WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.000 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:00:15.259 --> 00:00:22.219 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but humility, count others more significant than yourselves. 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:26.859 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:33.880 And we're going to stop there for tonight, but I'm going to keep going to 11 because it's hard to talk about one before without five to 11. 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:39.060 So he says, have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:53.039 Though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men, and being found in human form. 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:58.000 He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:09.379 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:13.879 And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:14.780 Let me pray. 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:19.879 Father God, I just beg you to be here tonight. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:26.200 As we look over this text, God, as we read it, as we study it, and as we talk about it later, Father, would you be here? 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:30.579 God, I want to feel the weight of you tonight. 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:40.379 Lord, I don't want to let another moment pass without feeling the huge weight of the weight of your glory, the weight of this impact on our lives. 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:49.379 Father, I just pray that for a moment we be able to step away from our distractions and just sit at your feet and cheer for you. 00:01:50.179 --> 00:01:52.259 God, we're wasting our time if you're not here. 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:53.599 Would you please be here, Father? 00:01:53.979 --> 00:01:55.159 We ask this in Christ's name. 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.019 Okay, so it's a really simple message tonight. 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:09.139 It's cool because one through four is so simple and straightforward that it's not like we have to go into some huge theological debate about what this means. 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:10.299 It means what it means. 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.699 And so it means it gives less room for me to insert my own opinion in it. 00:02:14.979 --> 00:02:23.599 And it gives us more room to apply this to our lives, which is good if we want to do that, if we have this heart for the Lord, if we have this heart to say, like, Lord, please change our lives. 00:02:24.259 --> 00:02:25.159 This would be good for us. 00:02:25.399 --> 00:02:32.239 But it's bad if you're kind of like me where you just like to talk about things and have a theory and say, well, what does this mean to you? 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:35.659 And look at apologetics and just not do anything about it. 00:02:35.659 --> 00:02:41.259 And so the thing that makes us talking about this in theory and apologetics so sweet is when we apply this. 00:02:41.699 --> 00:02:43.460 So that's what we're going to do. 00:02:44.079 --> 00:02:49.439 But before we do that, let's kind of set the context for what's going on in this passage. 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:55.680 Well, if y'all haven't heard what's going on in Philippians, Paul, the Apostle Paul is writing to the Philippian church. 00:02:56.259 --> 00:03:04.919 And he's just got done saying, only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel, which we said last time was a huge call on our lives. 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:05.840 How do you do that? 00:03:05.900 --> 00:03:06.740 How do you do that practically? 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:14.120 And we believe that Paul is saying that you do that by being in unison with one another, that we're striving for the gospel. 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:26.039 And then he also says that he's suffering for the gospel, which was kind of an alarming point because we're not really used to hearing the word suffering, especially here in the United States and in college. 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:29.099 But why? 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:33.500 He says in verse 29, it's been granted to you. 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.340 And we said that was kind of a strange thing for Paul to say, that it's been granted to you to suffer. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.280 And what is so sweet about suffering? 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:41.980 Like, why does Paul say it's been granted to you? 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:45.280 And it's nice because really this is a witness test for your faith. 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:48.979 If we often ask the questions of, well, am I a Christian or not? 00:03:49.299 --> 00:03:53.239 A good starting point is, well, man, are we suffering for the gospel? 00:03:53.419 --> 00:03:57.939 Do you have any conflict within yourself of the gospel? 00:03:58.120 --> 00:03:59.620 Does it place a demand on your life? 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:00.799 Are you suffering for it? 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:05.819 Paul is saying that this actually is a clear sign of your salvation. 00:04:06.079 --> 00:04:11.780 If you're suffering, if you're having a hard time, if you're saying tough things to people out of love, we said that wasn't necessary. 00:04:12.979 --> 00:04:14.419 So we're picking up this week. 00:04:14.659 --> 00:04:15.799 So Paul's saying that I am suffering. 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:21.699 And then he says in these verses that we're going to go through, he says a lot of things. 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:30.300 And the three points that we're going to go over, really, we're going to say that Paul is saying that a true Christian, we're going to, because of what Christ has done for us in verses 5 through 11, 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:34.860 we will be marked by unity, humility, and service. 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:41.240 So this is huge for our church body right now. 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.220 Just in Christ's family, the church itself right here. 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:51.540 This is huge for us because we want to know how can we specifically get to serving together as a community. 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.980 If you're in any of our community groups, you know, that's like a question we're bringing up. 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:56.080 We're bringing that up. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:57.460 How do we practically do this? 00:04:57.500 --> 00:04:59.120 How do we practically serve? 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.519 Like we're trying to cover these bases. 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.819 We're trying to have unity with one another. 00:05:03.899 --> 00:05:04.699 We're trying to have humility. 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:05.860 But how do we serve? 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:12.240 So this is huge for our church right now, which is great because I think it's been so relevant to us right here. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:18.879 And like I said, we're only going to get to verse 4, but 5 through 11 will be another week we'll talk about. 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:19.759 That'll be next week. 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:24.560 But it's impossible to go through 1 through 4 without the motivation of Christ. 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.620 And we can, there's a lot of really good things that Paul says here. 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:30.280 He says, you know, that we need to have unity with one another. 00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:32.459 We need to have the same mind, the same love. 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:37.519 We need to do nothing from selfish ambition or being conceived and having humility. 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:38.860 We need to serve other people. 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:44.720 But if we just stopped there and did not look at Christ as an example, 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:48.259 then we're no different from anyone else that just strives to be morally good. 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.899 So 5 through 11 is kind of interwoven into this. 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:53.060 It's our motivation. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:06:01.560 We said last week that Paul is just not to be motivated by him coming there and him being seen and them seeing him. 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:05.600 And our deeds that we do are motivated by the people that are around watching us. 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.899 And he says, you know, be motivated by Christ. 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:09.180 And so that's what we're getting to more. 00:06:09.259 --> 00:06:13.620 We're saying that these things are good, but we can't do them without Christ. 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:15.060 He is our motivation. 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:17.459 So let's just jump straight into it. 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:19.180 Unity. 00:06:19.620 --> 00:06:22.180 So Paul says, we're just going to read verse 1 and 2. 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:29.459 He says, so if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the spirit, any affection and sympathy, 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:36.220 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one arm. 00:06:36.220 --> 00:06:43.860 So he says that he's asking to make his joy complete. 00:06:44.420 --> 00:06:46.140 He's saying that there are those things. 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:49.800 So it's kind of, it's not, he's not asking, well, is there encouragement in Christ? 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:51.040 Is there comfort in love? 00:06:51.080 --> 00:06:52.020 Is there participation in the spirit? 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.400 He's not saying that because it's not like Paul's actually wondering if that's true. 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.500 He's saying, therefore, if there is encouragement. 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:00.560 So we know, so Paul's making a statement. 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:06.759 If there is encouragement in Christ, because of what Christ has done to us, as we can see through 5, verses 5 through 11. 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:08.259 If there is comfort from love. 00:07:08.459 --> 00:07:10.039 If we have participation in the spirit. 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:11.979 If we have affection for one another. 00:07:12.239 --> 00:07:12.899 And sympathy. 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.399 And we will have unity. 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:20.919 Paul's not saying, well, if these things are true, like, if we have these things. 00:07:20.979 --> 00:07:24.919 He's saying that because of these things, because of these things, we know that they're true. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:31.919 He says, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:39.159 So, again, Paul's making a statement that because there are these things, we will have unity. 00:07:40.159 --> 00:07:41.839 Like, we will be of one mind. 00:07:41.919 --> 00:07:44.120 We will be of the same love for one another. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:46.399 He's not leaving room for this. 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:52.459 He's not leaving room for saying, okay, y'all can possibly not have unity with one another. 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.879 Y'all can possibly not have the same love, the same mind. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.599 He's saying, we are obligated to have these things. 00:07:58.859 --> 00:08:01.120 We are obligated to have the same mind with one another. 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:03.899 We are obligated not to have dissension. 00:08:05.419 --> 00:08:06.620 But it's kind of a strange statement. 00:08:06.719 --> 00:08:09.899 He says, if there are all these things, complete my joy. 00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:11.519 He says, complete my joy. 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:12.120 Make it complete. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.379 And so the question is, what is Paul going to follow up with? 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:16.860 He says, okay, so complete my joy. 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:28.459 And then of all the things he says to complete his joy with, he says, be of the same mind, have the same love, be in full accord and of one mind. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.879 Now, he could have said anything. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.039 He could have said, complete my joy by praying. 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:37.039 Complete my joy by reading the scriptures more, by fasting more. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:38.220 He could have picked a million different things. 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:41.080 But he says, complete it by having unity. 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:55.019 The thing is that before we go on, I'm reiterating the point that unless Christ is in this, unless Christ is the reason that's motivating us to have unity, we're at a loss. 00:08:55.680 --> 00:09:00.160 We are completely insufficient to do these things without Christ being the driving point. 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.779 And the nice thing is that this sounds so nice. 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.100 Like Paul says, so many lovely things in verses 1 through 4. 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:09.980 But if we're talking about unity, he says, complete my joy. 00:09:10.079 --> 00:09:12.039 It's being with the same mind and the same spirit. 00:09:12.319 --> 00:09:19.620 Pretty much every club, every sports team that you've ever been on, every Greek life, every sword, every fraternity will say, oh, yeah, we need to be one. 00:09:19.839 --> 00:09:21.980 We need to have unison with one another. 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:24.700 But what makes the gospel here so different? 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:25.420 That's the question. 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:31.019 If everyone is starting for that, everyone agrees, and they say, yeah, well, we need to have unity with one another. 00:09:32.060 --> 00:09:34.060 What makes what Paul is saying so different? 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:36.820 And Paul is saying this can actually be something attained. 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:41.539 We're going to kind of look at Acts and see how the church attained this and how it looked like for them practically. 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:50.320 But before I go any further, we are completely insufficient to be united for the gospel without Christ. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.200 And Christ is not the reason why we do the things that we do. 00:09:54.800 --> 00:09:57.120 But we're wasting our time, and we're like everyone else. 00:09:58.920 --> 00:10:01.960 So why is unity so important? 00:10:02.060 --> 00:10:08.080 Why does Paul say that it completes his joy by being with the same mind and the same love? 00:10:08.420 --> 00:10:10.400 Why is that so important to Paul? 00:10:10.920 --> 00:10:15.060 Because Paul is saying that this determines how efficient we are as a church body. 00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:20.120 If we are the hands and feet of Christ, Paul is saying that unity is the reason that determines. 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:23.820 That is saying that this is going to be the cause of how efficient you are. 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:34.240 So if we just look back a couple of verses, we would say that Paul is, and we're going to see this because we're going to contrast the Philippian church and the Corinthian church. 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.980 But if you're familiar with verse 27, he says, 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:41.279 Only let the manner of life be worthy of the gospel, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:48.899 I may hear that you are standing firm in one spirit with one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel. 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:52.799 So we're looking at the Philippian church. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.560 Let's just take a look at the Philippian church. 00:10:54.559 --> 00:11:00.479 And it turns out that the Philippian church is partnering with Paul in his sufferings in the gospel, their sharing the gospel. 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:09.319 Paul gives a brilliant testimony about a path that is who is doing the work in the gospel, who is ministering, who is working hard, who is laboring with them. 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:13.559 But there's still a little bit of disunity because he's bringing this up. 00:11:13.719 --> 00:11:17.159 He's saying he's urging them on to have unity. 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:19.500 And so it's apparent that there's a little bit of disunity. 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:23.720 And it's so important for Paul to correct this now. 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:32.080 It's kind of like the, if y'all are familiar with me, in Revelation, Jesus is starting to call out the Ephesian church. 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:35.259 He says, y'all are doing all these good things. 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:36.559 Y'all are caring for the poor. 00:11:36.700 --> 00:11:39.440 But the thing that y'all have lost is your first love. 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:47.000 So it's possible that we can be, as a church, doing the right things and having the right direction, 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.799 but allowing something as small as disunity to come in between us. 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.519 And it completely affects how efficient we are. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:12:03.220 I'm going to quote William Barclay, who kind of talks about how really this disunity can creep in and be very, very small. 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.379 And it can look harmless. 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:11.120 He says, the one danger which threatened the Philippian church was that of disunity. 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:16.100 He says there's a sense in which that there is a danger of every healthy church. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:23.180 He says, it is when people are really earnest, when the beliefs really matter to them, that they are apt to get up against each other. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.920 The greater the enthusiasm, the greater the damage that they make alive. 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.019 It is against that danger Paul wished to safeguard his friends. 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:34.100 So you hear about the Philippian church. 00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:36.279 We know they're doing huge things. 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:44.299 But when we're getting more passionate and more and more excited about the gospel, the more excited we get about the things that we believe in. 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:47.439 So those can kind of come to light with disunity. 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:52.379 So then let's contrast this with a completely different church. 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.740 The Philippian church, Paul is happy with them. 00:12:54.819 --> 00:12:55.720 He's excited with them. 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:57.519 And they're sharing the gospel. 00:12:57.659 --> 00:12:58.579 They're sharing the sufferings. 00:12:58.580 --> 00:13:00.340 And then let's look at the Corinthian church. 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:07.580 If you all will turn to 1 Corinthians 1.10, we're going to kind of take a different look at the picture of what the Corinthian church looks like. 00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:08.080 Okay. 00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:22.280 Okay. 00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:26.120 So, Paul has his intro. 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:27.220 He says, I'm Paul. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.200 I'm writing for the Corinthian. 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:29.300 It's about the will of God. 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:31.759 And he's like saying how thankful he is to them. 00:13:32.280 --> 00:13:33.500 Verses 4 through 9. 00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:35.440 So he kind of gets through his introduction. 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.380 And now he's starting on the main content of his letter. 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:43.900 What is the first thing that Paul addresses in Corinthian? 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.940 He's done with his grief. 00:13:46.060 --> 00:13:46.920 He's done with his thanksgiving. 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:48.320 The first thing he says, he says, 00:13:48.680 --> 00:13:54.500 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and there be no divisions among you, 00:13:54.900 --> 00:13:57.900 but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 00:13:58.500 --> 00:14:02.460 For it has been reported to me by close people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:09.160 So, as we read on, as we keep going into Corinthians, we learn that there's dissension in the church. 00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:11.180 There is incest. 00:14:12.160 --> 00:14:13.080 There's pride. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.620 And there's self-sufficiency. 00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.879 There's a long one. 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:22.120 We could go on all day about what the things that the Corinthians are doing, that Paul is calling them out on, that he's rebuking them over. 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:29.419 And most people, if you've been in the church, you've heard that the American church is compared to the Corinthian church a lot of the time. 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:35.120 And I would kind of say that we're, in a lot of ways, really, really similar to the Corinthian church. 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:37.419 I would say that we definitely have a lot of dissension. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.600 We have a lot of pride. 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:40.139 We have a lot of self-sufficiency. 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:45.659 And I'm sure there's a lot of things that are so below the surface that we don't see that eventually will come to the light. 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:52.039 So, I think that we're in this boat with the Corinthian church. 00:14:52.219 --> 00:14:57.620 And Paul is, he's saying that this is so important that we get rid of this disunity now. 00:14:58.740 --> 00:15:03.620 Especially because this kind of, this mindset breeds the thought of, like, rugged individualism. 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:10.799 Like we kind of talked about last week, we said that the gospel, if you're not careful, it can allow this thought of rugged individualism. 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:12.360 I can do everything on my own. 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.459 I don't need other people. 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.240 I don't need to be committed to the local church. 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.460 I don't need people asking me tough questions. 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.960 I can figure things out of my own. 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:21.279 And the reason why that is because it's bred into us. 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:27.440 If you've grown up in the United States, you know that everything is saying, telling you that you got where you are, 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:34.159 where you, because of your heart, you climbed the career ladder, and you're where you are because of you. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:43.740 And what Paul is trying to get rid of, he's trying to get rid of this phantom illusion of self-sufficiency that is so rampant in the Corinthian church. 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:48.220 And he's promoted in his letter to the Philippians, unity. 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.680 He's saying we need to be one. 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:58.459 And so when we look at self-sufficiency and when we look at rugged individualism, we see that it's not actually a gospel about you at all. 00:15:58.979 --> 00:16:07.139 I mean, you're not going to find many verses that Jesus talks about where he's promoting the advancement of you and you alone. 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:09.360 It's not a gospel about you. 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:10.860 You're not going to find Jesus talking about it. 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:16.519 And when we look at the book of Acts, we're going to find that that's not how the early church operated either. 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:22.319 When God starts doing huge things to the Acts church, if y'all are familiar with the way the Acts works, 00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:26.620 you know that the church, the early church is doing huge things. 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:29.179 Like people are being brought to Christ by thousands. 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:31.019 People are being healed. 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.479 The homeless are being taken care of. 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:35.979 The widows and orphans are being sheltered. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:40.459 And that's not done in the leaders. 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.099 We're passionate about the gospel. 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.099 It comes through his unified church. 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:50.719 If we can look at a specific, like I'm just going to read, you don't have to actually turn there, 00:16:50.720 --> 00:17:00.580 but I'm just going to read Acts 2, 41 through 45, just to kind of let this settle in for what does a unified body of Christ look like? 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:06.160 If Paul is urging us not to be disunified but to be unified, what does it look like when a church is unified? 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:09.960 Acts 2, verse 41 through 45. 00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:17.819 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about 3,000 souls, 3,000 people coming to Christ. 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:23.599 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship to the breaking of bread and prayers. 00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:28.139 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:32.079 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:38.980 And they were selling the possessions and belongings and distributing proceeds to all as any had need. 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:44.240 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their humbles, 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:47.779 they received their food with glad and generous hearts. 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:50.619 And praising God and having favor with all the people. 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:54.039 And the Lord added to them, day by day, those who were going to save. 00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:57.279 That is a huge picture of the church. 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:59.259 And we don't see that very often. 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:04.960 I think a lot of ways we don't see it very often, especially in the United States of America, 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:07.980 because we have a huge problem with disunity. 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:10.700 No one's going to abruptly say that. 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:12.639 It's kind of hard to narrow it down. 00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:17.540 But if we're really opening our eyes, we have a huge unity problem. 00:18:17.860 --> 00:18:19.040 We're relying on ourselves. 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.660 We're not relying on one another. 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.820 We're not in covenant membership with one another. 00:18:23.040 --> 00:18:25.360 We're not asking each other to carry our own loads. 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:34.159 But at the same time, I don't need to discourage us and say that we need to be unified as the body of Christ. 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:36.219 Because we already are. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:39.259 If you're in Christ, we already are unified together. 00:18:39.439 --> 00:18:42.599 It's just that a lot of times we don't know how to operate together. 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.000 We don't. 00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.939 We think we can do things on our own. 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:49.920 If we're going to kind of, Paul is kind of reinforcing this idea of the Corinthians. 00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:59.380 And in 2 Corinthians 12, or 1 Corinthians 12, he gives this really brilliant picture of how the church body is supposed to operate. 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:06.520 I'm going to try not to go too long because I know that we have a lot to get on with here. 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.300 But he says, 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:15.020 For just as many as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:22.160 So then he kind of gives examples of how some people are the feet of Christ, and some people are the hands of Christ, and some people are the mouth of Christ. 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:24.060 And we all are relying on one another. 00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:26.000 When one person suffers, we all suffer. 00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:28.660 When one person's doing great, and we're all going to do great. 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:35.019 So he's trying to get the Corinthians back to this biblical view of what true unity looks like. 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.820 He's trying to get back there. 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:43.100 It's a good picture of what the gospel looks like when we are unified by Christ. 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:45.960 When we are in unity with one another. 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:49.720 So he says, if we're going back to Corinthians, he says, 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.380 Have the same mind. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.340 And so, if we're going to look at that, he says, 00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.500 Have the same mind. 00:19:56.500 --> 00:20:03.680 He does not mean nitpicky words, or nitpicky parts of doctrine. 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.599 He does not mean that. 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:10.180 But he does mean a common understanding and a genuine agreement. 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:13.460 He's kind of talking about harmony in this picture. 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.220 But what does that look like practically? 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:22.940 And so, for the sake of discussion later on tonight, I'm going to kind of give an example of what this looks like. 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:26.819 And it's kind of along the same lines of, for the sake of time, we're not going to go into it, 00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:29.860 but John Wesley's conversation with Charles Simian. 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:35.259 And if you've been in the church long enough, you hear the words of Calvinism and Hermesism. 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.759 They're around. 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:39.700 And, you know, a lot of times they're dividing lines between us. 00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:46.059 I'd say a really biblical conversation with another believer who's truly on fire for Christ. 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:48.799 Who's truly wanting God's personal holiness. 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:53.740 It looks something like the conversation between Charles Simian and John Wesley. 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.519 I've had it. 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:56.240 I can remember my freshman year. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:59.960 I was sitting in jail, and I was talking to a friend named TJ. 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:03.720 And we were talking, we were both on different sides of the fence about saying, 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:07.759 well, God has sovereignly chosen us to be saved. 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:14.120 And his blood was not a potential atonement, but it was a personal, specific atonement. 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.559 And then TJ was kind of on the other side of saying, I completely disagree with you. 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:20.579 Because that means this and this and that. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.220 And it was this huge, it was like we were just on a completely different side. 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:27.240 But at the end of the day, we were both kind of looking into each other's eyes and saying, 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:32.440 man, I know you live and work on a different side, but I'm so on fire that you love Christ. 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:34.620 And that you're sharing the gospel with people. 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.559 And that there's unity between us. 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:44.079 That is kind of a short example of kind of the conversation that goes on between Charles Simian and John Wesley. 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:49.140 So, are we divided as the body over small things? 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:53.319 And we're not unified over the big things, I think. 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.559 That's kind of what Paul is urging them on to. 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.059 He says, the same love. 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:00.939 Okay, this is actually really interesting. 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.919 I wanted to give an example of this. 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:06.339 What does it mean to have the same love to where we're unified? 00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:10.500 I just gave a really good example of Acts 2, where the church, 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:15.639 he literally gives an example of what it looks like for the church to be unified 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:17.740 and have the same love for one another. 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:19.859 Outrageous things are going on. 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:29.099 If the same hype was going on around those things, like today, it would be so uncomprehensible. 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:33.620 I want to see more things like Acts 2. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:37.179 And I know every single person here who read that wants to see more of that. 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:43.439 And we're kind of in this state of where you're either hopelessly romantic about Acts 2, 00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:47.959 and you believe, well, everything about that verse needs to be right here, 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.179 and we need to make that happen. 00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:53.739 Or you are pessimistically idealistic about it. 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.419 You say, well, that's not going to happen. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.399 That's how it is. 00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:57.679 That's how it was. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.460 But that's not how it is anymore. 00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:05.180 So I feel like a lot of times you're in an island of two camps, 00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:10.000 and I believe that there's a middle ground where, and we are so unified, 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.820 because Paul is urging us on to unity. 00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:16.299 And he's saying, have the same love between yourselves. 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:19.880 I'm going to give this quote of what did it look like. 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:23.640 So we've got a picture of what a Christian was writing about Acts, like the early church. 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:30.820 So I sort of wonder if the writer of Acts was at all by this, about what's going on. 00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:36.140 And so I want to give this quote that Emperor Julian said about the early church. 00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:39.960 So Emperor Julian was not a being raised, not a Christian. 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.100 But he says this about us. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.140 So he says, atheism, in reference to Christianity, he says, 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:50.140 has been specially advanced through the loving service rendered to strangers 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:52.440 and through their care for the burial of the dead. 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:57.640 Okay, so Jack, he says, it is a scandal that there is not one single Jew who is a beggar, 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:00.720 and that the godless getter of Galileans, referring to Christians, 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.340 care not only for their own poor, but ours as well. 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:09.759 He says, while those who belong to us look in vain for the help that we should render. 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:16.840 So this is a huge picture that someone who is not a believer, is not a Christian, recognizes. 00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:18.600 He's saying this is a problem. 00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:21.580 People, our own people, are looking to us in vain. 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:28.379 Because the church is doing such a huge job with canning people that we don't have anything to do. 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:34.520 I'm going to ask the question that's very redundant and really hard to answer. 00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:37.940 Do people say that about us? 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:42.280 Like, do people say that about the Church at Christ Family? 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:45.040 And I want to know for sure. 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:52.140 So we're going to go into these discussion questions along the way I'm asking these questions. 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:55.860 So besides the discussion question, I'm asking an interpersonal question. 00:24:55.960 --> 00:25:01.040 So a question you need to ask yourself that is not for everyone else to talk about tonight. 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:06.200 Because Philippians 2, we can, a couple verses later, Paul says, 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:12.600 he says, therefore my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence, 00:25:13.020 --> 00:25:17.259 but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trouble. 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:21.900 So there's a sense that, yes, we're going to talk about tough issues, like in these discussion groups. 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:28.200 But if we're just relying on that, there's no inner depth of a relationship with Christ. 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:32.400 So Paul is urging them, you need to work out your own salvation with fear and trouble. 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:39.059 So the question I have for you to ask yourself is, is there division between yourself and another believer? 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:44.279 And sometimes that can even look like relationships, where if you've had a relationship with another Christian, 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:48.159 and something goes wrong, and y'all break up or something, 00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:53.740 and then there's this tendency to want to hold a grudge against them or act differently about them. 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:59.740 And we don't even realize that this is my sister, this is my brother that is in Christ with you. 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.119 What about just to another believer in general? 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.500 Do you hold a grudge against them? 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:10.240 And even more so for the church is, do you disagree on something that a church is teaching, 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.819 that is striving for the gospel, 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:18.880 and then consequently, you're not bad-mouthing that church, or not attending that church, 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.539 but holding a grudge against that church, 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:24.980 instead of following Paul's advice to us, 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:28.740 to strive together for the gospel, to wrestle together with the gospel. 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:32.680 Paul is saying that we don't just hold grudges and not talk about it, 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:34.819 and have issues and not talk about it. 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:39.099 He's saying that we wrestle through those issues with the church, with other believers. 00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:45.960 And so are you holding on to something that you have against the church that is not gospel-centered, 00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:49.700 instead of actually approaching that church or that person and saying, 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:53.220 man, I have a huge issue that's been laying of sin in my own heart, 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:55.500 and I need to confess it to you, and we need to work through this issue. 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:58.240 Like, do you have that in your heart? 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:03.380 Because if you do, man, I would just say tonight it starts with repenting from that 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:05.539 and asking God to lead you away from that. 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:09.299 So the discussion question that we're going to go to this first point is, 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:12.220 we're saying, what are the ways that we can have, 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.559 what are some ways that we can have the same mind with one another, 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.759 in a way that there's a distinct harmony with one another, 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.460 that other people can see it, and they can say, 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:22.680 well, these people agree on two completely different things, 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:25.240 and they're disagreeing about the subject they're fighting over, 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:30.039 but they still love each other, and they're still agreeing on the mutual love they have. 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.460 Is that inherent to other people? 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:38.500 And then, how can we practically have the same love that is unmistakable to the outside world like it was to you? 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:46.759 Okay, so the third point, we're saying that a God-like Christian will possess humility 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:50.519 that comes from a proper identity that's found in Christ. 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.279 Verse 3, he says, 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.279 Do nothing from rivalry and conceit, 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:58.099 but humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.839 So Paul tells us, 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.819 he says, 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:04.539 not to have selfish ambition and vain conceit. 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.119 There are factors for disunity. 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:06.900 He's saying, 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.059 don't have those things. 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.859 And this verse, 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.339 this verse where he says, 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:13.400 Do nothing from rivalry and conceit, 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:15.099 but humility count others more significant. 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.919 If we take off our Bible Belt, 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.779 church attending, 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.480 fried chicken, 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.740 sweet tea loving glasses, 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.759 for like just a second, 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.599 that is the most, 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.899 like broad and wise, 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.459 hardest thing to fall on. 00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:30.519 But I don't believe that Paul is just being a hopeless romantic. 00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:31.059 Like, 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:33.919 I believe that he's actually commanding this to us. 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:36.120 The thing is, 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.060 is that when we do that, 00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:38.100 when we take those lenses off, 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:43.560 we realize that this verse is in a direct contradiction with everything else. 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.860 What does the school tell you? 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.240 It says, 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.759 you know, 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.539 that you are the most important person. 00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.840 What does our careers tell us? 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.060 It says, 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:51.600 make the most money that you can make. 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.279 Cultural advancement tells us that. 00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.100 Like, 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.700 everything is, 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.200 our own flesh tells us that we are not to do that. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:00.120 That you are the most important person. 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.239 So, 00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:05.899 and most people agree this in kind of like a lighthearted way, 00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:08.379 but Paul is actually meaning this. 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.019 He's actually trying to take this deeper. 00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:11.119 And so the question is, 00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:14.639 why should you listen to someone who's asking you to, 00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.199 in humility, 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:17.519 count others more significant than yourself, 00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:20.779 and do nothing from rivalry or vacancy? 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.679 So why should we listen to that? 00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:25.679 It's because that's how we stay unified. 00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:27.799 Paul is saying that we need to be unified. 00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:29.539 But he's saying that's how we do it. 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:31.440 It's when we come to the church, 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.420 when we come to the church with pride, 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.799 and we come with arrogance, 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:37.079 and we come with this high view of ourselves, 00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:38.139 instead of humility. 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.680 Well, 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:42.240 there's going to be a ton of disunity among us. 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.200 And when we get this, 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.299 what's our motivation from that? 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.960 It's Christ. 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:51.220 If we're looking at verses 5 through 7 to 8, 00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.700 the first part of it says, 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:54.139 have this mind among yourselves, 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.200 which is yours in Christ Jesus, 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.759 who, 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.220 though he was in the form of God, 00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:00.400 did not count equality with God, 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.319 a thing to be Christ, 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.640 but made himself nothing, 00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.000 taking the form of a servant. 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.640 And I would say that 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:07.620 how we do this, 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.880 how we have this humble identity, 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:12.059 how we have this humble approach to the gospel, 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:14.500 is tough. 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:19.299 But the reason why we're usually not having that mentality, 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:21.920 why we don't have a humble mentality towards others, 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.839 is because you do not possess 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:26.480 a proper understanding of what Christ has done for you. 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.659 If you're coming to the church, 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.619 if your own life looks prideful, 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:33.959 and if you're attending church, 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:37.299 and you have a prideful attitude that's getting in the way of the community in the church, 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:39.079 I would say that the reason why that is, 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:42.699 is because we don't understand who we were before Christ. 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:49.460 Do we understand that we were the prostitute, 00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.500 that we were the murderer, 00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.660 that we were the thief, 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:54.700 before Christ came and took us away from these things? 00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:55.960 He says, 00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:57.299 he says that Jesus, 00:30:57.819 --> 00:31:01.680 who is upholding the universe by the might of his word, 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.740 by the power of his word, 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.299 he said, 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:08.000 he did not take equality with God as a thing to be grasped, 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.160 but lowered himself, 00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.799 making himself a servant. 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.759 So, this is the king of the universe, 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.539 who everything revolves around, 00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:17.639 he went and took himself out of that and served us. 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.000 Because that God who gave us everything, 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:23.279 therefore we owe us everything, 00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.960 he left and became nothing, 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.579 so that we could give him everything. 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.779 A lot of times, 00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.879 I'm more prideful, 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:31.779 but I don't think that we really understand 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.779 what Christ has done for us. 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:36.399 So that's something that we have to work out in our own hearts. 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.879 You have to work out like, 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:41.660 God, how do I view myself before you change me, 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.860 before you make me a new creation? 00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.660 A lot of the times, 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:46.100 I would say that it's just because 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:48.860 we don't view ourselves in that way. 00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:51.260 We view ourselves a lot higher than we actually are. 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.620 And personally, 00:31:52.760 --> 00:31:54.520 that starts in our hearts. 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.160 It starts in prayer, 00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.680 it starts tonight when you go home 00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.900 and you leave this place, 00:31:59.280 --> 00:32:00.540 and you're with Christ. 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.680 It starts with saying, 00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.040 oh God, 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:05.799 I think I have a really bad understanding 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.960 of what you've done for me, 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.680 and how you've changed me. 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:12.859 Because if we did have that understanding, 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.319 we would be so humble, 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:16.019 and we would count others 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.339 as more significant than ourselves, 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:19.180 and we would contribute to this unity 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.460 that Paul is talking about. 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.480 So a question that 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:24.420 we're going to be talking about tonight, 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.819 we're going to say, 00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:27.379 what are ways that we can cultivate 00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:29.099 humility personally, 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.839 and also in the church? 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.779 How can you cultivate humility 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.879 in the church? 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.379 And I think 00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:37.639 a really good place to go to that 00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:39.639 is in 1 Corinthians 12. 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:44.299 So the last point that we're going over 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.699 is we're saying 00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:46.159 that proper humility 00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:47.899 will lead to service. 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.959 If we're going to read verse 4, 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.579 he says, 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.519 let each of you not only look 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.359 to his own interests, 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:55.139 but also to the interests of others. 00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.279 Again, that sounds lovely, 00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.259 that sounds nice, 00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.480 and we want to nod, 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.500 and we want to agree, 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.200 and we say, yeah, 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.539 but when we realize 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.579 what Paul is saying, 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.359 he says, 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.380 let each of you look 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.579 not only to your own interests, 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.900 but also to the interests of others. 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.960 He's making a huge statement here. 00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:12.240 Now, he's not saying, 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.019 like if we read 3, 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.380 and we said, 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:15.000 do nothing from rivalry or conceit, 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.279 but humility count others 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.440 more significant than yourselves. 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.220 We could jump, 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.119 we could err on the side 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.440 of saying, 00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.119 well, therefore, 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.980 I need to completely forsake myself, 00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.799 and neglect myself, 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.799 and not take care of myself, 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.940 and not do all these things, 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.900 but we're not reading 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.740 what Paul is saying. 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.759 Paul is saying, 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.039 we need to count people 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.380 more important than ourselves, 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:32.079 and not only to your own interests, 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.220 but only to the interests of others. 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.180 So it's so important 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.460 that we read the context there. 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.980 But still, 00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:39.799 we're still left with this hard statement 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.160 of saying, 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:42.099 count others more important than yourself, 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.059 when that is so contrary 00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:47.319 to everything that you've been taught, 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.160 how you've been raised, 00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.839 what your flesh tells you. 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.019 It tells you that you're 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.539 the most important person. 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.139 And the gospel is telling 00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.019 it's the opposite. 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.879 It's like, 00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.659 we have this pyramid scheme 00:33:57.659 --> 00:34:00.039 of how things work, 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.200 of I'm on top, 00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:03.200 and everyone else is below me, 00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:05.099 and Christ is flipping that upside down. 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.960 That's why it is, 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.199 why it's such a tough thing 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.539 to live out the gospel, 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.940 because we have to put ourselves 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:12.139 at the bottom of that pyramid. 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.579 But Paul is saying that 00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.779 the reason why we do this 00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:17.199 isn't just to be good people, 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:19.800 isn't because it's a lovely thought, 00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.699 but because he's saying 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:22.519 that's exactly what Jesus did, 00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.380 and the funny thing is 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.860 that we falsely have this view 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.659 that we're on top. 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.639 Our view is actually incorrect, 00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.440 because there's nothing 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.900 that makes Michael any better 00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.259 than you, 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.500 any better than Michael. 00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:38.579 But the truth is that Christ 00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:41.079 has every reason to be on top, 00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.500 has every reason. 00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.920 He is the one who creates, 00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:45.420 he's the one who's giving breath 00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:47.739 to people who are deliberately 00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:49.699 acting in contribution to his word. 00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.899 like, 00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:52.339 he's giving the breath 00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.859 to people 00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:54.199 to sin against him. 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.699 And he takes himself 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.419 from the top 00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:58.119 and puts himself 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.739 on the bottom. 00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:00.559 It's this flipped up view, 00:35:01.439 --> 00:35:02.659 and we can see that 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.359 in the 27, 00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:05.359 or chapter 2, 00:35:05.419 --> 00:35:05.719 verse 7, 00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.319 where he says that 00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.259 he took the form 00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.000 of a servant 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.039 being born 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.099 in the likeness of men. 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:12.839 And so, 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.759 I find that so frequently 00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.420 our mentality 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.420 is that others are here 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.539 to serve the community. 00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.779 And this affects the way 00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:22.319 that we come together. 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.579 Like, 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.360 do you look to the benefit 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.920 of others? 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.960 Throughout your day, 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.699 do you look to the benefit 00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.059 of others? 00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.139 Or does everyone else 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.099 revolve around you? 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.199 Does the world revolve 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.699 around me, 00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.779 and does what everyone else 00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.139 does, 00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.839 does the point of it 00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.420 to serve me? 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.099 I think the area 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.480 where we're most guilty 00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.079 of this is in the church. 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.079 Honestly, 00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.539 when you come here tonight, 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.319 this is tough, 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.239 because it's, 00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.779 we're just getting 00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.519 into practicality 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.019 of tonight. 00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:47.319 Did you come tonight 00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.199 with wanting to know, 00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.679 well, 00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.319 is Michael going to be 00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.279 playing the gym day tonight? 00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.039 Is it just going to be 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:53.000 Alex playing the guitar? 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.480 Is it going to be 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.139 a song that I know? 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.639 Is it going to be 00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.099 another hymn 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.599 that's probably 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.980 like 5,000 years old? 00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.139 And, 00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.699 you know, 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.500 is there going to be coffee? 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.639 Is the message 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.259 going to be good? 00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.539 And so we come to the church 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.360 with all these opinions, 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.639 and that's just Thursday night. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.159 Like, 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.819 Sunday morning 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.680 is so much more 00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:10.300 than that as well, 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.320 of our community here. 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.120 We can take this 00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:13.000 so many different directions. 00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.680 And so, 00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:16.240 we often have this idea 00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.940 of the church 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.760 is here to serve me. 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.900 And so, 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.200 it's so rare 00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.519 when we actually 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.140 take what Paul 00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.740 is saying here 00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.440 and apply it 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.920 to our own lives 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.360 and approach 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.680 and say, 00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:23.900 you know, 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.180 I just worked 00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:24.640 out in the church. 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.880 How can I serve 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.600 other people today? 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.059 Okay? 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.440 And I want to be 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.180 so welcoming 00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:30.120 to other people today. 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.940 And how can I, 00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.180 how can I be a part 00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.539 of this church 00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.120 and serve them? 00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.800 What are the needs 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.539 of this church 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.420 for the church 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.000 that I'm a part of 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.739 somewhere else? 00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:40.059 I think it's so rare 00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.880 and I think it's hard 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.420 for us to fully 00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.260 and honestly say 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.480 that we approach 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.920 the church 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.679 with this mentality 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.860 of how can I serve 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.300 the church 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.960 instead of 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.699 how can it serve me? 00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:52.719 we so often have 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:54.480 a consumerist mentality 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.659 rather than a giving 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.179 mentality, 00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.679 a mentality 00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.559 that Paul is asking. 00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.179 So the question 00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.099 that I think about 00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.899 tonight as we're doing 00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:01.279 our community 00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.159 is I'm saying, 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.079 do you approach 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.439 the church 00:37:03.439 --> 00:37:04.339 with this consumerist 00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:04.759 mentality 00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:06.919 or are we coming 00:37:06.919 --> 00:37:08.359 to serve the church? 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.599 Do we have 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:11.460 a Christ-like mentality? 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:13.980 So, 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.319 the cool thing is, 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.799 again, 00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:17.500 this is an easy message 00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.579 because it allows 00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.619 less room 00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.179 about discussion 00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.759 of what this verse 00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.319 actually means. 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.980 We can read these verses 00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.119 and we can agree 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.440 that this is exactly 00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.980 what it means. 00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:27.480 And I think the tough part 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.880 when, 00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.719 again, 00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:30.259 when it's less 00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.799 theory-length, 00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:32.119 less in-depth, 00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:33.279 is that we come to a point 00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.819 when you have to 00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:36.239 really address this 00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.679 in our hearts. 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.179 Like, 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.219 I don't think anyone 00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:39.119 likes being called out 00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.819 on very, 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.799 very simple things. 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.579 I don't think we like 00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:44.539 having our hearts 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.319 repealed to us. 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.600 And so, 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.080 as we conclude this, 00:37:48.140 --> 00:37:48.840 the question is, 00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:52.400 are we looking to Christ 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.620 as the example of this? 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.240 Is Christ the reason 00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:57.440 why we're doing 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.920 these things? 00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:59.120 Or are we doing them 00:37:59.120 --> 00:38:00.120 because we're good Christians 00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.760 and we know this is 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.720 what good Christians do? 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.140 And this is probably 00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.580 the right thing 00:38:03.580 --> 00:38:04.039 and this is how 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.600 we've been raised. 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:06.000 Or are we looking at Christ 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.920 and every morning 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.640 we're waking up 00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:09.380 and realizing, 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.039 God, 00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:10.860 I was homeless, 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.380 broken, 00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.720 naked, 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.340 and poor 00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.280 before you saved me. 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.840 Like, 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.280 I was in so much trouble 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:17.260 and if you hadn't 00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.960 done something, 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.980 I would be forever lost. 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.700 Is that creating 00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.580 unity in us? 00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:23.300 Is that creating 00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.080 humility? 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.780 Is that creating 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.700 a sense of service 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.540 where we want to put 00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:27.880 others above ourselves 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.960 despite the fact 00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.600 that the world 00:38:29.600 --> 00:38:30.680 tells us to put us 00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:31.820 above everyone else? 00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:35.640 Jesus was a servant 00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:37.620 who had every right 00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:38.660 to elevate himself 00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:40.160 if he took a form 00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.800 of a servant. 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.360 That needs 00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.060 superior motivation. 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.180 Nothing else 00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:45.019 can be our motivation. 00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:47.700 Christ has to be 00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.280 reason why we're 00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.000 doing these things. 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.240 We're going to talk 00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:51.180 about this next week, 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.140 5 through 11. 00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.540 We're going to be able 00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:53.680 to get more into it. 00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.160 So, 00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:56.460 we're just concluding 00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.040 about going out. 00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:58.320 He served us. 00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.220 This ought to humble us. 00:39:00.600 --> 00:39:01.900 We're obligated 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.440 to have unity. 00:39:02.560 --> 00:39:03.760 There's no room 00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.920 for disunity. 00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.700 There's no room 00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.480 for pride. 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.700 And there's no room 00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:09.019 for selfishness 00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.840 because Christ came. 00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:12.000 Because Christ 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.760 redeemed us. 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:15.300 So, 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.160 that's where 00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.920 we're going tonight. 00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.100 Again, 00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.920 that's where we're 00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.240 going on. 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.080 Discussion groups. 00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.060 I'm going to pray. 00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.340 Alex is going to come up 00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:27.120 and Bags 00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:28.240 and Aaron 00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:29.740 and they're going to 00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.620 do two songs 00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:31.000 and then I'm going to 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.440 come back 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.900 and I'm going to 00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.360 kind of get 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.760 instructions for 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:36.100 our discussion groups. 00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.440 Let me just pray 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.340 before Alex comes 00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.679 about. 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.039 Heavenly Father, 00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:47.240 you are so sovereign 00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.980 over tonight. 00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:49.059 You are so sovereign 00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:50.079 over our church. 00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.740 Father, 00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.579 would you please 00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.260 change us 00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:53.940 because of what 00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.480 you've done 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.019 for us, 00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.300 Lord? 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.380 Lord, 00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.960 would you give us 00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.119 a beautiful union 00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:00.500 that leads us 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.179 to humility, 00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.579 Lord? 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.260 That leads us 00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.860 to service. 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:05.640 Father, 00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.260 thank you for 00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:07.039 saving us 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:08.079 from where we were. 00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.079 Father, 00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.599 let's pray that 00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.079 you would change 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.780 our hearts. 00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.519 First of all, 00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:11.900 that we be able 00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.760 to give ourselves 00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:14.240 to you in our own 00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:15.099 hearts and then 00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.460 we be able to 00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.000 give ourselves 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.880 to one another. 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.820 Father, 00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.380 that's when you 00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.800 would start 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.220 changing our lives. 00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.460 Father, 00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.240 thank you for 00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.620 tonight. 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.079 God, 00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.660 I thank you for 00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.660 every single believer 00:40:23.660 --> 00:40:24.320 that's here. 00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.599 Lord, 00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:25.300 I pray that 00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:27.559 as we worship 00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.039 through music 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.840 and through discussion, 00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.300 Father, 00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:31.300 that you would be 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.900 changing our hearts. 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.240 that's when you 00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.579 would start, 00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:34.800 Lord. 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.360 Please change 00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.700 our hearts 00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.340 and not our 00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:37.019 actions without 00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.480 our hearts, 00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:37.740 Lord. 00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.680 Please. 00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.360 God, 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.660 I just pray 00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.059 that you would 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.660 have weight 00:40:40.660 --> 00:40:41.480 here tonight. 00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:42.840 Father, 00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.579 we ask all these 00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.139 things in knowing 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.639 that you're going 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.300 to do them 00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:46.340 in Christ's name.