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 Word. The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts, and though all its parts are many,

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 they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one spirit into one body,

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 whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given the one spirit to drink.

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 Now the body is not made up of one part, but of many. If the foot should say, because I am not a hand,

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 I do not belong to the body, it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

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 And if the ear should say, because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,

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 it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye,

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 where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

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 But in fact, God has arranged the parts of the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.

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 If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

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 The eye cannot say to the hand, I don't need you. And the head cannot say to the feet, I don't need you.

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 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable.

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 And the parts we think are less honourable, we treat with special honour,

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 and the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,

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 while our presentable parts need no special treatment.

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 But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honour to the parts that lacked it,

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 so that there should be no division in the body,

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 but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

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 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it.

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 If one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.

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 Now you are the body of Christ,

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 and each one of you is a part of it.

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 And in the church, God has appointed first of all apostles,

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 second prophets, third teachers,

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 then workers of miracles,

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 also those having gifts of healing,

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 those able to help others,

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 those with gifts of administration,

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 and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

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 Are all apostles?

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 Are all prophets?

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 Are all teachers?

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 Do all work miracles?

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 Do all have gifts of healing?

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 Do all speak in tongues?

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 Do all interpret?

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 But eagerly desire the greater gifts?

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 Well, the church is a body,

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 and there are many parts,

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 and one of those parts is Ralph,

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 and he's going to come and preach.

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 So, over to you, Ralph.

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 Thanks very much.

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 Thank you.

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 Now we come to hear your word preached.

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 And Lord Jesus, I ask that your spirit would take your word and cause it to be wedded deeply in all of our hearts to the glory of God the Father.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In just a few weeks, our very near neighbours in Britain are going to vote in a referendum.

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 And a referendum is this, whether to stay in or whether to leave the European Union.

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 This potential British exit is more commonly known or referred to in the media as Brexit.

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 And it's a defining moment for both the United Kingdom and for Europe.

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 Will one of the big countries of the EU choose to leave or will it stay?

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 So, as the British and the Northern Irish are munching over their cornflakes on Thursday the 23rd of June, it will be time for them to decide.

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 Now many folks, well, they feel like that they're more British.

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 British and yet want to remain part of this diverse body of nations.

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 While others, also feeling British, think it's time to opt out.

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 As they're really too different.

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 They're on a different track to the rest of everyone else.

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 And they no longer want to be part of the club of the European Union.

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 Now you're wondering, well, what does this have to do with the text that's before us this morning?

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 Well, I think in many ways the local gathering of Christians in the Church of Carn was facing a similar kind of decision point.

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 Similar issues of identity and belonging.

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 Just like when different countries come together, I think the gathering of these different Christians in Carn was starting to produce infighting.

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 It was producing factions.

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 It was producing doubts about the whole project of being a church.

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 So instead of finding order and a caring community when you went to the church in Carn,

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 it seems like it had become really a pit of one upmanship.

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 Everyone contending for themselves.

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 It almost feels like every single member was in conflict with every other member.

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 They were just tearing each other apart.

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 A body at war with itself.

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 And I'm sure you've noticed that.

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 I mean, we've gone through 1 Corinthians over a long time.

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 But just to remind you, if we go back to chapter 1, right at the beginning,

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 verses 10 to 12 in chapter 1, Paul, he's writing to them.

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 He says,

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 What I mean is this.

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 One of you says,

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 Well, I follow Paul.

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 And another,

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 I follow Apollos.

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 And another,

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 I follow Cephas.

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 That's Peter.

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 Still another,

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 I follow Christ.

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 And as we go through the pages,

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 as we flick through,

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 there's just example and example of this kind of factious behavior in the church.

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 Again, one of the most recent examples we looked at was in chapter 11 and verse 18.

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 In the first place,

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 talking of the Lord's table,

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 I hear that when you come together as a church,

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 there are divisions among you.

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 And to some extent,

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 I believe it.

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 Division within the church was common.

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 The church really is taking a battery.

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 And whether it's being the Lord's table,

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 or in this case,

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 it's really about the use of gifts,

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 or deciding which leader it's going to follow,

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 what kind of theology it was going to embrace.

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 It was just leading to division and argument.

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 And I believe in these verses before us this morning,

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 we get a sense of the real damage that that does to the body,

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 the real damage that does to the church,

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 this constant infighting and issues.

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 And some folks,

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 well, they were feeling disillusioned,

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 and were maybe feeling a little bit inferior,

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 and struggling,

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 while others were pushing the vulnerable,

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 members out of the church.

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 So Paul has a big task in his hand,

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 doesn't he?

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 To correct some of this.

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 And to combat this damage,

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 the church needs to see

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 what the church is.

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 The church needs to see what the church is.

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 The oneness that they have in Christ.

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 A oneness that is sustained

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 by the diversity of members

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 and by the diversity of gifts.

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 And I guess if that's one thing to take away from this morning,

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 it's that.

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 It's that idea that

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 the oneness that we have

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 is sustained by a diversity of members

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 and a diversity of gifts.

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 The oneness in Christ that we have.

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 And it's in this context

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 that Paul introduces the idea

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 of a physical body.

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 Look with me at verse 12.

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 The body, he says,

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 is a unit.

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 Though it is made up of many parts,

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 and though all the parts are many,

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 they form one body.

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 So Paul is going to help them

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 work through this issue

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 by using an illustration.

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 It's the illustration of the body.

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 Think about your body.

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 Well, it's just one body, isn't it?

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 You have one body,

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 but it's not just body.

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 What I mean is this.

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 The body, the one body,

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 is itself made up of different parts.

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 You see, it's the diversity of parts

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 that produce a unified body.

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 It's one body, many parts.

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 Or we can look at it the other way, can't we?

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 We can say many parts and one body.

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 And Paul is asking the Corinthians

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 to do this here, isn't he?

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 He says,

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 when you think of the one,

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 well, I want you to think of the many.

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 And when you're thinking of the many,

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 well, I want you to think of the one.

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 Do you see that?

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 You can't separate the oneness

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 of the church body

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 from the manyness of the church body.

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 This is how it is with Christ.

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 Christ has one body,

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 his church on earth.

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 Each of us has enjoyed

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 the same baptism in the Holy Spirit

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 into one body,

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 whether we're Irish or British

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 or Northern Irish

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 or young or old,

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 whether we're leading up the front

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 or whether we're singing at the back.

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 Verse 13,

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 for we were all baptized

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 by one Spirit into one body,

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 whether Jews or Greeks,

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 slave or free,

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 and we were all given

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 the one Spirit to drink.

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 You see,

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 there are to be no tiers

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 within the church.

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 The church isn't structured

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 in that way,

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 kind of hierarchically.

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 There's going to be no tiers.

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 We are not to divide the body.

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 We're not to divide the church

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 along ethnic lines.

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 We're not to divide

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 as long lines of, say,

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 clergy and laity,

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 that kind of idea.

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 We're not to divide

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 the church body

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 by saying,

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 well, they're spirit-filled people

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 and they're,

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 well, they're into the Word

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 and they're kind of Word-filled.

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 That's not how we're

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 to divide the body.

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 There are no first

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 and second tier Christians.

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 We are all one in Christ.

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 But Paul also says

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 we must not think

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 of the church

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 as being made up

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 of just one type of Christian.

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 Yes, there are no tiers

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 of Christians or Christianity,

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 but that doesn't mean

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 that there's no variety.

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 And if we go on

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 to the next verse,

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 we see that.

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 Now, the body

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 is not made up

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 of one part,

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 but of many.

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 You see, the body

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 is not just one thing,

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 but rather it's many things.

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 We speak of one body

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 and I'm going to repeat this a lot,

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 but I want you to understand

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 and hear from God's Word.

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 But when we do,

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 when we think of the one,

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 we need to think of the many.

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 We need to think of the variety

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 that has been pulled together

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 to make the one body.

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 The key thing in this then

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 is really who has pulled the parts

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 together to make the one body.

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 Who has done this?

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 Who has designed?

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 Who has made this one body?

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 And Paul repeats this

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 a number of times

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 again and again in the passage.

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 Now, we're just going to

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 scan through here,

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 but notice verse 18.

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 Start of verse 18.

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 But in fact,

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 God has arranged

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 the parts of the body.

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 Skip down with me

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 to verse 24,

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 in the middle part of 24.

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 It says,

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 but God has combined

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 the members of the body

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 and given greater honor

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 to the parts that lacked it.

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 And then finally,

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 verse 28.

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 Verse 28.

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 And in the church,

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 God has appointed.

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 Now, let's take that in

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 for a moment.

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 What it says,

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 across those three verses,

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 is that it is God

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 who arranges,

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 it is God

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 who combines,

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 and it is God

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 who appoints

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 in the body.

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 God does the arranging,

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 God does the composing,

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 God does the appointing.

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 And when we speak

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 of our lives

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 and when we speak

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 of the church,

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 we don't often think

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 in those categories,

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 do we?

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 We like to take

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 the spotlight

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 that Paul is shining

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 on God

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 and God's work,

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 and we like to

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 creak it over

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 a little bit

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 and put it

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 somewhere else.

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 And what that looks like

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 is, well,

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 we constantly just talk

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 about our choice

00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.820
 in coming to Jesus.

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 We talk about

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 our choice

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 in coming to this church.

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 It was our choice

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 to pick our seat

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 this morning.

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 It was our choice

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 about what we did

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 during the tea and coffee

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 and who we were

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 willing to speak to.

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 It was going to be

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 our decision

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 during this week

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 how much time

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 that we are going

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 to give to other people.

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 You see,

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 because it has to fit,

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 of course,

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 doesn't it,

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 into our schedule.

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 And we tend to pick

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 and to choose

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 based on our preferences,

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 our preferences

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 for people.

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 Oh, they're great folks

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 and, well,

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 I'm pretty awesome myself.

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 So, you know what?

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 I'm going to help them

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 out this week

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 with mining their children.

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 Well, you know,

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 because they'll return

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 the favour

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 and that's cool.

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 We get on really well.

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 Isn't that great?

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 And it is great.

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 I'm not to cast aside

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 all that we do

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 for one another.

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 But again,

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 where is the emphasis?

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 What are we saying?

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 You see,

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 in our hearts,

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 in our hearts,

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 the tendency

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 is to treat

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 this church thing

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 like an

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 a la carte menu.

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 You know,

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 when you go to the restaurant

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 and you can kind of

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 pick and choose

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 from each course.

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 Pick and choose

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 as it suits.

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 That's okay.

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 Have we forgotten?

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 Have we forgotten?

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 Paul is asking,

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 have we forgotten

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 that the gathering

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 is Jesus' gathering?

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 The people,

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 the people are arranged

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 in the body

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 by Christ

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 and for Him.

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 Is this not

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 the house of God

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 filled with the people of God?

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 This is the new humanity

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 of Christ

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 where He has shed

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 His own precious blood

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 to save us

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 and to bring us

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 into this family,

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 to bring us

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 into this body,

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 to be part of the people

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 of God.

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 You see,

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 the emphasis

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 is on

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 He has chosen

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 and we,

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 we would do well

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 to respect

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 His choice

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 in the matter.

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 Will we turn away

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 from those

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 that Christ welcomes?

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 This is what Paul

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 was calling the church

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 to embrace

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 and calling the church

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 to understand

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 about the church.

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 Their identity

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 as both a united

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 and yet a diverse body.

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 But it was too easy,

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 it seems,

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 for the church

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 in Corinth

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 to subdivide.

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 In Corinth,

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 it seems to me

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 almost as you read

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 through it,

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 that every time

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 an issue arose

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 that things began

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 to splinter

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 and fray

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 and some would start

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 to opt out.

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 They would start

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 to stand away

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 from being part

00:17:03.979 --> 00:17:04.599
 of the church.

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 Individuals,

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 they didn't feel

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.259
 like they fitted in anymore.

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.920
 They were feeling

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 maybe somewhat inferior

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 for some of the others

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 in what they were seeing

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 and this disconnect

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 was starting to happen.

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 We see that

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 in the next verses,

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 15 and 16.

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 If the foot should say,

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 well,

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 because I'm not a hand,

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 well,

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 I don't belong

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 to the body.

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 It would not,

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 for that reason,

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 cease to be part

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 of the body.

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 And if the ear

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 should say,

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 well,

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.520
 because I'm not an eye,

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 I do not belong

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 to the body.

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 It would not,

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 for that reason,

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 cease to be part

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 of the body.

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 You see,

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 often comparison

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.980
 is a thief,

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 isn't it?

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 Comparison is a thief

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 of joy.

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 Comparison with others

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 causes this discontentment

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 to set in.

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 And I'm not,

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 I'm not like that person.

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 Do I fit?

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 You know,

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.680
 I don't really like it

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.560
 in the church

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 because I just,

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 I don't seem to be

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.440
 like anyone else.

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 It's easier then

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 just to step back,

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 to opt out,

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 to insulate yourself,

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 even ultimately

00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:14.299
 to leave.

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 But the word of God

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.639
 is clear,

00:18:16.719 --> 00:18:17.039
 isn't it?

00:18:17.459 --> 00:18:18.859
 As God speaks

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.559
 through Paul

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 as he's writing scripture,

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 the second half

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 of verse 15

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 and the second half

00:18:24.719 --> 00:18:25.679
 of verse 16.

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 You see,

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 if you didn't choose

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 to be part of the body,

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.939
 it's not just the case

00:18:31.939 --> 00:18:33.459
 of simply opting out.

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 You can't just declare,

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 well,

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:36.019
 I'm not part of the body,

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 and then cease

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:38.119
 to be part of the body

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 because,

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:39.619
 again,

00:18:39.699 --> 00:18:40.339
 it's God

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 who was chosen.

00:18:42.979 --> 00:18:44.039
 The word of God

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 that says

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:46.099
 that such faulty

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.339
 thinking about the body

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 is actually

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:49.479
 quite comical.

00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.000
 You know,

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 there is humour

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.139
 in the Bible.

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 Maybe we don't

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:54.879
 appreciate it.

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 Verse 17.

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 If the whole body

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 were an eye,

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 where would the sense

00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.899
 of hearing be?

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.199
 If the whole body

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.819
 were an ear,

00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.599
 where would the sense

00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.959
 of smell be?

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.219
 Imagine a body

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.380
 that was just an eye.

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.279
 An eye,

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 the size of a body,

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 and it was just an eye.

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 And imagine you

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.839
 driving down to school

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 tomorrow to drop

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.039
 the kids off,

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 and there on the cycle

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.380
 lane is the eye.

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 Boing,

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:19.980
 boing,

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.559
 boing.

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.519
 Person-sized eye

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.339
 bouncing along.

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.259
 It would just be,

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.759
 it would just be ludicrous.

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:27.019
 How strange and bizarre

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.819
 to see a body

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.720
 that was just an eye.

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:28.900
 Or,

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.299
 as we walk out

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.799
 this morning,

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.380
 there's this leg.

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.660
 It's about the size

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.240
 of a person.

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.460
 And it's just kind of

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.180
 slithering around

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.920
 the car park.

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.480
 You know,

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.880
 we'd be,

00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.360
 well,

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.420
 okay,

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.960
 that's weird.

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.880
 Maybe it's part

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.640
 of a bigger body

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.140
 or something,

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.460
 you know,

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.360
 where did that come from?

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.840
 Ludicrous,

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.299
 ludicrous imagery.

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.940
 And the same way,

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.720
 Paul is trying

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.140
 to get us

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.900
 to think here,

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:54.140
 a body doesn't

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.799
 look like that.

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.880
 A body doesn't

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.920
 behave like that.

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.400
 You see,

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.299
 we shouldn't want

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.559
 to opt ourselves out

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:02.840
 when we get discouraged

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.000
 and disillusioned

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.019
 with church

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.599
 like somewhere

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.099
 in Corinth.

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.920
 And that is a very

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.119
 real part

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.839
 of church life.

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.240
 Life together

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.400
 does highlight

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.880
 difference.

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.680
 It does bring

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.180
 tension.

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.559
 It can bring

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.000
 division.

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.559
 This is very real,

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:20.059
 but it's our reaction

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.660
 to it and our

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.599
 understanding of what

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.359
 church is that's

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.839
 going to help.

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.279
 We might find it

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.900
 hard at times

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.720
 and our hearts

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.660
 do begin to whisper,

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.859
 I don't belong.

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.200
 We might struggle

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.140
 when we look around

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:33.220
 in this church

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.020
 and we don't see

00:20:34.020 --> 00:20:34.620
 many others

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.380
 that are kind

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.980
 of like us.

00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:38.880
 Maybe I'm the

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:40.000
 only teenager here,

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.460
 so why bother?

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.840
 Surely I can just

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.740
 follow Jesus on my

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.040
 own.

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.360
 Can't I have Christ

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:48.040
 without the church?

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.900
 Isn't that a solution?

00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:49.900
 Can't I just kind

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.480
 of opt out

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.080
 and do my own

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.340
 thing?

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.300
 No.

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.360
 No, Paul says,

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.620
 verse 18,

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:57.879
 but in fact,

00:20:58.479 --> 00:20:59.759
 God has arranged

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.859
 the parts in the

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.139
 body,

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.639
 every one of them,

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:04.419
 just as he wanted

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.119
 them to be.

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.019
 Again,

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.659
 if you were all

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.399
 one part,

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:09.939
 where would the

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:10.399
 body be?

00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:11.939
 As it is,

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.579
 there are many

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.159
 parts,

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.699
 but one

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.659
 body.

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.479
 You get it?

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.279
 You get it?

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.839
 God has arranged

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.019
 it.

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.659
 It is Christ's

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:22.839
 body.

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.399
 It's not your

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.719
 body.

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:25.339
 Instead of

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.400
 lamenting who

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.220
 you are not,

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.319
 we need to

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.960
 switch our

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.740
 thinking around.

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.240
 The diversity

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.960
 that God

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:35.039
 brings about

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.900
 in this church

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.539
 is achieved

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.460
 through you

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.100
 being here.

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 Did you ever

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.740
 consider that?

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.579
 That you being

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:43.039
 here is what

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.880
 makes this

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.339
 church,

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.160
 Cargoline Baptist

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.460
 Church,

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.839
 a body.

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.819
 Your diversity,

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.480
 even if you feel

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.839
 like you're the

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.339
 only one,

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.640
 the only one

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.319
 that's like you,

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.099
 that is

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.779
 helping to

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.539
 make this

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.059
 a body.

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.079
 And that has

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:59.019
 amazing implications.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.619
 It means that

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.419
 our decisions

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:03.119
 about following

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.679
 Christ,

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.319
 being part of

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.079
 his church,

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.939
 should be

00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.480
 transformed.

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.399
 And we should

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.000
 think very

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.599
 carefully that

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.059
 when we begin

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.519
 to opt

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.279
 ourselves out,

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.139
 when we begin

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.700
 to separate,

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.099
 and we can

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.639
 blame others,

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.619
 and yes,

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.379
 life is

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.700
 difficult,

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.220
 church life

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.679
 is difficult,

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.240
 but really we

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.819
 are taking

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.740
 away from

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.500
 the diversity

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.279
 that Christ

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.940
 has put

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.799
 in place.

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.900
 That is no

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.559
 small issue.

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.519
 To maintain

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.960
 the unity

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.519
 of the spirit

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.960
 is what we

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.279
 are called

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.420
 to.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.000
 It is no

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.740
 small issue

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.900
 to separate

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.440
 yourselves

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.019
 from what

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.900
 God has

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.480
 put together.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.680
 You may

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.240
 feel weak

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.640
 and limited,

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.740
 but God

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.279
 has put you

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.960
 here today.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.279
 You are

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.799
 the body

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.880
 of Christ.

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.400
 Now,

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.140
 this diversity

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.740
 that each

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.420
 believer

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.480
 brings to

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.900
 the body

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.880
 has another

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.340
 important

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.740
 consequence.

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.560
 It not only

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:51.080
 affects how

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.420
 we think

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.040
 of ourselves

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:52.880
 and how

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.160
 we think

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.640
 of our

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.060
 place

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.560
 within the

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:54.820
 body,

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.680
 but it

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.259
 should also

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.880
 affect how

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.759
 we relate

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.700
 to the

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.140
 other parts

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.420
 of the body

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.680
 and how

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.040
 we think

00:23:00.040 --> 00:23:00.519
 of others.

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.540
 Because there

00:23:02.540 --> 00:23:02.960
 was another

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.540
 aspect to

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:03.780
 this,

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.080
 and that

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.340
 was the

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.720
 issue of

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.340
 superiority.

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.440
 Verse 21,

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.160
 the eye

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.000
 cannot say

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.640
 to the hand,

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.560
 I don't

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:12.060
 need you,

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.940
 and the

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.040
 head cannot

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:14.640
 say to the

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:14.960
 feet,

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.940
 I don't

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.460
 need you.

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:18.039
 You see,

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.559
 while some

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.980
 were feeling

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.759
 maybe inferior

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.600
 and maybe

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.440
 discontented

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.360
 and were

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.900
 opting out

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.319
 because they

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.700
 feel like

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:23.980
 they didn't

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.340
 belong,

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.840
 there were

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.180
 the others

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.440
 in the

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.779
 church that

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.000
 were kind

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.319
 of opening

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.759
 the door

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:29.079
 and watching

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.500
 them leave

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.779
 and giving

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.180
 them a kick

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.440
 up the

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.900
 pants on

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.100
 the way

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.319
 out.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.600
 That was

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:32.960
 their

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.920
 approach

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.720
 to diversity.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:38.480
 The attitude

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.200
 in that case

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.759
 really is one

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.420
 of self-sufficiency

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.180
 of arrogance,

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.579
 you know,

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:44.120
 I am the

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.880
 all-seeing

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.559
 eye.

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:47.220
 I have

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.700
 no need

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.139
 of you,

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.000
 lowly hand.

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.379
 I am

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.059
 the all-knowing

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.339
 head.

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.940
 Be gone,

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.440
 little feet,

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.960
 be gone,

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.440
 out the

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.740
 door.

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.440
 And again,

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.019
 if it wasn't

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.740
 so tragic,

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.799
 we could

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.279
 just laugh

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.700
 at the image

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.139
 that Paul

00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.639
 paints for

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.419
 us of

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:01.220
 this warring

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.240
 body that's

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.619
 trying to

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.179
 dismember

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.759
 parts of

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.740
 itself and

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.220
 thinking by

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.679
 getting rid

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:05.919
 of these

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.319
 bits that

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.000
 somehow a

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.819
 better body

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.319
 or a

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.539
 more real

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.099
 body.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.339
 But make

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.980
 no mistake,

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.980
 this behavior

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.539
 and this

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.319
 attitude

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.599
 was absolutely

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:20.079
 tragic.

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.400
 Absolutely

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.960
 tragic.

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.160
 Look at

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.539
 who was at

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.019
 the receiving

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.599
 end of this

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:27.960
 treatment,

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.740
 verse 22.

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.740
 On the

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.140
 contrary,

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.319
 those parts

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.819
 of the body

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.180
 that seem

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.660
 to be

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.200
 weaker

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.720
 are indispensable.

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.200
 And the

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.819
 parts that we

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.380
 think are

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.299
 less honorable,

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.680
 we treat

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.200
 with special

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.460
 honor.

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.079
 and the

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.559
 parts that

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:45.819
 are

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.539
 unpresentable

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:49.120
 are treated

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.039
 with special

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.140
 modesty,

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.039
 while our

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.539
 presentable

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.059
 parts need

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.720
 no special

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.180
 treatment.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.720
 Do you see

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.140
 who was at

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.600
 the receiving

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:58.799
 end?

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.720
 Paul talks

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.160
 about the

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.880
 weaker members

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.420
 of the body.

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.640
 He says the

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.220
 less honored

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.940
 and the ones

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.380
 in need of

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.240
 special treatment

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.920
 protection.

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.820
 these were

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.360
 the ones

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.560
 who were

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.220
 being lined

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.560
 up at

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:12.960
 the door

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.980
 for special

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.380
 attention

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.779
 by the

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.360
 super gifted,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.900
 the up the

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.240
 front,

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.060
 the loud

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.340
 and the

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.100
 large crowd.

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.240
 But the

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.320
 special attention

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.900
 and special

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.460
 treatment was

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.840
 this,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.279
 consignment

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.900
 to the

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:26.820
 thanks but

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.440
 no thanks

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.120
 pile in the

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.460
 church.

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.000
 Isn't that

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.600
 tragic?

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.960
 Doesn't that

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.320
 make your

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.340
 heart hurt?

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:36.959
 But Paul

00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:37.740
 is clear

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.980
 here,

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.439
 isn't he?

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.000
 The parts

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.359
 that we

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.819
 see as

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.139
 weak,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.779
 as lacking

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.000
 honor,

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.299
 and in

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.639
 need of

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.619
 special help,

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.199
 how are we

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.599
 to treat

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:48.819
 them?

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.839
 Where to

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.399
 see them

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.579
 as

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.639
 indispensable?

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.480
 They are

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.119
 to be given

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.539
 special honor.

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.139
 They are

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.740
 to be given

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.980
 extra dignity.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.959
 You see,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.079
 our natural

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.759
 instincts,

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.319
 our sinful

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.919
 instincts,

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.939
 if we put

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.200
 it like

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.419
 that,

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.799
 is to

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.379
 divide and

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.899
 to shun,

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.279
 to just

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.879
 want more

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.139
 and more

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.599
 like me

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.059
 and less

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.359
 and less

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.720
 like the

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:11.919
 other.

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.700
 And Paul

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.179
 says to

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.759
 bind up.

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.059
 Where we

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.439
 want to

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.899
 discard,

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.519
 Paul is

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.939
 saying to

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.700
 pull

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.980
 closer.

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.599
 The author

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.359
 is Kevin

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.059
 DeYoung and

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.379
 Ted

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.799
 Cluck,

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.559
 co-authored a

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.879
 book a

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.139
 number of

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.619
 years back

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.599
 called Why

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.379
 We Love

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.419
 the Church.

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.059
 It's a

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.500
 great title.

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:34.000
 It's a good

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.259
 book.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.720
 I read it

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.119
 recently.

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.859
 Ted Cluck,

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.539
 one of the

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.879
 co-authors,

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.379
 he writes in

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.960
 response to

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.379
 the recent

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.839
 trend in

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.259
 Christianity

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.299
 to try and

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.819
 divorce,

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.099
 and I

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.299
 kind of

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.720
 talked about

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:42.899
 that,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.079
 to divorce

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.500
 Jesus from

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.980
 the church,

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.460
 to kind of

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.839
 distinguish

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.359
 between the

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.579
 two.

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:48.939
 And the

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.679
 argument and

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.339
 the criticism,

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.220
 and there's

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.919
 merit in this

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.480
 at times,

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.460
 that's made,

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.779
 is that

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.059
 churches are,

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.779
 by and large,

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.679
 inward-looking

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.539
 social clubs

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.720
 that are more

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.399
 concerned with

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:01.480
 performance and

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.980
 appearance than

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.759
 living out the

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.460
 Christian life.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.460
 And there is

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.099
 some merit to

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.860
 that criticism.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.039
 It's a real

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.720
 criticism, and we

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.400
 need to appreciate

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.720
 that as churches.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.099
 But the answer

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.700
 given by those in

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.339
 what is called the

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.099
 Emergent Church

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.759
 Movement is that

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.380
 in order to

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.500
 follow Jesus

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.940
 fully, we need

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.980
 to leave the

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.440
 church.

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.759
 Do you see?

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.240
 Because you

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.299
 can have Christ

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.559
 without the

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:29.960
 church.

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.839
 And what does

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.440
 that look like?

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.940
 Well, they

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.900
 suggest all kinds

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.359
 of variants.

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.140
 One, you know,

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.819
 you might just

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.259
 meet up with

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.640
 Christians at

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:39.240
 Starbucks, or

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.779
 on the golf

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.500
 course, or out

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.039
 on the ocean.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.680
 And that's

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.379
 cool, where two

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.839
 or three are

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.140
 gathered.

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.240
 There I am in

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.720
 the midst of

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.759
 us, the midst

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.119
 of you.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.279
 Jesus is there.

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.099
 We have a

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.319
 church.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.019
 We hold each

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.559
 other accountable.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.559
 We do kind of

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.460
 cool stuff together.

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.359
 We do kind of

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.400
 social action stuff

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.599
 and really care for

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.960
 the body.

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.299
 That way, you

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.960
 know, we're able

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.900
 to better serve

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.319
 each other

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.140
 organically and

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.140
 do some good in

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.599
 the world.

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:06.119
 Now, Kevin

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.799
 Young and Ted

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.379
 Cluck are

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:10.220
 regular, boring,

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.180
 everyday kind of

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.740
 church guys.

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.579
 And one of the

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.740
 things they do

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.160
 in the book is

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.940
 look at examples

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.539
 of what this

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.319
 regular and

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.079
 somewhat mundane

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.640
 and somewhat

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.559
 plodding, long

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.579
 haul church life

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.160
 looks like when

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.460
 it's been

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:23.460
 properly, when

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.980
 it's properly

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.980
 being the body

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.859
 of Christ.

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.459
 And so they

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:26.899
 look at some

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.619
 other examples

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.439
 in response.

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.879
 And Cluck

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.439
 speaks of the

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:30.899
 church where

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.500
 his brother-in-law

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:33.240
 goes to, college

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.719
 church in

00:28:33.719 --> 00:28:34.259
 Wheaton, Illinois.

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.479
 And when he

00:28:35.479 --> 00:28:36.039
 went there, it's

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.599
 in a kind of a

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.619
 posh area, you

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.039
 know, he

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.599
 initially saw

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.899
 it as one,

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.319
 and this is a

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.119
 quote, big

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.039
 affluent churches

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.959
 in that they

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.740
 only care about

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.519
 catering to the

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.299
 whims of their

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.519
 affluent clientele.

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.339
 So they're only

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.759
 kind of looking

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.439
 out, that was

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:48.059
 his perception

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.059
 of the area and

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.579
 what the church

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.219
 building looked

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:50.500
 like.

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.000
 But then he

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.599
 was convicted

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:52.959
 of his

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.719
 judgmental attitude

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.319
 when he started

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.899
 to speak with

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.539
 his brother-in-law.

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.219
 Because his

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:56.740
 brother-in-law

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.759
 told them about

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.559
 this disabilities

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.339
 ministry that

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.879
 they had in the

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.359
 church called

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.839
 STARS.

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:03.099
 It's a ministry,

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.779
 and this is a

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.559
 larger church than

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.219
 us, so don't

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:06.939
 be put off.

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.899
 It's providing

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.779
 various help to

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.679
 hundreds of

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.240
 people in the

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.839
 Wheaton area.

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.619
 And it started

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.139
 back in the

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:15.199
 1960s by a

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.579
 woman in the

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.039
 church named

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.379
 Jean.

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.159
 And Jean,

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.099
 God bless her,

00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:20.000
 she saw a

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.659
 child with a

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.199
 developmental

00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:23.079
 disability and

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.699
 was saddened

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.039
 that there was

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.899
 nothing in the

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.839
 church that

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.500
 was helping to

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.220
 bridge to that

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.619
 child.

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.679
 And so Jean,

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.859
 she lobbied the

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.959
 elders, and she

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.319
 was eventually

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.959
 given a Sunday

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.799
 school classroom to

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.539
 start something with

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.279
 this one child.

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.839
 And today that

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.899
 church serves 80

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.919
 families in and

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.480
 outside of the

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.019
 church body.

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.240
 They provide

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.319
 disability-friendly

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.220
 church events,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.459
 they provide

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:45.699
 respite care for

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:47.099
 parents, and they

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.639
 give financial

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.279
 assistance.

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.179
 Clark tells us

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.200
 that the ministry's

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.120
 key verses are

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.560
 these.

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:55.259
 1 Corinthians

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:57.060
 chapter 12

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.080
 and verse 21

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.700
 and 22.

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.120
 Think of what

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.680
 they're doing and

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.259
 listen to these

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.600
 words.

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.820
 The eye cannot

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.320
 say to the

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:04.019
 hand, I don't

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.000
 need you, and

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.539
 the head cannot

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.279
 say to the feet,

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.060
 I don't need

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.380
 you.

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.360
 On the contrary,

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.240
 those parts of

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.900
 the body that

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.539
 seem to be

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.160
 weaker are

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.960
 indispensable.

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.160
 Isn't that

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.900
 beautiful, folks?

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.340
 Isn't that

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.960
 beautiful to

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.519
 think of the

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.080
 work of the

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.380
 body?

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.380
 You know, when

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.840
 it talks a few

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.880
 verses later about

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:28.140
 the presentable

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.980
 parts and the

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.880
 unpresentable

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:32.220
 parts, I'm not

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.840
 a Greek expert,

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.019
 and I rarely go

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.620
 for this kind of

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.519
 thing, but the

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:37.040
 underlying Greek

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:38.420
 phrase or our

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.259
 idea is this,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.640
 it's talking about

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.180
 those that are

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.400
 elegant in figure

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.780
 and graceful.

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.259
 Elegant in figure

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.680
 and graceful.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.320
 So that's who the

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:47.000
 presentable are.

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.779
 And we can kind

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.500
 of picture that,

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.039
 can't we, being

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.859
 elegant in figure

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.400
 and graceful.

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.579
 Those that need

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.339
 no special

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.900
 treatment, that

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.480
 can carry

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.339
 themselves around

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.819
 without any

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.319
 problems.

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.759
 So then we can

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.559
 begin to understand

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.859
 what the

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.660
 unpresentable are

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.960
 like.

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.980
 They're those

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.380
 that are

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.759
 inelegant.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.759
 Those that are

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.799
 ungraceful.

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.559
 Those that

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.000
 naturally, and

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.960
 not in a bad

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.339
 way, we would

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.319
 just notice them

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.740
 and say, well,

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.660
 they're a little

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.279
 bit clumsy.

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.240
 They're maybe

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.839
 even somewhat

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.740
 embarrassing in

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.019
 public life.

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.639
 We just notice

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.459
 they're struggling

00:31:20.459 --> 00:31:20.859
 a bit.

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.899
 And do you

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.419
 know that in

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.119
 our church, there

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.220
 are people who

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.199
 at times feel

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.720
 like that?

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.299
 In our church,

00:31:28.699 --> 00:31:29.399
 that feel

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.619
 unpresentable?

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.639
 Those that are

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.399
 suffering from

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.379
 depression at

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.980
 times, from

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.279
 lifelong disability,

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.759
 developmental

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.119
 delays as

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.480
 they're growing

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.179
 up, neurological

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.039
 issues, physical

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:45.220
 limitations, social

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.880
 limitations.

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.560
 There are people

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.080
 that come here

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.100
 that find all of

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.920
 this quite hard.

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.380
 Those people,

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.259
 Paul says,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.759
 are worthy of

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.259
 our special

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.620
 treatment.

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:58.259
 They are a

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.580
 special and

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.580
 altogether

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:02.519
 worthy part

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.740
 of the body.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.580
 Pull them

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:07.200
 closer, God

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.600
 says.

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:17.039
 God is

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.579
 really telling

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.000
 us through

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.579
 his word this

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.959
 morning to

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.359
 stop.

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.419
 Where we

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:21.139
 could decide to

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.679
 opt ourselves

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.659
 out or because

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.519
 we don't fit in

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.219
 and where we

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.859
 want to opt

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.379
 others out.

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.959
 God says

00:32:25.959 --> 00:32:26.419
 stop.

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.219
 He says stop

00:32:27.219 --> 00:32:27.759
 dividing.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.740
 Stop judging

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.299
 one another.

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.319
 Stop the

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.659
 envy.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.459
 Stop the

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:32.039
 condescending,

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.919
 looking down on

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.199
 others.

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.659
 Be a body

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.460
 with all of

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.200
 its parts.

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:37.900
 And follow

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.640
 me as we

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.060
 read through

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.580
 the verses

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.259
 from the

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.519
 middle of

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.000
 24 down

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.779
 to 26.

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.500
 But God

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.180
 has combined

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.759
 the members

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.360
 of the body

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.360
 and has

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.480
 given greater

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.140
 honor to

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.580
 the parts

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.060
 that lacked

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:51.140
 it so that

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.480
 there should

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.519
 be no

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.100
 division in

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.480
 the body

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.279
 but that

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.880
 its parts

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.220
 should have

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.320
 special concern

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:57.400
 for each

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.640
 other.

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.900
 If one

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.660
 part suffers,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.759
 every part

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.400
 suffers with

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.560
 it.

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:02.519
 If one

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.980
 part is

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.259
 honored,

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.940
 every part

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:06.059
 rejoices

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.940
 with it.

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.779
 So how

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.119
 do we

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.379
 stop?

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.740
 How do

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.220
 we address

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.819
 this problem

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.359
 of division

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.640
 in the

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.879
 body?

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.379
 Well,

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.960
 a surprising

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.519
 part of

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.980
 the answer

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.039
 is actually

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.660
 by embracing

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.440
 more diversity

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.700
 where diversity

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.240
 can bring

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.599
 tension

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.359
 that lead

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.920
 to division.

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.000
 We need

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.500
 a kind of

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.180
 a God-given

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.700
 diversity

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.400
 that sows

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.039
 seeds

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.859
 that are

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.140
 going to

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.559
 lead to

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.920
 unity.

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.460
 We saw

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.079
 that last

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.640
 week in

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.619
 verses 4 to

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.960
 7.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.799
 There are

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.559
 different kinds

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.079
 of gifts

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.659
 but the

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:34.859
 same

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.220
 spirit.

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.579
 There are

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.159
 different kinds

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.680
 of service

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.079
 but the

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.299
 same

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.619
 Lord.

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.539
 There are

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.159
 different kinds

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.639
 of working

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.200
 but the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.899
 same God

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.639
 works all

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.000
 of them

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.399
 in all

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.680
 men.

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.079
 Now to

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.779
 each one

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.139
 the

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.639
 manifestation

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.180
 of the

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.460
 spirit

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.919
 is given

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.859
 for the

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.200
 common

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.639
 good.

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.779
 You see

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.379
 spiritual

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.759
 gifts

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.220
 are given

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.839
 by God

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.180
 for the

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.519
 good of

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.099
 the church

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.119
 and Paul

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.359
 is going

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.779
 to tell

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.299
 us again

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.919
 that

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:58.500
 Christ

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.419
 brings

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:00.139
 both unity

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.159
 and diversity

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:01.599
 that they

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.440
 fit together

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.720
 and that

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.019
 when we

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.620
 think of

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.200
 the one

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.759
 we should

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.259
 think of

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.559
 the many.

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.380
 I thought

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.720
 you'd be

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.460
 ready to

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.820
 echo that

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.139
 back at

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.559
 this stage.

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.679
 Verses

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.400
 27 to

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.780
 30.

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.480
 Now you

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.179
 are the

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.700
 body of

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.179
 Christ

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.039
 one body

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.200
 and each

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:17.679
 one of you

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.139
 is a part

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.340
 of it

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.740
 the many

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.700
 and in

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.099
 the church

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.440
 God

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.900
 is appointed

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.420
 first of

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.579
 all

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.039
 apostles

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.579
 second

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.119
 prophets

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.519
 third

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.000
 teachers

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.700
 then workers

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.300
 of miracles

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.440
 also those

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.960
 having gifts

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.500
 of healing

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.420
 those able

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.260
 to help

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.579
 others

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.019
 and those

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.539
 gifts of

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.019
 administration

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.179
 and those

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.820
 speaking in

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.380
 different kinds

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.840
 of tongues

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.500
 are all

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.920
 apostles

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.460
 are all

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.840
 prophets

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.219
 are all

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.599
 teachers

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.460
 do all

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.659
 work

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.159
 miracles

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.239
 do all

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.400
 have

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.679
 gifts

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.239
 of healing

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.320
 do all

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.920
 speak in

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.320
 tongues

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.380
 do all

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.940
 interpret

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.079
 God has

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.440
 appointed

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.900
 diverse

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.280
 gifts

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.559
 in the

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.780
 church

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.079
 we are

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.400
 not

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.739
 all

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:48.940
 the

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.320
 same

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.440
 praise

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.840
 God

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.659
 now we

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:51.920
 spoke

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.480
 last week

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.659
 about

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:52.860
 these

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.219
 lists

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.500
 and how

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.679
 it can

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:53.920
 be a bit

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.320
 misleading

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.820
 at times

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.019
 that we

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.320
 read a

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.539
 list

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.539
 and we

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.340
 try to

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.400
 pick where

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.759
 we are

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:58.980
 in the

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.239
 list

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:00.000
 but we

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.400
 know that

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.900
 this list

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.320
 is different

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.679
 from the

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.139
 list in

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.980
 verses 8

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.559
 to 11

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.420
 so we're

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.880
 not meant

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.179
 to do

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.500
 that we're

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.840
 not meant

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.139
 to just

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.579
 pick one

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.940
 list and

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.420
 think that's

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.940
 everything

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.259
 rather we're

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.900
 to see that

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.219
 there's a

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.320
 diversity of

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.059
 gifts given

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.440
 to a

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.320
 diversity of

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.779
 members

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.279
 and they're

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:16.179
 not verse

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.039
 28 they're

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.420
 not given

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.960
 in the

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.360
 Christian

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.579
 but he

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.940
 talks about

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.360
 them being

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.840
 in the

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.300
 church and

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.719
 in the

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.659
 church God

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.259
 has appointed

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:24.079
 so again

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.619
 the key thing

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.000
 here is

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.920
 diversity

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.299
 of gifts

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.639
 to a

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.039
 diversity

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.699
 of people

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.739
 in the

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.179
 church

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.719
 they're

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.299
 primarily

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.639
 for the

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.119
 church to

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.519
 build up

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.099
 the church

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.239
 now just

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.199
 briefly one

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.380
 of the

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.219
 things that

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.839
 comes up

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.679
 here in

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.319
 this list

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.519
 is the

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.920
 ordering

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.480
 first of

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.039
 all apostles

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.759
 second

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.219
 prophets

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.699
 and third

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.000
 teachers

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.500
 and then

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.019
 he goes

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.299
 on to

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.719
 list a

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.299
 whole other

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.259
 set of

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.719
 gifts that

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.139
 aren't

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.579
 ordered

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.400
 and this

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.059
 order one

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.739
 two three

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.400
 can be

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.839
 taken in

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.339
 two ways

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:53.279
 the first

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.619
 is the

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.319
 order that

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.059
 they emerge

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.539
 in the

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.180
 early church

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.160
 so initially

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.680
 we have

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.900
 Christ appoints

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.559
 his apostles

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.240
 to bring

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.600
 the good

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.000
 news

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.780
 and to

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.480
 build the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.920
 church on

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.800
 that apostolic

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.480
 teaching of

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.980
 the gospel

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.440
 and secondly

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.240
 we have

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.420
 those that

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.400
 are prophets

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:13.940
 that speak

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.519
 the word

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.019
 of God

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.559
 within

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.200
 individual

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.559
 church

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.039
 contexts

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.620
 and declare

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.100
 the word

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:18.500
 of God

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.800
 in an

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.300
 authoritative

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.660
 way

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.400
 and then

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.620
 there are

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:20.980
 teachers

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.720
 who continue

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.600
 to explain

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.219
 and apply

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.679
 the word

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.099
 of God

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.599
 within the

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.860
 body

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.619
 so we

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.719
 have

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.219
 apostles

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.039
 preachers

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.019
 and teachers

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.759
 now there is

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.079
 a sense

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.460
 of the

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.980
 order they

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.319
 come

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:31.900
 and also

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.659
 the relative

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.279
 importance

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.900
 to the

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.239
 life of

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.699
 the church

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.880
 and I think

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.380
 that's why

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.960
 those gifts

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.460
 are ordered

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.339
 Paul writing

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.960
 in Ephesians

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.539
 2 puts

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.860
 it like

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.179
 this

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.179
 we are

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.699
 God's

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.019
 people

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.519
 and members

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.159
 of God's

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.559
 household

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.599
 built on

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.119
 the foundation

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.599
 of the

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.059
 apostles

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.679
 and the

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.039
 prophets

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.400
 with Jesus

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.000
 Christ

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.739
 as a

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.019
 chief

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.500
 corner

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.059
 stone

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.539
 so there's

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.039
 a variety

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.719
 of gifts

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.460
 given by

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.940
 God

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.719
 within the

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.000
 church

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.280
 and we

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.039
 thank him

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.780
 for sound

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:59.059
 apostolic

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.659
 teaching

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.960
 that continues

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.739
 today through

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.440
 the preaching

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.139
 of the word

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.679
 of God

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.780
 the Bible

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:06.460
 preachers

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.000
 and teachers

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.699
 continue to

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.539
 proclaim the

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.599
 same gospel

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.159
 as the

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.559
 apostles

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.739
 and we want

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.280
 to thank God

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.619
 for that

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.360
 as D.A.

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.199
 Carson puts it

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.860
 we need to

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.320
 thank God

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.139
 for stomachs

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.400
 so we're

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.860
 talking about

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.239
 the body

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.599
 so let's

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.979
 take that

00:37:18.979 --> 00:37:19.179
 as an

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.479
 illustration

00:37:19.479 --> 00:37:19.759
 we need

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.099
 to thank

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.299
 God

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.899
 for stomachs

00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:21.000
 and you're

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.159
 going

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.459
 what is he

00:37:22.459 --> 00:37:22.979
 talking about

00:37:22.979 --> 00:37:23.979
 well the

00:37:23.979 --> 00:37:24.659
 stomach

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.859
 Carson explains

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.579
 well it takes

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.000
 in a lot of

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.500
 food doesn't

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.919
 it takes

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.479
 in the food

00:37:28.479 --> 00:37:29.399
 and it

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:30.039
 digests the

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.339
 food and

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.559
 then it

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.959
 begins to

00:37:30.959 --> 00:37:31.699
 distribute the

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.139
 food to

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.500
 the rest

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.759
 of the

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.039
 body

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.899
 and such

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.439
 is the

00:37:35.439 --> 00:37:35.959
 role in

00:37:35.959 --> 00:37:36.319
 the body

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:36.899
 of pastors

00:37:36.899 --> 00:37:37.459
 and teachers

00:37:37.459 --> 00:37:38.539
 they take

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.979
 in the word

00:37:38.979 --> 00:37:39.479
 of God

00:37:39.479 --> 00:37:40.419
 they digest

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:40.839
 it and

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.619
 then distribute

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.659
 it to

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.099
 the other

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.919
 members

00:37:43.919 --> 00:37:44.739
 so anyone

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.179
 that's

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.139
 teaching or

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.779
 preaching in

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.299
 any way in

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:47.699
 this church

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.399
 you're not

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:48.799
 the head

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.399
 that's not

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.899
 the symbol

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.199
 you're to

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.519
 use for

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.839
 yourself

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.480
 you're to

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.779
 use the

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.099
 idea of

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.639
 the stomach

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:54.799
 and the

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.279
 diversity

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.299
 that God

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.879
 gives like

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.399
 this is one

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:57.899
 reason why

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.639
 organizations

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.819
 outside of the

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.059
 church

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.699
 aren't the

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.019
 church

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.099
 so Christian

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.539
 unions are

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.059
 fantastic

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.940
 I was

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.500
 president of

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.619
 the

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.179
 CU for

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.579
 a while

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.759
 in

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.400
 University

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.880
 College

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.219
 Cork

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:08.259
 I met

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.799
 my wife

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.079
 in

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.420
 UCC

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.900
 so

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.420
 Christian

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.559
 union

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:10.779
 has been

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.279
 very good

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.639
 to me

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.519
 you know

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.820
 I'm not

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.259
 knocking the

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.519
 Christian

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.779
 union

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:14.239
 the

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.559
 Christian

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.739
 union

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:14.860
 is

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.400
 fantastic

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.759
 but

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.159
 it's

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.340
 not

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.519
 the

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.860
 church

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.840
 it's

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.000
 not

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.179
 the

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.360
 church

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.599
 as

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.920
 great

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.079
 as

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.299
 those

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.699
 times

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:19.920
 are

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.299
 together

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.860
 of

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.320
 fellowship

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.599
 and

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.039
 friendship

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.360
 and

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.679
 staying

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:22.900
 up

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.219
 late

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.659
 and doing

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.099
 crazy

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.559
 things

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.420
 and witnessing

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.759
 on

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.279
 campus

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:27.759
 it's

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.019
 really

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.320
 like

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.880
 a lot

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.239
 of little

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:29.599
 legs

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.000
 bouncing

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.340
 around

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.019
 the

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.360
 campus

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.539
 at

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.940
 UCC

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:33.659
 it's

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.119
 not

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.320
 a

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.599
 body

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.880
 it

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.159
 doesn't

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.559
 have

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.860
 all

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:35.980
 of

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.099
 the

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.420
 gifting

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.659
 and

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.760
 the

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.239
 diversity

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.840
 and

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:37.980
 the

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.360
 variety

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.659
 that

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:38.840
 a

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.119
 body

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.639
 demands

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.059
 or

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:41.079
 Bible

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.500
 colleges

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.599
 are

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.900
 great

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.500
 but

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.679
 you're

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.860
 all

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.039
 really

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.219
 just

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.340
 a

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.500
 bunch

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.619
 of

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.119
 stomachs

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.300
 looking

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.460
 at

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.619
 each

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:45.840
 other

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.500
 so

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.639
 we

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.820
 go

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:46.980
 to

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.300
 NBC

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.820
 that's

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.239
 all

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.380
 it

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.579
 really

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:48.800
 is

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:48.940
 a

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.199
 bunch

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.380
 of

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.219
 stomachs

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.760
 only

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.019
 the

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.420
 church

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.699
 is

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:51.860
 the

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.139
 body

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.340
 of

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.800
 Christ

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:54.739
 how

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.380
 awful

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.860
 how

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.420
 awful

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.559
 it

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.759
 would

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.079
 be

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.880
 if

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.059
 the

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.340
 church

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.519
 was

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.860
 only

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.119
 made

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.279
 up

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.460
 of

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.719
 middle

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.039
 aged

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.380
 white

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.759
 married

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:00.960
 with

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.219
 kids

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.619
 half

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.960
 Irish

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.299
 half

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.659
 German

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.480
 computer

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.940
 programmers

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.159
 who

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.460
 study

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.599
 at

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.900
 NBC

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.099
 and

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.259
 like

00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:05.559
 Munster

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.920
 Rugby

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.059
 now

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.219
 maybe

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.380
 you're

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.500
 all

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.659
 thinking

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:07.860
 that's

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:07.940
 the

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.239
 ideal

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.559
 but

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.299
 imagine

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.440
 what

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.559
 the

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.759
 church

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:09.900
 would

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.019
 be

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.299
 like

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.980
 yes

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.279
 there

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.559
 are

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.980
 moments

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.259
 I

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.460
 think

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.699
 this

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:12.980
 church

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.159
 thing

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.299
 would

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.420
 be

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.599
 a

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:13.860
 whole

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.039
 lot

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.320
 easier

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.539
 if

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.039
 everyone

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.400
 was

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.579
 a

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:15.820
 little

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.219
 bit

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.579
 okay

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:17.799
 at

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:17.940
 my

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.159
 worst

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.440
 moment

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.800
 a

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.039
 lot

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.320
 more

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.579
 like

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.820
 me

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:21.059
 wouldn't

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.139
 it

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.220
 be

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.539
 so

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.740
 much

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:21.940
 easier

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.159
 wouldn't

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.240
 it

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:22.340
 be

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.740
 great

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:22.880
 to

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.079
 all

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.260
 be

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.519
 me

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.700
 and

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:23.840
 be

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:23.940
 in

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.280
 agreement

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.539
 with

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.740
 me

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.039
 all

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.179
 the

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.480
 time

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.200
 I

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:26.320
 can

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.480
 just

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.720
 picture

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:26.900
 you

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.079
 all

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.400
 nodding

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.639
 now

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.340
 yes

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.559
 this

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:28.700
 is

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.079
 great

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 isn't

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 it

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 brilliant

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 stop

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 stop

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 the

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 foolish

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 thinking

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 or

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 we're

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 back

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 to

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 trying

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 to

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 cut

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 off

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 our

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 own

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 arm

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 or

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 back

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 to

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 trying

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 to

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 discard

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 our

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 foot

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 out

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 the

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 door

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 it's

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 a

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 all

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 too

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 common

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 you

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 know

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 in

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 our

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 home

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 groups

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 as we

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 quietly

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 cringe

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 when

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 certain

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 people

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 start

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 talking

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 because

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 we

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 know

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 what

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 they're

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 going

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 to

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 say

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 and

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 we've

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 heard

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 it

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 before

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 and

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 it's

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 no

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 different

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 this

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 time

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 and

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 we

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 wish

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 they

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 would

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 stop

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 or

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 find

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 another

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 tune

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 or

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 something

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 like

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 that

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 well

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 you

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 stop

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 you

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 stop

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 and

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 you

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 remember

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 verse

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 27

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.980
 now

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 body

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 of

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 Christ

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 and

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 each

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 one

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 of

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 you

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 is

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 a

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 part

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:13.900
 of

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 it

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 you

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 stop

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 you

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 repent

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.840
 and

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 then

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 you

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.480
 smile

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 you

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 stop

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.000
 and

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 you

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.440
 repent

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.599
 and

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:19.720
 you

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:20.120
 smile

00:40:20.120 --> 00:40:20.900
 seriously

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 stop

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.640
 stop

00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:22.860
 that

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.180
 thought

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.860
 repent

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 and

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 thank

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.000
 God

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 right

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 there

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 and

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 then

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 that

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 that

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 fellow

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 body

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 member

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.720
 is

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 different

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 thank

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:29.980
 God

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.120
 that

00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:30.240
 they're

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 not

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 just

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 like

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 you

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 as

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 faulty

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 as

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 they

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 are

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 and

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 as

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.019
 faulty

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.280
 as

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.500
 you

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.740
 are

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.579
 we

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.700
 are

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.019
 both

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 placed

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.780
 right

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.160
 here

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 right

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.539
 now

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.780
 by

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.340
 God

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.860
 himself

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.099
 to

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.280
 make

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.700
 unity

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.460
 in

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.920
 Christ's

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.160
 body

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.820
 that

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.160
 comes

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.539
 through

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.400
 diversity

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.460
 let's

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.720
 pray

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:53.860
 our

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.140
 God

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.300
 and

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.559
 father

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:54.740
 in

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:54.940
 heaven

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.160
 we

00:40:55.160 --> 00:40:55.519
 thank

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.840
 you

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.900
 for

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.099
 your

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.480
 church

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.280
 we

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.500
 thank

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.599
 you

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.720
 that

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:58.860
 it's

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.039
 not

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.220
 our

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.539
 idea

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.800
 it

00:40:59.800 --> 00:40:59.960
 is

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.160
 your

00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:00.500
 idea

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.980
 and

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.099
 in

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.260
 your

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.660
 goodness