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 Let's read together, starting chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Therefore, what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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 On account of these, the wrath of God is coming.

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 In these, you too once walked when you were living in them.

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 But now you must put them all away, anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices,

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 and have put on the new self which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

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 Here there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but Christ is all and in all.

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 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

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 bearing with one another, and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other.

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 As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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 And above all these things, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

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 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you are called in one body.

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 And be thankful.

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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 Wives, submit to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord.

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 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

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 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

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 Bond servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,

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 not by way of eye service as people pleases,

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 but with the sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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 Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men,

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 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.

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 You are serving the Lord Christ.

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 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done,

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 and there is no partiality.

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 Masters, treat your bond servants justly and fairly,

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 knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?

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 Father, you have raised Christ to your right hand with heaven and earth under his feet,

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 and so I pray that you would help us to see how all our work endeavours also should be under his feet.

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 So please speak to us today.

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 Encourage and convict us.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, a passage about slavery.

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 We've kind of got to deal with that awkwardness, don't we?

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 I'm thinking of Britain in the 1700s, 1800s.

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 They actually had a slave trade.

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 Their economy built to a large extent on slavery.

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 So this Christian country using slavery.

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 But the problem there wasn't the Christianity.

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 The problem there was they needed to become more Christian.

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 And I want to illustrate that with the amazing life of a politician, William Wilberforce.

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 If you've seen the movie Amazing Grace about his story, I would really recommend it.

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 His life is an amazing one.

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 So he was a British minister of parliament in 1780.

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 He got into parliament.

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 For about 50 years he served.

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 And he became a believer in Christ after he was in parliament.

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 And he spent 40 hard years devoted to abolishing the slave trade.

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 And then he wanted to make slavery itself, not just the trade, illegal as well.

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 So apparently in 1787, Wilberforce wrote a letter.

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 He estimated that the annual export of slaves from the western coast of Africa for all nations

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 at that time, not just Britain, was 100,000 people per year.

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 And not all of those would survive the boat trip.

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 He was disgusted by it.

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 And this disgust came out of his Christian faith.

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 He spent 20 years fighting it.

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 And we've got to appreciate that he got severe opposition.

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 People feared that it would destroy the economy.

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 England didn't want France and Portugal to become stronger if they just stopped doing it.

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 He got severe opposition to this.

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 And he suffered medically.

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 He had many young children at home.

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 He had six children.

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 And he had the troubles at home.

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 He had an embattled life.

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 But he was known for his joy.

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 Just a little anecdote.

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 He was known for playing with his children when he got home.

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 Embattled but full of joy, this guy.

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 Victory came in 1807.

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 So one biographer described it this way.

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 The House of Representatives rose almost to a man and turned towards Wilberforce in a burst of parliamentary cheers.

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 Suddenly above the roar of hear, hear and quite out of order, three hurrahs echoed and echoed.

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 While he sat, head bowed, tears streaming down his face.

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 So that was when the trade was finally abolished.

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 1807.

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 And then he spent the rest of his life trying to make slavery itself illegal in Britain.

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 And he heard news that it finally happened three days before he died.

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 So he got that wonderful privilege of hearing that it had been undone.

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 Quite a fun fact.

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 He also started the RSPCA.

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 I thought that was interesting.

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 So I'll share that.

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 The seeds or the roots that undermined slavery was what is in the Gospel.

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 That's what initially inflamed this cause in Wilberforce.

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 And it's what strengthened him throughout much opposition.

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 It's what he called the peculiar doctrines of Christianity.

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 Not saying they're weird, but saying that they're distinct.

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 They're distinct from any other worldview.

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 What he meant by that was there's a direct link between how you see the world, the truth, and therefore how we should live.

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 And slavery just doesn't fit with those truths.

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 So things like people being made in the image of God.

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 Your worth isn't based on your utility or anything else.

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 But each person bears the image of God.

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 Human depravity.

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 He wasn't afraid of calling out his nation about how depraved the practice was.

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 He believed in divine judgment.

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 The substitutionary work of Christ on the cross.

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 Justification by faith alone.

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 And we could go on.

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 But these are the seeds that broke and undermined slavery then.

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 And they're the seeds that should be undermining forms of slavery that still exist today.

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 And they are planted.

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 These seeds, these deep roots, they're planted right here in this book of Colossians that talks about slavery.

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 So at this point, we need to distinguish a little bit between that slavery that Wilberforce fought to undo and ancient slavery back in the time of Rome.

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 Again, the Bible isn't endorsing slavery.

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 The seeds are right here to undo it.

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 But back then, slavery, it was more like a long-term employment.

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 It wasn't as barbaric, although it could be severe punishments.

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 I don't want to paint too rosy a picture here.

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 But a slave in the house of a governor, for instance, could have way more security and way more honour in society than a free, ordinary person.

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 So we've got to just make that nuance when we think of slavery here.

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 The other reason I raise Wilberforce as the introduction to this sermon on the workplace,

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 so I'm just going to make a leap here in terms of master slaves and to kind of those in authority and those who are employees.

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 But Wilberforce is interesting because when he became a Christian, he was not sure whether he should stay in politics.

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 Could he be a Christian and stay in politics?

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 He was really troubled by that and he was wondering, should he be devoted to something else, maybe going to church ministry?

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 And he went to John Newton, the guy who wrote Amazing Grace, for advice.

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 Now, that advice could have changed the direction of his life and praise God that Newton said, no, stay in politics.

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 You can serve the Lord Christ in politics.

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 So he's an interesting case in that he saw himself as a servant of Christ where he was planted in his position in politics.

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 So how about you?

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 Can you see yourself as a servant of Christ in the work you have to do?

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 How does knowing Christ transform your work?

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 When I talk about work today, I am going to be speaking in terms of employment.

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 But the principles, I think, can apply to unpaid volunteering and any social justice causes you're involved in.

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 I think in parenting, I think in caring for elderly parents and other care roles.

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 So the principles will apply, but as I talk today, I'll be mainly talking about employment.

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 So how can you be a Christian in your work?

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 I think we can come up with a few answers.

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 Taking evangelism opportunities with colleagues and clients.

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 Providing money for the family, because we're called to care for our families.

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 To earn money to give to the church and ministry here and abroad.

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 To earn money to give to those in need.

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 Balancing work commitments to free you up so that you can serve in church activities.

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 Now, I think these are the common answers I hear and I think of straight away.

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 And they're good and they're proper.

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 I don't want to dismiss those answers.

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 But I think there's a huge hole missing if that's all we say about how to be a Christian in work.

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 But as you write and send an email, as you write up that report, as you meet with that client, as you change the bedpan for that patient,

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 how does knowing Christ affect those day in, day out tasks?

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 Or do you leave Christ in the car as you walk into the office?

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 Or walk into the room at the end of the house, everyone working from home now.

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 But do we know how Christ fits in that?

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 Considering how much of our time and energies we spend in work,

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 I think that's a big hole if we can't see how Christ is Lord there as well.

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 We might think, just don't do anything unethical.

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 But surely it's more than that.

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 And it is more than that.

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 And this passage tells us.

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 Being full in Christ has a lot more to say than just don't do anything unethical.

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 Tim Keller in his really good book.

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 Today I can't cover the topic of work from a biblical point of view.

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 Tim Keller's book, Every Good Endeavour, I would really recommend it.

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 But he asked an interesting question in it.

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 He asked this question.

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 At the end of your life, will you wish that you had plunged more of your time, passion and skills

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 into work environments and work products that helped people to give and receive more love?

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 It's an interesting question.

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 Will you wish I gave more to work because you're a Christian?

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 It's an interesting question to consider.

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 I think if we don't see how fullness in Christ should overflow into our work,

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 then we're going to be in danger of trying to fill our souls with work.

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 Trying to use work to do something it just can't do.

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 Keller has the term, the work behind the work.

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 So work is hard.

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 The tasks are hard.

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 Living in this broken world is hard.

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 But the work behind the work is trying to fill up your sense of value as a person,

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 your sense of security, your sense of meaning.

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 If you're trying to use work to do that, that makes work really, really unbearably hard.

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 A Chinese-American comedian, Jimmy O. Yang, told his dad his desire to become an actor.

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 And his dad's response, he says, was this.

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 If you follow your dreams, you become homeless.

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 Everyone does what he hates to get money to then do what he loves.

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 He said it a lot funnier than I can say it.

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 But don't follow your dreams.

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 You become homeless.

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 No one does that.

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 Just use work, get money, and then fill up yourself with what you love.

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 Without Christ, we can undervalue work, seeing no meaning in it apart from that paycheck

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 to then fill our lives with family and security and leisure and whatnot.

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 And haven't we seen it lately?

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 COVID has exposed that, where we were pouring so much into work,

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 and now people are like, I want more work-life balance, actually.

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 It's swung.

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 People want to work from home and all those things.

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 The great resignation.

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 So many people resigned because they want more fulfilment.

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 They're just using work to fill up on things that they actually love.

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 Or more recently, there's the trend of quiet quitting.

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 People don't care about their work.

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 They want the paycheck, so they won't quit, but they just give a half...

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 I can't say that word.

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 They give a half effort.

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 Sorry.

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 They give...

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 They don't give...

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 Their heart isn't in it.

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 They quietly quit.

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 We still are full of rich...

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 Getting quick...

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 Rich...

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 I can't even get my words right today.

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 The schemes are out there.

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 The lottery is still alive and well.

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 So we can undervalue work, but we can also overvalue work.

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 Pinning much of our identity on it.

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 That this is who I am.

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 This will fill my sense of worth as a person.

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 You can do it in ministry.

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 My value as a person is because I'm a pastor.

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 That is wrong.

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 That is wrong.

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 And you need to remind me of that.

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 My value of a person is in Christ.

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 We can use work as if it gives us our security in this broken world.

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 Get enough money and you'll be safe.

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 No.

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 Get enough position in society and you'll be safe.

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 Or we can use it to fill our lives with meaning.

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 So we can undervalue work.

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 We can overvalue work.

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 And I think when we try to overvalue work,

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 trying to fill our buckets with work,

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 I think that makes success absolutely necessary.

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 Failure is devastating.

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 Weakness is shameful.

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 Because we have to have success to feel like a full person.

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 And if we think like that,

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 that can make immorality seem reasonable.

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 Maybe even the only option.

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 Like taking credit for other people's work.

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 Fudging the numbers just a little bit.

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 Exaggerating time frames so that you win the bid.

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 Being harsh on workers when things don't go to plan.

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 It can also lead to an imbalance of priorities,

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 of work and rest and family and church.

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 Perhaps we feel like we're struggling at home.

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 And so we overinvest in work because we can control that.

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 We can feel more fulfilled there when we should be pushing into the struggle at home.

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 And I think it can also lead to a distorted way of decision making.

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 Even in our work, we can evaluate the importance of tasks not based off the needs of people.

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 Because we're limited creatures.

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 We can't give all our energies to every single task.

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 Do we base the things we prioritise on the needs of people or what will fulfil me?

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 Don't we gravitate towards the tasks that just fulfil us when we overvalue work?

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 So we can't undervalue work.

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 We can't overvalue work.

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 And what we need is, therefore, to know the fullness of Christ.

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 And so how can we not become full but express fullness while working?

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 By setting our minds on things above, verses 1 and 4.

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 Similar to like we saw in the family structures last week.

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 Work is redeemed and restored to God's original design as his image bearers.

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 You can express fullness in Christ in whatever situation you're in right now.

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 Whether you're under authority or in authority or a mixture,

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 this is Christ's sovereignly chosen context for you to know fullness in him and express it.

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 This is where the rubber hits the road.

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 Whether we realise how full we are in Christ.

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 So in verses 1 to 4,

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 we're commanded to set our minds on things above.

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 If success in work validates who I want to be,

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 my sense of wellbeing will be a rollercoaster

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 or we'll just see work as a means to another end.

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 We'll be tempted to use people for our own sake.

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 But if I set my mind on things above,

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 we remember that I am chosen by God.

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 I am holy and loved.

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 That never changes, no matter what's going on in work.

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 My status is not greater because I have position and authority over others,

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 nor is my status diminished because I am an employee or apprentice or a student.

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 Because I have the highest status in the universe.

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 In the cosmos, I am in Christ, at God's right hand.

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 You cannot get higher.

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 I am a servant of the king of the universe.

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 I am a child with the greatest inheritance.

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 And I am not alone in my struggle.

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 His powerful grace is at work in me and through me.

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 His grace covers my sin and shame.

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 He helps me in my weakness and temptation.

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 So I have freedom not to be paralysed by weakness,

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 but to engage in the struggle for his glory.

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 My purpose in life is much bigger than my own story

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 to create a successful, comfortable, self-affirming kingdom.

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 My purpose is to be part of Christ's cosmic story

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 of reconciling all things to himself.

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 I am called to represent his grace where I am,

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 that the work I do redeems this little patch of his world.

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 I'm engaged in his cosmic plan of redeeming everything to himself.

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 My bucket is full to the point of overflowing,

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 and therefore, as verse 17 says,

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 whatever you do, in word or deed,

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 do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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 I am to be conscious of Christ's authority and his grace all the time.

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 I am to be representing that wherever I am.

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 I like how, again, I'll quote Keller here.

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 I'm leaning heavily on his book, but Keller puts it this way.

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 You are adopted into God's family,

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 so you already have your affirmation.

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 You are justified in God's sight, so you have nothing to prove.

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 You have been saved through a dying sacrifice,

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 so you are free to be a living one.

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 You are loved ceaselessly,

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 so you can work tirelessly in response

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 to a quiet and inner fullness.

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 It's out of fullness in Christ that work is redeemed.

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 So let's get into God's word.

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 How does this fullness in Christ overflow into the workplace?

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 Let's consider those under authority, the employee.

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 We're called to see past what you can see with your eyes

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 and see who you're really working for.

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 As you fill in that time sheet,

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 as you work from home,

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 as you're coming to the end of the day

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 and you just want to finish,

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 so you want to just cover over your mistakes

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 and just leave them as it is.

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 As you represent your company on a business trip,

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 as you make a sales pitch,

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 promising timeframes and things,

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 whose eyes are you working for?

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 Whose opinion of you is most important?

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 Are you conscious that you are doing all things for Christ,

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 that you are representing Christ as his servant?

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 This mindset lifts all work to a heavenly calling.

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 It doesn't diminish it.

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 It lifts it into the heavens.

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 Even the most unappreciated, difficult, dirty work,

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 you can be consciously working for Christ.

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 So what does this look like?

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 What motivates this kind of thinking?

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 Well, first, what it looks like.

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 It's done from the inside out.

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 Since the Lord looks at the heart,

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 it's wholeheartedness.

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 Because people only see what's on the outside.

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 So verses 22 and 23.

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 Bond servants, obey in everything,

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 those who are your earthly masters,

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 not by way of eye service, as people pleases,

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 but with sincerity of heart or wholeness of heart,

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 fearing the Lord.

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 Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men.

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 Accountability is a big problem these days with people working from home.

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 I heard the other day that one US company,

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 to try and fight this because they've got lots of employees,

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 the employees sign up to accountability where their camera on their screen

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 takes a photo of them every 10 minutes.

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 And they can record whether your keyboard has been used

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 or mouse has been used every 10 minutes.

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 If they don't see you at your desk,

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 you don't get paid for that 10 minutes.

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 That's a very law way of going about things.

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 It's a big issue at the moment.

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 But here's the real solution.

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 The Lord is always present.

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 Here's the real accountability.

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 The Lord has told us to obey those he's placed over us.

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 I don't think this means we have to be firing on all cylinders,

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 that Christ is there to go stop slacking off or whatever.

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 I don't think we're meant to think that way.

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 This is more about whose eyes we're conscious of,

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 Christ or people,

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 because we are so inclined to fearing people.

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 The Bible has lots to say on that.

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 If it's people, you're using work to fill your bucket,

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 either doing the bare minimum to get the money

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 or wanting to fill up your worth and security

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 with the opinions of your parents or superiors or colleagues,

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.039
 comparing yourself to your colleagues.

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 But if it's the Lord you're serving,

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 it's going to be marked by integrity in every task,

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 transparency,

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 seeing your gifting as from God to serve him,

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 to be partnering with God in redeeming all the world.

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 I think this mindset also applies to which tasks we give priority to,

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 which we give our best efforts to.

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 For example, we might labour over a presentation

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.420
 we've got to give to colleagues

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 because we care about our reputation,

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 so we spend so long on that task,

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 but then someone at work who is struggling

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 and needs some training,

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 we're not generous.

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 In the behind the scenes,

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.320
 no one will notice if you help that person

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 with that training them up in that task.

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 Do you see how the fear of people

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 can push us in the wrong direction?

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.020
 In over-emphasising.

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 Or we might rush and do a half-hearted effort for a small job

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:24.080
 because a bigger paying client is waiting for us?

00:28:25.260 --> 00:28:27.580
 When we think of the eyes of people,

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 it will affect our decision-making.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:37.460
 Now, outcomes and what people see are important.

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 Like, I want my electrician to not leave an exposed wire

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.100
 that could cause a fire.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.779
 Like, outcomes are important.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.039
 It's not just the inside that matters,

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 but outcomes alone aren't the only measure of faithfulness.

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 The Lord cares about the intentions and motives of the heart.

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.859
 I think we need to remember this

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 because we can't always control the outcomes.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:07.559
 We can feel a sense of failure and shame

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.399
 that isn't ours to carry.

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:12.779
 We need to remember that we live in a broken world

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.919
 which will affect the outcomes.

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:19.119
 Like a medical specialist just can't find

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:23.059
 or can't do anything about certain diseases.

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:26.759
 That's just the brokenness of this world.

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:31.639
 Or it's also broken in that there is too much good to do.

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.179
 We can't do it all.

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 And we can feel ashamed that we haven't done enough.

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:38.859
 We've only helped this one person

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.939
 when there's a hundred more who need help.

00:29:42.219 --> 00:29:43.739
 But again, that's not ours to carry.

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.519
 Work is broken in the sense that

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:54.279
 even our good decisions can lead to unintended

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:57.039
 bad consequences down the track.

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.439
 We live in a fallen world,

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:03.179
 so we can't just measure faithfulness on outcomes.

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.579
 We need it.

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:07.500
 God looks at the intentions, the wholeheartedness.

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:12.500
 We need to remember we're waiting for the city built by God

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:15.839
 where it seems in Scripture there will be work.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:19.839
 And work is just going to be full of joy.

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:27.439
 This attitude also frees us, I think,

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:29.500
 to receive work as a gift.

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:34.919
 Not something we need to succeed at to prove ourselves,

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:39.119
 but as a gift to enjoy, as Ecclesiastes talks about.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.959
 Instead of working for the eyes of people,

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 we are to fear the Lord.

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.879
 To fear the Lord.

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 That phrase, we always need to define that

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:54.659
 because it's not a cowering fear

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:57.179
 that Christ is looking for reasons to get us in trouble.

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.079
 That's not what it's saying.

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 Fearing the Lord is a response to his greatness.

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 It's a response to his grace to us.

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 So, for instance, in Psalm 130, verse 4,

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 But with you there is forgiveness that you may be feared.

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 It's the forgiveness that motivates the fear.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.200
 Or this phrase in our passage,

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 with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:27.740
 That same phrase is used by the prophet Samuel

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.480
 just before he dies.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.359
 He urges Israel,

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:47.039
 It's grace that motivates consciousness of God,

00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:48.139
 fearing him.

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 We don't want to displease the one who has lavished such goodness on us.

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.259
 We don't want to displease him.

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 We're not afraid of him.

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 We just don't want to displease him.

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 That's what fearing means.

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 And this is super important

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.259
 because we will be controlled by the one

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:10.200
 we think has the ability to give us life.

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:13.779
 If that's people or whether that's the Lord.

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:19.039
 So the key here is the start of verse 24,

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.860
 knowing.

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:24.000
 This consciousness is knowing something

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:27.620
 that will help us fear the Lord and not people.

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:31.819
 So if we consider what earthly masters can offer us,

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.960
 higher status in a promotion,

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.100
 financial bonus,

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:38.620
 owning shares in the company,

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:40.799
 security of employment,

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.699
 their approval,

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:43.039
 perhaps public approval,

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.919
 maybe more leisure,

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.759
 more holidays.

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.979
 They can offer us that.

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.000
 Is that life?

00:32:50.979 --> 00:32:52.039
 Slaves back then,

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.239
 the lodging,

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.739
 the food,

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.539
 the honour,

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.479
 the kind treatment.

00:32:58.879 --> 00:33:01.239
 That's what a master here can give us.

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 Now compare that to what the Lord gives us.

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.399
 Verse 24,

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 knowing that from the Lord

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:10.680
 you will receive the inheritance

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:13.280
 as your reward.

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.980
 You will be part of the new heavens and earth.

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.680
 Promotion

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:25.180
 or belonging in God's forever kingdom?

00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:28.640
 Who do you think will give you life?

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:31.320
 Because you'll serve the one

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:34.060
 you think can give you life.

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.120
 Now this inheritance,

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:40.160
 we've already heard it in chapter 1,

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.680
 verse 12,

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.300
 we give thanks to the Father

00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:43.340
 who has qualified you.

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.340
 So it's not our work

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:46.960
 that means we qualify for work

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.920
 for the new heavens and earth.

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:51.480
 It's that the Father has qualified us.

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.620
 It's knowing that

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:54.420
 he's the one who gives us life

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.759
 and so we fear him.

00:33:58.300 --> 00:34:00.040
 And notice the two,

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.620
 the word inheritance.

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:04.779
 So slaves had no right

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.459
 to the inheritance.

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.379
 But the Colossian slaves

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.420
 were to be motivated

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:10.199
 as sons and daughters of the king.

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.500
 They have an inheritance.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.039
 They need to remember who they are.

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:19.219
 The earthly incentive

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:21.559
 can hold no sway

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.440
 when you remember

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.139
 all that we have

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:26.440
 been given in Christ.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.039
 If you miss out now,

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.779
 you're still rich.

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:33.360
 How can you be

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:35.660
 incentivised

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:37.000
 to not live for Christ?

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:39.040
 And on the flip side,

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.180
 we fear the Lord

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.700
 and not people

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:42.080
 because he is the one

00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:43.560
 who punishes wrongdoing.

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:46.340
 We shouldn't be threatened

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.680
 by people

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.900
 into disobeying Christ.

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:50.840
 Now,

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:52.960
 I'm not 100% sure

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.160
 what this means.

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:55.360
 It could be a few things

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.780
 and it could be

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.519
 all these things.

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:58.500
 It could be remembering

00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:00.300
 that in this life,

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.239
 it's Christ

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:03.139
 who will dish out

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.940
 the consequences

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.980
 if we do wrong.

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.259
 So it could be in this life

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.920
 he dishes out

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.539
 the consequences.

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:11.739
 It could mean

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:14.159
 that we will feel shame

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.079
 on the final day

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.420
 when we give an account

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.139
 for our life.

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.679
 If we're just investing

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.320
 all this time

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.900
 in business

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.780
 in unethical ways

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:24.400
 and for our selfish gain,

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.780
 that's all going to be

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.380
 burned away.

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.340
 We will be saved

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.080
 but that's going to be

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.660
 burned away.

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:32.040
 So maybe the punishment

00:35:32.040 --> 00:35:33.480
 there is that.

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.280
 Maybe it's about

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.860
 the masters.

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.600
 Yes, you're being treated

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:41.900
 unjustly at times

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.240
 but remember

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:44.320
 who is the avenger

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.400
 of wrongdoing.

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:47.480
 It's not you.

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.340
 It's the Lord's prerogative

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.680
 to avenge

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:52.620
 the wrongdoer.

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:55.199
 So you don't need

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.059
 to cower

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.440
 under your earthly master

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.380
 because you know

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.759
 they will face Christ

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.179
 one day.

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:02.079
 It could be all these things.

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:03.440
 I'm not quite sure.

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.859
 I think another implication

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.819
 of these verses

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:12.539
 is that if you're using work

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.980
 to fill up your sense

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.219
 of worth and security,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.679
 you can never rest.

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.420
 You can't rest

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:21.519
 because you'll lose yourself.

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.740
 Even when you're

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.619
 with your loved ones,

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.780
 your mind is on

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.720
 the job

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:29.360
 or you feel guilty

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:31.180
 for having that day off.

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.220
 That's a sign

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:35.300
 that you are trying

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.720
 to fill your bucket

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:38.180
 with something

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.980
 other than Christ

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.500
 because Christ

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.280
 commands rest.

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:46.260
 He's a just

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.800
 and good

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.480
 master.

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.820
 He commands rest

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.220
 for you

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.380
 and he commands rest

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:54.080
 for those under you.

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.940
 And it's a way

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.540
 of acknowledging

00:36:56.540 --> 00:36:57.840
 that I'm a creature.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.440
 I'm limited.

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.720
 I don't make the world

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.220
 go round.

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.040
 Christ does.

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.019
 So fearing the Lord,

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.140
 not man,

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.080
 will produce

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.840
 two good fruits.

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.560
 On the one hand,

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.380
 it will give us

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.240
 courage,

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.760
 courage to live

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.640
 for Christ

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:17.340
 because he's the one

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.860
 who gives us

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.660
 the great reward.

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:21.420
 You will follow him

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.400
 even if it means

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:24.320
 injustice and pain

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.960
 because you know

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.980
 that he's the one

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:27.220
 who will hold

00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:29.140
 those doing the injustice

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:29.800
 to account.

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.140
 So we can't be

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:32.180
 incentivized

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:33.800
 to not live for Christ.

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.780
 We can't be threatened

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:36.660
 to not live for Christ

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:38.960
 if we're fearing

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.460
 the Lord,

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.340
 not worrying

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.000
 about the eyes

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.500
 of people.

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:46.180
 Okay,

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.059
 so let's transition

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.880
 then to those

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.519
 in authority.

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.840
 What if you're

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.539
 in some level

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.059
 of authority

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.539
 at work?

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.900
 What does fullness

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.640
 look like?

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.960
 You are to treat

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.820
 those under you

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.320
 as your master

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.559
 treats you

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:03.600
 with justice,

00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:05.019
 fairness,

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.220
 not favoritism.

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:10.379
 This doesn't mean

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:11.439
 treating others

00:38:11.439 --> 00:38:12.079
 as equals

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.719
 in authority.

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.819
 I think in Australia

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.899
 we try and flatten

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.779
 all authority.

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:17.639
 This isn't saying

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:17.939
 that.

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.199
 But it's treating

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.719
 people

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.099
 with justice

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:24.000
 as image bearers,

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.539
 as valuable

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.139
 in the eyes

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.579
 of God.

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.639
 Be as Christ

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.119
 to those

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.919
 under your authority.

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:33.480
 So do you

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.500
 use your employees

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.579
 like machines,

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.280
 what you can

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.760
 wring out

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.039
 of them?

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.059
 Do you use them

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.539
 for their

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.440
 output?

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.300
 Only caring

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.940
 what they can do

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.440
 for you.

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.260
 Because that kind

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.740
 of mindset

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:49.220
 will lead

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.900
 to harsh

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.420
 treatment,

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.559
 not paying

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.420
 wages on time,

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.380
 creating a

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.780
 culture

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:57.039
 where everyone

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:58.200
 feels ashamed

00:38:58.199 --> 00:39:00.500
 to use

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.859
 their rightful

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.419
 benefits

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:03.559
 of days

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.119
 off and things

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.559
 like that.

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.799
 Creating a

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.399
 culture of

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:07.719
 fear of failure.

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.759
 I remember

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.500
 one CEO

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.960
 saying

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.279
 in his

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.739
 business

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.339
 he would

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.980
 not punish

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.500
 people for

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.939
 failing.

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.079
 He would

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.480
 get people

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.000
 in trouble

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.739
 if they

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.219
 didn't ask

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.759
 for help

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:19.719
 when they

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.079
 knew they

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.659
 needed help.

00:39:21.879 --> 00:39:22.480
 One

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.379
 makes people

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:25.139
 cower

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.619
 if they

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.039
 get anything

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.359
 wrong.

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.960
 The other

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.619
 encourages

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.759
 people to

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.359
 ask for

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:30.199
 help and

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.920
 to serve

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.339
 one another.

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.440
 I think

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.980
 another way

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.380
 we can

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.839
 be harsh

00:39:38.839 --> 00:39:40.359
 with those

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.599
 under

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.960
 authority

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.559
 is not

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.219
 caring about

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.019
 the whole

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.559
 person,

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.219
 the personal

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:45.259
 state of

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:45.679
 your workers,

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.639
 not empathising

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.019
 with them.

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.859
 Their personal

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:50.359
 life could be

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:52.179
 really burdensome

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.759
 and if we

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.539
 just treat them

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.000
 according to

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.839
 the outcomes

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.500
 of their work,

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.619
 again,

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.059
 I don't think

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.759
 that's justice

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.420
 and fairness.

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.779
 We're to

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:00.599
 treat as

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.320
 Christ treats

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.679
 us.

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.199
 Or do

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:03.880
 your employees

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.559
 encounter

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.259
 something just

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.799
 out of this

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.119
 world,

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.679
 like Christ's

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.019
 character,

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.679
 compassionate

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.299
 hearts,

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.259
 kindness,

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.619
 humility,

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.940
 meekness and

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.559
 patience,

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.619
 seeking

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.380
 reconciliation?

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.900
 That would

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.699
 stand out

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.880
 if you're

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.360
 in authority

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.759
 with that

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.079
 kind of

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.440
 character.

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:24.639
 So do

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.179
 you apply

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.800
 the same

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.659
 expectations

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.460
 and accountability

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.380
 to believing

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.539
 and unbelieving

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.480
 employees because

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.300
 Christ shows

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.220
 no partiality?

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.360
 I think in

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.599
 Christian organisations

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:38.539
 we can

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.880
 unfairly expect

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.840
 over and above

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:42.220
 the agreed

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:44.019
 work

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.539
 simply because

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.280
 they're Christian.

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.240
 Again,

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.920
 that's not

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.639
 justice and

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.000
 fairness.

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.900
 do you

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.239
 seek to

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.619
 take into

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.059
 account the

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:56.039
 whole story

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.980
 when a

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.440
 conflict

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.480
 emerges among

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.400
 employees or

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.860
 someone misses

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.460
 a deadline,

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:01.900
 makes an

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.039
 error?

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.940
 Do we

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:04.500
 factor in

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.920
 the whole

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.519
 story?

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.360
 I think

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.940
 justice and

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.500
 fairness can

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:11.500
 mean sometimes

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:13.280
 those deadlines

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.780
 and things,

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.579
 they're arbitrary.

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.099
 They're not

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:18.619
 absolutely

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.679
 has to be

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:19.960
 done.

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.599
 It's that

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.719
 bosses have

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.179
 just set

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.039
 this date

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.179
 and your

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.960
 employees haven't

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.339
 met it.

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.000
 Do you

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.679
 factor in

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.059
 the whole

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.900
 story and

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.639
 recognise that?

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:30.500
 Do you

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.059
 factor in

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.319
 that your

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:32.059
 employees

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:34.159
 can't undo

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.940
 the weeds

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:36.099
 in work,

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:36.980
 that work

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.579
 is broken,

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.940
 they can't

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.440
 control the

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.460
 outcomes any

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.920
 more than

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.440
 you can?

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.900
 Do we

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.420
 factor that

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.659
 in?

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:47.219
 Or to put it

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.619
 positively,

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.500
 do your

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.400
 employees find

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.139
 a safe

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.079
 place to

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.259
 thrive under

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:53.039
 your authority?

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.639
 They find the

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.279
 character of

00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:56.319
 Christ a

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:57.199
 safe place to

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.699
 thrive,

00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:58.599
 treated as a

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.019
 valued person,

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:01.000
 not just a

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.679
 cog in the

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.039
 machine.

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:06.000
 A Christian

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.759
 in authority

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:08.480
 will see their

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.000
 worship of

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.559
 Christ not

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.440
 only in the

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.400
 spiritual realm

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.059
 or spiritual

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.679
 activities,

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.079
 they'll see it

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.480
 in how they

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.319
 represent God's

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.960
 character to

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.460
 those under

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.119
 their authority

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.400
 in the

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.880
 workplace.

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.400
 So Isaiah

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.300
 58 says,

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.539
 is not

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.000
 this the

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.340
 kind of

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.639
 fasting I

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.179
 have chosen?

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.659
 To loose

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:30.360
 the chains

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:31.280
 of injustice,

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:33.019
 to untie the

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.619
 cords of the

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:34.699
 yoke, to set

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.220
 the oppressed

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:36.079
 free and break

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.740
 every yoke?

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.679
 Is it not to

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.460
 share your food

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.960
 with the hungry

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.579
 and to provide

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.099
 the poor

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.740
 wanderer with

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.099
 shelter?

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.139
 When you see

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.599
 the naked,

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.320
 to clothe them

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.800
 and not to

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:45.199
 turn away from

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:45.639
 your own

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.079
 flesh and

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.359
 blood,

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:48.500
 God cares

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:50.099
 about how

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.639
 you treat

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.039
 people,

00:42:52.419 --> 00:42:53.299
 not just

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.960
 the spiritual

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:55.059
 spheres of

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.539
 our life,

00:42:56.419 --> 00:42:57.079
 or to put it

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.379
 differently,

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.359
 everything's a

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:59.719
 spiritual sphere.

00:42:59.879 --> 00:43:00.239
 We'll come to

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:00.639
 that later.

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:03.500
 So what will

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.359
 motivate this

00:43:04.359 --> 00:43:04.980
 sort of thinking,

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.579
 that I'm

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.399
 representing my

00:43:06.399 --> 00:43:07.039
 master in

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.699
 heaven, how he

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.799
 treats me, I

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.419
 want to treat

00:43:09.419 --> 00:43:10.219
 those under me?

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:11.159
 What motivates

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.480
 that?

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.679
 Again is

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.679
 knowing something,

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:16.659
 knowing that

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.940
 you also have a

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.840
 master in

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.099
 heaven.

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:22.099
 You need to

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:22.539
 think of

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.199
 yourself as

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.960
 sharing the

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.920
 same position

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.800
 as your

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:27.099
 employees, under

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.800
 the rule of

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.240
 Christ.

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.940
 Whether or not

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.539
 they gladly

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.480
 acknowledge Christ's

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:33.380
 rule, all are

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.099
 under the rule of

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.519
 Christ.

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:37.039
 Your authority is

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:38.280
 derived from the

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:39.119
 one with all

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.599
 authority.

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.980
 authority, so

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.699
 use it to

00:43:41.699 --> 00:43:42.380
 represent him.

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.139
 This should

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:48.239
 produce humility,

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:51.079
 I think, as a

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:52.059
 co-slave of

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.500
 Christ.

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:55.219
 I think it also

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:57.059
 means you have

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.819
 the opportunity to

00:43:57.819 --> 00:43:59.500
 show the mercy of

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.940
 Christ.

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:03.159
 I think I've

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.719
 told this story

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:06.900
 before, but this

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.699
 lady made a

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.980
 mistake in her

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:10.019
 workplace and it

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:11.119
 just cost the

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:12.240
 business a lot

00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:12.840
 of money.

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:16.639
 Her manager, her

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:18.159
 boss above her

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:19.619
 went to the

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:20.820
 superiors and he

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:22.119
 took the blame

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.579
 for it.

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.400
 I think you can

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.960
 do that in a

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.880
 way that isn't

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.760
 lying, that he

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.440
 made the mistake.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.619
 He could say,

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.099
 it was my call,

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:31.000
 I signed off on

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:32.159
 it, it's my

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.619
 responsibility.

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.400
 He took the

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:33.659
 blame.

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.639
 He copped the

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:35.400
 flack, not her.

00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:35.860
 She probably

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.219
 would have been

00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:36.559
 fired.

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.539
 She was just

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.639
 amazed by this.

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.639
 Why did that

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:41.400
 boss do that?

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.500
 She went into

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.159
 his office and

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.099
 just pestered him,

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:46.139
 why did you do

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.360
 that?

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:47.559
 Usually bosses

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.360
 take the credit

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:48.860
 for the good

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.139
 things.

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.799
 You just took

00:44:49.799 --> 00:44:50.199
 the blame.

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.299
 Why?

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:53.779
 Finally, he

00:44:53.779 --> 00:44:55.219
 got to explain

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:55.940
 why, because I'm

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.659
 a Christian and

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.400
 Christ took the

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:58.119
 blame for me.

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:01.420
 What a wonderful

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:02.960
 opportunity to

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.420
 display what your

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:05.340
 master in heaven is

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.720
 like.

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.760
 When things

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:08.700
 don't go well,

00:45:09.160 --> 00:45:10.200
 that could be a

00:45:10.200 --> 00:45:11.140
 great opportunity

00:45:11.140 --> 00:45:12.059
 to show the

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.900
 character of your

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.300
 master.

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.980
 So whether we

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.380
 are under

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.220
 authority or in

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:22.579
 authority, we

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:24.100
 are to be

00:45:24.100 --> 00:45:25.059
 thinking Christ,

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.460
 representing him,

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.840
 overflowing with

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:32.740
 him, not trying

00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:34.240
 to use work to

00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:34.840
 fill ourselves

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.120
 up.

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:36.340
 So let me

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:38.059
 finish with our

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.700
 usual question.

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.600
 What's going to

00:45:39.600 --> 00:45:41.079
 prevent us from

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:42.120
 expressing this

00:45:42.120 --> 00:45:43.559
 fullness in Christ

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.280
 into the workplace?

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:45.300
 I just want to

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:46.120
 raise two things

00:45:46.120 --> 00:45:46.539
 briefly.

00:45:48.740 --> 00:45:49.519
 What's perhaps

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.660
 surprising about the

00:45:50.660 --> 00:45:51.320
 gospel is that

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.180
 Christ doesn't

00:45:52.180 --> 00:45:53.700
 dismiss anything

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:55.340
 that isn't done in

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:56.019
 the church as

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.640
 somehow less

00:45:56.640 --> 00:45:57.079
 spiritual.

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:59.059
 Everything you

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.740
 might see is

00:45:59.740 --> 00:46:01.640
 earthly, like the

00:46:01.640 --> 00:46:02.740
 plumber unblocking a

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:04.260
 drain, or the

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:05.160
 disability worker

00:46:05.160 --> 00:46:06.080
 showering and

00:46:06.080 --> 00:46:06.940
 clothing that

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.660
 person who has

00:46:07.660 --> 00:46:08.620
 soiled themselves.

00:46:09.620 --> 00:46:11.300
 He lifts all that

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:12.300
 up into the

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:14.320
 heavens as if you

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.940
 were doing this in

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.720
 the heavenly temple

00:46:16.720 --> 00:46:17.600
 for his sake.

00:46:17.600 --> 00:46:19.180
 He lifts it all up.

00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:22.280
 It's all an act of

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:22.580
 worship.

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.820
 You are serving the

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.540
 Lord Christ.

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:28.680
 To only be conscious

00:46:28.680 --> 00:46:30.180
 of serving Christ in

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.779
 the so-called sacred

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.980
 sphere of church

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:34.440
 activities is to

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.500
 misrepresent the

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.859
 gospel.

00:46:36.419 --> 00:46:38.379
 Christ is Lord of

00:46:38.379 --> 00:46:39.639
 the whole cosmos.

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.219
 Everywhere.

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.399
 All times.

00:46:45.339 --> 00:46:47.559
 We need to think

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.059
 like that.

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:50.639
 Not think of this

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:51.739
 divide between

00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:53.619
 secular and sacred.

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:55.039
 So let's help each

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.279
 other.

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:57.399
 Not see work as

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.460
 some kind of

00:46:58.460 --> 00:47:00.000
 self-salvation, but

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.880
 let's also urge and

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:03.099
 pray and counsel

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.440
 one another to be

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:06.000
 overflowing Christ

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:07.380
 where he has us.

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:09.539
 He's given us work

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:09.960
 to do.

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.760
 He wants us to

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:11.400
 represent him.

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:15.480
 So let's not think

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:16.840
 sacred, secular, but

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:18.160
 all things are under

00:47:18.160 --> 00:47:18.539
 Christ.

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:19.300
 And the second

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:20.119
 thing that could keep

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:21.000
 us from overflowing

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:22.099
 in Christ in our work

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:23.900
 is being concerned

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:25.400
 with being unequal

00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:26.619
 in earthly things.

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:30.079
 Either trying to

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.660
 make sure that

00:47:30.660 --> 00:47:31.800
 everyone is equal

00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:33.380
 in authority and

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:35.059
 wealth and so on,

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:37.079
 or trying to

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.900
 downplay these

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:39.460
 differences, or

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.380
 looking over our

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:40.940
 shoulder and

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:42.019
 comparing ourselves.

00:47:42.680 --> 00:47:44.240
 Where do I stand?

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:45.539
 Am I above that

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:47.480
 person or below?

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.500
 If we're overly

00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:50.500
 concerned like that,

00:47:51.160 --> 00:47:52.119
 that's just not

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.860
 gospel thinking.

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:56.360
 being concerned

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:57.099
 with wealth

00:47:57.099 --> 00:47:57.860
 differences and

00:47:57.860 --> 00:47:59.079
 education differences,

00:47:59.680 --> 00:48:00.640
 authority differences,

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:01.559
 skills differences.

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:05.380
 So what extent are

00:48:05.380 --> 00:48:06.680
 you rating your

00:48:06.680 --> 00:48:07.840
 position and worth

00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:08.599
 in this church

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:09.140
 community?

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.539
 Comparing yourself

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:12.059
 to others.

00:48:14.039 --> 00:48:15.260
 I think it helps

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:16.200
 to picture the

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:18.820
 Colossians as they

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.720
 gathered for worship.

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:21.039
 Some of them slaves

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:21.719
 in the household,

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:22.500
 some of them

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:24.340
 masters, and

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:25.840
 what do we see

00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:26.400
 when they gather

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:26.980
 for worship?

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:29.159
 They are shoulder

00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:29.699
 to shoulder.

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:31.940
 They're not two

00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:32.920
 classes of people,

00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:34.320
 they are one.

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.820
 They are all

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:38.259
 singing, all

00:48:38.259 --> 00:48:39.440
 worshipping together.

00:48:39.860 --> 00:48:40.500
 They are all

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:41.539
 submitting to the

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:42.380
 same Christ in

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:42.920
 his word.

00:48:43.279 --> 00:48:44.239
 They're all members

00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:44.840
 of God's

00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:46.159
 household, not by

00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:47.000
 birth or social

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:48.059
 position, not by

00:48:48.059 --> 00:48:50.259
 achievement, or by

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:51.600
 belonging to God,

00:48:51.680 --> 00:48:52.980
 by pure grace.

00:48:54.120 --> 00:48:54.960
 It's a beautiful

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.400
 picture.

00:48:55.720 --> 00:48:56.580
 Unequal and yet

00:48:56.580 --> 00:48:58.220
 they're not even

00:48:58.220 --> 00:48:58.800
 thinking about

00:48:58.800 --> 00:48:59.220
 unequal.

00:49:01.140 --> 00:49:02.120
 They're one in

00:49:02.120 --> 00:49:02.560
 Christ.

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.680
 Christ is all

00:49:03.680 --> 00:49:04.600
 and in all.

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:05.900
 So is that how

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.720
 you see yourself

00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:07.360
 in this church

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:07.780
 community?

00:49:08.660 --> 00:49:09.460
 We need to be

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.380
 relating to each

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:11.280
 other in that kind

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:11.880
 of way because

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:12.660
 that kind of

00:49:12.660 --> 00:49:13.180
 thinking will

00:49:13.180 --> 00:49:14.100
 propel us into

00:49:14.100 --> 00:49:14.960
 our working week

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:17.060
 because we'll

00:49:17.060 --> 00:49:17.980
 know our fullness

00:49:17.980 --> 00:49:19.880
 is in grace and

00:49:19.880 --> 00:49:20.639
 not try and use

00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:22.740
 work to build up

00:49:22.740 --> 00:49:23.480
 achievements and

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.860
 so on.

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:30.199
 So let me finish

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:31.340
 by saying, with

00:49:31.340 --> 00:49:32.679
 our buckets full

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.639
 in Christ already,

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:34.980
 our status is as

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:35.800
 high as the

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:36.539
 heavens are above

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:37.019
 the earth.

00:49:38.780 --> 00:49:40.159
 Our reward is

00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:42.019
 richer than any

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:42.940
 earthly currency.

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:46.000
 We only show

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.960
 our inner emptiness

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:48.099
 if we try and

00:49:48.099 --> 00:49:49.099
 use achievements

00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:50.019
 or money or

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:51.360
 position to fill

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.039
 our sense of

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.940
 worth and

00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:53.579
 security and

00:49:53.579 --> 00:49:53.880
 meaning.

00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:55.559
 That just shows

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:57.480
 that you think

00:49:57.480 --> 00:49:57.920
 you're empty.

00:49:59.019 --> 00:49:59.440
 But that's not

00:49:59.440 --> 00:49:59.960
 the case.

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:00.960
 We are full in

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.139
 him.

00:50:02.780 --> 00:50:03.440
 The highest

00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:04.240
 position, the

00:50:04.240 --> 00:50:05.119
 highest reward.

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.840
 We can rest

00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:08.760
 from the work

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:10.159
 behind the work

00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:10.800
 of trying to

00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:11.720
 fill our empty

00:50:11.720 --> 00:50:12.159
 buckets.

00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:14.139
 Because Christ

00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:14.599
 has filled

00:50:14.599 --> 00:50:15.820
 our sense of

00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:16.079
 worth.

00:50:17.240 --> 00:50:17.539
 And then

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:19.119
 that means the

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:20.179
 proper value

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:21.300
 of work is

00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:21.800
 redeemed.

00:50:21.940 --> 00:50:22.920
 Not undervaluing it,

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:23.639
 not overvaluing it,

00:50:23.659 --> 00:50:24.740
 but the proper value

00:50:24.740 --> 00:50:25.639
 is redeemed.

00:50:26.740 --> 00:50:27.800
 As servants of the

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.900
 Lord, empowered by

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:30.019
 his spirits, we can

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:31.019
 bear his image

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:32.360
 in all we do.

00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:34.200
 Serving the

00:50:34.200 --> 00:50:35.659
 Lord wholeheartedly,

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:37.119
 grateful for his

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:38.720
 inheritance by

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:39.119
 grace.

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.820
 Passing on the

00:50:40.820 --> 00:50:42.519
 Lord's just and

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.539
 caring treatment

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:44.760
 of us to

00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:45.980
 those under

00:50:45.980 --> 00:50:46.559
 our care.

00:50:48.260 --> 00:50:49.260
 The fullness

00:50:49.260 --> 00:50:50.180
 of Christ

00:50:50.180 --> 00:50:51.400
 ought to spill

00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:52.559
 over into our

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.280
 church life,

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:53.760
 into our

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:54.800
 families, and

00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.800
 into our work.

00:50:57.180 --> 00:50:57.920
 And there's a

00:50:57.920 --> 00:50:58.640
 very good reason

00:50:58.640 --> 00:50:59.059
 for that.

00:50:59.160 --> 00:50:59.600
 Because in

00:50:59.600 --> 00:51:00.320
 chapter 1, when

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:02.180
 Christ says that

00:51:02.180 --> 00:51:03.220
 he will reconcile

00:51:03.220 --> 00:51:04.700
 all things to

00:51:04.700 --> 00:51:06.300
 himself by making

00:51:06.300 --> 00:51:07.019
 peace by the

00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:07.420
 blood of the

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:08.580
 cross, he means

00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:12.559
 all things, including

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:13.159
 our work.

00:51:15.360 --> 00:51:18.039
 We can be full and

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:20.380
 show the world a

00:51:20.380 --> 00:51:21.539
 better way, a full

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:23.440
 way, if we are

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:24.440
 conscious, knowing

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:26.199
 that we're doing all

00:51:26.199 --> 00:51:26.980
 things for Christ.

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:29.239
 Will you pray with

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:29.340
 me?

00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:29.819
 Let's pray.

00:51:29.819 --> 00:51:29.880
 Amen.

00:51:29.880 --> 00:51:29.940
 Amen.

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:30.000
 Amen.

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.019
 Amen.

00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:30.039
 Amen.

00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:30.440
 Amen.

00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:30.519
 Amen.

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:30.940
 Amen.

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.940
 Amen.

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.039
 Amen.

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.519
 Amen.

00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:32.880
 Amen.

00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:33.940
 Amen.

00:51:33.940 --> 00:51:34.000
 Amen.

00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.039
 Amen.

00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:39.019
 Amen.

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:43.940
 Father, in a

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:44.519
 sense, what we've

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:45.699
 covered today really

00:51:45.699 --> 00:51:49.319
 is still only getting

00:51:49.319 --> 00:51:50.699
 to the theory and how

00:51:50.699 --> 00:51:51.400
 we should think.

00:51:51.579 --> 00:51:53.819
 And so I pray that for

00:51:53.819 --> 00:51:55.779
 each of us, in the work

00:51:55.779 --> 00:51:56.659
 you've given us to do,

00:51:56.739 --> 00:51:57.779
 whether paid or unpaid,

00:51:57.860 --> 00:51:59.299
 that you would be

00:51:59.299 --> 00:52:01.619
 counselling us in our own

00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:03.099
 mind as we talk to one

00:52:03.099 --> 00:52:05.179
 another in what it

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.539
 specifically will look

00:52:06.539 --> 00:52:08.800
 like to be overflowing

00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:10.000
 the character of Christ

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:11.279
 and the fullness we

00:52:11.279 --> 00:52:13.400
 have in you into where

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:14.679
 you've placed us.

00:52:15.139 --> 00:52:17.320
 Help us to trust that

00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:18.699
 you are sovereign in

00:52:18.699 --> 00:52:20.739
 where you have us, that

00:52:20.739 --> 00:52:22.639
 this is where you want

00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:24.380
 us to know you better

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:26.980
 and to display your

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:28.059
 character where you

00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:28.460
 have us.

00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:30.739
 So please help us think

00:52:30.739 --> 00:52:31.219
 that way.

00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:33.639
 To the glory of your

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:33.880
 name.

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:35.199
 Amen.