WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:06.919 Today we continue our study of Philippians, beginning in chapter 2, as we look at Christ's example of humility. 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:09.700 Please follow along in your bulletin as we read. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.080 The Apostle Paul writes this, 00:00:13.660 --> 00:00:21.879 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:29.359 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.020 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:42.859 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 00:00:44.019 --> 00:00:47.280 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 00:00:47.900 --> 00:00:52.500 who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.079 but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:07.879 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:14.319 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him in the name that is above every name, 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:20.400 so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:25.459 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:34.659 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence, but much more in my absence, 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.019 work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 00:01:38.539 --> 00:01:43.099 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 00:01:43.099 --> 00:01:49.319 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:54.419 children of God without blemish, in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:59.459 among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, 00:01:59.919 --> 00:02:04.479 so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:11.180 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the circumferential offering of your faith, 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:13.960 I am glad and rejoice with you all. 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.840 Likewise, you also should be glad and rejoice with me. 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:19.900 This is the reading of God's word. 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:25.060 My name is Alistair. 00:02:25.180 --> 00:02:29.819 If I haven't met you before, I'm one of the pastors here at Watermark, 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:31.739 so I'd like to welcome you here if you're new. 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:37.900 Last week we looked at the first chapter of the book of Philippians, 00:02:38.359 --> 00:02:39.620 and now we're on the second chapter. 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.739 And as Aldrin said, Eric, who spoke last week, 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:46.780 talked about that famous line of Paul's, 00:02:47.299 --> 00:02:51.019 to live is Christ and to die is gain. 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.079 And for those of you who were here last week, 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.620 you'll remember that we each got a sheet of paper as well, 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:03.259 where the words Christ and die were blanked out. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.460 So we had to think about what it was that we lived for 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:14.060 and what it was that we sought after that we felt would give our lives gain. 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.599 And so I thought about that during the week. 00:03:18.379 --> 00:03:22.860 And for me, I think the answer would be something like this. 00:03:22.860 --> 00:03:25.760 To live is success. 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:30.400 And approval is gain. 00:03:32.420 --> 00:03:35.340 I think that might be the case for many people. 00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:39.040 But for me, certainly, that was the case. 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:44.260 And I didn't even realize this was the case until quite recently. 00:03:44.259 --> 00:03:50.639 Because in ministry, as you're serving as a pastor, 00:03:51.139 --> 00:03:55.479 this is a trap that they say that many pastors can fall into. 00:03:55.899 --> 00:03:57.599 But of course, nobody thinks it will happen to them. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.979 And yet, as you're pastoring, as you're doing ministry, 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:06.599 you think of ministry success 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.639 as something that is the most important thing to you. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.599 And then when you achieve it, 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.139 then that's really living. 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:22.740 And, yeah, it's like you can't see yourself 00:04:22.740 --> 00:04:25.600 until you see kind of the... 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:28.980 Well, until you fall. 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:30.779 And then you see what happens. 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:35.500 Or you see kind of your inner being is uncovered. 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:40.780 We're going to be looking today at the chapter 2 of Philippians, 00:04:41.080 --> 00:04:44.920 which talks a lot about what it means to live in Christ. 00:04:46.080 --> 00:04:48.540 And Paul is challenging his readers, the Philippians, 00:04:48.760 --> 00:04:52.220 to actually live out that life in Christ 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:55.140 in community amongst each other. 00:04:57.340 --> 00:04:58.900 And so he appeals to them 00:04:58.900 --> 00:05:02.000 based on whether they have encouragement in Christ, 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:05.220 any love, if they've known this life in Christ. 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:06.840 And if they have, 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:09.700 then they should express that. 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:12.020 They should express that 00:05:12.020 --> 00:05:15.180 in love for one another. 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:19.280 And so that's why he says in verse 2, 00:05:19.420 --> 00:05:22.720 complete my joy by being of the same mind, 00:05:23.140 --> 00:05:24.320 having the same love, 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:27.640 being in full accord and of one mind. 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:30.420 He wants them to be of one mind together. 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:34.100 And that mind that he wants them to have together 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:36.120 in their community 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.300 is none other than the mind of Christ. 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:42.819 We'll get to that in a second. 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:45.020 But what that looks like, 00:05:45.340 --> 00:05:47.100 he tells us in verses 3 and 4, 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:48.680 if you've got it in front of you. 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:49.560 He says, 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.019 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:58.600 but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:02.100 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.920 but also to the interests of others. 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:08.360 See, Paul calls for unity, 00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:13.060 a spiritual oneness amongst the church that's there, 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:16.579 suggesting perhaps that there was some tension or disagreement there. 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:20.419 But he also says that humility is the key to unity. 00:06:21.859 --> 00:06:23.800 A call to unity is a call to humility. 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:26.819 And what does humility look like? 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:29.979 Well, Paul defines humility as 00:06:29.979 --> 00:06:34.039 counting others as more significant than yourselves. 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:39.079 In Australia, for quite a long time, 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.779 probably maybe nearly a decade, 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:46.719 one of the biggest banks ran a commercial with this line, 00:06:47.219 --> 00:06:49.739 for the most important person in the world, 00:06:51.039 --> 00:06:51.379 you. 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:55.159 And this was run through the kind of the 90s 00:06:55.159 --> 00:06:56.679 and past that as well. 00:06:56.979 --> 00:07:01.179 And it's encapsulated the feel of, 00:07:01.419 --> 00:07:02.679 I guess, a people, a nation. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:04.479 Yes, that's right. 00:07:04.539 --> 00:07:07.259 The most important person in the world is me. 00:07:07.259 --> 00:07:10.920 And so everything, including the banks, 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:12.019 should be there to serve me. 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:17.939 And this kind of tagline continued unquestioned for all this time 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:23.980 because it just spoke to where people were at 00:07:23.980 --> 00:07:26.680 and what people were thinking in their inner being. 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:31.959 To look to the interests of others 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:33.620 and not to the interests of yourselves 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:35.900 requires that you think of others 00:07:35.900 --> 00:07:37.959 as more important than you 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.680 rather than yourself as the most important person 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.480 in the room 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.240 or in your family 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.319 or in your world. 00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:51.120 The problem is that 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:54.519 often we are only interested in our own interests. 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:58.839 And we are only interested then in other people 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:02.659 as far as they can further our own interests. 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:05.299 How often have you heard the complaint, 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:08.180 why aren't you interested in what I'm talking about? 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:12.240 This is the complaint of a world full of people 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.199 who are only interested in themselves 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:15.979 and in their own good. 00:08:18.419 --> 00:08:20.240 A famous writer has said, 00:08:20.659 --> 00:08:23.519 most people do not listen with the intent to understand. 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.620 They listen with the intent to reply. 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.199 I don't know if you've ever done that 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:32.980 where you're listening to somebody 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:34.899 or you're in an argument with somebody 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:36.319 and you're not actually listening to them 00:08:36.319 --> 00:08:37.539 to hear what they're saying. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:39.299 You're actually listening to them 00:08:39.299 --> 00:08:42.879 and at the same time formulating something in your head 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:44.620 so that you can reply back to them. 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:48.740 Actually listening to someone, 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:50.179 giving them your full attention 00:08:50.179 --> 00:08:54.960 means to consider their words to be important. 00:08:56.100 --> 00:08:57.519 It means to really listen. 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:00.659 But for many of us, we like to talk. 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:01.580 I like to talk. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:04.320 And sometimes I find myself talking 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.019 in several conversations all at once. 00:09:06.700 --> 00:09:10.080 Some online and some in real life and so on. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.259 And I just wonder whether I and you 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:16.060 have ever given the impression to somebody 00:09:16.060 --> 00:09:17.580 or to the person in front of you 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:21.060 that they're just a distraction 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:25.280 from the more important thing that you are doing. 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.220 You know, Jesus never multitasked people. 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.840 He never gave people... 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:39.000 He always gave people his full attention. 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:41.920 Whenever he was speaking to somebody, 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:46.000 he was engaged with them. 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:50.240 And they were never, for him, 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:52.399 a means to some other end. 00:09:53.920 --> 00:09:56.639 As he spoke to them, he ministered to them, 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:57.580 he loved them, 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:00.399 and he wasn't busy doing something else. 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:05.700 What it means to look to the interests of others, 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:07.720 not just our own interests, 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:08.980 means to... 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:10.720 Well, superficially, it means, firstly, 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:12.320 paying attention in a conversation 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:14.120 and not being, say, on a smartphone 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:16.040 while you're talking and listening to somebody. 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:19.279 And I'm as guilty as this as anyone. 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.879 But more deeply, it means 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:24.779 to stop seeing people 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:27.820 as a means to your self-fulfillment. 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:33.840 This applies to many areas of life, 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:37.200 not least to spouses 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:38.740 or the marriage relationship. 00:10:39.920 --> 00:10:42.040 Tim Keller, who is a pastor in New York, 00:10:42.640 --> 00:10:42.920 writes, 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.019 a marriage based not on self-denial 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:47.519 but on self-fulfillment 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:49.819 will require a no-maintenance partner 00:10:49.819 --> 00:10:50.919 who meets your needs 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:52.599 while making almost no claims on you. 00:10:53.819 --> 00:10:54.939 Simply put, today, 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:56.639 people are asking far too much 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.179 in search for the marriage partner. 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:01.919 And for years now, 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:04.339 marriage researchers have been saying 00:11:04.339 --> 00:11:05.120 and arguing that 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:06.559 a strong network of friends 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.279 is the best way to keep a marriage strong. 00:11:09.859 --> 00:11:10.239 They say, 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:12.279 today we put much more emphasis 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:14.299 or we expect more intimacy 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:16.059 and support from our partners 00:11:16.059 --> 00:11:17.620 than in the past, 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:19.620 but much less from everybody else. 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.019 And this puts a huge strain 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:23.519 on the institution of marriage. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:25.479 Often the marriage buckles 00:11:25.479 --> 00:11:27.039 under the weight of partners' expectations 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:28.439 that they will fill every one 00:11:28.439 --> 00:11:30.159 of each other's needs. 00:11:32.899 --> 00:11:35.319 Using others in the quest 00:11:35.319 --> 00:11:36.980 for our own self-fulfillment 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:39.419 will ruin any relationship. 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:42.319 And that applies for co-workers 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:43.799 or bosses or friends, 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:44.719 siblings, 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.259 your pastor, 00:11:47.079 --> 00:11:48.240 one another in the church. 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:51.259 You see, this is the path 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:53.139 of selfish ambition, 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.259 what Paul talks about there 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:56.179 in verses 3 and 4. 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:58.480 And selfish ambition 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.799 means to take your interests, 00:12:01.719 --> 00:12:02.860 to place them 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:04.279 as your highest priority, 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:06.659 and then to turn others 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:08.399 into tools or means 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.779 in order to achieve 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:10.959 that highest priority 00:12:10.959 --> 00:12:11.599 that you have. 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:14.219 It is the opposite 00:12:14.219 --> 00:12:15.459 of what Paul describes 00:12:15.459 --> 00:12:16.199 as humility. 00:12:17.699 --> 00:12:19.120 It is to only think about 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.899 and look out for yourself. 00:12:22.959 --> 00:12:23.719 Selfish ambition 00:12:23.719 --> 00:12:25.379 would never put anyone's thoughts 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.779 or needs above itself. 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:29.059 Selfish ambition 00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:30.279 would do or say 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:31.879 whatever was necessary 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:32.879 in order to make 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.799 him or herself 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:36.620 look better in front of others 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:38.299 in order to advance 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:39.120 their own cause. 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:42.439 By contrast, 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.299 to put other people's interests 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:45.360 ahead of your own 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.460 means to put your own interests 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.179 on hold. 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:52.459 This is what children 00:12:52.459 --> 00:12:53.779 find so hard to do. 00:12:55.579 --> 00:12:56.599 How they can't have 00:12:56.599 --> 00:12:57.179 what they want 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:58.899 and have it now. 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:01.779 My four-year-old niece 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.839 is a firstborn 00:13:02.839 --> 00:13:04.939 and, like many four-year-olds, 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:06.459 considers herself 00:13:06.459 --> 00:13:07.159 to be the center 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.879 of her world. 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.379 And she has this 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.039 kind of habit 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:12.620 that when 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:14.759 she feels like 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.700 she's being ignored 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:18.399 by the important 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:19.299 adults in her life, 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.600 she will repeat 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.220 what she wants 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.419 to say 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.259 louder 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.399 and louder 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:26.399 and louder 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.980 until she's yelling 00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:28.939 at the top of her voice. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.860 And we say to her 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.240 that that's not right. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.139 She needs to wait. 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.440 That it's rude 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:37.660 to interrupt and yell. 00:13:38.280 --> 00:13:39.120 And she can't have 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.000 everything she wants 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.680 straight away. 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.540 Unless, say, 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:44.160 it's an emergency, 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:44.560 like, 00:13:45.140 --> 00:13:45.740 Mommy, I need to go 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.900 to the toilet right now. 00:13:47.540 --> 00:13:48.300 Then, yes, 00:13:48.420 --> 00:13:49.340 okay, we stop everything 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:50.280 and help her out. 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:53.040 But, see, 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:53.780 what she needs to learn 00:13:53.780 --> 00:13:54.680 is that she's not 00:13:54.680 --> 00:13:55.260 the center 00:13:55.260 --> 00:13:56.820 of her family 00:13:56.820 --> 00:13:58.080 or her world, 00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.160 of the world. 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.080 And yet, 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.140 sadly, 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.660 it seems that 00:14:02.660 --> 00:14:03.360 even adults 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.700 have grown up 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.380 or some adults 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:06.840 have grown up 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.840 not understanding 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:08.960 this reality. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.019 And we see 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.980 that self-centeredness 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:14.220 is the biggest obstacle 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.320 to unity, 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:15.980 harmony, 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.439 to good relationship 00:14:17.439 --> 00:14:18.360 in our lives. 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:21.700 And even secular researchers 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:22.779 have caught on to this. 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.860 There's a researcher 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.340 in Australia 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.120 called Hugh Mackay 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.100 and he's spent 00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:28.360 the last 40 years 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.519 researching, 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.539 asking questions 00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:32.580 about people's lives, 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:33.360 their loves, 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:33.860 their hopes, 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:34.379 their ambitions, 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.120 their fears 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:36.139 and their passions, 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.460 measuring people's 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:38.179 happiness levels. 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:40.639 And what he's discovered 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.919 in that time 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.139 is that 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.200 the quest 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:45.399 for personal happiness 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.240 and fulfillment 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.220 actually doesn't make 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.740 people happy 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.259 at all. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.360 Rather, 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.759 true happiness, 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.279 he says, 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.259 or he's found, 00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.559 is found 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.279 in losing oneself 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.120 in service 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.960 to another. 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:00.879 And so, 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.080 after 40 years 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.840 of this research, 00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.360 he actually wrote 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.019 a book about it 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:05.139 called The Good Life. 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.160 And in it, 00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:06.860 as it says, 00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.900 he asks the ultimate question, 00:15:08.400 --> 00:15:09.300 what makes a life 00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:09.879 worth living? 00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:12.040 His conclusion, 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.340 drawn from his research, 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.060 is this. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.580 A good life 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.259 is not measured 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.139 by security, 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:18.860 wealth, 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:19.680 status, 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.460 achievement, 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.780 or levels of happiness. 00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:23.580 A good life 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:24.019 is determined 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.820 by our capacity 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.519 for selflessness 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.019 and our willingness 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:28.559 to connect 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.539 with those around us 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:30.139 in a meaningful 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:31.159 and useful way. 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.779 Hugh looks at 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.399 the numerous ways 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.139 we get distracted 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.980 from this purpose. 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:37.840 He examines 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.259 what he calls 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:39.439 the utopian complex, 00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:40.799 which describes 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.840 our dangerous desire 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.519 for perfection 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.279 and the false expectation 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.519 that life will unfold 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.279 according to our 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.480 carefully laid plans. 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.299 He highlights 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.039 the things that lead us 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.659 along paths 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.699 to pain and confusion, 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.019 particularly 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.860 our willingness 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.300 to sacrifice 00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:56.919 others 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:57.879 on the altar 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.600 of our own 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.620 personal desires 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.480 and ambitions. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.600 There it is, 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:04.180 selfish ambition. 00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:07.720 And what he says, 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.300 of course, 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.919 is that it is the life 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:10.419 that is lived 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:11.060 for others 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.120 that is the one 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.960 that is worth living. 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:15.980 And to argue 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.440 his point, 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.360 Hugh draws heavily 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.580 on the golden rule 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.080 that is to do 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.720 unto others 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.720 as you would have 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.540 them do to you 00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:25.600 that Jesus spoke about. 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:28.200 But at the same time, 00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:30.100 he doesn't want 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:30.980 to have any kind 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:32.399 of picture of God 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.019 in his world view. 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.340 And so, 00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:39.420 is it possible then 00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:41.180 for society to live 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.120 by the golden rule 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.220 when it's been cut off 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:45.139 from the person 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.680 who taught it? 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.940 Well, I would say 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.960 the answer would be no. 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.960 And in fact, 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.580 the very reason 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.420 this book is written, 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:54.940 as Mackay himself says, 00:16:55.060 --> 00:16:56.420 is because he sees 00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.120 that more and more 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.900 in our society, 00:16:58.560 --> 00:16:59.960 people are living 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.040 for themselves. 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.640 The early Christians 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.779 were known 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:07.920 for their care 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.480 for others, 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:10.380 for one another, 00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:10.920 their love 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.319 for one another, 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:11.960 and their care 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.579 for the poor, 00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.100 the weak, 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.759 the marginalized, 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.720 the despised. 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:16.920 And you know, 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.000 there was only one reason 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.000 they lived that way. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.400 They believed 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.019 that the one 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.859 who was crucified 00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:25.680 and rose again 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.619 called them 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.339 into that life. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:29.859 You see, 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.579 when Paul calls 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.599 for the Philippians 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.160 to live 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:33.640 not for themselves 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.380 but for others, 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.359 on what basis 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.099 does he do so? 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.480 Is he saying 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.099 that it's just 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:40.440 like a self-evident ethic? 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:42.779 No. 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:44.339 The self-evident ethic 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.200 to most of us, 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.619 actually, 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.619 is to live 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.500 in selfish ambition. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.019 In seeking 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.759 to put ourselves 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.440 ahead of others. 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.220 No. 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.420 What Paul argues on, 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.759 on the basis of, 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.160 is the humility, 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.259 the humiliation 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.700 of God. 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.680 So in verses 5 to 11, 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.579 we have this, 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.299 some call it a poem 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.500 or hymn to Christ. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.480 And it's the ultimate 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:15.500 example of humility. 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:15.539 humility. 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.240 See, 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.960 the ultimate example 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.400 of humility 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.599 is God himself. 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.119 Which sounds strange 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:22.660 until you think about 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.880 what he did 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.039 in Christ. 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.759 And so Paul says, 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.819 we should have 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.740 this mind 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.660 amongst ourselves, 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.359 this mind 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:34.859 of Christ. 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.619 And what he means 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:36.920 by that 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.539 is that we should 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.940 apply what we think 00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.740 about Christ 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.880 to our lives 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.519 together. 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.759 we should think 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.420 about Jesus 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:45.000 and what he did 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.480 and our relationship 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.980 with him. 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.879 And we should 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:51.039 live that out 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.819 amongst one another 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.759 in our community. 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.680 So when Paul says, 00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.440 have this mind, 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.680 he means adopt it, 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.539 take it on, 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.420 internalize it 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.079 within yourself, 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.359 among yourselves, 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.019 in your community. 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:05.379 and he says, 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.160 Jesus, 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:09.119 who is in the form 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.599 of God, 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.960 didn't consider 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:13.339 equality with God 00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.599 something to be grasped, 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:16.559 but made himself 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.019 nothing 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.839 or emptied himself. 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.099 What does it mean 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.839 to say that Jesus 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.779 is in the form 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.240 of God? 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.779 Is it just saying 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.160 that Jesus 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.879 looked like God, 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.000 but was just, 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.200 like an external 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.660 appearance? 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:32.840 Well, 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.660 in the Old Testament, 00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.880 the form of God 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:36.200 manifested itself 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.680 as the glory 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.200 of God. 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.700 You might remember 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.620 in the book of Exodus, 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.200 Moses is shown 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.500 the form of God 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.680 and he sees 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.480 all his glory 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.360 pass him by. 00:19:49.320 --> 00:19:50.240 Here we are told 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.700 that Jesus 00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.620 has the very form 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.000 of God. 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.920 And the form 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.340 of God 00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.259 in classical Greek 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.860 refers to 00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:58.460 the characteristic 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.180 attributes 00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.820 of God. 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.480 That is, 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.840 who God is 00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.560 inside of him, 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.440 that is who 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.019 Jesus is. 00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.820 And in the very 00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.500 same verse, 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.580 the form of God 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.180 is equated 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.960 with being 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.279 equal with God. 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.500 That's the way 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.259 that Paul sees it, 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.200 that Jesus 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.620 is equated 00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.120 with God. 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.920 And yet, 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.820 being somebody 00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.840 who was equal 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.820 in divinity 00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.620 with God, 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.039 he refused 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.400 to use his divinity 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.080 selfishly. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.699 he didn't say, 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.839 I'm going to look 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.439 after the most 00:20:31.439 --> 00:20:32.339 important person 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.019 in the world, 00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:33.579 me. 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.299 Even though 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.179 he had the power 00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.819 to do so. 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.699 He had the right 00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.299 to do so. 00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.419 See, 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.240 Jesus didn't stay 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.799 safe 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.500 in heaven 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.759 or grasp 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.419 for equality 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.960 with God. 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.900 you could say 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.840 that he didn't 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:57.259 exert his rights 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.920 or assert 00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.539 his rights. 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.480 And the language 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.000 of rights 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.799 was originally 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.039 used to protect 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.500 the weak 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.140 and the powerless, 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.319 to say that 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.019 all humans 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.120 have an equality 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:09.160 here on earth 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.600 so that we 00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:11.299 shouldn't mistreat 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.700 anyone. 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.259 But we've turned 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.100 the language of rights 00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.840 today into 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.900 a selfish plea 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:18.059 to say, 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.200 give me my rights. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.279 we want to assert 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.080 our own rights. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.039 But Jesus 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:26.059 emptied himself 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:28.180 and humbled himself. 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:31.259 He didn't remain 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.200 in perfect communion 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.500 with his Father 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.960 in heaven, 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.019 but instead 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.860 emptied himself 00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.500 of his glory 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.140 and became 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.920 flesh, 00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.279 a human. 00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.440 And he humbled 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.860 himself, 00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.900 not coming as a 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.960 prince or an 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.259 emperor, 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:46.500 but an ordinary 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.019 man, 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.900 walking a path 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.840 that led to death. 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.920 Why? 00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.660 It wasn't for 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.700 the fun of it. 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:58.299 It wasn't fun, 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.960 not the dying 00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.519 part anyway. 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.259 Jesus came 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:06.059 and he died 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.019 and he became 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.420 nothing 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.819 so that we 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.480 could become 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.200 something. 00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.940 Romans 5 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.420 verse 8 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.819 tells us 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.380 that God 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.920 showed his 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.700 love for us 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.759 in that while 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.380 we were still 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.819 sinners, 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.480 Christ died 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.220 for us. 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.819 So Paul 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.279 is reminding 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.720 his readers 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.600 here that it 00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.600 is only through 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.319 the death of 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.759 Christ, 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.939 that they are 00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.639 here at all, 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.799 able to be 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.439 in relationship 00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:32.500 with one another, 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:32.959 to be in 00:22:32.959 --> 00:22:33.559 relationship with 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.839 God. 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.019 And one of the 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.579 things about 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:38.359 selfishness is 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.599 that it fails 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.219 to see the 00:22:40.219 --> 00:22:40.839 bigger picture. 00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.759 Your world 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:44.439 shrinks down 00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:45.539 to just you 00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.000 and your 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.500 concerns. 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.959 And particularly 00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.779 when we have 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.740 arguments and 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.480 fights and we're 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.219 trying to prevail 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.920 over another, 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.259 our concerns 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.079 seem to 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.940 engulf us 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.059 and become 00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.759 our world. 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.440 I don't know 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.799 if you've ever 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.440 experienced that. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.920 I have. 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.900 But Paul is 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.579 saying there's 00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.180 something bigger 00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.100 than your fights 00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:08.240 and your disputes, 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.160 your grumbling 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.980 and your selfish 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.440 ambition. 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.220 And that 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.660 something, 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.259 that someone 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.440 bigger, 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.819 came and 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.500 died for you. 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:22.140 and to bring 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.740 home just how 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.119 much bigger 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.700 that is, 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.700 Paul then 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.119 talks about 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.759 God's future 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.640 plans for his 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.880 son. 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.819 That Jesus 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.359 will be given 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.059 the name 00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.740 above every 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.059 name. 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:32.859 And that at 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.420 that name, 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.799 every knee 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.339 shall bow 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.000 and tongue 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.599 will confess 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.200 that Jesus 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.779 is Lord. 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.440 I didn't 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.900 realize it 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.380 before this 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.599 week, 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.119 but that 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.380 verse is 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.240 actually a 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.480 quote from 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.740 the Old 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.000 Testament, 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.940 from Isaiah 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:51.359 chapter 45. 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.480 Isaiah 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.059 chapter 45 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.640 verses 22 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.099 and 23 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.039 say this, 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.019 Turn to me 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.299 and be 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.740 saved, 00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.240 all the 00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.500 ends of 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.880 the earth, 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.619 for I am 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.160 God and 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.619 there is 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.180 no other. 00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.019 By myself 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.380 I have 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.759 sworn, 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.799 for my 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.299 mouth has 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.680 gone out 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.259 in righteousness 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.160 a word 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.559 that shall 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.160 not return. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.359 To me 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.299 every knee 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.859 shall bow, 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.339 every tongue 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.099 shall swear 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.539 allegiance. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.640 To whom 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.079 shall the 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.880 knee bow 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.400 and the 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.640 tongue 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.220 confess 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.859 that is 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.180 Lord? 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.480 It's 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.740 God 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.160 himself. 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.460 As he 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.680 says, 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.000 I am 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.220 God, 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.500 there is 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.859 no other. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.559 And so 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.900 we see 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.660 here early, 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.339 early on 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.980 in the 00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.420 New Testament 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:32.339 the idea 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.019 that Jesus 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.799 is God, 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.400 equal with 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.759 God, 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.519 and yet 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.819 there is 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.319 only one 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.640 God, 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.059 is already 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:42.359 placed here 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.339 in these 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.899 early times 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.099 in the 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.459 New Testament. 00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.479 It's 00:24:46.479 --> 00:24:46.740 where we 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.519 get the 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:49.699 doctrine of 00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.079 the Trinity, 00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.419 that there 00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.919 is only 00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.439 one God 00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.719 that we 00:24:53.719 --> 00:24:54.039 follow, 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.500 but that 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.500 Jesus is 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.240 fully God, 00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.639 as well as 00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.479 fully human, 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.099 as we also 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.399 saw. 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.019 So think 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.399 about that 00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.859 for a second, 00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.219 that this 00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:06.079 is our 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.399 God. 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.839 This is the 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.479 one whom 00:25:08.479 --> 00:25:09.419 we Christians 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.259 profess to 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.539 follow. 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:12.460 If the 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.980 character of 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.299 God is 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.579 one of 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.920 humility, 00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.720 then surely 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.180 the character 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.420 of the 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.680 Christian 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.159 church 00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:16.859 should also 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.279 be one 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.639 of 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.720 humility. 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.079 It makes 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.460 sense. 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.379 And so 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.779 we, 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.899 if we are 00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.799 followers of 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.319 Jesus, 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.619 ought to 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.259 display the 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.119 character of 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.500 Jesus. 00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.159 For a 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:32.000 Christian to 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.839 act selfishly, 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.059 with pride, 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.240 is simply not 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.139 being true to 00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.659 our Lord, 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.139 who acted 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.740 with humility. 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.819 humility. 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.579 This is what 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.240 Paul means 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.400 when he says, 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.279 have this 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.120 mind amongst 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.740 yourselves. 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.120 He's saying, 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.420 adopt this 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.900 frame of 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.140 mind in 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.880 your community. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.859 Don't be 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.420 grumbling and 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.859 complaining, 00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.039 filled with 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.740 selfish ambition 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.460 and conceit. 00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.940 Have that 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.819 same mind 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.420 of Christ 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.579 in your 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.180 interactions 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.079 with one 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.339 another. 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.779 Well, 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.099 what does it 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.680 mean then to 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.259 have the same 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.599 mind of 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:06.920 Christ? 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.000 Christ? 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.720 Well, 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.940 it means as 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.019 we think of 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.640 one another, 00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:12.700 of our 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.080 relationships 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.700 with one 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:13.980 another, 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:17.380 apply that 00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.960 thinking of 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.680 Christ to 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.140 one another. 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.680 And how 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:21.980 would things 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.620 change if we 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.180 applied the 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.519 mind of 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.980 Christ to 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.340 our life 00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.779 together in 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.140 community? 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.279 Well, 00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.740 a community 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.100 would be 00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.860 marked with 00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.779 forgiveness, 00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.820 selflessness, 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.580 humility, as 00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:33.880 we've already 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.400 talked about, 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.160 seeking the 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.420 good of 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.860 others, 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.720 not grumbling 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.480 or complaining 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:42.200 and rejoicing. 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.800 It's pretty 00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.120 hard to 00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.740 rejoice if 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.220 you're grumbling 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.880 and complaining. 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.140 And I want 00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.519 to talk a 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.759 little bit 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.759 about maybe 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.320 just a couple 00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.360 of these and 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.640 what that 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.960 might look 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.279 like. 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:56.560 Or maybe 00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.019 just thinking 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.060 about just 00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.740 how hard 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.300 that is 00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.860 actually in 00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.259 the Christian 00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.680 life. 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.360 I don't 00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.539 know if 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.879 you guys, 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.960 some of 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.200 you will 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.500 have known 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.839 this, 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:10.099 but I've 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.440 been working 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.339 as a 00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.720 pastor for 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.379 five years. 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.539 And before 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.059 I came to 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.339 Hong Kong, 00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.539 I was 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.960 working in 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.180 Sydney. 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.339 And I 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.500 said before, 00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:19.859 didn't I, 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.339 that my 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:23.859 answers to 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.440 that question, 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.779 to blank is 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.119 Christ, 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.859 was success 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.920 is to 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.200 live. 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:32.899 Or to 00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.359 live is 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.899 success. 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.039 And so 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.399 what I was 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.859 looking for 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.940 was ministry 00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.359 success and 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.779 the approval 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.119 that would 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.539 come with 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.680 it. 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.059 And I 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.799 didn't even 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.139 know that 00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.359 at the 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.680 time. 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.460 But what 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.099 I found 00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.079 when I 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.960 started in 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.500 ministry was 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.259 I would 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.399 be working 00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.019 in a place 00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:55.119 and the 00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.639 kind of 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.920 things that 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.480 I saw 00:27:57.480 --> 00:28:00.740 and advice 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.180 that I 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:03.139 gave were 00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.279 not 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.779 appreciated. 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.559 And 00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.579 particularly 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.279 those who 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.980 were in 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.759 control of 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.480 the ministries 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.400 around me 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.160 just simply 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.519 pushed me 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.440 aside and 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.779 marginalized 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.319 me and 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.680 didn't listen 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.019 to anything 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.359 I had to 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.559 say. 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.599 And so 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.259 as a result, 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.240 I was 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.900 frustrated 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.519 because what 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.879 I wanted 00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.379 to see 00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.579 change and 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.980 transformation 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.720 happening in 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.240 the church, 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.079 the ministry 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.460 growing, 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.960 was frustrated 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.079 by these 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.980 leaders who 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.440 would not do 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.039 anything about 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.180 the situation 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.480 there. 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.240 And I'm not 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.819 saying that 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:40.019 the things 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.500 that I saw 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.900 were wrong. 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.740 Even some 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.339 of the leaders 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.879 agreed with 00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.920 me in terms 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.299 of the things 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.660 that I saw, 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.420 but they 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.400 didn't want 00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.640 to rock 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.000 the boat. 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.519 They didn't 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.140 want to 00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:51.020 make the 00:28:51.020 --> 00:28:52.200 hard decisions 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.720 that would 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.259 be necessary 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.180 in order to 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.759 help and 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.100 to cause 00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.520 people to 00:28:56.520 --> 00:28:56.759 grow. 00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.620 And I'm 00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.020 not saying 00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:01.000 that what 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.500 I wanted 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.380 was wrong, 00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.880 but my 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.660 response to 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.400 what happened 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.820 showed that 00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:10.160 I was actually 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.620 being driven 00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.220 by selfish 00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.700 ambition. 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.740 temptation. 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:15.279 Because as 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.799 I was being 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.460 pushed aside, 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.059 what it felt 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.799 like to me 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.120 was that my 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.920 very life was 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.360 being crushed 00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.880 out of me 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.640 as I was 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:25.680 continuing to 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:27.259 serve and 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.340 yet not 00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.000 able to 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.140 impact people 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.539 in the way 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.519 that I'd 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.740 hoped. 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.640 And so 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.200 instead of 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.900 loving others 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.480 and seeking 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.940 the best of 00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.120 others, 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.039 I grumbled 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.659 and complained 00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.720 a lot 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.460 to people. 00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.940 And I 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.240 found it 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.839 hard to 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:50.240 forgive others 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.379 as well. 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.700 And if 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.000 you've ever 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.399 been in a 00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.619 situation where 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.519 somebody has 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.059 hurt you, 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.139 you will know 00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.639 that it is 00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.339 hard to 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.059 forgive others, 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.680 isn't it? 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.460 And yet, 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.980 if we're 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.319 going to be 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.899 people of 00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.420 Christ, 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.539 people who 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.980 are forgiven, 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.039 that's something 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.519 we must 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.899 do, 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.879 isn't it? 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:14.619 I consider 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:16.259 that my 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.639 own life and 00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.980 soul were 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.500 being crushed 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.879 by the 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.220 people that 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.740 I was with, 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.599 but in a 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.000 much more 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.639 real way, 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.119 I had 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.099 crushed the 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.399 life of 00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.619 Christ by 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.039 my own 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.299 sin. 00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.779 And yet, 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.079 Jesus would 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.779 turn and 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.659 say to 00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.220 even those 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.460 who are 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.259 crucifying him, 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.319 or to 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.599 say to 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:36.859 God, 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.440 about those 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.640 who are 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.319 crucifying him, 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.119 Father, 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.779 forgive them, 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.519 for they do 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.000 not know 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.539 what they're 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.799 doing. 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.559 That's what 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.119 Jesus says 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.859 about us 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.140 too. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:46.980 Father, 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.440 forgive them, 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:48.819 you, 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.279 me, 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.640 because we 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.039 didn't know 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.400 what we 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.759 were doing. 00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.279 And so 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.720 we too 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.119 need to 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.720 turn and 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.039 forgive 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.480 others. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.819 But who 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.119 can do 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.460 this? 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.259 Who has 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.839 the strength 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.939 to be able 00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.519 to turn 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.159 and to 00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.539 forgive? 00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.659 To live 00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.279 in such 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.599 a way 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.259 as to 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.579 actually 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.279 place other 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.779 people's 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.299 priorities 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.000 above their 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.299 own? 00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.599 To think 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.000 of others 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.539 as more 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.019 significant 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.480 or more 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.899 important 00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.339 than them? 00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.859 I said 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.559 before that 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.939 that guy 00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.240 who wrote 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.699 that book 00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.980 wanted to 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.500 see all 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.019 this change 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.319 happening 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.899 in society, 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.819 but actually 00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.359 wasn't seeing 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.839 anything of 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.079 the sort. 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.359 In fact, 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.539 he was 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.899 seeing the 00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.299 reverse. 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.919 who can 00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.440 provide 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.119 the 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:39.399 inner 00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.919 moorings 00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:41.440 for us 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.759 to be able 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.000 to live 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.240 in this 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.539 way? 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.639 Only 00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:46.960 God. 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.240 In the 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.879 last part 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.299 of our 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.759 passage, 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.200 we see 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.680 that we 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.079 are told 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.539 to work 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.919 out our 00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.379 salvation 00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:57.919 and yet 00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.799 that the 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.200 power and 00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.799 the motivation 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.039 come from 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.339 God. 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.180 we are 00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.599 to work 00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.599 out our 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.099 salvation, 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.139 but it 00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.639 is God 00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.139 who works 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.720 in us. 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.000 What does 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.419 that mean? 00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.599 Let me 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.899 read it 00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.119 out. 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.519 Therefore, 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:15.980 my beloved, 00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.460 as you have 00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.119 always obeyed, 00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.579 so now, 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.279 not only in 00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.659 my presence, 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.159 but much more 00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.779 in my absence, 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.919 work out your 00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:22.639 own salvation 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.279 with fear and 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.559 trembling. 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.839 Okay, 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.419 just stop there 00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:25.759 for a second. 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.039 What Paul 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.659 means by that 00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:27.899 is, 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.259 as I've 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.419 already 00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.759 said, 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.799 to take 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:31.519 what is 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.879 of the 00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.180 mind of 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.779 Christ and 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.220 to live 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.779 it out 00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.039 amongst us, 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.519 to take 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.019 the salvation 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.400 that we've 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.859 received, 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.099 the fact that 00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.539 we know 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.420 that Christ 00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.759 has died 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.119 for us, 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.440 and to 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.700 live it 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.619 out amongst 00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.000 our 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.400 community. 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.819 Work out 00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.220 your own 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.539 salvation, 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:44.900 the your 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.240 there is 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.599 plural. 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:50.240 But it 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.619 is then 00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.660 God who 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.900 works in 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.160 you, 00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.180 both to 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.119 will and 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.619 to work 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.259 for his 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.419 good 00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.739 pleasure. 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.779 You see, 00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.179 the power 00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.359 and the 00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.819 motivation 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.139 for us 00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.719 come from 00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:02.039 God. 00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.319 We can't 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.959 try as 00:33:03.959 --> 00:33:05.319 we might 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.399 pull ourselves 00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.119 up by our 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.859 own bootstraps 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.579 to make 00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.459 self-improvement 00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:11.639 the goal of 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:11.959 the Christian 00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.339 life. 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.259 The only 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.419 way that 00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.779 we can 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.379 follow in 00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.639 the way 00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.239 of Christ 00:33:19.239 --> 00:33:20.219 is if we're 00:33:20.219 --> 00:33:20.599 actually 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.019 following 00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.539 Christ. 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.979 And the 00:33:23.979 --> 00:33:24.739 use of 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.420 human 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.819 effort 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:27.000 in this 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.940 is just 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.480 what God 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.039 commands 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.339 for achieving 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.799 his saving 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.259 purpose. 00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.880 And we 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.160 do not 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.680 will and 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.160 work on 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.599 our own, 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.779 but our 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.279 wills and 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.859 our actions 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.559 are the 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.400 very areas, 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.799 the very 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.319 arenas, 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.039 where God's 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.700 power is 00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.799 working in 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.140 us. 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.460 When God 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.819 put it like 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.059 this, 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.460 God's 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.940 working in 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.400 us is not 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.799 suspended 00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.400 because we 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.799 work, 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.440 nor is our 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.120 working suspended 00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.740 because God 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.180 works. 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.240 works. 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.900 So in 00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.279 other words, 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.700 just because 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.820 we're working 00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.180 doesn't mean 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.500 that God 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.720 is not 00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.200 working in 00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.460 us. 00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.200 And just 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.720 because God 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.299 is working 00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.720 in us doesn't 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.160 mean that we 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.539 just stop 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.880 working. 00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.500 Neither is the 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.220 relation strictly 00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.580 one of 00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.240 cooperation, 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.079 but the 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.700 relation is 00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.139 that because 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.039 God works, 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.139 we work. 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.240 Because God 00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.780 wills and 00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.659 works within 00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.079 us, 00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.099 that this is 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.780 what he wants 00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.340 for us, 00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.040 and the 00:34:20.040 --> 00:34:20.420 way that 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.880 he uses 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.940 us to 00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.880 live out 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.440 this salvation 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.200 amongst us, 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.880 because of 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.100 that, 00:34:26.540 --> 00:34:27.280 we also 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.300 work at 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.480 it. 00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:29.840 We work 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.800 out our 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.320 own salvation 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.720 together. 00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.980 So the 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.420 question is 00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.700 then, 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.980 do you 00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.700 follow Jesus 00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:40.040 or not? 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.680 If you 00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.420 follow Jesus, 00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.160 then you 00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.460 need to 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.940 follow in 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.380 the way 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.340 of humility. 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.500 Who do 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.900 you follow? 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.240 Because if 00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.480 you're not 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.119 following Jesus, 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.320 then you're 00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.920 following something 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:57.300 else, or 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.460 you're prioritizing 00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.099 something else 00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.679 in your life, 00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.300 whether it is 00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.639 your own 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.980 ambition, 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.340 your own 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.760 happiness, 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.780 your own 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.300 self-seeking. 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.519 And the 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.079 final question 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.280 I want to 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.579 leave you with 00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.260 is what are 00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.679 we known 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.000 for? 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.659 As a 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.860 church of 00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.260 Christ, 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.380 Christ, 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.060 we should 00:35:16.060 --> 00:35:16.500 be known 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.040 for what 00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:17.880 God is 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.300 known for, 00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.420 or rather, 00:35:19.520 --> 00:35:19.760 we should 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.200 actually be 00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.080 reflecting out 00:35:21.080 --> 00:35:21.520 to the 00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:22.540 world this 00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.120 God and 00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.500 what He 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.880 is, 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.840 who He 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.140 is. 00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.200 And what 00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.740 He is, 00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.680 is a God 00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.240 of humility, 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.440 a God who 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.100 humbled Himself 00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:31.740 to save 00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.120 us, 00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:33.700 a God who 00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:33.900 will be 00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.300 exalted, 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.960 a God who 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.240 will be 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.540 worshipped 00:35:35.540 --> 00:35:36.140 by everybody. 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.920 This is the 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.500 kind of God 00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.160 that I'm 00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.560 happy to 00:35:40.560 --> 00:35:40.800 follow, 00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.200 and I hope 00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.220 and I pray 00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.840 that that's the 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.300 case for you 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.640 as well. 00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.960 But it 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.400 means that we 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.940 should also be 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.920 a church that 00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.280 is filled 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.880 with humility, 00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.080 a church 00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:52.320 where people 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.640 can come 00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.220 together and 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:54.600 see that we 00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.640 are a 00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.260 humble people, 00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.200 a people who 00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:58.940 don't stand 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.880 on our own 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:01.000 achievements 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.300 and compare 00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.420 ourselves to 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.820 one another, 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.840 who don't 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.300 grumble and 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.680 complain, 00:36:07.540 --> 00:36:08.400 but people who 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.000 live together 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.100 in unity. 00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.940 Let's pray. 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.060 Amen. 00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.080 Amen. 00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.100 Amen. 00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.120 Amen. 00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.140 Amen. 00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.160 Amen. 00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.200 Amen. 00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.220 Amen. 00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.240 Amen. 00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.280 Amen. 00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.980 Amen. 00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.100 Amen. 00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:14.140 Amen. 00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.180 Amen. 00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.200 Amen. 00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:15.240 Amen. 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:19.279 Father, we 00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:20.899 ask that you 00:36:20.899 --> 00:36:21.299 would give us 00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:22.099 again a vision 00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.759 of who 00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.539 Jesus is, 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:27.819 of the way 00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:28.859 that he 00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.519 came into 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.159 this earth, 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.979 giving up 00:36:31.979 --> 00:36:33.000 everything that 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.819 he had so 00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.500 that we could 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.119 come to know 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.399 you. 00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.299 And we 00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.579 ask that we 00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:41.379 would adopt 00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:42.439 that frame of 00:36:42.439 --> 00:36:42.739 mind, 00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.039 that we 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.379 would come 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.860 come to know 00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:45.480 and experience 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.200 and to love 00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.840 this humility 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:48.220 that Jesus 00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.680 showed, 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.200 so that we 00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:51.720 too would be 00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.119 able to live 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.579 like this, 00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:52.980 that we 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.039 would no longer 00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.820 live with 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.820 ourselves as 00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.420 number one, 00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.820 but that we 00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.400 would be able 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.539 to place 00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.720 other people's 00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.820 interests ahead 00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.420 of our own, 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.960 that we would 00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.360 be able to 00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.200 count others 00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:07.260 as more 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.059 significant than 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.400 us, 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.119 and that we 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.780 would be able 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.300 to rejoice 00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.700 in these 00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:12.019 things. 00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.000 So we 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.400 pray this in 00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.940 Jesus' name. 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.800 Amen.