WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.799 Well, good morning, everyone. Lovely to see you. My name is Graham. I'm the pastor here at the church. 00:00:05.580 --> 00:00:10.540 Just let me welcome you in particular off the back of Craig's. If this is your first Sunday with us, 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.259 it's great to see some new faces amongst us. Know that you're so welcome. 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:19.039 So this is the portion on our service. We return to the Bible, to God's Word. 00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:24.359 So if you've come with a Bible, wonderful. You can turn to 2 Corinthians chapter 6. 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:29.320 If you didn't bring a Bible, you can grab one in the pew roundabout. 00:00:29.460 --> 00:00:34.079 I think from memory it's page 1162. If that's wrong, somebody shout it out. 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:40.840 Or I'll let you away with looking on your phone as well, as long as you promise not to be interrupted by any messages. 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:45.340 You can do that. But 2 Corinthians chapter 6 is where we are today. 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:53.340 So what we're going to do is we're going to jump in at verse 3 and read all the way through to verse 1 of chapter 7. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.280 And then we're going to pray and we'll get into this passage together. 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:06.719 So we'll get back into this series. Paul, writing to these Christians in Corinth, he writes this. 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:14.200 We put no stumbling block in anyone's path so that our ministry will not be discredited. 00:01:14.960 --> 00:01:18.560 Rather, as servants of God, we commend ourselves in every way. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:27.820 In great endurance, in troubles, hardships and distresses, in beatings, imprisonments and riots, 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:36.340 in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger, in purity, understanding, patience and kindness, 00:01:36.340 --> 00:01:43.760 in the Holy Spirit and sincere love, in truthful speech and in the power of God, 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:47.700 with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left, 00:01:48.300 --> 00:01:55.120 through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report, genuine, yet regarded as imposters, 00:01:55.800 --> 00:02:01.640 known, yet regarded as unknown, dying, and yet we live on, 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:07.859 beaten and yet not killed, sorrowful yet always rejoicing, 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:15.120 poor yet making many rich, having nothing and yet possessing everything. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:20.640 We've spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:26.400 We're not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:33.280 As a fair exchange, I speak as to my children, open wide your hearts also. 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:36.759 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:40.599 For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:44.079 Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:47.840 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.199 Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 00:02:51.859 --> 00:02:55.379 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? 00:02:55.519 --> 00:02:57.599 For we are the temple of the living God. 00:02:58.859 --> 00:03:02.319 As God has said, I will live with them and walk among them, 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.819 and I will be their God and they will be my people. 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.259 Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. 00:03:09.359 --> 00:03:12.799 Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.780 And I will be a father to you, 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:22.979 and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. 00:03:24.620 --> 00:03:28.359 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, 00:03:28.359 --> 00:03:34.000 let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.759 perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:39.620 And this is God's word. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.340 And Father, we just ask that you would bless this reading to us today. 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.780 Thank you that when we open the Bible, we hear you speak. 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:48.360 And so Lord, we pray that you would be with us today. 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.800 Give me the sensitivity, the wisdom, the clarity. 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.520 Lord, give us the responsive hearts that we need 00:03:54.520 --> 00:04:00.620 as we take in what you, our great God and maker, would say to us today. 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:01.680 Thank you for Jesus. 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:05.820 Lord, help us be captivated by him, we pray in his name. 00:04:06.580 --> 00:04:06.960 Amen. 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:12.300 Well, to try and set us off in the right direction this morning, 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.340 let me tell you what a man called John Owen, 00:04:15.379 --> 00:04:19.319 church leader and one of the greatest theological minds of the 17th century, 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:23.019 and Mufasa from the Lion King have in common. 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:27.379 Now, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're probably more familiar with 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:29.399 Mufasa from the Lion King. 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:30.959 So we'll start out there. 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.879 Mufasa delivered arguably the most famous line 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.019 from the most famous scene in the Lion King. 00:04:36.159 --> 00:04:37.939 See if you agree with me on this one or not. 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:42.039 It's the one where Simba's out in the middle of nowhere 00:04:42.039 --> 00:04:45.500 and he's disillusioned with his life 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:47.779 and he bumps into Rafiki the monkey. 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:52.559 And Rafiki takes Simba to the water where he sees in the reflection 00:04:52.559 --> 00:04:54.879 his dad Mufasa. 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.639 And Mufasa's voice in this moment thunders from the sky 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.219 and he says that line. 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:02.079 Do you remember it? 00:05:02.119 --> 00:05:05.119 You can find it on coffee cups, you can find it on posters, 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:06.959 you can find it all over the place. 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:10.639 Simba, remember who you are. 00:05:11.059 --> 00:05:11.619 Iconic. 00:05:12.559 --> 00:05:13.279 Classic line. 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.399 And who I am. 00:05:16.659 --> 00:05:17.899 Who are you? 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.439 You don't really get a more modern day question than that. 00:05:20.559 --> 00:05:22.439 Everybody wants to know who they are. 00:05:22.539 --> 00:05:24.519 And what this is about today really simply 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:28.319 is who a Christian is. 00:05:29.599 --> 00:05:30.699 Maybe you're here today. 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.039 You wouldn't call yourself a Christian. 00:05:32.179 --> 00:05:34.039 You're just investigating the things of the Christian faith. 00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:36.539 Maybe you took an inclination to walking off the street this morning. 00:05:36.659 --> 00:05:37.539 Love that you're here. 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:39.540 Maybe have a think this morning 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:43.180 about how what you think a Christian is in your mind 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:45.080 ties up with this passage. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.160 And maybe you're here this morning and you're struggling, 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:51.020 you're doubting, you're wondering what on earth is going on. 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.020 Friends, come and be reminded of who you are. 00:05:53.019 --> 00:06:00.459 And so let's move seamlessly from Mufasa to John Owen, 00:06:00.599 --> 00:06:03.399 who church leader observing his own life 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:07.079 and the lives of the everyday people who are under his care 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:10.659 made this profound observation about the Christian life. 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:13.039 And let me just say, before you switch off at this point, 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:15.500 getting my head around this as a young believer 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:17.240 was a total game changer for me. 00:06:18.339 --> 00:06:19.359 Here it is. 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.439 He said, our greatest hindrance in the Christian life 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.120 is not our lack of effort, 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:30.480 but our lack of acquaintedness with our privileges. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:31.699 Now, can I paraphrase? 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:34.379 You're begging me to paraphrase that, right? 00:06:35.660 --> 00:06:38.520 If we want to progress in the Christian life, 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:42.660 we don't start by trying harder. 00:06:44.259 --> 00:06:47.800 If we want to make progress and grow in our love for Jesus, 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:52.960 we start by remembering who we are. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:57.699 Now, we're going to touch on some nitty-gritty real-life issues today. 00:06:58.139 --> 00:06:58.740 Trigger warning. 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.939 And I hope this sparks amongst us some honest, loving, 00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:05.960 and caring conversations and reflections 00:07:05.960 --> 00:07:08.680 for what else is a church family for? 00:07:09.980 --> 00:07:12.860 But we've got to ensure that we put the horse before the cart. 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:18.020 And to get us to do that and to help us forever remember this, 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:22.400 have a think about that alphabet song that we sang at school 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:25.900 before someone thought it was a good idea to introduce 00:07:25.900 --> 00:07:29.060 the phonetic alphabet and completely ruin it, okay? 00:07:29.400 --> 00:07:31.560 Someone give me the next three letters. 00:07:32.900 --> 00:07:34.439 A, B, C, D. 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:36.800 Right. 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:42.300 Here is the EFG of the Christian life. 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:43.040 Ready for it? 00:07:44.459 --> 00:07:48.699 Our ethics are fueled by the gospel. 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:50.620 Say it again. 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:55.480 Our ethics are fueled by the gospel. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.240 EFG. 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:58.519 Now, here's the logic of this passage. 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:02.439 Flowing, if you've got it there, from that word salvation 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.019 that Paul uses at verse 2 of chapter 6. 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:08.699 This is the gospel here. 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:10.740 This word salvation. 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:16.459 This is short for accepting Jesus as your Savior and your King 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:20.759 and what He's just written there and being reconciled to the God who made us. 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:22.319 Paul says there is no delay. 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:23.079 Do it today. 00:08:24.359 --> 00:08:26.079 And that is no small thing. 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.500 Okay, I've got a friend Trevor Archer who lives down in London. 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.379 He always says to be a Christian, he says, 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.199 isn't it a wonderful thing? 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:37.579 And it really is a wonderful thing. 00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:40.059 Verse 17. 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:42.179 Just take these in of chapter 5. 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:44.980 This is where JT took us last week. 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:47.079 What is going on? 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:51.659 The old you has gone and the new you is here. 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:52.279 It has come. 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:56.519 This is what Jesus has done through His life, death and resurrection. 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:01.179 That life is now ours because God's is gracious. 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:02.720 Where has that change happened? 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:04.220 Not on the outside. 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:07.740 When we become a Christian, where does that change happen? 00:09:07.860 --> 00:09:10.399 It happens on the inside. 00:09:11.699 --> 00:09:12.899 This is who we are. 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:16.000 Now, do you want to hear my favorite Greek proverb? 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:21.299 The fish stinks from the head down. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:25.240 I thought about a PowerPoint image and I thought we'll just leave it. 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:25.500 Okay. 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.600 The fish stinks from the head down. 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:31.059 Now, what's that all about? 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:36.139 It's about how the fact that what happens at the top affects everything else. 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.820 That's what this passage is saying. 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:39.440 Okay. 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:40.899 Who are we now? 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.379 Verse 16 of chapter 6. 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.960 Who are we now? 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.139 What does it mean to be a Christian? 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:57.820 In a city like Corinth where temples and shrines and places to go and worship all sorts of deities and gods are a bit like McDonald's. 00:09:58.180 --> 00:10:00.320 Today, they're on every single street corner. 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:03.600 These people are familiar with temples. 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:05.780 Where does Paul say the real temple is? 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:07.540 It's us. 00:10:08.139 --> 00:10:09.820 We are the temple of the living God. 00:10:09.900 --> 00:10:10.420 Do you see that? 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:12.780 We are the temple of the living God. 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:16.199 Notice it's not we are temples of the living God. 00:10:16.439 --> 00:10:17.220 Although that is true. 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:18.600 He's thinking corporately. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:19.939 As a people. 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.439 We are the temple of the living God. 00:10:23.079 --> 00:10:25.279 See the accompanying promises that go with it? 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:27.220 That give substance to it? 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:30.779 God lives in us by his Holy Spirit. 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:37.639 And God's perfect knowledge and care of us is comprehensive. 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:44.180 He says, I will be a father to you and you will be my sons and daughters. 00:10:44.180 --> 00:10:46.540 That is total knowledge, total care. 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:48.600 How we like a car and home insurance. 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:49.680 It is comprehensive. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:50.779 It covers everything. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:54.279 And that's where we get the therefore. 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:56.179 In verse 1 of chapter 7. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:56.939 Do you see it? 00:10:58.159 --> 00:10:59.639 He's saying in light of all of this. 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:00.519 Who we are. 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:02.139 Who God has made us to be. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:04.500 Therefore, this is how we should live. 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:08.720 What does he say in verse 1 of chapter 7? 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.179 Let's live lives of holiness. 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:16.439 Perfecting holiness. 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.379 That's what he means. 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.879 He's living out it. 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:21.720 And a reverence for God. 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.899 So that word holy means set apart. 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:26.500 Do you see the logic? 00:11:27.939 --> 00:11:28.919 For the Christian. 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:31.159 Saved by God. 00:11:32.439 --> 00:11:34.360 Indwelt by God through the Holy Spirit. 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:36.879 Empowered by God through the Holy Spirit. 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.580 To live for God. 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:41.600 And that is always how it's been. 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:43.759 For God's people. 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:45.679 All the way through scripture. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.039 God calls out a people by his grace. 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:49.699 To live for him. 00:11:50.079 --> 00:11:51.179 And worship him. 00:11:51.839 --> 00:11:53.079 And in so doing. 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:54.879 Be a light to the nations. 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:56.159 That they would look in and say. 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:58.139 What kind of God do they have? 00:11:59.319 --> 00:12:00.859 See nothing like this. 00:12:02.319 --> 00:12:04.059 God says be holy. 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.099 Because I am holy. 00:12:07.239 --> 00:12:08.579 Or let me try and put it another way. 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:13.320 What's going to transform a city like Corinth. 00:12:15.060 --> 00:12:18.379 Where the temple of Aphrodite. 00:12:19.060 --> 00:12:20.639 The goddess of love. 00:12:21.020 --> 00:12:22.220 Beauty and sexuality. 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:23.420 And everything. 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:25.680 All the bells and whistles that would go with that. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.900 You can use your imagination. 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:29.180 Where she was worshipped in the city. 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:32.639 The city where to Corinthianize. 00:12:32.959 --> 00:12:36.239 Was a verb that people invented to describe loose living. 00:12:36.659 --> 00:12:38.859 That accompanied life in the city. 00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:40.919 This is kind of like what we would say today. 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:42.659 That what happens in Vegas. 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:44.099 Stays in Vegas. 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:47.659 What is going to transform a city like that? 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:51.279 It's the presence and witness. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:54.339 Of a community of ordinary people. 00:12:55.079 --> 00:12:56.939 Who represent and embody. 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:00.959 A radically different system of values and ethics. 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:02.719 From their neighbours and friends. 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:06.039 Who they rub shoulders with every day. 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.759 Let me put it another way. 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:14.480 What is God's big picture will for our lives? 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.179 Some of you are asking that question right now. 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:19.579 Just about to come to a junction in life. 00:13:20.099 --> 00:13:21.279 What is God's will for my life? 00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:22.259 Can I give you the big picture? 00:13:22.739 --> 00:13:24.159 What is God's will for our lives? 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:25.079 Holiness. 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.399 How are we going to be lights in the world? 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.919 How are we going to be a city on the hill? 00:13:31.719 --> 00:13:32.120 Holiness. 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:35.479 Where is true life to be found? 00:13:37.359 --> 00:13:37.839 Holiness. 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:40.219 Or in the words of J.I. Parker. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:42.559 Who puts things a lot better than I do. 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:46.139 The way to be truly happy. 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.299 Is to be truly human. 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.100 And the way to be truly human. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.399 Is to be truly godly. 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.419 We turn towards Jesus. 00:13:57.740 --> 00:13:59.860 We embrace the call to live for Jesus. 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.259 Friends. 00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:03.919 Know that we are turning towards life. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.860 Just like the sunflower. 00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:08.699 As it responds to the sun. 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.480 And turns. 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:11.299 When we turn towards this God. 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.899 When we are reconciled to him. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:15.240 That is where we will walk in life. 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.000 Some of you might remember that old hymn by William Cowper. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.659 To see the law by Christ fulfilled. 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:27.519 And hear his pardoning voice. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:29.620 Changes a slave. 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.700 Into a child. 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.399 And get this. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.500 And duty. 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.059 Into choice. 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.019 Holiness. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.500 When God transforms our hearts. 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.019 Holiness. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.460 To live for Christ. 00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:43.159 That is where life is to be found. 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.079 It is not duty. 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:46.879 It is choice. 00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:50.759 And I think in the context of this letter. 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.019 That is precisely what Paul is writing. 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.639 To convince the Corinthians. 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:57.399 Of at this point in this letter. 00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:59.319 Because I reckon they are being duped. 00:15:00.219 --> 00:15:02.100 Into thinking that they can have. 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:03.139 When it comes to holiness. 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.379 Their cake and eat it. 00:15:05.219 --> 00:15:06.719 I reckon they are being duped. 00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:08.360 Into thinking that they can worship God. 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:09.019 On the Sunday. 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:10.980 And then they can go to the temple. 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.439 On the Monday. 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.740 And just live how everyone else. 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.159 In the city lives. 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.699 And God is okay with that. 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:18.819 And not only here will he say. 00:15:19.079 --> 00:15:19.980 That is not okay. 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.399 But he said. 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.819 You are missing out on life. 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.740 You are turning towards sin again. 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:25.199 No, no, no. 00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:26.039 Turn towards. 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.939 The Jesus who loves you. 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.679 And has saved you. 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:31.659 What is holiness going to look like? 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.840 Let's just try and break down. 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.340 The orange of this passage. 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.480 Into two manageable bites. 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:41.440 Firstly verses 3 to 13 of chapter 6. 00:15:42.420 --> 00:15:44.180 And we will spend more time on the second half. 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.340 But firstly this section. 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:48.240 Inwardly it is going to mean pursuing integrity. 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:51.039 The compass of their consciences. 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.420 Paul is commending himself. 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.519 Do you see him use that word? 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.440 At verse 4. 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:59.180 Commending his life. 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.940 And how he lives. 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:04.740 And just like he did back at chapter 4. 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.500 He is unashamedly commending. 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:09.820 The pattern of his cross shaped life. 00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:11.800 And do you notice as we read that through. 00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:13.140 Just scan your eyes over it. 00:16:13.380 --> 00:16:15.640 The contrast that he draws all the way through. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.160 And they are so striking. 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.520 So striking. 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:22.160 18 phrases I counted. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.319 He uses to describe the reality. 00:16:25.319 --> 00:16:27.299 Of what life is like for him. 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.360 On the outside. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.879 As he seeks to follow Jesus daily. 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.419 Do you see them? 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.419 And with each of those phrases. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.959 He almost counters it. 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.379 Again I counted with 18 phrases. 00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:41.159 To help them understand. 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:42.879 What life is like for him. 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.319 Now on the inside. 00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:45.559 As he follows Jesus. 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.799 And it's worth in your own time. 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:50.019 Just reflecting on those things. 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:51.860 Because in our culture today. 00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:54.079 I think that we don't think these two things. 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.340 Can be true at the same time. 00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:57.159 How can you be sorrowful. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.120 Yet always rejoicing. 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.259 Is there a question? 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:00.899 We're asking. 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:04.000 And what's striking. 00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:05.859 Is just how raw and honest he is. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:07.480 Probably more than anywhere else. 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.900 In this letter. 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.700 Arguably probably more. 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.579 Anywhere else. 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.900 In all of his letters. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:14.079 And you've got to ask yourself. 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.460 Why? 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.940 To the Christians who are being duped. 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.140 Into expecting. 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.460 A cost free. 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.820 Christianity. 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:25.220 I wonder whether Paul is saying. 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.180 Here is. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.720 Normal Christianity. 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.720 Ever been. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:34.140 Genuine in your motives. 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.039 Yet somebody has. 00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:37.740 Regarded you as being. 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:38.940 Dishonest. 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.700 Paul says. 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.440 I know what that's like. 00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.140 You ever experienced. 00:17:45.320 --> 00:17:45.759 Endurance. 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.140 Sorry. 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.720 Troubles. 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.720 And hardships. 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.039 And distresses. 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.559 Because you follow Jesus. 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.339 It's normal Christianity. 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.519 We're parking this. 00:17:55.600 --> 00:17:56.460 Where we're going to end. 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.059 This morning. 00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.120 But I wonder. 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.400 Whether it's also Paul. 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.700 Trying to convince them. 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:02.920 That it's not despite. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.059 These hardships. 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.579 But it's through. 00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.620 These hardships. 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.100 That we come. 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:09.880 To know. 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:10.740 Jesus. 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:11.779 Better. 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:15.180 How else could he write. 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.859 Sorrowful. 00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:17.079 Yet always rejoicing. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.099 Having nothing. 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:19.859 Yet possessing everything. 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:21.399 That really is a puzzle. 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.500 To modern day listeners. 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.000 Isn't it? 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.960 But I tell you what. 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:25.000 Whatever he's got. 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.519 I want it. 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.839 Holiness. 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:32.539 And secondly. 00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:33.899 Verse 14 of chapter 6. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.299 To verse 1 of chapter 7. 00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:40.039 Inwardly pursuing integrity. 00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:42.559 Outwardly pursuing purity. 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.519 And here's really the question here friends. 00:18:44.659 --> 00:18:46.559 Does our purity puzzle people? 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:49.379 Does it puzzle people? 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.359 Remember Paul. 00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:52.159 He's opening his heart. 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.659 All wide to them. 00:18:53.699 --> 00:18:54.259 Do you see that? 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.339 Verse 11. 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.599 He's speaking in love. 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.819 But we've got to understand. 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.619 That this love. 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.000 Confronts. 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.759 And he longs for them. 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.759 Not to receive. 00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:08.159 The grace of God in vain. 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.639 Verse 1 of chapter 6. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.799 He doesn't want them to drift. 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:14.500 And so see the image here. 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.199 That he uses. 00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:16.279 At verse 14. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.519 One that he takes. 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.419 From everyday. 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.539 Agricultural. 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.459 Life. 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:23.059 One that God's people. 00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:24.119 And I'm sure the Corinthians. 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:25.679 Were familiar with. 00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.779 Because God. 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.500 Had spoken. 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.839 About this kind of thing before. 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.839 Got to get the metaphor. 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.279 Okay. 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.119 God had spoken about. 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.640 Yoking. 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:37.700 In Deuteronomy 22. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.740 He'd. 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.900 Told them about. 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.380 A yoke. 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.839 And the yoke. 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.599 It's on the screen there. 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.319 So you can picture it. 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.519 It's that wooden beam. 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.380 That you'd put around. 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.420 The animals next. 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:49.180 To bind the two of them together. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.599 So that they'd help each other. 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.599 And they'd direct each other. 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.599 But God had said. 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.159 Said. 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.939 Deuteronomy 22. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.019 Don't do it with an ox. 00:19:59.159 --> 00:19:59.980 And a donkey. 00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.599 That's what he'd said. 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.619 And here's a simple logic. 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:07.019 When you combine. 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.339 Those two animals. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.359 The strength of one. 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.179 Will dominate. 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.119 Overpower. 00:20:12.219 --> 00:20:12.919 And direct. 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.679 The other. 00:20:13.939 --> 00:20:14.219 Why? 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.719 Because they're different. 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.759 Animals. 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.719 That's the logic. 00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.240 And in the context. 00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.980 You read it and think. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:22.700 It just seems such a strange thing. 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.299 To say. 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.720 But I think God. 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.700 All the way through. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.480 The Old Testament. 00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:27.940 You see it. 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.640 He's weaving into the lives. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.220 Of his people. 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.480 The fact that they're different. 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.079 All sorts of ways. 00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:35.000 He's weaving that into. 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:36.420 The fabric of their understanding. 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.460 They're distinct. 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.100 They're different. 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:39.620 Because they're God's people. 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.039 And again. 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.759 Let's put on the lenses. 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.620 Of this passage. 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:44.960 Remember. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.600 Remember. 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.480 Who. 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.740 You are. 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:49.120 Paul is saying. 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.860 When you. 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.100 Allow yourself. 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.220 To be yoked. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.039 To a non-believer. 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.960 Who has a totally different set. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.840 Of values. 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.180 And ethics. 00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.720 And who sees the world. 00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:01.700 Through completely different lenses. 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.240 It will dominate. 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.240 Overpower. 00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.559 And direct. 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.360 You. 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.480 Of course. 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.180 Living in Corinth. 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.799 These Christians. 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.440 What has happened? 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.360 They have been saved. 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.579 Out of a life. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.960 Of idolatry. 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.720 And worship. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.900 But what's the temptation? 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.400 As they rub shoulders. 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.759 I'm sure. 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.519 With the same people. 00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.880 Who they did in a previous life. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.700 What's the temptation? 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.200 Is to. 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.600 Go back. 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.299 And be influenced. 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.799 By the people. 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.900 Who used to influence them. 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.039 Paul's saying. 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.140 You're radically different. 00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:33.100 And that's the command. 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.120 And do you see. 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.380 How he. 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.259 He asks. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.759 Five rhetorical questions. 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.980 To show them the logic. 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.660 For what do. 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.019 Righteousness. 00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:40.740 For what do. 00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.099 Righteousness. 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.839 And wickedness. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.559 Have in common. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:43.940 Or. 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.319 What fellowship. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.120 Can light. 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.140 Have with darkness. 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.720 Again. 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.920 It's just really stark. 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.380 What harmony. 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.860 Is there. 00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.680 Between Christ. 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.360 And Belial. 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.259 Belial. 00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.640 There just been the Hebrew name. 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.720 For the wicked one. 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.240 Who I think. 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.860 In the context. 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.500 He must be thinking. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.279 About the devil. 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:00.859 Or what does a believer. 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.680 Have in common. 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.799 With an unbeliever. 00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.500 What agreement. 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.339 Is there between. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.879 And notice. 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.059 He's picked his phrase here. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.500 The temple of God. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.980 And idols. 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.940 So there's two temples. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.519 Competing against each other. 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.480 In the city of Corinth. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.000 There's the. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.559 The temples of Aphrodite. 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.440 And all the other worship. 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.420 That's going on in Corinth. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.000 And yet. 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.619 Paul is saying. 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.799 The real temple. 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.039 The real action. 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.599 Where God is showing his wisdom. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.460 Is when you meet together. 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.200 As his people. 00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.680 That's the real temple. 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.299 In Corinth. 00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:31.360 So Paul asks these. 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.279 Rhetorical questions. 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.039 What's the answer. 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.420 Of course. 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.100 To them all. 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.980 It's none. 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.680 Because these. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.680 Things. 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.720 Don't. 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.600 Mix. 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.019 And see how God. 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:46.120 Has saved us out of that. 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.100 And he's called us. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.960 To be a people. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.340 For his own possession. 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.100 A people who declare. 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.580 His praises. 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.700 And it all comes down to. 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.420 Do you see the logic? 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.400 It all comes down to. 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.259 Who you think you are. 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:00.220 Now he's not talking here. 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.080 And we've got to be clear. 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.920 He's not talking here. 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.039 About coming out of the world. 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.820 And being separate. 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.400 Neither is he talking about. 00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.420 Going into the world. 00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.940 And just being like the world. 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.720 This is what Jesus prayed. 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.620 For his disciples. 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.900 In John 17. 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.340 That they would be. 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.380 In the world. 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.700 But not. 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.200 Of the world. 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:23.340 And so here's the question. 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.920 That all of us have to ask ourselves. 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.539 This morning. 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.880 From this passage. 00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.360 As we think honestly. 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.059 About the people. 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.380 In our everyday circles. 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.720 Who influence us. 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:35.740 And you can apply that really broadly. 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.519 We'll see you in a minute. 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:38.860 So you think about your friendship groups. 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.440 So applying this socially. 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:43.360 Think about your work life. 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.240 And the colleagues. 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.980 And maybe what you're asked to do at times. 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.720 Apply it. 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.319 In your work life. 00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.140 Apply it. 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.700 I think as well. 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.620 Relationally. 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.540 Relationally. 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.480 Who are the people. 00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.400 Who are up close. 00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:56.080 And personal with us. 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.960 And here's the question. 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.440 Is who you're involved with. 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.440 Drawing you away from. 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.440 Or is it spurring you on towards. 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.840 A greater devotion. 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.460 And love. 00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.520 For Jesus. 00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:12.860 Is it drawing us away. 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.940 Or is it spurring us on towards. 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:22.200 Do you know why my hoovering. 00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:23.320 Has got a lot better recently. 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.240 It's because we switched. 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.560 From a Dyson to a shark. 00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:29.860 Okay. 00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.400 And here's the thing. 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.300 I love about the shark. 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.240 If you've got a shark. 00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:34.580 You'll know. 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.080 It's just got lights on the bottom. 00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.300 Yeah. 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.840 And. 00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:40.900 The thing about that light. 00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.960 Is it exposes. 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.920 All the darkness. 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.480 In the room. 00:24:43.540 --> 00:24:44.600 That you didn't know was there. 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:48.259 And that's what we need to do. 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.699 With this section of this passage. 00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.759 As God shines his light. 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.740 Into our hearts. 00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.779 We've got to allow him. 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:57.519 To expose and search us here. 00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.519 Okay. 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:01.139 And so just as we sit on this. 00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.919 And know that I'm saying. 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.000 All of this in love. 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.059 And God is saying. 00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.899 All of this in love. 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.699 As we just stew on it. 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.439 For a little bit. 00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.099 Here's three quick. 00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.299 Application questions. 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.619 As we let this passage. 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.819 Do its work in our lives. 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.139 Okay. 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.559 And wherever you are. 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.419 Hear this today. 00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.659 That God's heart for you. 00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.379 Is that you would come out. 00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.919 And be different. 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.139 And you would know life. 00:25:24.239 --> 00:25:24.739 As you do that. 00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:26.239 Here's question number one. 00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:27.959 Friends. 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.799 Are there lines. 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.859 That we need to take. 00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:34.779 Have you thought about the lines. 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.959 In your life. 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.199 That you are not prepared. 00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:39.000 To cross. 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.659 Because to do so. 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.399 Would mean you. 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.479 Compromising. 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.659 On your pursuit. 00:25:45.239 --> 00:25:45.919 Of Jesus. 00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.939 And your witness. 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.539 For him. 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.139 Now whatever that looks like. 00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:52.000 In your context. 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.000 In your situation. 00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.979 In the lecture hall. 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.639 At work. 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.659 In the sports club. 00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:58.039 Whatever that looks like. 00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.659 In the context. 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.719 We all know what we mean. 00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:02.439 Have we thought about the lines. 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.459 That we need to take. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.839 Can I encourage you. 00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.639 Just from experience. 00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.599 Can I encourage you. 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.500 To do your thinking. 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.279 About the line. 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.479 Before you get to the line. 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.579 You see. 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.500 When you get to line. 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.679 And you haven't thought about the line. 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.679 You'll cross the line. 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.220 Isn't our church family. 00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.159 A wonderful thing. 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.759 That we do not have to do. 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.519 All of this. 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.000 Because this is really complicated. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.599 And hard. 00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:25.099 We do not have to do this alone. 00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.059 Have we understood. 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.740 The wisdom. 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.460 And experience. 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.380 In the Christian life. 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.680 That exists in this room. 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.480 And exists out this room as well. 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.880 Where we can encourage each other. 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.519 With the things. 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:37.160 Saying I remember what that was like. 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.440 Can I tell you what I learned. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.420 If you need to seek out somebody. 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.960 This morning. 00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.319 Friends. 00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.039 Are there lines. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.180 That we need to take. 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.180 Question two. 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.720 And this may be a little bit more raw. 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.019 Are there ties. 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.000 That we need to break. 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.059 Are there relationships. 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.079 That we are in. 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.860 And this morning. 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.900 God is calling us. 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.240 To make the brave call. 00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:00.660 To unyoke ourselves. 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.460 From them. 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.100 And to pursue. 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.079 Purity. 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.160 And that word. 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.279 Purify there. 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.940 It's an active verb. 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.700 When you look at it. 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.259 In the original. 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.620 It's actually where we get. 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.960 Our word catheter from. 00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:19.019 Now Paul uses that word. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.420 Everything that defiles. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.079 Do you see that there. 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.600 In verse one. 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:21.900 Everything. 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.440 So he's thinking really broad. 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.799 Everything that defiles. 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.420 But the business end here. 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.680 I imagine for most of us. 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:31.440 Is going to be in our romantic relationships. 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.380 Now you might be married. 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.380 To someone who. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.019 Doesn't follow Jesus. 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.940 Like you do. 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.079 And there might be. 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.900 All sorts of different reasons. 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.279 And again. 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.620 I say this sensitively. 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.180 And in love. 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.660 There might be all sorts. 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.519 Of different reasons. 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.380 Why you've ended up. 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.100 In that position. 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.559 Passages like. 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.039 1 Corinthians 7. 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.220 And 1 Peter 3. 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.619 Are primarily going to be. 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.139 The ones that are going to help you. 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.519 And you're going to have to think about. 00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.179 But the wonderful thing is. 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.119 You don't do this alone. 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.099 The question for us. 00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.819 As your church family. 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.099 Is how can we help. 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.099 In that situation. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.259 How can you be. 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.099 The best witness. 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.759 For Jesus. 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.659 Where you are. 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:13.000 But some of us. 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.100 May well be going out. 00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.700 With someone. 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.420 Or sharing that kind of level. 00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.100 Of relationship. 00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.779 With somebody. 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.420 Who doesn't share your faith. 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.000 In Jesus. 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.700 Friends. 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.860 Can I say in love. 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.660 That that's more than just doing. 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.640 An unwise thing. 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.540 Been there. 00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.620 More than doing an unwise thing. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.360 Actually. 00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.740 You're dabbling. 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.880 In disobedience. 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.460 Maybe off the back of this. 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.480 Some of us need to make. 00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.220 Some brave. 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.279 Godly. 00:28:38.540 --> 00:28:39.640 And costly calls. 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.880 For the sake. 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.960 Of following Jesus. 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.580 I don't hide the fact. 00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.800 That it's going to be hard. 00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.540 I don't hide the fact. 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:49.400 That it might cost you a lot. 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.900 And be very unpopular. 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.380 Taking up the call. 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.140 Of verse 15. 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.259 Of chapter 5. 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.440 To no longer live for ourselves. 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.019 But to live for him. 00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.560 Who died. 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.460 And rose again. 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.660 If you do that. 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.779 You will most likely. 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.759 Find yourself. 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.300 In the ordinary. 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.200 Christian life. 00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:07.360 That Paul describes. 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.400 From verse 3. 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.080 Onwards. 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.960 Of chapter 6. 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.099 Right. 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.579 Troubles. 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.619 Hardships. 00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.839 And distresses. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.379 But here's what you need to know. 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.419 That you are not alone. 00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:24.159 That that is the promise. 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.199 Paul's talking about here. 00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.199 God is with you. 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:29.299 By his Holy Spirit. 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.299 That you can worship him. 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.840 With your everyday life. 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.779 You think no one sees that decision. 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.039 Maybe the devil's in your ear. 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.200 Telling you it won't be worth it. 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.539 Let me tell you it will. 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.480 But you also are surrounded. 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.580 By a church community. 00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.940 Who will have your back. 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.660 When you find yourself in that place. 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.779 What else is church community all about? 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.580 But a place where you can run. 00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:51.100 For love and friendship. 00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:53.279 At the hardest of times in your life. 00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.539 You know my kids ask me. 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.939 Every day on the walk to school. 00:29:59.419 --> 00:30:01.439 Dad have we got toothpaste on our face? 00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.879 And they asked it. 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.519 Every day for so long. 00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.959 And then we just reached the agreement. 00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.339 That listen. 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:11.139 If you've got toothpaste on your face. 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.279 Can you believe me? 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.099 That I'll tell you. 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:16.379 But here's the thing friends. 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:18.240 Are there people in our lives. 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.839 Who we have given permission. 00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:22.619 To tell us the things that we need to hear. 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:26.099 Is there someone in your life. 00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:27.519 Who you know would step in. 00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.000 And tell you if you were drifting. 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.719 Who loves you enough. 00:30:30.719 --> 00:30:32.619 To have that awkward conversation. 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.579 Because the skin in the game. 00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.719 Is your pursuit of Jesus. 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.319 When was the last time. 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.299 And this is what I asked myself. 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.259 Off the back of this. 00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.639 When was the last time. 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.660 When we changed something that we did. 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.100 A decision that we made. 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:47.940 Because somebody said something. 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.759 From the outside. 00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:50.020 And it changed us. 00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:53.000 See if that's never happened before. 00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:55.100 Can I suggest that perhaps. 00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:56.440 What we've been looking for. 00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.440 Is confirmation. 00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:59.140 Rather than loving challenge. 00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:02.120 Are there people in our lives. 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.020 Who you know. 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.660 When the rubber hits the road. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.940 That they will be there for you. 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.000 And they love you. 00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.780 When they tell you. 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:09.080 That something might not be right. 00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.800 Is there someone. 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.759 In your life. 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:13.419 Who you can be that kind of friend to. 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.059 And question three friends. 00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:18.700 Are there habits that we need to make. 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.359 And here's what I mean. 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.779 How can we help ourselves. 00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.079 And each other. 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.740 Remember. 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.419 Who we are. 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.379 Right. 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.159 Have you ever thought about. 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.639 That's what we do on a Sunday morning. 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.319 When we gather. 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.639 Because during the week. 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.500 All of us out there. 00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.159 Will have what. 00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.639 Leaked gospel. 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.640 Right. 00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:40.780 Just the rubber. 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.020 Rubber hitting the road. 00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.840 Of everyday life. 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.120 Coming in here. 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.020 Is like an oasis. 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.620 Isn't it. 00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:47.240 We remind ourselves. 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.180 Who Jesus is. 00:31:48.280 --> 00:31:49.259 We remind ourselves. 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.400 Of what he's done for us. 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.640 We remind ourselves. 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.740 Like Craig did at the start. 00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.720 Where he is. 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.800 And what he's doing right now. 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:56.200 And we remind ourselves. 00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.900 Of the future. 00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.240 How can we. 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.280 Help each other. 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.920 How can we. 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.519 Individually. 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.180 Remember. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.720 Who. 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.680 We are. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.279 Here's an idea for you. 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.840 Why not set your phone alarm. 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.080 This week. 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.600 To go off at 616. 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.560 In the morning. 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.900 And 616. 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.860 In the evening. 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.779 Now look at the verse. 00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.640 And you'll see what I mean. 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.000 Okay. 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.060 Some of you. 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.440 Kind of get your heads around. 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.039 At 616. 00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.420 In the morning. 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.779 Can you. 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.200 It's great. 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:25.380 But I found that really helpful. 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.820 Do you know why? 00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.600 To wake up each morning. 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.460 Start the day. 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.500 And to. 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.079 Not quite go to bed. 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.340 But to start the evening. 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.180 At 616. 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.920 Wake up each morning. 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.200 Begin each evening. 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.059 Remembering. 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.819 That we are the temple. 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.660 Of the living God. 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:45.200 How can we remind ourselves. 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.900 Remember. 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.680 Who. 00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:47.799 We are. 00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.380 Because let me tell you. 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.059 When we try and do this. 00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.819 In our own strength. 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.240 When we try. 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.500 It just becomes moralism. 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.660 With no reasons. 00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.860 And no wonder. 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.039 A generation go by. 00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.860 We pass it on. 00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.920 And that generation say. 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.279 Why? 00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.019 Remember. 00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.200 Remember. 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.860 Who you are. 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.120 Remember. 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.340 Our ethics. 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.740 Are fueled. 00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.480 By the gospel. 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.440 Just as we close. 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.980 Let me tell you. 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.860 About a good mate of mine. 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.660 I had in halls. 00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.039 At uni. 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.460 I remember telling this story. 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.400 Years and years ago. 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.680 But. 00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.799 He walked off the pages. 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.519 Of this passage. 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.279 This week for me. 00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:19.160 We had four Daves. 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.620 In our halls. 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.360 At university. 00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.620 Up in Aberdeen. 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.620 Four Daves. 00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.220 And we used to. 00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.480 To differentiate them. 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.759 We gave them nicknames. 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.279 Based on what. 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.019 We saw. 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.779 They were all about. 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.180 So. 00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.779 We had Disco Dave. 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519 Disco Dave. 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.319 Loved to party. 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.500 We had Army Dave. 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.180 Army Dave. 00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.640 Loved the OTC. 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.879 And he talks about nothing else. 00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.920 Other than the OTC. 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.980 He was Army Dave. 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.559 We had Scary Dave. 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.240 Scary Dave. 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.740 Had a big scary beard. 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.980 And this was 2003. 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.619 Well before big scary beards. 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.339 Were ever in fashion. 00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.679 And then we had my mate Dave. 00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:54.699 He was six foot six. 00:33:55.199 --> 00:33:56.259 Could have easily been. 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.259 Big Dave. 00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:59.019 That's what I would have gone for. 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.439 He was from Inverness. 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.439 He could have easily been. 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.199 Highland Dave. 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.099 But. 00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.980 That wasn't what people called him. 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.459 Right. 00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.599 Particularly at the end. 00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.619 Of Freshers Week. 00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.599 When those nicknames. 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.059 Are kind of. 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.239 Branded about. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.239 People talk about. 00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.559 What. 00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.819 A different person. 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.420 Is all about. 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.519 With all the temptations. 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.279 And opportunities. 00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.500 That that week brings. 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.139 Over 400 of us. 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.719 And Halls. 00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.319 Saw what his life. 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.940 Was all about. 00:34:22.359 --> 00:34:23.599 They saw what made him tick. 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.299 And they saw what he did. 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.839 And they saw what he didn't do. 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.039 Do you know what we called him? 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.639 Christian Dave. 00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.960 Christian Dave. 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.460 And Christian Dave. 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.480 Christian Dave. 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.420 Was such an influence. 00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.980 In my life. 00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.599 Friends. 00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.539 Don't underestimate. 00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.559 What God can do. 00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.379 By his spirit. 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.379 Through your everyday. 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.339 Ordinary. 00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.219 Witness. 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:49.759 You have no idea. 00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.399 Who's watching. 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.459 You have no idea. 00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:52.379 Who's looking on. 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.799 What's going to convince. 00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.359 Edinburgh. 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.439 Of the reality. 00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.339 Of Christianity. 00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.480 Is seeing. 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.239 Convinced. 00:34:59.399 --> 00:34:59.839 Committed. 00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.639 Distinct. 00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.359 Disciples. 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.219 Of Jesus. 00:35:02.919 --> 00:35:04.019 Who are not conditioned. 00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:05.199 By the world. 00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.859 Around them. 00:35:05.919 --> 00:35:06.719 But who dance. 00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.539 To a different. 00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.299 Drumbeat. 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.339 And who are serious. 00:35:10.459 --> 00:35:10.819 Serious. 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.500 Serious. 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.359 And rejoice. 00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:14.220 In the holy call. 00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:15.519 That our God. 00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.420 Has made. 00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.320 On us. 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.840 Remember. 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.740 Who. 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.000 We are. 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