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 The scripture reading comes from 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and 6.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen.

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 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.

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 But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

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 We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you cause to boast about us

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 so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance

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 and not about what is in the heart.

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 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God.

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 If we are in our right mind, it is for you.

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 For the love of Christ controls us because we have concluded this,

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 that one has died for all, therefore all have died.

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 And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves,

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 but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

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 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

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 Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh,

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 we regard him thus no longer.

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold, the new has come.

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 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself

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 and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

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 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself,

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 not counting their trespasses against them,

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 and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

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 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ,

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 God making his appeal through us.

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 We implore you, on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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 For our sake, he made him to be sin who knew no sin,

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 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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 Working together with him then,

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 we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 Good morning.

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 Oh, that's terrible.

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 Good morning.

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 Good morning.

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 Great.

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 That's much better.

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 My name's Chris.

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 I'm one of the leaders here in Watermark,

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 and it's...

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 I'm going to try and lower this.

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 I'm not that high.

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 Okay.

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 Great to see you this morning.

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 And if you don't know, we're continuing in a series that Kevin alluded to earlier,

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 where we're looking at mission in the church.

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 I don't know if any, how many of you know the story of Corrie Ten Boom.

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 She was imprisoned in a concentration camp in the Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

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 She saw her father and her sister die horrifically at the hands of the guards.

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 And after the war, she became this speaker who traveled the world,

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 telling people of the love of God and the forgiveness of God.

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 And she tells the story of one day when a man, after a talk, a man approached her.

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 And she recognized him.

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 And he was a former SS guard, one of the ones who had stood mocking

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 while her sister was led into the gas chambers to die.

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 And as he came up to her, he held out his hand and said,

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 thank you so much for your message.

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 It's amazing that even someone like me could be forgiven.

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 Corrie, at that moment,

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 even though she'd been speaking about God's reconciling love,

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 she says,

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 I now felt and realized the anger and the hatred that was in my heart.

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 Because at that moment, I couldn't forgive that guy.

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 I couldn't reach out my hand to him.

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 And she said,

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 at that point, she also realized her own sin in her heart.

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 And she cried out,

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 God, please forgive me.

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 Forgive me.

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 I can't forgive him.

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 Help me to forgive him.

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 And she says,

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 she reached out her hand to him.

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 And she says this.

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 She said,

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 from my shoulder along my arm,

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 through my hand,

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 a current seemed to pass from me to him,

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 while into my heart sprang a love for this stranger

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 that almost overwhelmed me.

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 She had discovered the power of reconciliation

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 that only comes from God.

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 Now, many of us may not have experienced

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 the horrors of a concentration camp.

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 But we live in a world,

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 you just look around on the news,

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 that is filled with division and hatred and tension.

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 Just look at it in politics.

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 Look at it in your office.

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 Look at it in your families.

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 Look at it.

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 Just go on the comment section in YouTube.

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 And you will see

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 the division and the hurt that there is in this world.

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 We live in a world that desperately needs reconciliation.

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 And yet we're incapable of creating it ourselves.

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 And so as a church,

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 we have our three banners,

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 our three values,

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 gospel, community, mission.

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 Because we believe that actually the starting point

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 of all reconciliation

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 is knowing Christ in the gospel.

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 And that flows out into us being a community,

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 who are then a community,

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 which then go out on mission

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 to the world around us.

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 And so that's why over these four weeks,

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 we're looking specifically at that last one,

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 the issue of mission.

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 And so a couple of weeks ago,

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 we talked about salt and light,

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 and how actually we're called to be light.

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 And light doesn't have to try and be light.

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 Light just is light.

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 But what helps us to shine that light

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 is if we have our hearts captured by who Jesus is.

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 And then we saw last week

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 that actually Jesus sends us out like sheep

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 because we have a shepherd

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 who is compassionate towards us.

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 So we can demonstrate

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 and have our eyes open

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 to see the harvest field around us

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 and see with his eyes.

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 But today we're looking at the idea

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 of being ambassadors of Jesus,

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 those who are ministers,

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 agents of reconciliation

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 in Hong Kong and the world around us.

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 So we're going to be looking at this passage

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 in 2 Corinthians.

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 And this passage is Paul writing

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 in a context of division.

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 because there have actually been

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 a whole lot of very impressive,

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 eloquent speakers who've come in.

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 And they have,

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 the Corinthian church there in Greece

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 has got captured by their message

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 because they think that godliness

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 seems to look like being very impressive.

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 And Paul doesn't look very impressive.

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 And so he and his message

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 have been looked down on by the Corinthians.

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 And so Paul is writing this letter

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 both to prove his credentials

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 but also to say to the people here,

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 don't get distracted

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 from the gospel of Christ

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 because this is the power

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 for you to change

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 and to be agents of change.

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 So we're going to have two points,

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 okay, today.

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 First point that I want to look at

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 is receiving reconciliation.

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 And then we're going to look

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 at ambassadors of reconciliation.

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 So if you've got your bulletin with you,

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 have it in your handout with you.

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 Just have a look

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 and we'll be going through that together.

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 So receiving reconciliation.

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 Verse 14 says this,

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 for the love of God controls us

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 because we have concluded this,

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 that one died for all

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 and therefore all died.

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 And then verse 18, he says,

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 all this is from God

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 who through Christ reconciled us

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 to himself.

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 Now if you need reconciling,

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 that tells you

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 that there is a serious

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 relational problem with someone.

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 Here it is God.

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 God doesn't think

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 that we're basically cute

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 and he just needs to knock off

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 a few kind of rough edges

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 on our sides.

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 The whole of the self-help industry

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 is based on the idea

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 that basically you're fundamentally good

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 with a few flaws.

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 That if you just work hard enough,

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 you can overcome.

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 The gospel says,

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 no, that's not the situation.

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 Paul says,

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 one has died for all

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 because therefore all have died.

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 He's saying the reason

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 that Jesus died for,

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 on behalf of,

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 in the place of,

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 as a substitute for,

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 or every person

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 is because all people

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 were dead to God.

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 We don't want God

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 to interfere in our lives.

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 We don't want God

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 to tell us

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 what to do in our lives.

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 We don't want him

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 to tell us to reconcile

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 with that annoying colleague

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 or spouse.

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 We don't naturally want

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 to follow his ways at all.

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 None of us do.

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 One commentator said this

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 about this passage.

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 He said,

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 the New Testament

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 never speaks of God

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 being reconciled

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 to men and women,

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 but always of men and women

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 being reconciled to God.

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 The whole process of salvation

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 takes its beginning from him.

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 It was because God

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 so loved the world

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 that he sent his son.

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 It is not that God

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 is estranged from human beings,

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 but that they are estranged

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 from him.

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 God's message,

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 the message which Paul brought,

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 is an appeal

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 from a loving father

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 to a wandering

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 and estranged children

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 to come home

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 where love is waiting for them.

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 Do you get what he's saying?

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 What he's saying is,

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 he's not saying

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 God doesn't mind

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 about our sin.

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 He's actually saying

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 God hates sin.

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 He will not tolerate sin.

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 Those who persistently

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 refuse him

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 will end up in a hell

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 apart from him forever.

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 There won't be second chances

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 after you die.

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 But God is not cold

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 and distant

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 with his kind of back turned

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 needing to be persuaded

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 to reach out to us.

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 He wants to reach out

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 to his estranged children,

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 alienated from him.

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 People like you and me.

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 You know,

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 I first met Jim.

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 He was a homeless guy

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 when I was at university

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 selling magazines

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 just to get by.

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 We chatted over

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 a period of weeks

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 and months.

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 I got to know him.

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 I heard his story.

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 I heard how he needed

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 an address

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 to find a home

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 to be able to get a job.

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 So a friend of mine

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 offered to have him

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 stay with him temporarily

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 until he could get a job

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 and afford to pay

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 the rent himself.

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 Two days after he arrived,

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 my friend came back home

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 to realize

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 that 500 pounds

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 was missing

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 from his new colleague's

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 coat pocket

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 who'd been staying with him.

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 Jim had disappeared.

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 We phoned the police.

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 They weren't very interested.

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 So I went to look for Jim.

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 I knew where to go,

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 so I went straight down

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 to this local

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 kind of homeless shelter

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 and there he was.

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 As I walked in,

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 you should have seen

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 the look on his face.

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 It was the ultimate look

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 of a guilty look.

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 He hung his head in shame.

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 I told him

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 that we'd call the police,

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 but I also told him

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 of the love of Christ

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 and the offer of forgiveness

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 and I invited him

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 to come back to our house

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 for a meal.

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 Two weeks went past.

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 Jim never showed up.

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 I was cycling through

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 a completely different

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 area of town.

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 I was taking a kind of shortcut

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 through a back alley,

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 completely off the beaten track.

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 when who was sitting there

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 on the bench?

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 But Jim,

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 you should have seen

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 the look on his face.

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 He said to me,

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 I've been trying

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 to get away from you

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 and this was the one place

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 in the whole city

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 of half a million people

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 that I thought

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 could have escaped from you.

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 I guess God is on my case.

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 That's what he said.

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 I invited him

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 to come to our place.

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 We studied some

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 scripture together.

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 I invited him

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 to stay a couple of days

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 while we fixed up

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 accommodation for him.

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 We found him a place

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 and while I was,

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 I ran out,

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 I had to run out the door

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 for an appointment

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 and a few hours later

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 I got a call

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 from my housemate

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 saying that his PSP

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 and his guitar pedals

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 had been stolen.

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 Eventually he got arrested.

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 He got to prison

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 for a short time.

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 He came out.

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 He stayed at my parents

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 for a night

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 and he stole some more money

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 from another friend.

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 And then he went out

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 and he robbed some people

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 on the streets.

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 He was an addict.

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 He got back in prison

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 for a while longer.

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 Every week I went

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 to visit him.

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 I talk of the love of Christ.

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 I tell him to go

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 and see the prison chaplain.

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 Every week he promised

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 he would.

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 Every time I went back

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 he never had.

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 Eventually he moved prison

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 and we saw each other

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 much less.

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 18 months went past.

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 I kind of gave up on Jim

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 because he never seemed

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 to change.

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 And then one day

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 I received a letter

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 from Jim.

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 He said,

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 it went something like this,

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 Chris,

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 I just wanted to tell you

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 I got baptized last week.

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 I'd been brewing some beer

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 in prison.

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 Yes, you do.

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 And I got caught.

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 And I got put

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 in solitary confinement.

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 And when I was there

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 I remembered all the grace

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 that had been shown to me

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 and all you had told me

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 about Christ.

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 And at that moment

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 I confessed my need

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 of Christ as my Savior

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 and I repented

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 of all that I'd done.

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 He said,

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 the next day

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 the prison chaplain

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 came around.

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 And he said,

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 it's Saturday.

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 Saturday you're going

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 to get baptized.

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 Jim was a little confused

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 because he hadn't talked

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 to the chaplain at all.

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 And so he said,

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 oh, okay.

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 Saturday morning came

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 the chaplain came around

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 and said,

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 hell, I'm really sorry

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 I got the wrong person

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 the other day.

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 It was another guy

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 who was meant

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 to be getting baptized,

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 not you.

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 But would you still

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 like to get baptized?

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 And he said,

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 yes.

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 And he said,

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 I shared my testimony

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 in front of all the inmates

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 of how God had chased after me

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 and he brought me home

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 to himself.

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 You see,

00:15:37.079 --> 00:15:38.559
 as I've thought about that,

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 I often wonder,

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 were we irresponsible

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:44.319
 in the way that we kind of

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:46.379
 kept inviting him back?

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 Was it stupid?

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 And I think there'd be

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 one or three things

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 I would change,

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 but I'd do it all again,

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 not because I'm great

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 or do anything like that

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 because I'm not.

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 I gave up on Jim,

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 but actually because I realized

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 that I am just like Jim

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 and so are you

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 and me.

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 You see,

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 how often

00:16:11.199 --> 00:16:12.739
 does God bless us

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 with so many things,

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 calling us to himself

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 and yet we steal from him

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 for ourselves?

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.839
 We steal his glory

00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.159
 wanting it for ourselves.

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 And we run and hide

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:25.100
 in hilt and shame.

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:28.299
 And in chasing after Jim,

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.480
 it cost us some money.

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 We had to compensate

00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.539
 the people who were robbed.

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 But when Christ

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.339
 chased after us,

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.379
 our sin and selfishness

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.219
 cost Jesus

00:16:39.219 --> 00:16:40.659
 not just some money,

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.339
 but his very life.

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 He died for all.

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 the one who had no sin,

00:16:49.140 --> 00:16:50.460
 completely blameless,

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.540
 took the full cost

00:16:52.540 --> 00:16:54.460
 of all my running away

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.060
 from God,

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:56.560
 all my stealing his glory

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.320
 for myself.

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 He took it on himself

00:16:59.260 --> 00:17:00.760
 so that my debt to God

00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:01.800
 may be paid.

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.620
 How irresponsible,

00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:07.880
 knowing exactly what I'm like,

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.120
 that I'm a sin addict,

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.340
 self-glory addict,

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:13.500
 who throws his kindness

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.419
 back in his face

00:17:14.419 --> 00:17:15.119
 so often.

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 And yet,

00:17:16.939 --> 00:17:18.159
 at no point

00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:19.299
 did Jim ever take

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.939
 the initiative

00:17:19.939 --> 00:17:21.819
 to walk in repentance

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.799
 towards us.

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:23.819
 In fact,

00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.779
 he was running away

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.480
 from us.

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.099
 At no point

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:31.079
 have you and I

00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:32.639
 taken the initiative

00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:34.059
 to run towards God

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:35.959
 because we were dead

00:17:35.959 --> 00:17:36.539
 to God.

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.619
 But it's always God

00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.519
 who is reaching out

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.000
 to us

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.200
 who are like orphans,

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.119
 homeless,

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.759
 running away from him.

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.519
 And he calls us back

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.099
 again and again

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:47.740
 and again.

00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:50.000
 This is the reconciling

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.779
 love of God.

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.480
 Do you see that?

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:54.160
 That's what Paul's

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.880
 talking about.

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.759
 And reconciling

00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:00.140
 is not just about God

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.859
 kind of wiping

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:02.180
 our slate clean,

00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:04.920
 hoping we don't

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.640
 mess up again.

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.039
 Do you know

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.980
 the word reconcile

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:09.500
 originally means

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:11.559
 to exchange?

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.740
 Just as you know

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.660
 when you go on holiday,

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.339
 some of you have been

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.400
 on holiday recently,

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.140
 and you know

00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:18.200
 when you exchange

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.099
 Hong Kong dollars

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.400
 for Japanese yen.

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:22.880
 You know,

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.579
 Hong Kong dollars

00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.559
 don't have currency

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.880
 in Japan.

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.980
 So if you have come

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.680
 to Christ,

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.400
 you've come with

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.400
 all your anger,

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.220
 all your bitterness,

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.640
 all your self-centeredness,

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:35.100
 even the good deeds

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:36.040
 that you think

00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:37.220
 make yourself feel

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.200
 good about yourself,

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:39.300
 you come to them

00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:40.140
 and you give them

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.980
 to him because

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.500
 they don't have

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.640
 currency with him.

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.340
 And God instead

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:45.480
 gives you his currency.

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.640
 He gives you

00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.540
 his righteousness.

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.100
 That's what he says

00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:50.020
 in verse 21.

00:18:50.540 --> 00:18:51.540
 For our sake,

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.740
 he made him

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.560
 to be sin

00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:54.720
 who knew no sin.

00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:56.220
 The sinless one

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.280
 became our substitute,

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.380
 took our penalty,

00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:00.080
 so that in him

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:01.220
 we might become

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.759
 the righteousness of God.

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.240
 Do you see

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.840
 what he's saying?

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.340
 He's saying

00:19:06.340 --> 00:19:07.000
 he gives us

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.980
 his patience

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.920
 for our anger.

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.240
 He gives us

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.020
 his mercy

00:19:11.020 --> 00:19:12.300
 for our unforgiveness.

00:19:12.800 --> 00:19:13.400
 He gives us

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.440
 his selflessness

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:16.080
 for our selfishness.

00:19:16.280 --> 00:19:16.840
 He gives us

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.640
 his grace

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:19.400
 for our judgmentalism.

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.180
 He gives us

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.420
 his right standing

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.140
 with him

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:23.060
 in close,

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.140
 intimate relationship

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.820
 with him.

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:26.340
 His righteousness.

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.460
 And Jesus

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.700
 is the only currency

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.820
 that God accepts.

00:19:32.060 --> 00:19:33.340
 Nothing you've ever done

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:35.079
 unless it's done

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.939
 through the trusting

00:19:35.939 --> 00:19:36.779
 work of Jesus

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.379
 has currency

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.039
 with God.

00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.359
 And if you're not

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:41.939
 a believer

00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.679
 this morning,

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.399
 this passage

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:46.099
 has amazing urgency.

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.399
 Paul is saying,

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:49.279
 we implore you.

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:49.839
 That's like,

00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.699
 we beg you.

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.980
 We beseech you.

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.459
 Urging you,

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.539
 stop running away

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.279
 from God

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.879
 like a homeless orphan

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:58.019
 relying on yourself.

00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:00.259
 Be reconciled.

00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:01.059
 Come back

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.000
 to your father

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.480
 who is reaching out

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.179
 because eternity

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:05.099
 is at stake.

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.379
 Your life

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.200
 is at stake.

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.639
 And God's currency

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.700
 is only Christ.

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.480
 But if you are

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.179
 a Christian,

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.799
 Paul says this,

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.379
 and this is just

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.039
 very challenging.

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.799
 He says,

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.460
 the love of Christ

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:23.019
 controls us

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:25.000
 because we have

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.859
 concluded,

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.339
 we have come

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 to a place

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 of settled conviction

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 that this message

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 about God's

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.220
 reconciling love

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 with the creator

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 of the universe

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 is true.

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 It is true.

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 And when we get that

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 and that sinks

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 into our hearts,

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.860
 he says,

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 it means you no longer

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.700
 live for yourself

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 but you live for Christ.

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.220
 In other words,

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.120
 Christ's love

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:53.200
 now drives you

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 more than your GPA

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:56.080
 drives you.

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 more than your grades

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.059
 drive you.

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 More than your bonus

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 drives you.

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 Christ's love

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 is shaping

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 every single facet

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.279
 of your life

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.179
 as the gospel

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 goes deeper

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 into your heart.

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 I mean,

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 just think.

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 No longer live

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 for yourself

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 but for the one

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 who loved you

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 with my time.

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:19.299
 What would it mean

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 for me to say

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 the love of Christ

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 is going to shape

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 the way I'm thinking

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.839
 about my time?

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.740
 What would it mean

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.980
 as I look at the finances

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 and the resources

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 that I have

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 and I say

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 the love of Christ

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 is now going to shape

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.439
 the way I view

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 every single penny,

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.059
 every single cent

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.659
 that I own

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 because it's his

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 and his love.

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 Now,

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:41.059
 it's not for just myself.

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 It's going to shape

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 who you hang out with.

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 It's going to shape

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 your holidays.

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 It's going to shape

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 how you do your social media.

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 Every part of your life

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 shaped by the love of Christ

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 and where it's not doing that,

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 this is where the gospel

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 needs to go deeper into us

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 because this is why

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 the reconciliation of Christ

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 is something we need again

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.339
 and again to go deeper.

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 That's the first point.

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 We are those

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 who have been reconciled

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 to Christ.

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 Secondly,

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 because of that,

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 we are ambassadors

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 of reconciliation.

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 He says this,

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 Jesus didn't just bring you

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 to yourself,

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:34.180
 bring you to himself

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 just for yourself.

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 Did you know that?

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 Half a person knows that.

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.600
 Okay.

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.820
 Did you know that?

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.980
 You were not saved

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 if you're a Christian

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 just for yourself.

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 Verse 18,

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 he says this,

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.599
 he reconciled us

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 to himself

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 and gave us

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.019
 the ministry

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.579
 of reconciliation.

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 And then later on,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.240
 he says,

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:01.000
 and he entrusted

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.240
 to us

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.480
 the message

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.500
 of reconciliation.

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 Do you see what he's saying?

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.779
 He's saying,

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 if you're a believer,

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.019
 you've been reconciled,

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.500
 brought close to Christ,

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.000
 and you've been given

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.660
 a ministry,

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.700
 do you know you have

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.180
 a ministry?

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.319
 Do you know it doesn't matter

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.019
 where you're serving,

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.339
 you have a ministry

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.259
 and your ministry

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.039
 is the ministry

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.960
 of reconciliation.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.740
 Did you know that?

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.000
 Say,

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.980
 I'm a minister

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.680
 of reconciliation.

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.440
 That's good.

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.039
 Okay.

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.640
 We're ministers of this

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 because we live

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.240
 in an angry,

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.559
 divided world.

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 And the privilege

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.960
 that we spoke of last week

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.839
 of being involved

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.859
 in the harvest

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 is what chapter 6,

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.959
 verse 1 says.

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.559
 He says,

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 we work together

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.539
 with God

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.740
 in his work

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.000
 of reconciling people

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.659
 to himself.

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 And just think,

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 this is what we said

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.819
 last week,

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 but it bears repeating.

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 Just think what an insane

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 idea it would be

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 if it's not in scripture.

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.240
 That the God

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.119
 of the universe

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.339
 actually wants

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.419
 to partner with you.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.519
 Have you ever thought

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.539
 about how crazy

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.220
 that is?

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.200
 That God

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 has headhunted you

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:14.519
 to be on his team

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.539
 and he looked

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.500
 at your CV

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.059
 and it was bad.

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.160
 And then he looked

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.220
 at your references

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.200
 and they were even worse.

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.440
 And yet he still

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.220
 chose you

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:26.259
 to be on his team.

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.579
 And he brought you

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.240
 to himself

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.879
 and he gave you

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.480
 a ministry.

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.900
 Because it's about him

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.519
 and his glory,

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.500
 it's not about you.

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:38.099
 C.H. Spurgeon

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.779
 once said,

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.740
 without God

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 we can't.

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.559
 Without us

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.319
 he won't.

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.599
 You hear that?

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.359
 Without God

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.980
 we can't.

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.079
 We can't do his mission.

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.480
 But without us

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.279
 he won't.

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.759
 He has chosen

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.059
 to partner with us.

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.960
 Which is why

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.220
 Paul then says,

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.259
 therefore

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:58.019
 we are ambassadors

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.880
 for Christ.

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.940
 God making

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.619
 his appeal

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.380
 through us.

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:04.119
 What is an ambassador?

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.079
 Well in the Roman Empire

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.819
 of the time

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.940
 the emperor

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.420
 was the supreme ruler

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.220
 of the vast Roman Empire.

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.220
 Because his empire

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.299
 was so large

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.200
 what he would do

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.140
 he would send out

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.039
 representatives

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.380
 to deliver

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.819
 his proclamations

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.839
 to speak

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.799
 and act

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.059
 on behalf of him.

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.220
 And here

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.779
 Paul is saying

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.180
 what is the message

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.440
 that we have been

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:31.000
 sent as his representatives

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.480
 it's the message

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.180
 that God is in

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.799
 the reconciliation

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.680
 business.

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.240
 And he's saying

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.460
 that to every believer

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.380
 you've been entrusted

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.460
 with this message

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.299
 about a savior

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.200
 who has died

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.279
 as Colin was saying

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.680
 earlier

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.779
 you've been entrusted

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.519
 with that

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:50.400
 as his ambassadors.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.400
 What does that mean?

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.220
 There's a few things

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.620
 that I think

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.279
 that means.

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.039
 Firstly

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.880
 it means

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.380
 we speak

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.560
 on behalf

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.360
 of God.

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.940
 That's a crazy idea.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.900
 It says

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.980
 it is God

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.100
 who is making

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:10.320
 his appeal

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.200
 through

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:13.000
 us.

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.780
 Do you see that?

00:26:15.260 --> 00:26:15.940
 That means

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.920
 I don't need

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.900
 to be embarrassed

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.580
 by the message

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:21.600
 because it's his message

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.960
 it's not my message.

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.260
 And it also means

00:26:25.260 --> 00:26:26.060
 I don't need

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.679
 to make it

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.419
 so that it never

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:29.339
 I'm so worried

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.960
 about what everyone

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.740
 else is thinking

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.539
 and I just don't

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.339
 want to offend anyone

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.859
 so I'm going to

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.619
 change the message

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.440
 to make it sound

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.299
 alright for everybody

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.619
 else

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.799
 because it's not

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.940
 my message to change

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.879
 it's his message.

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.359
 It also means

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.819
 that if I'm lovingly

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.940
 sharing the message

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.659
 of reconciliation

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.559
 with people

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.279
 just like

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.960
 Colin's friend did

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:50.460
 if others reject it

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.720
 they're not rejecting me

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.419
 they're rejecting

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:53.839
 God himself.

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:57.859
 God doesn't need us

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.699
 to make excuses

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.759
 for his reconciliation

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.519
 plan.

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.240
 An ambassador

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.019
 doesn't change

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.679
 the message

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:05.220
 to suit his hearers

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.119
 because his message

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.879
 comes direct

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.519
 from the emperor

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.099
 himself

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:09.399
 from God himself.

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.439
 So what does that mean?

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.939
 That means

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.740
 when you sit down

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.639
 with your friends

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.599
 and maybe the nature

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.379
 of the conversation

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.899
 turns to a spiritual topic

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:18.000
 or you're talking about

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.459
 something of

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:21.199
 division that's going on

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:21.859
 or there's tensions

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:23.039
 and you can speak

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.659
 there's an opportunity

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.759
 to speak of God's

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.579
 restoring love

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.220
 into that.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.579
 There is a direct line

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.559
 from the throne room

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.139
 of heaven

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.680
 right down to you

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.539
 right there

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.379
 for you to speak

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.619
 with God's authority

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:37.639
 into that situation

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.819
 and represent

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.879
 what he would want you

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.420
 to say

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.639
 at that moment.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.019
 Do you remember

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.119
 when Jesus sent out

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.259
 the twelve last week?

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.159
 He said

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.399
 I give you

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.259
 authority

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.299
 to preach

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.000
 and to heal

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.960
 and to drive out

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.899
 unclean spirits.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.819
 I remember

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.240
 the beginning

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.740
 of the great commission

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.960
 in Matthew 28

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.659
 where he says

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:59.960
 all authority

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.920
 in heaven and earth

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.139
 is given to me

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.599
 therefore

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.299
 you guys go.

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.480
 You go in my authority

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.420
 not in yours.

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.599
 And so instead of going

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.059
 when you're in those situations

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.500
 I hope I can get away

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.399
 without saying anything

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:15.019
 right now.

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.619
 We go

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.200
 if you know

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.079
 you're an ambassador

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.500
 sent with his authority

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.980
 you're going

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.779
 thank you father

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.220
 that you've entrusted me

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:27.039
 with the privilege

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.779
 right now

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.940
 of being able

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.500
 to speak

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.119
 and to share

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.940
 this incredible

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.579
 good news

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.299
 with my friends

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.079
 and my colleagues.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.079
 God what do you

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.720
 want me to say

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.259
 right now

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.240
 because I have no idea.

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.539
 And maybe you just ask

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.299
 have you ever thought

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.180
 that God actually

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.740
 wants a living

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.759
 relationship with you?

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.819
 You're an ambassador.

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:49.419
 And ambassadors

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.379
 don't just speak

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.099
 his message

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:52.779
 we speak on behalf

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.139
 of him

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.720
 but we don't just

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.339
 speak it

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:56.039
 we also embody

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.259
 his message

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.279
 intentionally.

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.379
 That's the next thing

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.339
 that an ambassador does.

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.460
 You know

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.679
 an ambassador

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.980
 doesn't stay

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.939
 in his home country.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.519
 An ambassador

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.819
 always goes

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.819
 to another place

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.659
 another culture

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.000
 where there's

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.859
 another language

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.359
 where there's

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.200
 different customs

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.940
 and different ways

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.640
 of doing things

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:16.920
 right?

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.539
 If all the ambassadors

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.480
 are in their home country

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.559
 they're doing something wrong

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.740
 right?

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.180
 And so ambassadors

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.019
 you have to

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.340
 intentionally think

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.240
 and Paul does this

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.840
 all the time

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.319
 through Acts

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.779
 you have to

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.539
 intentionally think

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.980
 how to communicate

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:33.259
 and how to represent

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:35.360
 your nation's values

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:37.640
 in this foreign environment

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:39.100
 right?

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.799
 That's why Paul says

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:43.000
 in verse 16

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.580
 verse 17

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.840
 he says

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.640
 we don't judge

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.700
 people any longer

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.860
 according to the flesh

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:48.220
 everybody else judges

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.840
 it according to

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.660
 the world standards

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.980
 according to race

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.820
 according to

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.800
 appearance

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:54.400
 according to your intellect

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.240
 according to how much

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.240
 education you have

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.320
 that's how everybody else

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.120
 judges people

00:29:58.120 --> 00:30:00.160
 but he says

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.000
 we have come to know Christ

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.800
 we're seeing Christ

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.680
 differently now

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.780
 and if anyone

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:05.520
 is in Christ

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:06.800
 he's a new creation

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:09.060
 the old has passed away

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.040
 and the new has come

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.799
 he's saying

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.180
 he's saying you're part

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.079
 of a different world

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.000
 a different kingdom

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.359
 that works

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.279
 and is embodied

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.279
 in a different way

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:20.559
 and so as ambassadors

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.220
 we're going to do

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.000
 things differently

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.019
 we're going to be

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.440
 thinking intentionally

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.599
 in a place

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.279
 of division

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.279
 a place where

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:30.079
 people are so segregated

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.519
 we're going to think

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.619
 how can we embody

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.339
 that message

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.159
 of reconciliation

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.400
 reconciliation

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.660
 last week we talked

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.880
 about praying

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.660
 for God to open

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.180
 our eyes

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.060
 to see the people

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.860
 around us

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:43.680
 how many of us

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.180
 have actually been

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.240
 praying that this week

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:49.980
 because God wants

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.920
 us to start

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.100
 all ambassadorship

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:53.460
 starts in that prayer

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.600
 it starts in the prayer

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.120
 to God

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.200
 knowing we cannot

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.360
 do this by ourselves

00:30:58.360 --> 00:31:03.200
 but it's not just

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.040
 that we pray

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.559
 it's also

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:09.000
 ambassadors

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.879
 are putting

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.899
 in the effort

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:12.359
 just as Paul

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.960
 has put in

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.859
 all the effort

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.980
 with reaching out

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.319
 the gospel

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.279
 to intentionally

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.740
 think and plan

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.720
 of how to represent

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.519
 your king

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:21.200
 and display his goodness

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.920
 to the people

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.500
 around you

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:24.039
 you know

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.819
 in my building

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.559
 no one talks

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.159
 to each other

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.700
 maybe your building

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.460
 is a friendly building

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.220
 mine is not

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.639
 so

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.860
 here's a place

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.360
 where people

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.220
 are alienated

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.960
 from each other

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.660
 how can we bring

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.740
 God's goodness

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.700
 into that place

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.200
 so I tried

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.700
 taking around

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.100
 chocolates

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.759
 to my neighbours

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.400
 didn't work

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.380
 everyone's thinking

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.780
 are you trying to

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:47.460
 sell me something

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.060
 or now I've got to

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.660
 owe you something

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.640
 so just shut the door

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.940
 right

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.520
 doesn't work

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:51.940
 so then

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.660
 instead of just

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.320
 getting discouraged

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.660
 you go

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.640
 how can I

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.820
 God show us

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.400
 some ideas

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.980
 of how we can

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.460
 do this

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.180
 so instead

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.840
 my wife made

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.360
 some dessert

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.779
 one day

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.079
 there was

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.500
 some left

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.879
 over

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:02.000
 and so

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.419
 we actually

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.879
 ended up

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.319
 just taking

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.579
 it round

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.119
 to the neighbours

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.659
 it was amazing

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:07.019
 everyone just

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.679
 opened their door

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.259
 and we started

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.199
 chatting with them

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:11.519
 and there was

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.240
 this openness

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.819
 because we were

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:14.079
 trying to demonstrate

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.299
 the restoring

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.959
 power of God

00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:16.439
 and actually

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:17.339
 was I sharing

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.799
 the gospel

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.519
 at that moment

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:20.839
 no I didn't

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.639
 but actually

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.259
 what I was doing

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.859
 we were providing

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.699
 the context

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.219
 we were setting

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.819
 the table

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.619
 of demonstrating

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.579
 a glimpse

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.199
 of the goodness

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.879
 of God

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.320
 and so

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.900
 through that

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.180
 actually

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.740
 one guy

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.260
 he said

00:32:31.260 --> 00:32:31.800
 oh come back

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.340
 to my place

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.940
 come and you can

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.740
 have some dinner

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.120
 with me

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.680
 and so I came

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.360
 back to his place

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.760
 and then we had

00:32:35.760 --> 00:32:36.140
 a drink

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.180
 and over that

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.380
 that was the context

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.980
 in which we were

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.760
 able to talk about

00:32:39.760 --> 00:32:40.720
 how the gospels

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.740
 at work in my life

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.640
 and how it's shaping

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.260
 just the way

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:44.540
 do ordinary decisions

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.940
 like speaking to

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.200
 playing football

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.640
 with a whole load

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.420
 of Nepalese kids

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.280
 on a Thursday night

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:50.080
 and then from that

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.680
 you're able to talk

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.500
 about Jesus

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.160
 do you see

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.000
 ambassadors

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.660
 embody

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:57.180
 so that we might

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.039
 be able to share

00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.480
 and I don't know

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.200
 what your context

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.740
 is

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.759
 but how often

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.440
 and I just thought

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.039
 I was convicted

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.779
 even about this

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.240
 for myself

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.019
 how often

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.880
 in our CGs

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.840
 or with your spouse

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.620
 with your friends

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.580
 do you ever

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.860
 intentionally sit

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.539
 planning

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.519
 and thinking

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.480
 and praying

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.900
 about where do we

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.779
 see alienation

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.420
 in my office

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.180
 in my family

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.840
 in my neighborhood

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.720
 and then thinking

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.000
 how can we bring

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.240
 the reconciling

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.100
 love of God

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:24.720
 into that context

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.279
 how often

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.819
 do we think

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.480
 about that

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.940
 and we're doing

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.079
 it not as a project

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.160
 but out of love

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:33.259
 you know

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.100
 this week

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.759
 I want to challenge

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.740
 us in your community

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.200
 group

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.880
 take 15 minutes

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.740
 in your community

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.039
 group

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.759
 to actually

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.559
 intentionally

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.339
 think

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.259
 and pray

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.100
 and plan

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.640
 and say

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.839
 God

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:46.019
 where are the places

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.100
 that I'm rubbing

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.640
 up against

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.299
 where I see

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.019
 alienation

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.500
 and division

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.900
 and how can I bring

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.100
 how can we bring

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.779
 your love

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.740
 into that place

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.339
 because if we're

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.759
 doing that

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.480
 as a community

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.660
 I mean

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.059
 just think

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.460
 how much

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.160
 how much time

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.559
 do we spend

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.940
 planning

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.420
 and thinking

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.940
 all the stuff

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.440
 that we want

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.660
 to do

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.339
 for our kingdoms

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.880
 and our work

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.640
 and our careers

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.000
 right

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.940
 but he says

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.519
 when the gospel

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.320
 gets into you

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.780
 we're not just

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.719
 living for ourselves

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.719
 we're living

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.179
 for him

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.300
 who loved us

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:16.159
 what an amazing

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.960
 community

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.340
 it would be

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.300
 if all of us

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.119
 are thinking

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.760
 like that

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.579
 think how much

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.239
 the light

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:22.300
 would shine

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.139
 in your office

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.079
 in your workplace

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.299
 wherever you go

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:26.339
 as together

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:27.239
 sometimes I don't

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.779
 have ideas

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.079
 I'm like

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.960
 I have no idea

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.440
 what to do

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.599
 so you come together

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.819
 and you talk about it

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:34.039
 and God will use you

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.799
 in amazing ways

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:38.099
 because ambassadors

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.259
 embody

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:41.139
 their king

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.440
 and their reconciliation

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.699
 does that make sense

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:47.480
 okay

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:49.179
 we're nearly there

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:53.079
 two other things

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:56.059
 ambassadors

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:57.039
 they don't just

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.199
 speak on God's behalf

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.299
 that message

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.980
 of reconciliation

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.799
 they don't just

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:03.099
 embody the message

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.379
 you know

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:03.799
 ambassadors

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.579
 are also held

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.119
 accountable

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.799
 Paul says

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:09.919
 he says in verse 10

00:35:09.919 --> 00:35:10.919
 which is not in your passage

00:35:10.919 --> 00:35:11.879
 but it just comes before

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.239
 he says

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.279
 we will all appear

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.699
 before the judgment seat

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.259
 of Christ

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:16.440
 so that each one

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.019
 may receive

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.719
 what is due

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.599
 for what he's done

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.139
 in the body

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.719
 whether good or evil

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:22.480
 and then he says

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.860
 knowing the fear of God

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:25.579
 we seek to persuade men

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:28.460
 see Paul is saying

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.619
 that the evaluation

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.799
 of my life

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:32.659
 is not based

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.619
 on what everybody else

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.559
 thinks this way

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.619
 it's based on

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.440
 what God thinks

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.139
 this way

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.839
 and he's saying

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.699
 what God thinks

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:41.179
 matters more to him

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:42.819
 than what other people think

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:46.259
 and that's what fear

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:47.119
 means here

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.139
 it's that sense of

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:50.339
 his opinion of me

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:51.859
 has so much more weight

00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:53.079
 than anybody else's

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:55.359
 and he says

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.779
 there's going to be

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.279
 a judgment

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:57.379
 at the end of the time

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:58.199
 for some

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.879
 that's going to be

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.400
 a judgment

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.279
 where salvation

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:01.099
 is at stake

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.099
 for believers

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:04.000
 salvation is not at stake

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.559
 but what's at stake

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.400
 is the reward

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.219
 of the joy

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.659
 of pleasing our king

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:10.779
 he's saying

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.679
 if you're an ambassador

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.460
 for China

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.139
 in the US

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.579
 and you spend

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.759
 all of your days

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.879
 in Florida

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:18.480
 on a luxury yacht

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.039
 fishing

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.779
 others may look

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.539
 at you in envy

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.539
 and wish they had

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.339
 your lifestyle

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.599
 other people

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.879
 may respect you

00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.759
 for having such

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.739
 a place

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.619
 that you can do that

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.539
 but when Beijing

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.440
 rings up

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.639
 and says

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.619
 how are diplomatic

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.519
 relations going

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.179
 with the Americans

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.699
 and you say

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.639
 well not so good

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.659
 but I just caught

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.659
 an amazing tuna

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.299
 the other day

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:42.299
 that's not going

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:43.019
 to get you a bonus

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.460
 right

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:46.299
 because at the end

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.719
 of the day

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.759
 what God thinks

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.259
 about us

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:49.139
 is more important

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.259
 than living

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.099
 just for myself

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.639
 or what anybody

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.559
 else thinks

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.440
 and he says

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.399
 don't receive

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:56.460
 the grace of God

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.199
 in vain

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.440
 that's 6 verse 1

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.859
 you don't want

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.639
 to get to the end

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.399
 of your life

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:02.500
 and see that the very

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.359
 mission God

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:04.299
 has called you to

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:05.319
 you missed

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.879
 because you were

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.659
 so wrapped up

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.480
 in your comforts

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.239
 in your investments

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.099
 in your kingdom

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:13.179
 and he says

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.179
 we have a judge

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:16.719
 he's a loving judge

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.859
 he's our savior

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:19.219
 so we don't live

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:20.299
 in crippling fear

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.859
 wondering what

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.159
 he's going to

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.079
 think about us

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:23.819
 but we don't want

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.359
 to get to the end

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.879
 of the lives

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.979
 like a 70 year old

00:37:25.979 --> 00:37:27.799
 that I once taught

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.779
 who came to me

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.279
 and he said

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:30.679
 I wasted it

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:32.679
 I wasted it

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:34.819
 I wasted my life

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:37.779
 and we don't want

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.440
 to get to God

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.860
 and say

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:40.100
 man

00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:41.980
 all I gave him

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.080
 was a tuna fish

00:37:43.080 --> 00:37:45.200
 but instead

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:46.060
 we say

00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:47.200
 the gift of God

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.320
 that you entrusted me

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.340
 this reconciliation

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.820
 this grace

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.740
 that you gave me

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.620
 and it was meant

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:53.240
 to be brought

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.880
 to the people

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.700
 around me

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:56.960
 I don't want

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.820
 to be more interested

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.980
 in my computer games

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.860
 or my retirement

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.700
 than that

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:02.480
 do you see

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.279
 what he's saying

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:05.239
 ambassadors

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.960
 are evaluated

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.279
 and judged

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.059
 by him

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.559
 not by

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.399
 and appraised

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.000
 not by just

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.639
 what we want

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.059
 or what other

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.859
 people want

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:16.460
 so we speak

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.219
 on God's behalf

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.980
 we embody

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.759
 his message

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.819
 we're evaluated

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.419
 and appraised

00:38:20.419 --> 00:38:21.259
 by God himself

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.779
 not what anyone

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.399
 else thinks

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:23.319
 our great savior

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:24.159
 the last thing

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:26.579
 ambassadors

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:28.559
 need Christ

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:33.779
 if you're a Christian

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.900
 who here is an ambassador

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:40.219
 every Christian

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.279
 is an ambassador

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:42.940
 that means

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.039
 there's never a time

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.840
 when you're not

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.460
 an ambassador

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:47.199
 when you're walking

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.980
 down the street

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.019
 you're an ambassador

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.679
 when you're

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:51.559
 playing football

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.380
 you're an ambassador

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:54.179
 when you're on the phone

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.039
 you're an ambassador

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.900
 ambassadorship

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.440
 is a 24-7 thing

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.440
 right

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.000
 because

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:03.139
 this is scary

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.500
 actually

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.220
 because that means

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.800
 sometimes people

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.559
 are watching you

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.380
 right

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:08.139
 and

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:11.420
 if you act

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.360
 unkindly

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.360
 and harshly

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:14.900
 and impatiently

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:16.480
 what do people

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.119
 think about

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.960
 your king

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.619
 and your country

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:20.420
 you know

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.260
 isn't the behavior

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.860
 of Christians

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.800
 sometimes the number

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.360
 one reason

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:24.280
 why many people

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.159
 say they don't

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.579
 believe

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:27.579
 and that

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.159
 puts a lot

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.639
 of pressure

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.980
 on

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.779
 right

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:32.119
 and sometimes

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:33.059
 many of us

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.779
 would prefer

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:35.079
 not to share

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.539
 the gospel

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.119
 with people

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.039
 not to

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.860
 not to even

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.440
 say that we're

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.920
 a believer

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.340
 because we don't

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:40.960
 feel we're a very

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.659
 good ambassador

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:43.779
 anyone ever feel

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.199
 like that

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:47.420
 the problem

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.840
 is

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.319
 if you're a

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.619
 Christian

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.179
 you're always

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.779
 an ambassador

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:51.840
 so if you're

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.560
 trying to pretend

00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:53.240
 that you're not

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.540
 one

00:39:53.540 --> 00:39:53.900
 kind of

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.440
 disguising

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.800
 yourself

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.180
 putting on

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.760
 dark glasses

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.440
 a false beard

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.720
 whatever it is

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:59.440
 and then somebody

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.220
 finds out

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.740
 that you actually

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.519
 go to church

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:03.280
 that's even worse

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.640
 because you're

00:40:03.640 --> 00:40:04.500
 a true fraud

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.260
 right

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:10.000
 so instead

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:11.260
 rather than

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.700
 saying

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.780
 oh I'm not

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.780
 a very good

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.240
 ambassador

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:14.820
 therefore I'm

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.180
 not going to

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.980
 be an ambassador

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.500
 can you not

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.240
 see that when

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:20.059
 people around

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.399
 you

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.259
 maybe point

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.759
 out things

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.159
 that you

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.479
 are not

00:40:22.479 --> 00:40:22.779
 doing

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.279
 as an

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.719
 ambassador

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.319
 should

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:26.259
 that that

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.979
 is grace

00:40:26.979 --> 00:40:27.639
 to you

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:30.399
 it is grace

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:31.279
 because people

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.559
 are inadvertently

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.399
 encouraging you

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:33.939
 to grow

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.399
 as an

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:34.839
 ambassador

00:40:34.839 --> 00:40:37.059
 it is grace

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.679
 to you

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.479
 because they're

00:40:38.479 --> 00:40:38.959
 pushing you

00:40:38.959 --> 00:40:39.339
 back to

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:39.799
 repentance

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.619
 and to

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.059
 come back

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.399
 to your

00:40:41.399 --> 00:40:41.779
 savior

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.559
 who has

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.339
 loving arms

00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:43.759
 which are

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.619
 welcoming you

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:46.039
 opening his

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.879
 heart to you

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.359
 so you may

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:48.419
 experience grace

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.280
 just like

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:49.820
 with Jim

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:51.280
 God is

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.119
 persistently

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.740
 calling you

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.119
 back to

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.579
 himself

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.220
 even

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.800
 sometimes

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.059
 through

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.240
 other

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.720
 people

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:59.639
 so evangelism

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.220
 and being an

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.639
 ambassador

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.559
 is a spur

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.000
 to being

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.680
 more godly

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:05.079
 it will help

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.519
 you to hold

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.940
 your tongue

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.280
 more

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:08.240
 I can promise

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:08.559
 you

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.920
 but it's a spur

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.760
 to see how much

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.480
 more you need

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.000
 the gospel

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.579
 in your own

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:13.059
 life

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:14.579
 that you

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.139
 need to see

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.840
 this amazing

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.559
 sense of

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.199
 reconciliation

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:19.039
 so that if a

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.599
 colleague ever

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.119
 points out

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.639
 but I thought

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.139
 you were a

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.559
 Christian

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:23.759
 you can go

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.279
 without

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.039
 defensiveness

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.460
 without embarrassment

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.000
 you can go

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.659
 man yeah I

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.059
 really did

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.559
 mess up

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:30.799
 I'm sorry

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:32.000
 because I

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.619
 didn't live out

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.139
 who I should

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.480
 be

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:35.440
 but you know

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.980
 I have an

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.779
 amazing savior

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:38.360
 who takes

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:39.059
 even people

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.699
 like me

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:41.000
 and he

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.679
 demonstrates

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.359
 incredible

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:43.019
 grace to

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.319
 me

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:44.339
 who is

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.659
 walking

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.259
 with me

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:46.259
 and persistently

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:46.939
 again and

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.519
 again he

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.239
 runs after

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.619
 me

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:51.719
 and God's

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.460
 love for

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.179
 you becomes

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:53.779
 so much

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.419
 more real

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:56.179
 and that

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:57.419
 then encourages

00:41:57.419 --> 00:41:58.099
 you to then

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.960
 share the gospel

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.739
 even more

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:01.639
 because you see

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.299
 how great a

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:03.259
 savior we have

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:05.619
 you know

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.259
 Paul was

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.639
 willing to

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.000
 give his

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.960
 life for

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.519
 this mission

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.439
 of evangelism

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.519
 because he

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.940
 knew he

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.240
 was the

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:11.679
 worst of

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.039
 sinners

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:14.079
 and yet

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.820
 God had

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.500
 made Christ

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.079
 who knew

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.679
 no sin

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.519
 to be

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.019
 sin for

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.400
 him

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:19.119
 so that

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.579
 in him

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.980
 he might

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.420
 become the

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.800
 righteousness

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.480
 of God

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.340
 and that's

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.820
 the same

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.579
 for every

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.619
 single one

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.200
 of us

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.860
 let me

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.260
 pray

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:39.700
 father you

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.180
 have called

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.600
 us

00:42:40.600 --> 00:42:43.240
 you have

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:43.700
 called us

00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:44.180
 first to

00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:44.680
 yourself

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:46.920
 thank you

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.620
 so much

00:42:47.620 --> 00:42:49.960
 for your

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.620
 reconciling

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:51.000
 love

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:53.139
 love

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.760
 I pray

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:54.260
 right now

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.659
 for those

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.940
 of us

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.239
 who are

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.539
 here

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.880
 who

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.360
 don't

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.539
 know

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.800
 you

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:59.360
 I pray

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.079
 as

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.639
 in

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.199
 Colin's

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.980
 testimony

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:03.699
 for those

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:03.980
 who maybe

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.320
 have heard

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.880
 this message

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.400
 many many

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.880
 times

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.239
 but I

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:06.920
 pray today

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.280
 would be

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.780
 the day

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.559
 of salvation

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.880
 I pray

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.340
 today

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.760
 that you

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.360
 would speak

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.820
 into their

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.280
 hearts and

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.579
 lives

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.099
 and show

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.400
 them

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.139
 your

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.699
 incredible

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.219
 love

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.900
 so they

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.559
 turn in

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.039
 repentance

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.980
 and find

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:19.099
 a God

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.400
 who wants

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.860
 to welcome

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.420
 them home

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:23.500
 I pray

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.900
 for those

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.180
 of us

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.400
 who are

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:24.760
 believers

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:27.079
 I pray

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.440
 for those

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.680
 of us

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:28.000
 who think

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.140
 we're

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.579
 inadequate

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:30.340
 those

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.700
 of us

00:43:30.700 --> 00:43:31.019
 who

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.519
 even

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.760
 the

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.220
 thought

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.620
 of doing

00:43:32.620 --> 00:43:33.360
 evangelism

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.900
 and sharing

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:34.620
 our faith

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:35.800
 is something

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.260
 that just

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:37.079
 scares us

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:39.099
 I pray

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.460
 that you

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.920
 would show

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.300
 us

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.340
 your

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:41.840
 incredible

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.340
 love

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.519
 the

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:43.900
 incredible

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.680
 privilege

00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:45.740
 the

00:43:45.740 --> 00:43:46.200
 incredible

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:47.480
 way that

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.920
 you have

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.559
 called us

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.000
 together

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.440
 to be

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.840
 partners

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.380
 with you

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.920
 in this

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:53.000
 I pray

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.539
 right now

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.860
 you would

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.300
 be putting

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.620
 on our

00:43:54.620 --> 00:43:55.059
 minds

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.680
 people

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:57.440
 that we

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:57.840
 should be

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.460
 reaching out

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:58.740
 to

00:43:58.740 --> 00:44:00.440
 I pray

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:00.700
 we'd be

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.320
 a church

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.620
 that

00:44:01.620 --> 00:44:03.220
 is not

00:44:03.220 --> 00:44:03.800
 just so

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:04.180
 focused

00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:04.519
 on our

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.700
 own

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.220
 things

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:05.920
 but we're

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.120
 actually

00:44:06.120 --> 00:44:06.480
 taking

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:06.960
 time

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.600
 to think

00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:07.840
 about

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.260
 the people

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.740
 around us

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.000
 in our

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.420
 offices

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.400
 in our

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.940
 neighborhoods

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:14.039
 and to

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:15.000
 begin to

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.200
 say

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:15.480
 God

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.960
 how can

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.380
 we show

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.120
 your amazing

00:44:17.120 --> 00:44:17.820
 reconciling

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.260
 love to

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.519
 them

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:20.340
 change

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:20.500
 us

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.059
 we pray

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:22.759
 in your

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.139
 amazing

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.539
 name

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:25.400
 amen

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:27.340
 love to

00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:28.400
 kind