WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.760 I'm going to invite Liz to come and read God's word for us, 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:05.400 and then I'll hand over to Harris straight after that. 00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:08.679 Romans chapter 15, verse 13. 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:16.740 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:21.320 so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.640 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.019 that you yourselves are full of goodness, 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.919 filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 00:00:33.219 --> 00:00:36.879 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.240 because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus, the Gentiles. 00:00:43.420 --> 00:00:46.480 He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, 00:00:46.579 --> 00:00:48.620 so that the Gentiles might become an offering, 00:00:49.239 --> 00:00:52.039 acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:58.320 Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:03.600 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.579 in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done, 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:10.359 by the power of signs and wonders, 00:01:10.819 --> 00:01:12.659 through the power of the Spirit of God. 00:01:12.659 --> 00:01:18.560 So from Jerusalem all the way around to Ilequim, 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.099 I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 00:01:22.759 --> 00:01:27.399 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.799 so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.219 Rather, as it is written, 00:01:33.219 --> 00:01:36.799 those who were not told about him will see, 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:40.099 and those who have not heard will understand. 00:01:41.039 --> 00:01:44.200 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.460 Yeah, it's great to be with you here 00:01:51.460 --> 00:01:56.400 and speak to you from this passage. 00:01:56.739 --> 00:02:00.060 So it's almost on the end of the book, 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:01.920 and you might be thinking, 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.000 why is he preaching from the end of the book 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:05.359 and not the beginning of the book? 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:09.840 But the Lord impressed me with this passage quite a while back, 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:11.920 and I've been developing it 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:14.860 and just thinking about it for myself. 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:17.420 So I'm just bringing this to you 00:02:17.420 --> 00:02:21.439 in terms of what the Lord has been teaching me 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.599 and hopefully teaching us together. 00:02:23.699 --> 00:02:24.659 So let's just pray a bit. 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:26.620 Father, we thank you for your word, 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:28.020 and as we've even sung, 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:30.719 that God, you are great God, 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:33.080 and Lord, in the greatness, 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:36.300 you've given us your holy, inspired, infallible, 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.939 without error, 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:40.300 fully sufficient word of God 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:42.340 for us today and forever. 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:44.879 So Father, we pray that this word, 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.320 your living word, 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:47.420 by your Holy Spirit, 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:48.800 will instruct us this morning 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:51.500 and build us up in our faith 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:53.040 for worship and witness. 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:55.040 Pray this in Christ's name. 00:02:55.939 --> 00:02:56.300 Amen. 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:58.800 So, you know, this passage, 00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:01.980 I'll just start with this story. 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:04.600 I often get a message, 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:06.660 almost on a monthly basis, 00:03:07.100 --> 00:03:10.360 from what we call a diaspora network. 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.720 It's almost quite a big number, 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:15.040 almost 60 to 100. 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:16.160 I don't know exactly. 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:18.580 But it comes every almost month, 00:03:19.380 --> 00:03:20.180 once or twice, 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:21.620 I get a feed. 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.159 And this feed is showing 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:28.360 some clergy of another faith 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.719 standing outside a church, 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:33.520 somewhere in remote England. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.900 I don't know exactly the place. 00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:40.400 And it signs are that this church is closing 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.140 and this guy is brandishing. 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:44.580 This church is closing 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:46.900 and demise of Christianity 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:48.280 as irrelevant 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.660 and the rise of this other faith. 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:52.579 And it's going quite 00:03:52.579 --> 00:03:54.159 at a vitriolic 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.939 and almost passionate way 00:03:56.939 --> 00:03:59.359 that Christ is irrelevant, 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:00.900 Christianity is irrelevant, 00:04:01.259 --> 00:04:02.180 is on decline, 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:04.000 and this other faith 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:05.079 or other faiths 00:04:05.079 --> 00:04:06.199 are the only ones 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:07.259 that will fill 00:04:07.259 --> 00:04:09.680 the longing of the human hearts 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.300 and souls 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:13.400 in our post-Christian culture. 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:14.900 And my response was, 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:16.040 wow, 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:18.579 this is discouraging. 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:21.699 And suddenly God awakens me 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:22.060 and says, 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:22.560 no! 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:25.139 Christ has ascended, 00:04:25.340 --> 00:04:26.259 Christ is reigning, 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:27.759 Christ is sending His Spirit, 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:30.680 and He is changing lives 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.120 as you heard and saw. 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:33.480 And as we are here, 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.600 even gathered in this small place, 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:37.480 worshiping Jesus 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.040 as Savior and Lord. 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:40.160 And I said, no! 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.319 So I respond to this person 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.159 in a whole narrated text. 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:46.680 This is furthest. 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:47.240 By the way, 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.439 this news feed 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:50.519 probably originated 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:51.540 somewhere in India. 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:52.719 They picked up this 00:04:52.719 --> 00:04:53.719 from some YouTube, 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:54.899 downloaded it, 00:04:54.899 --> 00:04:55.920 and are spreading it. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:56.899 And I said, 00:04:56.980 --> 00:04:57.839 this is the furthest. 00:04:58.019 --> 00:04:59.180 And we need to know 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:00.459 the history 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.360 of the faith of God's people, 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:04.819 both Old and New Testament, 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:07.379 and the current status. 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:09.819 Yes, we might be 00:05:09.819 --> 00:05:12.000 with our backs 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:13.600 on certain things. 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:15.639 But the Savior 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.740 is the great God. 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:19.779 And He has given us 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:20.939 a great gospel 00:05:20.939 --> 00:05:21.740 to believe in 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:23.199 and to be thrilled 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:24.899 and to have lives changed 00:05:24.899 --> 00:05:26.339 and to be His ministers 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:28.259 to see lives transformed 00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:29.800 of people 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:33.560 in some of the darkest situations, 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.120 even in our great city 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:37.439 and in our neighborhoods. 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:39.339 It is striking 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:41.300 that this gospel 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:43.879 is still the power of God 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.420 unto salvation 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:47.480 to those who would believe, 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:48.459 those who would hear, 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:49.579 those who would understand 00:05:49.579 --> 00:05:50.000 and believe. 00:05:50.300 --> 00:05:51.259 So I was, 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.899 in the midst of that, 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:53.500 I was thrilled. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.879 And I shared this whole feed 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:57.560 with some of my colleagues. 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:58.259 and I said, 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.399 don't let this news 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.360 or any other forms 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:04.420 discourage us. 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:06.339 On the whole, 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:09.660 let it be a turning to Christ 00:06:09.660 --> 00:06:10.920 in a new, 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:12.199 fresh way 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:13.560 by His Spirit 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.319 to transform us, 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:17.000 as we heard, 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:18.920 changing us now 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:20.199 so that we become 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:21.939 the worshipful community 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:23.860 and the witnessing community. 00:06:23.860 --> 00:06:25.460 So this morning, 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:26.100 I have some, 00:06:26.340 --> 00:06:28.060 three quick points here. 00:06:28.520 --> 00:06:29.100 One is, 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:30.740 first, 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.500 that this gospel, 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:36.660 Apostle Paul, 00:06:36.819 --> 00:06:37.780 is commanding 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:38.699 the Roman believers 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:41.000 in a very, 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:42.699 as it were, 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:44.860 a dark world, 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:46.740 Roman oppressive, 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:49.460 Roman tyrannical rule, 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:51.680 Roman rule 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.920 against the faith 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:54.780 of God's people. 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:56.860 He's commanding them 00:06:56.860 --> 00:06:57.680 for their faith. 00:06:58.220 --> 00:06:58.759 Then he's, 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:00.120 there is a consecration 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:02.280 to worshipful service. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:03.540 And finally, 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:05.259 how he's calling us, 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:06.639 his church, 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:08.639 to a continued expansion, 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:09.980 be instruments, 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:10.939 his instruments, 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:12.840 in continued expansion 00:07:12.840 --> 00:07:15.340 of Christ's kingdom. 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:16.579 So, you know, 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.800 Paul starts there 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:18.360 in the, 00:07:19.019 --> 00:07:20.579 in verse 14. 00:07:20.579 --> 00:07:23.959 I am myself convinced 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:25.620 of you all, 00:07:25.719 --> 00:07:27.359 my brothers and sisters, 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:28.939 that you all, 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:30.680 all of you, 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:32.379 all ourselves, 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:32.979 yourselves, 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:34.879 are full of goodness, 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:36.180 complete, 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:37.959 complete in the knowledge. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:39.639 Another translation says, 00:07:40.039 --> 00:07:42.060 filled with all knowledge. 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:44.819 And are competent 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:45.899 or able 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:47.500 to instruct 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:49.680 or admonish 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:50.500 one another. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:51.279 So first, 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:52.259 he's giving this 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:53.019 commendation 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:55.000 that these Roman believers 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.279 in Rome, 00:07:56.660 --> 00:07:57.939 against all odds, 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:00.000 are staying the ground. 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:01.220 But not only, 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:03.759 not only just standing still, 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:05.639 but they're gaining momentum. 00:08:06.339 --> 00:08:07.439 They're gaining ground. 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.980 And this is exciting 00:08:09.980 --> 00:08:12.500 because it shows 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:14.620 that the power 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:15.160 of gospel 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:16.019 was at work. 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:18.240 And Paul is calling them 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.360 people from a different 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:21.959 religious heritage, 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:24.100 his fellow brothers. 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:25.660 No, 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:26.259 he's not saying, 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:26.959 I'm apostle, 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:27.839 look at me. 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:29.459 And look at all that, 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:30.379 my accolade, 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:31.819 other places, 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:32.460 he does that. 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:33.419 But here, 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:34.820 he's saying, 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:35.220 you, 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:36.340 folks, 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.000 fellow brothers, 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.759 whom God has called you 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.200 from the whole vast world 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.299 of whatever could have happened. 00:08:45.940 --> 00:08:47.639 And now you are in Christ. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:49.220 So the gospel 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:51.840 of this Lord Jesus Christ, 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:53.740 his person and work, 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.720 was able to transform them 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.700 from all the deep-seated brokenness 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:02.480 and religious ideologies 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:03.559 that they were pursuing 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:05.100 to fulfill their lives. 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:07.779 and the class, 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:08.820 caste, 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:10.800 clan divisions 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:13.200 that were so prevalent, 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.120 God had broken through them 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.019 and brought this good news. 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:19.300 And this good news, 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:21.440 I forgot to get the date, 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:22.279 but I don't know 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.279 if the date of Romans' writings 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.879 is around 55 or 58 AD. 00:09:27.420 --> 00:09:28.340 So you can say 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:30.040 around 20 years 00:09:30.040 --> 00:09:31.160 the Roman church 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.220 has been in existence. 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:34.560 20 to 25 years 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:36.159 because possibly 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.879 the first believers 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.519 at Rome, 00:09:39.059 --> 00:09:40.059 they were obviously 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:41.679 what they call 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.619 proselytized to Jewish 00:09:44.619 --> 00:09:48.539 who had gone to Jerusalem 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:50.479 and on the day of Pentecost, 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.419 suddenly they heard 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:53.819 in their own language 00:09:53.819 --> 00:09:54.619 the good news 00:09:54.619 --> 00:09:56.679 of the resurrection of Jesus 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.399 and his spirit came on them 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:01.299 and they became devout believers 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:02.739 and they returned back. 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:05.060 So for over 25 years, 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.600 combined with the old heritage, 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.100 heritage of the Judaism 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:13.379 plus the New Testament faith 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:15.399 in Jesus and his spirit 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.539 had combined 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:17.419 and unleashed 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:19.919 an amazing community 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.879 of believers there. 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.620 And that's what Paul is saying. 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.680 You are all filled 00:10:25.680 --> 00:10:27.500 with this goodness of God. 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.440 God, 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:29.700 the great God, 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:31.240 the true God 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.039 who alone is good 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.919 and he fills them 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:35.720 with goodness. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.919 And they were quite, 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:40.639 you know, 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:41.779 Paul is here even 00:10:41.779 --> 00:10:42.580 as he's saying, 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:43.440 I'm satisfied 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:44.379 or I'm convinced. 00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:45.659 He's saying, 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:46.360 you know, 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:47.419 you pass 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:49.539 the ultimate test 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:50.840 of a believer. 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.519 you have a sound MOT 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:55.340 or a health check. 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:55.800 You know, 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:56.899 sometimes you go to MOT 00:10:56.899 --> 00:10:58.280 and they'll give you caution. 00:10:58.420 --> 00:10:58.500 Oh, 00:10:58.580 --> 00:10:59.720 your tire is just 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:01.259 one millimeter down 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:02.060 but within few. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:03.680 There was no caution. 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:05.800 He's commanding them. 00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:08.360 What a resolute thing 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:09.759 that turns them 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.360 to further, 00:11:11.560 --> 00:11:12.480 energizes them 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.600 and encourages them 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:15.300 to further live 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:17.100 for this great God 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:18.400 who has saved them. 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.879 Secondly, 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:20.939 he points out 00:11:20.939 --> 00:11:21.399 in that, 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:23.039 I just want to say 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.720 something about 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:24.360 this goodness 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.139 because it was 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:27.019 quite evident 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:29.879 in the unique life 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.720 that the Roman 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:33.379 or the early 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:34.459 Christian community 00:11:34.459 --> 00:11:36.019 as his people 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:36.639 lived out. 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.459 Just listen. 00:11:38.079 --> 00:11:39.139 Their identity 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:42.720 was in a ridicule way 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.579 called resident aliens. 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:48.280 They were not 00:11:48.280 --> 00:11:49.240 of this home. 00:11:49.520 --> 00:11:50.040 They were not 00:11:50.040 --> 00:11:51.280 totally at home 00:11:51.280 --> 00:11:53.259 in present Rome 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:54.900 or whatever government. 00:11:55.680 --> 00:11:56.180 And it was 00:11:56.180 --> 00:11:57.420 because of their lifestyle 00:11:57.420 --> 00:12:00.460 and their social reality 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:02.020 that spread 00:12:02.020 --> 00:12:03.639 all over the Roman world 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.759 and he transcended 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.820 about the Roman culture 00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:09.060 and religious life. 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:10.420 They were known 00:12:10.420 --> 00:12:11.300 as citizens 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.259 of another king. 00:12:12.900 --> 00:12:14.000 That was Jesus 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.179 and not an earthly 00:12:16.179 --> 00:12:17.299 Roman Caesar. 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.080 The Christian 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:20.700 congregations 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.980 expressed their reality 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:23.080 by corresponding 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:24.879 with other churches. 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:25.740 So their vast 00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:26.799 Christian communities 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.139 were known 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:29.059 to provide 00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:30.019 hospitality 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:31.960 for each other 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:33.360 and especially 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:34.059 strangers 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:34.820 and travelers. 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.460 And they would 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.080 support 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:38.159 their fellow 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:39.820 Christians 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:41.220 who may have 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:42.519 been illegally 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.639 imprisoned. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.259 because of 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:46.179 faith issues. 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:47.519 The early 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.419 Christian community 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:49.200 were marked 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.360 by economic 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:51.980 sharing 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:52.879 and social 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:53.940 care for the poor. 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.179 This is what 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:55.940 one of the 00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:56.820 Caesars 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:59.080 around 350 00:12:59.080 --> 00:12:59.580 AD 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:00.080 says. 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.320 He cited 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.879 these Jews 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:03.840 and Christians 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.860 that though 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.700 they were being 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:07.659 disgraced 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:09.399 that no Jew 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.539 would ever 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.080 beg. 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.800 and these 00:13:13.800 --> 00:13:14.780 impious 00:13:14.780 --> 00:13:15.800 Galileans 00:13:15.800 --> 00:13:16.259 that is 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:17.100 these Christians 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:18.160 who were 00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:18.740 from the 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.360 sect 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:20.720 of Galilee 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.020 of this 00:13:22.020 --> 00:13:22.860 Galilee 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:24.860 preacher 00:13:24.860 --> 00:13:26.340 called Jesus 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:28.680 they would 00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:29.240 not only 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:29.660 support 00:13:29.660 --> 00:13:30.240 their own 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.780 poor 00:13:30.780 --> 00:13:32.120 but they 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:32.759 would support 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.740 ours as well. 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:35.300 All men 00:13:35.300 --> 00:13:36.000 see that 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:37.060 our people 00:13:37.060 --> 00:13:37.800 who are 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:38.340 pagans 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.180 lack 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:39.940 aid from 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:40.240 us. 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:41.960 There was 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.480 no state 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:42.920 welfare. 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.620 The Christians 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.120 were the 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:45.460 welfare 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.100 community. 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:47.320 So these 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:47.940 communities 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.640 were known 00:13:48.640 --> 00:13:49.220 for their 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:50.020 faithful 00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:52.360 work of 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:53.120 gospel 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.240 in displaying 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.900 this goodness. 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:55.840 Secondly, 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.660 they are saying 00:13:56.660 --> 00:13:58.120 they are filled 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:58.980 with knowledge 00:13:58.980 --> 00:13:59.220 there. 00:13:59.280 --> 00:13:59.640 He says 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.340 that you 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.460 are complete 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:04.000 in knowledge 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.699 or filled 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:05.159 with all 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:05.559 knowledge. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.340 Now we 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.439 even sung 00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:08.960 a lot of 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.299 things. 00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.240 And can 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.759 it be 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:12.879 that God 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.500 should save 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.159 a person 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.699 like me? 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:16.439 His immense 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.480 and free 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:17.980 grace. 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.220 Why are you 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:20.919 able to sing 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:21.199 that? 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:22.840 Why are you 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.939 able to hold 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.939 even in your 00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:26.700 dark days 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.600 that very 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:27.980 dear? 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:30.519 the person 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.120 of Jesus 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:31.899 Christ that 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.259 has been 00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:33.039 made known 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.519 to us, 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.399 revealed us. 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.680 Really, 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.460 you know, 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:38.800 I haven't 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.240 seen the 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:39.700 face of 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.019 Jesus, 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.480 you know, 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:41.360 but the 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.180 person of 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.740 Jesus and 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.360 his work 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:43.879 is so 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.279 real by 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.980 faith because 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.879 I've heard 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.639 and understood 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.460 the gospel 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:50.639 and his 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.279 spirit has 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.899 applied it 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.180 to my 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:52.480 heart. 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.100 So I 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.639 really 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.759 understand 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.899 and know 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.600 this true 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.420 living God 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.500 the Father, 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.139 the Son, 00:14:59.199 --> 00:14:59.439 and the 00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:00.000 Holy Spirit. 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.719 The one 00:15:00.719 --> 00:15:01.579 unique God 00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.419 who says, 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.639 I alone 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.719 am God 00:15:04.719 --> 00:15:05.500 and there 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.039 is none 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.479 else, 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.039 none 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.620 besides me, 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:09.279 none 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.120 equal to 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.339 me. 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:11.579 This 00:15:11.579 --> 00:15:12.159 uniqueness 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.279 is a 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.979 knowledge by 00:15:13.979 --> 00:15:14.599 the gospel 00:15:14.599 --> 00:15:16.179 and it's 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.779 just not a 00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.559 head knowledge, 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:18.979 it's a 00:15:18.979 --> 00:15:20.019 living faith, 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.219 daily 00:15:21.219 --> 00:15:22.459 experience in 00:15:22.459 --> 00:15:23.240 my heart 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:24.059 as I 00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:25.259 live it out 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.159 and communicate 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:27.399 with words 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.759 and hands 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.460 and feet 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.759 into his 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.899 of who 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.439 he is. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.559 So we 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:35.919 know, 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.679 we know 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.500 now God 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.100 personally, 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:38.919 we know 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.679 he is 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:40.179 gracious, 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.659 he is 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.480 compassionate, 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.899 he is full 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.799 of steadfast 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.179 love, 00:15:45.319 --> 00:15:45.720 kindness, 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.039 he is slow 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.720 to anger 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.120 because 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:50.660 that's 00:15:50.660 --> 00:15:51.560 the reality 00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:52.740 that is 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.420 dawned by 00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:53.899 his spirit 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.420 in my heart. 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.440 It's just 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:57.120 not a 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.180 pie in 00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.700 the sky, 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:00.200 it's a 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:01.519 reality and 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.399 this reality 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.680 is so 00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:04.759 striking so 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.220 that he 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.100 commends 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.060 them and 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:07.399 you know 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.700 friends, 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.200 this is 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.920 good news, 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.259 this is 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.800 good news 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.259 that the 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.080 world is 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.320 looking for. 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:14.840 You know, 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.560 part of our 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.259 work is 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:16.799 just 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:18.319 retraining 00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:21.799 the church, 00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.759 retraining 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.220 ourselves 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:25.200 to understand 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.980 the gospel 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:27.659 for ourselves 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:29.100 and articulating 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.480 it, 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.620 saying it, 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:32.419 how this 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.399 gospel is 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.039 so real 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.220 and indeed 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.500 it is good 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.080 news for the 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.360 world, 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.539 a world 00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.139 that has 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.519 been, 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.980 that is 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.379 straying 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.740 away, 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:44.439 that is in 00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:44.980 an utter 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.939 lost condition 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.820 and that 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.480 a good 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.580 shepherd has 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.540 come in 00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:50.000 the savior 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.340 to seek 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.360 and save 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:53.320 the lost 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.280 even in 00:16:54.280 --> 00:16:54.740 the utter 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.880 conditions. 00:16:56.400 --> 00:16:56.580 And you 00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:57.140 know friends, 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:59.020 people are 00:16:59.020 --> 00:16:59.860 looking to 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.580 hear that. 00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:01.920 They are 00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.320 looking to 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.840 hear that. 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.580 They are 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.180 looking for 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.860 people who 00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.920 will understand 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.380 them, 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.340 empathize 00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:08.779 with them, 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.420 journey with 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.480 them and 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.480 explain this 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.200 good news. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.500 as good 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.420 news to 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.819 me, 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.940 but also 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.460 for them. 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.340 You know, 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:18.980 we say in 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.539 our saying, 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.980 if God 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.740 could save 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.380 a Hindu 00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:23.259 man like 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.860 me for 00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.360 over 40 00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:25.500 years and 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.340 keep me in 00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:26.860 his path 00:17:26.860 --> 00:17:28.360 through many 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.140 highs, 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.620 but many, 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.180 many, 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:32.819 many lows 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.500 and depths 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.039 of valleys, 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.220 he can do 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.940 that for you 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.500 and for 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.759 others outside 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.100 here. 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:40.539 and this 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:40.859 is the 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.559 commendation 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.359 we bring 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:44.219 to our 00:17:44.219 --> 00:17:44.779 community. 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.799 A Muslim 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.579 lady comes 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:49.299 and she's 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.799 arguing, 00:17:49.939 --> 00:17:50.279 arguing, 00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:50.719 arguing, 00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:51.319 wrestling, 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.579 who is this 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.319 son of God? 00:17:53.439 --> 00:17:54.059 Why do you 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.619 call him 00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:55.219 son? 00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:57.579 And she 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.980 is fixated 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:00.399 in her 00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:02.480 faith view 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.639 that son 00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.399 means some 00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:05.699 prodigy 00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:07.059 of a human 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.659 invention, 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.900 male, 00:18:09.060 --> 00:18:09.360 female, 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.100 God and 00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:11.060 some human. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.360 And we 00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.120 say to her, 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:13.960 that is 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.740 furthest 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.880 from what 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.460 the Bible 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.100 says, 00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.680 even Jesus 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.259 himself 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:21.060 says as 00:18:21.060 --> 00:18:21.700 son of 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.060 God. 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.460 He's a 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.220 descendant of 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.580 human, 00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.420 Adam, 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.720 but he's 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.140 totally divine. 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:28.800 He's the 00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.300 eternal 00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:30.380 son of 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.700 God, 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.320 who is 00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:32.880 the, 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.440 as we 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.180 heard earlier, 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.279 the atoning 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.240 sacrifice for 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.820 your sins 00:18:36.820 --> 00:18:37.279 and my 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.580 sins. 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.140 And we 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.940 proclaim that. 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.740 In a Hindu 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.100 view, 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.000 a lady 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.600 comes and 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:42.920 says, 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.279 oh, 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.100 I'm seeing 00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:46.500 visions. 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.200 I had this 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.560 money. 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.519 I took out 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.140 some notes. 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.660 They were 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.200 all brand 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.680 new notes. 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.200 I went 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.519 home. 00:18:51.820 --> 00:18:52.120 I put 00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.600 them in a 00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:52.920 bundle. 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.680 And suddenly 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.300 when I was 00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:55.920 opening them, 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.840 I saw this 00:18:56.840 --> 00:18:58.240 picture of 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.840 one of my 00:18:58.840 --> 00:18:59.320 gurus. 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.340 And how 00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:02.660 do you 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.440 explain that? 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.480 She's all 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:06.040 into signs 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.220 wonders and 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.539 images and 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.859 all that. 00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.680 And I 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:09.799 said, 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.180 look, 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.119 this is 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:12.500 okay. 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.559 You might 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.039 have some 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.960 security or 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.079 stability, 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.879 but it 00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.639 won't answer 00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.259 your deep 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.559 seated 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.259 questions. 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.019 Why? 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:22.599 vision means 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.240 you need 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.019 another vision 00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.700 to keep 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.400 that vision 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.259 above. 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.400 You will 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:27.819 need 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.519 repeated. 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.500 But if 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.099 you hear 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.700 the words 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.379 of Jesus 00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:32.619 that I 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.099 have come 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.579 to seek 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.079 and save 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.539 the lost, 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:37.359 that in 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.980 me is 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.359 eternal 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.839 life, 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.160 I have 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.639 come to 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.599 give you 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.299 fullness of 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.579 life. 00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.240 He that 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.779 comes to 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.019 me, 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.779 even though 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.200 he die, 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.680 yet shall 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.099 he live. 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:46.700 In the 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.299 gospel of 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.599 John, 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.220 we read to 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.379 her. 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:49.000 I said, 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.420 when you 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.180 hear these 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.720 words, 00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:52.040 the words 00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:52.460 of the 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.920 Lord and 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.380 the words 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.900 of spirit, 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.060 they can 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:55.700 set you 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.400 free so 00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.900 that you 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.680 know God 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.300 personally. 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.200 And she 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.400 says, 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.580 oh, 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:01.920 I don't 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.100 know, 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.460 I don't 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:02.660 think, 00:20:02.760 --> 00:20:02.880 you know. 00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:03.900 He said, 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.700 just help 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:06.020 us to 00:20:06.020 --> 00:20:06.560 help you 00:20:06.560 --> 00:20:07.580 to see 00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.680 and understand. 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.580 And she's 00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.260 persevering 00:20:10.260 --> 00:20:10.980 with us 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.320 for a 00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:11.540 while. 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.460 So here 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.780 we are 00:20:12.780 --> 00:20:13.120 filled, 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.620 you see, 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:13.960 we are 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.480 filled with 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.960 goodness. 00:20:15.760 --> 00:20:16.280 We are 00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:17.160 all with 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:18.800 knowledge. 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.440 And then 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.160 just in 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.540 a short, 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.180 they are 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.640 able to 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.259 instruct 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.759 each other. 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.400 Now, 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.740 friends, 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.040 you know, 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.580 this is 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.019 the hard 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.320 bit. 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.779 You know, 00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.259 hard bit. 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.400 You know, 00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.540 I've got 00:20:29.540 --> 00:20:29.920 accent, 00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.160 yeah? 00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.460 So my 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.779 accent, 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.300 sometimes, 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.040 I don't 00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:33.380 know my 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.300 V and 00:20:34.300 --> 00:20:34.840 my W. 00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:35.740 Okay? 00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:36.500 So, 00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.259 Volkswagen 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:40.480 and window. 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.240 Okay? 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:41.960 Now, 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.080 my wife 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.740 particularly 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.340 will come 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.939 and say, 00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:45.339 oh, 00:20:45.459 --> 00:20:46.199 you didn't 00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.599 say that 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:46.899 right. 00:20:47.439 --> 00:20:47.919 Or I'm 00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.199 saying 00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:48.740 something, 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.240 like I'm 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.519 saying, 00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.639 Jesus is 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.159 the true 00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.759 wine. 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.699 I might 00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.059 have said 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.500 it right, 00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:54.899 but I 00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.220 might have 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.740 said Jesus 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.259 is the 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.019 true wine. 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.419 So she's 00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.659 saying, 00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.779 what did 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.099 you say 00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.319 that? 00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.159 And I'm 00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.379 saying, 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:01.799 man, 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.720 it's okay, 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.079 man. 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.899 They got 00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.159 it. 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.159 But she's 00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:05.519 trying to 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.379 instruct me. 00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:06.879 She's trying 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.519 to correct 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.779 me. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.459 And I'm 00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:08.919 getting a 00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.759 bit jittery 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.740 in the midst 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.099 of that. 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.379 And I'm 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.519 saying, 00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:11.879 no, 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.519 just leave 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.720 it. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.740 But friends, 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.339 this is a 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.279 very important, 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.019 if you can 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.259 say, 00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:18.640 component or 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:20.079 part of 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.220 our life 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.759 as Jesus. 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.079 You 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.600 will make 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:26.460 me a 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.860 better 00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.940 follower of 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.220 Jesus. 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.480 And a 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.079 servant of 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.360 Jesus. 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.700 I need 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.779 the fellowship 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.640 of the 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.200 community, 00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.940 of the 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.319 believers, 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.140 to make 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.620 me that. 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.759 And even 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.160 in our 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.559 teams, 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.019 we have 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.519 teams, 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.799 I come 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.339 across as 00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.720 something, 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.419 and my 00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:43.879 colleagues 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.240 will come 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.480 across 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.839 something. 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:45.819 And I'm 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.220 thinking, 00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:47.759 wow. 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.819 And then I 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.240 have to go 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.679 back and 00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.359 have to start 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.119 speaking the 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.799 truth in 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.959 love to 00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.980 address the 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.439 situation. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.599 So friends, 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.659 brothers and 00:21:59.659 --> 00:21:59.899 sisters, 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.699 be alert 00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:02.319 about that. 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.619 You know, 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.119 there is two 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.899 cultures here, 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.859 two or maybe 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.279 more. 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.319 I was just 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.819 thinking of 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:13.539 our very 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.220 British 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.480 reservedness, 00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.500 English, 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.039 right? 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.799 So you 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.259 will see 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.740 something, 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.359 but you 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.859 might say, 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:24.240 you already 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.000 cross, 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.440 the guy is 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.079 jumped in 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.000 between you 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.819 in the queue 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.660 in the bus, 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.960 and he's 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:34.180 now, 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.840 friends, 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.539 we need to 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:35.920 find a 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.380 framework. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.100 This is 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.600 where a 00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:37.900 wider 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.059 fellowship and 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.299 cross-culture or 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.920 interculture 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.500 plays it. 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.360 How do you 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:43.019 address that? 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.420 You need to 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.720 learn to, 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.299 hey, 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.799 brother, 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.200 sister, 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.759 can I just 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.740 express something 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.340 which I've 00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.740 noticed? 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.160 and you 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.680 find a 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:51.920 way. 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.640 And you 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:53.960 know what, 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.539 they might 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.460 just reject 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.740 it, 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.259 but you 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.259 keep at 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.740 it in 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.319 the spirit 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.819 of love 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.240 and in 00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.640 patience 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.160 persimacy. 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.120 And that 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.799 makes a 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.180 difference. 00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.400 Because that, 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.779 let me tell 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:05.880 you, 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.640 this is very 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.140 unique. 00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.960 This is 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.019 absolutely 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.940 unique, 00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.380 even in 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:14.900 11 o'clock 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.660 London time. 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:18.560 people from 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.540 all different 00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.080 parts, 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.120 almost at 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.560 least 6, 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:22.779 8, 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.120 10, 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.960 12 countries 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.800 gather together 00:23:24.800 --> 00:23:25.680 to worship 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.820 and to 00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.519 acknowledge each 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.880 other as 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.400 brothers and 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.580 sisters. 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.300 This is 00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:29.960 unique, 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.620 even in 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:30.860 London, 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.480 let me tell 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.640 you, 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.279 many 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.019 congregations. 00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.200 And this 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.600 is what we 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:34.960 are trying 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.340 to do, 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.779 even in 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.140 our work 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.720 with churches. 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.019 How can 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:42.200 we incorporate 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.040 outsiders? 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.560 Because we 00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.620 are incorporating 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.759 insiders. 00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.099 You see, 00:23:49.219 --> 00:23:49.799 incorporating 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.559 insiders, 00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.000 meaning we 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.659 incorporate 00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.199 outsiders. 00:23:53.459 --> 00:23:54.699 Because the 00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.859 aching void 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.959 outside is 00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.359 the same 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.059 aching void 00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.099 inside me. 00:24:00.979 --> 00:24:01.399 They are 00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.919 looking for 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.619 an acceptance. 00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.779 They are 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.259 looking for 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.799 a welcome. 00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.339 They are 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.839 looking for 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.439 a word 00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:09.979 or in 00:24:09.979 --> 00:24:11.159 season to 00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.919 help them 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.479 understand 00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.179 life's 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.839 complexity 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.239 and things. 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.059 so they 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.359 are looking 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.819 for it. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.839 And we 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.519 have it in 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.120 here among 00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.480 us. 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.200 So we 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.920 can amplify 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.319 that. 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.160 Anyway, 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.660 quickly, 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.240 so this is 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.019 just in 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.720 Paul's 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.019 teaching, 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.880 how he 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.539 is so 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.799 commanding 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.480 believers. 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.319 And through 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.559 that 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.299 commendation, 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.059 literally, 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.079 what he's 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.660 doing is, 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.779 he has 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.400 created 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:39.099 almost a 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.420 mini 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.099 explosion 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.179 of the 00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.839 power of 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.399 the gospel. 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.119 Boom! 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.539 As they 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.039 are hearing 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.399 this. 00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:46.839 Quickly, 00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.279 I'll just 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.779 finish in 00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.000 this, 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.679 is that 00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.639 how Paul, 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.500 it says 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.919 that I 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.939 glory in 00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.639 Christ in 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.240 my service 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.919 to God. 00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:54.919 The other 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.480 translation, 00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.000 it says, 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.699 I am 00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.819 proud of 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.799 my work 00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.980 in Christ 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.339 Jesus. 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.299 Wow! 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.439 What 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.939 is it? 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.539 Paul, 00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.159 you must 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.740 be mad! 00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.339 You are 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.779 a man of 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.119 grace, 00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.599 how can 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.019 you be 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.699 proud? 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.120 But you 00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.500 can see 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.319 he can 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.900 boast. 00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.140 And he 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.539 boasts 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:15.319 first here 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.220 of a 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.680 gospel 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.299 service, 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.860 which he 00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.600 uses two 00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.440 words. 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.259 One is 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.600 worshipful 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.180 service, 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.140 a worshipful 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.740 offering 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.799 of oneself. 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.019 That's what 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.539 he calls 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.299 ministry, 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.039 the gospel. 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.200 And then 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.680 the second 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.180 thing he 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.759 calls 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.920 is how 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.400 he 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.440 is 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.380 priestly, 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.240 in his 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.700 priestly 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.299 function. 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.039 He 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.319 says, 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.960 I am 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.299 offering 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.960 myself 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.620 in my 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.079 priestly 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.900 duty to 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.359 proclaim 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.019 the gospel. 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.960 And that 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.400 is the 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.799 priestly 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.359 duty, 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.700 the royal 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.440 priesthood 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.079 that is 00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.380 being 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.180 bestowed. 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.140 So there 00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.460 is a 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.920 form and 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.500 a function. 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.799 Form is 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.579 doing the 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.019 offerings 00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.200 of yourself, 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.440 but the 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.019 function, 00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.019 or that's 00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.519 the function, 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.180 and the 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.839 form is 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.519 because you 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.299 are priestly, 00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:07.940 you are 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.680 royalty. 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.279 Another 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.639 place, 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.139 the same 00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.700 word that 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.119 is used 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.720 of priestly 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.599 duty is 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.319 used of 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:17.319 officials, 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.339 government, 00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.500 and rulers. 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.059 So here 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.480 we are 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.920 offering 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.579 ourselves, 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.740 and he's 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.299 commanding 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.539 them, 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.720 or as he 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.259 commands them, 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.700 he says, 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.660 consecrate 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.400 yourself to 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.920 a fresh 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.660 service and 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.299 worship of 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.000 this God. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.400 and finally 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.059 there is 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.339 his 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.039 commanding, 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.940 as he 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.599 commands them, 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.480 he's also 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.440 calling them 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:40.119 to join 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.779 with him, 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.960 or join 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.779 literally with 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.339 Christ, 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.420 with God, 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.480 in his 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.460 continued 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.640 expansion of 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.160 the kingdom 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.740 of God. 00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.660 You see, 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.220 as I said, 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.500 the Roman 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.160 believers were 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.859 not standing 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.480 there still. 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.460 There was 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.640 no stand 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.819 still moment. 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.299 The gospel 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.880 was continually 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.319 advancing, 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.919 claiming 00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.740 frontiers. 00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.460 So, 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.679 you know, 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.139 one of the 00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.519 things in 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.240 our partnership 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.939 we monitor 00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.859 or help 00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.700 churches 00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:11.119 engage with 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.879 is crossing 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.599 frontiers. 00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.519 What new 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.220 frontier are 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.700 we crossing? 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.480 And, 00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:17.740 you know, 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.359 even this 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.679 area, 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.139 there could 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.460 be a 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.799 frontier. 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.819 For example, 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.720 there might 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.259 be certain 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.019 children that 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.359 are being 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.839 missed out, 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.500 or certain 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.059 groups of 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.319 people 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.220 or certain 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:29.799 areas where 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.299 there is 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:32.180 evidence of 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:34.059 a good, 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.839 what we 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.619 call social 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:36.980 act, 00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.899 social work, 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.099 but there is 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.919 no presence 00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.960 of word. 00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.440 And we 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.700 say, 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:43.899 could you 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.720 have a team 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.559 just go there 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.399 and while 00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.680 they are 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.099 serving, 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.240 can they 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.740 pray with 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.279 somebody on 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.700 the side? 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:51.879 Now, 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.539 that is 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.259 you are 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.819 crossing a 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.240 frontier. 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.899 Here, 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.579 right in the 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.339 midst of all 00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.659 these things, 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.279 we are crossing 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:00.779 frontiers as 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.980 we engage. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.920 Or you 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.319 might say, 00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.000 hey, it 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.500 was great 00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.079 meeting you. 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.660 I would 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.039 like to 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.700 hear more 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.299 about you. 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.019 Is there 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.639 any time 00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.139 we have 00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.420 in the 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.720 week? 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.619 Or I 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.139 could come, 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.819 we could 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.440 have coffee 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.599 in Costa, 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.019 wherever, 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.460 you can 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.940 charge it 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.539 to pastor. 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.680 And, 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.180 you know, 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.859 over a 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.299 cup of 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.759 coffee, 00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.000 you will 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.559 explain. 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.220 I want 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.679 to just 00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.179 understand 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.879 you and 00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.240 I want 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.019 to help 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.579 you understand 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.079 love of 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.579 God in 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.500 Christ that 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.159 can change 00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.379 you. 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.079 And, 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.379 you know, 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.759 friends, 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.359 let me tell 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.859 you something. 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.200 By more, 00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.639 I'm more 00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.019 to admit 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.159 each day 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.179 that there 00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.599 is more 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.339 opportunities 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.779 for gospel 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.099 than meets 00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.379 the daily 00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.240 presence of 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.700 Christians. 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.339 So many, 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.079 so every. 00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.159 And you 00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.539 are just 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.379 being used. 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.879 So that 00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.220 is the 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.940 final call. 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.559 Paul is 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:55.820 saying, 00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.519 look, 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.120 you have 00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.000 seen how 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.460 I have 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.940 preached the 00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.740 gospel all 00:28:59.740 --> 00:28:59.980 the way 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.660 from Jerusalem 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.240 to 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.880 Illichram. 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.200 Illichram is 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.840 the present 00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.259 day, 00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.580 if you can 00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:05.820 say, 00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:07.620 the Soviet, 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.480 former Soviet 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.120 states of 00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.920 Czech Republic 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.539 and all that, 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.740 including Greece 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.480 and Albania. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.880 So even he 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.640 didn't include 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.320 there Rome. 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.519 But he had 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.160 preached there 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.460 everywhere and 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.120 there was no 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.759 soul, he 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.100 thinks, 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.019 that was left 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.519 unpreached. 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.500 Why was that? 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:23.920 Do you know 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.160 that? 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:26.220 Because he 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.220 had established 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.840 worshipful 00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.519 witnessing 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:31.080 communities that 00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.120 were able to 00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:33.940 carry on and 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.100 sustain the 00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.500 work. 00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.120 So that is 00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.120 another part of 00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.940 our mission's 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.299 goal, that as 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.000 we work with 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.340 churches, there 00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.059 will be a 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.779 sustainable 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.279 witnessing work 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.960 to those who 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.980 are least likely 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.420 to hear about 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.160 Jesus Christ 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.720 because they 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.380 have no 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.559 single friend 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.519 or family 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.339 member to 00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.059 tell them 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.579 about this 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.799 love, this 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.019 great God 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.799 who loves 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.899 them and 00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.759 who is there 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.559 to wonderfully 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.480 change them. 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.339 And he, we 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.819 are there. 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.179 We will be 00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.539 there with you 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.859 and then you 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.779 will be there 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.919 along with the 00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.919 church for an 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:13.579 ending season, 00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.559 a new season. 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:17.079 So friends, I'll 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.619 just leave you 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.059 with this. 00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:18.940 We had a 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.720 great Thanksgiving 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.500 service on 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.019 Thursday. 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.480 This is our 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:26.460 annual celebration 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.419 of God's 00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:27.799 goodness. 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.119 189th year of 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.799 LCM. 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.119 It happened in 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.759 Westminster. 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.899 Vanessa and 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:36.720 Pastor Stephen 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.240 were there. 00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.200 There were 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.579 a thousand 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.460 registrations. 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.940 Some were 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.539 had to go 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.019 online. 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.200 But for the 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.940 first time, that 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.079 church, Westminster 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.099 Chapel, probably 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.700 in probably a few 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.599 decades, even 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.579 50 years, it 00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.259 was almost 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.599 full. 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.399 And we need 00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.000 to have that 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.279 vision. 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:57.859 God, expand 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.279 our vision for 00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.859 you and your 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:01.779 kingdom here and 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.599 regions beyond. 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.039 I'll leave you 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.480 with that. 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.519 And there are a 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.339 few questions that 00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.180 you can ask 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.079 yourself. 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.740 I had two 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.359 questions. 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.779 In closing is 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.779 this, as you 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.200 think, and I'll 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.899 just pray a bit. 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.940 How is God 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.799 using you and 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.539 I today or 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.399 this week to 00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.440 further strengthen 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.960 each other as 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.980 our body of 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.339 Christ? 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.459 Christ. 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.179 So this is 00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.459 internal dynamics, 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.419 IA. 00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:30.059 And then how 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:31.379 is God or 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.079 how am I 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.579 seeking to 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.240 be a minister 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.079 of the gospel 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.839 to further 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.000 King Jesus' 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:39.159 kingdom here 00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.919 in Kilburn, 00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.779 West Kilburn, 00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.699 and beyond? 00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.319 I pray those 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.059 questions will 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.379 help you 00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.199 understand this 00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.859 passage by 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.579 his spirit to 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.859 live out and 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.399 serve him. 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.480 So I'll just 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.279 close in a short 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.899 prayer and then 00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.339 hand to a 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.619 pastor. 00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.779 Father, we 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.279 thank you for 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.019 this morning. 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.959 We thank you 00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:58.199 for the eternal 00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:59.299 Son of God, 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.559 even a 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.299 descendant of 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.980 David, who 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.779 came amongst 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.759 us, the 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.399 living Lord 00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:07.220 Jesus Christ, 00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.599 and that he 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.419 is the good 00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.599 news for us 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.939 and for our 00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.500 needy world 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.159 around us. 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.399 We pray that 00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.000 you will further 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.939 strengthen us 00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.899 and make us 00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.699 able as your 00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:21.819 servants and 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.819 able to 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:26.599 teach each 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.039 other about 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.819 your greatness 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.740 and goodness, 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.679 about all the 00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.240 things that 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.460 who our God 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.980 is, about all 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.899 the ways that 00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.740 you've loved this 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.679 world and us, 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.119 and that will 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.000 further strengthen 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.159 us for a lively 00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:43.059 witness in this 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.879 needy community 00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.519 around us. 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.099 We pray this for 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.839 Jesus' sake. 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.539 Amen. 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.619 Thank you. 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.000 Thanks so much, 00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.359 Harish. 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.359 Let me tell you 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.299 one reason why I 00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.139 love Harish and 00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.019 I love the work 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.940 of LCM is 00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.420 because you 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.480 can't but catch 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.460 that excitement 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.720 for telling other 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.299 people about 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.579 Jesus. 00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.980 I think one of 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.279 the easiest 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.899 things for us 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.579 as a church, 00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.299 and even just 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.659 for us as 00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.019 individuals, 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.680 is to become 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.259 really inward 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.779 looking and 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.420 really insular 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.259 and think, 00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.559 oh well, 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.899 yeah, I 00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.299 believe in 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.720 Jesus and 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.079 it's kind of 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.559 good news for 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.980 me, but I 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.220 don't think 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.600 anyone else 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.920 wants to 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.120 know. 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.200 And I hope 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.779 you're impressed 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.160 from what 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.039 Harish has said 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.559 to us this 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.180 morning and 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.500 from the 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.940 ministry of 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.460 LCM more 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.799 generally, 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.880 that actually 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.539 the good news 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.880 of the Lord 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.480 Jesus, which 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.059 in our hearts 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.259 we love and 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.779 we trust for 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.420 ourselves, is 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.940 good news not 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.579 just for us, 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.380 but is good 00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.100 news for every 00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.920 single person in 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.980 London, and we 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519 want them to 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.660 hear that actually 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.319 the ache that 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.160 they have inside 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.960 will only be 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.779 met and can 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.059 only be met by 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.559 the good news 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.940 of the Lord 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.660 Jesus Christ. 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.620 There is no 00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.460 one out there 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.980 who does not 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.620 need to hear 00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.500 this brilliant 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.019 news as 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.359 there, and if 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.680 it's good 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.160 news for 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.579 Harish, and 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.119 good news for 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.500 someone like 00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.619 me, and for 00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.359 you, it's good 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:50.039 news for others 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.500 that you meet. 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.220 So let's pray 00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.619 that the Lord 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.319 would continue 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.259 to help and 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.440 encourage the 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.839 ministry of 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.259 LCM and our 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.579 church.