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 This story, this parable, this way of explaining the mission and purposes of Jesus and his kingdom

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 is as radical as any other parable that Jesus told.

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 We are at a vineyard. People knew what a vineyard was. Jesus spoke a lot about the vineyard,

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 and people knew what he was talking about. It was the heart, often, of the economy,

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 and Jesus knew the image of the wine and the vineyard and used that to maximum effect, as he does in this parable.

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 The parable describes the kind of thing that would be commonplace.

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 The grape harvest ripened towards the end of September, followed very shortly on its heels by the rain.

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 There was an urgency to gather in the harvest, and if the harvest wasn't gathered in before the rains broke,

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 then it was ruined, hence the urgency for all hands to get to work. Any worker was welcome,

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 even if they could only give an hour or two. Why are you standing here? Well, nobody has hired us.

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 They were waiting to be invited.

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 The men who were standing in the marketplace weren't just any form of idlers that were there. No, far from it.

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 These were men that were eager to be hired. They were waiting to be invited in. They were ready. Maybe they had tools in hand.

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 In fact, if we look at Scripture, the evidence of still them being there later in the day,

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 in the heat of the day, shows their willingness to actually want to work. It showed that they wanted to be added

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 to the labourers that had already been hired. These men may also have been maybe from what we would look at,

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 the lower class. There was definitely a class thing going on here of those that were the regular labourers

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 that would go in day by day and those that were waiting on an ad hoc basis to be called in.

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 What Jesus tells us in this story, this parable, to open our minds, to shock us to the core,

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 is to help us see a greater perspective of how he sees kingdom and not the way we see it.

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 Who was listening to this? Disciples. Well, definitely the disciples were listening to this,

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 hence we get this parable. And maybe we need to hear this because when we give, when we share,

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 when we labour with him, when we commit our lives, this suddenly falls into place.

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 Because Jesus points out, you have received great privilege.

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 Being in at the beginning of what me and my father are doing, you've been here for a long time.

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 Christians, when they effectively sign on, when we step up as followers of Christ,

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 you and I made a decision to enter into a covenant, into a relationship with an agreement

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 that we would seek the kingdom, that we would live and work with him, the vineyard owner.

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 Yet Jesus says, but there is more to this purpose in the vineyard. There is more to this.

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 It isn't just about you. It's about all my people.

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 In later days, others will come. So don't start claiming special privileges.

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 Ouch. Now that hurts.

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 Because others will want to come in later.

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 They've accepted the invitation.

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 And I guess we in the church, if I'm honest, have on occasion struggled deeply with that concept.

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 And maybe some of us still do.

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 Because just as some of those hearing the story did for the first time,

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 and people down through history have struggled,

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 because we have been in for some time.

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 We've been in the vineyard.

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 We know the privilege of being in full-time employment,

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 and all the privileges that we have of that,

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 and of the struggle.

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 I was here first.

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 And this is where it hits to the core,

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 because day after day, I get up, I come here,

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 I am faithful.

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 So therefore, I have some sort of privilege.

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 After all, I know the vineyard owner well.

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 Do I?

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 Because clearly, these workers didn't.

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 They didn't know the vineyard owner that well.

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 They didn't know the generosity of what he was seeking to do.

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 Jesus is throwing out the challenge to our own discipleship.

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 And as John mentioned earlier, as he did to the prodigal son.

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 Because if you remember the older son.

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 Meanwhile, the older son was out in the field.

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 The son was working.

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 And when he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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 What on earth is going on here?

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 I didn't know father was having a party.

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 So he called one of the servants to him.

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 And he said, what's going on?

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 The servant, very excited, said,

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 your brother has come home.

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 And your father has killed the fatted calf.

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 And because he is home safe and sound.

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 Oh, joy for the older brother.

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 The older brother, it says, became angry and refused to go in.

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 If you read the scripture again and again,

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 the older brother is the only one who doesn't go to the party.

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 So his father went out and pleaded with him.

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 But he answered his father and he said,

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 look, all these years I've been slaving for you.

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 Interesting word.

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 When do we see work and serving as slaving in the kingdom of God?

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 And he carried on, yet I never disobeyed you.

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 Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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 So when this son of yours,

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 this son of yours,

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 who has squandered your property with prostitutes,

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 comes home, you kill the fatted calf.

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 My son, my son,

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 you are always with me.

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 And everything I have is yours.

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 But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours,

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 not my son,

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 this brother of yours,

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 was dead and is alive again.

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 He was lost and he is now found.

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 I remember from my curacy,

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 there was a dear lady,

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 she resolutely sat in the same pew every Sunday morning.

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 She would come,

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 that was her pew.

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 She in many ways had her own eyes

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 and earned her right every morning to sit in that pew.

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 It was a small congregation,

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 a very, very small congregation that was there.

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 And they weren't used to seeing new people.

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 But on this Sunday morning,

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 in came a mother with three young children.

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 Hallelujah.

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 Suddenly, life was about to be disrupted in the vineyard.

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 Into this scenario,

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 somebody had forgotten to tell this young family

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 what we will call her Edna's Rules.

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 And Edna's Rules were that you sat there,

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 that you were quiet and you were reverent,

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 whatever that means.

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 These people were totally new.

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 They hadn't done their research.

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 They should have done before they came,

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 if they were looking for a family-friendly church.

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 And they were sat there

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 and they didn't realise

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 that this was for a select few

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 who had paid,

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 who had toiled

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 and controlled themselves into making it church.

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 The liturgy started.

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 The choir processed in.

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 Stillness was broken by a child who shouted,

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 I want the toilet!

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 Oh, joy!

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 Short later, heads were turned.

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 The mother returned.

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 The daughter returned.

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 And by that time,

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 we were well into worship.

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 The sermon was looming.

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 I was thinking,

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 my goodness,

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 I need to praise you this down

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 because I've sat through enough monologues

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 with my own children,

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 shoving raisins into them

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 to try and keep them quiet.

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 Tedium, I subjected.

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 And then it happened.

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 The child said,

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 just into a few lines into the service,

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 it was something like

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 from a Hans Christian Andersen

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 thing of the king's new clothes.

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 We all knew it,

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 but they said it.

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 And she shouted out,

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 I'm bored.

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 I wanted to say,

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 Amen!

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 And so am I.

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 But Edna got there first.

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 She was on her feet

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 and in her Welsh tone

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 with her hands on her hips.

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 She had railed on this child

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 and said,

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 for God's sake,

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 keep that child quiet.

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 And that was the day

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 I resolved

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 never to do church,

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 but to be church.

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 Never to do church,

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 but to be the church.

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 The vineyard was a good place to work.

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 He was an amazing employer.

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 What was it

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 that the regular hired hands

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 resented in this story,

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 in this parable?

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 You see,

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 what this parable is written,

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 was it written for then

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 or is it written for now?

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 You see,

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 if I take the lid

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 off this parable,

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 I believe

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 this is as fresh today

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 for some congregations

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 as it was

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 the day

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 that it was written.

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 I had come to a point

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 where I realised

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 that maybe some of us

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 already have,

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 and if you have,

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 then congratulations,

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 because it took me

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 a bit of time

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 to catch on to this,

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 but I am not

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 God's gift to the church.

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 The church

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 is God's gift to me.

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 And we should live

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 like the kingdom

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 of God is near,

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 because it is our gift.

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 The vineyard

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 is his gift

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 to us.

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 And the workers

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 who were hired

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 about five

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 in the afternoon

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 came,

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 and each received

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 a denarius.

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 So when those

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 who had been hired first,

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 they expected

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 to receive more.

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 Do you know what?

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 That cuts deep

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 with us,

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 doesn't it?

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 Because,

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 you know,

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 are we still

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 sitting comfortably?

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 But each one of them

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 also received,

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 and when they received it,

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 they began to grumble

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 amongst themselves.

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 But each one of them,

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 these who were hired

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 only in the last hour,

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 they said,

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 and you have made them

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 equal to us.

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 And you have made them

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 equal to us,

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 who have borne

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 the burden of the work

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 and the heat

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 of the day.

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 Perhaps they resented

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 the new energy.

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 Perhaps they resented

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 this fresh expression.

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 Perhaps they resented

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 the new people

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 that they bring in.

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 It's not fair.

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 Also,

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 there is a bit of resentment.

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 We have been laboring

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 here for ages.

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 We have been hard.

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 We've been giving up

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 our evenings.

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 We've been going

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 to weekends.

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 We've done our Bible study.

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 And perhaps the hardest

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 pill for some

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 who feel they should

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 receive more

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 from God as a reward

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 is that we have invested

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 our money into this space.

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 So,

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 who are these new people

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 who come in

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 and benefit

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 from all that we have done?

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 Jesus makes it clear

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 when he talked

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 about a table plan

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 that the last

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 will be first

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 and the first

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 will be last.

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 I don't presume

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 to go to the top

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 of the table

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 and neither should we.

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 We are all invited.

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 I'm just happy

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 to sit at the table.

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 Three things.

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 I sense this

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 in many ways

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 was a warning

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 to his disciples.

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 It's as if Jesus says,

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 you have received

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 the great privilege.

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 You have received

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 the great privilege

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 of coming in

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 and fellowship

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 early with me.

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 You have spent

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 time with me.

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 You see the way

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 I work.

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 You see the way

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 it runs.

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 Learn from me.

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 In later days,

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 others will come in.

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 Don't claim

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 special honor

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 and a special place

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 because you were

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 Christians before them.

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 it's a hard pill.

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 I've had the privilege

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 so many times

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 to be with people

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 who in the last

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 moments of

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 their earthly life

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 have given

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 their life to Christ.

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 It is the most

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 beautiful moment.

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 There was a beautiful

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 moment this morning

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 as a seven-year-old boy

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 gave his life

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 to Christ this morning

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 and said he wants

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 to be baptized.

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 There is no

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 specific time

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 that we will be

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 called into the vineyard.

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 We have to celebrate

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 whatever that time is

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 and if that means

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 we have to adapt

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 and change

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 as we have here

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 at Christchurch

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 down the years.

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 I understand

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 there's a lot going on

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 on social media.

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 There is I think

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 about 600 people

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 here for a funeral

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 on Thursday.

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 It probably wasn't

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 a funeral

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 that we would

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 recognize

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 in the terms

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 of funeral

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 but for every member

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 here it meant

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 something.

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 I've never seen

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 so many grown men

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 in tears.

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 If we can't be

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 ourselves here

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 then where can

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 we be ourselves?

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 Number two is

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 we have an established

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 heritage

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 Anglican and Methodist

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 and there is a danger

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 that we believe

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 that Jesus came

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 only for our

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 denomination.

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 It's a dangerous

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 place to be

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 that Jesus calls

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 all people

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 into his vineyard

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 and this scripture

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 encourages me

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 more and more

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 to work with

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 my fellow Christians

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 for the kingdom.

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 And finally

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 perhaps the most

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 important

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 in the owner

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 of the vineyard

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 is what we see

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 because the workers

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 didn't know

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 the owner.

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 They didn't know

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 his awesome

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 outstanding

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 and beautiful

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 economy

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 of generosity

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 love

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 and compassion

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 that he didn't

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 want to see

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 people stood

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 outside.

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 He didn't

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 want to see

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 people waiting

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 outside.

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 There was a job

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 to be done

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 and so he

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 called them in.

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 What does it

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 matter what

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 they're paid?

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 There's the same

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 reward

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 and yet he

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 calls them in.

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 And some may

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 enter the kingdom

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 in their final

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 hours

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 and some may

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 have enjoyed

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 the benefits,

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 joys and

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 struggles

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 of serving

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 alongside our

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 saviour

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 for years

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 and years.

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 Praise God

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 and I

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 wouldn't

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 give up

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 a moment

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 of that

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 and I'm

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 sure you

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 wouldn't

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 either.

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 Surely

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 our desire

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 would to see

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 those who

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 have coming

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 in at

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 whatever stage

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 received the

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 fullness of

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 everything that

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 we have

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 and we

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 wouldn't deny

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 them a moment

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 of that.

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 But he

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 answered one

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 of them,

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 I am not

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 being unfair

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 to you,

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 friend.

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 Didn't you

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 agree to

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 work for

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 a denarius?

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 Take your

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 pay and go.

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 I want to

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 give the

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 one who

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 was hired

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 last the

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 same as

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 I gave

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 you.

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 Don't I

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 have the

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 right to

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 do what

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 I want

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 to do

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 with my

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 own money?

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 How often

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 have I

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 played God

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 instead of

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 allowing God

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 to be God

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 and do

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 what he

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 does?

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 So are

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 you envious

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 because I

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 am generous?

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 I'm not

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 envious when

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 I see people

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 come to

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 Christ.

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 I'm not

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 envious when

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 I see people

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 coming into

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 relationship.

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 I joked

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 once with

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 somebody and

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 they've never

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 taken me up

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 on it that

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 if it requires

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 me to dress

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 as a white

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 rabbit to

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 bring people

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.380
 closer to

00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:33.059
 Jesus I'd

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:33.680
 probably do

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 it.

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 Whatever it

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:37.200
 takes to

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.900
 invite people

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.360
 into a

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.200
 relationship with

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 Jesus and

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 I'm sure

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 that's true

00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:41.680
 for each

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 and every

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 one of

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.680
 us here.

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.940
 For those

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.220
 that we

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.639
 have prayed

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.119
 long and

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.700
 hard for

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.539
 our loved

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 ones, for

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 those that

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 we know,

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.639
 for those

00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.119
 that we've

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:49.660
 worked with,

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.480
 for those

00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.819
 that have

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.680
 stood outside

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.019
 that are

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.339
 waiting,

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.019
 that we

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.740
 long to

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.259
 see come

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.720
 into the

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 depth of

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.899
 that beautiful

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.839
 relationship

00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.619
 with Jesus

00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.579
 and all

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 that we

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 have.

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 And that's

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:03.339
 where this

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:03.819
 hits the

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 road.

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:05.919
 And for

00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:06.279
 those of

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.500
 you on

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.959
 the podcast,

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 you can't

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.019
 see I've

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.399
 naturally

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:08.919
 just held

00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:10.000
 my heart

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.439
 because that

00:18:11.439 --> 00:18:11.919
 was the

00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:13.619
 advice that

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.500
 my dear,

00:18:14.699 --> 00:18:15.319
 dear clergy

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.959
 friend gave

00:18:15.959 --> 00:18:16.639
 to me years

00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:18.699
 ago when I

00:18:18.699 --> 00:18:19.319
 was tempted

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.500
 to fall in

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.879
 love with

00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:21.480
 the church

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.480
 rather than

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.139
 fall in love

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.679
 with Jesus.

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:25.019
 and he

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.420
 said to

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.640
 me,

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.200
 Clive,

00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.460
 guard your

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.860
 heart.

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.080
 Guard your

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.400
 heart.

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:33.160
 So we

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.900
 pray today

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.560
 that we

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:35.240
 may hear

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.039
 God's

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.700
 word afresh

00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.400
 maybe for

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.740
 us,

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.039
 that it

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.620
 would engage

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:39.840
 us,

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.160
 that it

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.940
 would excite

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.240
 us,

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.240
 that it

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.720
 would make

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.820
 us sure

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.640
 of our

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:45.380
 love for

00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.940
 the vineyard

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:47.380
 owner and

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.720
 definitely

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.259
 not to be

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.660
 envious.

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.539
 God,

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.799
 I pray

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.039
 that you

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.320
 would have

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.220
 compassion on

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.559
 us for

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.220
 the times

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.980
 that we

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.200
 have

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.879
 considered

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:58.000
 this place

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.539
 ours and

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.299
 covered it

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.980
 with our

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.220
 preference and

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.639
 not your

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.879
 generous and

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.659
 compassionate

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.659
 invitation to

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:05.859
 all.

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.759
 So let us

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.439
 hear those

00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:08.720
 who are

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.299
 waiting in

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.899
 the marketplace

00:19:09.899 --> 00:19:12.579
 and rejoice

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.099
 when our

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.919
 master invites

00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.359
 them in.

00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:16.460
 Young or

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.839
 older, he

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.359
 wants them

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.259
 to come and

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.799
 join the

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.559
 others no

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.119
 matter what

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.679
 the cost,

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.220
 cost, no

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.680
 matter what

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.200
 the cost.

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.660
 And I

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.259
 sense that

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.779
 that should

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.200
 be our

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.779
 heart too.

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.840
 I am so

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.820
 encouraged and

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:31.620
 privileged to

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.340
 serve amongst

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.299
 you and

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.840
 with you

00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:35.560
 because that

00:19:35.560 --> 00:19:36.039
 is what we're

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:37.140
 known for and

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.720
 I pray that

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.200
 we'll be known

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.779
 more and more

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 for that.

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 Welcome them

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 no matter what

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 age and stage

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 they come.

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 Welcome them

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 to work with

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 us.

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 Why?

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 Because perhaps

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 for them and

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 for all of us

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 time is getting

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 short and

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 there is a

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 salvation work

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 to be done

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 in every

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 heart and

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 every soul

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 before the

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 final harvest

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 time is

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 called.

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 So this

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 morning I

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 would invite

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 you to just

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 maybe put

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 your hand on

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 your heart

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 as we pray

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 together,

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 as we hear

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 the scripture

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 fresh,

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 to guard our

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 hearts and

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 we hear Jesus'

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 word for us

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 from I

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 think probably

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 what really

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 spoke to me

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 this morning

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 was from

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 Philippians 2.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Therefore if

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 you have any

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 encouragement

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 from being

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 united with

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 Christ,

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 if any

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 comfort from

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 his love,

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 if any

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 common sharing

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 in the

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 spirit,

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 if any

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 tenderness

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 and compassion,

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 then make

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 my joy

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 complete by

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 being like

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 minded,

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 having the

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 same love,

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 being one

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 in spirit

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 and one

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 mind.

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 Do nothing

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 out of selfish

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 ambition or

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 vain conceit,

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 rather in

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 humility value

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 others above

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 yourselves,

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 not looking to

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 your own

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 interests,

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 but each of

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 you to the

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 interest of

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 the others.

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 In your

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 relationships

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 with one

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 another,

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 have the

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 same mindset

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 as Christ

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 Jesus,

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 who being

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 in very

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 nature God,

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 did not

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 consider

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 equality

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 with God

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 something to

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 be used

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 to his

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 own

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 advantage.

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 Rather,

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 he made

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 himself

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 nothing by

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 taking on

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 the very

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 nature of

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 a servant,

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 being made

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 in human

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 likeness,

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 and being

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 found in

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 appearance as

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 a man,

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 he humbled

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 himself by

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 becoming

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 obedient to

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 death,

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 even death

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 on the

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 cross.

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 father,

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 we thank

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 you for

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 your

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 generosity

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 to us,

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 we pray

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 that you

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 would make

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 us like

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 minded,

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 in Jesus

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 name,

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 amen.

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 Amen.