WEBVTT 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:01.800 Let us pray. 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:08.099 Holy God, we thank you so much for this time. 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:13.839 Thank you so much for your favor, your grace, your power, your mercy, your might. 00:00:15.580 --> 00:00:22.719 Holy God, we ask tonight that you would send your Holy Spirit, that your word would be 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:28.219 elevated by the power of your Holy Spirit, that I would decrease and you would increase. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.100 That you would prepare the hearts of your people to hear whatever you have to say. 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:39.759 Lord, may the word of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.340 My rock and my redeemer, in Christ's name we pray, amen. 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:52.240 Reading from Ephesians 4, verse 25 and 29. 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:59.340 Oh, in your pew Bibles, it is page, it is nine what? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.280 Nine, seven, eight. 00:01:01.380 --> 00:01:01.740 Thank you. 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:03.140 Praise nine, seven, eight. 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:14.579 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:17.039 for we are members of one another. 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:19.000 Verse 29. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:26.879 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.719 as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:36.039 That it may give grace to those who hear. 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:47.740 There's a television show on Netflix called House of Cards. 00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:50.760 I think it's an intriguing show. 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:54.560 I've been watching it now for about two years. 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:55.280 Well, not two years. 00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:56.340 I'm on the second season. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:02:02.980 The story follows the lives of a politician named Frank Underwood and his wife, Claire, 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:06.320 played by actors Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, respectively. 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:14.340 What happens in the story is you see them ruthlessly or ascend or rise through the ranks of government 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:22.800 to ultimately, or seeking to become ultimately the president and the first lady of the United States. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:28.160 The title of the show is a metaphor or a figure of speech. 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:35.480 This figure of speech, House of Cards, highlights the arc or the overall theme 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:38.580 and the story of the television series. 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:45.760 So that what we are observing when we watch this show are thoughts, actions, and characteristics 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:52.780 that define the culture or the atmosphere of what can be considered to be a house of cards. 00:02:52.800 --> 00:03:01.280 To put it more plainly, the definition of a house of cards is an organization or a plan that is very weak 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.100 and can easily be destroyed. 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:13.580 So what we are witnessing in this television world is a house, a political house, being constructed. 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:22.520 This house, so to speak, is a house being built by Frank and Claire Underwood and their associates in the world of politics and government. 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:33.900 And we are being led to believe that when it is finally finished, it will bear the mark or the distinction of being what a house of cards is, 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:37.980 which is fragile and vulnerable and ultimately destined to fall apart. 00:03:37.979 --> 00:03:41.639 Which begs us to ask the question. 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.919 Once we start to understand what's being built in this imaginary world, 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.179 what then makes up the foundation of such a house? 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:52.839 This house of cards. 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:59.960 Well, if we observe the narrative and the story of Frank and Claire, some of you may be familiar with the story, 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:04.740 but we can see quite clearly what this house of cards is built upon. 00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:12.319 It's built upon lies, deception, pride, lack of genuine grace. 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:15.699 In other words, I'll do for you, but you got to do something for me or else. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:17.220 Mindset. 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:22.540 It is also built upon mercilessness and even murder. 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:31.260 In Ephesians 4, 25 and 29, and really throughout the letter of Ephesians, 00:04:32.180 --> 00:04:37.040 instructions are given to the house of God or to the ecclesia or to the church. 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:38.620 God's people. 00:04:40.140 --> 00:04:41.800 We are the audience of Ephesians. 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:47.560 We who follow Jesus are who the writer is talking to. 00:04:49.400 --> 00:04:52.960 And contrary to being a house of cards, we are set up to be just the opposite. 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.680 We are a house or a church built on a firm foundation. 00:04:57.500 --> 00:05:03.840 And this foundation is Jesus Christ, who John's gospel declares is full of grace and full of truth. 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:08.839 And it is worth noting that here in this text that we're going to read today, 00:05:08.979 --> 00:05:11.579 that we're looking at today, actually, both words, truth and grace, 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:17.879 are referenced when describing what should come out of our mouths as members of Christ's body, 00:05:18.679 --> 00:05:21.679 as members of this house and the universal house. 00:05:25.059 --> 00:05:29.019 These are also characteristics that should define the church in relation to the world. 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:34.279 The first characteristic is truth or what is real and not false. 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.779 The second is talk that builds up and that is full of grace, 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:41.479 as opposed to talk that tears down. 00:05:43.359 --> 00:05:44.759 First, let's look at truth. 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:50.620 Ephesians 4, 25 starts off, 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:54.000 therefore, having put away falsehood. 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:55.839 Now, falsehood is a fancy word for lying. 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:59.159 Just like any other way to say, 00:05:59.239 --> 00:06:02.459 another way to say therefore is for this reason. 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:05.579 So for this reason, having put away falsehood, 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:09.479 or as a result, having put away falsehood. 00:06:10.719 --> 00:06:14.479 Now, we can infer or we can gather from this language, 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.399 therefore, or for this reason, 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:19.039 that we, you and I, 00:06:19.339 --> 00:06:23.059 have been given something that gives us the power or the access 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:27.000 to the power that we need to put aside such behavior. 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:31.759 It also assumes that something about practicing falsehood 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.220 was customary to our way of life 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:37.560 before we had access to this power. 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:41.180 Some clues are given earlier in this chapter 00:06:41.180 --> 00:06:42.840 to what this power is. 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:47.899 First of all, Ephesians points out that as followers of Christ, 00:06:47.899 --> 00:06:49.799 Christ, as a church, 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.379 we are not ignorant anymore. 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:56.120 Or our understanding is no longer darkened 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.259 because we are not alienated 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:02.039 from the life of God as we used to be. 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:04.479 Or we did not know Christ. 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.839 So given what God has done, 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.979 we are now hyper-aware of sin 00:07:10.979 --> 00:07:13.139 in our lives, as sin, 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.259 because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:18.199 in a way that we had not been before. 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:21.139 Because of the life of God 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:23.860 that we have been exposed to in our relationship with Christ. 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:24.759 This is because of that. 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:26.500 We are not ignorant anymore. 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:30.000 So, for instance, 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:32.779 since we're talking about falsehood, 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:35.939 where a little white lie 00:07:35.939 --> 00:07:39.060 was considered okay or customary 00:07:39.060 --> 00:07:42.339 if no one got hurt, so to speak. 00:07:42.339 --> 00:07:45.319 Now, for us at least, 00:07:46.099 --> 00:07:47.239 it's no longer okay. 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:50.859 Next, Ephesians tells us here 00:07:50.859 --> 00:07:52.339 in verse 21 00:07:52.339 --> 00:07:53.519 that being in Christ 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.339 and being taught in him 00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:57.179 exposes us to the truth 00:07:57.179 --> 00:07:58.579 that is also in Jesus. 00:07:59.919 --> 00:08:01.639 So then as the body of Christ 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:02.699 or the church, 00:08:03.379 --> 00:08:04.199 that truth 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.459 is then an essential element 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:08.199 of who we are. 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.620 because Christ was 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:11.620 and continues to be 00:08:11.620 --> 00:08:13.060 full of truth. 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:15.939 As is himself, 00:08:16.219 --> 00:08:17.319 and he is himself 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:19.279 our essential element 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:20.759 in whom we live and move 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.120 and have our being. 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:25.719 What is an essential element? 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:28.740 Really, what is that? 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:31.779 And what does it have to do with Ephesians? 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.019 Let me tell you where I get it from. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:38.039 Essential element is a phrase 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:39.679 used in film finance. 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.120 Maybe other places too, 00:08:42.220 --> 00:08:43.220 but here's how it works 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:44.759 from a film finance perspective. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.480 If you and I want to put together a movie, 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:51.159 and some of you may know that 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:52.460 I'm used to, 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:53.740 well, I'm still in the movie business, 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:56.240 so this is what I'm saying 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:56.699 is credible 00:08:56.699 --> 00:09:00.079 in terms of essential element. 00:09:00.939 --> 00:09:02.100 Now, essential element is a phrase 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:03.679 used in the film finance business. 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.379 Now, if you want to put together a movie, 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:07.000 right, 00:09:08.199 --> 00:09:09.179 you need insurance 00:09:09.179 --> 00:09:10.559 for the production 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:11.959 in case anything goes wrong. 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:13.379 Now, there is insurance 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:14.759 that for everything 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:15.899 from the equipment to the actors 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:16.339 because 00:09:16.339 --> 00:09:18.959 if something unfortunate occurs, 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.539 and we call it Murphy's Law in film, 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:22.719 the insurance is in place 00:09:22.719 --> 00:09:24.359 to cover any losses. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.439 Now, apart from the regular insurance, 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.439 there is a special insurance 00:09:28.439 --> 00:09:31.000 that covers what is designated 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:31.719 or identified 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:33.840 to be the essential element 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.660 of that production, 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:37.240 and this insurance is called 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.240 essential element insurance. 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:41.980 So this is a special insurance 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.139 that typically covers an actor, 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.379 an actor specifically, 00:09:46.420 --> 00:09:48.120 who because of his or her presence 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:48.800 in the film, 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:50.960 this allows the film 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:52.060 to be more sellable 00:09:52.060 --> 00:09:53.720 or bankable in the marketplace 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:56.940 in an almost guaranteed sort of way, 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:58.120 although nothing is guaranteed, 00:09:58.320 --> 00:09:59.920 in an almost guaranteed sort of way. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.000 So when the film is completed, 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:03.519 because this individual 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.620 has a strong built-in audience 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.480 or out there 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.040 or they are just a movie star, 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:09.680 pretty much, 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.960 this essential element insurance 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.580 covers them. 00:10:15.680 --> 00:10:17.100 Now, if anything happens 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:17.879 to this person, 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.320 then the production will shut down 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.340 and it will cease 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:22.120 to be a production. 00:10:23.560 --> 00:10:24.640 And it will not matter 00:10:24.640 --> 00:10:25.460 if anything 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:26.740 or anyone else 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:27.379 is insured. 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:29.379 So let's say 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:30.240 you're trying to put together 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.180 a movie with me, 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.060 Pastor Nick, 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:37.220 and Denzel Washington. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:40.700 Who do you think 00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:42.800 will be considered 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:44.520 the essential element? 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.620 You are absolutely, 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:47.740 100% correct, 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:49.960 Denzel Washington. 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.840 So anyone who is considered 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:53.680 worthy of being 00:10:53.680 --> 00:10:54.740 the essential element 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:55.440 in a film 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.720 then is critical 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:58.060 to the life of the film 00:10:58.060 --> 00:10:59.560 from start to finish. 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:01.500 In a similar way, 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:03.379 Jesus Christ, 00:11:03.800 --> 00:11:05.060 who is full of truth, 00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:06.060 is critical 00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:07.860 to the life of the church 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:08.360 and therefore 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:09.860 truth and speaking truth 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:11.900 is and should be 00:11:11.900 --> 00:11:13.300 an essential characteristic 00:11:13.300 --> 00:11:15.240 extending from Christ 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:16.520 our essential element 00:11:16.520 --> 00:11:18.560 that is practiced 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:19.700 in the life of the church. 00:11:20.020 --> 00:11:20.300 Why? 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:23.900 The first answer is truth 00:11:23.900 --> 00:11:25.220 is part of Christ's character. 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:28.040 He's overflowing with it. 00:11:29.280 --> 00:11:30.540 And we no longer 00:11:30.540 --> 00:11:31.860 are alienated 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:32.700 from the life of God 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:33.560 because our connection 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:34.420 with him. 00:11:36.420 --> 00:11:37.260 But another reason 00:11:37.260 --> 00:11:38.520 is that we need 00:11:38.520 --> 00:11:39.300 to speak truth 00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:40.200 to one another 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.280 for the sake of unity. 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:45.080 The writer of Ephesians, 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:46.420 speaking to the church, 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:48.539 tells us that 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:49.759 after we put away 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:50.379 falsehood, 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:51.879 then our next step 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:53.459 is to speak the truth 00:11:53.459 --> 00:11:55.379 to our neighbor. 00:11:56.599 --> 00:11:58.059 Our neighbor being referenced here 00:11:58.059 --> 00:11:59.620 are our fellow believers. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.339 Well, how do you know? 00:12:00.459 --> 00:12:01.639 Because we are told 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.399 that the people 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:03.000 who are speaking, 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:04.379 we are speaking truth 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.159 to our members 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:06.000 one to another. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.740 Members of the same body, 00:12:08.699 --> 00:12:09.240 the church. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:11.419 unity of the church 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:12.940 is strengthened by truth 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:15.100 because on the contrary, 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:16.740 as one commentator explains, 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.100 falsehood, 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:18.919 lying, 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:20.480 can cause dissension 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.519 and alienation 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.320 within the body 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.960 as one commentator explains. 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:26.980 Now, so, 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:28.000 we can see that 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.100 there is dissension 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:30.360 and alienation 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:31.420 that causes distrust 00:12:31.420 --> 00:12:31.940 and fear, 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:33.320 pride, 00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:34.600 lack of grace 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:35.580 or genuine grace. 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:37.680 All this because 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:39.500 lying works against 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:40.720 the spirit of unity. 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:44.000 And if there's anywhere 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.639 in the world 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.620 that we need to hear 00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:47.660 the truth about something, 00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:50.879 then it should be the church. 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.700 We owe it to one another 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.620 to tell the truth. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:59.280 And people should trust 00:12:59.280 --> 00:12:59.940 what we say 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:01.460 as Christians. 00:13:03.420 --> 00:13:04.840 And putting away falsehood 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:06.500 is something 00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:07.680 that requires practice 00:13:07.680 --> 00:13:10.560 because we will play 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:11.400 how we practice. 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.620 It has to be our practice 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.259 to one another. 00:13:19.060 --> 00:13:20.520 Now, putting away a falsehood 00:13:20.520 --> 00:13:21.420 and speaking truth 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:22.780 is not easy sometimes. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.060 I can admit that. 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:25.280 If we're honest. 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.480 Because speaking 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.180 or even hearing the truth 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:31.340 can at times be 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:32.780 inconvenient. 00:13:34.540 --> 00:13:35.860 Especially when hearing it 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.620 about ourselves. 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:39.360 This is where you and I 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:40.060 most likely have 00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:40.720 the biggest problems 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.100 with truth. 00:13:42.640 --> 00:13:43.720 When it is directed 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.560 at us personally 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:45.640 to correct us. 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:47.520 Even if we accept 00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:48.580 that what is being said 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.060 is true. 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:52.159 Because although truth 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:52.939 is a blessing 00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:55.819 it can be an inconvenience 00:13:55.819 --> 00:13:56.259 but 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:58.259 in its inconvenience 00:13:58.259 --> 00:14:00.579 it can be a powerful 00:14:00.579 --> 00:14:01.639 and life changing 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.639 blessing. 00:14:05.579 --> 00:14:06.439 Try to imagine 00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:07.019 when you've heard 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.119 an inconvenient truth 00:14:08.119 --> 00:14:10.639 from someone you know 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.339 who loves you 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:13.219 or at least 00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:15.379 cares about your well-being. 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.960 a loving parent 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:17.799 a loving spouse 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:19.320 a close friend 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:19.860 a sibling 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:23.240 someone who loves you 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.379 or at least likes you. 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:27.379 A brother or sister in Christ 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.600 who is trying to look out 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:30.019 for us 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.039 because we are members 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.879 one to another. 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.679 We tend to receive truth 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.279 much better 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.799 from 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:38.740 those kind of folks 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.399 in our lives 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.120 because we know 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.820 that somehow 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.980 such culprits 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:44.539 of even inconvenient truth 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:46.799 spoke it to help us 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.700 to make us better 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:51.519 to keep us moving forward 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.360 something 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:54.399 in a something healthy 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.220 and in a way 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.759 that's 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:57.120 towards something healthy 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.980 and away from 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:59.480 anything that would be unhealthy 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.539 and unity is essential 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.240 to keeping the church healthy. 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:06.000 So putting away falsehood 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.399 fosters a healthy church 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.939 that is continually nurtured 00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:10.019 and cultivated 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.580 by this truth telling 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:13.200 not only operating 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.100 on one accord 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.580 in unity 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.200 but also 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.580 powerfully 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.960 operating 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.740 in our calling 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.600 and responsibility 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.980 as a church 00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.879 of the living God 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:23.399 who Paul 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.399 when writing to Timothy 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.759 in 1 Timothy 3.15 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.039 designates to be 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.759 a pillar 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.399 and buttress 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:28.860 of truth 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.460 in the world. 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:31.500 A pillar 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:32.100 is a firm 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:32.960 upright support 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.060 for a superstructure 00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:35.680 a buttress 00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:36.240 likewise 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:37.100 an architectural 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.400 structure 00:15:38.400 --> 00:15:39.400 which serves 00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:39.960 to support 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.900 or reinforce 00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:41.940 a wall 00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:44.500 and in order 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.220 to be a pillar 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:46.139 and buttress 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.720 of truth 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.259 we have to be 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.139 practicing truth 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.940 with one another 00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:52.019 and in any aspect 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.600 of our lives 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.080 individually 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.420 so the church 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.220 can be unified 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:56.480 and healthy 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.899 totally unlike 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.879 a house of cards 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.019 that's built 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.720 upon deception 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:05.899 we have another 00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.580 responsibility 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:08.560 in the house 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:08.960 of God 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:12.740 verse 29 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.720 warns us 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:15.800 keep away 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:17.500 from corrupting 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:17.899 talk 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:21.960 one translator 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:23.160 says 00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:24.480 unwholesome 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.000 talk 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.940 another 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.379 expands 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.820 on the word 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.399 and its meaning 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.620 and calls it 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.799 worthless 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.700 talk 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:33.720 another 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:35.360 goes even 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.539 more in 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:37.059 with the word 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.559 and writes 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.039 let no evil 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.500 talk 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.919 come out 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.419 of your mouths 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:44.200 this is not 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.860 just cussing 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.399 or saying 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.080 a cuss word 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.139 it goes much 00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.779 deeper than that 00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:52.519 the word 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:52.899 use 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.200 word use 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:54.759 sorry 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.560 of corrupting 00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:56.560 here is 00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:56.980 interesting 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.520 because the 00:16:57.520 --> 00:16:58.200 same idea 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.540 is used 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:00.220 earlier in 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.520 scripture 00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:01.700 to describe 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.500 decaying 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.080 trees 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.660 that produce 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.539 rotten fruit 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:07.660 it can also 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.299 describe 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.340 withered flowers 00:17:09.340 --> 00:17:10.900 or rancid 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.460 fish 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:13.539 rancid meaning 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.059 unpleasant 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.019 or distasteful 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:17.500 it depicts 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.100 a certain kind 00:17:18.100 --> 00:17:18.519 of speaking 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.819 that goes 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.240 beyond 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.559 hurting 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.039 someone's 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.460 feelings 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.759 it is 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.079 speaking 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.579 that can 00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:24.940 literally 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.539 destroy 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.059 something 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.480 or in 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.980 this case 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.539 destroy 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.240 someone 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.579 from the 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.220 inside out 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.200 but not 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.680 only that 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.019 it can 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.420 produce 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.319 rotten fruit 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.180 in their 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.680 lives 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.460 and I 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.680 don't know 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.060 anyone 00:17:38.060 --> 00:17:39.360 who likes 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.140 loves 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.039 or enjoys 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.120 being around 00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:43.799 rotten fruit 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.740 except for 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.360 fruit flies 00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.880 and no one 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.220 likes to be 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.620 around fruit 00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:49.039 fries 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.920 or rancid 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.200 fish 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.560 or anything 00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:52.039 that's rotten 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.299 if you ever 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.639 smelled 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.460 rancid 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:56.759 or rotten 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.119 fish 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:57.559 you get 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.039 the idea 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:00.379 and what 00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:00.740 is really 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.220 interesting 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.440 is that 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.819 the writer 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.559 of Ephesians 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.240 is not 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.759 referencing 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.879 the speech 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.779 of unbelievers 00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:09.059 he is talking 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.399 to 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.539 what my 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.039 pastor in 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.559 Los Angeles 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.920 would characterize 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.599 as people 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.460 who are saved 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:16.339 sanctified 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.700 filled 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.159 with the 00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.859 Holy Ghost 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:20.399 and on their 00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.019 way to heaven 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.619 anyhow 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:23.919 these are 00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.739 Christian folks 00:18:24.739 --> 00:18:27.319 so we as 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.679 Christians 00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:28.339 can be 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.699 party 00:18:28.699 --> 00:18:29.419 to the 00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:29.799 production 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.139 of 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:30.939 rotten 00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:31.299 fruit 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.919 in the 00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:32.179 lives 00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:32.459 of other 00:18:32.459 --> 00:18:32.819 people 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:35.019 and Ephesians 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.559 saying to you 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:35.979 and I 00:18:35.979 --> 00:18:37.359 don't do 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.679 that 00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:40.619 now I 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:40.899 don't know 00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:41.299 if you know 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.859 someone whose 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.479 life has been 00:18:42.479 --> 00:18:43.599 shipwrecked 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.959 by the 00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:45.439 corrupting 00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.259 words of a 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.719 Christian 00:18:46.719 --> 00:18:47.500 devout 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.039 Christians 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:49.259 but I 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.479 do 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.940 sometimes 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.460 it can 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:52.759 occur 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.200 or happen 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.440 in a 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.759 marriage 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.400 situation 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.880 where what's 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.519 being said 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.980 can be 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.480 characterized 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.220 as emotional 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.700 abuse 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:00.940 it is 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.420 destroying 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.940 something 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.460 in that 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.839 spouse 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.519 and unfortunately 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.420 in the 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.740 children 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.240 who would 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00:19:40.059 like 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.439 rotten 00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:40.919 fruit 00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:42.179 there is 00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:42.419 hope 00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:42.699 for their 00:19:42.699 --> 00:19:43.019 healing 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.679 and restoration 00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.039 at the 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.319 feet of 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.699 Jesus 00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:45.740 there is 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.079 hope 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.119 but that 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.419 could take 00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:48.919 some time 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:50.839 and meanwhile 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.479 life can 00:19:51.479 --> 00:19:51.779 become 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.479 unnecessarily 00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:52.879 difficult 00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.279 for them 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.519 and even 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.000 for people 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.899 who they 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.379 may have 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00:26:12.139 foundation 00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.559 of Jesus 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.079 Christ 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:15.619 we are 00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.119 required to 00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.119 be truth 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.619 tellers to 00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.079 one another 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:20.000 to be men 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.359 and women 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.000 whose words 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.639 do not act 00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.399 as a 00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.919 decaying 00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.359 force 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:25.919 but as 00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.539 an edifying 00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.259 platform 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.419 of edification 00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:30.859 this has 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.179 to be our 00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.779 practice by 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.179 the power 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.380 of the 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.580 Holy 00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.960 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00:26:55.440 are coming 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.039 face to 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.600 face with 00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:58.140 is a people 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.480 who are 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.240 operating or 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.360 playing successfully 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.979 in the field 00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.619 of truth 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.659 and edifying 00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.339 speech 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:05.139 because we 00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.399 have been 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.919 practicing 00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.579 this way 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.259 all along 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:09.259 to the glory 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.779 of God 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:12.599 and when that 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.059 happens 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:16.039 lives will be 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.740 changed and 00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.079 we will march 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.099 forward as the 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.779 unshakable 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.399 pillar of 00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:22.619 pillar and 00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.099 buttress of 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.500 truth 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.299 that we are 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.740 called to be 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.000 in this 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.359 world 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:29.559 amen 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:32.000 have 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.440 done 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.240 in this 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.220 minute 00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.000 process 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.279 and 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.500 ask 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.139 to find 00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.659 the 00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:40.319 team 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.440 and 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.299 who 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.039 and 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.339 even 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:46.079 in this 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.240 time 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.519 have 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.440 opened 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.299 ray 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.819 Russel 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.559 and 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.019 hear 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.200 until 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.379 Mueller 00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:52.399 Wenn 00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:54.940 worthy 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.539 from 00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.379 other 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.599 videos 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:58.240 of 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:08.279 for closing worship.