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 Well, good morning. My name's Gareth. I'm going to do the Bible reading this morning. So, if you'd like to turn in your Bibles, look up in your app, Romans chapter 12.

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 And we're going to read from verses 9 to the end of the chapter, verse 21.

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 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil. Hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

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 Do not be slothful in zeal. Be fervent in spirit. Serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation. Be constant in prayer.

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 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

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 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil.

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 But give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

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 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God. For it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

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 To the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

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 For by so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Let's ask for God's help as we come to consider his word. Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that we can gather here this morning.

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 Thank you that we are free to meet, to sing your praises, to encourage one another.

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 As we turn our minds to your word now, we ask that you would help us to focus on it.

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 Please enable me to speak clearly and truly.

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 And we pray that you would encourage and challenge each one of us.

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 We thank you for your love and we pray that it would resonate in our hearts and in our lives.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 If you were to sum up Christian ethics in one word,

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 you know, just a single word that captures all of how God wants us to be and what God wants of us,

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 one word that best sums up the example Jesus gives us,

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 one word for Christian ethics,

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 I'd hazard a guess that the majority of us would come up with the same word

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 and that word is, of course, love.

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 The Christian gospel is the story of God's love for us.

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 A sacrificial love.

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 Romans 5 verse 8,

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 God shows his love for us in this,

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 An unbreakable love.

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 Romans 8 verse 39,

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 nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God,

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 which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 The gospel is the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

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 If the gospel is the old, old story of God's love for us,

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 Christian ethics is the ongoing story of God's love in us.

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 See the difference?

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 The gospel, the story of God's love for us.

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 Christian ethics,

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 as Sarah so wonderfully illustrated in the kids' talk,

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 the story of God's love in us.

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 Romans 5 verse 5,

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 God's love has been poured into our hearts

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 through the Holy Spirit he's given us.

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 Christian ethics is about God transforming us

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 so that we learn to love as he loved us.

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 And so when we come to the book of Romans,

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 Romans chapters 1 to 11 are about the love God has for us,

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 and Romans chapters 12 to 15 are about the love that God works in us.

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 But in the words of the 1984 Howard Jones rock ballad,

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 what is love anyway?

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 Or maybe that should be,

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 what is la-a-a-a-a-a-of anyway?

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 Okay, two people laughed.

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 What is love?

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 Now that's too big a question to be answered by a single passage of Scripture.

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 And so we've got lots of texts in the Bible

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 that help us see what love is in different ways.

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 If someone were to ask you,

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 you know, what is love?

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 Show me in the Bible what love is.

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 You might take them to 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

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 That beautiful poem about love.

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 Love is patient.

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 Love is kind.

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 It does not envy.

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 It does not boast.

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 You might take them to 1 John chapter 4.

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 God is love.

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 And in this is love.

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 Not that we loved God,

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 but that he loved us

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 and gave his son,

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 sent his son as a propitiation for our sins.

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 You might even take them to Ephesians chapter 5.

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 Husbands, love your wives

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 as Christ loved the church

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 and gave himself up for her.

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 Now those are the kinds of passages we think of

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 when it comes to love.

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 What is love?

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 And they're the kind of passages I get asked to preach on

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 when I'm asked to preach at weddings.

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 I've spoken on each of those passages

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 multiple times at weddings.

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 No engaged couple, though,

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 has ever asked me to preach on Romans 12 verses 9 to 21.

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 Yet it has as its heading,

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 let love be genuine.

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 Do you see that at the start of verse 9?

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 Let love be genuine.

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 Actually, the word let isn't there in Greek.

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 If we were to translate it literally,

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 it's just genuine love.

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 Kind of like a heading.

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 I mean, I think let is implied,

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 but as written, literally,

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 genuine love.

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 Or maybe even more literally,

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 unhypocritical love.

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 In other words, true love.

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 And that heading of genuine, unhypocritical, true love,

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 that hangs over all of the rest that follows.

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 Like as a banner.

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 So let's think about this in some context.

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 In context, Paul has already introduced

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 the latter chapters of Romans.

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 In chapter 12 verse 1,

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 in this way,

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 I appeal to you, brothers,

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 by the mercies of God,

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 to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,

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 holy and acceptable to God,

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 which is your spiritual worship.

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 Paul has introduced this part of his letter

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 as a response to the mercy of God,

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 given all that Paul had shown

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 about God's love and his mercy

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 in his first 11 chapters.

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 How do we respond?

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 And in verse 1 of chapter 12,

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 he says,

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 well, we respond by giving,

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 by offering God everything.

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 Our bodies as living sacrifices,

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 everything we are belongs to God.

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 It's all his.

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 That's our spiritual worship.

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 We hold nothing back.

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 Okay, but what does that look like?

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 Well, that's what Paul unpacks

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 in the rest of chapters 12 to 15.

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 And what it looks like,

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 Paul says in chapter 12 verse 9,

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 is love, genuine love.

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 And that's another thread

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 that ties together these chapters.

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 It's there in that heading of sorts

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 I just mentioned in verse 9.

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 Paul returns to it in chapter 13 verses 8 to 10,

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 where he, as Jesus did,

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 he says,

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 all the commandments of God

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 are summed up in the command

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 to love our neighbour.

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 And it underlies an exhortation

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 or a theme Paul's going to develop

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 in chapters 14 and 15.

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 In chapters 14 and 15,

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 Paul draws the Roman believers' attention

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 to a specific issue among them,

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 a failure of love that he wants to address.

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 But the passage before us this morning,

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 chapter 12 verses 9 to 21,

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 it's kind of less focused

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 than, say, chapters 14 and 15,

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 or even chapters...

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 It's less focused than those later parts.

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 What we've got here

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 is this rapid-fire sequence

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 of exhortations

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 where Paul, it seems,

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 jumps abruptly from one idea to another.

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 The flow of thought's often unclear.

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 One commentator called it,

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 I was reading, spoke of it,

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 an apparently haphazard arrangement.

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 Now, how do all these ideas connect together?

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 Well, on the one hand,

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 I don't want to sort of over-systematise

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 what I'm saying here.

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 We do have a collection of ideas here

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 and we need to sort of let each one stand

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 with its own integrity.

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 Nevertheless, Paul does hang over it

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 this heading,

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 let love be genuine.

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 So, in some sense,

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 Paul is still articulating

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 what it means

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 to be a person of true love,

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 who loves unhypocritically.

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 So, let's think about each part.

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 I'm going to see how I go for time.

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 We might not get through the whole passage,

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 but we'll get through as much as we can

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 with the time available.

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 So, first, let's think about the heading itself,

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 let love be genuine.

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 Why did Paul even need to say this?

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 Like, why does Paul need to say to them,

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 let love be genuine?

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 He needs to say it

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 because once you have a society

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 where love is prized as the chief virtue

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 and where love is sort of elevated

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 as the heart of ethics,

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 it's inevitable that counterfeits to love will emerge.

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 If love isn't highly valued,

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 and love wasn't the centre of ethics

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 in the wider Graco-Roman world,

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 but if love isn't highly valued,

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 then no one will bother feigning it.

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 You don't have to pretend to love

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 if people don't really care about love.

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 But once love is the centre,

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 as it was as soon as the church sprang into existence,

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 that love was at the heart of Christian ethics

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 from the very beginning,

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 once love is the centre,

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 once it's the highest virtue,

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 then there's a risk of pretense.

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 And that was so for the church

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 from its early beginnings.

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 It's the same, I would say,

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 is actually true today

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 for our wider society as well,

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 because such has been the profound impact

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 of Christianity on Western culture

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 that love is still seen as the centre of ethics,

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 not just in the church now,

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 but in all of our society,

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 of ethics,

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 of any form, I should say.

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 So just about,

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 what that means is just about everyone today,

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 both in the church and in Australia

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 and in Western countries in general,

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 just about everyone today

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 will claim that

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 whatever they're doing,

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 they're doing because of love.

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 I mean, think about that, right?

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 You hear people say,

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 now, yes, I know sometimes people say things like,

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 you know, speak of hate and so on,

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 but generally people will

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 justify whatever they're doing,

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 whatever it happens to be,

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 as being loving.

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 And that can be,

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 you know, whatever the issue,

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 whatever stance they take on the issue,

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 whatever side of politics they're on,

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 whatever their behaviour,

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 whatever their methods,

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 they'll claim to have love on their side.

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 Love is so highly prized in our society

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 that self-deception

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 has become a significant risk.

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 We can think we're loving

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 when we're not actually loving.

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 We've become skilled at convincing ourselves

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 that that is so.

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 So what was a potential problem

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 in the first century,

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 what was a potential problem

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 in the early church,

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 just the problem of counterfeit love,

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 is now a problem everywhere

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 in our whole society.

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 But Paul exhorts believers,

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 don't be those who fake love

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 or who kid yourselves

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 that you are loving

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 when you're not really loving.

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 Let love be genuine.

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 And the first thing you need

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 for love to be genuine

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 is what Paul says next.

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 In the second part of verse 9,

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 he says,

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 Abhor what is evil,

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 hold fast to what is good.

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 Genuine love, Paul says,

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 is grounded.

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 It possesses,

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 it's grounded in reality.

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 It possesses moral discernment

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 and moral conviction.

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 You can't love other people

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 if you don't know what is good

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 because love is seeking

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 what's good for others.

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 If you don't know what's good,

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 how can you seek it?

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 I have a friend

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 whose mother,

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 when he was,

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 I don't know,

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 12 or 13 years old or something,

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 his mother introduced him to marijuana

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 and encouraged him to use it.

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 And that started for him

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 an addiction

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 that enslaved him for years

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 until finally Jesus freed him from it.

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 Now perhaps that mother

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 thought she was loving her son,

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 but in reality

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 she was doing him great harm.

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 In order to love people,

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 you need to know

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 what is good for people.

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 And here we find ourselves

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 in a really strange place

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 in the 21st century.

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 Because on the one hand,

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 Western culture

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 is indebted to Christianity

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 for elevating love

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 as the chief virtue.

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 But on the other hand,

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 Western civilisation

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 is in conflict with Christianity

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 because it has untethered love

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 from its grounding.

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 See, in Christian thought,

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 what is good

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 good is objective?

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 It's grounded in reality.

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 In philosophical terms,

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 good has an ontological basis

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 in reality.

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 Now,

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.279
 if you think about it,

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 there are two parts,

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 there are two main parts

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 to reality.

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 There's God

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 and there's creation.

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 Everything that exists

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 is either God or creation.

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 There are two parts of reality.

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 reality.

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 And reality determines

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 what's good.

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 So,

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 good is defined,

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 on the one hand,

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 by God himself,

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 by his character,

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 and on the other hand,

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 by the kind of creation

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 he's made,

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 the moral order

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 of the universe,

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 the nature

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 and the purpose

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 of things

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 as God has created them.

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 And if good

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 is grounded

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 in reality,

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 then evil,

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 by corollary,

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 is just defined

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 as anything

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 that's contrary

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 to reality,

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 that contradicts,

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 it's against the character

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 of God

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 or it's against

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 the good moral order

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 of creation.

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 But,

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.840
 you see,

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 while our society

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 is held on to love

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 as the key concept

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 when it comes

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 to ethics,

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 it's untethered

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 love from reality.

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 It's untethered

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 love from the existence

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 and character

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 of God.

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 It's untethered

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 love from the nature

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 of creation

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 as creation.

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 And so,

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 from any

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 true basis

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 for good and evil.

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 And so,

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 now many

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 in our society

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 are saying

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 good and evil

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 are subjective.

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 You know,

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.059
 they're subjective

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 to the individual.

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 There's no basis

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 for really working

00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:34.880
 out what's good

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 except for individual

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 feelings

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 and preferences.

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 So,

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 even in 1984,

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.480
 in that song

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 I referenced earlier,

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 Howard Jones

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 sang,

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 maybe love

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 is letting people

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 be just what

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 they want to be.

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 Now,

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 if that's what

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.419
 someone was singing

00:17:49.419 --> 00:17:50.200
 in 1984,

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 then here in 2026,

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 you know,

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 we're 40 years later

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 down that path.

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 Maybe love

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 is just

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 letting

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 people be

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 just what

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 they want to be.

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 There's,

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 there's no longer

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 a reference point

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.259
 for what is good

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 in external reality.

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 The only reference point

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.980
 is our own desires

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.779
 and preferences.

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 whatever we want.

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 Now,

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 we know the end

00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:18.740
 point of that,

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 don't we?

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 You know,

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 we know where

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 that's brought us

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 as a society.

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 It's brought us

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 to the point

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 where,

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 you know,

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 if someone

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 says,

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 I wish I was

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 born in a

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 different body,

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 we'll give them

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 drugs with

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 permanent

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 harmful

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.419
 consequences

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 and mutilate

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 their bodies

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 and do it

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 all in the

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.240
 name of

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 love.

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 Moral

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 confusion

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.380
 reigns.

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 But if you

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.840
 want to be

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 someone who

00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:54.480
 truly loves,

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 someone of

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.880
 genuine love,

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.300
 you need

00:18:56.300 --> 00:18:57.320
 moral discernment.

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 You need to

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 learn what's

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.080
 good and

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.620
 learn what's

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 evil.

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 And that

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.080
 means you

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.360
 need to

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.860
 get to know

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.340
 God and

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:03.019
 his character.

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 and you

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.039
 need to

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.500
 learn from

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.099
 him what

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:07.440
 his creation

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.980
 is, how

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.559
 it's ordered,

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.639
 what he

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.259
 designed it

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.139
 for, who

00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:12.960
 you are, what

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.500
 it means to

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.019
 be a human

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.599
 being, what

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.220
 you're made

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.660
 for.

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 And to

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.160
 learn these

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.539
 things, you

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.799
 need to

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.339
 meditate on

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.819
 his word.

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.240
 You need

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.200
 moral discernment.

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.119
 But actually,

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.960
 moral discernment

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.619
 on its own is

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.160
 not enough.

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.200
 You also need

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.400
 moral conviction.

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.619
 Verse 9

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.400
 doesn't say,

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.720
 know what is

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.660
 evil and know

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.000
 what is

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.400
 good.

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.299
 It says,

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.720
 abhor what

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:37.559
 is evil and

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.259
 hold fast to

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.960
 what is good.

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.400
 They're strong

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.960
 words.

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.139
 We need a

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.639
 passionate

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.759
 attachment to

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.400
 what is good

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.240
 and we need

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.940
 an abhorrence

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.599
 and horror

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.599
 concerning evil.

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.500
 In a famous

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.000
 poem written

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.599
 in the aftermath

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.119
 of the First

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.700
 World War,

00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:56.720
 William Butler

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.740
 Yates described

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.779
 the moral confusion

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.420
 of his day

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.879
 with these

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.339
 words,

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.720
 the best

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.700
 lack all

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.360
 conviction,

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:05.519
 the worst

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.100
 are filled

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.860
 with passionate

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.500
 intensity.

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.460
 It's no

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.400
 use if we

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:13.600
 know what's

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.860
 evil but

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:15.779
 don't abhor it.

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.500
 It's no use

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.400
 if we know

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.180
 what's good

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.400
 but don't

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.200
 cling to it.

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:24.220
 We can't love

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.720
 if we're

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.140
 casual about

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.559
 good and

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.900
 evil.

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:29.620
 without moral

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.180
 conviction

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.480
 we won't

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.019
 be stirred

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.640
 to act.

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.340
 We need

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.060
 conviction

00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:35.920
 to rouse us

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.259
 from our

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.700
 slumber

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:38.019
 so that we'll

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.780
 step in love

00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:40.000
 towards others.

00:20:42.280 --> 00:20:43.060
 May God

00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:43.720
 teach us

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.560
 to abhor

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:45.440
 what is

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.800
 evil

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:46.980
 and to

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.580
 hold fast

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:47.840
 to what

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.259
 is good.

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:51.759
 Okay,

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.019
 I've spent

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.359
 a lot of

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.759
 time on

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.339
 verse 9.

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.240
 The

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.720
 remainder of

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.039
 the passage

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.420
 I think we

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:58.759
 can divide

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.039
 up into

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.359
 three

00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.980
 sections.

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.680
 Verses

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.019
 10 to

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.460
 13

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.819
 loves

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.319
 dimensions,

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:03.799
 verses

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.379
 14 to

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.879
 16

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.500
 loves

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.160
 adaptations

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.500
 and

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.700
 verses

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.319
 17 to

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.700
 21

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.099
 loves

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.640
 victory.

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.319
 So

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.579
 loves

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.059
 dimensions

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.400
 verses

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.839
 10 to

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.359
 13.

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.700
 Verses

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.019
 10 to

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.500
 13 are

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.759
 grouped

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.200
 together

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:17.140
 by a

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.720
 distinctive

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.420
 and repeated

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.000
 kind of

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.619
 arrangement

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.160
 of words.

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.539
 It's kind

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.779
 of hard

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.140
 to see

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.500
 in English

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.019
 translation

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.119
 but these

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.480
 verses

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.440
 they all

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.099
 lack

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.759
 finite

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.619
 verbs,

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.000
 that is

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.619
 the normal

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.000
 kind of

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.259
 verbs

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.480
 you'd

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.940
 find in

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.359
 sentences.

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.059
 In

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.559
 Greek

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.000
 they all

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.400
 begin

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.920
 the same

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.200
 way

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.359
 with

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.099
 definite

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.700
 articles

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 and

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 they're

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 all

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 these

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.259
 short

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 punchy

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 lines

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.460
 that sort

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.879
 of roll

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.460
 from one

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.000
 line to

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 another

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 with this

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.099
 poetic

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.480
 rhythm.

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 Let me

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.240
 try and

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.599
 demonstrate

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.279
 it as

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.740
 closely as

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 I can

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 with an

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.720
 alternative

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.359
 translation.

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:48.680
 This will

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.019
 come up on

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.319
 the screen

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.539
 and I'll

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:49.779
 read it

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 out.

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 So you

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.440
 can get

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.839
 a feel

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.420
 for a

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.700
 little bit

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:52.900
 of what

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.859
 this feels

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.039
 like,

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 this section

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.599
 and how

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:54.859
 it holds

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 together.

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 Can we

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 grab that

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 up?

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 Okay,

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.160
 here we

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.339
 go.

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 So this

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.859
 is a bit

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 what it

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.720
 feels like

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 reading it

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.640
 in

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 Greek.

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 In

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 brotherly

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 love

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.980
 devoted

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 to one

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 another,

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 in honour

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.059
 going

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.779
 before one

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 another,

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 in zeal

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 not lacking,

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 in the

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.319
 spirit

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 fervent,

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 the Lord

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 serving,

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 in hope

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 rejoicing,

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 in affliction

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 enduring,

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.180
 in prayer

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 persisting,

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 for the

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.980
 needs of

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 the saints

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 sharing,

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 hospitality

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.680
 pursuing.

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 I think

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 Bible

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:26.900
 translators

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 would even

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 be justified

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 in laying

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 out these

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.279
 verses as a

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.859
 poem as I

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 have there,

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 but you can

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.319
 see they're

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 grouped together

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 in pairs

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 and triplets.

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 We've got

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 two pairs,

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 pairs in

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 verse 10

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 and 13,

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 triplets in

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 verse 11

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 and 12

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 in the middle.

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 And the

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.139
 reason I've

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.500
 called this

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.759
 section

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.199
 love's

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 dimensions

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.559
 is because

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.919
 the pairs

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 on the

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.019
 frame,

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.740
 they're about

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.319
 love on the

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 horizontal

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.579
 plane,

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 but those

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.159
 two triplets

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.480
 in the

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.699
 middle,

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 they introduce

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.039
 a vertical

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.980
 dimension in

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 our relationship

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.259
 with God.

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.539
 So let's

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.879
 think about

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.279
 each of these

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.879
 four verses.

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 I'm going

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.619
 to go back

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.240
 to the ESV

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.839
 translation

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.980
 so we can

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.299
 take that

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 down,

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.699
 Luke,

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.700
 but we'll

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.279
 go with

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.580
 the ESV

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:07.900
 translation.

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.220
 Let's

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.480
 think about

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.640
 each of

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.120
 these four

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.319
 verses.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.720
 Firstly,

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.500
 brotherly

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.880
 love in

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.380
 verse 10.

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 Love one

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.720
 another with

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.220
 brotherly

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.700
 affection.

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 Outdo one

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.539
 another in

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.519
 showing honour.

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.059
 Now in the

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.360
 ancient

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.240
 Greco-Roman

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.799
 world,

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.720
 it was an

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.319
 honour-shame

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.799
 culture.

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 Honour

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 was a core

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.259
 value.

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 It's honour

00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:28.039
 that was sort

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.740
 of elevated

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.340
 above everything

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:29.519
 else.

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.080
 Honour

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.539
 was a core

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.900
 value and

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.420
 honour was

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 perceived as

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.500
 a limited

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.940
 good.

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 So there

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.940
 was a limited

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.680
 supply of

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:35.920
 honour.

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 That means

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.019
 if someone

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.440
 else got

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.980
 more honour,

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.799
 you kind

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.360
 of went

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:40.920
 down in

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.140
 honour.

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 One

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.880
 scholar

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:47.360
 describes it

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.779
 this way,

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.660
 nearly every

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.400
 interaction

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.779
 with non-family

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.019
 members has

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.100
 undertones of

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.860
 a challenge

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.420
 to honour.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.460
 Essentially,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.680
 especially if

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.160
 you're a man,

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:58.759
 relationships

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.900
 between most

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.539
 men in the

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.019
 ancient world

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.900
 were competitive.

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:08.840
 relationships

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.480
 between

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.519
 friends were

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.640
 at best

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.560
 mercantile.

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 There was

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.180
 this sort

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.340
 of,

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.019
 there had

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.340
 to be a

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.900
 balance of

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.280
 give and

00:24:16.280 --> 00:24:16.700
 take.

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.560
 But

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.080
 relationships

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.519
 between

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.100
 brothers were

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.480
 different.

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.120
 That was the

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.740
 one place

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.040
 where there

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.340
 was kind

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.640
 of no,

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.640
 well at

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.120
 least in

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.580
 ideal,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:27.980
 there was

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.640
 no competing,

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:28.960
 there was

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.780
 no rivalry.

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.700
 Of course,

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.100
 in practice

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.580
 it may have

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:32.940
 differed,

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.520
 there may

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:33.980
 frequently have

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.420
 been rivalry,

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:34.920
 but that was

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.280
 the ideal.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.680
 So here's

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.100
 how one

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:37.080
 moralist

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.300
 and essayist

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:39.920
 philosopher

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.900
 named Plutarch

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.500
 writes about it

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.000
 in an essay

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.759
 called On

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.200
 Brotherly

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.520
 Love.

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.360
 He says,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.880
 a brother

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.640
 should not

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:47.000
 like the

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.880
 pan of a

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.360
 balance,

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.600
 incline the

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.460
 opposite way

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.960
 and be

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.200
 lowered when

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.740
 his brother

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.480
 is raised.

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:53.940
 You know,

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.180
 it's like

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.740
 scales.

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.440
 He's saying

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.940
 with brothers

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.560
 it doesn't

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:57.200
 work that

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.620
 way.

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:59.159
 So normally

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.739
 in relationships

00:24:59.739 --> 00:25:00.319
 it does,

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.279
 like honour

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.719
 goes up

00:25:01.719 --> 00:25:02.039
 and down,

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.619
 but not

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.239
 with brothers.

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.099
 Not with

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.379
 brothers.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.979
 Instead,

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.819
 Plutarch says

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.339
 brothers are

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.839
 like two

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.399
 numbers

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.979
 multiplied

00:25:09.979 --> 00:25:10.599
 together.

00:25:11.239 --> 00:25:11.519
 Like two

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.879
 numbers

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.099
 multiplied.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.579
 If you

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.539
 increase

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.000
 either of

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.399
 the numbers,

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.879
 the total

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.379
 increases.

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.779
 So in

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.159
 the ancient

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.579
 world,

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:20.919
 in the

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.139
 ancient

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.759
 Greco-Roman

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.119
 world,

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.879
 for a man

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.299
 to have

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.879
 a brother,

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:24.979
 that was

00:25:24.979 --> 00:25:25.779
 probably the

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.759
 closest relationship

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.179
 you'd have

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.720
 in life.

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.019
 It was a

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.340
 kind of

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.799
 oasis,

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.940
 this one

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.600
 purely

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.759
 non-competitive

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.460
 relationship

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:35.519
 in the midst

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.220
 of a sea

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.900
 of rivalry

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.759
 and competing

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.220
 for honour.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.279
 The one

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.799
 relationship

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.220
 where you

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.580
 wouldn't be

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.100
 diminished

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.920
 by the

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.420
 other person

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.160
 being elevated,

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.799
 where you

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.180
 need not

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.940
 concern yourself

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.560
 with trying

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.480
 to win

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.220
 honour from

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.480
 them,

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.200
 but you

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.759
 could rather

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.320
 seek to

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:52.860
 bestow

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.680
 honour upon

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.019
 them.

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.440
 And it

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.759
 was the

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.200
 rarity

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.640
 of that

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.180
 relationship

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.660
 that made

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.960
 it so

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.340
 special.

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.600
 If you

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.100
 were fortunate

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.500
 you might

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.340
 have one

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:01.720
 or maybe

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.019
 two

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.420
 brothers.

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.740
 But the

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.060
 Christian

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.600
 church did

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.880
 something

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.360
 radical.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.320
 Jesus said

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.640
 to his

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.080
 followers,

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 you are

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.220
 all

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.660
 brothers,

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.860
 you're

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.039
 all

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.440
 brothers.

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.299
 With

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.940
 those words

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.680
 he subverted

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.620
 and inverted

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.299
 the society

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.599
 of his

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.000
 day.

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.399
 In

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:24.919
 church

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:26.719
 relationships

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.399
 where you

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.239
 bestow

00:26:28.239 --> 00:26:28.679
 honour

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.439
 rather than

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:29.899
 compete

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.699
 for honour

00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:32.559
 became not

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.019
 the rare

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.539
 exception

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.519
 but the

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.000
 norm,

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.779
 the rule.

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:36.959
 You're

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.179
 all

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.519
 brothers.

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.579
 The second

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.000
 line in

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.379
 verse 10

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.579
 captures that

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.519
 inversion

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.939
 of society.

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.979
 Outdo

00:26:45.979 --> 00:26:46.619
 one another

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.319
 in showing

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.839
 honour.

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 If

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.259
 there's to

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.619
 be any

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.159
 competition

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.759
 it's not

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.179
 to get

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:53.439
 honour

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.859
 but to

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.339
 give it.

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.019
 Now as

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.459
 we've moved

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:58.939
 away from

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.319
 Christianity

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.779
 in our

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.179
 world our

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.659
 culture is

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.059
 becoming

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.199
 more and

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.519
 more

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.259
 competitive

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.539
 and more

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.059
 and more

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.599
 vicious

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.359
 when it

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.879
 comes to

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.179
 honour

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:08.319
 and shame.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.859
 And a

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.059
 lot of

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.419
 it's bound

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:11.779
 up with

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.599
 identity

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.439
 politics and

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:13.779
 so we

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.279
 see the

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.599
 kind of

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.199
 dynamics we

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.480
 see in

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.619
 our

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.000
 society

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.159
 is

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:18.099
 that

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.659
 people

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.500
 they

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.360
 identify

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.800
 with a

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.200
 particular

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.740
 subset

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:22.940
 of

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.380
 society

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.680
 and

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.860
 they

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.120
 want

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.320
 to

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.560
 see

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.000
 their

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.800
 identity

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:27.420
 honoured

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.880
 in the

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.240
 cultural

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.820
 marketplace

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:30.580
 honoured

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.540
 in sports

00:27:31.540 --> 00:27:32.019
 and in

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.440
 media

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.840
 and on

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.000
 the

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.400
 screen

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.779
 and in

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.900
 the

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.279
 arts

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.580
 and in

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.120
 politics

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:37.720
 and

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.300
 alongside

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:38.660
 that

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:38.920
 wanting

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.240
 to see

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.480
 their

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.840
 identity

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.180
 honoured

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.540
 there's

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:40.720
 this

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.980
 vicious

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.420
 side

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.560
 that

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:41.680
 we

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:41.900
 see

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.420
 operating

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.540
 in

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:42.680
 our

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.060
 society

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.640
 where

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.779
 whatever

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.300
 identities

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:45.820
 we feel

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.060
 to be

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.240
 in

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.840
 competition

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.220
 with

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.500
 our

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.000
 identity

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:50.119
 we want

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.339
 to see

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.519
 them

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.059
 shamed

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:53.539
 and so

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.779
 there's

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:53.960
 this

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.420
 nasty

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.900
 delight

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.480
 we see

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:57.119
 when

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.640
 people

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.220
 fall

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.920
 and

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.440
 others

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.339
 pile on

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.000
 and shame

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.279
 them

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.200
 and cancel

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.519
 them

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.740
 and

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.579
 with this

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.960
 ugly

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.180
 and

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.019
 self-righteous

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.420
 glee

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:10.299
 we've

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.720
 become

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.279
 that

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.920
 well

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.200
 we're

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.579
 becoming

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:12.819
 that

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.099
 honour

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.539
 shame

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.200
 culture

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.700
 again

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:17.279
 competing

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:20.420
 but

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:23.039
 it's

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.319
 not to

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.600
 be that

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:23.779
 way

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.000
 among

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.440
 us

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.680
 for

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:26.960
 we're

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.100
 all

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.360
 brothers

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.600
 and

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:27.840
 sisters

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.059
 in

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.480
 Christ

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:31.360
 if we

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.640
 are to

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.019
 compete

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.500
 let it

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.019
 be in

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.420
 showing

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.880
 honour

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:36.500
 in

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.039
 lifting

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.460
 up

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.259
 one

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.600
 another

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.920
 in

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.580
 celebrating

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:40.920
 others

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.160
 in

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.559
 serving

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.080
 others

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:46.199
 Lord

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:46.519
 God

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.799
 by

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.079
 your

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.460
 grace

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.779
 make

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.099
 this

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.679
 church

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.019
 an

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.539
 oasis

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.000
 of

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.639
 brotherhood

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.859
 in

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.000
 the

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.199
 midst

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.319
 of

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.460
 a

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.659
 vicious

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.220
 world

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:57.699
 but

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:57.980
 what's

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.139
 going

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.279
 to

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.720
 sustain

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:58.980
 this

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.460
 brotherly

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.939
 love

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.099
 for

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.259
 one

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.579
 another

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:02.339
 well

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.019
 verse

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.319
 11

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.500
 Paul

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.619
 says

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:03.819
 what

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.339
 sustains

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.819
 brotherly

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.039
 love

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.299
 is

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.759
 zeal

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.419
 verse

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.740
 11

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.939
 do

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.099
 not

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.279
 be

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.039
 slothful

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.379
 in

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.000
 zeal

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.980
 be

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.639
 fervent

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:10.899
 in

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.379
 spirit

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.740
 serve

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:12.980
 the

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.380
 Lord

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:15.000
 we

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.340
 need

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.680
 the

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.140
 vertical

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.720
 dimension

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.900
 to

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.400
 fuel

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.220
 the

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.660
 horizontal

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.220
 dimension

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:22.500
 now

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.720
 more

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:22.940
 often

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.080
 than

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.260
 not

00:29:23.260 --> 00:29:23.440
 when

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.680
 I

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.980
 when

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.320
 I

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.800
 personally

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:26.020
 when

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:26.180
 I

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.580
 fail

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:26.820
 to

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.200
 love

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.660
 when

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.840
 I

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:27.980
 am

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.220
 being

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.120
 unloving

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:32.360
 often

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.860
 it's

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.260
 for no

00:29:33.260 --> 00:29:33.500
 other

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.880
 reason

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.100
 that

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.280
 I'm

00:29:34.280 --> 00:29:34.660
 feeling

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.180
 weary

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.520
 and

00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:37.200
 jaded

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.120
 and sick

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.380
 of the

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.620
 effort

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.300
 required

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:43.779
 when

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.279
 zeal

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.059
 falters

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.480
 love

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.139
 fails

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:52.180
 when

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.319
 I

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.440
 was

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.579
 a

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.799
 kid

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.639
 some

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:53.779
 of

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:53.879
 you

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:53.980
 will

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.220
 remember

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.500
 this

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.599
 some

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.680
 of

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:55.759
 you

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.659
 won't

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:56.960
 but

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.059
 when

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.139
 I

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.240
 was

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.339
 a

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.460
 kid

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.599
 there

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:57.700
 was

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:57.799
 an

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:57.960
 ad

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.119
 on

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.440
 TV

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.720
 for

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.339
 Duracell

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.759
 batteries

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.359
 and

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.440
 they

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.539
 had

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.659
 a

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:00.859
 bunch

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.019
 of

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.319
 pink

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.700
 bunnies

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.180
 playing

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.379
 the

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.700
 drums

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:02.879
 does

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.039
 anyone

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.359
 remember

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.539
 that

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.819
 ad

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.680
 yeah

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:04.980
 a few

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.180
 do

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.819
 great

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:07.399
 and

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.700
 you

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:07.799
 know

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.000
 the

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.639
 pink

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:08.960
 bunnies

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.159
 with

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.859
 ordinary

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.439
 batteries

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:10.720
 they

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:10.919
 all

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.079
 just

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.200
 sort

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.319
 of

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.639
 petered

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:11.799
 out

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.939
 and

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.220
 stopped

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.579
 playing

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.500
 drumming

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.659
 they

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:13.879
 ran

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.019
 out

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.139
 of

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.279
 juice

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.639
 but

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:14.839
 the

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.220
 battery

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 the

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 bunny

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 that

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 had

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 a

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 Duracell

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 battery

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 well

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 it

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 kept

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 on

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 going

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 our

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 relationship

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.639
 with

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 God

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.759
 is

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:21.960
 the

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.399
 battery

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.679
 we

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.039
 need

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.240
 for

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.639
 love

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:25.859
 we

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.039
 need

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.139
 to

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.299
 draw

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.700
 close

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 to

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.159
 God

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:27.359
 if

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 we

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.519
 are

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.639
 to

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 keep

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 drawing

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 close

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 to

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 one

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 another

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 I

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 think

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.799
 spirit

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:30.960
 in

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 be

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 fervent

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 in

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 the

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 spirit

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 it's

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 sort

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 of

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 in

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 parallel

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 to

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 Lord

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.679
 the

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:43.859
 Lord

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.139
 Jesus

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.359
 in

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 the

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 third

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 line

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.439
 there

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 of

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 verse

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 11

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.319
 be

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.740
 fervent

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.000
 in

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.319
 the

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.799
 spirit

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.359
 serve

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.599
 the

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.099
 Lord

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:53.019
 so

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.159
 the

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 second

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.679
 line

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 saying

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 let

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 your

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 heart

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.019
 be

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.339
 set

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.539
 on

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 fire

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.099
 by

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 God's

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 spirit

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 that's

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 what's

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.839
 going

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:58.939
 to

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 sustain

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.539
 our

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.919
 zeal

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:01.279
 let

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.419
 your

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:01.659
 heart

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:01.819
 be

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.039
 set

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.200
 on

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.460
 fire

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.659
 by

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.039
 God's

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.259
 spirit

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.500
 and

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.599
 if

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.759
 that

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.059
 sounds

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 a

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.319
 little

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.679
 abstract

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.060
 how do

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 I

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.360
 even

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.600
 do

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.799
 that

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:05.980
 how

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.120
 do

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.240
 I

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.600
 let

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.779
 my

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.060
 heart

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.259
 be

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.480
 set

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.620
 on

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.880
 fire

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.060
 by

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:08.420
 God's

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.680
 spirit

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.200
 well the

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.420
 third

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.620
 line

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:09.860
 makes

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:09.960
 it

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.160
 more

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.580
 concrete

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.039
 serve

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.240
 the

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.600
 Lord

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.980
 focus

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.240
 on

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.700
 Jesus

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.980
 the

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.140
 Lord

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.420
 Jesus

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.720
 his

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.160
 example

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.580
 his

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.039
 teaching

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.420
 what

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.640
 he

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.019
 wants

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.440
 what

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.620
 he

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.140
 commands

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.880
 Jesus

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.160
 said

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.299
 in

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.480
 John

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.920
 14

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.200
 if

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.320
 you

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.580
 love

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.759
 me

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.000
 you'll

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.180
 keep

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.380
 my

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.820
 commandments

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.039
 and

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.140
 he

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.299
 said

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.440
 in

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.620
 John

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.019
 15

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.500
 this

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.620
 is

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.820
 my

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.259
 commandment

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.380
 that

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.480
 you

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.700
 love

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:24.880
 one

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.220
 another

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:28.079
 if

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.200
 we

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.420
 want

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.819
 zeal

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.019
 that

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.220
 does

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.420
 not

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.839
 falter

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.039
 and

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.380
 hearts

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.539
 set

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.680
 on

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.920
 fire

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.120
 by

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.460
 God's

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.640
 spirit

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.819
 we

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:31.980
 need

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.120
 to

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.339
 keep

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.680
 looking

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:32.900
 to

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.360
 Christ

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.839
 and

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.059
 being

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.460
 renewed

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.640
 in

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:35.799
 our

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.000
 love

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.180
 for

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.460
 him

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:39.620
 we

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:39.860
 need

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.259
 zeal

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.000
 for

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.339
 love

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.640
 well

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.759
 if

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.980
 verse

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.220
 11

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.519
 addresses

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.839
 one

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.140
 reason

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.319
 our

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.539
 love

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.720
 can

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.019
 fail

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.240
 which

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.339
 is

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.480
 when

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.720
 we're

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.180
 spiritually

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.660
 running

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:46.860
 on

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.220
 empty

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.940
 it

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.220
 seems

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.380
 to

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.500
 me

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.660
 that

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:49.960
 verse

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.400
 12

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.900
 might

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.279
 address

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.660
 another

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.200
 reason

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.079
 why

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.380
 love

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.660
 can

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.559
 falter

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.859
 and

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.220
 that's

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.639
 because

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:55.819
 of

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.359
 suffering

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.559
 verse

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.980
 12

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.980
 rejoice

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.819
 in

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.240
 hope

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.179
 be

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.639
 patient

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:01.859
 in

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.500
 tribulation

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.079
 be

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.740
 constant

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.659
 in

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.119
 prayer

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.799
 now

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:06.960
 when

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.119
 the

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.559
 storms

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.980
 swirl

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.319
 around

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.679
 us

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:08.980
 it's

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.200
 hard

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.359
 to

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.539
 see

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.859
 beyond

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.059
 our

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.259
 own

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.619
 trouble

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:13.059
 when

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.779
 we're

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.299
 stooped

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.599
 over

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.980
 with a

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.980
 heavy

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.599
 burden

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.019
 we have

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.259
 little

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.720
 strength

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.980
 left

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.379
 to help

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.639
 our

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.119
 neighbour

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.379
 with

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.700
 his

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:24.059
 but

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.220
 in

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.419
 verse

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.720
 12

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.039
 Paul

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.299
 gives

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.460
 us

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.720
 three

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.019
 things

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.200
 we

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.500
 can

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.740
 do

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.960
 when

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.179
 we're

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.599
 suffering

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.799
 the

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.059
 first

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.220
 thing

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.480
 we can

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.659
 do

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:29.819
 is

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.119
 we

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.299
 can

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.779
 rejoice

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.119
 in

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.500
 hope

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:33.419
 we can

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:33.679
 rejoice

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.859
 in

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.000
 hope

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.179
 when

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.399
 you're

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.759
 suffering

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.179
 rejoice

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.399
 in

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.599
 hope

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.279
 every

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.839
 awful

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.220
 thing

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.519
 you're

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.940
 facing

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.259
 whatever

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.519
 it

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.859
 is

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.759
 every

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.099
 awful

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.319
 thing

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.519
 you're

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.799
 facing

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.019
 whether

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.259
 it's

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.559
 sickness

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.879
 or

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.259
 poverty

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.539
 or

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.940
 loneliness

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.319
 or

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.819
 grief

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.539
 or

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.159
 malice

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.359
 or

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.799
 slander

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.220
 whatever

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.720
 awful

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:47.980
 thing

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.220
 you're

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.659
 facing

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:50.059
 you can

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.460
 look at

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.759
 it

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.359
 straight

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.680
 on

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:51.900
 and

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.119
 say

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.299
 to

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.519
 it

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.700
 you

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.099
 are

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.779
 temporary

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:58.339
 you're

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.680
 with me

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.039
 only a

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.160
 little

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.599
 while

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:02.440
 soon

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.720
 you'll

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.140
 pass

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.000
 whatever

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.259
 it

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.599
 is

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:07.339
 for

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.559
 our

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.799
 hope

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:07.980
 is

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.319
 certain

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.339
 we

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.459
 have

00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:09.619
 the

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:09.980
 promises

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.219
 of

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:10.519
 God's

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.899
 word

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:12.199
 we

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:12.359
 have

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.539
 the

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.899
 first

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.240
 fruits

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.459
 of

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:14.240
 the

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.859
 resurrection

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.279
 of the

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.480
 Son

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.639
 of

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.899
 God

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.139
 from

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.299
 the

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.639
 dead

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.619
 we

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:17.759
 have

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.879
 the

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.299
 deposit

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.519
 of

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.879
 God's

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.159
 spirit

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.919
 guaranteeing

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.039
 the

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.439
 inheritance

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.740
 that is

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:20.899
 to

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.259
 come

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.099
 the

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.439
 night

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.639
 of

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.059
 tears

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.299
 is

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.779
 brief

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.119
 the

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.459
 day

00:33:27.459 --> 00:33:27.719
 which

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:27.919
 is

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.359
 dawning

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.559
 is

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.159
 everlasting

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:31.579
 even

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.859
 in

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.279
 suffering

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.519
 we

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.699
 can

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.179
 rejoice

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:33.539
 for

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:33.980
 we

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.740
 have

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.400
 hope

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.880
 no

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.140
 even

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.360
 more

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.500
 than

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.799
 that

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.059
 in

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.579
 suffering

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.420
 we

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.880
 learn

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.099
 to

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.539
 rejoice

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:41.799
 in

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.200
 hope

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.799
 for

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.220
 suffering

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.640
 teaches

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.900
 us

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.079
 to

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.400
 hold

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.720
 more

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.140
 lightly

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.360
 to

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.660
 what's

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.059
 temporary

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.920
 and

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.059
 to

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.240
 look

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.380
 to

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.620
 what's

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.980
 eternal

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:51.680
 it's

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.779
 the

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:51.980
 first

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.140
 thing

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.259
 we

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.360
 can

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.480
 do

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.579
 we

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.720
 can

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.039
 rejoice

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.180
 in

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.319
 hope

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.559
 second

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.740
 thing

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.839
 we

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:53.940
 can

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.059
 do

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.680
 we

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.839
 can

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.000
 be

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.500
 patient

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.779
 in

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.360
 tribulation

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.779
 we

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:56.960
 can

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.400
 endure

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.839
 when

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.059
 we're

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.720
 afflicted

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.839
 God

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.039
 is

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.400
 simply

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.860
 calling

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.299
 us

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.419
 to

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.879
 wait

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:07.000
 to

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.319
 wait

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.480
 for

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.659
 what

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:07.799
 is

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.119
 good

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.360
 well

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.679
 then

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.259
 let

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.420
 us

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.759
 wait

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:14.179
 and

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.400
 keep

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.599
 our

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.860
 eyes

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.000
 on

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.099
 the

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.519
 horizon

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.659
 the

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.880
 sun

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.059
 will

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.500
 rise

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.639
!

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.320
 they

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.699
 also

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.239
 serve

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.380
 who

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.619
 only

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.000
 stand

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.159
 and

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.340
 wait

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.539
 if

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.780
 that's

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.099
 all

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.320
 you

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.519
 can

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.820
 do

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.260
 if

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.659
 all

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.860
 you

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.039
 can

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.280
 do

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.519
 is

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.699
 be

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.159
 patient

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.400
 in

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.019
 tribulation

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.980
 well

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.960
 they

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.280
 also

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.679
 serve

00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.820
 who

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.079
 only

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.440
 stand

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.599
 and

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:00.880
 wait

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:05.019
 but

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.239
 even

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.460
 so

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.639
 there

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.920
 is a

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.139
 third

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.320
 thing

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.460
 we

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.619
 can

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.900
 do

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.960
 we

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.099
 can

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.260
 be

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.719
 constant

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.000
 in

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.400
 prayer

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:11.300
 suffering

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.579
 can

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.800
 be

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.039
 for

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.280
 us

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.519
 a

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.019
 school

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.320
 of

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.699
 prayer

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.679
 when

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:15.819
 we

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.019
 have

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.259
 no

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.699
 strength

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:16.819
 of

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:16.980
 our

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.399
 own

00:35:17.399 --> 00:35:19.539
 we

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:19.819
 turn

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:19.939
 to

00:35:19.939 --> 00:35:20.039
 the

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.219
 one

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.319
 who

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.439
 is

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:20.839
 mighty

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:22.139
 who

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.299
 is

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.519
 with

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.699
 us

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:22.819
 who

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:22.919
 is

00:35:22.919 --> 00:35:23.199
 good

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.339
 who

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.480
 is

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.919
 faithful

00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:26.439
 our

00:35:26.439 --> 00:35:27.079
 desperation

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.619
 teaches

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:27.659
!

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.000
 us to

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.319
 pray

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:30.179
 and

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.319
 so

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.839
 suffering

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.119
 may

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.539
 even

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.239
 open

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.919
 up

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:33.159
 for

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.399
 us

00:35:33.399 --> 00:35:33.679
 a

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.079
 ministry

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.339
 of

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:34.659
 prayer

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.859
 for

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.219
 others

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.599
 too

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.419
 our

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.719
 own

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:37.980
 need

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.399
 drives

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:38.559
 us

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.719
 to

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.039
 pray

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.599
 but

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.799
 our

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.139
 prayers

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.559
 range

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.859
 far

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.199
 beyond

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.419
 our

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:42.639
 own

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.019
 need

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:46.019
 if

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.300
 you're

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.440
 in

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.559
 the

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.780
 midst

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:46.900
 of

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.039
 a

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.320
 season

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.500
 of

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.960
 suffering

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.119
 perhaps

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.360
 this

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.759
 verse

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.000
 is

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.119
 a

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.400
 verse

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.599
 for

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.719
 you

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:50.860
 to

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.079
 take

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.679
 to

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.880
 heart

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.259
 today

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:54.679
 rejoice

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.019
 in

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.340
 hope

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.219
 be

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.619
 patient

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:56.800
 in

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.739
 tribulation

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.800
 be

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.360
 constant

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.019
 in

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.400
 prayer

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.900
 when

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.179
 verse

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.619
 13

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:03.920
 Paul

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.480
 returns

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.659
 to

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.820
 the

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.420
 horizontal

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.019
 dimension

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.280
 with

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.500
 which

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.639
 he

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.019
 began

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:09.360
 a

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.840
 practical

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.380
 example

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.539
 and

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.739
 gives

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.179
 practical

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.539
 examples

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.800
 of the

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.179
 brotherly

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.400
 love

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.519
 that

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.619
 he

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.900
 calls

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.019
 us

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.180
 to

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.360
 in

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.539
 verse

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.820
 10

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.079
 so

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.300
 verse

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.740
 13

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.320
 contribute

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.760
 to the

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.000
 needs

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.119
 of

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.280
 the

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.579
 saints

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.820
 and

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.160
 seek

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.360
 to

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.680
 show

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.360
 hospitality

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.860
 I've

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.099
 spoken

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.320
 about

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.480
 some

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.559
 of

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:20.680
 these

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:20.980
 ideas

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.360
 recently

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.519
 in

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.660
 my

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:21.920
 series

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.039
 of

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.220
 talks

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:22.360
 on

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.680
 God's

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:22.920
 mercy

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.119
 so

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.260
 I

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.480
 won't

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.059
 labour

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.240
 the

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.440
 point

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.660
 again

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.000
 now

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.440
 but

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.579
 let

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.680
 me

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.000
 simply

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.700
 observe

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:26.920
 that

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.519
 genuine

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.180
 love

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:29.160
 meets

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:30.039
 needs

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.500
 it

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.760
 meets

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:31.940
 the

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.139
 needs

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.280
 of

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.619
 others

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.400
 that's

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.519
 what

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.740
 love

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.200
 does

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.720
 including

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.079
 the need

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.220
 for

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.740
 hospitality

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.200
 now

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.300
 in

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.420
 the

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.740
 original

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.579
 sense

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.039
 mean

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.300
 having

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.619
 people

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.820
 over

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.019
 for

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.260
 dinner

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.780
 hospitality

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.300
 here

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.519
 meant

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.079
 providing

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.300
 a

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.639
 place

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.840
 for

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.380
 strangers

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.660
 and

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.119
 travellers

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.320
 to

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.740
 stay

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:51.940
 welcoming

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.500
 people

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.720
 into

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.900
 your

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.119
 home

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.240
 who

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.400
 had

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.660
 nowhere

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:53.960
 else

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.099
 to

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.400
 go

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:56.400
 it

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.599
 might

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.800
 be

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.000
 that

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.200
 in

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.380
 the

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.840
 current

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.300
 economic

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.760
 climate

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.180
 where

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.660
 people

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.900
 are

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.700
 experiencing

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.220
 housing

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.700
 pressure

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:03.740
 we

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:03.900
 need

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.019
 to

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.220
 keep

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.440
 this

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.700
 kind

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:04.800
 of

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.340
 hospitality

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.599
 on

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.720
 the

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.039
 radar

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:08.000
 it

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.180
 may

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.340
 at

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.579
 times

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.760
 be

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.099
 needed

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:12.099
 let

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.160
 me

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.280
 give

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.380
 you

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.539
 two

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.940
 examples

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.260
 of

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.880
 generosity

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.119
 I

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.240
 can

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.420
 think

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.539
 of

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.680
 from

00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:15.440
 just

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.840
 recent

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.260
 weeks

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:17.160
 amongst

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.200
!

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.599
 us

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.160
 to

00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:18.539
 encourage

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.840
 you

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:21.079
 one

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.280
 is

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.460
 on

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.740
 the

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:23.000
 Monday

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.280
 just

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.599
 past

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.760
 the

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.059
 public

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.420
 holiday

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.740
 a

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.019
 team

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.180
 of

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.740
 volunteers

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.460
 went

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.619
 to

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:27.780
 Rob

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:27.920
 and

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.260
 Marg's

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.700
 place

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.260
 to

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.480
 weed

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.660
 the

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.000
 garden

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.320
 and

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.579
 tidy

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.760
 up

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:30.880
 the

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.180
 yard

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:34.920
 it's

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.180
 something

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:35.480
 that I

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.740
 know

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.920
 had

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.099
 been

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.500
 causing

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.920
 Rob

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.640
 some

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.220
 anxiety

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.460
 and

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.059
 frustration

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.260
 because

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.440
 there

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.700
 was a

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:40.860
 lot

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:40.980
 of

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.180
 work

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.340
 to

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.640
 do

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:41.640


00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:43.199
 and

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.619
 he

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.799
 was

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.139
 finding

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.359
 that

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:44.779
 physically

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.079
 he

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.359
 just

00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:45.779
 couldn't

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.179
 do

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.519
 any

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.839
 more

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.739
 the

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.059
 work

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.199
 in the

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.400
 yard

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.599
 that he

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.779
 used

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:49.980
 to be

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.139
 able

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.519
 to do

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.379
 well how

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:53.799
 good it

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.179
 is that

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.619
 Rob and

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.139
 Marg

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.819
 were willing

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.379
 to ask

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:56.940
 for help

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.639
 and how

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.579
 good it

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.840
 was so

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.200
 quickly

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.639
 given

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:04.840
 what a

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.159
 blessing

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.740
 both to

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.179
 those who

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.760
 received

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:08.360
 and to

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.740
 those who

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.119
 gave

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.519
 so can

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.760
 I just

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.220
 encourage you

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.539
 brothers and

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.980
 sisters if

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.320
 you have

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.840
 practical

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.519
 needs

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.039
 that might

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.619
 be met

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.099
 by

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:19.360
 church

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.760
 here

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.059
 please let

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.360
 them be

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.780
 known

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:24.440
 now we

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.940
 won't always

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.240
 get it

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.440
 right

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.780
 there'll be

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.240
 times that

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.540
 we let

00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:26.960
 one another

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.360
 down

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.660
 we're

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:28.060
 finite

00:38:28.060 --> 00:38:28.480
 we're

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.960
 flawed

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:31.000
 but

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.000
 let if

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.380
 you have

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.640
 needs

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.120
 let them

00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:33.720
 be known

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:35.240
 the presence

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:36.040
 of needs

00:38:36.040 --> 00:38:36.400
 in the

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.960
 family of

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.260
 God

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.800
 is not

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.400
 a bug

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.800
 in the

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.200
 system

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:41.420
 it's a

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.740
 feature

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.160
 God

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:43.200
 allows

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:44.700
 so that

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.140
 deeds of

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.340
 love

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.900
 may flow

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:49.320
 here's

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.519
 another

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.000
 example

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:54.000
 on the

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.340
 Thursday

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.280
 a couple

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.599
 of weeks

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.039
 ago when

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.500
 Alyssa was

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.900
 rushed to

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.300
 hospital

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.559
 a few

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.139
 days before

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:00.099
 her early

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.619
 delivery of

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.920
 Dotty

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:03.980
 well Alyssa's

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.960
 a florist

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.360
 and that

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.800
 Saturday

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.059
 she had a

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.300
 wedding

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.400
 that she was

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.940
 preparing the

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.559
 flowers for

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:10.980
 and all the

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.639
 flowers had

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.179
 been delivered

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.619
 but they

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.000
 hadn't been

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.599
 arranged into

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.579
 bouquets and

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.920
 table settings

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.400
 and whatever

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.260
 decoration

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.900
 whatever else

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.219
 was needed

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.519
 for the

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.780
 wedding

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:22.060
 a couple

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:22.600
 of sisters

00:39:22.600 --> 00:39:23.300
 amongst us

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.680
 went to

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.060
 Alyssa's

00:39:24.060 --> 00:39:24.480
 house on

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.040
 that Thursday

00:39:25.040 --> 00:39:25.480
 night

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.320
 first to

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.860
 trim all

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.519
 the flowers

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:29.080
 but these

00:39:29.080 --> 00:39:29.760
 sisters aren't

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.519
 florists

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.440
 so they

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.800
 got in

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.260
 touch with

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:32.660
 other

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.440
 believers

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.140
 who go to

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:34.740
 other churches

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.220
 who are

00:39:35.220 --> 00:39:35.840
 florists

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.780
 and two

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.220
 other women

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:37.580
 went and

00:39:37.580 --> 00:39:37.920
 joined them

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.240
 the next

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.540
 day on

00:39:38.540 --> 00:39:38.980
 the Friday

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.519
 now with

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.760
 all the

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.300
 trim flowers

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.820
 to arrange

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.180
 them into

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.480
 all the

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.960
 decorations

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.680
 and bouquets

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:49.679
 love

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:49.919
 what a

00:39:49.919 --> 00:39:51.059
 beautiful

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.919
 act of

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:52.299
 love

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:53.159
 meeting a

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.519
 need that

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.159
 arose amongst

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.659
 us

00:39:54.659 --> 00:40:00.440
 contribute to

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.879
 the needs of

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.319
 the saints

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.899
 and seek to

00:40:01.899 --> 00:40:02.619
 show hospitality

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.960
 love's

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.899
 dimensions

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.599
 horizontal

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.179
 vertical

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:11.619
 love's

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.179
 adaptations

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.699
 I've

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:12.899
 called

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:13.500
 verses 14

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.940
 to 16

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.299
 love's

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:14.799
 adaptations

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:16.719
 this section

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:16.960
 is a bit

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.539
 more loosely

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.179
 linked than

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.579
 what came

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:18.899
 before

00:40:18.899 --> 00:40:19.679
 the section

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.179
 before is

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.419
 linked

00:40:20.419 --> 00:40:21.099
 stylistically

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.399
 as I

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:21.739
 tried to

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.059
 show you

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:23.159
 the section

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.679
 that follows

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.159
 is linked

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.719
 thematically

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.980
 verse 14

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.539
 to 16

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.259
 are a bit

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:29.139
 more loosely

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.399
 linked

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:30.059
 but I think

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.359
 what they

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.679
 have in

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:30.919
 common

00:40:30.919 --> 00:40:31.460
 is that

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.059
 each of the

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.279
 verses

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.799
 verse 14

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.399
 to 16

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.800
 describes a

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.280
 way in

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.760
 which love

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:37.200
 manifests itself

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:38.440
 according to

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.240
 the needs

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.500
 of the

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.180
 person before

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.519
 it

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.599
 so

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.240
 encountering

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.700
 different

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.380
 kinds of

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.740
 people

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.099
 and so

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.619
 expressing

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.220
 itself in

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.519
 different

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.860
 ways

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.400
 genuine

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.800
 love

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.760
 adapts

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.900
 because

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.300
 genuine

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.820
 love is

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.519
 other person

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.059
 centred

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:53.579
 it's

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:53.920
 concerned

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.740
 chiefly

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:55.059
 with the

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.420
 needs

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.280
 of the

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:56.460
 other

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.920
 person

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:59.079
 and in

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.420
 each of

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.780
 these three

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.320
 cases here

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.800
 the sinful

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.420
 tendencies of

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.800
 our heart

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.240
 might lead

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.559
 us in a

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.760
 different

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.019
 direction

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.360
 so let's

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.559
 look at

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.759
 each of

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.179
 them

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:05.079
 first

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.759
 to the

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:06.460
 persecutor

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.840
 love

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.259
 shows

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.820
 grace

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.739
 verse 14

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.380
 bless

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.920
 those who

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.539
 persecute

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.800
 you

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.679
 bless

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.179
 and do

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.420
 not

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.759
 curse

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.099
 them

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:14.579
 here

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.340
 Jesus

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:16.039
 words

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.599
 stand

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.099
 behind

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.699
 Paul's

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.159
 words

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:19.139
 Paul

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.420
 is

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.039
 I think

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.860
 self-consciously

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.280
 echoing

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.659
 the teaching

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.719
 of Jesus

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.259
 it was probably

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:23.800
 recognized

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.159
 by the

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.360
 Roman

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.900
 believers

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.820
 Jesus

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.219
 had said

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.519
 in Luke

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.840
 7

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.460
 I say

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.780
 to you

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:27.940
 who

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.159
 hear

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.480
 love

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.699
 your

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.139
 enemies

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.900
 do

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.179
 good

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.599
 to those

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:30.739
 who

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.019
 hate

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.280
 you

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.159
 bless

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.480
 those

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.679
 who

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:33.000
 curse

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.319
 you

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:33.759
 pray

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:33.980
 for

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.259
 those

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.399
 who

00:41:34.399 --> 00:41:34.779
 abuse

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.099
 you

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:36.859
 now this

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.539
 is a familiar

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.539
 Christian teaching

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.980
 but in

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.579
 practice

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.819
 it is

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.500
 wild

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:45.659
 how can we

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.899
 bless those

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:48.579
 who persecute

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.099
 us

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.119
 us

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:51.400
 that would

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:51.659
 mean

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:51.940
 we

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:54.339
 refrain

00:41:54.339 --> 00:41:54.599
 from

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:54.940
 hating

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.219
 them

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.519
 even

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.699
 when

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:55.860
 they

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.139
 hate

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.480
 us

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:58.239
 it

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.380
 would

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.639
 mean

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:58.920
 we

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.059
 want

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.400
 good

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.599
 for

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.920
 them

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:02.159
 even

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.380
 when

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.559
 they

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.799
 want

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:03.079
 evil

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.299
 for

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:03.739
 us

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:05.360
 it

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.519
 would

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.739
 mean

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:05.920
 that

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.199
 in

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.360
 the

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.599
 midst

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.759
 of

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:06.960
 being

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.639
 persecuted

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.019
 by

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.400
 them

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.179
 we're

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.480
 more

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.940
 concerned

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.239
 about

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.519
 what

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:11.779
 their

00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.119
 act

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.279
 of

00:42:12.279 --> 00:42:12.860
 persecution

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.239
 is

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.500
 doing

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.699
 to

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.119
 them

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.000
 than

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.159
 what

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.299
 it's

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.480
 doing

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:16.639
 to

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:16.980
 us

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:20.500
 we're

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.699
 more

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.019
 concerned

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.280
 about

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.519
 how

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.719
 their

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.099
 evil

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:23.019
 dehumanizes

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.460
 them

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:25.099
 than

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.260
 how

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.440
 their

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.679
 evil

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.440
 dehumanizes

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.880
 us

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:30.320
 I

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.599
 remember

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.039
 reading the

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.260
 Bible

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.599
 with some

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.059
 non-Christian

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.460
 college

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.000
 students

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.099
 at uni

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.780
 who were

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:36.039
 considering

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.659
 Jesus

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:38.159
 they were

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.639
 thinking about

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.900
 Jesus

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.500
 and we

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.900
 got to

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.159
 this

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.619
 point

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:42.400
 about

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.699
 love

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:42.880
 for

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.340
 enemies

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:44.639
 and one

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.059
 of them

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.420
 just

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.940
 flat

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.139
 out

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.559
 rejected

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:47.940
 it

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:50.980
 no

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:52.139
 one

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.300
 could

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.460
 love

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:52.619
 their

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:52.980
 enemies

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:57.039
 now

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.200
 this

00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:57.320
 is

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.460
 where

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:57.840
 love

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.220
 meets

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:58.380
 its

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.700
 greatest

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:59.180
 test

00:42:59.180 --> 00:42:59.599
 now

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.760
 I

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.260
 haven't

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:00.500
 had

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.840
 many

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.180
 enemies

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.400
 in

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.559
 my

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:01.980
 life

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:03.360
 but

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.480
 I've

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.579
 had

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.700
 a

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:03.960
 few

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:08.200
 a

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.420
 few

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.780
 people

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:08.980
 who

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.240
 have

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.460
 it

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.820
 seems

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.340
 actively

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.760
 sought

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:10.960
 to

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.260
 belittle

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.559
 me

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.099
 diminish

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.420
 me

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:12.619
 and

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.000
 undermine

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.260
 the

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:13.480
 work

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:13.659
 I

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:13.900
 do

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:16.860
 when

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.019
 I

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.220
 think

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:17.320
 of

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.440
 a

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.639
 couple

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.800
 of

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:17.980
 them

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.860
 I

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.079
 actually

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.360
 can

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:19.619
 still

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.019
 feel

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.280
 my

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.559
 body

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.940
 tense

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.280
 up

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:27.660
 but

00:43:27.660 --> 00:43:27.860
 to

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.160
 bless

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.500
 those

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.680
 who

00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:29.240
 persecute

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.420
 us

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.740
 is not

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.099
 gritting

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.619
 our teeth

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:31.019
 and putting

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.220
 up

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.639
 with it

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.940
 because

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.260
 I

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.760
 gleefully

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.019
 know

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.280
 God

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:34.420
 will

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.599
 get

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:34.740
 them

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:34.860
 in

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:34.960
 the

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.280
 end

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.599
 that's

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:36.740
 not

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.039
 blessing

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.340
 them

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:38.760
 blessing

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.700
 goes

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.099
 beyond

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.360
 what

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:40.740
 Paul

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.480
 will

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.800
 go on

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:41.900
 to

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.079
 say

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:42.220
 in

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.420
 verse

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.840
 19

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.100
 about

00:43:43.100 --> 00:43:43.600
 refraining

00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:43.860
 from

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.240
 vengeance

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:45.920
 when

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.079
 you

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.380
 bless

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.760
 someone

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.140
 you're

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:47.800
 praying

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.900
 father

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.280
 forgive

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.620
 them

00:43:49.620 --> 00:43:51.400
 you're

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.940
 praying

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:53.140
 the

00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:53.380
 Lord

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:53.820
 bless

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.039
 you

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.240
 and

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.579
 keep

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.780
 you

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:54.920
 and

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.600
 make

00:43:55.600 --> 00:43:55.780
 his

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.200
 face

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.720
 shine

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.960
 upon

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.160
 you

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.260
 and

00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.400
 be

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.820
 gracious

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.140
 to

00:43:58.140 --> 00:43:58.280
 you

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.420
 and

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.800
 the

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:58.960
 Lord

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.220
 lift

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.380
 up

00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.539
 his

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.160
 countenance

00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:00.800
 upon

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.059
 you

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.180
 and

00:44:01.180 --> 00:44:01.360
 give

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.519
 you

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:01.980
 peace

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:05.360
 that's

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.500
 what

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.680
 your

00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:06.280
 persecutor

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.760
 needs

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:09.380
 that's

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.480
 what

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.640
 your

00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:09.920
 enemy

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.500
 needs

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.220
 and

00:44:11.220 --> 00:44:11.480
 that's

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.640
 what

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:12.019
 genuine

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.440
 love

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:12.700
 would

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:12.920
 have

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.099
 you

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.400
 wish

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:13.820
 for

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.360
 and

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.659
 pray

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.059
 for

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.700
 for

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:15.920
 them

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:18.900
 there

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.159
 are

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.400
 at

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.840
 present

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.460
 a few

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.039
 prominent

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.539
 voices

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.019
 in the

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.320
 public

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.659
 square

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:24.059
 who are

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.579
 representing

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.000
 things

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.400
 Christians

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:25.740
 care

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.200
 about

00:44:26.200 --> 00:44:28.260
 but who

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.460
 are

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.940
 I think

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.300
 poor

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:29.820
 examples

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:30.159
 when it

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:30.519
 comes to

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:30.940
 precisely

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.280
 this

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:31.639
 point

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:35.059
 not

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.059


00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.699
 surprisingly

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.559
 when they

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.059
 stand up

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.179
 for

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.440
 something

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:37.679
 good

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:37.839
 in

00:44:37.839 --> 00:44:38.139
 the

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.379
 public

00:44:38.379 --> 00:44:38.599
 square

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:38.759
 they

00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:39.039
 come

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.279
 under

00:44:39.279 --> 00:44:39.739
 attack

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:41.799
 they're

00:44:41.799 --> 00:44:42.079
 hated

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.339
 and

00:44:42.339 --> 00:44:43.000
 despised

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.259
 and

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.659
 lies

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:43.799
 are

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:43.920
 written

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.219
 about

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:44.400
 them

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.719
 and so

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:44.940
 on

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:48.279
 and yet

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:48.599
 sometimes

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:48.980
 I think

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.179
 we're

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.400
 seeing

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:49.739
 people

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:50.239
 respond

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.519
 to

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:50.920
 such

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.339
 slander

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.619
 with

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:52.599
 bitter

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.119
 counter

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:53.639
 attack

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:55.839
 with

00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:56.219
 mocking

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:56.480
 and

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:56.940
 belittling

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.339
 those

00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:57.799
 who have

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.279
 persecuted

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.580
 them

00:44:58.580 --> 00:45:01.140
 I think

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:01.360
 that's

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.960
 understandable

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.480
 but it's

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:03.000
 regrettable

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:06.700
 let that

00:45:06.700 --> 00:45:07.080
 not be

00:45:07.080 --> 00:45:07.660
 our way

00:45:07.660 --> 00:45:11.320
 and

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.760
 pray for

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.120
 those

00:45:12.120 --> 00:45:12.620
 who are

00:45:12.620 --> 00:45:13.700
 you know

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:14.640
 at the

00:45:14.640 --> 00:45:15.140
 front lines

00:45:15.140 --> 00:45:15.380
 in the

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.660
 public

00:45:15.660 --> 00:45:15.960
 square

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.600
 standing up

00:45:16.600 --> 00:45:16.980
 for things

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.240
 that are

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.440
 good

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.040
 pray that

00:45:18.040 --> 00:45:18.420
 they would

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.920
 learn to

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.280
 bless

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.700
 those

00:45:19.700 --> 00:45:19.900
 who

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.440
 persecute

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.700
 them

00:45:20.700 --> 00:45:24.640
 well the

00:45:24.640 --> 00:45:24.900
 second

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.300
 adaptation

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.880
 of love

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.140
 is

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:27.200
 in verse

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.540
 15

00:45:27.540 --> 00:45:28.000
 empathy

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.179
 rejoice

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:30.300
 with

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:30.579
 those

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:30.739
 who

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:31.119
 rejoice

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.699
 weep

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:32.679
 with

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:32.920
 those

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.099
 who

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.480
 weep

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.480
 genuine

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.880
 love

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.280
 shows

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:35.739
 empathy

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.639
 it

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.099
 enters

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.460
 into

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:37.699
 and

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:38.099
 shares

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:38.280
 the

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:38.900
 experience

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.099
 of

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:39.460
 others

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:41.559
 rejoicing

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:41.739
 and

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:42.019
 weeping

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.179
 are

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.460
 opposite

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:42.980
 extremes

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.239
 but

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:43.440
 they're

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:43.659
 both

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:43.980
 fitting

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.139
 in

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.280
 their

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.760
 time

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:45.559
 ecclesiastes

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.900
 3

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.159
 there's

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.260
 a

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.539
 time

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:46.699
 to

00:45:46.699 --> 00:45:46.960
 weep

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.099
 and

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.260
 there's

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:47.360
 a

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.559
 time

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:47.719
 to

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:48.159
 laugh

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:50.980
 both

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.119
 are

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.360
 fitting

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.639
 because

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:51.860
 our

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.500
 experience

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:52.980
 of life

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.260
 in this

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.500
 world

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:53.679
 is

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:54.119
 mixed

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:55.739
 both

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:56.340
 goodness

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:57.159
 and

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:58.019
 brokenness

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.299
 are

00:45:58.299 --> 00:45:58.859
 features

00:45:58.859 --> 00:45:59.339
 of this

00:45:59.339 --> 00:45:59.739
 world

00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:00.119
 and so

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.619
 both

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.079
 goodness

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.420
 and

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:01.940
 brokenness

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.159
 are

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.819
 experiences

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.119
 in our

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:03.480
 life

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:05.119
 sometimes

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.799
 we delight

00:46:05.799 --> 00:46:06.079
 in the

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:06.259
 goodness

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:06.920
 of creation

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.619
 sometimes

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:08.359
 we despair

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:08.679
 at the

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:08.980
 effects

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.440
 of sin

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.159
 love

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:12.679
 is so

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:13.259
 other person

00:46:13.259 --> 00:46:13.619
 centered

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:14.219
 that it

00:46:14.219 --> 00:46:14.559
 prompts

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.980
 us to

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.639
 feel

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:16.199
 what

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:16.619
 others

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:17.099
 feel

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:19.519
 may

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 may

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 may

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00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:51.179
 with others. True love will

00:46:51.179 --> 00:46:54.920
 multiply their joy by sharing it with them on the one hand

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:59.159
 or will provide comfort in Greece by sitting

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.679
 alongside them in the ash heap.

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:07.319
 And as I think about my life, some of the most touching and memorable

00:47:07.319 --> 00:47:11.099
 experiences of love I have had have been when someone

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:13.000
 has done one of those two things for me.

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:17.219
 The third adaptation

00:47:17.219 --> 00:47:20.739
 of love in verse 16 is humility. Live in harmony with one another.

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:24.179
 Do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:27.019
 Never be wise in your own sight.

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:32.960
 In Greek, each of the three lines in this verse uses a particular word

00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:35.539
 for thinking, for our thinking.

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:40.599
 Love adopts a mindset of humility.

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:47.420
 Love fits in with others rather than demanding its own way.

00:47:48.779 --> 00:47:50.420
 Love rejects pride.

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:54.559
 Love never pulls rank or flaunts worldly status.

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:57.380
 Love never boasts.

00:47:58.279 --> 00:48:00.699
 Love never imagines itself superior to others.

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:06.579
 Love respects the worth and value of others, whoever they are,

00:48:07.379 --> 00:48:11.419
 and draws near to those whom the world might despise.

00:48:14.879 --> 00:48:17.500
 Now as I think about love's adaptations here,

00:48:18.819 --> 00:48:21.539
 grace, empathy, humility,

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:25.840
 as I think about these adaptations of love,

00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:29.059
 or as we think about them,

00:48:29.860 --> 00:48:30.940
 I wonder if you've noticed

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:35.179
 how perfectly each of these three verses describes the Lord Jesus.

00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:41.380
 Each verse describes an adaptation or an accommodation

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:44.779
 that God's love has made for us.

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:47.120
 grace,

00:48:47.120 --> 00:48:47.140
 grace,

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:50.120
 because God has blessed enemies.

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:54.380
 He's forgiven

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:57.280
 those who persecuted him.

00:48:58.740 --> 00:49:00.060
 More than that,

00:49:01.060 --> 00:49:01.820
 in Christ,

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:05.040
 the Son of God has

00:49:05.040 --> 00:49:06.120
 died

00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:08.000
 for enemies.

00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:10.440
 Grace,

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.940
 empathy,

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:13.019
 well,

00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:14.740
 God has entered into our suffering

00:49:14.740 --> 00:49:18.400
 in the person of Jesus Christ,

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:21.500
 sharing in our suffering,

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:23.619
 taking on himself

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:26.360
 actually the suffering that was ours,

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:29.099
 the burden of our sin and shame.

00:49:31.780 --> 00:49:32.740
 And humility,

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.159
 well how beautifully

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:36.039
 embodied in Jesus,

00:49:36.240 --> 00:49:37.800
 eating with tax collectors and sinners,

00:49:38.500 --> 00:49:39.539
 associating with lepers,

00:49:39.700 --> 00:49:40.240
 with the poor,

00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:41.240
 with the despised.

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:42.700
 More than that,

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:44.539
 the whole experience of Jesus coming,

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:45.400
 the incarnation,

00:49:46.200 --> 00:49:47.039
 God the Son,

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.340
 lowering himself,

00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:50.280
 becoming a man,

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:51.960
 becoming a servant.

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:54.900
 Grace,

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:55.420
 empathy,

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:55.980
 humility,

00:49:56.579 --> 00:49:58.420
 the love God calls us to,

00:49:59.460 --> 00:50:00.440
 mirrors the love

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:03.200
 he has already shown us.

00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:08.259
 and this kind of love,

00:50:08.259 --> 00:50:10.179
 genuine love,

00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:12.539
 will ultimately win

00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:13.299
 the victory

00:50:13.299 --> 00:50:14.779
 over evil.

00:50:17.299 --> 00:50:18.379
 We're out of time,

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:21.139
 but just look at verse 21.

00:50:22.919 --> 00:50:23.419
 Paul says,

00:50:23.980 --> 00:50:24.739
 this follows

00:50:24.739 --> 00:50:25.939
 further elaboration

00:50:25.939 --> 00:50:26.419
 of the teaching

00:50:26.419 --> 00:50:27.419
 about not taking vengeance

00:50:27.419 --> 00:50:28.539
 and about love for enemies.

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:31.300
 Paul says in verse 21,

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:32.139
 do not be overcome

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:32.800
 by evil,

00:50:33.800 --> 00:50:35.500
 but overcome evil

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.500
 with good.

00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:38.539
 One of the dangers

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:38.960
 of evil,

00:50:39.179 --> 00:50:39.820
 one of the dangers

00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:40.940
 of suffering evil,

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.880
 is that we ourselves

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:44.179
 will be twisted by it.

00:50:45.259 --> 00:50:45.539
 That,

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:45.739
 that,

00:50:45.739 --> 00:50:46.719
 that evil

00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:48.300
 will make us evil.

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:49.639
 As if we,

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:50.820
 we need any additional help

00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:51.619
 in that department.

00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:54.139
 But Paul says,

00:50:54.319 --> 00:50:54.799
 don't be overcome

00:50:54.799 --> 00:50:55.440
 by evil,

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:57.619
 but overcome evil

00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:58.119
 with good.

00:50:59.980 --> 00:51:01.039
 I've recently been

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:01.799
 reading a biography

00:51:01.799 --> 00:51:02.759
 of Martin Luther King,

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.239
 the,

00:51:03.239 --> 00:51:04.279
 the mid-20th century

00:51:04.279 --> 00:51:05.039
 African-American

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:05.960
 Baptist preacher

00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:06.960
 and civil rights leader.

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:07.719
 Now,

00:51:07.839 --> 00:51:08.000
 in,

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:09.279
 in Martin Luther King's

00:51:09.279 --> 00:51:10.019
 personal life,

00:51:10.099 --> 00:51:10.819
 he had some major

00:51:10.819 --> 00:51:11.920
 personal failings

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:12.239
 that I,

00:51:12.319 --> 00:51:12.859
 I think it's kind of

00:51:12.859 --> 00:51:13.799
 hard to look past.

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.179
 But one thing

00:51:15.179 --> 00:51:16.380
 he absolutely understood

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:17.099
 from the Bible

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.880
 and from the example

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:18.339
 of Jesus

00:51:18.339 --> 00:51:19.400
 is that you cannot

00:51:19.400 --> 00:51:20.519
 overcome hatred

00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:21.159
 with hatred.

00:51:21.619 --> 00:51:22.339
 And you cannot

00:51:22.339 --> 00:51:23.219
 overcome evil

00:51:23.219 --> 00:51:23.739
 with evil.

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:25.980
 You only overcome

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:26.500
 love.

00:51:27.339 --> 00:51:27.579
 You only,

00:51:27.579 --> 00:51:28.420
 only overcome

00:51:28.420 --> 00:51:29.460
 hate with love.

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 And only,

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:33.179
 good can overcome

00:51:33.179 --> 00:51:33.559
 evil.

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 And,

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:40.119
 King lived that out

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.559
 personally.

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 So,

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 one convention

00:51:42.339 --> 00:51:42.859
 he was speaking

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 at in Birmingham

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 and Alabama

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 in,

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:48.380
 in 1962,

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 a,

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 you know,

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 he's just speaking

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 and a man,

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 a,

00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:53.460
 a,

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 a tall,

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.059
 powerfully built

00:51:55.059 --> 00:51:55.539
 white man

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 who was sitting

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:56.559
 in the sixth row

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 hopped up,

00:51:57.780 --> 00:51:58.579
 jumped onto the stage

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:59.719
 and just punched him

00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:01.259
 twice in the face.

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 And instead of resisting

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.780
 Martin Luther King,

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 just,

00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:06.000
 he dropped his arms

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:08.679
 and as people grappled him

00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:08.880
 and,

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:10.000
 and took him away,

00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:10.300
 he said,

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:11.039
 don't touch him.

00:52:11.579 --> 00:52:12.599
 We need to pray for him.

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 And he called on African

00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:17.239
 Americans to,

00:52:17.319 --> 00:52:18.139
 to do the same.

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:18.900
 The demonstrations

00:52:18.900 --> 00:52:19.679
 and marches

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:20.839
 that he organised

00:52:20.839 --> 00:52:22.440
 were non-violent

00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:23.239
 demonstrations.

00:52:24.699 --> 00:52:25.779
 He taught people

00:52:25.779 --> 00:52:27.119
 to accept insults

00:52:27.119 --> 00:52:27.940
 and hatred

00:52:27.940 --> 00:52:28.779
 and violence

00:52:28.779 --> 00:52:29.860
 and imprisonment

00:52:29.860 --> 00:52:31.199
 as he himself did

00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:32.799
 multiple times.

00:52:34.799 --> 00:52:36.239
 To respond to hate

00:52:36.239 --> 00:52:36.759
 with love.

00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:40.000
 And eventually

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:40.640
 it worked.

00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:42.960
 The ugliness

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:43.720
 and evil

00:52:43.720 --> 00:52:44.260
 of racism

00:52:44.260 --> 00:52:44.880
 was exposed

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.720
 for what it was.

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:47.660
 Civil rights legislation

00:52:47.660 --> 00:52:48.320
 was passed

00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:49.420
 in the United States

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:50.440
 and segregation

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:51.340
 that had remained

00:52:51.340 --> 00:52:51.840
 in place

00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:52.980
 for almost a century

00:52:52.980 --> 00:52:54.740
 since emancipation

00:52:54.740 --> 00:52:56.920
 began to be broken down.

00:52:59.400 --> 00:52:59.820
 Well,

00:52:59.860 --> 00:53:00.660
 God himself

00:53:00.660 --> 00:53:02.080
 won us

00:53:02.080 --> 00:53:03.780
 the same way.

00:53:03.780 --> 00:53:06.260
 God won us

00:53:06.260 --> 00:53:08.580
 not with hate

00:53:08.580 --> 00:53:10.120
 but with love.

00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:12.480
 God overcame

00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:13.400
 our evil

00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:15.400
 with his good

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:17.880
 and our hatred

00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:19.920
 with his love.

00:53:21.660 --> 00:53:22.460
 So,

00:53:22.560 --> 00:53:23.240
 brothers and sisters,

00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:26.280
 as those

00:53:26.280 --> 00:53:26.940
 who have been

00:53:26.940 --> 00:53:28.500
 saved by God's love,

00:53:29.380 --> 00:53:29.940
 let us learn

00:53:29.940 --> 00:53:30.380
 to love

00:53:30.380 --> 00:53:32.040
 as he loved us.

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:34.880
 let love

00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:36.019
 be genuine.

00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:38.119
 Let's pray.

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:40.320
 Heavenly Father,

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:40.960
 we thank you

00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:41.699
 for the lengths

00:53:41.699 --> 00:53:42.659
 your love went to

00:53:42.659 --> 00:53:43.539
 to reach us

00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:45.579
 in the sending,

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.360
 the giving

00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:48.659
 of your Son

00:53:48.659 --> 00:53:50.400
 for our sins.

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:53.159
 And so,

00:53:53.420 --> 00:53:53.500
 Father,

00:53:53.599 --> 00:53:54.300
 teach us

00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:55.579
 to love

00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:57.320
 in all the ways

00:53:57.320 --> 00:53:58.759
 described

00:53:58.759 --> 00:53:59.779
 in this passage

00:53:59.779 --> 00:54:00.559
 and many more.

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:03.079
 that our love

00:54:03.079 --> 00:54:03.920
 might be a mirror

00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:05.340
 that reflects

00:54:05.340 --> 00:54:05.920
 your love.

00:54:06.860 --> 00:54:07.900
 In Jesus' name.

00:54:08.779 --> 00:54:09.079
 Amen.

00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:09.199
 Amen.

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