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 well the word humility is not just a familiar word it's a familiar concept

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 i think it's a concept that most christians would say was really important

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 but after that it gets a bit more difficult so the question then becomes what does it actually

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 look like

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 a person might say you see the stars in the background behind me there a person might

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 say looking up at the night sky wow i feel so humbled

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 or they might greet visitors at um to their home by saying welcome to my humble abode

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 or they might tug with someone having to eat humble pie

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 or someone needing a good dose of humility

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 or it might be a different guy as it comes to you as it might be a really gentle quiet

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 self-effacing person just sitting alongside you and saying well actually

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 yeah i i consider myself to be a really humble person

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 what do we make of those sort of statements

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 is humility a personality trait trait for instance is it something you're born with

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 or is humility something that that we can cultivate or something that we must cultivate

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 because it doesn't come naturally to us

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 a comedian once said that he was so humble and proud of the fact

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 is humility a virtue to be proud of

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 doesn't the person who's who needs to say they're humble

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 actually think they're pretty awesome

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 it's not easy to get a handle on this concept of humility

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 and i think part of our confusion is because our culture has a love-hate relationship

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 with humility

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 on the one hand the primary driver of our society is self-promotion

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 that's self-fulfillment

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 and this inevitably pushes people into being competitive and consumerist

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 gives you a mindset of those two things

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 because what what it means is that others around you are potentially a threat to your sense of self

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 therefore you're competitive

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 or others around you provide the resources that you need to utilize and exploit

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 so that you can feel well about yourself

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 a consumerist

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 in job interviews

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 nowadays we don't just tell them we have the skills

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 we actually have to convince the person interviewing us that we're actually better than everybody else

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 and that we we should have that job by rights

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 a terrible environment to apply for a job these days i think

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 so that's on one hand but on the other hand

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 our culture really punishes people who are deemed to be too self-promoting

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 too self-assured

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 we call that the toll-pobey syndrome

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 because it loves to dish out

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 a big dose of humility

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 to people who've stepped out of their place

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 we like to

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 put them back

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 in their proper place

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 why do we do that?

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 well I think it's so that we can all be comfortable

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 so here's the confusion

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 on the one hand we have to be self-promoting

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 but at the same time we have to show the right amount of humility

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 now what that does I think

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 is reduce humility as we understand it in our culture

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 to a process called virtue signaling

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 virtue signaling

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 that is

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 we ascribe to ourselves a virtue

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 which becomes a signal to others around us

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 that I am both a good person

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 and acting within the acceptable parameters

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 of culture and society

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 what that does then

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 is allow us to pursue aggressively

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 my own interests

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 as long as

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 that's the self-promoting side

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 I can pursue as aggressively as I want

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 my own interests

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 providing

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 I

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 virtue signal

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 that I have awareness

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 of the need to be humble

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 that I can convince people

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 I am actually humble

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 and that I'm actually working

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 when the bounds of what society says

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 is tolerable self-promotion

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 it's a weird sort of thing

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 but I think that's how it works

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 at a nuanced level

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 now

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 I think I'm already on a hiding to nothing with this

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 Uriah Heep

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 has anybody ever heard of Uriah Heep?

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 at least three people

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 right okay

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 you don't count because you didn't hear about him

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 until the beginning of this week

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 so a character

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 a horrible character

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 a David Copperfield

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 actually truth be known

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 I hadn't heard of him until this week

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 Alison researched him for me

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 so Uriah Heep

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 a horrible character

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 in David Copperfield

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 he's a good example

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 of virtue signaling

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 he knew

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 that he had to stay

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 within his station in life

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 and so he was very keen

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 to let everybody know

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 that he was an humble person

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 but behind the scenes

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 he was known as a schemer

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 he worked to hurt

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 and destroy people

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 to exploit them

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 and there we have the problem

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 a view of humility

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 which we've easily come to accept

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 and value

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 in our society

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 it's alright to pursue your own interests

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 be aggressive as you like

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 on that

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 self-promote

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 providing

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 you manage to maintain

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 the balance

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 of a virtue signal

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 that says

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 well actually

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 I want you to know

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 I'm actually a humble person

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 now I think that confusion

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 has bled into the church

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 it's a big issue

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 for church families

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 like ours

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 on the one hand

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 the Bible has repeated references

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 to God's love

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 for humility

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 and hatred

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 of pride

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 and arrogance

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 but again

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 come back to the question

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 what is it

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 to be a humble Christian

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 how would we see humility

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 in our church family

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 and do we value humility

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 as the Bible

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 defines it to us

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 we see the answer

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 to the question

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 in how Jesus

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 models humility

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 and I'm saying

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 in brackets there

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 that because

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 when we look at this

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 model of Jesus

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 we're always going to find

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 that model

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 hard to accept

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 and hard to value

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 because it exposes

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 our self-interest

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 our self-centeredness

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 if you look at verse 5

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 I'm going to take this phrase

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 through

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 the whole of the sermon

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 this morning

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 verse 5

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 in chapter 2

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 one that Dave looked at

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 last week

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 have this mind

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 among yourselves

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 which is yours

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 and the Greek there

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 is which is already yours

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 in Christ Jesus

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 so if we want to see

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 the model of humility

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 what we're actually saying

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 is not just a theory

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 so it's not a definition

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 of humility

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 it's a model

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 of the mind

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 of Jesus

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 it's a worked example

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 of the overflow

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 of Christ's heart

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 it's attitude

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 attitude and perspective

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 David took us through

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 this in detail

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 last week

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 I'm just going to try

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 and summarize

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 so attitude and perspective

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 Jesus is really

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 and truly God

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 and he alone

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 has the right

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 to be proud

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 he alone

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 has the right

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 to be protective

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 of his heavenly status

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 his power

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 his prestige

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 his influence

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 his reputation

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 his sovereignty

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 and he has the perfect

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 right to command

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 service

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 from every creature

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 in this world

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 but Jesus

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 didn't see those

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 as a platform

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 for self-display

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 nor a launching pad

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 for self-advancement

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 rather

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 Jesus took all of that

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 and put it in the context

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 of an opportunity

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 for self-denial

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 an opportunity

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 to pour himself out

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 in service

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 of others

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 and so instead

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 of grasping

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 we see in the mind

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 of Christ

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 we see the mind

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 of Christ

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 in decisive commitment

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 on the part of Jesus

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 to living out

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 obedience

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 for the glory

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 of his father

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 and that's verses

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 7 through to 11

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 essentially

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 and it goes like this

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 summary like this

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 in obedience

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 to his father's

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 purpose and salvation

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 and verse 11

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 ultimately

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 to bring glory

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 to the father

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 and

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 at huge

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 personal cost

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 Jesus

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 made a conscious

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 decision

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 his conscious

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 decision

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 was

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 to relinquish

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 his right

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 of absolute

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 sovereignty

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 to become

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 a low

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 status

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 human being

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 no power

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 no position

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 no reputation

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 no sovereignty

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 and he

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 followed that

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 commitment

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 all the way

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 through

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 to death

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 on the cross

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 as a criminal

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 cursed

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 and forsaken

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 a conscious

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 decision

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 to live

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 obedience

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 for the glory

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 of his father

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 and we're

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 told then

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 in those

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 same verses

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 that the

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 father was

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 delighted

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 in response

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 to Jesus

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 action

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 but we need

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 to note

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 here

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 he wasn't

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 just

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 delighted

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 in the

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 death

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 of Christ

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 to achieve

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 salvation

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 I think

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 that he was

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 delighted

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 in the

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 whole

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 mind

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 of Christ

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 that is

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 the father

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 was delighted

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 in the

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 sort of

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 person

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 that Jesus

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 showed

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 himself

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 to be

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 the way

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 he looked

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 at things

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 in this

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 world

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 the values

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 he cherished

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 as he made

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 that decision

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 to go to

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 his death

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 the principles

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 he observed

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 in achieving

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 salvation

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 for his

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 sinful

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 undeserving

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 people

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 and the

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 delight of

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 the father

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 then

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 immediately

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 exalts

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 Jesus

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 returning

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 him to

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 that

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 which he

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 has always

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 been

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 even in

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 death

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 Lord of

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 the universe

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 my friends

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 Christ was

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 exalted

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 because he

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 demonstrated

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 a proper

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 sense of

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 self

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 living

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 obediently

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 under

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 God's

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 purpose

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 wanting

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 only the

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 father's

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 approval

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 and being

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 totally

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 committed

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 to serving

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 his sinful

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 undeserving

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 people in

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 their need

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 and ultimately

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 saying no

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 to self

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 interest

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 that's what

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 delighted the

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 father

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 about Jesus

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 so where's

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 that leave

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 is

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 well my

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 friends

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 humility

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 is not a

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 passive

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 personality

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 trait

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 not as the

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 bible models

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 it to us

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 here in

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 Jesus

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 humility

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 is not a

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 passive

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 personality

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 trait so that

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 one person

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 has it and

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 another person

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 doesn't

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 nor is

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 humility

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 just a

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 collection

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 of personal

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 characteristics

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 or attributes

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 such as being

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 self-effacing

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 or generous

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 or thoughtful

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 or gentle

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 most likely

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 those characteristics

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 will be evident

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 in someone

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 who's seeking

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 to leave out

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 the mind

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 of Christ

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 but that

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 of itself

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 isn't the

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 heart of

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 the mind

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 of Christ

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 humility

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 at its

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 heart

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 is a

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 heart

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 attitude

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 a heart

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 attitude

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 overflowing

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 practically

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 in purposeful

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 commitment

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 to the

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 pathway

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 of obedience

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 regardless

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 of personal

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 cost

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 ultimately

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 for the sake

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 of bringing

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 honour

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 to the

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 Lord

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 and doing

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 what is

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 best

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 for sinful

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 and deserving

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 people

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 that we

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 live amongst

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 that's a

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 big step

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 away

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 from the

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 way humility

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 is thought

00:14:16.459 --> 00:14:17.079
 of and

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 practised

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 in our

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 society

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 so how

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 do we

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.480
 move towards

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 living

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.120
 humility

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:29.480
 or how

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:29.700
 do we

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.480
 move towards

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.000
 developing

00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.519
 the mind

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.100
 of Christ

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 in every

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 circumstance

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:38.600
 well I

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 just want

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 to give

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 three minor

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 points in

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 here

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 first is

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 we've got

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 to understand

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.759
 the power

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:44.040
 of humility

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 even

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 Uriah

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 Heap

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 recognised

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 that he

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 had a

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 little bit

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 of power

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 what is

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 the power

00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:52.399
 of humility

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.060
 well the

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.379
 power of

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.680
 humility

00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.500
 is being

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.200
 who you

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 are

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 in Christ

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 again

00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.899
 verses 1

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.279
 to 5

00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.800
 that verse

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 5 where I

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 started

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 and that's

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 a summary

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.000
 of verses

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 1 to 5

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 have this

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 mind

00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:07.040
 among you

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 which is

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 already

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 yours

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.139
 in Christ

00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:14.740
 my friends

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 we need to

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 hear this

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 next statement

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 if we

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 are Christians

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 if you

00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.519
 this morning

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:21.840
 are a

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 Christian

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 if you

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 are already

00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:24.000
 in Christ

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.320
 you are

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.840
 already

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 connected

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 practically

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 and really

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 and completely

00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.740
 into the

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.279
 mind of

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 Christ

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:36.899
 you already

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 enjoy the

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 practical

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.000
 outworking

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.340
 of the

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 mind of

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 Christ

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 as his

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 spirit

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 verse 2

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 renovates you

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 from the

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 inside out

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:47.879
 that is

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.299
 the spirit

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.779
 job

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.940
 to develop

00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:50.279
 in you

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:50.740
 the mind

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.320
 of Christ

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.879
 in verse

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.279
 earlier

00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.840
 verse 11

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.139
 I think it

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.379
 was in

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 chapter 1

00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.299
 it's

00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:57.759
 described as

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.139
 the fruit

00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.320
 of

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:58.879
 righteousness

00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:04.360
 here's the

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.919
 point here

00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.500
 if we want

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:06.740
 to know

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.299
 the power

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:08.000
 of humility

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.720
 it's

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.899
 engaging

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.360
 with what

00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:11.779
 we already

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.120
 are

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.080
 we do

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.740
 not have

00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.519
 to create

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.240
 humility

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:19.279
 our

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.840
 challenge

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.419
 as

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.919
 Christians

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.919
 is to

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.919
 express

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.060
 the mind

00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:24.759
 of Christ

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.460
 that we

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:25.799
 already

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.259
 have

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:26.899
 by virtue

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.299
 of being

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:27.980
 in Christ

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:31.399
 and as

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.980
 Paul's big

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.519
 themes come

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:32.960
 out in his

00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:33.200
 letter

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.620
 we express

00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.120
 the mind

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.740
 of Christ

00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:38.700
 in joy

00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:39.539
 together

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:41.639
 in unity

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.539
 in partnership

00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:42.879
 in the

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.279
 gospel

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:53.899
 so all

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.639
 these things

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.639
 joy

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.719
 partnership

00:16:56.719 --> 00:16:56.980
 in the

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.219
 gospel

00:16:57.219 --> 00:16:57.740
 and unity

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.740
 are

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.579
 underpinned

00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:00.419
 by the

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:00.860
 mind of

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.120
 Christ

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.719
 or humility

00:17:01.719 --> 00:17:04.259
 Christ's

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.519
 humility

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.019
 actually

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.539
 results

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.240
 in God's

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.440
 people

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.079
 being united

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.639
 with him

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:09.000
 and with

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.580
 one another

00:17:09.580 --> 00:17:10.100
 in new

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.560
 salvation

00:17:10.560 --> 00:17:10.880
 community

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.220
 if you look

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.500
 at the end

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.060
 of verse

00:17:12.060 --> 00:17:12.460
 10 and

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.720
 11

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.560
 Christ's

00:17:13.560 --> 00:17:13.880
 humility

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.220
 is the

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.580
 thing that

00:17:15.580 --> 00:17:16.140
 achieves

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.520
 God's

00:17:16.520 --> 00:17:16.820
 purpose

00:17:16.820 --> 00:17:17.440
 and salvation

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.900
 and God's

00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.120
 purpose

00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:18.660
 and salvation

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.400
 is the

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.160
 reunification

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.940
 of his

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.800
 alienated

00:17:21.800 --> 00:17:22.100
 people

00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:22.820
 with himself

00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.280
 in a new

00:17:23.280 --> 00:17:23.700
 salvation

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.320
 community

00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:25.380
 humility

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.400
 produces

00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.040
 the unity

00:17:27.040 --> 00:17:28.020
 results

00:17:28.020 --> 00:17:28.380
 in the

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:28.759
 unity

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:32.520
 inseparable

00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:33.240
 connection

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:37.420
 of course

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.720
 we want

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.420
 to talk

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:38.579
 about

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:38.980
 unity

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:41.559
 on a

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:41.839
 basis

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.500
 altogether

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.920
 different

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.200
 often

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.440
 time

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.019
 sorry

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.200
 it's

00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.660
 satisfied

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:44.960
 merely

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.579
 to virtue

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.519
 signal

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.259
 humility

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.799
 while

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.180
 keeping

00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.380
 your

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:49.740
 distance

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.000
 from

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.299
 Christ

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.819
 personally

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:54.380
 and

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.740
 keeping

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.640
 a

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.000
 guarded

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.579
 commitment

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:59.579
 to

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.079
 obedience

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.419
 so my

00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:02.759
 final

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.500
 sentence

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.919
 takes you

00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.139
 to the

00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.359
 chilling

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.939
 reality

00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:06.319
 of verse

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:06.839
 21

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.779
 if you

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:07.980
 got your

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.199
 bible

00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.500
 open

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.240
 look at

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.539
 it now

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:12.119
 there's a

00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.379
 chilling

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:12.899
 reality

00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.419
 in this

00:18:13.419 --> 00:18:13.740
 verse

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.539
 and I

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:14.740
 want to

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.019
 suggest

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.159
 to you

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.319
 this

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.539
 morning

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.199
 that

00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:16.579
 every

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:16.819
 one

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.240
 of us

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.720
 finds

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.159
 ourselves

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.960
 in this

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.299
 verse

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:22.759
 let me

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.039
 read it

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.399
 to you

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:24.779
 they all

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.259
 seek their

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.439
 own

00:18:25.439 --> 00:18:25.799
 interests

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.839
 wow

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 what a

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.639
 statement

00:18:27.639 --> 00:18:28.079
 that is

00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.859
 the idea

00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.599
 of humility

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.619
 seeing the

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.079
 mind of

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.439
 Christ

00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.179
 in action

00:18:33.179 --> 00:18:34.480
 is obviously

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:34.980
 a rare

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.299
 thing

00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:35.799
 for Paul

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.460
 they all

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:39.859
 seek their

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.339
 own interests

00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:41.539
 not those

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:41.919
 of Jesus

00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.399
 Christ

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:46.359
 so here's

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.539
 the question

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.519
 I say

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.439
 we're all

00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:49.779
 in that

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.099
 verse

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:51.439
 the only

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:51.919
 question is

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.879
 which clause

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.639
 of that

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:53.899
 verse

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.220
 there's two

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.659
 clauses

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:56.159
 which clause

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:57.399
 best describes

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:57.679
 you

00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:04.200
 humility

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.400
 frequently

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:07.840
 used

00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:08.180
 word

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:10.940
 but Paul

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.320
 says here

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:11.840
 it's a very

00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.560
 rare commodity

00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:13.080
 indeed in

00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:13.560
 the church

00:19:13.560 --> 00:19:20.440
 which clause

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.200
 describes

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.460
 you

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:23.980
 let me

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.240
 pray

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:31.319
 Lord I

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.900
 pray again

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.200
 as I've

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.720
 prayed so

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.059
 often

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.960
 after opening

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.420
 your word

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:34.660
 that

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:36.620
 we stand

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.180
 exposed

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.859
 before it

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.759
 your word

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.799
 is that

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:41.019
 living

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.279
 two-edged

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.839
 sword that

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.420
 divides

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.120
 deep

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.960
 into our

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.259
 hearts

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.960
 and exposes

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.960
 that which

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.400
 is truly

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.759
 there

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.759
 Lord

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:51.839
 so Lord

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.299
 help us

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.920
 to contemplate

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.460
 that verse

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.400
 21 and all

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.039
 it's chilling

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.579
 reality

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:59.279
 that in

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.119
 the church

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.519
 community

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.200
 such as ours

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.779
 that word

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.259
 humility

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.180
 can be used

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.279
 so frequently

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.660
 and yet

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:06.160
 if what Paul

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.819
 says is true

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.119
 there

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:08.460
 it's actually

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.660
 something that

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.500
 approximates

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.480
 or some

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.500
 caricature

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.059
 of humility

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:14.319
 but true

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.680
 humility

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.140
 is a rare

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.579
 commodity

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.319
 help us

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.720
 then Lord

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.259
 to find

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.720
 ourselves

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.220
 as those

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.759
 who are

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.380
 truly

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.920
 interested

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.859
 in the

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.180
 welfare

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.519
 and

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.460
 advancing

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.880
 the honour

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.440
 of Christ

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.220
 Amen

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:36.500
 Thanks David

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:38.859
 Just a brief

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.539
 summary then

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:42.639
 Jesus is our

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:44.639
 example of

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.059
 humility

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.940
 in life

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:48.240
 and he's

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.259
 our experience

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.899
 of humility

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.779
 in his death

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.460
 and resurrection

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:51.920
 on the

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:54.559
 true joy

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.839
 true unity

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:57.079
 true partnership

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.700
 in this

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.339
 church family

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:04.460
 or

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.480
 would he

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.899
 call you

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.339
 out as a

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.819
 grumbling

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.799
 complaining

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:10.339
 dissatisfied

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.839
 person

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.039
 a

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.899
 Uriah

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.359
 heap

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.899
 type

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.399
 character

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:14.419
 driven

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.000
 by self

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.440
 interest

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:17.319
 satisfied

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.440
 merely to

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.000
 signal

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.980
 sorry

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.599
 satisfied

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.159
 merely to

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.539
 virtue

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.500
 signal

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.240
 humility

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.779
 while

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.139
 keeping

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.339
 your

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.720
 distance

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:26.960
 from

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.259
 Christ

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.779
 personally

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:31.359
 and

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.720
 keeping

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.980
 a guarded

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.579
 commitment

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:36.539
 to

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.019
 obedience

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:39.379
 so my

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.720
 final

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.460
 sentence

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.879
 takes you

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.099
 to the

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.339
 chilling

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.899
 reality

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.299
 of verse

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.819
 21

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.779
 if you've

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:44.960
 got your

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.159
 bible

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.460
 open

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.220
 look at

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.519
 it now

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:49.099
 there's a

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.359
 chilling

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.859
 reality

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.399
 in this

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.720
 verse

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.619
 and I want

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:51.980
 to suggest

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.139
 to you

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.519
 this morning

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.559
 that every

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.899
 one of

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.199
 us

00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:55.679
 finds

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.119
 ourselves

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.939
 in this

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.259
 verse

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:59.720
 let me

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.000
 read it

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.400
 to you

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.740
 they all

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.240
 seek their

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.400
 own

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.759
 interests

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.799
 wow

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.299
 what a

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.599
 statement

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.059
 that is

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:06.839
 the idea

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.579
 of humility

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.579
 seeing the

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.039
 mind of

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.400
 Christ

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.160
 in action

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.460
 is obviously

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.960
 a rare

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.480
 thing for

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.759
 Paul

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:16.440
 they all

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.819
 seek their

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.319
 own interests

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.500
 not those

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.900
 of Jesus

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.339
 Christ

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:23.339
 so here's

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.519
 the question

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.480
 I say

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.399
 we're all

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.759
 in that

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.079
 verse

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.399
 the only

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.899
 question is

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.839
 which clause

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.619
 of that

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:30.859
 verse

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.199
 there's two

00:22:31.199 --> 00:22:31.619
 clauses

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:33.119
 which clause

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.379
 best describes

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.959
 you

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:41.159
 humility

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:44.379
 frequently

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.799
 used

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.139
 word

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:47.899
 but Paul

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.279
 says here

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.799
 it's a very

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.539
 rare commodity

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.879
 indeed

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.159
 in the

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.539
 church

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:57.399
 which clause

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.159
 describes

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.440
 you

00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:00.940
 let me

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.259
 pray

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:08.259
 Lord I

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.859
 pray again

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.159
 as I've

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:09.700
 prayed so

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.019
 often

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.940
 after opening

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.379
 your word

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:13.180
 that we

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.139
 stand exposed

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.819
 before it

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.740
 your word

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.779
 is that

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.980
 living

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.240
 two-edged

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.579
 sword

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.360
 that divides

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.079
 deep

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.920
 into our

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.220
 hearts

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.920
 and exposes

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.940
 that which

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.380
 is truly

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.700
 there

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:28.799
 so Lord

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.279
 help us

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.880
 to contemplate

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.420
 that verse

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.360
 21 and all

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.019
 this chilling

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.539
 reality

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:36.240
 that in

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.079
 the church

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.480
 community

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.160
 such as ours

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.759
 that word

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.240
 humility

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.160
 can be used

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.240
 so frequently

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.640
 and yet

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.740
 if what

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.420
 Paul says

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.800
 is true

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:44.100
 there

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.960
 it's

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.420
 actually

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.420
 something

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.480
 that approximates

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.440
 or some

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.460
 caricature

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.000
 of humility

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.280
 but true

00:23:51.280 --> 00:23:51.640
 humility

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.100
 is a rare

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.540
 commodity

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.280
 help us

00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:53.680
 then Lord

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.240
 to find

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.700
 ourselves

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:56.200
 as those

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.759
 who are

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.340
 truly

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.880
 interested

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.820
 in the

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.180
 welfare

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:01.440
 and advancing

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.860
 the honour

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.420
 of Christ

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:04.200
 Amen

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:13.460
 Thanks David

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:15.820
 Just a brief

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.519
 summary then

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:19.620
 Jesus is our

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:21.600
 example of

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.019
 humility

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.920
 in life

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:25.380
 and he's our

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.460
 experience of

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.860
 humility

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.759
 in his death

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.440
 and resurrection

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.519
 true joy

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.820
 true unity

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:34.059
 true partnership

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:36.940
 in this church

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.299
 family

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:41.420
 or

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:43.440
 would he

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.880
 call you

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.320
 out as a

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:44.779
 grumbling

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.779
 complaining

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.340
 dissatisfied

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.799
 person

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.920
 a Uriah

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.360
 Heap

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.360
 type character

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.680
 driven by

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.380
 self interest

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:54.259
 satisfied

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.420
 merely to

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.980
 signal

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.960
 sorry

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.140
 it's

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.600
 satisfied

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.120
 merely to

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.519
 virtue

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.460
 signal

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.180
 humility

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.740
 while

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.120
 keeping

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.299
 your

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.680
 distance

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:03.920
 from

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.220
 Christ

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.740
 personally

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:08.319
 and

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.680
 keeping

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.579
 a

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:09.940
 guarded

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.500
 commitment

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:13.500
 to

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.019
 obedience

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:16.360
 so my

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.700
 final

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.440
 sentence

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.840
 takes you

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.079
 to the

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.299
 chilling

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.860
 reality

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.259
 of verse

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.779
 21

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.700
 if you

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:21.920
 got your

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.140
 Bible

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.420
 open

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.180
 look at

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.279
 it

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.480
 now

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.900
 there's

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.059
 a

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.319
 chilling

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.840
 reality

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.360
 in this

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.680
 verse

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.480
 and I

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.660
 want to

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:28.960
 suggest

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.100
 to you

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.240
 this

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.480
 morning

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.140
 that

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.500
 every

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.759
 one

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:30.880
 of

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.180
 us

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.640
 finds

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.140
 ourselves

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.900
 in this

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.220
 verse

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:36.700
 let me

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.980
 read it

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.340
 to you

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.720
 they all

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.200
 seek their

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.380
 own

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:39.740
 interests

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.779
 wow

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.279
 what a

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.560
 statement

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.039
 that is

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.799
 the idea

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.539
 of humility

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.539
 seeing the

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.000
 mind of

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.360
 Christ

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:47.120
 in action

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.420
 is obviously

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.920
 a rare

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.240
 thing

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.720
 for Paul

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:53.400
 they all

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.799
 seek their

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.279
 own interests

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.480
 not those

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.880
 of Jesus

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.319
 Christ

00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:00.299
 so here's

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.480
 the question

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.440
 I say

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.360
 we're all

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.720
 in that

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.039
 verse

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.380
 the only

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.860
 question is

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.120
 which

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.799
 clause

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.579
 of that

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:07.839
 verse

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.160
 there's two

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.599
 clauses

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.079
 which clause

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.700
 best

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.360
 describes

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.960
 you

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:18.120
 humility

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:20.119
 frequently

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.339
 frequently

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.779
 used

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.119
 word

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:24.879
 but Paul

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.259
 says here

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.759
 it's a very

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.500
 rare commodity

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.139
 indeed in the

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.500
 church

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:34.379
 which clause

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.119
 describes

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.399
 you

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:37.899
 let me

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.199
 pray

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:45.259
 Lord I

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.819
 pray again

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.120
 as I've

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.660
 prayed so

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.000
 often

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.900
 after opening

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.340
 your word

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.600
 that

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:50.559
 we stand

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.120
 exposed

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.799
 before it

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.700
 your word

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.740
 is that

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.940
 living

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.220
 two-edged

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.779
 sword that

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.340
 divides

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.059
 deep

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.900
 into our

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.180
 hearts

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.900
 and exposes

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.900
 that which

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.340
 is truly

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.680
 there

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:05.779
 so Lord

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.259
 help us

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.839
 to contemplate

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.400
 that verse

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.339
 21 and all

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.980
 it's chilling

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.519
 reality

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.200
 that in

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.059
 the church

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.440
 community

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.140
 such as ours

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.720
 that word

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.200
 humility

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.119
 can be used

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.220
 so frequently

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.599
 and yet

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.079
 if what Paul

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.759
 says is true

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.059
 there

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.379
 it's actually

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.400
 something

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.440
 that approximates

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.420
 or some

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.440
 caricature

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.980
 of humility

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.259
 but true

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.619
 humility

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.079
 is a rare

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.519
 commodity

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.259
 help us

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.660
 then Lord

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.200
 to find

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.640
 ourselves

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.160
 as those

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.700
 who are

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.319
 truly

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.839
 interested

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.779
 in the

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.119
 welfare

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.460
 and

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.399
 advancing

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.619
 the

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:38.819
 honour

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.019
 of

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.379
 Christ

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:41.160
 Amen

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:50.440
 Thanks David

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:52.779
 Just a brief

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.480
 summary then

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.240
 Jesus is

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.579
 our

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.160
 example

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.980
 of humility

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.879
 in life

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:02.180
 and he's

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.200
 our experience

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.839
 of humility

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.399
 in his

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.940
 death and

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.400
 resurrection

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.860
 on the

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:08.500
 true joy

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.779
 true unity

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.019
 true partnership

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:13.640
 in this

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.279
 church family

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.400
 or

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.400
 would he

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.840
 call you

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.279
 out as a

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.740
 grumbling

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.740
 complaining

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.279
 dissatisfied

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.779
 person

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.880
 a Uriah

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.320
 Heap

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.320
 type character

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:28.660
 driven by

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.340
 self-interest

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:31.240
 satisfied

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.380
 merely to

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:36.480
 virtue

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.380
 signal

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.160
 humility

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.700
 while

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.079
 keeping

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.279
 your

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.660
 distance

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.900
 from

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.200
 Christ

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.720
 personally

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.279
 and

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.660
 keeping

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.539
 a

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.920
 guarded

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.519
 commitment

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:50.480
 to

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.960
 obedience

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.420
 God

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.319
 so my

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.660
 final

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.400
 sentence

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.819
 takes you

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.039
 to the

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.259
 chilling

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.840
 reality

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.220
 of verse

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.759
 21

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.680
 so if you

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:58.900
 got your

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.100
 Bible

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.380
 open

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.240
 look at it

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.440
 now

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:03.019
 there's a

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.279
 chilling

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.799
 reality

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.319
 in this

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.640
 verse

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.640
 and I want to

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.079
 suggest to you

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.440
 this morning

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.480
 that every

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.140
 one of us

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.620
 finds

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.039
 ourselves

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.860
 in this

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.180
 verse

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:13.840
 let me read

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.320
 it to you

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:15.680
 they all

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.180
 seek their

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.340
 own

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.700
 interests

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.740
 wow

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.240
 what a

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.539
 statement

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.000
 that is

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.759
 the idea

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.500
 of humility

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.519
 seeing the

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.980
 mind of

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.340
 Christ

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.100
 in action

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:25.380
 is obviously

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.900
 a rare

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.420
 thing for

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.700
 Paul

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:30.360
 they all

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.759
 seek their

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:30.940
 own

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.240
 interests

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.440
 not those

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.820
 of Jesus

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.299
 Christ

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:37.259
 so here's

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.440
 the

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.420
 question

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.420
 I say

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.340
 we're all

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.680
 in that

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.019
 verse

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.339
 the only

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.819
 question is

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.079
 which

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.779
 clause

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.539
 of that

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.799
 verse

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:44.960
 there's

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.119
 two

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.559
 clauses

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.539
 which

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.059
 clause

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.680
 best

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.319
 describes

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.660
 you

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:55.099
 humility

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:58.319
 frequently

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.740
 used

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.079
 word

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:01.839
 but Paul

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.220
 says here

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.480
 it's a

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.019
 very rare

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.480
 commodity

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.819
 indeed

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.099
 in the

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.440
 church

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:10.759
 which

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.339
 clause

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.079
 describes

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.400
 you

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.879
 let me

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.200
 pray

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:22.240
 Lord I

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.799
 pray again

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.099
 as I've

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.619
 prayed so

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.960
 often

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.859
 after opening

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.319
 your word

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.559
 that

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.519
 we stand

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.079
 exposed

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.759
 before it

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.660
 your word

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.700
 is that

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.920
 living

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.180
 two-edged

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.519
 sword

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.319
 that divides

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.019
 deep

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.859
 into our

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.160
 hearts

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.840
 and exposes

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:38.880
 that which

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.300
 is truly

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.640
 there

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:42.740
 so Lord

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.220
 help us

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.820
 to contemplate

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.380
 that verse

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.940
 21

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.300
 in all

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.480
 this

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.940
 chilling

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.480
 reality

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:50.180
 that in

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.019
 the church

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.420
 community

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.860
 such as

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.100
 ours

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.680
 that word

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.180
 humility

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.620
 can be

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.080
 used

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.660
 so

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.180
 frequently

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.580
 and yet

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.700
 if what

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.360
 Paul says

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.740
 is true

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.040
 there

00:30:58.040 --> 00:30:58.900
 it's

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.360
 actually

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.360
 something

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.420
 that approximates

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.380
 or some

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.380
 caricature

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.960
 of humility

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.300
 but

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:05.580
 true humility

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.039
 is a rare

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.480
 commodity

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.220
 help us

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.620
 then Lord

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.160
 to find

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.620
 ourselves

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:10.120
 as those

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.680
 who are

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.279
 truly

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.820
 interested

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.759
 in the

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.080
 welfare

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:14.420
 and

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.360
 advancing

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.800
 the honour

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.340
 of Christ

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:18.140
 Amen

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:27.400
 thanks David

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:29.759
 just a brief

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.140
 summary

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.440
 then

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.900
 Jesus

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.540
 is our

00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:35.120
 example

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.960
 of humility

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.840
 in life

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:39.140
 and he's

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.160
 our experience

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.800
 of humility

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:41.360
 in his

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.680
 death

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.360
 and resurrection

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.820
 on the

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:45.460
 true joy

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.759
 true unity

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:48.000
 true partnership

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.599
 in this

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.240
 church family

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:55.359
 or

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:57.380
 would he

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.799
 call you

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.259
 out as a

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.720
 grumbling

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.720
 complaining

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.259
 dissatisfied

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.740
 person

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.839
 a Uriah

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.299
 Heap

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:04.279
 type character

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.599
 driven by

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.339
 self-interest

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:08.200
 satisfied

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.339
 merely to

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.900
 signal

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.880
 sorry

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.519
 satisfied

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.059
 merely to

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.440
 virtue

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.380
 signal

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.119
 humility

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.660
 while

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.039
 keeping

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.619
 your distance

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.159
 from Christ

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.679
 personally

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:22.619
 and keeping

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.879
 a guarded

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.479
 commitment

00:32:24.479 --> 00:32:27.439
 to

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:27.919
 obedience

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:30.299
 so my

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.639
 final

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.359
 sentence

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.779
 takes you

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.000
 to the

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.239
 chilling

00:32:33.239 --> 00:32:33.799
 reality

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.199
 of verse

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.719
 21

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:35.679
 if you've

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:35.859
 got your

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.059
 bible

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.359
 open

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.119
 look at

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.199
 it

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.419
 now

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:39.840
 there's

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.240
 a chilling

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.759
 reality

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.279
 in this

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.620
 verse

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.420
 and I

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.600
 want to

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:42.880
 suggest

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.039
 to you

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.180
 this

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.420
 morning

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.060
 that

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.440
 every

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.680
 one

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.100
 of us

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:46.580
 finds

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.019
 ourselves

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.840
 in this

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.160
 verse

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.640
 let me

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:50.900
 read it

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.279
 to you

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.660
 they all

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.140
 seek their

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.300
 own

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.680
 interests

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.720
 wow

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.200
 what a

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.500
 statement

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.960
 that is

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.740
 the idea

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.480
 of humility

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.480
 seeing the

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.940
 mind of

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.300
 Christ

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:01.060
 in action

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.359
 is obviously

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.859
 a rare

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.179
 thing

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.379
 for

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.659
 Paul

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:07.339
 they all

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.720
 seek their

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:07.899
 own

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.220
 interests

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.419
 not those

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.799
 of Jesus

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.279
 Christ

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:14.240
 so here's

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.399
 the

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.399
 question

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.379
 I say

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:17.299
 we're all

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.659
 in that

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:17.980
 verse

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.299
 the only

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.799
 question is

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.740
 which clause

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.519
 of that

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.759
 verse

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.099
 there's two

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.519
 clauses

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:24.019
 which clause

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.639
 best

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.279
 describes

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.619
 you

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:32.059
 humility

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:35.279
 frequently

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.720
 used

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.059
 word

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:38.799
 but Paul

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.200
 says here

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.700
 it's a very

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.440
 rare commodity

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.940
 indeed in

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.420
 the church

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:48.319
 which clause

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.059
 describes

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.319
 you

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:51.839
 let me

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.119
 pray

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:59.199
 Lord I

00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.759
 pray again

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.059
 as I've

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.599
 prayed so

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:00.939
 often

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.819
 after opening

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.279
 your word

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.079
 that we

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.039
 stand exposed

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.719
 before it

00:34:05.719 --> 00:34:06.639
 your word

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.679
 is that

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.880
 living

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.139
 two-edged

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.699
 sword that

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.980
 divides deep

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.819
 into our

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.259
 hearts and

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.819
 exposes

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:15.839
 that which

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.279
 is truly

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.619
 there

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:19.719
 so Lord

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.179
 help us

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.779
 to contemplate

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.340
 that verse

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.100
 21 and

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:23.260
 all

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.460
 it's

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.920
 chilling

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.440
 reality

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:27.140
 that in

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.980
 the church

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.380
 community

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.860
 such as

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.060
 ours

00:34:29.060 --> 00:34:29.660
 that word

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.140
 humility

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.580
 can be

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.060
 used

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.620
 so

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.160
 frequently

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.540
 and yet

00:34:32.540 --> 00:34:33.680
 if what

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.320
 Paul says

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.700
 is true

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.000
 there

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.860
 it's

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.320
 actually

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.340
 something

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.380
 that approximates

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.360
 or some

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.580
 caricature of

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:40.900
 humility

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:40.960
 humility

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.280
 but

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.559
 true humility

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.019
 is a rare

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.440
 commodity

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.200
 help us

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.579
 then Lord

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.119
 to find

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.599
 ourselves

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.099
 as those

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.639
 who are

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.240
 truly

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.780
 interested

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.720
 in the

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.059
 welfare

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.380
 and

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.340
 advancing

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.760
 the honour

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.320
 of Christ

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.059
 Amen

00:34:55.779 --> 00:35:12.219
 do

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:14.639
 do

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:17.079
 do

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.940
 do