches

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.359
 often struggle

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.039
 with this

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.899
 unity thing,

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.339
 don't we?

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.960
 This isn't

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.200
 a new

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.659
 problem,

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.839
 by the way.

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.019
 You read

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.460
 through your

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.039
 New Testament,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.039
 you'll notice

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.399
 there has

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.519
 never been

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.180
 a church

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.139
 without issues

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.539
 here.

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 This is

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.740
 why Paul

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.639
 instructs us,

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.339
 if you

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.039
 bite and

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.460
 devour

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.000
 one another,

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.619
 watch out

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:01.960
 that you

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.940
 don't consume

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.599
 one another,

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.039
 he tells

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.399
 the church

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:04.940
 in Galatia.

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.680
 Pursue

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.220
 what makes

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.920
 for peace

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.940
 and mutual

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.619
 upbuilding,

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.119
 he tells

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.619
 the church

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.180
 in Rome.

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.879
 Bear with

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.460
 one another,

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.119
 he tells

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.539
 the church

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.279
 in Colossae.

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.259
 If one

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.519
 has a

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.960
 complaint

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.339
 against

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.839
 one another,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.339
 forgive

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.180
 one another,

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.579
 as the

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.619
 Lord has

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.460
 forgiven you,

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.119
 so you

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.119
 also must

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.639
 forgive.

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:25.420
 bear with

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.940
 one another,

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:26.320
 again,

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.700
 he tells

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.060
 the church

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.560
 in Ephesus,

00:23:27.780 --> 00:23:28.759
 be eager

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.620
 to maintain

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.520
 the unity,

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.900
 he commands

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.580
 the churches,

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.480
 instructs us,

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.640
 maintain it,

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.400
 protect it,

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.259
 guard it,

00:23:36.520 --> 00:23:37.280
 work for it,

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.940
 uphold it,

00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:38.700
 pursue it,

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 why?

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 Because

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.920
 sinners do

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 not naturally

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:44.000
 drift towards

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.720
 unity with

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 one another.

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 It is

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.960
 supernaturally

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.080
 purchased for

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.700
 the church,

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.319
 and it

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.819
 must be

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.740
 supernaturally

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.700
 pursued

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.680
 by the

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.080
 church.

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.600
 True

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.340
 unity

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.200
 is not

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.779
 natural.

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.240
 All of

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.880
 these commands,

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.220
 they assume

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.220
 two things,

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.920
 don't they?

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 One,

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.059
 it assumes

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.819
 that the

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.279
 church

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.420
 will struggle

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.720
 to experience

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.420
 unity,

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:09.779
 amen?

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.660
 The church

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.220
 will struggle,

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.819
 this will be

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.519
 difficult,

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.120
 why else

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.340
 would he

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.600
 have to

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.160
 tell us

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.779
 to bear

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.380
 with one

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 another?

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:17.960
 There's

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.100
 going to

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.840
 be opportunities

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.339
 if you

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.319
 get close

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.779
 enough to

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.039
 other

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.599
 Christians,

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.039
 if you

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.179
 rub shoulders

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.639
 enough with

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:23.980
 other

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.519
 sinners,

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:24.779
 there's

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.159
 going to

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.819
 be plenty

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.299
 of

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.119
 opportunity

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.079
 to obey

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.699
 these commands,

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.079
 to be

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.639
 patient,

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.079
 to forgive,

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.480
 to bear

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.879
 with one

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.279
 another,

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.019
 to pursue

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.619
 peace,

00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.359
 to love

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.199
 one another,

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.500
 but you

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.720
 know what

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.139
 it also

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.619
 assumes?

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.399
 It assumes

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.799
 that it's

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.319
 worth it.

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.359
 It assumes

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.779
 that that

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:44.279
 hard work

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.299
 of pursuing

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.799
 unity in

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.359
 the church,

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.699
 this man-to-man

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.559
 woman-to-woman,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.059
 horizontal unity

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.460
 is worth

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.600
 the effort.

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.759
 For Jesus,

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.680
 it was worth

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.019
 dying for.

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.559
 I'd be willing

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:01.960
 to bet

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:04.140
 most of you

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.519
 in the room,

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.039
 if I asked you

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.420
 to raise your

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:05.600
 hands,

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.319
 and I won't

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.819
 ask you to

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.120
 raise your

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.360
 hands,

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.259
 if I asked

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.580
 you to

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.640
 raise your

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.080
 hands,

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.880
 most of you

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.299
 in the room,

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.740
 I would be

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.279
 willing to

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.660
 bet have

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.059
 at least

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:14.779
 one story,

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.680
 probably more,

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.539
 one story

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.900
 where you

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.580
 have seen

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.279
 people in

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.180
 the church

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.240
 go after

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.860
 one another,

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:23.980
 and maybe

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.539
 you have

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.340
 been personally

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.420
 harmed and

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.940
 hurt and

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.700
 affected by

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.960
 Christians.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.620
 I know I

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.920
 have.

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.700
 You can't be

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.080
 a shepherd

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.580
 without getting

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.180
 bit by a few

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.500
 sheep.

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.640
 You can't be

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.000
 a shepherd

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.299
 without defending

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.960
 against a few

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.440
 wolves,

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.000
 right?

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.339
 But I

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.420
 know members,

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.119
 the church,

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.539
 this is not

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.519
 uncommon to

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.359
 be engaged

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.920
 in this

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.619
 disunity

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.420
 that so

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.019
 plagues

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.099
 the church,

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.359
 and it

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.700
 makes us

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.380
 say things

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.559
 like,

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:52.720
 well,

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.200
 I love

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.519
 God,

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.940
 but I

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.200
 got a

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.539
 hard time

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.759
 with his

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.019
 people,

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.119
 right?

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.700
 I love

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.119
 Jesus,

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.500
 but I

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.059
 don't really

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.059
 like his

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.440
 people.

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.920
 I don't

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.599
 really love

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.460
 the church,

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.880
 and I

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.720
 want you

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.460
 to know

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.880
 that if

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.319
 that is

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.220
 how you

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.779
 feel,

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.380
 it's okay

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.380
 to acknowledge

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.819
 that.

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.440
 It's okay

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.559
 to acknowledge

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.279
 the harm

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.779
 that's come

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.500
 upon you.

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:12.920
 It's okay

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.460
 to acknowledge

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.880
 some of the

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.820
 barriers that

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.400
 you might have

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.720
 to this

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.080
 horizontal unity,

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.860
 but we

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:19.000
 also have

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.880
 to acknowledge

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.120
 that if

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.539
 that's how

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.120
 we feel,

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.360
 then our

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.820
 heart is

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.299
 out of

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.720
 alignment

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.080
 with the

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.340
 heart of

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.140
 Christ in

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.580
 this area.

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.200
 It's the

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.580
 work of the

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.299
 Holy Spirit

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.720
 to take our

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.580
 heart and

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.140
 to make it

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.000
 align with

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.480
 the heart

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.160
 of Christ.

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:34.620
 And so if

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.160
 that's you

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.660
 where you say,

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.240
 I just want

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.779
 me and God,

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.200
 I don't want

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.539
 these other

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.900
 people,

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.560
 I would

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:39.960
 invite you

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480
 to pray.

00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.560
 Lord,

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:41.840
 would you

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.440
 change my

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.880
 heart to

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.360
 look like

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.700
 the heart

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.200
 of Christ

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.680
 so that I

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.440
 might know

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.300
 the unity

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:47.120
 you've purchased

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.700
 for me

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.740
 on the cross.

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.360
 Listen again

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.800
 to what Jesus

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.360
 prays here,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.940
 verse 20.

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.180
 He said,

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.740
 I do not

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.740
 ask for these

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.160
 only,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.920
 but also for

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.380
 those who

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.060
 will believe

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.480
 in me

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.920
 through their

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.320
 word,

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.200
 that they

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.960
 may all

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.100
 be one,

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.340
 just as

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.560
 you,

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:03.860
 Father,

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.519
 are in me

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.940
 and I

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.320
 in you,

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.740
 that they

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.539
 also may

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.340
 be in

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.180
 us.

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.840
 Verse 22,

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.279
 the glory

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.620
 that you

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:10.980
 have given

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.180
 me,

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.539
 I have

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.940
 given to

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.160
 them.

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.500
 Why?

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.960
 That they

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.660
 may be

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.360
 one,

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.440
 even as

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.840
 we are

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.140
 one,

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.620
 I in

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:17.860
 them,

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.560
 and you

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:18.940
 in me,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.299
 that they

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.900
 may become

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.759
 perfectly

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.640
 one.

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.279
 How close

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.700
 do I have

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.140
 to get to

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.759
 these people?

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.460
 I don't

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.600
 know,

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.180
 how close

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.779
 is God

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.140
 the Son

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.480
 to God

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.900
 the Father?

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.320
 Let's

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.779
 start there.

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.220
 Jesus

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.519
 says,

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.500
 pursue

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.299
 that

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.940
 type

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.380
 of

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.019
 perfect

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.980
 unity

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.860
 in the

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.279
 church.

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.779
 And you

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.060
 know what

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.560
 will happen

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.039
 when the

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.259
 church

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.820
 begins to

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.140
 look like

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.420
 that?

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.539
 The world

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.140
 will see

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.640
 and the

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.100
 world will

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.660
 know that

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.120
 God

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.720
 himself

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.380
 must have

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.820
 done that

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.140
 work.

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.660
 Look at

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.360
 verse 21.

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.519
 Look at

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.100
 verse 21.

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.480
 He prays

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.700
 that they

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.039
 may be

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.600
 one just

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:56.960
 as you

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.519
 father are

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.880
 in me

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.279
 and I

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.620
 in you

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.000
 that they

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.680
 may also

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.299
 be in

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.160
 us so

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.980
 that what

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.440
 the world

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.140
 may believe

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.580
 that you

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.220
 have sent

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.920
 me.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.580
 Verse 23,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.120
 I in

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.580
 them and

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.160
 you in

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.480
 me that

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.779
 they may

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.019
 become

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.600
 perfectly

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.039
 one.

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.400
 Why?

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.060
 So that

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.620
 the world

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.220
 may know

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.980
 that you

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.620
 sent me

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.460
 and loved

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.360
 them even

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.140
 as you

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.680
 loved

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.860
 me.

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:24.979
 now I

00:28:24.979 --> 00:28:25.179
 want to

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.519
 spend some

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.839
 time as

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.459
 we close

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:28.959
 asking the

00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.599
 question what

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.959
 does that

00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.319
 look like

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.539
 practically for

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.699
 you, for

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.059
 us?

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.859
 Maybe you've

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.099
 attended church

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:37.659
 all your life

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:37.939
 and you've

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.839
 never thought

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.419
 about church

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:40.000
 in this way.

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.559
 Maybe church

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.019
 for you has

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.699
 just been an

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.359
 event that

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.879
 you attend

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.259
 on your

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.500
 calendar and

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.039
 you've never

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.799
 really thought

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.240
 about this

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.000
 horizontal

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.599
 unity that

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.240
 Christ wants

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.559
 you to

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.019
 experience.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.160
 I want to

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.620
 talk about

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:53.620
 four applications

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.440
 here.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.000
 I think I'm

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.319
 going to have

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.579
 four.

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.000
 I had like

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.920
 20 this

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.519
 week but I'm

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.099
 trying to trim

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.759
 it down this

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.599
 morning for

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.140
 your sake to

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.579
 just four.

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.019
 Okay?

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.880
 Number one is

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.099
 to ask

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.539
 yourself.

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.940
 I want all

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.539
 of you to ask

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.180
 yourself this

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.640
 question.

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.799
 Am I

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.220
 connected with

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.160
 other Christians

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.860
 Christians in

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.700
 such a way

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.220
 that is only

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.120
 explainable by

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.560
 a work of

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:19.800
 God?

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.620
 Am I

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.400
 connected with

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.240
 other Christians

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.420
 in such a way

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.620
 that is only

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:29.900
 explainable by

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.500
 a work of

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.779
 God?

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.860
 Is my

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:34.540
 connection to

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.960
 other believers

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.279
 unapologetic for

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.320
 the existence and

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.920
 the work of

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.180
 God?

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.500
 Is my connection

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.040
 to other

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:43.060
 Christians an

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:44.140
 easy on-ramp

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.040
 to conversations

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.480
 with my

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.980
 non-believing

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.680
 friends about

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.900
 the glory of

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.480
 God and the

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.080
 gospel of

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.940
 Jesus Christ?

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.360
 Do other

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.360
 non-believers

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.460
 in my circle

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.460
 say and wonder

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.220
 to see how

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.680
 they love

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.400
 one another?

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.860
 That's a quote

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:01.259
 from a man

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.460
 named Tertullian.

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.500
 He's not from

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.960
 around here.

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.600
 Tertullian.

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:06.580
 He was an

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.200
 early church

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.940
 theologian in

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.640
 North Africa

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.540
 and he wrote

00:30:09.540 --> 00:30:10.880
 an apologetic

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.560
 against the

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.520
 pagans in the

00:30:12.520 --> 00:30:12.860
 area.

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.639
 how distinct

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.179
 the church

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.979
 ought to be

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.639
 and he

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.399
 imagined what

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.979
 the pagans

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.879
 might say

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.519
 as they look

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.079
 in on the

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.019
 church and

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.899
 marveling to

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.559
 see how they

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.099
 love one

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.559
 another while

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.159
 all of us out

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.079
 here hate one

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.419
 another.

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.059
 To see how

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.519
 they're willing

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.419
 to die for

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.039
 each other while

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.899
 we're killing

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.559
 each other out

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.879
 here.

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.939
 The love of

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.579
 the church for

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.439
 one another ought

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.319
 to be an

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.399
 apologetic for

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.039
 the glory of

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.599
 God and the

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.659
 gospel of

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.419
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.640
 one point of

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.279
 difference between

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.279
 the love in the

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.019
 church and those

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.279
 outside of the

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.100
 church might be

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:47.200
 that you have

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.100
 deep love for

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.620
 others who are

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.519
 not exactly like

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.779
 you.

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.920
 Birds of a

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.480
 feather flock

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.840
 together.

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.400
 That's very

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.140
 natural.

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.960
 That's very

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.660
 worldly.

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.519
 But in the

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.000
 church,

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.600
 the world talks

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.100
 a lot about

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.759
 diversity.

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.759
 It talks a lot

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.360
 about unity.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.039
 They have no

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.500
 clue what they're

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.019
 talking about.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.340
 In the church,

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.240
 we ought to have

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.680
 a true picture of

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.680
 unity in

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.360
 diversity.

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.099
 We're not

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.959
 gathered together

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.579
 because we all

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.379
 look alike.

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.279
 We're not

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.959
 gathered together

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.559
 because we're all

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.500
 the same age,

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.019
 because we have

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.479
 all the same

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:16.059
 preferences,

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.919
 because we belong

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.399
 to the same

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:19.039
 socioeconomic class.

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.439
 We are gathered

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:22.079
 together because

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.740
 we are belonging

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.979
 to Jesus Christ

00:31:24.979 --> 00:31:25.439
 as Lord.

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:27.099
 We are in

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.579
 Christ,

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:28.699
 vertical unity,

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:30.119
 and that unity

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.399
 spills over to

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.819
 produce horizontal

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:34.179
 unity amongst

00:31:34.179 --> 00:31:35.000
 every tribe,

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.299
 tongue,

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.819
 and nation.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.359
 All who are in

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.259
 Christ by faith

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.539
 in the gospel.

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.639
 Application

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.259
 number two.

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.139
 Application

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.859
 number two.

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.619
 Speak well

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.719
 of other

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.179
 Christians.

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:53.159
 Speak well

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:54.659
 of other

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.619
 Christians.

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.179
 Let no

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:57.000
 corrupting talk

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.479
 come out of

00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:57.979
 your mouths,

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:59.079
 but only such

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.919
 as is good

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.779
 for building

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:02.539
 up as fits

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.379
 the occasion

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.879
 that it may

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.819
 give grace

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.799
 to those who

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.299
 hear.

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.960
 Ephesians 4

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.359
 19.

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.740
 Speak well

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.480
 of other

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.019
 Christians.

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.839
 If our unity

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.619
 is meant to be

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.519
 an apologetic

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.700
 for the truth

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.480
 of the gospel,

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.599
 what does it

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.240
 say to the

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.919
 world when we

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.559
 tear each other

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.059
 down with our

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.399
 speech?

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.799
 And this

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.399
 applies both

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.319
 inside our

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.940
 own local

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.859
 church here

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.460
 as well as

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.619
 outside towards

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.639
 all other

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.579
 Christians.

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.720
 Speak well

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.319
 of those who

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.759
 are brothers

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.500
 and sisters

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.599
 in Christ.

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.099
 Now the early

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.440
 church,

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.700
 again,

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.000
 the early

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.559
 church had a

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.859
 saying.

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.139
 They said,

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.000
 in essentials

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.779
 unity,

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:40.000
 in non-essentials

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.619
 diversity,

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.539
 in all things

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.119
 charity.

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.079
 Have you heard

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.460
 that before?

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.200
 In essentials

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.039
 unity,

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.399
 in non-essentials

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:49.179
 diversity,

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:50.599
 in all things

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.319
 charity.

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.899
 We need to

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.879
 understand what

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.019
 the essentials

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.579
 are that unite

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.460
 all Christians

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.279
 across the globe,

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.299
 what makes us

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.099
 brothers and

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.220
 sisters in Christ,

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.379
 those essential

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:03.259
 core tenets of

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.759
 the faith,

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.359
 the divinity

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.339
 of Christ,

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.420
 the sufficiency

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.359
 of the scriptures,

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.279
 the trinity,

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.259
 salvation in

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.220
 Christ alone,

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.200
 by faith alone,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.799
 for example.

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:13.379
 If you agree

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.680
 on the essential

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.660
 doctrines of

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.160
 Christianity,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.140
 the apostles'

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.980
 creed that

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.579
 spells it out

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.980
 for us,

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.379
 we can disagree

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.480
 and we will

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.720
 disagree on

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.579
 a thousand other

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.039
 things,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.160
 but we are

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.879
 family,

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.460
 like it or not.

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.940
 You are not

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.460
 my enemy.

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:32.519
 We share a

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.840
 common enemy

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.120
 and we serve

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.720
 His cause

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.180
 when we hit

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.640
 one another

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.240
 with friendly

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.779
 fire.

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.000
 We need to

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.900
 understand what

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.500
 the core

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.920
 essential doctrines

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.680
 are of the

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.559
 faith that unite

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.519
 all of God's

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.420
 people and we

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.100
 need to also

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.980
 understand and

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.000
 remember not

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.460
 everything is a

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.160
 core issue.

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:53.140
 Not everything

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.039
 is an essential

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.640
 issue.

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.279
 Not everything

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.559
 is worth dividing

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.319
 over.

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.700
 There are issues

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.960
 worth dying for,

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.440
 there are issues

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.400
 worth dividing

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.779
 for,

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.460
 there are issues

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.319
 worth deciding

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.759
 for,

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.519
 and there are

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.960
 issues that

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.539
 don't really

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.259
 matter at all.

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.760
 Worth discussing

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.420
 for.

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.820
 And the good

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.199
 news is,

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.519
 of course,

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.659
 when we make

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.260
 it to glory,

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.920
 all of this

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.320
 will become

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.099
 perfectly clear,

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.500
 we're going to

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.019
 be perfectly

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.500
 one,

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.579
 partially because

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.099
 all of us

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.500
 are going to

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.119
 be corrected

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.679
 in all the

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.199
 many ways

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.780
 we're all

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.240
 wrong.

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.880
 But until

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.720
 we get

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.480
 there,

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.900
 we remain

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.820
 united in the

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.720
 essentials of

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.219
 the faith,

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.599
 but know

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.159
 that we

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.019
 won't be

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.759
 perfectly

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.439
 united in

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:34.339
 every matter

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.799
 of faith

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.359
 and practice.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.819
 That's why

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.500
 different churches

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.980
 exist.

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.559
 That's not a

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.279
 bad thing.

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.199
 What's bad

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.699
 is when these

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.419
 different churches

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.959
 that are brothers

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:42.599
 and sisters

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.339
 attack one

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.679
 another,

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:46.000
 bring shame

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.379
 upon the

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:46.779
 cross of

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.279
 Christ in

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.599
 the way that

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.339
 we hate

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.879
 one another

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.480
 and speak

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.919
 about one

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.759
 another and

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.500
 cancel each

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.919
 other over

00:34:51.919 --> 00:34:52.739
 some article

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.279
 written ten

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.739
 years ago

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:53.980
 that we

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.739
 disagree with.

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.979
 I'm going

00:34:56.979 --> 00:34:57.299
 to pick on

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:58.459
 my Presbyterian

00:34:58.459 --> 00:34:59.019
 brothers for

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.279
 a minute,

00:34:59.399 --> 00:34:59.859
 but only

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.819
 because I

00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:01.099
 hope you

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.359
 know I

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:01.979
 love them

00:35:01.979 --> 00:35:02.379
 deeply.

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.679
 In our

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.079
 theology,

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.479
 we're about

00:35:05.479 --> 00:35:07.459
 95% overlap.

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.359
 Even our

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:09.059
 own statement

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.899
 of faith in

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:10.279
 this church,

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:11.039
 we have 18

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.639
 articles in

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.079
 our statement

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.619
 of faith.

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.059
 That's what

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.919
 our membership

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.819
 agrees to

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.159
 believe.

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.979
 There's only

00:35:15.979 --> 00:35:16.839
 two of

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.439
 those 18

00:35:17.439 --> 00:35:18.000
 that I know

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.799
 our Presbyterian

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.319
 brothers would

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.979
 disagree with.

00:35:20.919 --> 00:35:21.339
 We are

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:22.179
 united.

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.659
 If they're not

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.079
 my brothers,

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.579
 I don't know

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.199
 who is.

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.279
 That disclaimer

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.900
 out there.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.099
 We disagree

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.319
 on who

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.799
 ought to

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.480
 be baptized.

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.199
 Baptists,

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:33.719
 we claim

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.759
 that baptism

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.219
 is for

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.860
 believers,

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.519
 born again,

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.219
 regenerate

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.799
 believers,

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.239
 those who

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.980
 have professed

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.639
 faith in

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.119
 Christ and

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.420
 who the

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.360
 church affirms

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.840
 their faith

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.319
 in Christ.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.179
 We baptize

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.699
 believers.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.819
 Our Presbyterian

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.639
 brothers believe

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.579
 baptism is for

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.539
 believers and

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.639
 their children.

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.559
 We disagree

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.759
 on that issue.

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.719
 Both of us

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.259
 have our feet

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.400
 dug in on

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.900
 this issue.

00:35:55.020 --> 00:35:55.580
 We are not

00:35:55.580 --> 00:35:56.140
 changing each

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.760
 other's minds.

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.580
 We love

00:35:57.580 --> 00:35:57.840
 them.

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.380
 They love

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.720
 us.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.400
 But I

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.940
 could not

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.240
 in good

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.660
 conscience

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.220
 become a

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.960
 member of

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.860
 a Presbyterian

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.940
 church on

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.640
 that issue

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:05.600
 so long as

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:05.880
 there's a

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.580
 healthy gospel

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:06.980
 preaching

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.740
 Baptist church

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.540
 in the area

00:36:08.540 --> 00:36:09.900
 because that

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:11.260
 secondary issue

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.280
 is so important

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.080
 to the function

00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:14.160
 of the church

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.000
 that I feel

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.580
 like I have

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:16.680
 to be a

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.420
 member of a

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.820
 church that

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.300
 shares my

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.840
 conviction on

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.300
 that issue.

00:36:20.520 --> 00:36:21.060
 But I don't

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:22.320
 cast stones in

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.059
 my Presbyterian

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.700
 brothers because

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.960
 we disagree on

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.559
 this issue.

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.080
 We agree on

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.740
 the essentials

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:29.160
 of the faith.

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.900
 This brings us

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.600
 to third

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:33.039
 application here.

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.820
 Third application.

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.260
 I know I'm

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.460
 speaking mostly to

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.900
 those who are

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.880
 members of this

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.539
 church but

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:39.019
 third application

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.000
 is to join

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.360
 a church.

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.860
 Join a church

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.140
 where you align

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:48.059
 theologically in

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.019
 faith and practice

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.679
 with the elders

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.179
 and with the

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.500
 members.

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.599
 Join a church.

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.980
 If you want to

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.900
 experience this

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:57.360
 spiritual unity

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.820
 that Jesus

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.820
 prays for here

00:36:58.820 --> 00:37:00.039
 you can wait

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.239
 until heaven

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.960
 or you can

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.960
 get your hands

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.539
 dirty and

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.639
 experience it in

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.539
 part here in the

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:09.059
 local church.

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.840
 Yes we're

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.619
 spiritually united

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.420
 with all Christians

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.000
 everywhere.

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.880
 Yes we're part of

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.219
 the universal church

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.699
 of course.

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.960
 but that unity

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:18.339
 is seen and

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.719
 experienced most

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.859
 profoundly in

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:22.719
 the local church.

00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:24.219
 Join a local

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:25.239
 church.

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.980
 Now I want to

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.480
 make sure you

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.980
 hear me say

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.219
 I'm not saying

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.980
 join this local

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.339
 church.

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.199
 And for some

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.960
 of you this may

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.960
 not be the right

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.980
 local church for

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.679
 you to join and

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.399
 that's okay.

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.480
 Again join together

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.539
 with a church

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.679
 that preaches

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.759
 the gospel where

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.500
 you align

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.419
 theologically where

00:37:42.419 --> 00:37:43.019
 you can sink

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.039
 your roots down

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.239
 deep and commit

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.179
 to the unity

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.539
 of the church.

00:37:47.919 --> 00:37:48.559
 Ask yourself do

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.759
 these people believe

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.819
 what I believe

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.459
 about God's

00:37:51.459 --> 00:37:51.719
 word?

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.319
 Now again

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:56.379
 you might say

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:57.399
 well I'm a part

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:58.059
 of the universal

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.439
 church.

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.139
 Why do I need

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.599
 to join a local

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.359
 church?

00:38:01.479 --> 00:38:02.199
 Well that's a bit

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.239
 like saying I'm a

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.659
 part of the

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.079
 military.

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.639
 Why do I need

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.179
 a branch?

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.739
 I'm an NBA

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.159
 player.

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.839
 Why do I need

00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:09.619
 a team?

00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:11.799
 Let me flesh

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.419
 that out just

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:12.839
 for a moment.

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:13.299
 Say you just

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.799
 turn 18.

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.619
 You decide to

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.219
 enlist in the

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.139
 military and

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.639
 now you can

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.379
 say I'm in

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:17.899
 the military

00:38:17.899 --> 00:38:18.359
 but you know

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.719
 what the next

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.319
 question is going

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.739
 to come out

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.219
 of somebody's

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.739
 mouth when you

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.259
 tell them that?

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.859
 Which branch?

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.139
 Are you

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.599
 marines?

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:26.159
 Are you army?

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.399
 Are you navy?

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.519
 Are you air force?

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.579
 Sure you're all

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.980
 connected.

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.699
 You're all fighting

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.219
 for the same

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:32.319
 cause but there

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:33.019
 are specific

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.980
 groups and you

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.699
 have to decide

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.500
 what branch

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.959
 you're going to

00:38:35.959 --> 00:38:36.679
 commit to and

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.699
 then well within

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.579
 that branch what

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.339
 division?

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:41.319
 What company?

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.439
 What squad?

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.079
 Who are you

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.379
 accountable for?

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.960
 Who are you

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.019
 accountable to?

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.539
 Who's your

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.960
 general?

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.039
 Who's your

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.619
 sergeant?

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.220
 Nobody in the

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:50.980
 military second

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.880
 guesses this.

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.440
 Nobody in the

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.280
 military says well

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.760
 I belong to the

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.500
 military I don't

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.360
 have to belong to

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.800
 a branch.

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.320
 I don't need a

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.660
 sergeant.

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.619
 I'm fine.

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.760
 I don't need

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.460
 anybody looking out

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.740
 for me.

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.240
 I don't need to

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.800
 look out for

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.980
 anybody else.

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.680
 The military

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.840
 understands this but

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.599
 sadly many

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.340
 Christians do not.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:10.420
 when you are

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.559
 enlisted in the

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.460
 people of God

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.860
 when you have

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.460
 believed the

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:15.400
 gospel you are

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.700
 now a part of

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.519
 the universal

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:19.380
 global church.

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.579
 You are

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.579
 spiritually united

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.660
 with all of

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.920
 God's people but

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.920
 at the same time

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.400
 you are not

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.680
 equally accountable

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.640
 to all of God's

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:28.920
 people.

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.140
 You can't be.

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.000
 I am not a

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.200
 pastor of all of

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:33.900
 God's people

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.460
 everywhere.

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.320
 When I go to a

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.140
 coffee shop and I

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:37.160
 see ten people with

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.099
 their Bibles open.

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.619
 I am not all of

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.239
 their pastor.

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.739
 I am your

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:44.019
 pastor church.

00:39:44.879 --> 00:39:45.339
 And you are

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.819
 members of one

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.759
 another.

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:51.099
 So again not

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.920
 necessarily this

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:53.259
 church but join a

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.679
 local church.

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.599
 And when you do

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.079
 last application

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.879
 here last

00:39:57.879 --> 00:39:59.879
 application commit

00:39:59.879 --> 00:40:01.199
 to a local

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.619
 church.

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.719
 Would you

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:05.239
 commit to one

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:06.559
 another in a

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.299
 local church?

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:09.039
 How often have

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.619
 you heard me say

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.739
 that the church

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.619
 is not primarily

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.559
 an event that

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.139
 you attend.

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:14.239
 It's a family

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.519
 that you are

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.779
 invited to be a

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.219
 part of.

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:19.360
 When you join a

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.639
 local church, I

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.320
 hope you understand

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.980
 it's not like

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.799
 joining Sam's

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.059
 Club.

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.639
 It's not like

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.380
 joining a local

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.799
 gym.

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.659
 You are becoming

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:29.519
 a member of a

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.420
 body.

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.239
 You are

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.400
 accountable now to

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.099
 the other members.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.539
 you are integrated

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.219
 in.

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:37.139
 Your gifts are

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.179
 now serving for

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.759
 the good of the

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.519
 body and their

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.319
 gifts are serving

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.500
 you as we seek to

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.199
 build one another

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.019
 up in Christ.

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.839
 Join a church where

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.719
 you can plant

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.639
 yourself and

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.420
 commit.

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.500
 Again it doesn't

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.279
 have to be here.

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.059
 Not everyone will

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:53.059
 be wanting to join

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.980
 this particular

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.319
 church.

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.619
 That is okay.

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.500
 But for our

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.219
 members here,

00:40:58.779 --> 00:40:59.579
 we have a

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:01.559
 covenant that

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.179
 defines what

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.000
 membership looks

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.739
 like for us.

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.739
 I was looking

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.019
 at it.

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.260
 It's hanging

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.800
 right there in

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.579
 the lobby as

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.179
 you walk in,

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.559
 our church

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.960
 covenant.

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.820
 And this spells

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.500
 out our

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.820
 horizontal commitments

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.780
 to one another.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.860
 As people ask,

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.360
 what does it mean

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.159
 to be a member

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:16.280
 of Seaweed Bay?

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.219
 This is what it

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:17.960
 looks like.

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.079
 I want to, as we

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:20.019
 close and prepare to

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.679
 come to the table

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:22.300
 together, remind

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:24.019
 ourselves of these

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.440
 commitments.

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.239
 Commitment number

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.699
 one, do you

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.179
 remember what it

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.400
 is?

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.960
 We will pursue

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.599
 unity.

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.539
 Working and

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.300
 praying for the

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.960
 unity of the

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.160
 spirit in the

00:41:34.160 --> 00:41:35.140
 bond of peace.

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.980
 We will walk

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:38.280
 together in

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:39.660
 Christian love.

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:42.080
 We will regularly

00:41:42.080 --> 00:41:43.560
 gather together.

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:45.240
 We will share

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:46.420
 Christ with those

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.580
 who have not yet

00:41:47.580 --> 00:41:47.900
 heard.

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.519
 We will put each

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.580
 other's needs above

00:41:49.580 --> 00:41:50.420
 our own.

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.240
 We will commit

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:53.100
 to holiness.

00:41:54.120 --> 00:41:55.120
 We will follow

00:41:55.120 --> 00:41:56.400
 God's design for

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:57.160
 his church.

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.460
 We will be

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.600
 generous with our

00:41:59.600 --> 00:42:00.680
 time and our

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.660
 treasure and our

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.039
 talent.

00:42:02.399 --> 00:42:03.039
 And if we have

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.819
 to leave, we will

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.699
 go join another

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.399
 church where we

00:42:05.399 --> 00:42:06.420
 can commit there

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:07.319
 in the same way

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.980
 we have committed

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.779
 here.

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:09.579
 Church, don't you

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.539
 want to be a part

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.199
 of a community

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:11.779
 like that?

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:18.159
 Christ came and

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:20.519
 died and rose to

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.199
 create that sort of

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.619
 community.

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.899
 That is what he

00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:26.239
 wants for the

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:26.679
 church.

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.619
 I will simply ask

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.219
 as we close.

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.579
 Are you

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.719
 experiencing that

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:31.500
 unity right now?

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.779
 Do you know

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:34.380
 what it is to

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:35.359
 have unity

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.380
 with God?

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:38.519
 Personal union

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.159
 with God

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.900
 himself through

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.940
 faith in Christ.

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.619
 Do you know

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.239
 what it is to be

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.559
 loved by God

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.659
 himself in the

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.980
 beloved?

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.739
 And if so,

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.279
 do you know

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:49.079
 what it is to

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:50.519
 love one another

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.699
 in such a way

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.579
 that it can only

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:54.179
 be explained by

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.980
 the truth and the

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.500
 work of God

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.819
 himself?

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.559
 Let's pray.

00:42:57.940 --> 00:43:01.860
 Lord, we thank

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.200
 you for the

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:05.780
 gospel that

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.480
 brings us into

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.440
 relationship with

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.200
 you for all who

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.640
 believe.

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.280
 And Father, we

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.780
 thank you, God,

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.420
 that you have

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.620
 brought us into a

00:43:12.620 --> 00:43:13.500
 community, a

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.620
 family of

00:43:14.620 --> 00:43:15.039
 believers.

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.640
 We thank you for

00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:17.280
 the unity that

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.059
 you've blessed

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.260
 this church with,

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.620
 Father.

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.300
 And we pray

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:21.400
 against any

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:22.440
 obstacles to it.

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.100
 We pray against

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:24.320
 any scheme of

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:24.720
 the enemy.

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.420
 We pray against

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.240
 any seed of

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:26.980
 division that

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:28.139
 might be stirring

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.539
 here.

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.360
 We pray that

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:29.840
 we would be

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.740
 perfectly one

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:32.760
 as Christ has

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.019
 prayed.

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.480
 Now as we come

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.960
 to the table

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.579
 together, Lord,

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:37.539
 remind us again

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.460
 of all that

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.119
 Christ has done

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.740
 on our behalf.

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:40.200
 We pray in

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.720
 Jesus' name.

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.000
 Amen.

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.159
 Amen.

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.180
 Amen.

00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.220
 Amen.

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.320
 Amen.

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.840
 Amen.

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:44.340
 Amen.

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.740
 Amen.

00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:46.159
 Amen.

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.860
 Amen.

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:46.880
 Amen.

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.280
 Amen.

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.900
 Amen.

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:50.360
 Amen.

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:50.480
 Amen.

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:50.680
 Amen.

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:50.780
 Amen.

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:52.340
 Amen.

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.840
 Amen.

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:52.960
 Amen.

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.000
 Amen.

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:54.420
 Amen.

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.980
 Amen.