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 I'm really excited to introduce our preacher, speaker to you this morning.

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 Mike Lilly, Michael Lilly, is one of my dearest friends.

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 And we served together at King of Grace Church, which eventually sent us both out to plant churches.

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 So we've planted Trinity Cambridge Church in Cambridge, and Mike's planted King of Peace Church in Salem, Massachusetts.

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 A lifetime before that, Mike was a lieutenant colonel in the army.

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 He served there for a while. He's still a highly coveted instructor.

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 But he gave all of that up so that he can serve Jesus by preaching the gospel.

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 And he's a man who has personally experienced God's grace in his life in a radical way.

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 And because of that, he very effectively ministers God's grace to others,

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 those who are in need, all of us as sinners in need.

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 And Mike's a man of prayer.

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 And we had him come, and he actually preached to us, taught us about prayer a few years ago, actually,

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 when we were still at Kennedy Longfellow School in East Cambridge.

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 And so this is his second time I guess preaching for, it's been a little while.

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 But yeah, so probably a lot of you guys don't recognize him,

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 but I'm really glad that you guys get to meet him today.

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 So Mike is married to his wife Enza, who serves as a doula.

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 So their service usually meets in the afternoon.

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 And so Mike was able to come preach for us.

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 But Enza had other commitments.

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 That's why she's not here with him this morning.

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 He's married. He's got three sons.

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 He's got three girls. He's got three sons.

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 And it's wonderful to have you to preach for us.

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 Thank you, Mike.

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 So please come up. Let's welcome Mike to come preach for us.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, greetings to you from your brothers and sisters in Christ in Salem.

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 And it's good to be here together with you today.

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 I just can't say how excited I am.

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 I remember coming here years ago and walking the streets and praying with Sean before there was any of you here.

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 So it's really cool to look out and see this today.

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 You know, the work that God has done building his church.

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 Amen?

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 So 20 years ago, I was still in the Army.

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 And during that time, performance counseling was really a part of my professional life.

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 Now, I liked my soldiers.

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 In fact, I love videos.

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 I love my soldiers.

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 I liked what I did a lot.

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 And sometimes you had to go, oh, you had to do counseling, whether it was good or bad.

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 Right?

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 Well, even in the stuff where I knew I was going to get a negative counseling, where I really needed to correct where we were going,

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 I always tried to start off with the positive things that I saw about the soldiers that I was counseling.

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 I wanted to know.

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 I wanted to know that I saw things that made me hopeful for their future.

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 So as we move today at the first nine verses of 1 Corinthians, we see Paul doing something pretty similar to that as he writes the church in Corinth.

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 See, between a letter that he had received from the church in Corinth, one that we don't have, and a personal report that he had received from one of the house churches, Paul's gotten some really disturbing news about the church in Corinth.

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 So in response, he's sending one of his most comprehensive correction letters that we have probably in the New Testament.

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 Yet, unlike the counseling that I conducted with my soldiers that kind of grounded them in the faith that I had for them,

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 Paul starts 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verses 1 through 9 by grounding the believers in God's faithfulness.

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 He points them to the good things that God has faithfully done on their behalf and how he has seen the results of those good things manifested in them.

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 Paul doesn't move their hope and their ability to do better.

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 But in God, and in when God is already faithfully done through Jesus Christ.

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 And how God will sustain them until Jesus returns.

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 So please, turn in your barbers to 1 Corinthians 1, 1 through 9, and follow along as I read.

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 Paul writes,

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 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus and a brother of South Carolina.

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 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus,

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 called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 both their Lord and ours.

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

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 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge,

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 even as the testimony about Christ was delivered among you,

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 so that you are not lacking in any care,

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 as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will sustain you to the end,

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 guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 God is faithful.

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 God is faithful.

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 By whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 May God bless the reading and the hearing and the preaching of his Holy Word.

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 Father, this week,

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 may you send your Holy Spirit to bring these words to recall

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 and would encourage your people by the knowledge that they are called by you.

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 They are being holy in Christ,

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 and they are sustained guiltless.

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 Until Christ on the time.

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 Father,

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 ask today,

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 in your spirit,

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 and let your word go out

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 and run forward.

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 That's your promise.

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 Lord,

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 empower the preaching of your word today

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 as you have prepared to receive it.

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 We pray that in the name of your Son.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 from this passage this week,

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 I have one simple thought,

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 I guess,

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 that I want you to walk away with.

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 And that is,

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 God is faithful.

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 He will call you,

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 to sanctify you,

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 and to sustain you,

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 who trust in the Lord Jesus.

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 I guess we could really just kind of cut that down,

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 even more simply say,

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 that God is faithful.

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 But I like the longer one,

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 because it sort of has the gospel in a nutshell there, right?

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 God is able to call,

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 sanctify,

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 and sustain all those who believe in Jesus Christ.

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 So now,

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 to move that proposition to you today,

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 I really just want to say,

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 that God has called you,

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 and my three points are really,

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 God has called you,

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 into the fellowship of His Son.

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 God has called you,

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 to be saints,

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 and God has called you,

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 into the ministry,

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 of His Son,

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 which is Christ.

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 So let's get started,

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 with our first point,

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 that God is faithful to call us.

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 In this first word,

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 I want to briefly show you,

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 three ways,

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 in which God is faithful to call us.

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 I want to,

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 I'll build your faith,

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 by seeing that God,

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 has been faithful to you,

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 faithful to call you,

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 first,

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 into the fellowship of His Son,

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 Jesus.

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 Second,

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 to live as saints,

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 and third,

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 into the ministry of Christ.

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 Now,

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 Paul,

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 in verses 1-9,

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 begins with ministry,

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 moves to saints,

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 and then to fellowship.

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 But I'm going to do that,

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 in reverse order,

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 and we're going to start,

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 verse 9.

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 There,

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 we read,

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 that God is faithful.

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 Let me ask you,

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 who does this verse,

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 say,

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 called you and I,

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 into the fellowship,

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 of His Son?

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 Who called you?

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 God.

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 It was God.

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 It was God that fought.

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 And as we consider this passage,

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 the first thing we learn,

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 the first thing we really need,

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 to hold on to,

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 is it is God,

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 who is faithful,

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 to call us,

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 not we,

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 ourselves.

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 It is God,

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 who is faithful.

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 We have not called ourselves,

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 into this fellowship,

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 of Jesus,

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 with God.

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 But,

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 God,

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 was faithful,

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 to do this,

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 while you and I,

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 were still enemies.

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 But,

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 where were you,

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 when you caught,

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 called us?

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 Stop the thing about that,

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 where were you,

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 when God called you?

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 Most of you,

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 were probably not,

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 saved in childhood.

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 You can go,

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 thank God,

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 that I had a grave,

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 before you.

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 But I bet,

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 a bunch of people are not.

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 I was 30,

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 when I was called,

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 and I was eight,

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 in a full-out spirit,

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 away from God.

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 I wanted nothing,

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 to do with God.

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 I experienced a church,

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 when I was living,

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 and I wanted nothing,

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 to do with that.

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 But God,

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 but God,

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 was faithful,

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 even while I,

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 was still living in sin,

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 following my own desires,

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 following the course,

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 of my own way.

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 He,

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 called,

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 me,

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 into fellowship,

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 with his son.

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 I,

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 God,

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 faithfully called me,

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 bore the foundations of your,

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 pursued me,

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 with his relentless love.

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 He,

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 sent,

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 his Holy Spirit,

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 to open my eyes,

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 and even gave me,

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 the faith to believe,

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 because I couldn't even do that.

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 So,

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 so let's,

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 all,

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 see,

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 that this is,

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 God's,

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 work,

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 not ours.

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 It is God,

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 that is faithful,

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 to do it.

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 It is God,

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 who is faithful,

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 to call us,

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 into the fellowship,

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 of his son.

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 And friends,

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 God,

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 has,

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 faithfully,

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 called you,

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 into a relationship,

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 with his son.

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 But it's more,

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 than just a relationship.

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 So you're called into the fellowship,

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 of Jesus.

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 And the word,

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 fellowship,

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 is important.

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 In our current context,

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 we talk about fellowship,

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 and,

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 you know,

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 it kind of sounds like,

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 off and go,

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 not a little chit-chat,

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 after church.

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 Jesus didn't die,

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 he didn't have chit-chat,

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 after church.

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 These are why God sent his son,

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 to say,

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 maybe,

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 you're familiar,

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 with,

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 J.R.

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 R. Trump's,

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 trilogy,

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 the fellowship,

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 of the ring,

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 maybe,

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 Friday,

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 maybe,

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 or maybe,

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 just a word,

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 but,

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 but,

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 the point is,

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 that there's this trilogy,

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 out there,

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 and it's called,

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 the fellowship,

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 of the ring.

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 Fellowship is kind of,

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 a noun in that,

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 right?

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 And,

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 what he's talking about,

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 is,

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 these nine,

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 companions,

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 who are brought,

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 together,

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 to accomplish,

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 something,

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 right?

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 These,

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 they're on this quest,

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 to destroy the ring,

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 the fellowship,

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 that they had entered,

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 was full,

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 of danger.

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 It was hard,

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 it was costly,

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 people would die,

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 from the ring.

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 That's much more like,

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 fellowship,

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 also going after.

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 In the original language,

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 the noun,

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 fellowship,

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 is referring to,

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 a legal,

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 and binding,

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 partnership,

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 between two,

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 other people,

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 excused in terms,

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 sometimes,

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 of marriage,

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 and it's often used,

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 in business contracts,

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 and I'm repeating,

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 for example,

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 Peter,

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 and James,

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 and John,

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 and Luke,

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 and I,

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 where they are,

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 in partnership,

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 in this,

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 in this fishing business,

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 that they're in.

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 And if you think about that,

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 it's a financial partnership,

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 with them,

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 but it was a partnership,

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 of blood,

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 and sweat,

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 equity,

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 right?

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 And then they failed,

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 and you didn't bring,

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 cats,

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 and what happened?

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 You went hungry,

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 your family went hungry.

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 So you put everything,

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 you had,

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 in making this thing work.

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 It was costly.

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 So,

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 think of the people,

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 in your term,

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 right here,

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 in your book,

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 you are called,

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 into the eternal,

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 fellowship,

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 of God's,

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 Son,

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 Jesus,

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 your God,

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 our Lord,

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 your Lord,

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 God.

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 And you're called,

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 into that fellowship,

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 with these people,

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 whose lives,

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 are bound up,

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 with yours,

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 in Christ.

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 You are to,

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 partner with Jesus,

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 as it goes,

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 this church,

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 not just,

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 as a individual,

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 but as members,

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 who are,

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 partner,

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 partner,

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 and,

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 partner,

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 and,

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 partner.

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 Let me stop,

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 just a minute.

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 And what I want you to do,

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 is you look at the person,

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 to your left,

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 right?

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 Is there anybody,

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 in your left,

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 right?

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 Do you see a parent,

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 right?

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 Somebody.

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 You've got one,

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 on one,

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 the other,

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 right?

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 And now,

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 I want you to look at that person,

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 on your left,

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 on your right,

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 and say,

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 we are in partnership,

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 with Jesus,

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 together.

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 And here,

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 look at that person,

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 we are in partnership,

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 with Jesus,

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 together.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 God is faithful,

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 to put you,

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 into that partnership,

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 with his son,

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 together.

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 Amen.

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 So the second thing,

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 that God has,

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 Paul was into,

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 is in verse 2.

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 And there we see,

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 that we are called,

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 to be saints,

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 as those,

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 whom God has called,

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 into the fellowship,

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 of his son Jesus.

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 Paul wants to make sure,

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 that the Corinthians,

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 and I think us today,

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 know,

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 that God,

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 has also,

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 called us,

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 to be,

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 saints.

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 That,

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 we didn't call ourselves,

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 to be saints,

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 I guarantee you.

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 God has,

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 called us,

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 to be saints.

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 So let me ask you,

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 did God,

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 call you,

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 into the fellowship,

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 of his son Jesus,

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 because you,

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 were holy.

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 You were holy,

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 before you were called,

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 please raise your hand.

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 There's the door,

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 in the back,

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 because you don't want it.

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 No,

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 seriously.

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 God did not,

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 call you,

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 because you,

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 were holy.

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 He didn't look down,

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 from heaven,

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 and say,

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 oh,

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 that went there.

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 She is,

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 so holy.

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 She is,

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 so righteous.

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 Come on,

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 girl.

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 No,

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 it isn't,

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 what happened.

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 Not at all.

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 This isn't,

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 like a modern,

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 day law,

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 from the little view,

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 and says,

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 wow,

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 that person has prestige,

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 their holy,

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 bring them on,

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 because they're built,

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 a prestige,

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 and well,

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 not for,

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 that didn't have that work.

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 That is not,

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 at all,

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 for the world.

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 You never have,

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 to prove yourself,

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 because God,

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 has already,

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.700
 done it for you.

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 God,

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 is the one,

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 who made you faithful,

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.760
 through his son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And it is God,

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.360
 who has called you,

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.180
 to be,

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.299
 saints.

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.740
 Come,

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.660
 through the Lord,

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.579
 Jesus Christ.

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.860
 So let's take a minute,

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 to explore this last thing,

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 a little further.

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 Paul makes a single,

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.579
 profound statement,

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 in verse 2,

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.460
 he addresses this letter,

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 to the church,

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 of God,

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 in Corinth,

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.180
 to those sanctified,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 What does that mean?

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 What does it mean,

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 that God has,

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 sanctified us,

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.740
 in Christ Jesus?

00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:36.799
 Well,

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.940
 let's start with that word,

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 sanctified.

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 The word,

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.039
 sanctified,

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.480
 means,

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.639
 you make something,

00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.299
 holy,

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.799
 right?

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.559
 Dramatically,

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.500
 Paul is using,

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 the perfect tense here,

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 which means that,

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.440
 something has been,

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.379
 accomplished,

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.139
 in the past,

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 but it has,

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.740
 ongoing,

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.920
 effects.

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:59.400
 You have been,

00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:00.460
 made holy,

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 and you are still,

00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:02.460
 holy.

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.839
 Now I know,

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.240
 the things I think,

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 I know the things I do,

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 I know,

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 there's a reason,

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 like,

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.019
 that's it.

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.180
 Right?

00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.980
 There's a reason for it,

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:22.960
 it's not because,

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 I'm living,

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.319
 holy,

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:24.799
 right?

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.460
 I'm not,

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.079
 perfectly,

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:27.579
 righteous,

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.019
 in my daily law.

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 So how can I be,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.279
 more of you?

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:38.980
 Well,

00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:41.099
 a little roundabout way here,

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.899
 but what did,

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:43.099
 John 3,

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.439
 16?

00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.879
 For God so loved the world,

00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:47.159
 that He gave His only Son,

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 that whoever believes in Him,

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.199
 should not perish,

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.419
 but have a total life.

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:55.840
 what does Jesus mean when He says that?

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:59.539
 What does He mean when He says that God gave His Son?

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:06.860
 Jesus was referring to the fact that God had sent Him to earth to live a perfect life,

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 so that He could be given as a perfect sacrifice for everyone who believes in Him.

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 But that begs the question,

00:19:17.479 --> 00:19:19.679
 why do He need me a sacrifice?

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.259
 And the answer is that you and I have a problem.

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:30.259
 God has made laws and given commands,

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 and you and I,

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:33.259
 intentionally or unintentionally,

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:36.119
 have broken those laws.

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.619
 We have thumbed our noses at God,

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 and done whatever we wanted to do.

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.659
 Well,

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.579
 Romans 6, 26 reminds us

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:52.099
 that you can do that,

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:54.559
 but there is a penalty for that.

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:57.159
 There's a penalty for breaking God's laws.

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 And like a person who,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.259
 yes,

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.879
 there are people who,

00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.619
 and oh,

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:07.019
 because our hearts are placed that I shouldn't necessarily be,

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.460
 I hope that doesn't happen in the other way,

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:12.899
 there's a penalty,

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.000
 right?

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.000
 Because I've done that,

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.220
 I could get ticketed,

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.599
 and I could get towed.

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:21.259
 And just because I didn't see a sign,

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.940
 doesn't make me innocent.

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:28.200
 The problem is that when we break God's laws,

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 we just don't get ticketed and towed.

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.759
 We get a penalty.

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 And even worse,

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:45.980
 every human being that has walked the face of the earth,

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.559
 has broken God's laws and faces.

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.399
 That's the penalty.

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.079
 But God,

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:58.519
 God is compassionate,

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.379
 merciful,

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.279
 fell with steadfast love and faithfulness.

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:06.799
 He knew humanity could not get out of the mess

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:09.159
 that was created by Adam and Eve.

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.059
 So,

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.259
 he sent his son,

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.639
 Jesus.

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.500
 He gave Jesus to be a sacrifice in a new place,

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.500
 to pay our price,

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:19.879
 to pay a price in our place.

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:22.540
 To die for our sin,

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:24.400
 to face our punishment,

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:30.900
 to be an offering that established peace between God and us.

00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.160
 Yet,

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.700
 before Jesus could live,

00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:37.120
 before he could be a perfect sacrifice,

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:39.620
 he had to live a perfect life.

00:21:40.260 --> 00:21:40.440
 Right?

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:42.120
 So,

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:47.539
 Jesus had to live a life that was declared righteous and holy before God,

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:50.279
 by following God's laws perfectly.

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:52.059
 And he did that.

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.400
 Jesus did live a life before God that was perfect,

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 and God did declare him holy and righteous.

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 And when he had to live that life,

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 to the point that was necessary,

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.740
 God sent his son to the cross,

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 where the sin of every believer was placed on Jesus.

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.000
 Then God,

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.600
 the Bible,

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.820
 put his son to death.

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:27.240
 In doing that,

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:32.819
 Jesus became a sacrifice on our behalf.

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.659
 He completely paid for all of our sins.

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.079
 Every command,

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.240
 every law,

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 that you have ever broken,

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.179
 ever will break,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.519
 past, present, future,

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:45.240
 in mind,

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.899
 in heart,

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.259
 in physical form,

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.460
 all of it,

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.779
 painful,

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.480
 done,

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:53.980
 been gone.

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.559
 Let's come back.

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.099
 Right?

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.079
 So what does that mean for you and I?

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.980
 It means that,

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:06.079
 that when you and I face our faith,

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.920
 gave Jesus as our Savior,

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.240
 we are saying that,

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:10.500
 that we believe,

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:13.599
 Jesus paid the price for all of our sins,

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.599
 but he died on the belt.

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 All of my wrongdoing,

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.400
 right?

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:20.380
 Even the things I haven't thought about doing that,

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.920
 which I really agree with you.

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:22.940
 There's a lot of them.

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.700
 That makes us sinless before God,

00:23:27.260 --> 00:23:27.900
 which is great.

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.500
 We need that.

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 But we are made holy by living sins before God.

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 So God doesn't stop at forgiving all of our sins

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 without our starvation.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.600
 He places us in Christ,

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.000
 right?

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:46.940
 He transfers that perfect life that Christ lived,

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.140
 and he, like,

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.440
 puts it on to us.

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.299
 We call it you,

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.720
 but,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.539
 then he,

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.380
 I don't need to talk.

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 It means that he put it on to us,

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.000
 right?

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.080
 It became ours.

00:23:58.220 --> 00:24:01.380
 The perfectly righteous life of Christ became mine.

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 I'm clothed in the righteousness of Christ.

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 I'm hidden in Christ.

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.880
 Just as if I had been in that perfect life.

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.720
 And because of that,

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.300
 we are declared holy.

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:14.300
 I am both sinless and the heaven,

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:16.800
 and the perfectly righteous life before God.

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.200
 In Jesus Christ,

00:24:18.300 --> 00:24:19.980
 we are declared being made,

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.620
 fully,

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.820
 through Jesus.

00:24:22.020 --> 00:24:24.120
 You have been sanctified,

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.520
 completed action,

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.280
 done.

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:29.619
 Now,

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.660
 let me give you,

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.899
 I can give you a view of these,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.700
 but let me give you just one proof,

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.579
 one proof,

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 of why I am sure that as a believer,

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.660
 God has sanctified you as a completed action.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:48.079
 I know that we are declared holy for God,

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:50.460
 because when we saved Jesus,

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.359
 God does not,

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.539
 when I'm saved by Jesus,

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:53.819
 right?

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.799
 When I'm raised by Jesus,

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:57.079
 God loves me with his Holy Spirit.

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.659
 He went,

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.099
 uh-uh,

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.319
 God loves me,

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.059
 God loves me.

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.619
 I'm not trying to find you.

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:02.980
 Okay,

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.220
 think about it for just a second.

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:10.220
 You are filled with the presence of God.

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.419
 Jesus,

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:14.759
 but,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:20.919
 do you know what happened in the Old Testament?

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:24.779
 When you came into the presence of the living,

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.779
 God,

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.559
 and you weren't,

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.639
 okay,

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.279
 think about it,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.619
 think about it.

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.079
 It goes on,

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.220
 right?

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.079
 The parents are,

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.619
 the parents are,

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.740
 the parents are,

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.339
 the parents are,

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.519
 the parents are,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.779
 right?

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.639
 The other guy,

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.039
 right?

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:40.079
 The Mark starts to fall,

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.139
 and so well,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.460
 people are thinking he's doing the right thing.

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.480
 Reach his head.

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.460
 Presence of God.

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.579
 Think about it.

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.059
 Dude,

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.819
 he died.

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.179
 He fell over,

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.899
 dead.

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.659
 Actually,

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.240
 he cried.

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.699
 I don't know,

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.379
 but he was dead.

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.659
 What happened in the temple

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:02.000
 when the high priest ran,

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.079
 before the Holy Ghost,

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:05.099
 did all this stuff,

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:07.059
 and then they died,

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:08.559
 where both wanted his wood

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.440
 so they could cry

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.720
 and body out

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.240
 in case he wasn't.

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:15.319
 Because he was about to experience

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.779
 the presence of God.

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.639
 All right,

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:21.039
 maybe that's not making me think.

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:23.179
 Here's what I'm like.

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:25.820
 if you are a believer,

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.400
 raise your hand.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.500
 If you're not,

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.860
 that's okay.

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.680
 But if you're a believer,

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.100
 raise your hand.

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.720
 Okay, good.

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.360
 Now,

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.900
 how many of you

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.620
 are believers,

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.560
 now there's no answer,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.860
 how many of you believe

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.420
 that you're filled

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.140
 with the Holy Spirit?

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.820
 Raise your hand.

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.480
 Good.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.480
 That's wonderful.

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.380
 I'm very excited.

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.560
 That's a very exciting shot.

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.660
 Okay.

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.220
 Any of you physically dead

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.100
 who just raise your hand?

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:50.080
 Oh, good.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.440
 I hate talking.

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:53.279
 So I'm really glad

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.279
 to be here today

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.920
 and that you're alive

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.299
 and you're filled

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.460
 with the Holy Spirit,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.140
 which tells me

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:02.740
 you must be sanctified.

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.380
 You must be declared

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.660
 perfectly holy

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.460
 because the presence

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.740
 of God dwells in you.

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.180
 Amen?

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.039
 Don't you see me going,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.480
 oh my gosh,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.820
 I can't believe this is true.

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:17.820
 The power of the living God

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:19.240
 resides in you.

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:21.240
 That's amazing.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.680
 Amen.

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.539
 Okay.

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.120
 Let me finish up

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.759
 this second point

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.920
 by saying that God

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.140
 has made you holy

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.180
 though to be holy.

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:33.539
 Right?

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.340
 It's not just that

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.900
 He's a good one

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.920
 to hang out

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.680
 while they're in order

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:38.019
 or do nice chit-chat.

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.059
 No, He's called you

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.940
 to be holy,

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.519
 to be saints.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.220
 God has sanctified you

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.019
 even as He did

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.680
 with the Corinthians

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.940
 and all those

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.640
 who have ever believed

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.440
 in Jesus Christ

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.360
 so that you can be saints.

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.719
 so that you can go out

00:27:50.719 --> 00:27:51.399
 with this.

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:53.240
 So that you can do this

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.379
 among one another.

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.619
 God has given you

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.539
 everything you need

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.279
 to be saints.

00:27:57.479 --> 00:27:58.419
 He has declared you

00:27:58.419 --> 00:28:00.059
 holy in Christ Jesus.

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.939
 He has filled you

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.779
 with His Spirit

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.879
 to show you

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:04.379
 how as saints

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.240
 you,

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.599
 you,

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.659
 you can do this.

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:09.240
 He gives you the power

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:11.180
 to say no to sin

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.539
 and yes to righteousness.

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.200
 This is what we're

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.920
 talking about

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.579
 in the saints,

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:17.900
 right?

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.500
 This is the testimony

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:21.039
 of Jesus in you.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.059
 You're living this out.

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.720
 These gifts

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.980
 working within you.

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.720
 You have the Holy Spirit

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.740
 in you.

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.079
 You are a new preacher.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.359
 You've been transformed.

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.920
 This is the testimony

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.380
 of Christ in you.

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:38.340
 So as saints,

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:40.220
 we're a good picture

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.540
 of what it means

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:42.000
 to be,

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.880
 to be with Jesus

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.720
 and to the world

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.560
 around us.

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:46.580
 Right?

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.100
 We're going to be saints

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:49.060
 to our spouses,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.060
 to our significant others.

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.180
 We're going to be saints

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.500
 to our children.

00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:00.660
 We're going to be saints

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.100
 to our employers

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:04.459
 and our clients,

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.439
 to our neighbors

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.819
 and our parents

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.959
 who are not the tougher.

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.319
 To our fellow brothers

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.839
 and sisters in Christ.

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:19.379
 So is that how you're thinking

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:21.179
 about the way God

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:23.199
 has called you to live?

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:25.359
 Are you thinking

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.779
 about actively,

00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:27.839
 thinking actively

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.480
 that you are

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.219
 a human picture

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:31.740
 of what it would be like

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:34.380
 to be with Jesus?

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.640
 That's crazy,

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.620
 but that's what it means

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.480
 to be saints.

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.259
 That's what we're calling

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:44.740
 what God called us to do.

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.000
 That's the sanctified.

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.380
 So let me encourage you,

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.579
 church,

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.460
 that same power

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.120
 that raised Jesus

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.559
 from the dead

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.539
 is the same power

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.400
 at work

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.440
 from day to day

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.960
 to live as a man.

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.480
 The same power

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.460
 that raised Jesus

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.859
 from the dead

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.979
 that is the same power

00:30:01.979 --> 00:30:03.500
 at work in you

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:05.379
 to help you live this way.

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.240
 That's exciting.

00:30:07.719 --> 00:30:08.859
 You don't have to do this

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.559
 on your own

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.839
 to be in the spirit

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.979
 because you knew

00:30:11.979 --> 00:30:12.579
 you would.

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.859
 That's why we're

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.299
 raised.

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.879
 That's why we're

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.500
 not raised.

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.019
 All right.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.279
 God has faithfully

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.879
 called us

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.679
 into the fellowship

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.360
 with the Son.

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:27.500
 God has sanctified us

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:29.400
 and called us

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:31.660
 to be saints

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.039
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.160
 And then he calls us

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.960
 into the ministry

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.000
 of Christ Jesus.

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.240
 So let's turn to

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.000
 our third point

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.200
 that God has faithfully

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.019
 called us

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.779
 into the ministry

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.380
 of the Son.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.799
 In his introduction,

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:47.039
 Paul identifies himself

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.039
 as an apostle

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.819
 of Christ Jesus

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.859
 called by the

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.379
 will of God.

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.899
 Now what I am hoping

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.319
 to see,

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.460
 what Paul is making

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.019
 plain,

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.419
 is that this also

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.919
 is not of his own

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.259
 doing.

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.339
 He is not

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.779
 a self-declared

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.399
 apostle.

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.220
 Now if you grew up

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.119
 in North Carolina

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.940
 and South Carolina,

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.919
 there are a lot

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:11.440
 of self-declared

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.859
 apostles.

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.940
 Let me tell you,

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.580
 there may not be

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.480
 anybody else

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.000
 in that church,

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.960
 but he's preaching

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.640
 every Sunday

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.779
 and is an apostle

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.080
 of his church.

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.039
 I love it.

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.200
 God bless him.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.580
 He is not,

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.960
 the Paul is not

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.259
 a self-declared apostle.

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.880
 It is by the will of God

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.080
 and the will of God

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:31.100
 who met him

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.660
 on the way

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.600
 to Damascus.

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.320
 While Paul was set

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:37.160
 on destroying the church,

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:40.400
 God had other plans.

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.100
 God made the Paul,

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.740
 Paul,

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:45.040
 out of his previous

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:45.960
 way of life

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:47.320
 and into the fellowship

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:48.000
 of his son,

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.500
 Jesus.

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:50.040
 God made the Paul

00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:51.300
 did all that was

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:52.840
 necessary for Paul

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.519
 to be declared

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.160
 holy and righteous.

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.540
 And then he called

00:31:57.540 --> 00:31:59.100
 Paul to be a saint

00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:00.180
 and loved with all

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.880
 those who believed

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.420
 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.300
 Yet God also made

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:07.259
 Paul into ministry

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.700
 and he gave him

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.320
 gifts.

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.419
 gifts.

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.240
 He gave him gifts

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.220
 like preaching

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.980
 and teaching

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.059
 and evangelism

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.839
 and leadership

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.700
 and serving.

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.299
 God made Paul

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.240
 an apostle.

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.259
 Amen?

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.079
 Not Paul.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.519
 Church,

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.159
 ministry is not just

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:28.899
 what your pastor does.

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.220
 And I'm sure

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.079
 he's taught through that.

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.399
 It's not just

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.519
 what your pastor does.

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.879
 Paul will go on

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:37.279
 later in chapters 12

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.980
 and 13

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.920
 to talk about the gifts

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.799
 that God has given

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.640
 for the building

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.880
 of the church.

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.960
 And he's talking

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.819
 to the church.

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.519
 Remember the intro?

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.960
 This is to the church,

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.200
 not just to the elders

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.779
 of the church.

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.259
 This is all of them.

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.180
 All of us.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.779
 God has given gifts

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.319
 for the building

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.200
 of the church.

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.779
 It's so that you

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.680
 and I

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.879
 and be ministers

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.839
 and minister

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:05.539
 to one another

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.759
 using the gifts

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:08.039
 that God has given

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.940
 so that we are all

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.599
 strengthened

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.660
 and encouraged,

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.359
 corrected,

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.139
 exhorted,

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.619
 built up in love

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:17.319
 until we all reach

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.119
 full maturity

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:20.099
 to have an integral

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.879
 part of what it means

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.839
 to be the church.

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:25.599
 that's why we call

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.779
 the fellowship.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.199
 You're entered

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:29.259
 into a partnership

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.240
 because each

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.000
 will be given

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.519
 all these special things

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.619
 that are uniquely

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:35.240
 joined together.

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.259
 And if you are

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.119
 an active member

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.659
 of the partnership,

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.599
 we all

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.339
 are blessed.

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:47.039
 Friends,

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.279
 God has been

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.599
 faithful to call you

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.539
 into this fellowship,

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.919
 but he didn't stop there.

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.039
 He called you

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.799
 to live together

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.159
 and see.

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.539
 That's the Holy Consum

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.919
 to you.

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.980
 I can't believe it.

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.839
 And then he gave you,

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.319
 he called you

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.959
 into ministry,

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.079
 he gave you

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.959
 the gifts

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:05.919
 necessary

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:07.179
 to do.

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.279
 He didn't just ask

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.039
 you to do that

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.800
 to stick with all

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.259
 you in ministry

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:12.239
 and left you alone.

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.400
 He's given you,

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.460
 has given you

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:16.059
 all the gifts

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.659
 you need.

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.079
 But do the ministry

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.779
 and that's all.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.559
 And I don't care

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.259
 about service

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:22.199
 and hospitality

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.360
 or prophecy

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.579
 and teaching

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.679
 from one end

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.460
 to the other

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.159
 of those gifts.

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.639
 In one sense,

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:30.079
 we need all of them

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.039
 to be the church.

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.440
 And he's faithfully

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.199
 given you

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.739
 these gifts

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.239
 that body

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.099
 can be built up.

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.299
 God,

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.880
 God,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.679
 and faithful

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.639
 calls us

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.380
 and has given us

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.199
 everything we need

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.839
 to be in

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.380
 the partnership

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.179
 of his son.

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.400
 Let me challenge you

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.779
 this week

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.779
 to evaluate

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:54.779
 how you see

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:56.179
 your relationship

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.360
 with Jesus

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.719
 and with one another.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.420
 Are you living

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.599
 like a whole member

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.679
 of the partnership?

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:06.259
 Take some time

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.659
 this week

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.319
 to consider

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:10.099
 what would it

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.119
 look like

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:13.219
 for me to be

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.259
 a full member

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.259
 of this partnership?

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:17.179
 What needs

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.759
 to change

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.419
 in life?

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.679
 Then ask God

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.440
 to help you do that.

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.059
 If you need

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.399
 to repent,

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.179
 do that.

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.339
 Because sometimes

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:27.099
 it's a sin issue,

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.440
 right?

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.420
 So if you need

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.920
 to repent,

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.659
 then receive mercy,

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.720
 receive grace,

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.159
 and then with God's help

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.019
 seek to live

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.740
 differently.

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.940
 Now,

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.240
 I realize I've covered

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:42.220
 a lot

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:43.360
 with some of you

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.139
 even for me,

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.179
 and

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.900
 this can seem

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.820
 rather daunting

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.960
 than just sort of

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.700
 laid out.

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:52.219
 So let me give you

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.879
 some courage

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.359
 right here

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:56.139
 that God

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.000
 has not

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.659
 just done

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.699
 all of this

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:02.239
 in the past.

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.059
 He left you

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.960
 on your own

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.359
 now

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:05.559
 and figure it out.

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.039
 See,

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.839
 in verse 8,

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:09.679
 we're reminded

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.839
 that he also

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:12.299
 sustains

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.799
 a

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:14.259
 guilt

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.639
 with

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:16.139
 to the end

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.500
 for the day

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.079
 the Lord

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.939
 is when

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.880
 he returns.

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.760
 Let me give you

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.900
 quickly three ways

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.820
 in which God

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.519
 shows

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.539
 the Corinthians

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.659
 and us today

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.519
 how God

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.059
 is faithful

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.880
 to sustain

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.480
 us

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.480
 for the day

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.700
 of our

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.000
 will be.

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.400
 First,

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.179
 let me press

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.780
 the point

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.539
 that

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:36.579
 part of

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.099
 God's

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:39.360
 means

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.900
 of

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.900
 sustaining

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.780
 us

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.300
 is what

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.820
 we've already

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.840
 spoken about

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.300
 in the first

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.860
 of the points,

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.380
 that God

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.079
 has faithfully

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.700
 called us

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.320
 into fellowship

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.200
 and

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:50.740
 as we know

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.480
 from John 10,

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:52.220
 if he's called

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:53.019
 you into the fellowship,

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.260
 nothing will

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.980
 snatch you out

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.680
 of his hand.

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.820
 It's a done deal.

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:59.080
 We've also seen

00:36:59.080 --> 00:36:59.760
 that he has

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.740
 sanctified us

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.460
 in Christ Jesus.

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.200
 We've seen that

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:03.559
 as a completed action

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.340
 with uncle

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.880
 and in fact

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.480
 the music of the

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.980
 Holy Spirit

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.940
 is now in you

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.860
 actively working

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.539
 with your victims

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.780
 and to guide you

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.880
 into the future

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.780
 so you know

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.760
 how to live

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:14.660
 and to be more

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:15.860
 like Jesus each day,

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.920
 sustaining,

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.260
 literally sustaining

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.539
 guiltless

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.559
 until Christ

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.200
 returns.

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.559
 Yet,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.300
 by no means

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.659
 that will

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.400
 not be

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.840
 after

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:26.720
 what he's

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.119
 done.

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.380
 What God

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.019
 is doing

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.840
 with faith

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.800
 is to stay

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.559
 his way.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.340
 God is able

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.940
 to stay

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.840
 with grace

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.800
 and peace.

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.220
 Look again

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:37.599
 at Paul's

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.860
 reading

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.079
 in the

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.380
 church

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.980
 in verse 3.

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.659
 Paul says,

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.780
 grace to you

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.500
 and peace

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.079
 from God

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.639
 our Father

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.079
 and the Lord

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.859
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.819
 Now mercy

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.859
 is when you

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.500
 get what

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.599
 we don't

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.000
 get what

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.779
 we earned

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:55.659
 or deserve.

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:57.239
 We don't

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.819
 get what

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.359
 we earned

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.119
 or deserve

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.699
 or breaking

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.400
 God's goals

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.799
 which would

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.159
 be

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.960
 death.

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.379
 Grace,

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.759
 though,

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.639
 is when

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.859
 God gives

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.460
 us what

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.940
 we did

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.480
 not deserve.

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.879
 What we

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.859
 did not deserve.

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.619
 Life.

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.719
 Eternal life.

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.980
 Moreover,

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.579
 eternal life

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.399
 Christ Jesus

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:15.579
 and it is

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.839
 a grace

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:18.179
 upon grace

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.059
 John was

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.359
 saying

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:20.219
 in the first

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.599
 chapter.

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.659
 Consider

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.459
 that he

00:38:22.459 --> 00:38:23.699
 adopts you

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.319
 as his

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:25.079
 sons and

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.419
 daughters

00:38:25.419 --> 00:38:26.319
 and makes

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.419
 you co-heirs

00:38:27.419 --> 00:38:28.079
 of Jesus

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.879
 and in

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.259
 Christ

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:30.279
 God calls

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:31.079
 you beloved.

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.059
 Grace

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.779
 upon grace.

00:38:33.879 --> 00:38:34.339
 Brothers and

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.519
 sisters,

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.199
 God extends

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.759
 grace to his

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.559
 gang out of

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.980
 the gang

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.619
 and through

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.179
 Jesus he

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.379
 says,

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.659
 come boldly

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.259
 before my

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.739
 throne

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.399
 with mercy

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.900
 and grace

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.559
 to receive

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:42.980
 mercy

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.440
 and grace

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.680
 at the

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:44.160
 time of

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:44.599
 me.

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.059
 In Jesus

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.680
 we come

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.099
 as his

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.519
 loved

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.079
 children

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:51.660
 and we

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.099
 make our

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.500
 request

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.800
 to know

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:54.119
 we don't

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.860
 need to be

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.900
 anxious about

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.360
 anything.

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.800
 Matthew 7

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.260
 tells us

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.599
 that God

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.480
 knows what

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.840
 we need.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.519
 Come,

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.380
 come,

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:03.639
 come with

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.019
 all those

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.480
 angels and

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.639
 thoughts,

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.119
 come with

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.519
 all those

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.780
 birds.

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.240
 Jesus is

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.619
 my bird

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:06.740
 and

00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.280
 not me.

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.099
 Come,

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.920
 put him

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.460
 on me.

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:13.160
 God is

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:13.900
 there to

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:15.019
 bless us,

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.800
 to give

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.220
 us his

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:18.160
 mercy and

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.900
 grace in

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.400
 our time

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.720
 of being.

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.599
 God already

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.180
 knows what

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.460
 you need

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.820
 in God

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.119
 and he's

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.680
 faithful to

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.260
 sustain us.

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.960
 He even

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.820
 pursues us,

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.480
 Psalm 23

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.000
 tells us,

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:28.220
 pursues us

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:28.860
 with goodness

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.660
 and mercy,

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.119
 pursues you

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:33.260
 with me.

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.360
 He sustains us

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.700
 for those

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.519
 living in Christ

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.160
 who is our

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:37.820
 mediator,

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.119
 interceding for

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.319
 us,

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.779
 for the

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.159
 throne

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.619
 of God

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.400
 each day.

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.480
 Jesus is

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.179
 at peace

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.779
 with God.

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.219
 He stands

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:46.119
 when the

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.159
 enemy comes

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.880
 to condemn

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.579
 us to

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.339
 God's

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.880
 throne.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.819
 Jesus

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:53.219
 stands up.

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.619
 He holds

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.179
 up his

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.739
 hand,

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.839
 that nail

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.839
 scarred

00:39:59.839 --> 00:40:00.400
 hand,

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:00.880
 of his

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.519
 name,

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:01.940
 he's

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.799
 engraved

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.159
 and he

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.380
 says,

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.000
 this one

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.699
 is mine.

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:08.139
 He pulls

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.599
 over his

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.819
 shirt,

00:40:08.939 --> 00:40:09.859
 it's written

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.259
 on my

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:10.619
 heart,

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.219
 their name

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.839
 right there,

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.279
 this one

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.919
 is mine,

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.439
 this one

00:40:14.439 --> 00:40:15.000
 I shed

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.539
 my blood

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.739
 for,

00:40:15.819 --> 00:40:16.059
 they are

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.519
 blood

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.019
 bombs.

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.539
 This one

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.039
 is mine.

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.539
 Come

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.179
 over there,

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:27.859
 it's

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.179
 cheating,

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:29.759
 with his

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.000
 blood.

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.559
 And we

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.319
 extend it,

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.579
 peace from

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.980
 God.

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:36.980
 The Lord

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.639
 Jesus Christ

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.119
 is to be

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:39.079
 given also

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.739
 the shalom

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.819
 of God,

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:41.899
 the peace

00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:42.319
 of God,

00:40:42.399 --> 00:40:42.879
 the extension

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.460
 of God's

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.859
 will not

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.399
 just be

00:40:44.399 --> 00:40:45.059
 to thrive,

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.419
 but be

00:40:45.419 --> 00:40:46.099
 to thrive

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:47.000
 and flourish.

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.960
 This is

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.419
 God's will

00:40:49.419 --> 00:40:49.719
 for you,

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:49.980
 and his

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.719
 desire for

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:50.899
 you,

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.279
 for you

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:52.019
 to thrive

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.839
 and flourish.

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.699
 No matter

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.059
 what

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.279
 your

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.819
 understanding

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.259
 of life

00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.799
 will happen,

00:41:00.939 --> 00:41:01.239
 to be

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.619
 able to

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.119
 rest in

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.579
 the knowledge

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.879
 that you

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.539
 will know

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.519
 and love

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.280
 by God,

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.679
 that

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.400
 grace

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.039
 and peace

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.679
 extend

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.440
 to you.

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.320
 Now I

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.699
 could talk

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.259
 all day

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:12.199
 about our

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.500
 God's

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.880
 extension

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.199
 with

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:13.519
 wise

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.079
 speech

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.259
 and

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.739
 knowledge

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:14.940
 and

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.259
 birth

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.440
 and

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.860
 testimony

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.280
 over

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.599
 the

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:16.840
 Holy

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.219
 Spirit,

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.440
 the

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.619
 gifts

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.039
 forgiven,

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:18.940
 how he

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.340
 keeps you

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.559
 every

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.039
 spiritual

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.380
 gift

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.539
 with

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.639
 the

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.860
 building

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.079
 up

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.219
 and

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.619
 sustaining

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:21.880
 the

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.139
 church.

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:22.539
 But let

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.980
 me just

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.559
 give you

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.259
 at the

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.460
 end

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.759
 here,

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.139
 God is

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.800
 faithful.

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.199
 This is

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.539
 faithful.

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:32.199
 Hidden in

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.559
 Christ

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.919
 Jesus,

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.659
 who lived

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.079
 a perfect

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.419
 life,

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.559
 who paid

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.939
 for all

00:41:35.939 --> 00:41:36.399
 your sins,

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.899
 who grew

00:41:37.899 --> 00:41:38.179
 him,

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.399
 who are

00:41:38.399 --> 00:41:38.879
 declared

00:41:38.879 --> 00:41:39.319
 righteous

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.919
 and holy

00:41:39.919 --> 00:41:40.599
 before God

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.659
 guiltless

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:43.119
 on the

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.879
 day when

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.199
 Jesus

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.439
 is

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:45.079
 eternal,

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.199
 when he

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.639
 will judge

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.119
 the living

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.539
 and the

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:48.899
 dying.

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.579
 And friends,

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:51.719
 he is our

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:53.000
 faithful God

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:54.019
 who will

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.359
 welcome you.

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:58.320
 Jesus

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:59.380
 looks at

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.620
 my

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:01.180
 and says,

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:01.720
 God,

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.340
 God,

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.480
 could

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.700
 have

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:03.940
 been

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.240
 to

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.420
 him.

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.579
 And

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.700
 to

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:06.940
 him,

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.420
 he is

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.620
 faithful.

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.519
 Church,

00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:12.200
 it's my

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:12.620
 hope

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:14.840
 today

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.160
 that he

00:42:15.160 --> 00:42:16.120
 is grounded

00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:16.780
 in my

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:17.320
 roots

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.579
 and the

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:18.840
 life

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:20.440
 that God

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.400
 has

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.800
 been

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:23.220
 built

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:23.720
 in

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.280
 faith.

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:26.860
 God's

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.480
 faithfulness

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.980
 did not

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.320
 ever

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.740
 depend

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.300
 on you.

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.480
 The truth

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.760
 is that

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.099
 God

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.800
 knew

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.120
 he

00:42:32.120 --> 00:42:32.680
 before

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:32.840
 the

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.440
 foundations

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:33.840
 of the

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.000
 earth

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.240
 and

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:34.579
 set

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:34.760
 his

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:34.980
 love

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.320
 upon

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.539
 you.

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.320
 God

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.480
 has

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.660
 been

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:37.140
 faithful

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:38.920
 to

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.220
 call

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.559
 you

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.160
 a

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.880
 sanctifier

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.480
 and

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.220
 sustain

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.460
 the

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.920
 guiltless

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.360
 of you.

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:43.640
 The

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:43.940
 day

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.460
 is

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.760
 done

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.059
 and

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.180
 be

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:45.519
 done.

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.320
 Amen.