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 Turn in your Bibles this morning to Ephesians chapter 4, verse 16.

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! Ephesians chapter 4, verse 16.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, for us this morning, prayer is not a habit.

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 It's not something that is required by some person in a distant city.

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 It's not something that we've merely scheduled, but it really is an expression of our humble

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 and our glad dependence upon your Spirit to work in us.

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 In me, that I might preach with the power and authority of the Spirit of God, and in

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 our people that their ears would be open to hear, to delight, to be encouraged, to be

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 shaped by the truths of your Scripture.

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 And Father, we would ask that you would answer our prayer and that we would grow in our affection

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 for the Lord Jesus Christ and our understanding of the Scriptures that you've given to us,

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 and as importantly, that we would live these truths out in a deeply evident way that you

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 would be glorified.

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 We ask this in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 This morning, what we are looking at in verse 16 is actually the closing statement that Paul

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 makes in the first 16 verses that really explain what the church has been created to be.

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 You'll remember that the first three chapters are about how the church comes into being through

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 the ministry of Christ and the purposes of a sovereign God, how He has called us for His

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 own glory and drawn us together to be a people that reflect the character and the heart of Christ.

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 And as Paul had finished up those three chapters of explanation about how we came into existence,

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 then he launches into this matter of explaining, all right, so we understand that the church

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 is something that Jesus created by His blood and for His purposes, but how does the church

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 work?

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 Interestingly enough, we found out that the very first thing that the Spirit of God wants

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 to instruct us regarding is the matter of unity.

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 And in verses 1 through 16, Paul explains that the church is to be different from any other

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 thing in the world because it is united, it is growing, and it is a representation of Christ.

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 The church is really not a place to go so that we can kind of satisfy or calm our guilt.

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 The church is a place that we go because of our relationship with Christ and our desire to be part of the body

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 that He has connected us together to be part of.

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 It is something that is woven into the heart of the genuine believer.

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 It is something that is profound and significant, and it's not something of secondary importance.

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 My studies this last month in particular have inflamed my affections for the wisdom of God informing the church,

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 have made me profoundly sensitive to just how compromised current evangelical thinking is

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 about the significance and the supremacy of the church.

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 And I recognize that our lessons in the book of Ephesians have to address this profoundly significant issue.

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 What is the church?

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 We've seen in three chapters.

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 Now, what does the church do?

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 And my studies have encouraged me.

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 If I were to say prior to my study in the book of Ephesians that I was a lover of the bride of Christ,

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 I would say that part of that really arose out of the fact that at one point in my life,

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 God used the church to do a profoundly significant thing in my heart.

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 Not in the matter of salvation, but I will tell you there was a time where in just very practical and simplistic terms,

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 the wheels came off in my life.

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 Much due to my own behavior and issues of my own making,

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 but I'll never forget going to church that Sunday after I had come home to a broken house,

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 and I had one of the men put his arm around me and say,

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 Tim, I understand what you're going through.

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 And in the next year, God used that body of believers to not only rescue me from self-destruction

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 and just from the heartache and the terror of sin,

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 but to begin the process of changing Tim Knoyer to be someone different than he was.

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 I became in practical terms a lover of the bride of Christ because I discovered what it was.

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 And so this morning as we take this passage and we talk about what the church is,

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 I want you to know in part that the individual who stands before you this morning

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 is one who is deeply persuaded of the supremacy.

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 You know what I mean by supremacy?

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 It's important.

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 And raising my voice doesn't make the point.

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 The Bible says it's important.

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 And we live in a day and age where the idea of the church being supremely important

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 is almost faded into the background.

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 Our studies, I pray, in the book of Ephesians, rescue you from contemporary foolishness.

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 We're looking at verse 16, and we are thinking this morning of just how amazing the church really is.

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 So let's recognize, first of all, that that all flows out of our union with Christ.

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 Why is the church so spectacular?

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 What is it that makes it so unique?

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 What is it that's so special about the church?

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 Well, the first thing that we're reminded of as we take up this verse there in verse 16,

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 it says,

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 From whom the whole body.

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 And as we look at this final segment of Paul's call for unity,

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 he reminds us that Christ really is our head.

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 We find that over there in verse 15.

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 And as a result of him being our head, we are connected to the body.

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 Those of us who have come by faith to know the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior

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 are brought together into a definite, distinct relationship with a group of people.

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 And I want you to understand that we're under Christ's headship.

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 The church's existence.

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 The church's power.

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 The church's authority.

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 The church's witness.

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 It doesn't flow out of its building.

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 It doesn't flow out of its leaders.

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 It doesn't flow out of its schedule or its prayers or its offering.

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 It really happens because of Christ.

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 The church exists because of Christ,

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 and it draws its life from its union with Christ.

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 Its mission,

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 its energy,

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 its existence cannot be legitimized apart from Christ.

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 Where he is head,

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 whether it is here at Maranatha,

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 or whether it is somewhere in Westerville,

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 or whether it is in Linworth,

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 or wherever,

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 wherever the gospel of Christ is being proclaimed,

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 and the supremacy of Christ is being adored,

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 let me tell you,

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 Christ is the head,

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 and he's doing a good thing.

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 And we recognize and we rejoice in that.

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 I want you to understand that we look here in the passage

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 and recognize also that this matter of being under Christ's headship

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 brings us then to the question of the provision of individual members.

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 There's an underlying assumption for whom the whole body,

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 joined and held together by every joint,

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 what we're recognizing is that God has had something to do with the fact

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 that we're all together here this morning.

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 It wasn't just a capricious or kind of a wistful choice

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 that you became part of the family here

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 and that you were connected to these people together.

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 God had something to do with that.

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 If you look in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11,

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 you have to understand that gifted servants,

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 and then verse 7,

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 going back a little further,

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 gifted saints are part of what he has done in putting us together.

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 And put it the way I would here for the notes,

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 it says,

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 gifted servants as well as saints with spiritual gifts

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 are placed in the body by his grace.

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 Now it's true that almost 27 years ago,

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 this congregation considered whether or not I would be called to be their pastor.

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 And there are some of you sitting here who were part of that decision

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 and made that vote that night.

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 But every other person who's become part of our membership also

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 has gone through the same voting process of saying,

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 you know what,

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 I believe this is where God has called me.

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 And then the congregation said,

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 yes,

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 we recognize that and we want you to be part of our fellowship.

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 And behind that activity of this congregation voting,

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 either on me as a pastor or our members,

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 we recognize it's really a sovereign Lord

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 who places both gifted servants

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 and gifted individuals into the body of Christ for his glory.

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 And he puts us together with our respective gifts

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 to do the things that he has equipped us to do.

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 In a week or two,

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 we are going to have,

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 actually two weeks,

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 we're going to have a meeting

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 where we as a congregation

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 are going to consider the question

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 of officially endorsing Caleb and Charity

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 and saying we approve of them

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 and we recommend them to ABWE

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 to be considered for missionary service.

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 That is a process

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 that we as a body are going to go through.

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 And part of what we're saying is

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 we believe that God has placed them among us

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 and we have watched them grow

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 and we are ready to send them off to serve Christ

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 over in Jamaica.

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 That's where they plan to go.

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 They're a part of our fellowship.

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 And even when they are ministering in Jamaica,

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 and I can tell you this,

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 that Caleb and Charity intend

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 to continue serving Christ

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 as long as they draw breath,

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 they'll still be part of our family.

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 They grew up here among us.

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 We watched them.

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 I remember some of the dumb things Caleb did.

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 You know, I can't say anything about Charity.

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 She must have come out perfect,

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 but you know.

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 We watched them grow

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 and they've been part of our body.

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 And God was the one who put them here

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 and gave us the privilege of watching them grow.

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 Every piece of this body,

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 every person that is part of this body,

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 has been drawn here by His grace

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 and for His purposes.

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 I think back over this summer,

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 a perfect illustration of it

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 would be that when we no longer

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 had a family youth pastor

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 to take care of some of the normal responsibilities,

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 which included a mission strip,

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 we had Tim and Meredith Bauer

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 step forward and say,

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 I'll take a week of our vacation

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 and I will take our teens up there

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 to shepherds to minister.

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 They're a gifted group,

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 a couple to us

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 and we enjoyed as a body.

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 We need them, don't we?

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 And by the way, they need us.

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 Our togetherness is what makes us effective

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 for the gospel.

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 And then following that,

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 Seth and Joy took our kids

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 to Teen Leadership Conference

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 and they did their part.

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 We need them, don't we?

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 Yes.

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 And they need us.

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 And so when we look at this matter

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 of the fact that He is the one

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 who has provided those members

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 to us as a fellowship,

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 I want you to recognize

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 that it is His purpose

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 that put me here

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 and put them here

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 and put you here.

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 Now there's something else

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 that I want you to recognize

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 in this passage

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 that is very important.

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 I want you to look there

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 at the little statement

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 that is made

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 where it says

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 joined and held together.

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 Because I can tell you this,

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 this issue of joined

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 and held together

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 is something that Satan

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 is picking at more today

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 than at any other time

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 that I can think of.

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 Joined and held together.

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 So let's think about this work

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 of joined and held together.

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 When we read in the text

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 that the body of Christ,

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 the local church,

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 is joined together,

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 it's something that we have

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 to think about carefully.

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 The word comes to us

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 from ancient construction technology.

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 When we want to put something together,

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 we either rely on welding,

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 we rely on adhesives,

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 we rely on fasteners.

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 Do you follow that?

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 And I saw a post on Facebook

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 where there was one of the men

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 in our church

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 standing on top of a ladder

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 holding a nail gun.

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 Grin, grin, grin.

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 New toy, new tool.

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 And, you know,

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 everybody needs a nail gun.

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 Well, along with a nail gun,

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 you need a compressor.

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 You know, there are a lot

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 of other things you need.

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 In the good old days,

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 when you wanted to put

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 a building together,

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 you didn't have adhesive,

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 you didn't have the welder,

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 you didn't have cement,

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 you didn't have nails

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 for the most part.

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 Occasionally,

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 you had a couple

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 that were very expensive.

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 So the way things

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 were put together

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 was that you took

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 a piece of stone

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 and another piece of stone

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 and you kind of got

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 a rough idea

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 of which stones

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 came closest

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 to going together.

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 But then,

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 you see that little picture

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 behind you?

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 There it is.

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 There's a picture

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 on the wall

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 I want you to see.

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 That is from Machu Picchu.

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 Can you say that?

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 No, don't say it with me.

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 Machu Picchu.

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 Those stones

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 are dry fit.

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 You know what dry fit means?

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 It means that

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 they actually fit together

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 so well

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 that you can't put

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 a dollar bill

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 between them.

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 Do you know

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 how many stones

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 they had to lift

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 to find those

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 that fit that way?

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 Not very many.

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 Because what they did

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 was they found ones

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 that kind of fit

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 and then they took

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 a hammer

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 and a chisel

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 and they beat

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 the senses out

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 of those stones

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 so they fit together.

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 That's how it happened.

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 Bang, bang, bang,

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 chip, chip, chip,

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 bang, bang,

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 bang, fit, fit, fit,

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 bang, bang,

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 bang, chip, chip, chip,

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 fit, fit, fit.

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 Hey, hey, look, look, look.

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 It's working.

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 That process took time.

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 And that process

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 also required

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 that the stones

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 stayed together

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 and stayed in the same place

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 and didn't say,

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 well, I don't,

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 I'm not liking

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 the way I'm being treated here.

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 People are hammering on me

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 a little bit too much

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 and I'm going to go over

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 to where Bubba is

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 a lot nicer.

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 Do you follow that?

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 Stones did not migrate

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 the way contemporary

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 evangelical believers do.

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 They stayed.

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 And in the process

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 of staying,

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 guess what happened?

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 They were joined together.

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 Look over in your Bible

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 to 1 Peter 2,

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 verse 4.

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 1 Peter 2,

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 verse 4,

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 Peter uses

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 a very similar image

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 where he says this,

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 so you come to him

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 a living stone

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 rejected by men

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 but in the sight

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 of God precious.

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 And then in verse 5,

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 you yourselves

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 like living stones

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 are being built up

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 as a spiritual house.

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 How is it

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 that this spiritual house

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 of living stones

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 that are all lumpy

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 and scrapey

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 and have bumps

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 where they shouldn't

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 have bumps

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 and have difficulties

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 that everybody can see?

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 How is it

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 that we eventually

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 end up kind of

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 sticking together

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 like that?

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 It is because

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 we stay together

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 and the Spirit of God

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 works to knock off

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 the rough edges.

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 And so I want you

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 to understand

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 that the truth of the matter

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 is what this Scripture

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 is teaching us

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 is that he works

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 in the church

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 using the Word of God,

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 lasting relationships,

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 and the power

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 of his Spirit

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 to knock our edges off

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 and shape us

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 to fit together.

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 Now, if you cannot see

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 how the Spirit

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 has been using others

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 in the body

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 to take off

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 some of your rough edges,

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 it may be

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 that you are not

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 allowing other people

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 to get close enough

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 or you are not

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 allowing God

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 to use the critical

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 element of time.

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 How many of you realize

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 that it takes time

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 for relationships

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 to end up creating

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 some of the benefit

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 that he intends

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 for us to have

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 in relationship?

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 We also read

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 that each part

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 of his body

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 is held together

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 by what every joint

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 contributes.

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 Look there at the verse.

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 It says that we are joined

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 and held together

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 by every joint

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 with which is it equipped.

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 Paul actually uses

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 an interesting set of words

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 to communicate the idea

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 that each member

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 in the body

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 was to be connected

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 by what they had been

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 equipped to provide.

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 Let me say that again slowly.

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 So you follow me.

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 The point that Paul

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 is making

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 with the words

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 that he chooses

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 is that each member

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 of the body

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 has been designed

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 to be connected

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 by what they have been

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 designed to contribute.

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 Do you understand

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 what I'm saying?

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 Connectedness

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 and contribution

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 go together.

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 He has gifted

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 each of us

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 differently.

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 And in the body

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 of Christ

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 there are all

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 different kinds

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 of individuals

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 that are engaged

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 in doing all

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 different kinds

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 of things.

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 And so what we see

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 here in this passage

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 if we were to summarize it

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 is that God's word

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 tells us

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 that salvation

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 places the believer

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 into a relationship

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 and a body

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 in which Christ

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 is the head

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 and the authority

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 and where the individual

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 is part of a team

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 or a family

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 that is knit together

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 by grace.

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 So let's put it this way.

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 The church is where

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 the spirit works

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 one

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 to knock off

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 rough edges

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 can we put that

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 up?

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 To knock off

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 rough edges

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 so we fit together

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 better

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 and work together

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 better

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 so that we stay

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 together better

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 for the glory of Christ.

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 Now we're getting there

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 here we go

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 you got it?

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 See it?

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 The church is where

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 the spirit works

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 the church

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 let me say that again

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 slowly

00:19:18.300 --> 00:19:19.940
 the church

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 does it happen

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.300
 at McDonald's?

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 No.

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 Does it happen

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 in these

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 in Bible studies?

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 Do Bible studies

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 have the authority

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 of exercising

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 church discipline

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 and what's the answer?

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 I don't think so.

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 The church

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 church

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 the church

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 of the living God

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 the body

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 of Christ

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 the bride

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 of Christ

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 is where

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 the spirit

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 works

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 to knock

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 our rough edges

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 off

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 so that we fit

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 together

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 and work

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 together better

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 so that we stay

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 together better.

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 That's a mouthful

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 but that's Bible

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.220
 doctrine.

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 I think this is

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 important truth

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 to understand.

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 I remember

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 as I was studying

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 about this

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 one of the things

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:05.960
 that

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 that

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 I thought about

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 is how different

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 I am today

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 than when I first

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 arrived here.

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 I'm not the same

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 man I used to be.

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.759
 Becky are you out

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 here?

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 Is Becky

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 Radcliffe in here?

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 Hi wave at me

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 Becky.

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 I'm different

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 aren't I?

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 Becky was our

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 first was my

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 first secretary

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 and

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 Becky taught me

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 a lot of things

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 about

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 ministry survival.

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 One of them is

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 that you catch

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 more flies

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.779
 with honey

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 than with vinegar.

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 Remember that

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 Becky?

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 I

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 came here

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 thinking that

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 I could

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 treat the body

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 of Christ

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 a little bit

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 like a soccer

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 team

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 and it

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 didn't go

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 very well

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.059
 if you're

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.359
 wondering

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.859
 how that

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 was

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.399
 and

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:56.339
 not just

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 Becky

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 men like

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 Hal Burchett

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 men like

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 Bill Driscoll

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:03.659
 yesterday

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 we had a

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.879
 deacons meeting

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:07.139
 and mid

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:08.039
 stride

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.859
 in the

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.419
 deacons meeting

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 I started

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 laughing to

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.079
 myself

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 the reason

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.659
 I was laughing

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.139
 is because

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 one of the

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.419
 misguided

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.179
 rumors is that

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 pastor always

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 gets his way

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 in a deacons

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 meeting

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 there have

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 been people

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 that have

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 actually said

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 that in our

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 congregation

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 I mean

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 you know

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 pastor always

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 gets his way

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 and I was

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 laughing because

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 I was on

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.279
 about my

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 third iteration

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.759
 of my attempt

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 to get my

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 way

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 and we

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.859
 had made

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.480
 no progress

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 in my

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 way

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:37.119
 and I

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.640
 will tell

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.059
 you that

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.799
 I am

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.339
 very very

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.759
 thankful

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.220
 for the

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.720
 collaborative

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.200
 nature

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.539
 of our

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.839
 deacons

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.240
 meetings

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:44.279
 one

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.619
 deacon

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.200
 after another

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.740
 contributed

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.039
 thoughts

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.359
 and

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.859
 value

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.319
 that

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.299
 led us

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.859
 to very

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.460
 what I

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.720
 believe

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:51.859
 are

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.279
 profitable

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.819
 decisions

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.940
 but I

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.680
 think to

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.059
 myself

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.500
 I am

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.880
 different

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.400
 today

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.279
 than I

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.579
 used to

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.680
 be

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.160
 because of

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.440
 the bride

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:58.839
 of Christ

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 and because

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.579
 of your

00:21:59.579 --> 00:21:59.960
 ministry

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.319
 to me

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.660
 but you're

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:00.839
 also

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.240
 different

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.099
 because of

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.500
 all of us

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.819
 together

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.180
 isn't that

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.440
 right

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.759
 that's the

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 way it

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.120
 should

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.400
 be

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:08.400
 I got

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.620
 to tell

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:08.720
 you

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:08.960
 something

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.460
 if you

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.079
 keep on

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.380
 floating

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.779
 around

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.420
 you will

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.019
 not make

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.299
 much

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.700
 spiritual

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.259
 progress

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:15.319
 you got

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.680
 to lock

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:15.920
 in

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.440
 you got

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.660
 to work

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:17.960
 through the

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.319
 hardships

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.079
 of life

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.599
 you got

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:20.920
 to work

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.299
 through the

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.240
 misunderstandings

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.559
 you know

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.660
 I have

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.220
 been the

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.740
 son of

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.400
 Quentin

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.960
 and Marlia

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.579
 Knoyer

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.519
 for 65

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.200
 years

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.559
 I was

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.940
 over at

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.559
 their house

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.259
 this last

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.859
 week saying

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.500
 dad would

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.059
 you forgive

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.339
 me

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:35.799
 I hate

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.379
 doing that

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.579
 it was bad

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.119
 at 64

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.480
 but it's

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.039
 worse now

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:41.139
 it's definitely

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.519
 worse

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.559
 and

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.000
 lasting

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.680
 relationships

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.079
 are where

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.559
 we grow

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:48.460
 and

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.039
 our

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.519
 passage

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.920
 this

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.319
 morning

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.680
 says

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.379
 the whole

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.740
 body

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:51.940
 is

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.539
 joined

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.980
 we're

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.579
 working

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.180
 to come

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.500
 together

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.220
 and we're

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.700
 held together

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.139
 by the fact

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.400
 that we

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.819
 all have

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.460
 we have

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.920
 a part

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.680
 to contribute

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.740
 and that

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.339
 contribution

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.119
 is part

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.359
 of what

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.799
 connects

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.019
 us

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.539
 together

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:05.400
 now it

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.720
 goes on

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:05.920
 and says

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.220
 something

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.619
 else

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.920
 when each

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.299
 part is

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.599
 working

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.079
 properly

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.440
 it makes

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.859
 the body

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.359
 grow

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:12.099
 so what's

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.559
 the outcome

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.000
 of this

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.439
 union

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:15.779
 the last

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.139
 point that

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.579
 Paul makes

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:16.839
 in this

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.219
 passage

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:17.539
 is that

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.059
 when saints

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.500
 under

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.139
 Christ's

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.579
 headship

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.619
 are marked

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.779
 by interconnection

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.659
 and contribution

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:24.179
 genuine growth

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:25.439
 takes place

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:29.720
 the primary

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.420
 focus of

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.640
 this

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.259
 passage

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.740
 is on

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.460
 internal

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.039
 spiritual

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.680
 maturity

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:36.740
 genuine

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.200
 growth

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.640
 within the

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:37.960
 body

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.580
 itself

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:39.440
 can be

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.779
 seen

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.400
 by things

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.779
 like

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.259
 less

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.900
 pettiness

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:45.080
 less

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.720
 inclination

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.440
 to gossip

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:48.240
 less

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.059
 offendability

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.380
 do you know

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.640
 what I mean

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.360
 by offendability

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.759
 have you ever

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.100
 bumped into

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.539
 people that

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:51.880
 are always

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.140
 in a

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.420
 snit

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.120
 because of

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.400
 something

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.799
 somebody

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.319
 said or

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.559
 did

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.819
 and you're

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.319
 always just

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.599
 kind of

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.059
 walking on

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.579
 eggshells

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.980
 around them

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.879
 because you

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.299
 know they're

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.659
 going to get

00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:00.279
 tweaked about

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.700
 something

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:03.659
 I'll tell you

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.259
 what as you

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.799
 mature in

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.399
 Christ one of

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.879
 the things that

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.359
 should be a

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.379
 giveaway that

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.000
 you're maturing

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.799
 is that you

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.379
 roll with the

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.720
 flow

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.579
 you're not

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.359
 always in a

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.579
 perpetual grump

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:16.559
 less jealous

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.339
 more forgiving

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:19.759
 more gentle

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.259
 more loving

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.279
 more marked

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.660
 by the

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.079
 fruit of

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.240
 the

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.539
 spirit

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.059
 those

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.299
 are the

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.579
 things

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:25.839
 that

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.839
 the

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.359
 body

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.940
 works

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.480
 together

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.039
 to help

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.619
 us with

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.359
 look at

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.720
 what it

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.240
 says there

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.619
 again

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.440
 it says

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.079
 that when

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.579
 each part

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.099
 is working

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.740
 properly

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.740
 makes the

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.059
 body

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.500
 grow

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.859
 so that

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.379
 it builds

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.799
 itself

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.200
 up in

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.619
 love

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:40.720
 here's

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.099
 the deal

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:43.339
 because

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.400
 I'm going

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.879
 to walk

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.200
 through

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.759
 this

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.599
 theologically

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.599
 because

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.180
 God

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.839
 took you

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.480
 rough and

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.859
 ugly

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.599
 stone

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.959
 that you

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.319
 are

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.599
 and put

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:52.779
 you

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.119
 with a

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.319
 couple

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.659
 other

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.199
 rough and

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:54.439
 ugly

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:54.879
 stones

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.279
 that they

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.619
 are

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.399
 and then

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.579
 the

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:56.859
 spirit

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.039
 of

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.319
 God

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.879
 used

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.059
 the

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.359
 people

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.579
 of

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.839
 God

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.119
 and the

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.279
 word

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.419
 of

00:24:59.419 --> 00:24:59.639
 God

00:24:59.639 --> 00:24:59.959
 to

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:00.219
 begin

00:25:00.219 --> 00:25:00.619
 knocking

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.119
 chunks

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.480
 off of

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.639
 you

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.159
 so you

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.439
 fit

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.859
 together

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.219
 a little

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.639
 better

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.459
 am I

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:04.619
 making

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:04.899
 track

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.319
 so far

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.679
 with

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:05.799
 the

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.059
 word

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.959
 the

00:25:06.959 --> 00:25:07.500
 surprising

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.939
 outcome

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.639
 is that

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:08.799
 you

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.039
 grow

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.659
 spiritually

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:12.500
 is it

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.079
 nice to

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.279
 grow

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.859
 spiritually

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.619
 and what's

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.019
 the answer

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.539
 from God's

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.859
 people

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.980
 yes

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.200
 yes

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:21.380
 I love

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.920
 the fact

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:24.500
 I do

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.680
 I love

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.220
 the fact

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.019
 that there are

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.099
 things different

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.620
 today

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.400
 in Tim

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.940
 Knoyer's

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.299
 life

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.980
 because

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.039
 of the

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.579
 spirit of

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.880
 God

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.460
 and the

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.960
 people of

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.400
 God

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:36.779
 the word

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.200
 of God

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:39.620
 I remember

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.359
 the

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.639
 unhappy

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.619
 predictability

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.539
 of my

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.159
 depressive

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.759
 spirit

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.299
 at an

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.599
 earlier

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.039
 stage

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.539
 in life

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.019
 can I

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.279
 say that

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.479
 again

00:25:48.479 --> 00:25:48.819
 slowly

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.500
 I

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.059
 remember

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.599
 the

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.239
 unhappy

00:25:51.239 --> 00:25:52.299
 predictability

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.019
 of the

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.500
 depressive

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.979
 spirit

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.339
 that I

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.639
 used to

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:54.919
 have

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:57.859
 I

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.199
 was a

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.519
 little bit

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.779
 like

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.239
 Eeyore

00:25:59.239 --> 00:25:59.979
 you know

00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:01.319
 didn't

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.619
 take

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.179
 meds

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.819
 but I

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.079
 needed

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.319
 them

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.639
 all the

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:03.959
 time

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:06.779
 I

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.000
 could

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.399
 wake

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:07.719
 up in

00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:07.879
 the

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.199
 morning

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:08.799
 and the

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.239
 sky

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.680
 was

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.339
 dark

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.599
 and

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.359
 overcast

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.920
 whether

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.180
 there

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.380
 was

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.539
 a

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.839
 ray

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:12.980
 of

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.279
 sun

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.400
 or

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.759
 not

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.160
 I

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.480
 still

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.700
 on

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.079
 occasion

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.640
 can

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:16.960
 wake

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.220
 up

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.759
 and I

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.059
 think

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:21.680
 today

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.640
 and then

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.000
 what I

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.220
 do

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.519
 I've been

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.779
 at this

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.240
 long enough

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.539
 I think

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.180
 there you

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.500
 go Tim

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.019
 being proud

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.400
 and you're

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.779
 not thinking

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.359
 about Jesus

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.920
 let's get

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.259
 into the

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.480
 scriptures

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.420
 and allow

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.819
 the spirit

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.079
 of God

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.380
 to use

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.640
 the word

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:33.960
 of God

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.200
 and the

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.400
 people

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.680
 of God

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.000
 to hammer

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.299
 on me

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.339
 and I

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.099
 love being

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.440
 who I

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.579
 am

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.940
 today

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.460
 as opposed

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.680
 to who

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:38.980
 I used

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.220
 to be

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.700
 is that

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.019
 true for

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.279
 you

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.279
 are you

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.640
 glad

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.059
 you're

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.319
 not

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.720
 where you

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:42.960
 used

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.240
 to be

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.460
 and the

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.759
 answer

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.019
 is

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.700
 I hope

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:48.400
 now listen

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.819
 to me

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:51.700
 you stay

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.180
 permanently

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.900
 detached

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.400
 from other

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.840
 members of

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.120
 the bride

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.620
 of Christ

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.519
 and your

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.039
 spiritual

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.600
 progress

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.160
 is going

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.779
 to come

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.500
 apart

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.100
 at the

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.600
 seams

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:07.000
 though

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.000


00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.000


00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.000


00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.339
 Paul

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.740
 doesn't

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.179
 note it

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:09.019
 expressly

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.439
 here

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:14.079
 a

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.519
 healthy

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.240
 loving

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.939
 body

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.339
 that is

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.740
 growing

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.179
 in

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.779
 grace

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:20.039
 is

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.379
 marked

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.679
 by

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:21.299
 two

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.359
 characteristic

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.079
 affections

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.480
 one

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.339
 is a

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.579
 love

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:24.879
 for the

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.079
 Lord

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.399
 Jesus

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.000
 Christ

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.940
 and a

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.420
 sincere

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.940
 interest

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.099
 in

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.400
 lost

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.920
 mankind

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:34.420
 so if

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.579
 you're

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.039
 growing in

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.160
 the

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.480
 Lord

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.599
 one of

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.980
 the things

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.319
 that's a

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.619
 giveaway

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:38.920
 is

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.779
 I'm more

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.420
 interested in

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.660
 Jesus

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.240
 today than

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.599
 I used

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.880
 to be

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.380
 that's the

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.660
 way it

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.119
 should be

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.979
 and I'm

00:27:44.979 --> 00:27:45.159
 more

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.839
 interested in

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.219
 people

00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:48.219
 who apart

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:48.599
 from the

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.039
 grace of

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.459
 God will

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:49.739
 spend

00:27:49.739 --> 00:27:50.239
 eternity

00:27:50.239 --> 00:27:50.699
 in hell

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.459
 and I'm

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.939
 concerned

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.559
 about them

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:56.099
 loving

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.679
 Christ

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:59.279
 and loving

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.699
 lost

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.059
 mankind

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.759
 go together

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.279
 that's part

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.759
 of spiritual

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.199
 growth and

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.579
 maturity

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.099
 so let

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.939
 me close

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.319
 with a

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.779
 question

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:08.119
 so we

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.319
 come to

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.839
 the ah

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.259
 part

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:12.159
 this all

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:12.759
 sounds well

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.180
 and good

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.500
 and it's

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.039
 easy to

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.779
 read about

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.519
 in Ephesians

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.920
 and think

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.160
 well

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.539
 God's

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.099
 pretty sharp

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.640
 to think

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.099
 about how

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.440
 he ought to

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.019
 take ugly

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.480
 hunks of

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.940
 stone like

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.339
 me and

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.700
 you and

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.220
 put us

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.779
 together and

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.160
 bang bang

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.480
 bang and

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.900
 help us to

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.879
 fit together

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.779
 and do the

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.160
 work of

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.640
 Christ and

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.160
 actually be

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.660
 the living

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.079
 represent

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.660
 that's

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.200
 amazing

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:35.319
 but when

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.839
 we look

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.319
 around we

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.559
 have to

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.319
 confess that

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.759
 what we

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:41.180
 see is

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.640
 that things

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.220
 aren't really

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.880
 quite as

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.900
 like we

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.420
 think they

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.980
 should be

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.680
 from the

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.940
 book of

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.519
 Ephesians

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.759
 because there's

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.460
 something amiss

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:51.400
 if we say

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.720
 that we

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.500
 really buy

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.960
 into what

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.480
 the Bible

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.440
 says about

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.360
 church life

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:57.319
 and our

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.980
 relationship

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.380
 with the

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.839
 bride of

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.339
 Christ

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.640
 as being

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.180
 one of the

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.140
 very most

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.920
 significant

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.019
 issues in

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.160
 our life

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.360
 we'd have to

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.779
 say that

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.860
 many professing

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.819
 evangelicals

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:11.779
 today are

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.539
 not as

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.039
 deeply

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.139
 committed to

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.879
 the church

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.339
 of the

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.079
 living God

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.399
 as the

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.639
 scriptures

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.039
 are

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.779
 how can

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.019
 we say

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.279
 that

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:22.700
 so we

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.899
 have to

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.240
 ask the

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.679
 question

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.539
 do our

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.379
 calendars

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:26.539
 support what

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.359
 we say

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.159
 about our

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.659
 convictions

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.179
 do you

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.619
 follow that

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.700
 do our

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.480
 calendars

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.339
 support what

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.980
 we say

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.179
 about our

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.700
 convictions

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:36.259
 I read an

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.200
 interesting blog

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.779
 this week

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.559
 I think it was

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.900
 on together

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.519
 for the gospel

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.220
 by and one

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.779
 of the you

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.120
 can probably

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.620
 go out there

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.819
 it's on are

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.460
 you a part

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.080
 time church

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:46.400
 goer and

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.960
 what it did

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.460
 was it took

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.799
 some of the

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.299
 very common

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.980
 reasons that

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.620
 people are not

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.500
 actively involved

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.240
 in our

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.660
 contemporary

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:53.240
 culture with

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.799
 their local

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.319
 church on a

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.900
 given Sunday

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.380
 and what they

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.860
 did was kind

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.420
 of added it

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.759
 up here's the

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.559
 statistics that

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.080
 they come up

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.860
 with and I'm

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.580
 sure that there

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.140
 are a wide

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.000
 variety of

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.019
 incidents in

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.559
 all of our

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.480
 lives but he

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.920
 said for one

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.319
 reason there

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.139
 were many that

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.759
 would go off

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.339
 on vacation

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.460
 and since they

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.139
 actually were on

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.960
 vacation four

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.680
 weeks it probably

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.180
 took them a

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.859
 week to

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.200
 decompress and

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.180
 so actually five

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.339
 weeks of absence

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.200
 from the body of

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.900
 Christ because of

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.440
 vacations

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:23.099
 this particular

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.000
 family had one

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.500
 of their children

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.359
 on a travel team

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.940
 and as a result

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.420
 of being on a

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.200
 travel team guess

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.339
 what if you're on

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.079
 travel team you

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.660
 probably have to

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.160
 drop off nine to

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:32.200
 twelve additional

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.579
 weeks so that

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.939
 that you can go

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:36.299
 sit in a ballpark

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.339
 instead of being

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.159
 with God's people

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.740
 now listen I

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.199
 don't want anybody

00:30:40.199 --> 00:30:40.819
 to come to church

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.399
 because they're

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.399
 guilted here

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 say that again

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 slowly we don't

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 come to church

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 because we we

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 satisfy a sense

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 of guilt do we

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 get extra points

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 for coming here

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 what's the answer

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 really no

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 but if the body

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 of Christ is this

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 important somewhere

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 along the line you

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 have to make

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.480
 decisions that

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.380
 reflect what you

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 say theologically

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 and I'm talking to

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 you some of you who

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 are parents and I

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 got to tell you if

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 you're out out out

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 out out out out

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 what you say with

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.779
 what you do is far

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.980
 more significant than

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 what you say you

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 believe there are

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 those that in

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 addition to the

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.319
 travel team and

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 weeks of vacation

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 there are other

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.479
 times and this

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 article commented on

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 the fact that that

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 a lot of times in

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 churches when you

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 have the senior

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.959
 pastor gone guess

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 what happens

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 people sometimes

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 head for the back

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.219
 door well you know

00:31:42.219 --> 00:31:44.319
 and thankfully when

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.239
 pastor Saul preaches

00:31:45.239 --> 00:31:45.959
 he knocks it out of

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 the park and you're

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.579
 thinking why doesn't

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.319
 he do it more often

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 so you probably come

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.059
 when I'm not here

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 it's good thank you

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:54.480
 pastor but you know

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.419
 people can figure out

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.359
 all kinds of reasons

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.539
 a lot of churches you

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.000
 know the senior

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.919
 pastor's gone guess

00:31:58.919 --> 00:32:03.099
 what bye bye when

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.159
 this article added up

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:05.179
 the total number of

00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:06.039
 weeks that were

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.679
 missed I was

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:08.279
 surprised 24 weeks

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 missed 24 weeks I

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:13.000
 remember when I was

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.319
 at a conference

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.240
 listening to pastors

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.500
 talk I remember

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.899
 listening years ago to

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.299
 some pastors in the

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.319
 west from the west

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.119
 coast talk about the

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.220
 fact that their

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.899
 most faithful families

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:25.460
 are following this

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.579
 the most faithful

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.639
 families in the church

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:29.399
 were were regular

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:31.299
 attenders at two times

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:34.079
 a month can you

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.079
 imagine what a real

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.240
 body looks like if a

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.419
 substantial part of

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.359
 its parts are not

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.679
 there 50% of the

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:47.419
 time you know you

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:48.980
 know okay I'm not

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.460
 trying to make you

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.220
 laugh but you get the

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.559
 point here's the deal

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:55.819
 we don't go to church

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.680
 to earn our salvation

00:32:57.680 --> 00:33:00.940
 we don't go to church

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:03.160
 to tamp down our

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:05.840
 sense of guilt we go

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:07.220
 to church to be part

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.420
 of the bride of

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.980
 Christ

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:16.200
 there's an old song that

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.839
 was running through my

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.700
 mind as I was thinking

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:20.220
 about this I have one

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:23.000
 deep supreme desire that

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.120
 I might be like Jesus

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:27.680
 and I want you to know

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:31.120
 that that you who are part

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:34.140
 of the bride of Christ as I

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.599
 read this passage are

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.879
 absolutely essential in

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:41.379
 what we do as his body

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:48.959
 I need you you need me he

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:51.279
 put us together for his

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.439
 glory to be the living

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:57.519
 visible representation of

00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:04.200
 himself and so to put it in

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.839
 summary he wants you to

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.099
 connect he wants you to

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:12.980
 commit and he wants you to

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:16.219
 stay in the body for his

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:19.400
 glory let's close in prayer

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:25.920
 precious father we are

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.280
 reminded this morning that

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:29.079
 you have given us your

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:31.599
 scripture you have given us

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:34.539
 your spirit and we want to

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:36.300
 be a people who revel in the

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:40.039
 truth of Christ those who are

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.320
 here today that know the

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.800
 Lord Jesus Christ I pray that

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.420
 their hearts would just kind of

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:48.260
 fill up with joy at the part

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:50.460
 the thought of being part of

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:53.680
 the body of Christ man I am

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:56.080
 not an orphan I am part of a

00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:59.660
 family and there are some

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.960
 here today that do not know

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.640
 Christ as they sit where they

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:05.900
 do burden them with the sense

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:09.160
 of hopelessness that is true

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:11.520
 apart from Christ and draw them

00:35:11.520 --> 00:35:13.000
 to the point where they cry out

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:16.620
 and say I need Jesus I need him

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:20.139
 to save me I ask this in your

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:23.559
 precious name amen let's stand

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.440
 together as we close in singing

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:29.679
 and as we're doing that if God is

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.000
 addressing an issue in your heart

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.059
 and life that you need to care

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.179
 for publicly calling you to be

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.359
 part of our family here at

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:37.279
 Maranatha talking to you about a

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.699
 need you have in your heart for

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:40.219
 salvation if you are here today

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:42.460
 and you don't know Christ today is

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:44.299
 the day that you need to believe in

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.580
 him if you're here this morning and

00:35:46.580 --> 00:35:47.780
 need to be obedient to the matter

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.940
 of baptism you come forward as we

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.840
 sing this song as we close

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:56.760
 ending in ending ending ending ending

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.920
 ending ending ending ending ending

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.860
 ending ending ending ending ending ending

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 ending ending ending ending ending ending

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