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 Again, my name is Chris. I'm on the pastoral staff here.

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 You're just, again, very welcome if you're new here.

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 Ramadan started last week. I don't know if you knew.

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 I don't know if you're celebrating.

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 Shavuot, the Jewish festival of weeks, started yesterday.

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 A month ago, it was Buddha's birthday.

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 And on Friday, the European football championship started.

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 We live in a world of competing religions

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 and a world of competing traditions and cultures.

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 And we live in a globalized, global city of Hong Kong

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 where we're surrounded by cultures that even 100 years ago

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 you'd have only read about in a textbook.

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 And, you know, I go into Kennedy Town

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 and there's an Egyptian fish and chip shop.

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 There's a Hong Kong pizza place.

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 I went to Cheung Chao the other day.

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 There's a restaurant called Morocco's which sells Indian and Thai food.

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 I mean, multiculturalism.

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 There's this mix of nations coming together in this one city.

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 And us sitting here, just as you listen to the different languages,

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 we're a mix of nations which have come together to one place.

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 And God has placed us in a city,

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 and this is increasingly true of cities around the world,

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 where there are now opportunities for nations

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 which would have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 to come in contact with us.

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 People who would never have heard it in their home country

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 have come and are coming to cities like Hong Kong.

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 Watermark we planted five and a half years ago.

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 And right at the heart of our DNA is that we're a church

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 which is not just about making life comfortable for ourselves,

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 but the way that a church is healthy and fruitful

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 and every individual Christian will flourish and grow

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 is if you're living for something bigger than just yourself.

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 that each of us has a deep longing inside of us

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 for some kind of purpose,

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 to do something meaningful with our lives.

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 And I listen to so many people,

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 and they tell me,

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 I just don't know what I'm supposed to be here for.

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 And God has placed a desire in our hearts

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 because he says,

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 I want to call you as a church,

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 as individual Christians,

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 to something which is so much bigger

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 and greater than your mission for your life.

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 I want to call you to my mission.

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 And my mission is to go and make disciples of all the nations.

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 It's a global vision.

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 That's why we believe in church planting here at Watermark,

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 because we believe this mission

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 is something which is greater than what our own desires are.

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 And so we've been looking in this series at Isaiah,

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 at mission.

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 And Isaiah is this just amazing invitation

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 for us to join in with what God is up to in the world.

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 And it's an invitation that you don't want to kind of RSVP maybe to.

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 It's one you want to get on board with,

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 because what we've seen over the last few weeks

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 is that the mission starts when you find

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 that God is soul-quenchingly satisfying to the thirst that we all have.

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 And when you know that God satisfies your thirst,

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 then you go out to a thirsty world

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 which is hungry and looking for something,

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 and you can say,

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 look to Christ because he is satisfying.

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 We've looked at how we all have a craving for acceptance and belonging,

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 and Jesus dying on the cross welcomes us as outsiders into a family

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 so that we can be those who welcome outsiders into his family.

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 We've looked at how God reached out to us in our spiritual poverty

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 so that we could be people who reach out to those

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 who are also poor and disadvantaged.

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 And if you're a Christian, here's the point,

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 if you're a Christian,

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 you cannot, cannot enjoy God as he wants you to enjoy him

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 if you don't get on his mission.

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 Because to not overflow with the love that you have received to others

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 is like finding a cure for cancer and keeping it to yourself.

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 Every Christian is a missionary.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at today.

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 Every Christian is a missionary.

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 Now, I don't know about you,

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 but I kind of have this problem with the word missionary

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 because when I think of missionary,

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 I think of guys in kind of oversized hats

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 with like ridiculous moustaches,

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 kind of walking into exotic countries,

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 telling people they're uncivilized heathens,

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 and then forcing them to convert to Christianity,

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 taking their land away at the same time,

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 and then thinking they're doing God's will

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 because now the natives will have Jesus

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 and they've all got to have tea time at five o'clock

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 because that's what God likes.

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 You see, I'm British.

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 And God obviously likes British things.

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 But my guard once said to me,

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 he said when I started talking to him about Christianity,

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 he said,

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 Christianity, that's a foreign religion.

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 We Chinese, we have our own religions, thank you.

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 We don't need Western people like you

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 imposing your way of doing things and thinking on us.

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 We have got our own things already.

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 And it's that kind of image that Isaiah

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 and that world that Isaiah is actually speaking into,

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 where religion was actually synonymous with power,

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 self-righteousness, wealth, injustice,

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 and the people of Israel, God's people,

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 had lost their vision for what God had called them to be,

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 which would be the mission and a light

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 to the nations around them.

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 So God had brought them down low.

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 He'd exiled them.

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 Nations had come.

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 They'd stripped them low.

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 They'd been exiled in a foreign land

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 like the Koreans and Chinese

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 who were shipped off to Japan in the Second World War.

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 That's kind of what Israel had happened to them.

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 And it's a dark time.

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 They're feeling like God has abandoned them.

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 And some of you know what it feels like

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 to feel like God may have abandoned you.

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 But Isaiah comes to them and says,

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 there's a new day.

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 There's a new hope.

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 There's a new vision.

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 There's a new hope for you.

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 So here's my two key points I want us to really talk about.

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 One, the sun has risen, so wake up.

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 Two, God's vision is global, so look up.

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 The sun has risen, so wake up.

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 God's vision is global, so look up.

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 The sun's risen.

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 That first verse that we read,

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 Arise, shine, for your light has come,

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 and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

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 The image here, and I've put in your bulletin chapter 59,

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 because that comes before,

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 is it's nighttime.

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 It's dark.

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 It's not Hong Kong dark, you know,

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 where there's so much light pollution

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 that you can't see the stars.

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 This is like power cut,

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 complete pitch black darkness.

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 Some of us watermark men,

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 we went on a blind simulation.

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 I don't know if you've done it.

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 It's called Dialogue in the Dark.

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 We went there last year,

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 and it's pitch black.

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 You cannot even see your hand in front of you.

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 And I don't know if you've had experience,

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 but it's extraordinarily what you do

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 when you can't see anything.

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 You see, in this situation,

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 you start groping men's legs

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 and hairy hands in front of you

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 just to kind of feel your way.

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 And you do kind of stuff

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 which you'd just be completely ashamed of

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 if people could see you.

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 But, you know, it's kind of reassuring

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 when you begin to grab hold of somebody

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 because you actually feel like,

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 oh, I've found somewhere to go.

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 And the picture Isaiah 59 paints is

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 the sin of the people of Israel.

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 It's cut them off from God,

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 and they're kind of groping around

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 like blind men,

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 trying to find some reassurance.

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 They're lost.

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 They're purposeless.

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 They need some direction.

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 And then suddenly,

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 up over the Mount of Olives

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 outside of Jerusalem,

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 the sun starts rising.

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 A new day is dawning.

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 And when the sun rises,

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 it does a couple of things.

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 Light, first of all,

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 it exposes what you've been doing

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 in the darkness.

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 You know when you turn the lights on?

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 If my hand was still on Graham's knee

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 as the lights came on,

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 I'd have been pretty embarrassed.

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 When light comes,

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 it brings your shame.

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 It brings the darkness.

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 It brings the things

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 which are deep down inside.

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 It brings them to light.

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 And that's painful.

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 You know, you didn't think

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 your room was dusty,

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 but then the sun flooded in,

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 and in the rays of the sunbeams,

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 you suddenly see

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 there's a million particles

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 of dust in your flat.

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 That's what God's light does.

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 It reveals the depth of your sin

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 when you thought you were okay.

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 But that's not all light does.

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 Light also comes,

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 and it dispels darkness.

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 The sins of the past

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 that have been revealed

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 are wiped out.

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 The despair,

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 the lossless,

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 the purposelessness

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 is a thing of the past.

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 There is new direction.

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 There's new hope.

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 It's a new day.

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 That's what light does.

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 Now, every religion in the world

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 recognizes in some way

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 that humanity is in darkness.

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 You know this?

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 You just turn on the news.

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 I mean, even last night,

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 there's violence

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 at the European football championships.

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 There's racism.

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 There's so much suffering

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 and pain in the world,

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 and every religion recognizes

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 that we're in a dark hole

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 we've dug of our own selfishness,

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 ignorance, guilt, shame.

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 It recognizes those things.

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 But every other religion says

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 the way out of this hole

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 that we're in

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 is to try and climb your way

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 up to God somehow.

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 Islam says you have five pillars

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 if you do them.

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 That's why you do Ramadan,

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 because if you do these things,

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 you'll kind of be able

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 to get out of the hole

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 and maybe get up to God,

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 get up to some salvation,

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 get up to find some light somewhere.

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 Buddhism says you've got to meditate

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 to get enlightened.

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 And if you meditate enough,

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 you'll get light,

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 you'll get out of the hole.

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 Atheism says,

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 in the words of the humanist chaplain

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 of Harvard University,

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 Greg Epstein,

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 he says,

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 we have the potential

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 for strength,

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 wisdom,

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 and love inside of ourselves.

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 We've just got to tap in

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 to the potential we have

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 and pull ourselves out of the mess.

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 There's no one else to help us.

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 Whichever way,

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 whichever religion you take,

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 it tells you

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 you've got to get out of the hole

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 by yourself of the darkness.

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 And maybe if there's a God,

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 just kind of hope

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 he'll give you a hand halfway

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 if you've been good enough

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 at climbing.

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 The problem is,

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 if you try and climb out

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 by yourself,

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 how high is good enough

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 for God to help you?

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 And the problem is,

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 no matter how much you climb,

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 you know,

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 we keep seeing to dig

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 the hole deeper as well

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 because we keep sinning.

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 We slip back down.

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 And either what we do

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 is when you rely

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 on your own efforts

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 to kind of get out of the hole,

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 you either end up

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 feeling so much better

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 than everybody else

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 who seems to be

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 a little bit lower than you.

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 And you kind of look down

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 and you exclude people

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 and you feel contempt for them.

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 Or you,

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 when you realize

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 you've slipped back down

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 and you feel like

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 you're a failure,

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 you end up kicking yourself

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 and think,

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 oh, I failed again.

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 But Christianity comes in

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 and says,

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 we don't hide

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 what's in the darkness.

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 We don't deny,

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 we don't blame others

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 and blame the people

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 out there

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 for our problems.

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 We just say,

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 the way out of the hole

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 is not if I try

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 and climb out

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 because I can't.

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 I need somebody

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 to climb into the hole

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 to come down

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 to us.

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 Christianity says,

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 God came down

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 to us

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 because we could not

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 go up to him.

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 Your light

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 has come.

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 We love God

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 because he first

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 loved us.

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 You know,

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 when the sun rose

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 this morning,

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 what did you do

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 to make it rise?

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 Did you send it

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 a quick kind of

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 reminder text

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 just to say,

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 hey, just in case,

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 it's kind of six o'clock.

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 Did you send an email?

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 Is it a mail?

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 No.

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 The sun rises

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 not because

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 of your effort

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 but in spite of you.

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 It's what the Bible

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 calls grace.

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 And this sunrise

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 in verse two

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 is God himself,

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 God's glory.

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 You see,

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 the light

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 that every religion,

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 every person

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 is looking for

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 in the world,

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 in John 8,

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 Jesus comes

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 and he refers

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 back to this

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 prophecy of Isaiah

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 and he says,

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 I am the light

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 of the world.

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 Not just of a few

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 little religious people.

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 I'm not just the light

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 of the guys

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 who climbed really well

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 out of the hole.

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 No,

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 I am the light

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 of the world,

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 even of the British.

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 He who follows me

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 will not walk

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 in darkness.

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 You'll not stay

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 in the pit

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 but will have

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 the light

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 of life.

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 All religions say

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 you've got to make

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 your own way

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 out of the hole.

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 Christianity says

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 God made his way

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 down to us.

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 On the cross,

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 Jesus came into

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 the pit

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 of our selfishness,

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 our ignorance,

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 our pride.

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 He died our death

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 when we couldn't

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 reach him.

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 He brings us

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 into relationship

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 with the God

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 of the whole universe.

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 Religion,

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 even religion

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 dressed up

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 in Christian clothes

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 makes it all

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 about you,

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 all about your efforts,

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 all about what

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 you've done.

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 The world

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 and your salvation

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 is on your shoulders

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 but Christianity

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 says we have

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 an amazingly

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 glorious God

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 and no other God

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 in any other religion

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 is like this God

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 because no other God

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 would come down

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 to us.

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 Your light

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 has come.

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 There's no other

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 salvation

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 in the whole of history.

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 Read any religious books,

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 there is no other God

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 who does this

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 as a holy God

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 of the universe

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 who comes down

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 and dies for his people.

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 There isn't one.

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 That's why

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 Christ

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 is our light.

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 If you're not a Christian,

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 Jesus is asking

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 you,

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 reaching down

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 and saying,

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 will you stop

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 trying to climb

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 out of the hole

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 by yourself,

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 trying to do your,

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 get your way up

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 to kind of make yourself

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 feel good

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 and write about yourself

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 through your work,

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 through all the other things

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 that you try and do

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 and will you let go

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 of the wall

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 that you're climbing

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 and hold on

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 with a hand of faith

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 to Christ.

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 Repent of making life

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 about you

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 when actually life

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 is about

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 the worship

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 of the creator God

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 of the universe.

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 Pastor John Piper,

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 he says,

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 missions exist

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 because worship doesn't.

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 You know,

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 you only praise

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 something

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 according to the worth

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 of the deed

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 or the person.

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 when I was about

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 seven or eight,

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.120
 I managed to swim

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 25 meters.

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 I told my mom,

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 that's about all the glory

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 and recognition

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 that that deserves.

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 But you know,

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 it's the Olympics this year

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 and if I won the gold medal

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 at swimming,

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 which I'm not going to,

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.500
 then that would deserve

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.899
 global recognition

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 because that's a feat

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.759
 that is worthy

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.820
 of praise.

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 But if the God

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 of the whole universe,

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.700
 the holy,

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.639
 awesome God,

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.560
 creator God

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 who is so far above us

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 would choose

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 to come down

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 and die on a cross

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 for you

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 and for me,

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 is that not worthy

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:40.339
 of global praise?

00:16:42.099 --> 00:16:43.399
 For millennia,

00:16:43.719 --> 00:16:44.699
 people have been looking

00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:45.859
 to get out of the hole,

00:16:46.099 --> 00:16:47.819
 but Christ has come down.

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:52.139
 And so he calls us,

00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:52.819
 he says,

00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.439
 your light has come.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 notice what the response is.

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 Arise,

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:06.680
 wake up,

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.720
 shine,

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.519
 your light has come.

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.580
 You've got to shine

00:17:10.580 --> 00:17:11.880
 because your light has come.

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:12.940
 Now if you're a Christian,

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.559
 you know some of this.

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 But,

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.980
 but it says,

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.160
 strange,

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.400
 arise and shine.

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 Think about it.

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:27.960
 If you tell

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.279
 a reflective surface

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.000
 to shine,

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 that's a bit weird.

00:17:32.540 --> 00:17:32.980
 Right?

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.480
 Because it just shines

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.060
 automatically.

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.120
 Okay?

00:17:36.540 --> 00:17:37.019
 You see,

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.900
 normally it's like

00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.600
 the IFC.

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:40.019
 You know,

00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:40.940
 when the sun hits

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.440
 the windows on the IFC,

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:45.120
 you see the light

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:45.580
 shining.

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.480
 Right?

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:49.039
 And the picture here

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.460
 is of the city of Jerusalem

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.220
 which represents

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.000
 God's people

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.839
 shining,

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.579
 radiating,

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.640
 reflecting the light

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.799
 of this amazing God

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.920
 out to the people,

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 the nations all around.

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 That's the image.

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 But,

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.980
 why does he command you

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.539
 to shine?

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:04.660
 Well,

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.440
 because the thing is,

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.680
 the only way the IFC

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.519
 will not reflect

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.539
 the light of the sun

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 is if it's wrapped

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 in one of those,

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.099
 you know,

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.019
 those green kind of

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:14.539
 skyscraper blankets.

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 Do you know those kind of things

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.939
 when they're doing the scaffolding

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 and they kind of wrap them around?

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:19.779
 You know,

00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:21.279
 and Isaiah is saying,

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 the sun,

00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.859
 Jesus Christ,

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:24.659
 has risen on you

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:26.459
 so you can't put God

00:18:26.459 --> 00:18:27.899
 on snooze in your life.

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 Turn over and wrap yourself

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 in a blanket

00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:31.059
 saying,

00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:31.279
 God,

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.299
 I quite like the light

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.799
 but now is not the time

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:35.019
 that I want to reflect you.

00:18:35.179 --> 00:18:35.859
 I don't really want

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.859
 to wake up now.

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.679
 I'd like to be comfortable.

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.759
 I've got a few other things

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.519
 that I'd like to do

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.099
 with my life.

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 Let me just kind of

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.779
 wrap myself up

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.459
 a little bit more.

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 I've got work to do.

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 I've got kids to get in school.

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 I've got this.

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 I've got that.

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 I've got all these different things

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 and he says,

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:51.319
 wake up.

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 You say it to your kids

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 in the morning.

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 Wake up.

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 Shine

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 because you're not

00:18:57.719 --> 00:18:58.740
 going to experience

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.579
 the beauty

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 and the warmth

00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:01.019
 and the grace

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.899
 of the sun

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:03.299
 if you don't,

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.240
 if you're hiding

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.000
 under the blankets.

00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:08.240
 The preacher Spurgeon

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.719
 once said,

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 I believe

00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.819
 that there are

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.599
 some Christians

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.359
 who've wasted

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.039
 a large part

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.719
 of their lives

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.740
 for need

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.799
 of somebody

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:17.059
 or something

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.640
 to wake them up.

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.059
 He says,

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.019
 there's more evil

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.960
 worked in the world

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.079
 by lack of thought,

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.039
 by people just being

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.940
 comfortable with their own lives,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.480
 than by downright malice.

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.380
 There's more good

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.720
 left undone

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.400
 through lack of thought

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.160
 than through any

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 aversion

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 to doing good.

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.860
 Some Christians,

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.960
 he says,

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.940
 appear to have been born

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.980
 in the land

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.720
 of slumber

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:42.019
 and they continually

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.799
 live in their

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.740
 native country

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.460
 of dreams.

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.880
 They occasionally

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.860
 rub their eyes

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.980
 and suppose themselves

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:49.100
 to be wide awake.

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 But they're in

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.620
 the enchanted ground

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.960
 and though they know

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.480
 it not,

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.500
 they're little better

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.640
 than sleepwalkers

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.740
 most of their days.

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.420
 Are you

00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.360
 a Hong Kong

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.299
 sleepwalker

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:03.140
 who is actually

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:03.720
 just loving

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.299
 the comfort

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.240
 of your own bed,

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.460
 your own world,

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.539
 your own mission?

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:11.039
 Because God says,

00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:12.799
 wake up.

00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:14.079
 I've got a bigger

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.960
 calling for you

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:17.000
 than your little

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.559
 tiny vision

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.359
 of just building

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.960
 your career.

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:22.079
 I've got so much

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.180
 more than your

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.220
 tiny vision

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.799
 of just getting

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.279
 your kids

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.539
 into that right school.

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.680
 I've got something

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.720
 so much bigger

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.119
 for you

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.759
 and I want you

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.579
 to enjoy me.

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.940
 I want you to know me.

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.680
 But if you just

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.700
 stay in that bed

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.839
 wrapped up in your blanket,

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.639
 you're never going

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.659
 to enjoy the sun.

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:39.200
 there's a purpose

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.019
 in life

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.460
 and he wants you

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.240
 to be on his mission.

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.100
 Wake up.

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:49.019
 Some of us,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:53.400
 we've seen the light

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.740
 but you know,

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.600
 we've taken steps

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.519
 and you're busy,

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.200
 you're active,

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:01.060
 you're doing things

00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:01.540
 in church,

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.500
 you're doing all this stuff

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:04.319
 but it's so easy

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.619
 that we think

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.200
 that God has

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.240
 all these expectations

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.920
 on us

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.579
 and we're trying

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.160
 to meet up

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.380
 to all the expectations

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.539
 that we think he has.

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.799
 So when you hear

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.880
 God say something

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:15.160
 about get on the time

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.660
 to mission,

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.500
 it just feels

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.880
 like another burden,

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:19.900
 another kind of heavy weight

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.880
 that I've got to do.

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.880
 And you maybe look

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.339
 at the things

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.880
 that you've done

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.619
 or you haven't done

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:26.920
 and you feel

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.579
 you've messed up

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.539
 and you've failed again.

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:32.139
 And so it sounds to you

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:33.299
 like I'm telling you

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:34.859
 to climb out of the hole again

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:36.119
 to kind of make yourself

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.019
 a better Christian

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.740
 and God's call to you

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.559
 is not get on mission

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.440
 because it will make you

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.240
 a better Christian.

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.579
 God's call is

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:45.720
 look back to the sun

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:47.240
 of God's grace

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.279
 and God's mercy

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.500
 because that's,

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.579
 if you want to radiate the sun,

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.779
 you look at the sun.

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.519
 You don't become obedient

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.980
 to God

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.480
 by focusing on your sin.

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.639
 You become obedient

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.420
 to God

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.480
 when your sin

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.540
 leads you to the cross.

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.500
 You see the depth

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.080
 of his love,

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.560
 his grace,

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.100
 his mercy,

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.180
 his forgiveness for you

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.259
 and you respond

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.100
 in worship

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:07.600
 and that's going to leave you

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.480
 and motivate you

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.120
 to love him

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.040
 to get on his mission

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.780
 more than guilt

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:12.540
 or failure ever will.

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.340
 Wake up.

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.560
 See the sun.

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.740
 Your light has come.

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.480
 Secondly,

00:22:19.520 --> 00:22:22.860
 there's a global vision.

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.740
 So look up.

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.480
 It says,

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:30.900
 verse 2,

00:22:31.780 --> 00:22:32.120
 3,

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.580
 For behold,

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.920
 darkness shall cover the earth

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.880
 and thick darkness the peoples.

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:41.300
 But the Lord will rise upon you

00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:44.600
 and his glory will be seen upon you

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:47.420
 and nations will come to your light

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:50.400
 and kings to the brightness of your sunrise.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.520
 That's the word of your sunrise.

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:55.720
 Lift up your eyes all around

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.940
 and see.

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.039
 God's mission was global

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.940
 before globalization.

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.839
 And there is

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:09.759
 an inauguration of this vision

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.539
 when Christ,

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.500
 the light of the world,

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.100
 comes.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.380
 And there will one day

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.420
 be a completion

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.839
 of this vision

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:17.279
 when Christ returns

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.440
 and all the nations

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.539
 will come and bow down

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.120
 at his feet.

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.500
 But in the meantime,

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.259
 in the gap between the cross

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.940
 and the Christ's return,

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:27.099
 Jesus says to his disciples

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.160
 in Matthew 5,

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.819
 he says,

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.640
 You

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:32.460
 are the light

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.940
 of the world.

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.160
 Did you know that?

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.920
 He says,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.859
 You are the light.

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.259
 And you think,

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.059
 But Jesus,

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.619
 you just said,

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.160
 You're the light.

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.900
 And he says,

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.319
 Yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.420
 I am the light,

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.820
 but you,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.640
 like the IFC,

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:46.960
 are called as my people

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.920
 because I'm creating

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.880
 a new people

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.240
 who have seen this light,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.500
 who have a new identity

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.480
 in Christ

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.940
 from all the nations.

00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:58.220
 And you are to reflect

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.259
 this beautiful image

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.640
 to a dark world

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.560
 around you.

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.880
 A people

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.180
 who are not

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.420
 hiding our light

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.200
 under a basket

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.840
 or a blanket,

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.960
 but a people

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.060
 who are not defined

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.859
 by our culture,

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.639
 but are defined

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.500
 by Christ

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.419
 and his identity.

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.220
 As we've said,

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.799
 we live in a city

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.659
 which is surrounded

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.579
 by many nations.

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.659
 In this church,

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.139
 we have many nations.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.899
 Who here is from

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:31.200
 South America

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.099
 or America?

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.659
 Who here is from

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.859
 Europe?

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.480
 I do count,

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.099
 even though England

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.099
 wants to be out of Europe.

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:46.519
 Who here is from Asia?

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.460
 Good proportion.

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.980
 That's good.

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.500
 We're in Asia.

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.360
 Okay.

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:53.059
 Who here is from Oceania?

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.059
 Like, that's Australia,

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.460
 New Zealand,

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.160
 if you didn't know.

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.860
 Okay.

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.319
 Who here is from Africa?

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.019
 Okay.

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.680
 Who here is from Antarctica?

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.240
 Okay.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.700
 Milan thinks he's a penguin,

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.339
 but,

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.819
 yeah,

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.740
 we're a little lacking

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.900
 on the Antarcticans there,

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.059
 but you get the point.

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.500
 God has brought nations

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.920
 even into this church.

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.359
 Isn't that incredible?

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:21.740
 God wants to open our eyes

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:23.659
 to see that his mission

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:25.199
 is not just about

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:26.359
 kind of getting up

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.219
 and being more busy

00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:28.339
 with more activity.

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.979
 His mission

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:31.219
 is about giving you

00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:32.119
 a new lens

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.199
 to see the world

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.979
 around you.

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.899
 It's a new lens

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.559
 to see,

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.559
 and he wants you

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.419
 to look up

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:40.519
 and see what is around you

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.479
 so that you begin

00:25:41.479 --> 00:25:42.299
 to see

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.779
 who God might be

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.359
 calling you to.

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:48.139
 He's bringing

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:49.579
 a multi-ethnic people

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.439
 to himself,

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:52.039
 but the lens

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.599
 through which

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.699
 you need to see

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:55.559
 has a couple of lenses.

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.919
 I just want to talk

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.599
 about a couple here.

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.479
 One lens

00:25:59.479 --> 00:26:00.000
 through which

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.679
 will help us

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.779
 to see the people

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.119
 that God has placed

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.740
 around us

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.259
 is this.

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.500
 God loves

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.240
 unity

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.159
 in diversity,

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.939
 and God

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.519
 is making

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.099
 a people

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:11.379
 whose chief identity

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:13.380
 is not their culture,

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.920
 but is Jesus Christ.

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.740
 The light

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.600
 that we're drawn to

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.220
 is Jesus.

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.920
 That's our centerpiece.

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.820
 However,

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.640
 cultural diversity

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.140
 is beautiful

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.600
 and celebrated.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.780
 I don't know

00:26:26.780 --> 00:26:27.140
 if you looked

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.780
 in this passage,

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.360
 but did you see

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.820
 there are

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:32.180
 Arabic tribes,

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.560
 you know,

00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:33.120
 Midian,

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.780
 Ifa,

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.380
 Sheba,

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.860
 that's kind of

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.860
 Yemen direction.

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.760
 There are

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.460
 traders,

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.280
 that's the ships

00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:39.920
 of Tarshish,

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:40.820
 foreign traders,

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.299
 all these

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.399
 formerly enemies

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.299
 of Israel,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.879
 and do you know

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.460
 what they're bringing?

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.059
 Sheep,

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.480
 goats,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.319
 camels,

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.460
 frankincense,

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.039
 gold,

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.039
 all kinds of things.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.460
 These are the

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.099
 cultural

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.139
 and national

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.779
 treasures

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.980
 of these tribes,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.559
 of these ethnic groups,

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.960
 and they're offering

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.139
 them in praise

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.740
 to God.

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.339
 You see,

00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:05.019
 when God

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.899
 called Adam

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:07.079
 to fill the earth,

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.220
 well,

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.200
 that's the one

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.659
 commandment

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.039
 we've done

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.700
 pretty well.

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.480
 We have

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.159
 filled it.

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:12.980
 You know,

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.579
 there is,

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.639
 we have.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.179
 You know,

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.960
 there's languages,

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.359
 there's languages,

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.720
 and it's not just

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.139
 babies,

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.579
 okay?

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.639
 There's languages,

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.659
 there's music,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.480
 there's food,

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.700
 there's architecture.

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.299
 Every culture,

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.059
 language,

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.819
 ethnic group

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.519
 has wealth

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.720
 and beauty

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.039
 that when

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.700
 the nations

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.259
 are drawn

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.119
 to Christ,

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.980
 that beauty

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.679
 is not just

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.460
 kind of ignored

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.000
 and suddenly

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.759
 everyone's become

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.660
 monochrome.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.720
 But actually,

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.279
 that is glorious.

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.019
 Because,

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.400
 you know,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.240
 samba

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.519
 was never meant

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.120
 for the glory

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.600
 of Brazil.

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.480
 It was meant

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.079
 for the glory

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.720
 of God.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.600
 The iPhone

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.240
 was not meant

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.779
 for the glory

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.340
 of America.

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.819
 It was meant

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.340
 for the glory

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.940
 of God.

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.840
 Dim sum

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.460
 was not meant

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.000
 for the glory

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.700
 of Hong Kong.

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.600
 It was meant

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.240
 for the glory

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.900
 of God.

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.840
 And one day,

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.039
 that will happen.

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.559
 But in the nations,

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.080
 when we come,

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.600
 we should celebrate.

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.380
 Each of us

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.519
 has something

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.059
 unique

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.660
 that God

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.180
 has placed

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.600
 in us

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.140
 because of

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.700
 our cultural

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.259
 heritage.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.880
 John Piper

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.539
 again says it

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.940
 like this.

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.400
 He says,

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:17.960
 the beauty

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.799
 and power

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.799
 and praise

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.740
 that will come

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.440
 to the Lord

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.519
 from the diversity

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.279
 of the nations

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.299
 are greater

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.120
 than the beauty

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.899
 and power

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.519
 that would come

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.939
 to him

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:28.019
 if the chorus

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.719
 of the redeemed

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.979
 were culturally uniform.

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.159
 There is more

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:32.459
 depth of beauty

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.199
 is felt

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:33.979
 from a choir

00:28:33.979 --> 00:28:34.679
 that sings

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.539
 in parts

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.659
 than from a choir

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.619
 that only sings

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.279
 in unison.

00:28:39.239 --> 00:28:40.739
 Unity in diversity

00:28:40.739 --> 00:28:42.079
 is more beautiful

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.159
 and more powerful

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.979
 than the unity

00:28:43.979 --> 00:28:45.139
 of uniformity.

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.319
 Do you get that?

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:49.179
 Unity in diversity

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:51.000
 is more beautiful

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.039
 and more powerful

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.859
 than the unity

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.000
 of uniformity.

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.739
 So when you look

00:28:55.739 --> 00:28:56.679
 around at each other

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:59.239
 when you look

00:28:59.239 --> 00:29:00.039
 around at each other

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.879
 do you see

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:02.259
 the beauty?

00:29:03.719 --> 00:29:04.419
 Because there is

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.919
 a picture

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.819
 of heaven

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.659
 here

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:08.179
 but as his people

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:09.279
 now in the church

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.019
 we are called

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.519
 to be a foretaste

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.899
 a little picture

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:14.239
 not perfect

00:29:14.239 --> 00:29:15.299
 that will come

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.399
 but a little picture

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.439
 and it is

00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.819
 amazing privilege

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.739
 to be an international

00:29:19.739 --> 00:29:20.239
 church

00:29:20.239 --> 00:29:20.979
 in an international

00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:21.519
 city

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.400
 and so often

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.139
 we fail

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.019
 to miss it

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.339
 fail to see it

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:28.400
 so let me ask

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:30.319
 when did you last

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.480
 celebrate the fact

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.119
 that you have got

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.180
 people from every

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.839
 nation in this place

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.319
 in your community

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.879
 groups?

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.000
 How do you look

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.599
 to actually

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.680
 thank God

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.779
 for the cultural

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.339
 differences

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.139
 that you have?

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.740
 because if you

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.160
 want to have

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.540
 a mission

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:47.259
 for the nations

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.160
 you have to see

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.240
 the glory of God

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.880
 that he wants

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.600
 to transform

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.980
 and you need

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.720
 to see

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.040
 there is a unique

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.540
 beauty

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.259
 and there are

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.980
 some cultures

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.820
 you can see

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:58.460
 everyone can see

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.340
 the beauty

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.280
 more than other

00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:00.740
 cultures

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.960
 and we all have

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.660
 a different view

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.240
 there are some

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.080
 cultures you think

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.200
 I can see the beauty

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.700
 there are some

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.380
 cultures you think

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:08.300
 I'm looking

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:11.119
 but there is

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.579
 beauty

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.919
 and if you want

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.460
 to get a vision

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.180
 for the nations

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.279
 you have to see

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.539
 where the beauty is

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:18.480
 that's one lens

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.779
 the second lens

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.079
 though

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.399
 is every culture

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.440
 is in darkness

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:24.680
 that's what it says

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.619
 the nations

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.359
 are covered

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.680
 with like

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.079
 thick clouds

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.759
 so the sun

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.619
 is blocked out

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.740
 from reaching it

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.940
 that's the language

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.279
 there

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:34.599
 there is evil

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.440
 and idolatry

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:37.039
 in every culture

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:39.259
 one culture

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.220
 is not better

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.940
 than another

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.079
 I mean just

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.639
 look around

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:42.980
 look at

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.859
 the caste system

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.700
 which is still

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.759
 which is illegal

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.740
 but still exists

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.279
 in India

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.839
 look at ISIS

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.720
 and the stuff

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.259
 that's going on

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.200
 in Syrian refugees

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.240
 look at the racism

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.319
 that's going on

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.220
 in Europe

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.099
 and America

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.920
 and all the strong

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.619
 anti-immigrant feeling

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.500
 look at the tensions

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.339
 in Hong Kong

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.019
 and the mainland

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.799
 look at

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.240
 you know

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.339
 I walked into a shop

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.940
 in Central

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.859
 and the shopkeeper

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.420
 spoke to me

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.060
 very politely

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:08.720
 behind me

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.560
 was someone

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.279
 like an Indonesian

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.740
 helper

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.080
 and suddenly

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:13.779
 her tone

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.880
 of shopkeeper

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.200
 changed completely

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:20.259
 there was a look

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.140
 there was a tone

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.880
 which said

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.860
 you are not worth

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.480
 something

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:29.039
 every one of our cultures

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.000
 has a darkness

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.120
 of a racism

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.820
 of a self-importance

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:34.419
 and the church

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.000
 is called

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.039
 to be a different

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.839
 light

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.500
 the reason is

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.240
 in the darkness

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.240
 every culture

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.200
 needs the gospel

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.859
 religion telling yourself

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.839
 to get out of the hole

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.899
 is not going to do it

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.619
 the gospel

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.500
 has the resources

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.299
 to say to every

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.379
 single culture

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:52.659
 there is beauty

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.439
 but there is also

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.119
 brokenness

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.879
 you need a light

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.619
 you need a savior

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:58.699
 and the thing

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.179
 is for me

00:31:59.179 --> 00:32:00.379
 I can be so indifferent

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.179
 to the darkness

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:02.439
 that I see around me

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:03.799
 so wrapped up

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.439
 in my world

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:05.099
 in my work

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.079
 and all those other things

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.500
 that I haven't woken up

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.599
 to see the darkness

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.339
 here

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.139
 or I can find

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.679
 my identity

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.299
 so much

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.259
 in my own culture

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:17.459
 that I don't see

00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:19.539
 the need

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.179
 of the gospel

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:21.119
 I only see

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.779
 the things

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.579
 that I dislike

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.919
 I don't see myself

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.799
 as particularly racist

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.799
 or nationalistic

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.879
 I grew up

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:29.179
 in an all white town

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:30.699
 but a second family

00:32:30.699 --> 00:32:32.259
 was a beautiful family

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.119
 from an Angolan family

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.759
 who were refugees

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.199
 I've taught people

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:40.819
 from pretty well

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.439
 every country

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:41.960
 in the world

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.439
 I'm married

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.839
 to someone

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.599
 from Hong Kong

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.220
 I have friends

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.119
 in every continent

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.059
 except Antarctica

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:49.299
 but I used to teach

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.839
 in a place

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.179
 with a lot

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.139
 of Muslim students

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.740
 from the Arab world

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:56.320
 and our staff room

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.940
 was right next

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.580
 to the bathroom

00:32:57.580 --> 00:33:01.180
 and break time

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.940
 would come

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.820
 and while we were

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.680
 trying to relax

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.680
 just get a few minutes

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.500
 break before I had

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.420
 to teach another lesson

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.380
 suddenly

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:10.500
 through the door

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.360
 and the wall

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.700
 I would hear this

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:19.240
 and then again

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:25.420
 for ten minutes

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:29.259
 and I would go

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.079
 into the bathroom

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.339
 because you need to go

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:35.559
 and it would be covered

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.299
 like I mean

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.519
 Noah's Ark

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.500
 could have floated

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.680
 on the water there

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.740
 because of the ritual washings

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.640
 that had been going on

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.460
 it had soaked

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.120
 the whole floor

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.359
 and I'm kind of skating around

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.960
 thinking

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:48.799
 I can't believe this

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:51.420
 I can't believe

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.079
 these kind of people

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.640
 so inconsiderate

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.720
 they

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:58.940
 are disgusting

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.740
 that's what I thought

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.759
 disgusting

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.900
 now

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.960
 to my mind

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.860
 did I kind of think

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.440
 well actually

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:07.220
 I may be the only Christian

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.420
 that these people

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.760
 have ever met

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:11.099
 in their entire lives

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.019
 what an opportunity

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.500
 to share the gospel

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.480
 with these people

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.400
 was that a thought

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.260
 that came to my mind

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:18.260
 not even close

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:20.240
 didn't even cross my mind

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.500
 all I could think about

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.699
 was

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:27.719
 and how these guys

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.260
 were making

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:30.079
 my bathroom break

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.619
 just so much worse

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.119
 than I thought

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.780
 it should be

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:36.659
 because you see

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:41.320
 it's not that

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.920
 there are things

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.079
 that don't annoy you

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.860
 in other cultures

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.460
 there are

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.920
 some are

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.940
 just neutral

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.700
 cultural things

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:48.940
 some are sin things

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.840
 some are

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.160
 you know

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:50.980
 it's a whole mix

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.559
 of things

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:54.200
 but I would

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.920
 I would

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.019
 even with the other teachers

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.680
 we'd kind of

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.340
 knowingly

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.599
 you know

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.960
 there's that

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.620
 there's that kind of

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.500
 knowing look

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.120
 do you know

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:01.099
 when someone comes past

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.559
 that kind of

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.840
 superiority thing

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:04.280
 oh it's them

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.000
 do you know

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.039
 you know that kind of thing

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:08.400
 British are experts

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.720
 I don't

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.079
 you know

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.599
 we've taught the world

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.980
 you know

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.240
 it's

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:13.480
 it's called self-righteousness

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:16.099
 and that's how

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.800
 I was responding

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.400
 and you know

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.980
 the reason why

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.500
 I'm sometimes

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:23.199
 blinded to see

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.880
 the people around me

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.880
 and the opportunities

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.719
 that there are

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.539
 around me

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.519
 is because

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.860
 sometimes I don't like

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.539
 the differences

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.320
 in culture

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.099
 it's sometimes

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.920
 uncomfortable

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.240
 it sometimes

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:37.079
 offends

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.400
 what my own culture

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.500
 holds as important

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.579
 you know

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.380
 British culture

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.239
 doesn't do that

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.780
 but when

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.480
 someone

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.099
 offends

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:47.059
 what your culture

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.820
 judges as

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.960
 appropriate behavior

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.199
 we end up

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.199
 judging them

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.940
 and thinking

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.639
 we're culturally

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:54.119
 superior to them

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.780
 and we often

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.619
 end up excluding

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.179
 and then we have

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.619
 comments

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.480
 then we have looks

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.760
 and when we do that

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.579
 what I've done

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.380
 is I've begun

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.639
 to find my identity

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:03.219
 in my culture

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:05.059
 more than in Christ

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:07.860
 and I've blinded me

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.519
 to seeing other

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.059
 people's need

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.699
 for the gospel

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:12.460
 because I think

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.119
 I'm actually a little

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.920
 bit higher out of

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.920
 that hole than they are

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:16.000
 they're obviously

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.639
 so deep

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.739
 too deep for Jesus

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:21.159
 but it's actually

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.759
 I mean it's insane

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:24.599
 I think I'm better

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.579
 because I'm more polite

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.360
 but they could turn

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.039
 around to me

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.039
 as a British guy

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.340
 and say

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.639
 why are you so bad

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.320
 at hospitality

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:32.719
 because actually

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:34.059
 they would open up

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.539
 their home

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.400
 at the drop of a hat

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.380
 to have a stranger

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.000
 even come in

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.539
 with a meal

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.480
 and if you go

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.920
 in the UK

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:40.179
 to invite a stranger

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.880
 into your home

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.420
 is like inviting

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.539
 a terrorist to tea

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.159
 it's like

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.500
 you know

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.460
 it's like

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.460
 you don't do it

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:47.800
 but every culture

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.739
 has brokenness

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.639
 our greatest need

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.360
 and the greatest need

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.880
 of the people

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.279
 who you see around you

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.920
 isn't more politeness

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.320
 that will be nice

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.699
 sometimes

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.340
 particularly when

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.039
 you're on the MTR

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.639
 but that's not

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.460
 the greatest need

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.619
 of people around us

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.920
 the greatest need

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.639
 we all

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.940
 every culture

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.860
 needs

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.980
 the light

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:09.320
 and when we've forgotten

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.840
 when I act

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.579
 with that self-righteousness

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.159
 I'm saying

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.820
 my righteousness

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:15.019
 is not in Christ

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.539
 I'm saying

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.300
 that I've forgotten

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.980
 that Christ

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.519
 came down

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.139
 into my

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.079
 darkness

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.880
 crossed over

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.340
 the greatest

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.360
 cultural barrier

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.400
 between heaven

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.400
 and a pit

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.119
 of racism

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.380
 a pit of segregation

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.539
 a pit of hurt

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.239
 a pit

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.279
 where we just

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:32.039
 we just

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:34.199
 love the idea

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.779
 of tolerance

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.360
 but we hate

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.699
 the idea

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.519
 of actual people

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.820
 right

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:39.239
 we love the notion

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.739
 of tolerance

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.440
 until you actually

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.039
 meet people

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.480
 who are just

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.320
 not like you

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.099
 but the gospel

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.000
 has resources

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.239
 to level the ground

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:49.000
 and it tells us

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:53.119
 I can't base

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.799
 my identity

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.659
 on my culture

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:58.219
 because the culture

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:59.359
 is both beautiful

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.959
 and broken

00:37:59.959 --> 00:38:03.019
 I need to see

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.019
 when I'm faced

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.319
 with that

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:05.079
 my own need

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.719
 of grace

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:08.619
 I'm not defined

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.539
 by my culture

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.899
 I'm defined

00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:12.379
 by an amazing God

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.439
 who is worthy

00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:14.659
 of universal

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.559
 worship

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:17.699
 that's what

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.259
 we proclaim

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:21.179
 and you know

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.639
 even as an

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.559
 international church

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.619
 it's very possible

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.579
 for us to be

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.380
 international

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.940
 but still segregated

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.920
 because we still

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.539
 have attitudes

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.360
 in our hearts

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.360
 we're actually

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.119
 deep down

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:31.579
 even though

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.199
 we don't say

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.880
 we kind of

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.539
 think we're better

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:35.719
 and Christ says

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.440
 the gospel

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.639
 changes that

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.659
 you're a new people

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.679
 you're united

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.320
 in me

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.279
 celebrate the culture

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.840
 where there's

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.299
 difference

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:44.340
 remember grace

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:46.220
 remember grace

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:48.960
 because Christ

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.860
 crossed that

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.680
 barrier for you

00:38:50.680 --> 00:38:56.180
 I know

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:58.519
 that we all

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.460
 have stereotypes

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:01.780
 you know

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.280
 stereotypes

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.380
 are natural

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.680
 we all generalize

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.440
 you know

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.880
 we all generalize

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.200
 we generalize

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:08.740
 because we have

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.280
 to survive

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.680
 you know

00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:10.760
 if you see

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.559
 three English guys

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.280
 all drinking tea

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.980
 at five o'clock

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.539
 you assume

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.119
 that all English

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.840
 guys drink tea

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.559
 at five o'clock

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.900
 right

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.300
 you know

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.800
 we do that

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.740
 yeah

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.179
 and you see

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.679
 another guy

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:18.920
 and then

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.420
 it just kind of

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.940
 confirms

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:21.159
 your stereotypes

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:24.900
 but when

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.159
 your stereotypes

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.099
 stop you

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:28.000
 loving the people

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.559
 that God has

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.079
 placed you

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.559
 around you

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.119
 and you withdraw

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.800
 from them

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.260
 that's when

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:33.019
 you see the gospel

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:35.139
 as you've forgotten

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.659
 the gospel

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:37.559
 you've forgotten

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.139
 the gospel

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:40.019
 and the cross

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.739
 because Jesus

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.359
 crossed that

00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:42.219
 cultural barrier

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.879
 for you

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:44.299
 will call you

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:45.139
 to cross

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.099
 maybe even

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.299
 in this church

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:48.599
 there are people

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.059
 that you have

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:50.000
 never gone up to

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.719
 because you're

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.599
 actually just afraid

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.019
 you don't know

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.579
 what to say

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.159
 you don't know

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.659
 what to do

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.639
 and why don't you

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.920
 start and reach out

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.379
 and just say

00:39:56.379 --> 00:39:56.779
 hi

00:39:56.779 --> 00:39:57.739
 I'd love to find out

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.579
 about your culture

00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:01.339
 because that's

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.980
 where when we

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.659
 begin to see

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.179
 the beauty

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.920
 we begin to

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.699
 God begins

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.599
 to open our eyes

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:07.860
 and we begin

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.579
 to be a light

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.559
 in this dark place

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.559
 which is segregated

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.599
 so terribly

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.759
 in so many ways

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:15.860
 so practically

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.699
 what does this mean

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:18.000
 I think one thing

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.900
 get curious

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:20.860
 get curious

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:22.239
 get curious

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:23.179
 think about the people

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.880
 in your offices

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.199
 think about where

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.139
 you're going on holiday

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:28.039
 think about the business

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:29.279
 trips that you take

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:30.239
 you may be going

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.960
 into places

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:32.019
 and meeting people

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.199
 and their cultures

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:34.980
 where they've never

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.960
 heard the gospel

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.940
 or they think

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.179
 they know the gospel

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.860
 but they're actually

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.800
 just religiously

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.460
 trying to climb

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.880
 their way

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.639
 out of the pit

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.300
 and you may be

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.039
 the only light

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.559
 of grace

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.179
 that they see

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.280
 so get curious

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.099
 about their culture

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:47.400
 show an interest

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.619
 because you can say

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.940
 my God is a God

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:51.099
 who loves cultures

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:54.780
 why don't you get curious

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.400
 and go and chat

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.559
 to Amelia afterwards

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.740
 and find out

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:59.240
 about what she's up to

00:40:59.240 --> 00:41:00.300
 we have a Mandarin

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.960
 ministry

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:02.019
 in Watermark

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:03.440
 if you speak Mandarin

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.699
 there are a million

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:06.059
 Mandarin speakers

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:07.379
 in Hong Kong

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:09.000
 many of whom

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.559
 have never heard

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.099
 the gospel

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:11.719
 what an amazing

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.539
 opportunity

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.960
 for us to be here

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.759
 and be involved

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:16.679
 go and talk to David

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.859
 or one of the guys

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.960
 who are involved

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.859
 in the Mandarin ministry

00:41:19.859 --> 00:41:20.799
 come and see me

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:24.179
 when you go on holiday

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.699
 this summer

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.539
 some of you are going to go

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:29.679
 why don't you get your kids

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.219
 if you go on

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:31.179
 get your kids

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:32.279
 to actually research

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:34.120
 how many people

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:34.860
 are Christians

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.640
 in that country

00:41:35.640 --> 00:41:37.519
 what's the church

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.580
 like in that country

00:41:38.580 --> 00:41:40.420
 what's the religions

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.560
 like in that country

00:41:41.560 --> 00:41:45.080
 because when we get

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:46.220
 curious about things

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:47.160
 God begins to open

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.620
 our eyes

00:41:47.620 --> 00:41:48.440
 to see the need

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:55.200
 God has given us

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:56.040
 as a church

00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:57.900
 a unique privilege

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:00.220
 to impact nations

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:00.980
 some of you

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.160
 are going to transition out

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:03.059
 and God's going to

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.800
 transition you

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.700
 to other nations

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:06.460
 that is a great

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.539
 missionary call

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.500
 to a new place

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:10.680
 and it's not that

00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:11.340
 we have to go in

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:12.260
 and just lambast

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:13.360
 everyone with the gospel

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.599
 it's there we go

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.200
 as a light

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:16.019
 showing grace

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.940
 and reaching out

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.320
 to them

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.639
 and in that process

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.660
 of doing that

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:22.220
 and asking about

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.960
 somebody else

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.579
 we begin

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.319
 to then see

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:26.179
 where the gospel

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:27.000
 makes a difference

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.960
 in their own lives

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:29.219
 and we call

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:30.340
 people to see

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.980
 a God

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.619
 who is worthy

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.199
 of worship

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:34.960
 final thing

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.219
 this vision

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:40.000
 the last book

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.400
 of the Bible

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:40.980
 Revelation

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:42.340
 do you know

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:43.519
 Isaiah 60

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.779
 is in the last

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.840
 book of the Bible

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:47.119
 Revelation

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:49.000
 21

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.659
 22

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:51.299
 it says

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:52.360
 that heaven

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:54.280
 the new creation

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:56.280
 God

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:57.280
 will be

00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:58.400
 the sun

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:59.380
 and the light

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.099
 because there will be

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:01.039
 no more need

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.820
 for light

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:03.200
 because God alone

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.019
 will be the light

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:05.099
 of every nation

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.620
 and it says

00:43:05.620 --> 00:43:06.280
 the kings

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:07.780
 who represent cultures

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.579
 will come in

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:11.720
 God

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:13.380
 is the one

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.039
 who is worthy

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.300
 of our worship

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:17.079
 he's worthy

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.660
 of the people

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.519
 in your office

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.780
 knowing about him

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:22.140
 will you wake up

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:23.920
 will you look up

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:25.279
 will you see

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:26.259
 that God

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.739
 has got us

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.579
 on this trajectory

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.799
 where all the nations

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:29.559
 you know

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.339
 there's going to be

00:43:30.339 --> 00:43:31.059
 samba in heaven

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.659
 there's going to be

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.119
 hip hop

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.940
 there's going to be

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.879
 all the cultural

00:43:33.879 --> 00:43:34.500
 expressions

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.779
 so let's enjoy

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:38.559
 let's see

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.299
 let's get on board

00:43:40.299 --> 00:43:40.859
 with a God

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.519
 who is worthy

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.219
 let's pray

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:54.879
 Father I pray

00:43:54.879 --> 00:43:55.500
 that right now

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.579
 you would show us

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:59.859
 where some of us

00:43:59.859 --> 00:44:00.519
 have actually

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:02.119
 I think probably

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:02.619
 all of us

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.379
 in different ways

00:44:03.379 --> 00:44:03.899
 myself

00:44:03.899 --> 00:44:05.419
 so often

00:44:05.419 --> 00:44:07.179
 that we actually

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:08.219
 find our identity

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:09.339
 more in our culture

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:10.439
 or more in the way

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.340
 we think things

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.039
 should be done

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.880
 than in you

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.700
 show us where

00:44:14.700 --> 00:44:16.300
 we're blind

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.159
 to see the people

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.940
 around us

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.599
 because we've been

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.619
 so wrapped up

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:21.360
 in our little blankets

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:23.760
 open our eyes

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:24.480
 to see that you're

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.980
 calling us

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.780
 to something greater

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:27.599
 show us

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.519
 what that means

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.800
 show us

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.920
 what the next step

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.559
 that you want us

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:32.420
 to take is

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:34.480
 whether it's just

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.599
 greeting somebody

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:37.940
 whether it's just

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:40.920
 asking questions

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:42.639
 whether it's actually

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.539
 we need to get

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:45.360
 and giving money

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:46.319
 whether it's we need

00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:47.460
 to just find out

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:48.360
 whether it's we need

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:49.460
 to just see the people

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.599
 in our own congregation

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.920
 and begin to start

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:53.079
 reaching out

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:54.980
 may we be a church

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.920
 which

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:57.880
 reflects

00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:00.099
 the beauty

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.219
 of a God

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:02.759
 who has such

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.659
 diversity

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:06.379
 may we be a people

00:45:06.379 --> 00:45:07.099
 in a world

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:08.000
 of segregation

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.940
 and racism

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:11.179
 and self-righteous

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.719
 judging

00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:12.679
 and pride

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.440
 that we don't

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:15.079
 when we see that

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.599
 in ourselves

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.359
 we just run back

00:45:16.359 --> 00:45:17.019
 to the gospel

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:20.659
 may we see that

00:45:20.659 --> 00:45:21.000
 Jesus

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:22.219
 you're our only hope

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:25.239
 you're a light

00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:26.859
 and may that be

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:27.659
 something beautiful

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:29.719
 in this divided city

00:45:29.719 --> 00:45:31.839
 that other people

00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:32.839
 will be drawn

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.700
 to the worship

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.200
 of you

00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:36.160
 in your name

00:45:36.160 --> 00:45:37.180
 amen

00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:39.079
 and hear

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:40.119
 life

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:42.960
 you're our only

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:45.519
 who's

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:56.819
 the �