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 I would love yet to say good morning to you. Good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Ephesians chapter 4.

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 We're going to continue this morning, week three of four, on a series on authority.

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 And as I've done the last two weeks, and probably will do every time we teach something topical, I just want to warn you to be extra discerning as we open up the Bible in this way.

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 It's good. It's really valuable for us to take up topics from time to time and think about broadly what the Bible has to say about a particular thing.

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 But we must be cautious as we do it. We want to be so careful that we don't read into the text what we want it to say, but rather that the Bible itself communicates to us about a topic.

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 So, we've been working on this issue of authority, and I told you before that we're doing this largely because the congregation, a number of you were asking for us to teach more about congregationalism.

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 For us to help you wrap your minds around what the Bible has to say about such a thing.

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 I worry about sermons like this. I've been thankful that some of you have expressed encouragement across the past two weeks.

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 But it can feel a little bit just like the mechanics of things.

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 Like, why does this matter for us?

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 But this one perhaps matters most readily as we think about the responsibility of the church, the authority the church has, and more specifically, the congregation.

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 So, what does it mean to be a congregationalist?

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 We are a congregationalist congregation.

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 What are the responsibilities held by the congregation, and therefore, what authority does the congregation have?

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 These are important questions for us to ask and answer if we're going to be a healthy church.

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 So, I hope that our time together this morning will help us all have clear answers to those questions in our minds.

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 Now, before we delve into congregationalism and look at Ephesians chapter 4,

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 I need to remind you that I have made eight overarching biblical assertions in our study so far.

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 And so, you'll do well to listen to the previous recordings of the sermons if you weren't with us.

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 But I quickly want to give them to you because they're important as framework, especially if you haven't been with us so far.

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 So, number one, God's authority is innate.

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 That means it belongs to him, and nobody gave it to him, right?

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 He is the ultimate authority figure because he is God.

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 And that authority is final because he is God.

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 He is the highest of authority.

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 And if he wasn't, he wouldn't be God.

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 Secondly, God's authority is necessarily good, whether we recognize it or experience it to be good.

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 It's necessarily good because he is good, right?

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 He's 100% good all the time.

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 And so, his authority is necessarily good.

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 Thirdly, humankind has an authority problem.

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 We just generally don't seem to like it.

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 We've experienced a lot of misplaced and misspent authority.

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 We have good reason to be suspect of authority.

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 But at our very core, our sinful nature wants to reject authority, authority of God's making.

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 So, humankind has an authority problem, and we do well to remember that as we come to the issue and think about authority.

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 Number four, we are delegated authority.

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 Part of the way God works his authority in the world is through delegated authority.

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 And that delegated authority always has limits and is always subservient to the one who delegated it.

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 It's been given parameters, that authority, and therefore, it is subservient to the higher authority of the one who granted it, which is God.

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 Number five, when a person or institution takes up a responsibility not granted to them,

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 or exercise an authority granted to them in a way not granted to them,

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 it is, at best, ineffective.

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 It is, at worst, abusive.

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 Right?

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 So, we want to be clear on our categories.

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 What authorities have been given to whom, and how should that authority be exercised?

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 Sixth, the aim of exercising authority, and this is, I stole this from Jonathan Lehman's book on authority.

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 This is his subtitle.

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 In submission to God's good authority, it's for the sake of protecting the vulnerable,

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 strengthening our communities, and promoting human flourishing.

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 Right?

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 So, it has good purpose in mind.

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 Godly authority exercised properly is for the good of people.

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 Number seven, God delegates his authority through three institutions and six positions.

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 Because I've talked about these now for two weeks, I'm going to breeze through them fairly quickly.

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 But we see in the Bible three institutions.

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 We see the family, we see the church, and we see the government.

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 Okay?

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 The family, the church, and the government.

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 And within those institutions, there are positions.

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 So, in the family, we have the role of husband and the role of parent.

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 So, both have granted authority.

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 In the church, we see the role of elder, the position of elder, and the position of congregation.

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 So, all of us as a whole, together, has an authority.

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 In the government, we have various offices, kings, governors, judges, citizens, etc.

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 And then an extra institutional, unless you are employed by the church or government, we have the position of employer, boss, manager, etc.

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 There are commands and authorities given there as well.

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 Within, number eight, within these three institutions and six positions, there is granted two types of authority.

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 Number one, there is the authority of command or coercion, which is the power to make someone do something by force.

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 It possesses the right of corrective discipline.

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 And I have spoken to you about how those institutions we see in the Scripture, a tool is given to each one of them.

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 For the family, it is the rod.

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 For the church, it is the keys.

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 And for the government, it is the sword.

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 And that's this authority of command or coercion.

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 And so we want to think about that authority and how it applies to each of those institutions.

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 Today, to the church and the congregation.

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 Secondly, we see the authority of counsel or persuasion.

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 The power to convince someone to do something.

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 Now, we can only call this authority or power if it has some measure of bearing on you.

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 Unlike the advice you might receive from a friend, the authority of counsel has weight.

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 There's actually an authority behind it.

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 And an example which we considered at length last week is the authority of counsel that an elder holds.

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 We argue that an elder does not have the power of coercion or command, but rather the authority of counsel or persuasion.

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 But there is an authority there because the author of Hebrews, in Hebrews chapter 13 and verse 17,

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 this is just the beginning of that verse, says,

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 Obey your leaders and submit to them.

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 For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who have to give an account.

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 And so, last week I asked the question,

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 To what extent is the author of Hebrews expecting his hearers to obey and submit to their leaders?

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 Certainly not outside the bounds of the Bible, but if he only intends to have them obey and submit to the Bible,

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 why not just say that?

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 As they exercise this authority of counsel,

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 why not just say,

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 When they teach you the Bible, in the way you want the Bible taught, then you should listen to them.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 He says you should obey and submit to them.

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 And the reason I presented to you is because there are matters of application of the Bible,

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 gray areas that require careful navigation and decisions that must be made.

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 So, I suggested to you that elders of a church possess authority in matters of prudence,

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 careful, wise application of the Bible in a particular circumstance,

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 and in matters of preference.

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 All the particulars, the so many things that need to be decided in the life of a church.

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 And my example was what time a meeting begins.

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 While we might care, we do, about your input and want to receive feedback,

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 we still just have to make a decision at some point about what we think is the best time.

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 Beloved, you don't want pure democracy in the life of our church.

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 There is not enough time in your day for us to have the number of meetings we would have to have.

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 You likely have no idea all of the details that have to be decided

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 and all of the counsel that needs to be given.

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 And you may think, well, I don't want to help decide everything.

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 I just want to help decide the significant things.

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 But what constitutes significant?

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 And who decides what or when something is significant?

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 If we were to operate this way, the whole matter would be just a mess.

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 Recall the assertion I made previously,

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 when a person or institution takes up a responsibility not granted to them

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 or exercise an authority granted to them in a way not granted to them,

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 it is at best ineffective.

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 It is at worst abusive.

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 And I know that none of us want to be abusive.

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 Certainly we don't want to be ineffective.

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 But I think that's where we find ourselves

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 if we're not clear about how the church should function.

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 So, our church believes that the most biblically faithful form of polity or governance

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 is what is often called elder-led congregationalism.

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 That's the term that we pick up and use.

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 Elder-led congregationalism.

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 And we can see both of these authoritative roles

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 in our starting text for today's study.

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 So join me in Ephesians chapter 4.

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 And we'll begin in verse 11 and read through verse 16.

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 And he, being Christ, gave the apostles, the prophets,

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 the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers

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 to equip the saints for the work of ministry,

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 for building up the body of Christ,

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 until we all attain to the unity of the faith

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 and of the knowledge of the Son of God,

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 to mature manhood,

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 to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

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 so that we may no longer be children tossed to and fro by the waves

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 and carried about by every wind of doctrine,

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 by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

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 Rather, speaking the truth in love,

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 we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head,

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 into Christ,

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 from whom the whole body,

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 joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped,

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 when each part is working properly,

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 makes the body grow

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 so that it builds itself up

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 in love.

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 This is a really important text.

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 It's a paramount text

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 for us to understand

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 how it is that the church

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 is meant to function.

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 In fact, I just wanted to show you,

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 you may note that in my Bible,

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 if you can see this,

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 this is the page that is most likely to fall out first

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 in this particular copy

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 because I go to this text quite often.

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 This text begins with Jesus Christ

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 giving gifts to the church.

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 You see this in verse 11.

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 We see the apostles,

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 the prophets,

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 the evangelists,

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 the shepherds,

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 and teachers.

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 Now, first I want to say,

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 there's a lot of debate

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 about what these gifts are

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 and how they functioned

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 and or function now.

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 So I just want to give you a brief aside

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 as I don't intend for this

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 to be an exhaustive exposition

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 of this passage.

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 Remember, we're really talking about

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 elder-led congregationalism.

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 That's the focus.

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 But I think it's helpful for us

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 to see this just for a moment.

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 I believe that the apostles and prophets

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 that Paul is referring to

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 were modern apostles and prophets

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 of his day,

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 not today,

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 but of his day,

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 who were in the process

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 of writing the New Testament

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 and the Old Testament prophets

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 as the books of the Old Testament

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 were often referred to

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 as the prophets.

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 Additionally,

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 if you look back a bit

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 at Ephesians chapter 2,

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 verse 19 and 20,

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 there Paul says this,

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 So then you are no longer

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 strangers and aliens,

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 but you are fellow citizens

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 with the saints

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 and members

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 of the household of God,

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 built on the foundation

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 of the apostles and prophets,

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 Christ Jesus himself

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 being the cornerstone.

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 So, in their day,

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 he's writing to the Ephesian Christians.

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 I think he's saying,

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 he's referring back to the prophets,

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 the books you already have,

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 as well as this new teaching

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 that's being brought to you

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 by the apostles, right?

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 So, we have today

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 the very same foundation

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 for the church,

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 the apostles and the prophets.

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 I think what he's referring to

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 in chapter 4 and verse 11,

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 for us,

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 are the Old and New Testaments.

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 I think that's what he's talking about

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 when he says the apostles

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 and the prophets.

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 We have the scripture.

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 And we should not belittle that, right?

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 That's not a light thing to have, right?

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 But as I believe Paul is doing,

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 we should magnify it

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 as a gift to the church.

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 So, Christ gave to us

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 the scriptures

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 and the evangelists

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 and the shepherds and teachers.

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 Many of you are using

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 the same translation that I do

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 to preach from the ESV.

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 And you may note

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 that each of these roles

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 are separated

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 by a comma.

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 But not shepherds

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 or you could think

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 pastors here

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 and teachers.

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 Not pastors

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 or shepherds and teachers.

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 We know that ancient Greek

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 did not have equivalent punctuation

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 to our English,

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 so this was a

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 translative decision.

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 The translators decided

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 where they wanted

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 to place those commas.

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 And I am happy to say

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 that the ESV translators

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 are not anti-Oxford comma.

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 If you are anti-Oxford comma,

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 I would like to have

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 a conversation with you later.

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 I think they liked

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 the Oxford comma

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 and they left it out

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 intentionally

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 because the Greek word

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 translated and

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 can also be translated

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 that is

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 or in particular.

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 So it could read

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 shepherds,

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 that is teachers,

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 or shepherds

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 in particular teachers,

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 which is a little clunky

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 in the English,

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 but does give us

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 a better idea

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 of who these men are.

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 So they merely

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 leave it out.

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 Shepherds

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 and teachers.

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 Many simply say

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 that this could

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 have been translated

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 shepherd teachers

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 or pastor teachers

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 and we also understand

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 these men

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 to be elders.

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 We have further evidence

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 that this is Paul's meaning

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 when he writes to Timothy

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 in 1 Timothy chapter 5

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 and verse 17.

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 There he says,

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 let the elders

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 who rule well

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 be considered worthy

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 of double honor,

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 especially those

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 who labor

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 in preaching

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 and teaching.

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 He ties those activities

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 together

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 to the elder,

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 the overseer.

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 So evangelists

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 and elders

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 are gifts given

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 to the church.

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 They employ the Bible,

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 but for what reason?

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 And verse 12 tells us

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 to equip the saints

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 for the work of ministry,

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 for building up

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 the body of Christ.

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 Now, once again,

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 we have a translative

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 decision being made

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 because there are

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 some commas

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 placed in verse 12.

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 In the translation

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 I'm using,

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 there's a comma

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 right after the word

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 ministry

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 and there's a comma

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 right after Christ.

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 Some, though,

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 have translated this

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 and put a comma

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 after the word

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 saints.

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 So,

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 to equip the saints,

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 comma,

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 for the work of ministry,

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 comma,

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 for building up

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 the body of Christ.

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 And if you could just think,

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 put on some grammar minds

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 for just a moment

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 and think behind saints.

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 who is doing

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 the work of ministry

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 if we put a comma

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 behind saints?

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 It's evangelists

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 and shepherd teachers.

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 However,

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 if you exclude it,

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 the job of those evangelists

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 and shepherd teachers

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 is to equip the saints

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 for the work of ministry

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 and what follows

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 at the end of the verse

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 for building up

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 the body of Christ

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 is the point

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 of that very ministry.

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 It's modifying

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 that idea.

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 What is the work of ministry?

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 It is the building up

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 of the body

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 of Christ.

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 And so you would think,

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 well then,

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 how do we know?

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 How are we to know?

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 Well, the text gives us

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 some really great clues.

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 I think contextually,

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 it's responsible

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 to leave out

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 that comma

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 after saints.

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 So let me read it again

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 quickly to you

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 and just point those things

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 out to you.

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 How do we know

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 that the evangelist

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 and the shepherd teacher

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 employing the scripture

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 is meant

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 to train the church

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 for the work of ministry,

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 for this building up.

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 Right?

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 We see it starting

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 in verse 13.

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 Until,

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 we're being built up,

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 until we all attain

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 to the unity of the faith

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 and of the knowledge

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 of the Son of God

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 to mature manhood

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 to the measure

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 of the stature

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 of the fullness

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 of Christ

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 so that we may

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 no longer be children

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 tossed to and fro

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 by the waves

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 and carried about

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 by every wind of doctrine,

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 by human cunning,

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 by craftiness

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 and deceitful schemes.

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 Okay?

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 So we don't want

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 to be these

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 immature Christians.

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 We want to be

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 mature Christians

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 able to stand up

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 to the counter-truth.

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 Rather,

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 speaking the truth

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 in love,

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 we are to grow up

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 in every way

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 into Him

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 who is the head,

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 into Christ.

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 All of us

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 speaking the truth

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 in love,

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 all of us

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 growing.

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 And if you're not

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 with me yet,

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 verse 16 says,

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 from whom

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 the whole body,

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 Christ being the head,

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 joined and held together

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 by every joint

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 with which it is equipped,

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 when each part

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 is working properly,

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 makes the body grow

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 so that it builds

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 itself up

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 in love.

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 Right?

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 That's the work

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 of ministry

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 that all of us

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 together

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 are ministering

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 the gospel

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 to all of us

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 together

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 so that all of us

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 together

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 grow into this maturity.

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 I hope you can

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 see that.

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 Right?

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 To equip the saints

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 for the work

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 of ministry,

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 for building up

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 the body

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 of Christ.

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 So as a

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 member of this church,

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 you have a role

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 in this church.

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 You're not

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 a consumer.

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 You don't just come

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 and get served.

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 You are meant

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 to also

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 serve others

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.339
 to this

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:07.899
 great end.

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 So elders

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 lead by

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 teaching

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 in word

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 and in deed,

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 giving theological

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 foundation

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.200
 and exampled

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.840
 application

00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:18.400
 so that the church

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 as a whole

00:21:19.280 --> 00:21:20.380
 does this

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.700
 work of ministry,

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.880
 this building up

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.560
 of the body

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 of Christ.

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 It also bears

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.780
 saying that the

00:21:26.780 --> 00:21:27.460
 evangelists

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 share the gospel,

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 that the church

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 would increase

00:21:29.560 --> 00:21:30.259
 through conversions,

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 and that the church

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 as a whole

00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:33.700
 would share the gospel

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:35.720
 for that same

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.960
 end.

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.519
 Now I said,

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 we can see both

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.960
 of these authoritative

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 roles in our

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.580
 starting text

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.799
 for today's study.

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 I hope that I've

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.039
 sufficiently shown you

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.660
 the authority

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.740
 of counsel

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.860
 that an elder holds

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.500
 in such a way

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.160
 that you can see

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.740
 the same authority

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.019
 here,

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:56.200
 this persuasive

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.460
 authority.

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 But what about

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.039
 the congregation?

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.740
 What about the congregation?

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 The congregation

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.360
 or the church

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.379
 as a whole

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.619
 is doing

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:07.059
 two things

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:08.219
 in this text.

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 We see them

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:10.519
 firstly,

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.519
 teaching the truth.

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.959
 They're teaching.

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 They're teaching

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.439
 one another

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.919
 the truth.

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 Verse 13 and 14,

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 until we all

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 attain the unity

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.559
 of the faith

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 and the knowledge

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.979
 of the Son of God

00:22:23.979 --> 00:22:25.500
 to mature manhood

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.079
 to the measure

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 of the stature

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.059
 of the fullness

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.659
 of Christ

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 so that we're

00:22:28.459 --> 00:22:29.500
 no longer children

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.139
 tossed to and fro

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:32.019
 by the waves

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.859
 and carried about

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.359
 by every wind

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.919
 of doctrine,

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.959
 by human cunning,

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.919
 by craftiness

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:38.379
 and deceitful schemes.

00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:38.699
 And beloved,

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 there is so much

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.719
 out there

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.959
 pressing at our

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.740
 thinking from

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.719
 every single direction,

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 maybe more

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.759
 than in any other

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.259
 generation

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 because we have

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 the internet.

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 If you ask me

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 if there's one thing

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.119
 I could do

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.919
 to bring about

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:54.019
 maturity in my church,

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 I think I would say

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.500
 let's destroy

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.019
 the internet.

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 I don't think

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 it's been a net

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.340
 positive for

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 the life of the church.

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 And you perhaps

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:05.320
 yourself have felt that

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 and maybe you've seen

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:08.320
 others tossed around.

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 They hear a thing

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 and it sounds good

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.259
 until they hear

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.940
 another thing

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.880
 that sounds good

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.519
 and those two things

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 may run in direct

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:14.980
 contradiction

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.200
 to each other

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 and we should be people

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 who are so founded

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 in God's word

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 that we can discern

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.240
 all of that stuff

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.120
 that comes at us

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.720
 in the world around us.

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.500
 The enemy

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 is seeking

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.900
 to erode

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.640
 the foundation

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:31.559
 of our faith.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.799
 Human cunning,

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.079
 craftiness

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:37.740
 in deceitful schemes.

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.920
 And so

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.519
 we have to speak

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.019
 the truth

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.200
 to one another.

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 And while

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.640
 the preaching

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.319
 of God's word

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 on the Lord's day

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 is extremely important

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.000
 to the life

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 of a church,

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 it's of major importance.

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 It is the broadest

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.920
 discipling

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 that we can do

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.539
 as a church.

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 All of the little

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.859
 day-to-day stuff

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.419
 also matters.

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 It all needs

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 to be happening

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:03.720
 all the time

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 if we're to stand

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 against these waves

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.419
 that will come

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.399
 our way.

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 So we see

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.619
 the congregation

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:12.319
 having been equipped

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.879
 to do it,

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.679
 turning around

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.659
 and doing

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.899
 that very same thing,

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 teaching the truth.

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 We also see

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.379
 them applying

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.740
 the truth.

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 Verse 15 to 16,

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.719
 speaking the truth

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 in love.

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 We're to grow up

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 in every way

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 into him

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 who is the head.

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 We're to learn

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 what it means

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.000
 to be a follower

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Right?

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 Not just in the gray matter

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.399
 between our ears,

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 but in everything

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 that we do.

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 From whom

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 the whole body

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.859
 joined and held together

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 by every joint

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.899
 with which

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.519
 it is equipped.

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 He's talking about

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 you and me there.

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 Every joint

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.559
 with which

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.019
 it is equipped.

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 The whole body

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.599
 held together

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.920
 when each part

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 is working

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.000
 properly

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 makes the body

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 grow

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 so it builds

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 itself up

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 in love.

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 I mean,

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 there's just

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 limitless activity

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 packed within

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 verse 16.

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 All of the varied

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.940
 ways that God

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.799
 calls us

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.559
 to love

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 and serve

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 one another.

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 So there's a teaching

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 of the truth

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 and there is

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.460
 an implying

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:19.000
 of the truth.

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 the congregation,

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.420
 the church

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.980
 as a whole,

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.680
 is responsible

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.480
 for discipling

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.359
 and they are

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.980
 responsible

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.380
 for doctrine.

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 This is that

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:30.240
 work of ministry,

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.839
 building up

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.640
 the body of Christ.

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 I have told you

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 that the congregation

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.980
 has the authority

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:36.019
 of command

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.339
 or coercion

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.859
 and I have told you

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.740
 that God delegates

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.200
 authority

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.980
 and that it always

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.539
 has limits

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.279
 and is always

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.059
 subservient

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.680
 to the one

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.279
 who delegated it.

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 So I want to

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 take you

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.019
 to some other

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.940
 text to show

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 you that the

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.720
 two areas

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.279
 that the congregation

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.119
 holds authority

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.059
 in are discipline

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.139
 and doctrine.

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 Let's think a bit

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.799
 together about

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.460
 those two

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 and specifically

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.379
 how we're meant

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.500
 to carry them

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.779
 out.

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.039
 Now,

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.839
 if you've ever

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.259
 heard me talk

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.960
 about ecclesiology

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.240
 at all,

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.660
 you've heard me

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.200
 say this stuff,

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.359
 but nonetheless,

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.500
 let's be reminded

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.980
 together.

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.379
 So that first

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:11.980
 responsibility

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.680
 of discipling,

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.420
 turn with me

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.680
 to the book

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.079
 of Matthew.

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.759
 Let's start

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.740
 in chapter 28

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:18.480
 and verse 18.

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 Three verses

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.799
 you may be

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.440
 familiar with.

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.259
 Make the point

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.940
 clear for us.

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.639
 And Jesus came

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.359
 and said to them,

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.440
 and I like that

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.920
 the word authority

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.200
 is here,

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.059
 all authority

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.500
 in heaven and on earth

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.059
 has been given

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.859
 to me.

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 Go therefore,

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.220
 and he doesn't say

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.799
 I'm granting you

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.700
 authority to go,

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.819
 but he is in fact

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.039
 sending us

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.980
 and we find

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.700
 elsewhere that

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.279
 there's an authority

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.099
 that goes with us.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.460
 Go therefore

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:46.240
 and make disciples

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.960
 of all nations.

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.960
 In all of your going,

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.160
 be about this work

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.380
 of teaching people

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.799
 how they're to

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.799
 follow me.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.259
 Baptizing them,

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.160
 there we see the church

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.980
 at work in the ordinance

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.079
 of baptism in the name

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.079
 of the Father

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.259
 and of the Son

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.840
 and of the Holy Spirit.

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.039
 Teaching them

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.120
 to observe

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.819
 all that I have

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.400
 commanded you,

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.340
 to know it

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.880
 and to live it

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.140
 and behold,

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.140
 I'm with you

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.759
 always

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.759
 to the end

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.360
 of the age.

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.460
 So at the very outset

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.320
 we can see

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.800
 that the authority

00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:19.300
 that we have

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:19.840
 has been granted

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.620
 to us

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.920
 and it

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.980
 accompanies

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.580
 us.

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:25.080
 Jesus' power

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:26.200
 goes with

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.840
 us

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.920
 when we go about

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.660
 this work

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.720
 of discipling.

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.920
 But there's a way

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.700
 that we are to go

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.640
 about this

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.540
 work.

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.140
 There's a process

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.000
 by which we are

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.720
 to teach people

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:39.060
 how to follow

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.980
 Christ.

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.540
 And I will say

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:40.980
 to you

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.740
 that this happens

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.560
 most readily

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.680
 in the life

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.700
 of a local

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.740
 congregation.

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.140
 I got in a

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.759
 friendly conversation

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.560
 with one of our

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.759
 campus ministry

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.300
 directors

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:55.500
 and what I was

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.160
 trying to say

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.620
 to him

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.640
 was he was

00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:00.000
 stepping out of bounds

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.860
 for what a campus

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:02.040
 minister can really

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.520
 accomplish.

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.640
 And I was saying

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.240
 this as a kindness

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.560
 to him.

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.659
 He was overwhelmed

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.339
 with the work

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.879
 that he had

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.839
 on his plate.

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.720
 He had way

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.539
 too much

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.779
 going on.

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.639
 So I was trying

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.259
 to get him

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.740
 to dial back

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.480
 how much

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.200
 he felt like

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.599
 he needed

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.419
 to disciple

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:18.079
 college students.

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.619
 And I was making

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.379
 the case to him

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.379
 you need to help

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.179
 them be involved

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:22.179
 in a local church.

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.720
 This would be

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.940
 the best thing

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:25.859
 for those young

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.179
 people.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.940
 And he just

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.399
 didn't seem

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.279
 to quite get it.

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.720
 And so I made

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.359
 the case to him

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.779
 I said I'm not

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.919
 saying that I

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.919
 personally

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.620
 can be a more

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.340
 effective minister

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.220
 of the gospel

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.220
 than you can be

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.920
 a minister

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.920
 of the gospel.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.539
 In fact this

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.940
 man had much

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.519
 more training

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.039
 than I do.

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.800
 But I said

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:47.080
 there's no

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.660
 authority given

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:50.160
 to the campus

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.640
 ministry

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.519
 to disciple

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.800
 young people.

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.100
 The church

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.779
 has that

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.700
 authority

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.220
 to correct

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.860
 the sin

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.300
 in young people's

00:28:59.300 --> 00:29:00.400
 lives.

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:02.080
 and his

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.700
 response to me

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.040
 which was

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.820
 just heartbreaking

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:07.620
 a Southern

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:07.860
 Baptist

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.320
 Seminary

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.900
 educated

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.160
 young man

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.519
 said well

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.400
 you're going

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.759
 to tend

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.400
 to disciple

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.259
 with discipline.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.900
 Yep

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.440
 those words

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.920
 are the same.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.540
 He said

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:20.960
 we're going

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.280
 to tend

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:21.800
 to disciple

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.600
 with grace.

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.720
 And it was

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.440
 such a shocking

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.120
 statement to me

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.400
 that I just

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.000
 kind of crumbled

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.360
 inside.

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.740
 I didn't even

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.280
 know really

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.160
 how to unpack

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.799
 such a

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.339
 statement.

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.720
 And it was

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.740
 just so clear

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.160
 that he

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.980
 misunderstood

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.940
 who has

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.500
 been granted

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.440
 the authority

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.839
 to teach

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.519
 all that I've

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.819
 commanded.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.740
 To help

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.319
 these people

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.139
 to observe

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.500
 all of those

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.779
 things.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.980
 So let me

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.480
 show you this

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.740
 further.

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.379
 Back up a few

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.980
 pages to

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.559
 Matthew chapter

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.220
 16.

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.500
 I'll begin

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.899
 reading in

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:53.319
 verse 13.

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.879
 Here we see

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.460
 Jesus ask

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.180
 a question.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.720
 Verse 13

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.099
 says when

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.559
 Jesus came

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.859
 into the

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.940
 district of

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.319
 Caesarea

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.160
 Philippi he

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.720
 asked his

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.240
 disciples who

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.720
 do people

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.740
 say that

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.259
 the son of

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.500
 man is?

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.799
 And they

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.359
 said some

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.819
 say John

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.240
 the Baptist

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.819
 others say

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.399
 Elijah and

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.220
 others Jeremiah

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.839
 or one of

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.339
 the prophets.

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.940
 He said to

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.899
 them but who

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.899
 do you say

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:19.160
 that I am?

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.639
 Simon Peter

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:22.099
 replied you

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.420
 are the

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.519
 Christ the

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.039
 son of the

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.700
 living God.

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.259
 Jesus answered

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.799
 him blessed

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.559
 are you Simon

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.279
 Barjona for

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.919
 flesh and

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.299
 blood has

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.759
 not revealed

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.119
 this to

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.339
 you but

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.940
 my father

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.299
 who is in

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.539
 heaven.

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.059
 And I tell

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.539
 you you are

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.480
 Peter and

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.319
 on this rock

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.839
 he's playing

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.440
 with the

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.799
 meaning of

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.039
 the word

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.500
 Peter but

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.899
 I think he's

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.419
 referring to

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.980
 the thing

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.419
 that Peter

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.379
 has proclaimed

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.919
 that he's

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.419
 the Christ.

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.740
 I will

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.700
 build my

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.399
 church and

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.859
 the gates

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.419
 of hell

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.440
 shall not

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.879
 prevail against

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.099
 it.

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.799
 You're probably

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.480
 familiar with

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.139
 that text but

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.639
 what does

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.359
 verse 19

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.700
 say?

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.159
 Something

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:53.279
 curious.

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.500
 He says I

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.919
 will give

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.799
 you the keys

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.539
 of the kingdom

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.539
 of heaven

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.019
 and whatever

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.659
 you bind on

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:58.960
 earth shall

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.319
 be bound

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.659
 in heaven

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.019
 and whatever

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.599
 you loose

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.019
 on earth

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.680
 shall be

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.299
 loosed in

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.500
 heaven.

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.019
 So there's

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.539
 that tool

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.819
 that I

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.079
 mentioned

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.599
 previously

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.119
 that's given

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.920
 to the

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.599
 church and

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.200
 I'm arguing

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.659
 that that's

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.119
 the church

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.779
 as a whole

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.139
 as a

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.680
 congregation

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.779
 is given

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.399
 these keys

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:12.839
 and we're

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.159
 meant to be

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.619
 doing a

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.440
 work of

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.299
 binding and

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.440
 a work of

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.680
 loosing.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.720
 But it

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.159
 doesn't seem

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.619
 to explain

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.259
 what that is

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.180
 in Matthew

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:23.759
 chapter 16.

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:25.000
 And because

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.579
 we often

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.980
 read the

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.859
 Bible far

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.599
 too piecemeal

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.160
 we are just

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.700
 left shrugging

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.099
 our shoulders.

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.500
 What in the

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.879
 world is he

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.480
 talking about?

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.920
 Keys?

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.319
 Binding?

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.680
 Loosing?

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.579
 What?

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.559
 Well, a few

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.119
 short chapters

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.460
 later in

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.660
 Matthew

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.240
 chapter 18

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.819
 we learn

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.700
 exactly what

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.400
 he's talking

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.779
 about.

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.119
 So turn

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.299
 there.

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.539
 Matthew

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.940
 18.

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.940
 I'll begin

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.319
 reading in

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.819
 verse 15.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:49.500
 Before I

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.879
 read this I

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.179
 want to say

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.099
 this is a

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.779
 picture of

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.939
 discipling work

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.339
 in the

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.679
 church.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.980
 I sometimes

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.519
 get tired of

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.000
 people using

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.839
 this just to

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.579
 refer to what

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.000
 they would say

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.859
 church discipline

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.759
 and that is to

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.439
 put somebody out

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:01.899
 of the church.

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.700
 This is more

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.139
 than that.

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.559
 So hear it

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.960
 with me.

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.339
 Beginning

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.720
 verse 15.

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.000
 If your

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.659
 brother sins

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.339
 against you

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.859
 go and tell

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.119
 him it's

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.579
 fault between

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.039
 you and him

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.299
 alone.

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.599
 If he

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.240
 listens to

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.799
 you you have

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.220
 gained your

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.500
 brother.

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.599
 He's saying

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.099
 if somebody

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.759
 who professes

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.159
 to be a

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:19.399
 Christian is

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.339
 acting in a

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.839
 way that is

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:22.240
 contrary to

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.019
 that confession

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.700
 go and tell

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.039
 them.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.619
 Help them to

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.299
 see it.

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.319
 And if he

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.039
 hears you if

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.720
 he heeds what

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.339
 you're saying

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.899
 which would

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.200
 lead to

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.700
 repentance and

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:34.039
 faith you

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.419
 have gained

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.879
 your brother.

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.720
 We have seen

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.000
 that his

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.619
 confession is

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.039
 true.

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.819
 That kind

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.399
 of discipling

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.759
 work happens

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.079
 all the

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.980
 time in

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.259
 the life

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.440
 of a

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.640
 healthy

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.059
 church.

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.740
 It's

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.039
 happening

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.759
 constantly.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.859
 Verse 16.

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.480
 But if he

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.960
 does not

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.339
 listen take

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.319
 one or two

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.980
 others along

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.519
 with you that

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.299
 every charge

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.599
 may be

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.379
 established by

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.079
 the evidence

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.579
 of two or

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.240
 three witnesses.

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.859
 You're taking

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.660
 some further

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.700
 opinion along.

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.460
 We all see

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.279
 this the very

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.000
 same way.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.200
 Look at the

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.660
 text.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.340
 It's very

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.279
 clear that

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.180
 you're living

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:13.040
 in contradiction

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:13.820
 to this

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:15.040
 command.

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.220
 You pile up

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.580
 on him for

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:20.000
 his good.

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.920
 Verse 17.

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.740
 If he refuses

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:24.580
 to listen to

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:26.279
 them tell it

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.000
 to the church.

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.040
 Here it is.

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.920
 The congregation.

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.880
 Those gathered.

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.720
 And if he

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.300
 refuses to

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.000
 listen even

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.580
 to the

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.900
 church let

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.460
 him be to

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.560
 you as a

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.800
 Gentile and

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.540
 a tax collector.

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.259
 an outsider.

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.019
 So there's

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.680
 four steps

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.599
 going on here.

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.680
 Repentance and

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.019
 faith.

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.960
 A possibility

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.180
 at every step.

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.839
 And cut up the

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.000
 final one where

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.659
 you say we

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.460
 once thought you

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.059
 were in Christ

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.639
 but now as

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:50.220
 far as we can

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.119
 tell you no

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.639
 longer are.

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.480
 Your life does

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.440
 not line up to

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.960
 the profession

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.159
 that you

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:56.139
 make.

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.619
 Now.

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.339
 Verse 18.

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.319
 Look at the

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.680
 phrasing.

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:04.079
 Truly I say

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.659
 to you

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:06.259
 whatever you

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.899
 bind on earth

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.579
 shall be bound

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.159
 in heaven.

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.099
 And whatever

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.719
 you loose

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.659
 on earth

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.679
 shall be

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.099
 loosed

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.139
 in heaven.

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.460
 So the

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.019
 keys

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.880
 to the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.199
 kingdom

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.579
 are this

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.360
 very careful

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.880
 work we

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.420
 do of

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.300
 bringing people

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.099
 into the

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.539
 life of the

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.000
 church.

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.779
 The ordinance

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.420
 that accompanies

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.759
 that is

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.400
 baptism.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.059
 Doing the

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.559
 work of

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.400
 correcting sin

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.659
 in their

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.239
 life that

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.559
 their confession

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.039
 and their

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.000
 life lines

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.639
 up together

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.259
 in ever

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.920
 increasing

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.059
 ways.

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.119
 things.

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.179
 And in

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.519
 some

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.360
 tragic

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.940
 cases

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.860
 for the

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.199
 good of

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.380
 that

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.820
 person

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.340
 and the

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.599
 witness

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.940
 of the

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.320
 church

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.079
 seeing

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.299
 them

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:42.699
 out

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.299
 of the

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.480
 life

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.699
 of the

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.900
 church.

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.139
 That

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.619
 is the

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.980
 keys

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:46.099
 to the

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.400
 kingdom.

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.840
 This is the

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.539
 discipling

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.759
 work that

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.500
 belongs to

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.259
 the congregation

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:53.000
 as a whole.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.039
 thing.

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:55.039
 So when

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.460
 somebody asks

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.760
 me what I

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.039
 say when

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.280
 I mean

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.539
 I'm a

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.500
 congregationalist

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.059
 pure

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.519
 democracy

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.820
 is not

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.159
 what pops

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.460
 into my

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.719
 head.

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.519
 Voting

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.900
 on every

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.139
 single

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.440
 thing that

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.840
 we are

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.000
 going to

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.699
 do as

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.039
 a church.

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.159
 This is

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.519
 what I'm

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.800
 thinking

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.079
 about.

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.280
 This

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.960
 really

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.719
 important

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:08.179
 work of

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.599
 helping

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.119
 people

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.639
 mature

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.260
 in

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.719
 Christ.

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.659
 Making

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.420
 sure that

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.579
 their

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.199
 confession

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.599
 is a

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.079
 true

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.659
 confession.

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:14.880
 That

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:14.980
 they

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.119
 would

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.579
 be

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.519
 preserved

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.460
 to

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.639
 the

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.039
 end.

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.579
 What

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.139
 a

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.280
 task.

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.639
 I

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.039
 began

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.579
 talking

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.860
 about

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.239
 this

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.860
 with

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:23.980
 the

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.179
 great

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.579
 commission

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.980
 because

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.159
 I

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.380
 wanted

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.500
 you

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.579
 to

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.679
 be

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.159
 reminded

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.420
 that

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.659
 Jesus

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.000
 says

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.159
 that

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.420
 all

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.880
 authority

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.440
 belongs

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.639
 to

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.840
 him

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:28.960
 and

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.259
 he

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:29.440
 is

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.719
 with

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:29.920
 us

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.139
 because

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.619
 this

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.340
 is

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.860
 a

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.719
 big

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.019
 task.

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.500
 Join

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.800
 me if

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.019
 they're

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.340
 like

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.579
 I'm

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.699
 going to

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:36.840
 move

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.019
 really

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.340
 fast

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.659
 so you

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:37.980
 may

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.179
 not

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.440
 care

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.659
 to

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.980
 but

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.779
 he

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.019
 says

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.360
 there

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.699
 and

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:40.860
 there's

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.059
 been

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.039
 some

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.259
 rather

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.719
 horrific

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.179
 sexual

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.480
 things

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.699
 going

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:43.960
 on

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.079
 in

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.159
 the

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.400
 life

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.079
 of

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.300
 this

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.800
 church

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:45.960
 and

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.079
 there

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.179
 he

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.339
 says

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:46.599
 beginning

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.799
 in

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.000
 verse

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.319
 three

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.519
 for

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.779
 though

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.299
 absent

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.480
 in

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.719
 body

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:48.859
 I

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:48.960
 am

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.239
 present

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.419
 in

00:35:49.419 --> 00:35:49.659
 spirit

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.859
 and

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.159
 as

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.319
 if

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.659
 present

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.239
 I

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.379
 have

00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:51.699
 already

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.119
 pronounced

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.579
 judgment

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.940
 on the

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.119
 one

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.279
 who

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.599
 did

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.039
 such

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.199
 a

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.500
 thing

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.460
 when

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.539
 you

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.639
 are

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.019
 assembled

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.179
 in

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.259
 the

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.419
 name

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.519
 of

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.619
 the

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:56.779
 Lord

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.099
 Jesus

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.379
 and

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:57.559
 my

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.919
 spirit

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.079
 is

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.379
 present

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:58.579
 with

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.719
 the

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.000
 power

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.139
 of

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.219
 the

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.339
 Lord

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.639
 Jesus

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.500
 you

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.659
 are

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:00.799
 to

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.199
 deliver

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.460
 this

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.719
 man

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:01.900
 to

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.159
 Satan

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.339
 for

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.460
 the

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.960
 destruction

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.379
 of

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:03.559
 the

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.099
 flesh

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.699
 so

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:04.819
 that

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.000
 his

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.480
 spirit

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.759
 may

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:05.879
 be

00:36:05.879 --> 00:36:06.500
 saved

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.699
 in

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:06.799
 the

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.139
 day

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.739
 of

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:07.859
 the

00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:08.119
 Lord

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.759
 what

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:08.900
 he's

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.319
 communicating

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:09.519
 is

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.619
 that

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.759
 you're

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:09.900
 supposed

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.019
 to

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.219
 take

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.500
 sin

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.799
 so

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.480
 seriously

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.839
 that

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:11.940
 when

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.059
 a

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.440
 person

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.059
 lives

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.199
 in

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.599
 contradiction

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.799
 to

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:13.940
 their

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.420
 confession

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.920
 you

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.099
 put

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.259
 them

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.619
 out

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:15.739
 of

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:15.900
 the

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.420
 church

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 that

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.420
 they

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.599
 would

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.980
 see

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.219
 the

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.699
 seriousness

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.599
 of

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.759
 their

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.119
 sin

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.539
 there's

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:21.719
 the

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.099
 hope

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.319
 that

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.519
 they

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:22.879
 see

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:22.900
!

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.099


00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:59.619
 I

00:36:59.619 --> 00:36:59.960
 I

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.119
 think

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.259
 was

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:00.440
 a

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.179
 familial

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.980
 thing

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.799
 so

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.259
 perhaps

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:04.460
 you're

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.659
 not

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:04.880
 even

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.059
 going

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.119
 to

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.299
 have

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.440
 a

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.880
 meal

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.099
 with

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.279
 this

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.599
 person

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.859
 because

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.000
 you

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.119
 want

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.179
 to

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.299
 be

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:07.759
 so

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.480
 clear

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.339
 about

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.000
 their

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.319
 status

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:12.480
 with

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.619
 the

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.920
 Lord

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.900
 he

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.059
 says

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.179
 for

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.380
 what

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.519
 have

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.639
 I

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:14.759
 to

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:14.880
 do

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.019
 with

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.380
 judging

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.000
 outsiders

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.460
 is it

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.599
 not

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.900
 those

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.460
 inside

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.659
 the

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.039
 church

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.920
 whom

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.539
 you

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.859
 are

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.659
 to

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.079
 judge

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.679
 God

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.039
 judges

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.339
 those

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.900
 outside

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.679
 purge

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.119
 the

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.460
 evil

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.039
 person

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:26.119
 from

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.420
 among

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:26.699
 you

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.799
 so

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.219
 this

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.619
 work

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:28.799
 is

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:28.900
 an

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.480
 incredibly

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.139
 important

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.220
 work

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.760
 for the

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:31.980
 good

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.220
 of the

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:32.760
 individual

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.740
 for the

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.079
 witness

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.579
 of the

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.980
 church

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.380
 and it

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.660
 is a

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.440
 responsibility

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.240
 and an

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.780
 authority

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.660
 that belongs

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.099
 to the

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.960
 entire

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.500
 congregation

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.780
 so

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.200
 what

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.599
 happens

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.840
 in my

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.180
 previous

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.700
 example

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.820
 of a

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.039
 college

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.300
 student

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.639
 who's

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.460
 only

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.800
 getting

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.240
 any

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.820
 spiritual

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.480
 direction

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.480
 from a

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.720
 college

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.119
 ministry

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.300
 which

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.539
 college

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.820
 ministries

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.019
 have

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.139
 their

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.420
 place

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.720
 don't

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:53.019
 hear me

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.160
 say

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.300
 they

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.639
 don't

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.260
 but

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:54.360
 if

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.519
 that's

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.639
 the

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:54.860
 only

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.139
 place

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.300
 it's

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.500
 coming

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.900
 from

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.760
 everything

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.039
 is

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.360
 great

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.599
 until

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.760
 he

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.020
 doesn't

00:37:58.020 --> 00:37:58.460
 like

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.880
 something

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.100
 that

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.240
 he's

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.660
 told

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.800
 hey

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.040
 man

00:38:01.040 --> 00:38:01.320
 you

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.960
 can't

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.080
 be

00:38:02.080 --> 00:38:02.340
 doing

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.640
 that

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:02.840
 with

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.000
 your

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.400
 girlfriend

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:05.320
 and he

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.520
 goes

00:38:05.520 --> 00:38:07.200
 I'll do

00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:07.420
 what I

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.680
 want

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:09.660
 there's

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:09.780
 no

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.440
 authority

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.960
 granted

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 to

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.280
 that

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.940
 organization

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.380
 to do

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 anything

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.080
 to follow

00:38:15.080 --> 00:38:15.500
 up

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.000
 but the

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.620
 church

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:18.820
 has

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.820
 a response

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.380
 to

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.260
 unrepentant

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:22.180
 sin

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.820
 and this

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.360
 is very

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.400
 very good

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.180
 for people

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.899
 if

00:38:25.899 --> 00:38:26.019
 you

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.139
 are

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.259
 a

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.619
 Christ

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:26.980
 follower

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.460
 you

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.679
 ought

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.799
 to

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.000
 want

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.179
 to

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.639
 submit

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.219
 yourself

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.739
 to

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:29.899
 that

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.119
 kind

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.219
 of

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.619
 authority

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.460
 I

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.359
 need

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:32.480
 it

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.619
 in

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.779
 my

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.099
 life

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.299
 I

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.460
 am

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.799
 blind

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:33.940
 to

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.119
 my

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.339
 sin

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.859
 sometimes

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.139
 and I

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.339
 need

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:35.579
 to be

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.879
 shown

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 it

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.480
 and

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.899
 I

00:38:37.899 --> 00:38:38.239
 hope

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.980
 that I'm

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.139
 a

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.419
 first

00:38:39.419 --> 00:38:39.899
 step

00:38:39.899 --> 00:38:40.519
 discipline

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 kind

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:40.899
 of

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:41.099
 guy

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.259
 I

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.440
 want

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.559
 to

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.739
 just

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.099
 live

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.299
 in

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:42.500
 verse

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.039
 15

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.399
 I

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:43.500
 don't

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.639
 want

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.739
 to

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:43.879
 go

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.059
 any

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.299
 place

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.579
 else

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.919
 beyond

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:45.239
 that

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.019
 when

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.259
 I'm

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.480
 the

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.899
 person

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.139
 being

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.559
 corrected

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.199
 I

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.399
 in

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.500
 the

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.779
 life

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.899
 of

00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.039
 our

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.419
 church

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:59.039
 but

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.179
 if

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.379
 I'm

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.679
 not

00:38:59.679 --> 00:38:59.940
 willing

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.099
 to

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.480
 repent

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.579
 oh

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.719
 I

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:01.919
 hope

00:39:01.919 --> 00:39:02.299
 because

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.159
 sin

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.299
 is

00:39:03.299 --> 00:39:03.699
 serious

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.599
 and

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.719
 I

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:04.879
 want

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:04.980
 to

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.440
 persevere

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.139
 to

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.279
 the

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:06.559
 end

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.899
 I

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.279
 want

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.719
 this

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.319
 good

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.799
 authority

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.179
 of the

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.699
 congregation

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:11.019
 for

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.299
 me

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:12.960
 so

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.239
 back

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.639
 in our

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.199
 text

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.779
 draw

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:14.960
 your

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.279
 mind

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.519
 to

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.759
 it

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.619
 Ephesians

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.099
 4

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.419
 all

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:18.559
 of

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.719
 this

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.139
 language

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.519
 about

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.779
 us

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.759
 attaining

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.019
 the

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.259
 unity

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.399
 of

00:39:21.399 --> 00:39:21.480
 the

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.739
 faith

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:21.919
 the

00:39:21.919 --> 00:39:22.299
 knowledge

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:22.419
 of

00:39:22.419 --> 00:39:22.480
 the

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.500
 mature

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.079
 manhood

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.539
 the

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.980
 measure

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.099
 of

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.159
 the

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.559
 stature

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.699
 of

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:25.839
 the

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.099
 fullness

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.739
 of

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:26.980
 Christ

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.159
 so

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.299
 we're

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:27.480
 no

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.859
 longer

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.179
 children

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.500
 tossed

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.739
 to

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:28.940
 and

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.079
 fro

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.279
 by

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.539
 every

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.699
 wind

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:29.819
 of

00:39:29.819 --> 00:39:30.099
 doctrine

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.299
 by

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:30.619
 every

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.399
 human

00:39:31.399 --> 00:39:31.779
 cunning

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:31.919
 and

00:39:31.919 --> 00:39:32.379
 deceitful

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.739
 scheme

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.279
 all of

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.419
 this

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:33.599
 stuff

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.819
 this

00:39:33.819 --> 00:39:33.960
 is

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.139
 that

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.440
 careful

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.819
 work

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.299
 that

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:35.399
 we're

00:39:35.399 --> 00:39:35.659
 doing

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.079
 in

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.179
 the

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.460
 life

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.239
 of

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.359
 the

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:37.719
 church

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:38.159
 right

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.960
 and

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.119
 this

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.219
 has

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.339
 been

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.599
 given

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:39.819
 to

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:39.980
 us

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.179
 this

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.919
 authority

00:39:40.919 --> 00:39:42.440
 because

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.500
 God

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.639
 loves

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.279
 us

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.940
 and

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.039
 he

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.919
 loves

00:39:46.919 --> 00:39:47.599
 the

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:47.919
 purity

00:39:47.919 --> 00:39:48.239
 of

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.419
 his

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:48.980
 church

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:50.799
 on

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:50.879
 the

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.019
 back

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.099
 of

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.179
 your

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.500
 bulletin

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.639
 is

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.799
 a

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.000
 quote

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.259
 from

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.859
 William

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:53.399
 Gurnall

00:39:53.399 --> 00:39:53.899
 I'll

00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.919
 encourage

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:55.119
 you to

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.259
 look

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.399
 him

00:39:55.399 --> 00:39:55.639
 up

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:57.039
 he

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.219
 said

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.500
 God

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.659
 would

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:57.859
 not

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.179
 rub

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.440
 so

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.819
 hard

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:58.960
 if

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.059
 it

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.179
 were

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.619
 not

00:39:59.619 --> 00:39:59.919
 to

00:39:59.919 --> 00:40:00.319
 fetch

00:40:00.319 --> 00:40:00.599
 out

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.819
 the

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.159
 dirt

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.399
 that

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:01.519
 is

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.079
 ingrained

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.359
 in

00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:02.500
 our

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.099
 natures

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:04.039
 God

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.279
 loves

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:04.779
 purity

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.339
 so

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.880
 well

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.339
 that

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:06.420
 he

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.519
 would

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.719
 rather

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:06.960
 see

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.139
 a

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.559
 hole

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.039
 than

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.199
 a

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.619
 spot

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.059
 in

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.199
 his

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:10.079
 child's

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.559
 garments

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.940
 it's

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.099
 not

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.299
 always

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.839
 easy

00:40:12.839 --> 00:40:13.480
 to

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.000
 exercise

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.219
 this

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.579
 authority

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.920
 or

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.339
 to

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.000
 submit

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.279
 to

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:16.480
 this

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.819
 type

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.719
 of

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.159
 authority

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.480
 but

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.819
 if

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.119
 it's

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.360
 being

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.219
 properly

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.639
 exercised

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.659
 it is

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.039
 for

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.480
 our

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.639
 eternal

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.619
 good

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:27.099
 so

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.259
 authority

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:29.159
 what

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.679
 follows

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.239
 authority

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.440
 for

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.940
 discipline

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.139
 what

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.599
 follows

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:31.819
 from

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.139
 that

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.719
 is

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.719
 doctrine

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.199
 right

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.419
 if

00:40:34.419 --> 00:40:34.539
 we're

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.659
 to

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.139
 teach

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.500
 people

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.859
 all

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.019
 that

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.219
 Jesus

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.439
 has

00:40:36.439 --> 00:40:36.819
 commanded

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.099
 what

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.839
 are

00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:38.079
 we

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.500
 supposed

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.819
 to

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.139
 be

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:40.419
 teaching

00:40:40.419 --> 00:40:41.939
 Galatians

00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:42.539
 chapter 1

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.899
 verse 8

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:43.219
 and 9

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.679
 Paul said

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:43.919
 this

00:40:43.919 --> 00:40:44.059
 but

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.259
 even

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.459
 if

00:40:44.459 --> 00:40:44.939
 we

00:40:44.939 --> 00:40:45.319
 or

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.559
 an

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.980
 angel

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.279
 from

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.579
 heaven

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.799
 should

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.119
 preach

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.299
 to

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.419
 you

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.639
 a

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.039
 gospel

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.779
 contrary

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.059
 to

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.179
 the

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.379
 one

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:49.559
 we

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.879
 preach

00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:50.059
 to

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.299
 you

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.079
 let

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.319
 him

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.719
 be

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.899
 accursed

00:40:52.899 --> 00:40:53.679
 as

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:53.799
 we

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:53.899
 have

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.079
 said

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.459
 before

00:40:54.459 --> 00:40:54.859
 now

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.159
 I

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.439
 say

00:40:55.439 --> 00:40:55.739
 again

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:55.879
 if

00:40:55.879 --> 00:40:56.119
 anyone

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.279
 is

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:56.519
 preaching

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.699
 to

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:56.779
 you

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:56.899
 a

00:40:56.899 --> 00:40:57.139
 gospel

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.699
 contrary

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:57.939
 to

00:40:57.940 --> 00:41:07.920
 the

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.000
 one

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 you

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 teaching

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.139
 the

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.800
 wrong

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.579
 doctrine

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.119
 needs

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.360
 to

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 be

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 corrected

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 the

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.840
 truth

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.360
 must

00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:16.740
 be

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 preserved

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 and

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 it

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.599
 must

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 be

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:20.179
 defended

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:21.960
 David

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.300
 Gibson

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.639
 in an

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:22.920
 article

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.480
 entitled

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.380
 assumed

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.500
 evangelicalism

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 some

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.139
 reflections

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:28.019
 in route

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.840
 to denying

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.260
 the

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.699
 gospel

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.320
 he

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.500
 said

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.800
 this

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.860
 you

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.039
 may

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.179
 have

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.300
 heard

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.460
 the

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 story

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 of

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 the

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.619
 Mennonite

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 brethren

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 movement

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 one

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:35.960
 particular

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 analysis

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 goes

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 like

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 this

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 the

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:38.960
 first

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.480
 generation

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.340
 believed

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 and

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.039
 proclaimed

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.460
 thought

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.719
 that

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:43.960
 they

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 were

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 certain

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 social

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 entailments

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:50.019
 conclusions

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:51.019
 the

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 next

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 generation

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 assumed

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 the

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 gospel

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.360
 and

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 advocated

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.739
 the

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 entailments

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 the

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 third

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 generation

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 denied

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 the

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 gospel

00:41:58.680 --> 00:41:59.200
 and

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 all

00:41:59.720 --> 00:41:59.940
 that

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.079
 were

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.619
 left

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.559
 were

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.740
 the

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.500
 entailments

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.619
 so

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.760
 preached

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.160
 it

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 assumed

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 it

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 forgot

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 it

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 we

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.220
 have

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 to be

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 so

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 careful

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:11.700
 not

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.019
 to

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.380
 do

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.220
 this

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:13.599
 very

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.519
 thing

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.280
 and

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.480
 this

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 is

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 a

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 congregational

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 responsibility

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 this

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.260
 includes

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:20.760
 elders

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.079
 giving

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.500
 leadership

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.800
 to

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:21.920
 it

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.079
 but

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.200
 it

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:22.640
 also

00:42:22.640 --> 00:42:23.480
 includes

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.619
 you

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.799
 it

00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:25.819
 it

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.119
 it

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.199
 is

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.380
 always

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.579
 a

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.179
 shuddering

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.559
 thing

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 to

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 read

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 Acts

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.299
 chapter

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:29.659
 20

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 verse

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.239
 28

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 through

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 30

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:30.980
 where

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.460
 Paul

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.719
 saying

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:31.940
 his

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.500
 farewell

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 to

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.500
 the

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 Ephesian

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 elders

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.619
 and

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:35.739
 he

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:35.960
 says

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.139
 pay

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.519
 careful

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:36.900
 attention

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.179
 to

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.880
 yourselves

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.839
 and

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.019
 to

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.159
 all

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.319
 the

00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:39.679
 flock

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:39.819
 in

00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:39.940
 which

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.059
 the

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.219
 Holy

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.559
 Spirit

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:40.719
 has

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:40.859
 made

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.019
 you

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.679
 overseers

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:41.880
 to

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.179
 care

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:42.339
 for

00:42:42.339 --> 00:42:42.460
 the

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.659
 church

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:42.819
 of

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:43.179
 God

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.679
 which

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:43.799
 he

00:42:43.799 --> 00:42:44.480
 obtained

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!

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 with

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 his

00:42:45.259 --> 00:42:45.500
 own

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.819
 blood

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:45.960
 I

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 read

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.299
 that

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:46.619
 text

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:46.779
 to

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:46.980
 you

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.940
 last

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.279
 week

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.440
 and

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.639
 he

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:48.820
 says

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.300
 this

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.940
 I

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.079
 know

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.220
 that

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.420
 after

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.599
 my

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.019
 departure

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.720
 fierce

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:52.179
 wolves

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:52.400
 will

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.679
 come

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:52.920
 in

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.320
 among

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.519
 you

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.980
 not

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:55.079
 sparing

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.679
 the

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.000
 flock

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.159
 so

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.380
 there's

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.519
 a

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.820
 there's

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 a

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:57.320
 defense

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.579
 thing

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:57.960
 happening

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.200
 that

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.480
 that

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.720
 that

00:42:58.720 --> 00:43:00.159
 untrue

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:00.440
 things

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.539
 are

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.619
 going

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:00.679
 to

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:00.880
 come

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.000
 in

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.159
 from

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.320
 the

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.740
 outside

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.179
 and

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.380
 then

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.500
 he

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.679
 says

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:02.820
 in

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:02.980
 verse

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.300
 30

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:03.800
 and

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:03.960
 for

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.400
 among

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.860
 your

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.420
 own

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.300
 selves

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.940
 will

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.360
 rise

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.780
 men

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.519
 speaking

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.019
 twisted

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.019


00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.599
 things

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.800
 to

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.220
 draw

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:10.840
 away

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.500
 the

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.019
 disciples

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.059
 after

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.340
 them

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:14.220
 so

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.599
 all

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:14.760
 of

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:14.960
 us

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.380
 every

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.679
 one

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:15.820
 of

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.079
 us

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.559
 needs

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:16.699
 to

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:16.960
 be

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.740
 vigilant

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:18.380
 in

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:19.039
 protecting

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:20.599
 doctrine

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:22.400
 Jude

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.760
 writes

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:22.920
 in

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.099
 verse

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.559
 3

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.760
 and

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.000
 4

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.119
 of

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.260
 his

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:24.539
 lever

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.139
 beloved

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.380
 although

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.500
 I

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.619
 was

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.760
 very

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.000
 eager

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.159
 to

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.340
 write

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.460
 to

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.539
 you

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:26.699
 about

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:26.840
 our

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:27.119
 common

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.659
 salvation

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:27.900
 I

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.139
 found

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.260
 it

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:28.720
 necessary

00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:29.019
 to

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.199
 write

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.599
 appealing

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:29.800
 to

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:30.059
 you

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.639
 to

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.340
 contend

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.579
 for

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:31.760
 the

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.220
 faith

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.780
 that

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:32.940
 was

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.300
 once

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:33.500
 for

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.699
 all

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.179
 delivered

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.720
 to

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:34.900
 the

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.280
 saints

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.320
 for

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.699
 certain

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:37.039
 people

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.240
 have

00:43:37.240 --> 00:43:37.679
 crept

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:37.880
 in

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.599
 unnoticed

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:38.760
 who

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.199
 long

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.500
 ago

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:39.699
 were

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.179
 designated

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.480
 for

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.659
 this

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.339
 condemnation

00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:42.339
 ungodly

00:43:42.339 --> 00:43:42.719
 people

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.299
 who

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:43.739
 pervert

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:44.239
 the grace

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.519
 of our

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:44.819
 God

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:45.059
 into

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.899
 sensuality

00:43:45.899 --> 00:43:46.799
 and deny

00:43:46.799 --> 00:43:47.599
 our only

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.159
 master

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.859
 and Lord

00:43:48.859 --> 00:43:49.699
 Jesus

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.219
 Christ

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:52.179
 so you

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.500
 see

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.199
 people

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.819
 coming in

00:43:53.819 --> 00:43:54.359
 not

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:54.940
 living

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:56.899
 consistent

00:43:56.899 --> 00:43:57.259
 with their

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.779
 confession

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.579
 and

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:59.679
 changing

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.000
 that

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.619
 confession

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.819
 all

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:02.519
 together

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.879
 so we

00:44:03.879 --> 00:44:04.319
 are to

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:05.379
 protect

00:44:05.379 --> 00:44:06.299
 preserve

00:44:06.299 --> 00:44:07.239
 defend

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:08.480
 the truth

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.179
 all of

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.559
 us

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.460
 to do

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.280
 this

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.639
 work

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:13.139
 in

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.320
 what

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:13.720
 measure

00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:14.780
 what

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:15.440
 doctrines

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.720
 must

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:15.940
 we

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.400
 defend

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.679
 what

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.679
 convictions

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:18.099
 do

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.440
 we

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:19.380
 contend

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:19.740
 for

00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:20.420
 we

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.639
 certainly

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:20.820
 don't

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:20.940
 want

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.000
 to

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.139
 come

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.460
 together

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.619
 and

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:21.740
 do

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:21.980
 this

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.280
 work

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.460
 and

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.659
 try

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:22.800
 to

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.019
 work

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.179
 out

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.679
 every

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.099
 little

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.579
 tiny

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.240
 particular

00:44:25.240 --> 00:44:26.420
 oh

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:27.519
 what a

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:27.720
 mess

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.059
 that

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.960
 might

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.260
 be

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:30.420
 and

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.679
 here's

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:30.900
 where

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.119
 and I'll

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.519
 spare you

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.780
 today

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.099
 because I'm

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:32.340
 noticing

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.900
 the time

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.920
 present to

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.159
 you the

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.579
 idea of

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.059
 theological

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.659
 triage

00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:35.940
 if you've

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.039
 been

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.400
 around

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.699
 you've

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.019
 heard me

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.260
 talk

00:44:37.260 --> 00:44:37.539
 about

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:37.900
 this

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.920
 before

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.340
 if you've

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:39.519
 not

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.900
 I've

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.059
 got

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.519
 time

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:42.000
 after

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.199
 we're

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.400
 done

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:42.599
 I'd

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:42.699
 be

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:42.900
 happy

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.059
 to

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.240
 share

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:43.460
 it

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.559
 with

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:44.820
 you

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.480
 but

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.639
 what

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:45.800
 I

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.360
 think

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.539
 we

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:47.740
 need

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:47.820
 to

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.079
 be

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.619
 applying

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:48.840
 from

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:48.980
 this

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.260
 idea

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.380
 of

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:49.780
 theological

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:50.360
 triage

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:50.940
 is

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.400
 really

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:51.820
 defending

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.159
 those

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.720
 doctrines

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:52.940
 that are

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.519
 necessary

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.820
 for

00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:54.340
 salvation

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.699
 an example

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.320
 justification

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.079
 by grace

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.340
 alone

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:57.519
 through

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:57.820
 faith

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.159
 alone

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.659
 in

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:58.980
 Christ

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.320
 alone

00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:00.260
 pride

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:00.480
 out

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:00.559
 of

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:00.699
 my

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:00.960
 dead

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.340
 hands

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.619
 this

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:01.760
 is

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:01.920
 the

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.199
 hill

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.619
 that

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:02.760
 I

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:02.900
 will

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.179
 die

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:03.380
 on

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:03.480
 as

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:03.599
 a

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:04.059
 congregation

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.440
 we

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.539
 need

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:04.679
 to

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:04.940
 stand

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.079
 on

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.259
 that

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:05.519
 hill

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:06.460
 together

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.400
 and

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:07.599
 that

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:07.719
 is

00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:07.840
 a

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.119
 doctrine

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.319
 that's

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:08.480
 being

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:09.099
 destroyed

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.460
 around

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:09.679
 us

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:09.880
 this

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.199
 morning

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:11.059
 all over

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.460
 the place

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.219
 this morning

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.739
 in churches

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:13.139
 it's being

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.739
 destroyed

00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:14.659
 justification

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:15.360
 by grace

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:15.659
 alone

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.299
 through

00:45:16.299 --> 00:45:16.559
 faith

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:16.900
 alone

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.639
 in

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.340
 Christ

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:18.639
 alone

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:18.840
 that

00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:19.199
 people

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:19.519
 would

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:19.860
 be

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:21.159
 saved

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.980
 as

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.099
 an

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.500
 example

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:24.039
 also

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.500
 secondary

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.000
 doctrines

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.219
 those

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:25.519
 things

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:25.860
 that we

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.360
 believe

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.679
 that we

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:26.840
 should

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:27.159
 agree

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:27.539
 upon

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:27.920
 to

00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.599
 fellowship

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:29.000
 as a

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.279
 local

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.000
 congregation

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.860
 what

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.079
 will

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.380
 we

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.199
 call

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:33.179
 sin

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.639
 and

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.559
 not

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.400
 call

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:35.799
 sin

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:35.960
 and

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.119
 there's

00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:36.239
 a

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.519
 number

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:36.699
 of

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.199
 complicated

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:37.619
 matters

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:37.900
 to

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.659
 think

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:38.960
 about

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.199
 the

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:39.759
 simplest

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:40.199
 example

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.539
 is

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.219
 baptism

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:41.599
 how do

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:41.779
 we

00:45:41.779 --> 00:45:42.759
 practice

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:43.500
 such a

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.759
 thing

00:45:43.759 --> 00:45:44.420
 more

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.960
 complicated

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.340
 ones

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.739
 what do

00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:45.840
 we

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.099
 think

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:46.480
 about

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.400
 divorce

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.320
 and

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:49.059
 remarriage

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.059


00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.320
 And we

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.500
 have to

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:50.900
 be careful

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.480
 about that

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:51.679
 right?

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:51.980
 Because

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.519
 we

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:53.259
 collectively

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:54.619
 may have

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.079
 to approach

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.420
 somebody

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:55.719
 that we

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:55.980
 think

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.239
 is

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:57.219
 sinning

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.440
 and we

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:57.579
 don't

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:57.799
 want to

00:45:57.799 --> 00:45:57.960
 be

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.360
 split

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.579
 down

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:58.739
 the

00:45:58.739 --> 00:45:59.000
 middle

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:00.039
 about

00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:00.259
 what we

00:46:00.259 --> 00:46:00.440
 think

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:00.659
 about

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.059
 this

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.420
 what a

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:01.779
 difficult

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.799
 thing

00:46:02.799 --> 00:46:03.380
 to disciple

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.860
 somebody

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.180
 if we're

00:46:04.180 --> 00:46:04.780
 all on

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:04.880
 a

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.079
 different

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.740
 page

00:46:05.740 --> 00:46:07.059
 on such

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.200
 an

00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:07.480
 issue

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.860
 So those

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.579
 types

00:46:09.579 --> 00:46:10.360
 of things

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.760
 are

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:11.440
 gathered

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.160
 into

00:46:12.160 --> 00:46:12.940
 what are

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.680
 most often

00:46:13.680 --> 00:46:14.160
 called

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:15.039
 confessions

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.000
 statements

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:16.740
 of faith

00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:17.800
 creeds

00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:18.280
 etc

00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:19.540
 We

00:46:19.540 --> 00:46:19.880
 are

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.980
 confessional

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:22.000
 people

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.620
 Now

00:46:22.620 --> 00:46:22.860
 if somebody

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.360
 ever asks

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:23.680
 you if

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:23.980
 your church

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.600
 is confessional

00:46:24.600 --> 00:46:25.019
 you should

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.360
 ask them

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:25.640
 what they

00:46:25.640 --> 00:46:25.920
 mean

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:26.519
 by that

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:27.780
 But

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.519
 we are

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:28.880
 in fact

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.700
 confessional

00:46:29.700 --> 00:46:30.180
 because we

00:46:30.180 --> 00:46:30.600
 believe

00:46:30.600 --> 00:46:31.420
 that it is

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:32.019
 important to

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:32.800
 make truth

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.300
 claims

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:34.000
 concerning

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.700
 what the

00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:35.000
 Bible

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.480
 teaches

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.320
 on any

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:37.280
 particular

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:38.360
 topic

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:39.540
 You have

00:46:39.540 --> 00:46:39.860
 to make

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:40.220
 truth

00:46:40.220 --> 00:46:40.600
 claims

00:46:40.600 --> 00:46:41.960
 Some

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.400
 people will

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.700
 say

00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:43.660
 things like

00:46:43.660 --> 00:46:44.519
 no creed

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:45.140
 but Christ

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:46.539
 which I

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:46.859
 think is

00:46:46.859 --> 00:46:47.119
 funny

00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:47.639
 because that

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:47.980
 itself

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.239
 is a

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:48.500
 creed

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:50.739
 That's a

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.019
 statement

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.480
 of truth

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:53.019
 We think

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.139
 it's

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:53.400
 important

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.839
 to say

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.539
 what does

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.920
 the Bible

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.400
 teach

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.879
 on

00:46:55.879 --> 00:46:56.500
 particular

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:57.639
 things

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.900
 Our

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.480
 congregational

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:00.039
 recitations

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:00.559
 on Sunday

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:00.879
 morning

00:47:00.879 --> 00:47:01.219
 are an

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:01.739
 expression

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.339
 of

00:47:02.339 --> 00:47:03.159
 this

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:03.699
 belief

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:04.599
 We

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.079
 call

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.259
 and

00:47:05.259 --> 00:47:05.719
 respond

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:05.960
 through

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.440
 historic

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:07.039
 confessions

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.299
 and

00:47:07.299 --> 00:47:07.960
 catechisms

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:08.819
 that we

00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:09.059
 are in

00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:09.359
 agreement

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:09.779
 with

00:47:09.779 --> 00:47:10.739
 and

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:11.299
 currently

00:47:11.299 --> 00:47:11.819
 we're

00:47:11.819 --> 00:47:12.299
 reciting

00:47:12.299 --> 00:47:12.619
 our

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:13.019
 own

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.699
 current

00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:14.460
 statement

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:15.280
 of

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.599
 faith

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.840
 Wonderful

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:17.300
 thing

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:17.740
 What

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:18.179
 do we

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:18.579
 believe

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:19.000
 about

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.079
 such

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:20.220
 and

00:47:20.220 --> 00:47:20.599
 such

00:47:20.599 --> 00:47:21.860
 Now

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:22.039
 some

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.159
 of

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:22.240
 you

00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:22.460
 know

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:22.659
 and

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.079
 many

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.220
 of

00:47:23.220 --> 00:47:23.260
 you

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:23.619
 don't

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:24.400
 right

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:24.619
 now

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:24.840
 your

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:25.119
 elders

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.360
 are

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:25.720
 working

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:25.940
 on

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.139
 a

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:26.440
 more

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.099
 robust

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:27.679
 statement

00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:28.119
 of

00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:28.360
 faith

00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:28.639
 because

00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:28.800
 we

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 think

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 it's

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 going

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 to

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 be

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 important

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 for

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 us

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 to

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 more

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 clearly

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 define

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 what

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 we

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:32.679
 think

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:32.840
 the

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:33.099
 Bible

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.760
 teaches

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:34.220
 on

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 a

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:34.920
 number

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 of

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 topics

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:37.420
 as

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 this

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 age

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:39.059
 continues

00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:39.260
 to

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 get

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 harder

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 And

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 harder!

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 And

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 guess

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 what?

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 You

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 get

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.619
 to

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:43.739
 be

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 involved

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 in

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:44.659
 that

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:44.959
 whole

00:47:44.959 --> 00:47:45.619
 process

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:46.799
 But

00:47:46.799 --> 00:47:46.919
 in

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:47.119
 our

00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:47.639
 elder

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:47.959
 led

00:47:47.959 --> 00:47:48.980
 congregationalism

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.480
 we're

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:49.799
 giving

00:47:49.799 --> 00:47:50.519
 leadership

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:50.939
 to it

00:47:50.939 --> 00:47:51.159
 We're

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:51.459
 working

00:47:51.459 --> 00:47:52.039
 hard

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:52.779
 to

00:47:52.779 --> 00:47:52.920
 start

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.099
 with

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:53.199
 a

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:53.500
 historic

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.960
 document

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.199
 we're

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 working

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.820
 hard

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.000
 to

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.179
 make

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:55.340
 what

00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:55.440
 we

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:55.719
 believe

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:55.840
 are

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:56.259
 appropriate

00:47:56.259 --> 00:47:56.699
 changes

00:47:56.699 --> 00:47:56.960
 to that

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:57.320
 document

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:58.139
 We're

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:58.380
 going

00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:58.579
 to

00:47:58.579 --> 00:47:58.840
 bring

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.059
 it

00:47:59.059 --> 00:47:59.820
 to

00:47:59.820 --> 00:48:00.159
 you

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:00.539
 and

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.800
 ask

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:00.880
 you

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:01.019
 to

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.300
 pour

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:01.579
 over

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:01.739
 it

00:48:01.739 --> 00:48:01.880
 and

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:02.119
 ask

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.719
 questions

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:02.940
 and

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.219
 come

00:48:03.219 --> 00:48:03.679
 back

00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:03.920
 and

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:05.300
 it

00:48:05.300 --> 00:48:05.460
 could

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:05.579
 be

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:05.900
 terrible

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 but

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:07.119
 I

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 also

00:48:07.279 --> 00:48:07.440
 want

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.519
 to

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.800
 suggest

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 it

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:08.079
 could

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.259
 be

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:08.519
 a

00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:08.900
 joy

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:09.259
 that

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.340
 we

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:09.480
 would

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.759
 open

00:48:09.759 --> 00:48:09.920
 the

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.119
 word

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 together

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:10.759
 and

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.159
 see

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:11.860
 what

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.079
 God

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:12.320
 has

00:48:12.320 --> 00:48:12.960
!

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:14.400
 So

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:14.659
 these

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:14.920
 two

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:15.659
 areas

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:16.219
 are

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.779
 together

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:23.519
 is

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:24.019
 for

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:25.480
 discipling

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:26.000
 and

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:26.440
 for

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.779
 doctrine

00:48:27.779 --> 00:48:28.960
 So

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 what does

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.400
 that look

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:29.679
 like

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.639
 in action?

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.179
 You see

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:32.380
 it all

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.800
 the time

00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:34.219
 Sermons

00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:34.699
 preached

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.500
 classes

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:35.960
 taught

00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:37.279
 Discipling

00:48:37.279 --> 00:48:37.860
 relationships

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.099
 where the

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:38.320
 Bible

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.779
 is read

00:48:38.779 --> 00:48:39.440
 and studied

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:40.420
 and applied

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:41.860
 Earnest

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.300
 prayer

00:48:42.300 --> 00:48:42.800
 for one

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.119
 another

00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:44.739
 Burdens

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:45.300
 born

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:46.679
 Weeping

00:48:46.679 --> 00:48:47.159
 together

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:47.960
 Rejoicing

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:49.039
 together

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:50.400
 Food

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.000
 provided

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:52.519
 Sin

00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:53.079
 confronted

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:53.300
 and

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:53.760
 corrected

00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:55.440
 Discipline

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:56.079
 processes

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.619
 carried

00:48:56.619 --> 00:48:56.960
 out

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.239
 and

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:57.940
 sadly

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.199
 from

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.420
 time

00:48:58.420 --> 00:48:58.539
 to

00:48:58.539 --> 00:48:58.820
 time

00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.039
 to

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.280
 their

00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:00.099
 very

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:00.619
 end

00:49:00.619 --> 00:49:02.119
 Evangelism

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:02.780
 and

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.380
 missions

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:04.639
 Welcoming

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:05.039
 new

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.539
 members

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:05.920
 through

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.119
 the

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:06.420
 ordinance

00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:06.579
 of

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.059
 baptism

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.860
 Celebrating

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:08.039
 the

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:08.360
 Lord's

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:08.539
 Supper

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:09.039
 together

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:10.119
 each

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:11.000
 Lord's

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:11.300
 Day

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 Confessionalism

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 and all

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:13.719
 that it

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.000
 entails

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.239
 doing

00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:14.420
 the

00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:14.900
 exercise

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.159
 of

00:49:15.159 --> 00:49:16.199
 careful

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:16.840
 theological

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:17.519
 triage

00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:17.739
 in the

00:49:17.739 --> 00:49:18.059
 life

00:49:18.059 --> 00:49:19.000
 of our

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:19.219
 church

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.380
 I

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:19.860
 could

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:20.219
 go

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:21.419
 on

00:49:21.419 --> 00:49:21.980
 but

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:22.759
 note

00:49:22.759 --> 00:49:23.119
 that

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:23.779
 you

00:49:23.779 --> 00:49:24.000
 the

00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:24.559
 congregation

00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:24.919
 the

00:49:24.919 --> 00:49:25.500
 church

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:25.919
 as a

00:49:25.919 --> 00:49:26.659
 whole

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:27.719
 have a

00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:28.299
 profound

00:49:28.299 --> 00:49:28.699
 and

00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:29.199
 precious

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:30.319
 responsibility

00:49:30.319 --> 00:49:31.579
 and what

00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:31.919
 I want

00:49:31.919 --> 00:49:32.159
 you to

00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:32.539
 hear

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:33.679
 is

00:49:33.679 --> 00:49:34.199
 be

00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:34.980
 freed

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:35.879
 to do

00:49:35.879 --> 00:49:36.299
 this

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:37.879
 this

00:49:37.879 --> 00:49:38.179
 most

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:38.599
 important

00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:38.899
 work

00:49:38.899 --> 00:49:39.179
 for the

00:49:39.179 --> 00:49:39.339
 good

00:49:39.339 --> 00:49:39.579
 of our

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:39.939
 people

00:49:39.939 --> 00:49:40.199
 and for

00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:40.359
 the

00:49:40.359 --> 00:49:40.799
 witness

00:49:40.799 --> 00:49:41.619
 of the

00:49:41.619 --> 00:49:42.039
 gospel

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.459
 to the

00:49:42.459 --> 00:49:42.879
 glory

00:49:42.879 --> 00:49:44.139
 of our

00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:44.599
 great

00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:45.319
 God

00:49:45.319 --> 00:49:45.859
 don't

00:49:45.859 --> 00:49:46.259
 get

00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:47.099
 distracted

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:48.319
 by the

00:49:48.319 --> 00:49:48.919
 minutia

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.800
 it's

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:49.980
 not

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:50.139
 the

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.340
 most

00:49:50.340 --> 00:49:50.700
 important

00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:51.099
 thing

00:49:51.099 --> 00:49:52.659
 we

00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:52.900
 as

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:53.059
 your

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:53.579
 elders

00:49:53.579 --> 00:49:53.960
 want

00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:54.099
 to

00:49:54.099 --> 00:49:54.539
 lead

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:54.720
 you

00:49:54.720 --> 00:49:54.900
 by

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.360
 equipping

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:55.559
 you

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:55.720
 for

00:49:55.720 --> 00:49:55.880
 the

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.400
 work

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:57.039
 of

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.380
 ministry

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:57.579
 the

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.119
 building

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:58.500
 up

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:58.740
 the

00:49:58.740 --> 00:49:59.099
 body

00:49:59.099 --> 00:49:59.780
 of

00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:00.159
 Christ

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:00.340
 and

00:50:00.340 --> 00:50:00.440
 we

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:00.579
 want

00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:00.720
 to

00:50:00.720 --> 00:50:01.079
 free

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:01.500
 you

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:02.380
 to

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:02.599
 do

00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:02.940
 that

00:50:02.940 --> 00:50:03.720
 and

00:50:03.720 --> 00:50:03.860
 to

00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:03.980
 do

00:50:03.980 --> 00:50:04.119
 it

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:04.420
 well

00:50:04.420 --> 00:50:05.079
 to

00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:05.180
 the

00:50:05.180 --> 00:50:05.380
 glory

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:05.519
 of

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:05.659
 our

00:50:05.659 --> 00:50:05.900
 God

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:06.579
 let's

00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:06.720
 pray

00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:07.019
 together