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 Good morning, everyone. Good to see you all today. Thank you, Jeff and Bora. What a powerful thing it is that you do.

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! I don't know if you guys know, there's a lot of things happening in the world, right?

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 You switch the news on and you'll see lots of crazy things. And the gospel is needed in so many of these places.

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 And it's actually work like that, that actually is the most inspiring. If you think about what this world needs, the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 And Jesus says he'll be with us to the ends of the earth, right? I think it was told to me the other day that 2033, something like that, 2033, the Bible will be translated into every language, every known language on this planet.

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 People will have access to the good news. Before, it wasn't the case. But 2033, we're not that far away.

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 At that moment, who knows? I mean, I'm holding this hope that the Lord isn't going to be too long as we watch so much pain and so much suffering around.

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 So it's down to the work of people like Bora and Jeff. So just deeply inspired by you, especially inspired just by the discipling that happened, not just through the textbook, but through life, life on life.

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 And how you, Bora, just got discipled through that is incredible. So thank you. Thank you for being here. We welcome you here.

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 I'm glad to be back. I was in London last week and it was a, it was a very interesting experience for me.

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 So I was there for a young life conference where the global leaders of young life all gathered together.

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 Everyone else, most of the people that were in London for the first time ever.

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 Whereas I kind of drew the straw straw and I was just back where I grew up.

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 And they took us around town and to show us all the sites and two of the young life staff that were assigned to our group were two Americans that had only just landed in England.

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 And it was the weirdest thing. They were like, actually, we don't know what we're doing.

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 But you know, the guy said something very interesting as he was taking us around only two months in England.

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 And I was like, ah, look at all these buildings. There's St. Paul's, there's the Westminster Abbey.

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 These are all places where Gabs grew up as well. Maybe not in Westminster Abbey, but.

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 And you know what? He said something really interesting.

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 And he said, he said, yeah, it's hard doing ministry here in England.

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 I was like, oh, why is that? He's like, it's a, it's a post-Christian society.

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 I was like, wow, it's a post-Christian society.

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 You look around at all these church buildings in England, if you've seen them, they're just enormous and beautiful.

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 All these cathedrals.

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 Christina and I, we lived near one called Litchfield Cathedral, one of Christina's favorites.

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 But it's a post-Christian society.

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 We went to university in Leeds, and when we got to Leeds, there was this, I was walking towards campus.

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 Has anyone been to Leeds out of interest?

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 A few people. Yes, two.

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 At the university campus, which I didn't go that often.

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 There's this building, there's this church.

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 I was looking for a church as an 18-year-old.

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 And I was walking past this church.

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 I was like, oh, this looks like a good one.

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 I wonder what the name of this church is.

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 And I saw, I walked closer.

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 The name of the church was like big letters, four letters, Halo.

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 I was like, I've never heard of a church called Halo before.

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 I guess it stuck to theme.

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 I found out afterwards that it's not a church anymore.

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 It's a, it's a nightclub.

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 Because there's no one in the church anymore.

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 So, so a club owner decided just to buy the whole place and then use it as a nightclub.

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 And I was like, man, post-Christian society.

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 Doesn't that break your heart?

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 They're in this place where you have all these big, nice, shiny church buildings.

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 You have all these things that are remnants of Christianity.

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 But it's a post-Christian society.

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 The faith is dead.

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 And this really leads me on to today's letter.

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 Thank you, Gabriel, last week for going through the church of Philadelphia.

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 We're going to rewind a little bit and go through the church of Sardis.

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 And that's exactly it.

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 Sardis doesn't really have that many good things said about it.

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 But the one line, the one punchline that really tells you, man, this church really struggled.

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 And I'll tell you more about it as we go.

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 It says, you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

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 You have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

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 That's basically the summary of the church of Sardis.

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 And that's terrifying.

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 That should terrify you.

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 It terrifies me.

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 As we go about doing our way, doing church, we've got to figure out, are we still alive?

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 Or are we actually a corpse?

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 Are we just literally just barely warm bodies sat in a room?

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 So we're going to go through the word of God today and just go through the letters to Sardis.

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 So I'll read it today.

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 Can I invite you to stand for the word of the Lord?

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 A little bit of echo here, isn't it?

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 Hey, so we stand for the word of the Lord because we truly believe the precious words that these are.

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 That we shouldn't take these for granted.

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 That we shouldn't get used to just hearing these words in one ear and out the other.

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 This is the word of the living God.

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 And we believe that it has something to say to us today.

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 And that's why we stand just out of reverence.

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 That these are the words of Jesus Christ.

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 The Alpha and Omega.

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 The beginning and the end.

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 The first and the last.

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 And he says this to the church in Sardis.

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 Revelation chapter 3.

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 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,

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 The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

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 I know your works.

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 You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

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 Wake up and strengthen what remains and is about to die.

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 For I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

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 Remember then what you received and heard.

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 Keep it and repent.

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 If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief.

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 And you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

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 Yet you still have a few names in Sardis.

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 People who have not sold their garments and they will walk with me in white.

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 Yet for they are worthy.

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 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments.

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 And I will never blot his name out of the book of life.

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 I will confess his name before my father and before his angels.

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 He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 So we're a little short on time today, so I won't recap all of them.

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 But I'll go through that next week because next week is our finale.

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 Next week is the final letter.

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 So we'll do the recap then.

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 Today we're going to talk about the church of Sardis.

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 This church of Sardis was really interesting.

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 It's a wealthy town.

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 And as I talk to you and tell you a little bit about this church,

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 I want you to have a think.

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 Is this anything like us?

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 Is this anything like us?

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 So this was a former royal town, a wealthy town.

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 And actually out of the seven churches, this was the biggest one.

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 This was the biggest church.

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 This was the wealthiest church.

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 So you can imagine as the messenger is reading these letters

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 and is getting to Sardis, Sardis is like,

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 Ho, ho, we are ready.

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 We are doing church well.

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 We are growing at the seams.

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 We went from one service to two services to three services

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 to four satellite campuses.

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 We are doing well.

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 So we are ready.

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 Now, we're sure there's little things that we're not doing well.

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 So we're going to have a little bit of feedback

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 about what we need to improve, but we're going to be good.

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 And yet when Jesus comes out with this,

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 there is nothing good at all.

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 He says you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

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 But let's start a little bit.

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 It's interesting here.

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 You remember the old ones that we won't recap all of them today.

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 We had Jezebels.

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 We had Balaam.

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 We had persecution.

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 We had prison.

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 We have the synagogue of Satan.

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 We had all these things that the Christians were up against.

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 In Sardis, there is nothing.

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 There is no pressure.

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 There is no persecution.

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 There is just complacency.

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 They've gone to the point where they've been able to grow so big as a church.

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 They have so many resources.

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 And Jesus comes to them and speaks truth to them.

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 But it's not really the truth that they were expecting or wanting to hear.

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 And so he says this.

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 Well, first of all, he introduces himself.

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 That's how everyone should introduce themselves when you're talking to someone.

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 And that's how Jesus does.

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 He references Revelation 1 as he's doing this.

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 Remember, the whole book of Revelation is there is only one revelation.

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 It is not plural.

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 It is not revelations.

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 Turn to the person next to you and say, there is only one revelation.

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 Okay, so there is no revelations.

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 There is only one revelation.

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 And what's the revelation, Darren?

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 Who's the revelation?

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 What's Jesus revealing?

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 Himself.

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 That's it.

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 I love it.

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 Yeah, Darren.

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 Those of you who are sniggering at him, beware.

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 Be ready.

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 There is only one revelation.

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 It's the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 And he says this.

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 So the angel of the church in Sardis write the words of he who has the seven spirits of God and holds the seven stars.

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 What he's saying here, seven just means complete.

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 The seven spirits of God means the complete Holy Spirit.

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 This is the one who has the fullness of God in spirit, holding the whole Holy Spirit and the seven angels,

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 which basically, by extension, is the seven churches.

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 And so this person comes and speaks this to you.

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 And he says, I know your works.

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 You have a reputation of being alive.

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 Do you know what that means?

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 They do a killer of a Christmas service.

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 They do a great evangelistic sermon for Easter.

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 They do a great outreach program.

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 They go and reach three prisons with three prison teams.

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 They have all these things that are going on.

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 They have a great deacons board, just like we have a great deacons board.

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 They have a great elders board.

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 They have great preaching.

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 They have great worship.

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 They have great community.

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 I know your works.

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 You have a reputation of being alive.

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 That place is live, man.

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 That place is live.

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 It's full of fire.

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 You have a reputation of that.

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 But your reality is quite the opposite.

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 Your reality is that you are dead.

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 Here's what theologians call ecclesiastical sleepwalking.

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 Ecclesiastical sleepwalking means the church is basically in autopilot.

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 It's doing all the things.

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 It's running all the programs, but it is asleep.

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 I'm just going to stop there for a second because we could get there.

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 We could be there right now.

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 How do I know that?

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 Because I think I could be there right now.

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 And I've told you this before.

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 I can go about my way, living my day, being a pastor, and completely sleepwalking through my faith.

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 Have you done that before?

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 Well, who's done that before?

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 Put your hand up if you've slept all through your faith.

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 Okay, there are about 70% of people here who are lying.

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 If you did not put your hand up, you are lying.

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 We are all prone to this.

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 Sleepwalking through the faith where you just wake up that day.

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 You're like, oh, man.

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 I know I should, but I can't.

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 I'm tired.

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 I'm busy.

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 You know what?

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 I'm busy doing all the Christian-y stuff.

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 I'm going to a Bible study.

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 I'm serving in this.

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 I'm doing that.

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 Going to this charity event.

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 I'm doing all these things.

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 And yet my faith is stale.

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 My faith is completely dry.

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 I am not getting anything.

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 I am spiritually asleep.

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 Worse, I look dead.

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 That's the danger that this church has here.

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 You see, the thing is, the Christian life, when lived properly, what invites pressure?

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 And actually, it's the pressure that keeps you awake.

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 Because when you don't have the pressure, it's often that's when you say, oh, it's just getting so easy just to live life, just to be a Christian like this.

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 And that's when you start falling asleep.

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 And he says, but you are dead.

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 And he says, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

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 He's saying, you have all these programs.

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 You have all these events.

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 You have all these task forces.

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 You have all these committees.

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 But I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

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 What does that mean?

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 Now, Paul says, when Jesus starts something, he finishes it.

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 He will bring it to completion when it is his will.

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 So when it isn't his will, then it won't be complete.

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 So he says, I'm looking at all the stuff that you're doing.

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 Now, there's two possibilities here.

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 They're great at starting things.

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 Maybe we're great at starting things.

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 Maybe this is a great start.

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 But eventually, we fizzle out because we lose that first love.

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 Because we lose the pressure that comes, actually, with proper Christian living.

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 We end up just assimilating into society.

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 And then we end up fizzling out.

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 Doesn't that happen to every church?

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 Isn't that what happened to the Church of England?

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 So that when someone has come into this country, they say it is a post-Christian country.

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 Christianity that has formed most of the values of the commonwealth, of the society there,

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 now we're living in a post-Christian society.

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 Because we had all these programs.

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 We have all these buildings.

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 We have all these schemes.

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 And yet, we're fizzling out.

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 Maybe they started things and they just weren't good at finishing.

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 Or maybe the things that they were doing weren't even from God at all.

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 Because if it was God's will for these things to happen, if it was God's will for these programs to happen,

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 then he would bring them to completion.

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 That's Philippians 1.6.

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 That he who started it will bring it to completion.

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 Maybe they just weren't spending enough time discerning what God wanted them to actually do.

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 They were just caught up in the doing.

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 Do you do that?

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 Sometimes you end up doing so many things and someone asks you, hey, why did you start doing that?

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 You're like, I don't know.

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 It just kind of one thing led to another.

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 And now, boom.

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 Now it's just a big church.

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 And now it's this.

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 Now it's that.

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 But you don't even remember why you did it in the first place.

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 This is what happened to the church in Sardis.

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 You can completely ignore God whilst doing church.

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 Do you agree with that?

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 You can completely ignore God whilst doing church.

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 We as a church.

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 Hey, I'm tempted to do this nearly every week where we just stop the service where I don't preach.

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 And I'm just like, guys, if we are gathering here for him, let's just gather for him.

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 Let's just seek his voice.

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 Let's just seek his heart.

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 And let's not do the motions of this because, man, this is so good.

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 But this is so dangerous.

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 Because you can come in here and you can do the whole thing.

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 And we can make you feel like a Christian.

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 But that's not really what Christian living is.

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 That's the thing that scares me the most.

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 Do we as a church stop and say, actually, the things that we're doing, are they actually what God wants to do?

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 And is he bringing it to completion?

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 A couple of weeks ago, we got invited by a friend to go on a junk boat.

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 Because it's that kind of time of year, right?

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 And some of the people, actually, I don't know if Ruben did it.

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 We did wake, who's done wake surfing and wakeboarding before?

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 I know Kelly has because I've seen it on her IG.

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 Okay, wake surfing, wake surfing.

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 I tried it.

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 I'm terrible at it.

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 I couldn't even get anywhere.

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 But if you do it, what do you need?

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 You need basically a boat and you need a rope, right?

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 Those are the things that you need.

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 And then, if you hold on and you have the right balance, you can go quite far.

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 And you can have a lot of fun.

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 Those of you who live near Aberdeen, who are near Deepwater Bay all the time.

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 Now, what happens when you let go of the rope?

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 You fall off.

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 But for a few seconds, you actually feel as though you're floating, right?

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 For a few seconds after you've let go of the rope, you're like, oh, actually, I can do this on my own.

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 It's only afterwards you realize that you've let go and you're not connected to the boat anymore.

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 And then you sink.

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 I think that's the same with church.

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 I think this is what happened to Sardis.

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 That they were riding the waves and they were doing all these great things.

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 But at some point, they decided, oh, actually, I don't need the boat.

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 I don't need the thing that drives us.

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 I'm just going to let go.

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 And for a second there, it's floating.

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 But after five seconds, ten seconds max, you eventually sink.

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 It's like when you see a human body.

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 Well, we don't often see a human body.

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 In the movies, when you see a human body dead and killed, maybe the heart stopped or the brain stopped.

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 But for a while, there's still impulses where the body actually is still moving.

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 But the body is dead.

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 But there are still synapses that are sending messages down where it's causing it to move.

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 Your heart stops pumping.

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 You still have some blood remaining from before.

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 But actually, you're dead.

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 That's my fear for church.

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 That we get to the point where we're actually dead because we've lost all the heart.

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 And yet there's still some remnant of movement happening.

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 There's still some program that's happening, but it's a completely empty shell.

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 This is what's happening with the church in Sardis.

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 How do we get there?

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 It says this.

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 He says, wake up.

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 He says, wake up.

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 Wake up.

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 Now, some of you nearly maybe just needed that just for a second there.

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 Wake up.

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 Wake up and strengthen what remains.

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 So he's saying that there are some good things there.

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 Those structures, those deacons meetings, those programs, those outreaches, all these things, the worship, the teaching, all these things.

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 They're good things.

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 But they're about to die.

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 But you need to strengthen what remains.

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 Tim Keller talks about this.

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 How do you be an organism but also be an organization?

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 How do you be alive and filled with life but still get organized?

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 We started it.

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 Well, we started last year with seven of us, and now it's turned into this.

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 And the whole thing is, how do we just stay organic?

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 And how do we stay alive until we realize, man, we need to organize ourselves.

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 Have some people come out, set up the chairs.

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 How do we need a hospitality team?

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 We need a welcome team.

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 Please, if you are thinking about how you can give back to this community, it's really easy.

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 Just start straight with the welcome team.

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 Start straight with the hospitality.

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 Get in just to welcome people.

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 Romans 15, 7, when you know that you are welcomed in by Christ, you can't help but welcome other people in.

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 Be part of the group that welcomes people in.

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 When people ask you what church you go to, I hope you don't say, I attend the gathering.

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 That doesn't actually make sense.

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 You say, I go and gather with a group of people.

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 You don't attend the gathering.

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 You are the gathering.

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 Okay?

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 You don't attend the gathering.

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 You are the gathering.

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 What does that mean?

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 That means when the bin is overflowing, you go and do it.

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 You help doing it.

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 I was literally just talking to Bonnie just before the service, and she bought a whole bunch of cleaning materials.

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 And I was like, oh, who's going to be cleaning, using the cleaning stuff?

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 Oh, she says, oh, Christina and I.

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 That's it.

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 Actually, if you are under any doubt as to whether this place is cared for by a whole team of a cleaning company outside, I can assure you it is not.

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 It is Bonnie, and it is my pregnant wife.

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 Okay?

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 So, next time you see the bin that is getting full, you go and just take it out.

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 It's your go.

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 That means you drew the short straw at that moment because it was short.

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 Don't do what I try and do sometimes when I'm out in the streets and I try and slip my rubbish into it.

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 It's like a game, isn't it?

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 How can I slip my rubbish in without pushing someone else's out, and then I'll feel a little bit guilty, and then I'll have to run away really fast.

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 If the bin is full, take it out for us.

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 It's actually just across the road.

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 Like, you don't attend the gathering.

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 By being here, you are part of the gathering.

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 Does that make sense to you?

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 Because only then do you understand and realize what it means to be part of a community, part of a church.

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 Only then do you stop yourself from sleepwalking.

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 It's interesting here.

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 This town would have known about what it meant to sleepwalk.

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 So, this was a royal town, wealthy, also very complacent.

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 Twice, twice.

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 First in 500 BC, and then second again in 200 BC.

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 First, it was by Cyrus the Great.

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 It was invaded and it was captured.

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 Not because it was overpowered.

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 Because it was on the top of this hill with all these strong walls.

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 It was captured because there was a guard who was falling asleep and left the back door open.

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 Twice.

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 Twice.

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 And so, enemies would creep in through the back in the middle of the night and capture the town.

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 This town knew what it meant to be complacent.

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 This town knew what it meant to let the back door open and be invaded and be captured.

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 Because it was sleepwalking.

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 Wake up.

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 Strengthen what remains and is about to die.

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 For I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

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 And then it says, remember then.

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 What you have received and heard.

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 Keep it and repent.

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 He said, you remember why we gathered in the first place.

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 The problem is, at this point, it was probably two generations down.

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 The church was two generations down.

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 It had grown so big.

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 And what was it doing?

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 It was living off past fame.

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 It was living off past fame.

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 Who comes from a Christian family?

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 Put your hand up if you come from a Christian family.

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 If just your parents are Christian and you grew up in the church.

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 Keep your hand up if your grandparents were at church.

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 Okay.

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 There's a few of us there.

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 Well, this is what it's like for you guys.

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 Your grandparents started a church in Sardis and it grew big.

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 Now, two generations later, you're still sat there.

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 But your faith isn't your own.

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 Your fire comes from your grandparents who have long gone now.

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 You're living off past fame.

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 You're like, oh, who's the son?

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 Oh, you're the son?

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 Oh, you're the son of a son?

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 Oh, you're the son of a son?

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 Oh, you're the son of a son.

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 And it becomes, your faith is tied to your parents' faith.

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 Your belief is tied to your grandparents' but it's not your own.

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 That's the kind of church Sardis was.

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 It had all the exterior because of all the years and all the resources.

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 But inside the people were second generation, third generation.

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 And they had forgotten the reason why they gathered.

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 Why are we doing that mission gathering statement every week?

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 Well, I hope that one day we can all memorize that.

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 And we're not trying to be legalistic about this.

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 We're just trying to remind ourselves why we gather.

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 Because so often we're like, oh, man, it's church day.

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 It's Sunday.

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 We've got to go to church.

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 But when you remember why you're here, when you remember that you're not here to attend church,

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 you're not here to go and join the gathering for a service.

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 You are the gathering the moment you arrive.

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 And that's why we have those mission statements.

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 That's why we have to remember.

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 Because what happens to the human mind is we forget.

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 We constantly forget.

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 Look at the Israelites just in the wilderness.

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 And you're looking at them and you're like, how can you be so stupid?

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 God parted the Red Sea for you.

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 And now you're worried about this.

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 God had food drop down from heaven for you.

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 And now you're worried about this.

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 There is a pillar of fire and cloud in the desert.

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 And just because Moses is gone, now you're going to create yourself a little gold cow to worship.

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 Can you see how silly it looks?

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 But then can you see how silly we are sometimes?

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 How's your faith doing?

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 Oh, I'm doing well.

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 I'm going to church.

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 I'm going to small group.

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 I do alpha.

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 I do this.

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 But there is no sign of an alive Jesus in your life at all.

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 That's the scary thing.

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 I think out of all the letters, this one hits me the most.

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 This one terrifies me the most because it is a church, a big church, a well-resourced church that has grown complacent.

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 That probably sums up the majority of churches in Hong Kong for me.

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 We're so, like, Cambodia.

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 Cambodia and all these other places in the world where the faith is growing.

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 Iran.

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 I think Iran is the fastest growing church right now, as well as China.

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 Places where they're completely persecuted, where they have all this pressure.

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 That's where the Spirit of God is moving.

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 That's where the church is growing.

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 That's where people are genuinely not just believing, but they are convicted by what they believe.

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 But here, you go to church because at two years old, your parents are trying to get you into the right school.

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 So you've got to go to St. John's because if you don't go to St. John's Cathedral, you won't go to St. Paul's.

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 Right?

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 And you're living off that guy's fame to try and get into this school.

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 And then it's all the exterior on the outside, but there is no genuine faith on the inside.

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 We need to look at what is happening in somewhere like England, a post-Christian society, and go, how can I not become numb to all this?

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 How can I not become post-Christian myself?

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 That I have on the outside what looks like a Christian life, but on the inside it completely falls apart.

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 What does that look like for us?

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 He says, if you will not wake up, I will come at you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come.

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 This isn't the second coming.

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 This is just Jesus coming to give you a wake-up call.

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 This is Jesus saying, now, if you're sleepwalking right now, consider this, your wake-up call.

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 If you are wondering, oh, should I go?

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 Should I take that step of faith and go and live a life missionally?

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 I hope that slide earlier was your sign.

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 Go.

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 And if you're sleepwalking, oh, man, I don't know.

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 My faith is just, this is your wake-up call.

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 Because Jesus will come like a thief, and he will come at an hour that you won't know.

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 Are you ready?

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 It's saying, are we ready for whatever is to come?

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 And sometimes it's in a place like this where we are the least ready.

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 Whereas in all these other places in the world where there is so much warfare, so much pain, they seem to be more ready than us.

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 Would we heed the words of Sardis here?

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 And actually, what is it that you believe?

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 There's a quote that says this,

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 Any belief shorn of the confidence to live it publicly is not a belief at all, but a posture.

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 And postures are easily overwhelmed.

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 You see, do you know why the reason why they didn't have any pressure?

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 Have you thought about that?

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:02.259
 Why did this big church have no pressure?

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:04.299
 Because it was so ready to compromise.

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:07.920
 It was so ready to say, hey, guys, don't worry.

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.240
 We're a church.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:12.759
 We believe that Jesus guy, but we are just the same as you.

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.980
 Romans, don't worry.

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:17.600
 We're not going to cause any trouble at all.

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.640
 Seriously, we are just, you know what?

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.300
 What we believe doesn't really, it doesn't matter.

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.400
 You know, we won't talk about it.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.620
 Oh, you don't want us to talk about Jesus?

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.100
 That's fine.

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.560
 It's okay.

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.320
 It's okay.

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.380
 Because we'll stay quiet.

00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:29.960
 If that keeps us out of trouble, that's fine.

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:37.259
 Whatever is the path of least resistance, we will abide by so we can live lives of peace.

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:40.500
 That's what this church is.

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.100
 That's what the church of Sardis is.

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.860
 I hope that's not what this church is.

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:49.440
 The founder of Salvation Army, the story goes,

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.840
 why did he start this charity, Salvation Army,

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:56.660
 is because one time he was attending a lecture given by a very passionate atheist,

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.400
 someone who wasn't a Christian at all.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.840
 In fact, was very against Christianity.

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.600
 And the atheist lecturer said this.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:06.600
 He said, if I believed what you Christians say you believe,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.100
 I would not shut up about it.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.519
 If I believed what you Christians say you believe,

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.820
 I would not shut up about it.

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:17.880
 That's why I don't believe, because you guys have shut up about it,

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.880
 which means I don't know if you actually believe what you believe.

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.780
 Does that make sense?

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.920
 Because if you believe Jesus,

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.520
 if you believe Jesus is who he says he is,

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:30.200
 that he really did come down to the earth,

00:27:30.280 --> 00:27:32.920
 if he really did die for us so that we can be free,

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:35.140
 and that we are now filled with his spirit,

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.700
 we don't have to have any fear.

00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:39.540
 That would change the way we live completely.

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:42.079
 If I believed what you say you believe,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.379
 I would not shut up about it.

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.839
 Why have we shut up about it?

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:49.119
 I had this problem growing up.

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.500
 When I first took my first job,

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.480
 which was as a teacher, a secondary school teacher,

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.399
 I made it my goal to just be like,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:56.159
 hey guys, I am just the same as you.

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:59.359
 Look, I'm going to try and squeeze in on Monday conversation

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.220
 that I went to church,

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.519
 just so I can kind of like,

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:03.720
 oh, I went to church.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.440
 And then, oh, no, no, no, it's okay.

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.920
 I'm not weird.

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.319
 I'm not weird.

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.659
 I'm okay.

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.819
 You're safe with me.

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.960
 I'm just the same as you.

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.319
 I'm not the same.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:13.960
 Because I have the spirit of Christ living in me

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:16.200
 that should change the way I live.

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.899
 So when my boss treats me in a bad way,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.859
 I can treat him in the most loving way.

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:24.539
 That, something changes every time it comes through me.

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.899
 When I'm not sure where my kids are going to go to school

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:29.000
 or how well they're going to do in school,

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:31.339
 I'm not worried because Jesus is in control

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.339
 of not only my life, but my kids' lives.

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:36.259
 So I have no worry about where we're going to go,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.980
 what we're going to do,

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:39.259
 because Christ, the one who's in control,

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:41.740
 is living in me and governing my life,

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.420
 and he is sovereign.

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.380
 It changes the way you live.

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.140
 Does it not?

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.400
 Does your life look any different?

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:54.180
 If I was to take Jesus and Christian lifestyle

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.180
 out of your life,

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.759
 would it look any different?

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.200
 Other than on Sunday morning,

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.740
 you get to sleep in a little bit longer

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.380
 before you go for lunch with your grandma.

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:04.560
 Would it look any different?

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.220
 Because if it doesn't look any different,

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:11.000
 then you are dead inside.

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.400
 Then you are asleep.

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.460
 That's what Jesus is saying here.

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:19.240
 Don't shoot the messenger.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.640
 This is what Jesus is saying.

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.900
 But then he says,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:27.759
 yet you still have a few names in Sardis.

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.500
 A few names.

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.519
 Now the other ones,

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:33.079
 they were almost the majority.

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.519
 Remember, to the other churches,

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:36.000
 like there are some of you there

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.400
 who are following the teaching of this.

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.859
 There are some of you there who are following.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.620
 This is like,

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.380
 you only have a few of you left.

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.120
 This is the minority.

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.380
 This is what I've been talking about.

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.140
 But we only need 10%.

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:48.960
 10% of a room can move the room.

00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:52.460
 10% of the room can move the room.

00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.580
 10% of a culture,

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.340
 of a society,

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.880
 can move the society,

00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:56.760
 can move the culture.

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.260
 Will we be that 10%?

00:29:58.540 --> 00:30:00.280
 Will you be that 10% here?

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.380
 I don't know.

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.860
 10%.

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.760
 People sat on the floor.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.800
 How you live your lives,

00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.920
 how you worship,

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.180
 how you love God,

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.700
 will impact everyone else.

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.180
 Let's just say for now,

00:30:10.260 --> 00:30:10.780
 as an example,

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:13.140
 everyone else here is a little bit 50-50.

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:15.240
 They're not sure how real their faith is.

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.240
 They're not sure whether God is real enough.

00:30:17.520 --> 00:30:18.840
 They've shut up about their faith.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.800
 But if you guys don't shut up about the faith,

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:22.200
 you move the whole room.

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.880
 Think to your workplace now.

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.320
 Think to your workplace.

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.620
 What would it look like

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:32.420
 if you had 10% of people in your workplace

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:34.740
 who lived radically for the Lord?

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.920
 If you think about it like that,

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.180
 you don't actually need that many people.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.200
 Look at your team for 20.

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.800
 You're going to need another person.

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:44.420
 I'll tell you what it looks like then.

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:47.600
 Let's say Erica in the hospital is like,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.780
 okay,

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:49.100
 I want to live out my faith

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:50.920
 in the proper way.

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:53.140
 As though Jesus was actually real,

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.160
 that he really did die for me,

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.780
 that he's alive

00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:55.840
 and that he's right next to me

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.740
 in this hospital.

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.460
 But man,

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.640
 it's hard to live in this society,

00:30:58.780 --> 00:31:00.100
 in this department on my own.

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:01.920
 I just need to find one person.

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.759
 I just need to find one person.

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.800
 I need to talk to that person

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.080
 and say,

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.380
 hey,

00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:06.820
 I know you love Jesus.

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.100
 Can we support each other?

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.240
 Can we pray for each other?

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.500
 So when we go out into our department,

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.759
 can we go out and do our job,

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.500
 saving lives?

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.740
 We will do it together

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.819
 and we'll know why we're doing it.

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.980
 You just need that one or two.

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.019
 It's not that hard

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.880
 to find that one or two people.

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.819
 That's why we're here.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.200
 That's why we gather.

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.440
 I don't know why you gather.

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.819
 And of course,

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.400
 if you're first time,

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.700
 welcome.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.680
 I'm usually quite friendly.

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.279
 That's why we're gathering

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.900
 because we're like,

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.140
 oh,

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.519
 you know what?

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.660
 We just need a few people

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:36.039
 who share the same heart.

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.359
 Actually,

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.299
 it doesn't really matter

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.259
 what the other people do.

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.659
 It doesn't really matter

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.359
 what else they do.

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.299
 We're going to be the minority,

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.259
 yet there are still

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.859
 a few names in Sardis,

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.740
 and this is funny,

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.480
 who have not sold their garments,

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.440
 who have not dirtied their clothes,

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.980
 who have not pooped their pants.

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.259
 There's only a few.

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.920
 It's only a minority,

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:57.000
 but don't you get it?

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.920
 That's all we need.

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.279
 That's all we need.

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.740
 Here's my goal for us.

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.559
 Here's my goal for me.

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.859
 Next time you meet someone

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.519
 who doesn't know anything

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.099
 about the faith,

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:11.219
 make it the charge that,

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.459
 actually,

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.419
 I'm going to show this person

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.139
 that I'm different,

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.639
 not because of my own will,

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:17.159
 but because of the Christ

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:18.019
 who lives inside me.

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.619
 It is no longer I who live,

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.599
 but Christ who lives in me,

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.500
 and I want to show them

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.419
 a different way.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.399
 I want to show them

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.419
 the Jesus way

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:26.159
 and not the world way.

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:29.479
 I want to show a different way

00:32:29.479 --> 00:32:30.419
 for me to even post

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.079
 onto Instagram,

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.439
 that people,

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.399
 when they look at my account,

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.640
 they're like,

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.780
 oh,

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.680
 this person's different,

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.780
 this person's built different,

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:38.300
 they have a different value system

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:39.519
 to what is on Instagram right now.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.600
 Can we be different?

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.500
 I think we must be different.

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:50.200
 What does a live church look like?

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.640
 I've said what a dead church looks like.

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:54.259
 What does a church

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.220
 that's alive look like?

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.160
 Have a think now.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.740
 Close your eyes for a second.

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:01.160
 What is a live church?

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:09.080
 What characteristics should it have?

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.100
 I'm going to ask someone.

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.400
 What do we got, Kelly?

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.360
 What's a church

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.140
 that's alive look like?

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.019
 Genuinely loving.

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:29.359
 So you're differentiating that

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:31.400
 from being fake kind of love.

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.680
 Like, oh, I love you,

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:35.599
 but I don't actually know you.

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.339
 Yeah.

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.700
 Genuinely loving.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.900
 But the kind of love

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:40.220
 that the more you get to know someone,

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.079
 the more you love them.

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.519
 That's the fear that we have, right?

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.759
 That's why we don't open ourselves

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.319
 to other people

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.039
 because we're afraid

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.440
 that when they get to know

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.160
 the real us,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.279
 they will love us less.

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.400
 When in a church,

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.579
 in the church that is following

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.200
 the way of Jesus,

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.299
 it's quite the contrary.

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:56.039
 When you get to know someone more,

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.599
 even with all their pain,

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.940
 you love them more.

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.399
 Absolutely.

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.200
 Anything else?

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.779
 What else is there?

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.539
 Excited.

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:05.339
 There's joy in the house of the Lord

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.940
 because there is pain.

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.239
 There is pain.

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.000
 There is war.

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.300
 There are people who are dying.

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.360
 There are children who are dying.

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.259
 And we grieve.

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.059
 You look at the wars

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.679
 that are happening now

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.400
 and you just grieve.

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.579
 And you're like,

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.000
 man,

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.940
 that isn't supposed to be.

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:23.500
 We never become numb to it.

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.080
 When you look,

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.800
 when you look

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.920
 and you hear the words

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.120
 Israel and Gaza

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:28.760
 and Hamas,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.160
 may we never just be like,

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.720
 oh, yeah,

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.120
 that's the part of the world

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.380
 that keeps,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.700
 no.

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.440
 Those are real people.

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.340
 Those are real people

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.360
 living real lives

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:41.220
 with real fears.

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.860
 But yet we have hope somehow.

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.140
 That's different.

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.080
 Because we do not grieve

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:48.140
 as those who have no hope,

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.360
 right?

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.140
 Because we know

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:50.340
 that he is coming back again.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.260
 That he is not slow.

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:54.780
 That he is coming back again.

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.980
 So we must be filled

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.300
 with life and joy.

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:58.020
 Final one.

00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:58.340
 One more.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.620
 And then I'll wrap up.

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.580
 Brave.

00:35:01.020 --> 00:35:01.420
 Brave.

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.320
 Heroes.

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:05.920
 What else do I have to lose

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.460
 if everything I have

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.640
 is from Christ?

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.860
 I have nothing to lose.

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.180
 Jesus says,

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.220
 blessed are you

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.660
 who are when others

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.440
 revile against you

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.220
 and persecute you

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.880
 and utter all kinds

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.640
 of evil against you.

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.000
 What are we the most afraid of?

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:20.180
 We're the most afraid of

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:21.500
 getting cancelled.

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:23.719
 That's what we're afraid of

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.260
 in this society.

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.980
 Oh, that my friends

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.739
 won't hang out with me.

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:26.739
 That my friends

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.219
 won't look at me

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.719
 in the same way.

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.260
 That my friends

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.199
 won't invite me out

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.679
 to the party.

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.239
 That's all it is.

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.139
 There are heroes

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.360
 who died for the faith

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.940
 because theirs

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.699
 wasn't just

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:39.719
 a posture.

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.179
 It wasn't just

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.679
 a lifestyle.

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.820
 It was a deep conviction

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.539
 that they were willing

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.800
 to live in every arena

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.820
 that they were placed in.

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.639
 That they couldn't

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.219
 shut up

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.280
 about Jesus.

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.960
 that they would be brave

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:53.280
 and at risk

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.120
 of looking different

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.880
 and looking weird.

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.420
 This person

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.440
 always talks about Jesus.

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.360
 Man,

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.000
 if someone would say

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.580
 that about me,

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.060
 that every meeting

00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:01.640
 I have with them

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.160
 that they would just

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.740
 be filled with,

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.019
 man,

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:03.620
 that guy can't

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.360
 shut up about Jesus.

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.000
 That guy can't

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.700
 shut up about

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.519
 living a life.

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.560
 Do we have

00:36:10.560 --> 00:36:11.380
 that kind of courage?

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.620
 What's the thing

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.440
 that Jesus says

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.600
 the most in Scripture?

00:36:16.040 --> 00:36:16.560
 What's the thing

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:17.580
 that God says the most

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:18.640
 every time the clouds open?

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.099
 He says,

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:21.299
 do not be afraid.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.719
 Every time.

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.539
 That's the most

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.400
 commonly thing said

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.199
 because he knows

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.400
 that fear is the main thing.

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.699
 So how do you battle fear?

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.359
 You love genuinely.

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.480
 You know how much

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.039
 you are loved

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:37.359
 and then you have no fear

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:39.219
 and then you can be brave.

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.339
 Jesus says,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.819
 to the one

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.980
 who conquers,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.920
 they will be clothed

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.639
 in white garments.

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.719
 They will be pure.

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.319
 They will be holy.

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.179
 They will be set apart.

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:49.159
 I will confess his name

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.899
 before my father

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.739
 and before his angels.

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.259
 If we would confess

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.819
 his name

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:54.239
 on this earth,

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:55.480
 he will confess us

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.399
 when we reach

00:36:56.399 --> 00:36:57.839
 heaven's gates.

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.940
 That's the promise.

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.699
 Would you remain brave?

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.719
 Would you

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:03.559
 strive to be different?

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:04.960
 Would you seek

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.480
 to be alive?

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.159
 Let me tell you quickly

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.980
 and I'll finish here.

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.440
 The traits of a church.

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.159
 What is alive

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.659
 in the Bible?

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.519
 What is alive

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:12.159
 when this book

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.059
 talks about life?

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.619
 What is it saying?

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.419
 It's saying no sin.

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.199
 Romans 8.

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.239
 It's saying for to set

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:17.319
 the mind on the flesh

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:18.039
 is death

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.980
 but to set the mind

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.619
 on the spirit

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.460
 is life.

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:22.599
 Are we hungry

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.359
 for the Holy Spirit

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:23.779
 to move?

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.659
 And this isn't

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.559
 a charismatic thing.

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.019
 This is a genuine

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:29.379
 person.

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.599
 This is part

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.460
 of the Trinity.

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.259
 This is part

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:33.139
 of the Godhead.

00:37:33.419 --> 00:37:34.539
 Knowing that the Holy Spirit

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.460
 is alive and well

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.339
 and that he walks

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:37.119
 among us

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.960
 right now.

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:39.219
 That he is living

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.299
 within us

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.699
 and saying,

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.179
 Holy Spirit,

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.719
 you guide me.

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.259
 You show me

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.720
 what to do.

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.100
 As I'm stood

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:45.660
 next to the coffee

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:46.340
 machine on a Monday

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.280
 morning and I'm tired,

00:37:47.540 --> 00:37:48.480
 show me what to do.

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:50.160
 Show me how to talk

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.860
 to my colleague.

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.240
 I was just talking

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:53.840
 to Nathan earlier.

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:55.660
 He's taking a step

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.600
 out and doing alpha

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.480
 and meeting people

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.420
 and talking to people

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.740
 who don't know

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.160
 the faith.

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:02.100
 He's asking the Holy

00:38:02.100 --> 00:38:02.600
 Spirit to say,

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.200
 tell me what to say

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.860
 to this person.

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.360
 And it's developing

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.020
 a different kind

00:38:08.020 --> 00:38:08.540
 of compassion

00:38:08.540 --> 00:38:09.160
 for these people.

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.340
 Even for that jerk

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.920
 in the office,

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.240
 when that person

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:13.640
 just is completely

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.920
 rude and offensive,

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.640
 you're like,

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.019
 man,

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.920
 Holy Spirit,

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.840
 show me what it is.

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.220
 Show me what the fear

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.220
 is inside this person

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:21.559
 and show me how

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.500
 to love this person

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:24.059
 because I don't have fear.

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:25.079
 I've got nothing to lose.

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.220
 Jesus is alive

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:28.400
 and he's coming back again

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.120
 so I'll take whatever

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:29.780
 hits you've got.

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.800
 You can demote me

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.480
 for all I care

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.140
 because I know

00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:35.039
 Jesus is in control

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.579
 of my life

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:38.019
 and he will never

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.920
 blot my name

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.860
 out of his book of life.

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.680
 That's the promise there.

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.480
 That he will confess me

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.539
 so you don't have

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.680
 to be kind and nice to me.

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.820
 I'll do whatever it takes

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.720
 to show you love.

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:49.660
 That's the Jesus way.

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.780
 That's the different way.

00:38:51.140 --> 00:38:51.680
 That's the way

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.800
 you stay alive actually.

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.640
 So finally,

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:55.140
 if you want to stay alive,

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:55.840
 if you're just sat there

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:55.940
 going,

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.240
 you know what,

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.559
 I don't know

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.440
 whether I'm asleep or not.

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.840
 I think that's a decent

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.400
 place to be in

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.539
 because if you're actually asleep

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.160
 you won't even know

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.700
 that you're asleep.

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.420
 So the fact that you're like,

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.620
 okay,

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.599
 how do I become alive?

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.579
 Jesus says,

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.559
 abide in my word.

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.940
 This word here

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:11.880
 is living and active.

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.980
 Living and active.

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:16.199
 It has something to say

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:17.840
 about every single challenge

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.340
 and scenario

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:19.179
 that you are facing.

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.539
 Something to say.

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.779
 Abide in this word

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:23.079
 and then you will have life.

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.519
 And also pray in the spirit.

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.480
 If you don't know how to pray,

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.759
 find someone to pray with you.

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:29.420
 Say,

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.539
 hey,

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.460
 I don't know how to pray.

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.099
 Actually,

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.000
 I feel as though

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.740
 I only just learned

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.139
 how to pray

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.199
 maybe even two years ago

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:37.400
 because I sat with people

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.579
 who know how to pray.

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.000
 And then as I'm sitting

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.860
 praying with them

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.240
 and I'm like,

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.699
 whoa,

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:43.300
 you can talk to him like that.

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.199
 You can be so filled

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.900
 with his presence

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.740
 and his love like that.

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.679
 Teach me how to pray.

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:50.139
 That's what the disciples

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.720
 ask Jesus.

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.240
 Find someone

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.740
 to pray with you

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.820
 and find someone

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.720
 to read this word of you.

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.599
 Those are the two things

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.420
 that will give you life.

00:39:57.420 --> 00:40:00.260
 Amen?

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.700
 My prayer

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:04.159
 is that we would be awake.

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.240
 My prayer is that

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.980
 we would be awake

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.920
 and alert and aware

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.559
 of everything

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.420
 that the Holy Spirit

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.260
 that God wants to do

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.019
 in this world here.

00:40:11.180 --> 00:40:11.920
 This world looks like

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.639
 it's falling apart.

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.519
 And in many senses,

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.340
 it really is.

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.180
 2 Corinthians,

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.720
 Paul talks about that.

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.780
 This world is wasting away.

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.320
 On the outside,

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.700
 it is completely wasting away.

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.539
 But on the inside,

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:24.860
 we should be being renewed

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.760
 day by day.

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.019
 It is this profound tension

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.980
 where there is grief

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:29.340
 and sadness

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.219
 at seeing everything

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.199
 that is outside

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:32.119
 and also the things

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.659
 that we face.

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.320
 But then there is

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.780
 a profound sense of joy

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:37.059
 and life and hope

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:39.659
 knowing that he is right here.

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.780
 Philippians 4 said this,

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.179
 Rejoice.

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:44.360
 Again, I will say rejoice.

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.239
 Let your reasonableness

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.179
 be known to everyone.

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.519
 Why?

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:49.440
 Because the Lord is at hand.

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.599
 The Lord is near.

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.380
 Do not be anxious

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.960
 about anything.

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.619
 But in everything,

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.780
 by prayer and supplication,

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.619
 with thanksgiving,

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.920
 let your requests

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.980
 be made known to God

00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:01.320
 so that he will grant

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.920
 all your wishes.

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:04.000
 That is not scripture.

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.539
 Let your requests

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.579
 be made known to God

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:08.000
 not so that he will do

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:09.259
 whatever you ask him to do,

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.739
 but that he will grant you

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.960
 a peace that surpasses

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.559
 understanding,

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.619
 that will guard your heart

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.159
 and your mind.

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.860
 There are things

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.300
 that are happening

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.800
 in this world

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.980
 that do not make sense.

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.440
 Zero sense.

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.400
 If you look at the

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.259
 warfare that is happening,

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.900
 if you're looking at

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.880
 the poverty that's happening,

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:27.119
 none of this makes sense.

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.640
 And so we go to God

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:32.260
 and we say,

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.539
 God,

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:36.039
 what is it that you

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.660
 want us to do?

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.000
 And can we do it

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.760
 with that peace

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:40.000
 that surpasses understanding,

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:41.000
 with that peace

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:42.000
 that doesn't make sense?

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.860
 Can I charge you all

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.180
 with this?

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.140
 Can you go back

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:46.039
 into your workplace?

00:41:46.180 --> 00:41:46.740
 Can you go back

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.619
 into your arena

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.619
 and show people

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.519
 that you have a peace

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.860
 that does not make sense?

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:55.200
 The goal is

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.680
 for someone

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:56.200
 to be able

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:56.860
 to say to you,

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.420
 a colleague,

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.320
 a family friend,

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 to say to you,

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 a family member

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 to say to you,

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 man,

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 why are you reacting

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 like that?

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 That doesn't make sense.

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 If you can get them

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 to say that,

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 I think we're

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 on the right track.

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 That's what we're

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 supposed to be,

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 a gathering

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 that does not make sense.

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 Can I pray for us?

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 Jesus,

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 we seek to be

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 a gathering

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 that does not make sense,

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 that does not conform

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 to the patterns

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 of this world,

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 but that we

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 would be renewed,

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 that we would live

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 in a way

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 that is different,

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 that is counter-cultural.

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 Because what you did

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 for us

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 did not make sense.

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 While we were still

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 sinners,

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 the worst of them,

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 you gave your life

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 for us.

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 Lord,

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 we repent

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 of living off

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 past fame.

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 We repent

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 of being asleep

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 in our walk.

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 Would you keep us

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 awake together?

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 Lord,

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 we know that this

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 may not be

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 a short journey.

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 Just like driving

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 on a long road trip,

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 we need people

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 around us

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 to keep us awake

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 as we drive,

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 as we go.

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 Would you bind us

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 together in your love?

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 Holy Spirit,

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 we just yearn

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 for more of you.

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 We yearn for more

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 of your presence

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 and your word

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 to be true

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 in our lives,

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 your word

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 that is living

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 and active.

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 we give this time

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 to you now.

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 We hand this

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 gathering

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 of people

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 to you.

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 Would you use us

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 in whatever way

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 you want

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 as we declare

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 your will be done,

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 your kingdom come

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 I know I ran

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 out of time here

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 but can we just

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 worship with our

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 silence for a second?

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00:43:56.920 --> 00:44:26.900
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 God, we silence ourselves before you.

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 We be still and know that you are God.

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 We humble ourselves under your mighty hand.

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 We cast our anxieties onto you, for we know that you care for us.

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 Amen.

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 So that we be silent before you, because you are God in heaven and here we are on earth.

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 Your thoughts and ways are higher than ours.

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 May we not be silent in the world.

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 May we be vessels of love, truth, grace.

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 We are carriers of the good news.

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 We accept and we obey this commission to go and make disciples of all nations.

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 To teach them all that you have taught us.

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 To bring them into a family of believers.

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 To baptize them in your name.

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 Teach us not to be silent in the world.

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 To be your voice.

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 To be your light.

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 Thank you, Lord, for this time.

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 Thank you that we've been able to gather this morning.

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 It's in your name we pray.

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 Amen.