WEBVTT 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:01.560 Good to see you this morning. 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:04.360 Would you turn with me to 1 Corinthians chapter 12? 00:00:05.980 --> 00:00:10.419 We've been working our way through the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament, 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:14.480 and today we come to chapter 12, verses 12 through 31. 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:19.219 That's page 959 in the Pew Bible, if you want to turn there. 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:26.859 Page 959, 1 Corinthians chapter 12, verses 12 through 31, 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:28.060 12 through the end of the chapter. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.219 All right, let me read this for us. 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:39.980 Paul writes this. 00:00:40.060 --> 00:00:40.299 He says, 00:00:56.299 --> 00:00:59.039 Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.380 and all were made to drink of one spirit. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:07.299 For the body does not consist of one member, but of many. 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.180 If the foot should say, because I'm not a hand, I do not belong to the body, 00:01:11.340 --> 00:01:13.819 that would not make it any less a part of the body. 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:19.480 And if the ear should say, because I'm not an eye, I do not belong to the body, 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.659 that would not make it any less a part of the body. 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:28.700 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? 00:01:29.039 --> 00:01:32.039 If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 00:01:33.039 --> 00:01:39.799 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them as he chose. 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:45.079 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.780 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:54.439 The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you. 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.540 Nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:03.879 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable. 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.260 And on those parts of the body that we think less honorable, 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:09.340 we bestow the greater honor. 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:12.900 And our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 00:02:13.460 --> 00:02:15.759 which our more presentable parts do not require. 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:22.379 But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.740 that there may be no division in the body, 00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:27.879 but that the members may have the same care for one another. 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.180 If one member suffers, all suffer together. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:36.680 If one member is honored, all rejoice together. 00:02:37.259 --> 00:02:41.500 Now you are the body of Christ. 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:45.299 And individually, members of it. 00:02:46.419 --> 00:02:50.479 And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, 00:02:51.019 --> 00:02:55.099 then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating in various kinds of tongues. 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:57.299 Are all apostles? 00:02:58.019 --> 00:02:59.060 Are all prophets? 00:02:59.219 --> 00:02:59.879 Are all teachers? 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:01.419 Do all work miracles? 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:03.459 Do all possess gifts of healing? 00:03:03.579 --> 00:03:04.579 Do all speak with tongues? 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:05.319 Do all interpret? 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:09.599 But earnestly desire the higher gifts? 00:03:11.139 --> 00:03:15.259 And I will show you a still more excellent way. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:17.840 Let's pray together. 00:03:17.899 --> 00:03:17.939 Let's pray together. 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:23.300 Lord we are grateful 00:03:23.300 --> 00:03:28.939 for the fact that you are a God who reveals yourself to us 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:33.359 Lord apart from your own self revealing 00:03:33.359 --> 00:03:37.400 we would remain so in the dark as to who you are 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.520 and what it means to know you and love you and be created by you 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:42.680 and to be redeemed by you 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:47.560 Lord so we stand just in gratitude and gratefulness this morning 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.780 that we have Lord not just impressions or sensibilities 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:57.539 but God we have your own words that you have spoken and preserved 00:03:57.539 --> 00:04:00.740 for us 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:05.199 Father we pray that by your Holy Spirit we'd be able to understand 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:06.879 this word this morning 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:10.020 that you would speak to us afresh through these words 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:12.640 and Lord that we would be changed as a result 00:04:12.640 --> 00:04:15.759 we ask this in the name of Jesus our Savior 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.160 Amen 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:21.800 well friends I think you'll agree 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.319 that the human body 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.899 is an amazing thing 00:04:26.899 --> 00:04:30.759 I needed to do some research on the human body 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:31.680 to prepare for this sermon 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:33.560 so I did what every good researcher does 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:35.519 I Google searched some things 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.000 that's a joke 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.000 that's not how you're supposed to research things 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.360 apparently the human body has 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.759 you medical professionals can correct me on this 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.399 apparently the human body has 206 bones 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:49.879 640 muscles 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.980 and nearly 100,000 miles of blood vessels 00:04:53.980 --> 00:05:00.740 the human body is a stunning diversity of organs and limbs and parts 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:03.259 of all sorts and shapes and sizes 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:07.039 and yet for all its diversity 00:05:07.039 --> 00:05:12.599 it functions with an incredible unity and symmetry doesn't it 00:05:12.599 --> 00:05:17.379 so incredible in fact I think we rarely think about it 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:20.579 after all when was the last time you stopped 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:25.199 and really pondered the beauty and complexity and necessity 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.959 of say your pinky finger for instance 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:33.379 in fact you might even ask as you think about it 00:05:33.379 --> 00:05:34.860 do we even really need that little thing 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:40.560 I mean is it anything more than kind of a decorative accessory to your hand 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.139 something that you put a pinky ring on if you're Italian 00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:48.720 something to sort of extend daintily while drinking your tea 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:53.780 I mean the Simpsons got along just fine with only four digits 00:05:53.780 --> 00:05:54.980 why do we need this fifth one 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:59.720 in the New York Times a while ago 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:01.040 there was an article in the health section 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.439 written by someone who had broken their pinky finger 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:06.620 apparently she fell directly on it while jogging 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:11.560 and she sort of was stunned by how much she had 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:13.459 you know relied on her pinky finger 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:16.040 and apparently according to the occupational therapist that she interviewed 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.399 you actually lose 50% of your hand strength 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:22.759 when you lose the use of your pinky finger 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:24.000 50% 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:32.840 the human body though made of an incredible diverse array of parts 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:35.540 is at the same time an amazingly intricate unity 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:38.140 it all sort of works together doesn't it 00:06:38.140 --> 00:06:43.340 now the point of our passage this morning is pretty clear 00:06:43.340 --> 00:06:47.740 Paul wants us to view our life together as a church 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:49.800 like a body 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.140 you are the body of Christ 00:06:54.140 --> 00:06:57.379 and individually members of it 00:06:57.379 --> 00:07:01.620 now we're so familiar with that sort of language 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:05.480 that we don't stop and really think about the real meaning of it 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.860 we call the church the body of Christ all the time 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:12.340 and it's not as if we really think about fingers and toes and eyes and ears 00:07:12.340 --> 00:07:15.620 we just think about a group of people 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:19.020 in fact the word member today 00:07:19.020 --> 00:07:20.920 means kind of nothing more than that 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.220 someone who belongs to a particular group 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:23.680 right 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.240 I was in the Lego store in the West Farms mall on Monday with my kids 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.160 buying Legos of course 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:33.760 and at the checkout I was asked 00:07:33.760 --> 00:07:35.740 if I wanted to become a member 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:38.060 of the Lego VIP club 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:40.860 I thought VIP wow 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:43.500 I'm only buying two Lego sets 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:45.400 what if I buy a third 00:07:45.400 --> 00:07:48.180 apparently I could get a 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:50.120 $10 gift card for every like 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.220 $3 million worth of Legos that I bought 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:56.560 they even gave me a membership card 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.819 and I'm sure they'll send me lots of emails 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:02.420 telling me of all the Lego sets I need to be buying 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:07.439 but such is the meaning of membership today 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:07.860 right 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:11.340 you sort of belong to a group 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:13.759 there are some maybe some minor kickbacks 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:15.060 but nothing real serious 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:19.079 but you know for Paul 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:20.480 the word member 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.959 hadn't sort of picked up those watered down connotations 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:26.419 the word member really meant 00:08:26.419 --> 00:08:27.919 body part 00:08:27.919 --> 00:08:29.839 a limb 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:31.099 an organ 00:08:31.099 --> 00:08:34.699 you are the body of Christ 00:08:34.699 --> 00:08:37.079 and individually the fingers 00:08:37.079 --> 00:08:38.419 and toes 00:08:38.419 --> 00:08:39.460 and limbs 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:40.639 and organs 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:41.460 of it 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:48.519 so our text today wants us to really meditate on this reality 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.240 that in Christ we are a 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.319 body 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.700 and that's what we're going to do 00:08:56.700 --> 00:09:00.000 what does being a body in Christ 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:00.900 mean 00:09:00.900 --> 00:09:03.640 first thing 00:09:03.640 --> 00:09:06.280 being a body 00:09:06.280 --> 00:09:07.140 means 00:09:07.140 --> 00:09:11.760 that we all have a common experience 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:13.080 that unites us 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:15.300 no matter what our background 00:09:15.300 --> 00:09:18.520 being a body means that we have a common experience 00:09:18.520 --> 00:09:19.400 that unites us 00:09:19.400 --> 00:09:20.500 no matter what our background 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:21.980 look again at verse 13 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:23.399 Paul says 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:23.820 for 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:25.539 in one spirit 00:09:25.539 --> 00:09:26.920 we were all baptized 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:28.279 into one body 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:29.659 Jews or Greek 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:30.519 slaves or free 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.440 and all were made to drink 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:33.840 of one spirit 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.159 what is the common experience 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.360 that makes us 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.539 into one body 00:09:38.539 --> 00:09:40.879 Paul describes it like this 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.139 we were baptized 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:43.420 in the Holy Spirit 00:09:43.420 --> 00:09:45.779 we were made to drink 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:47.139 of the Holy Spirit 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:50.379 okay that sounds a bit weird 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:50.759 right 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.199 what is he talking about 00:09:52.199 --> 00:09:55.559 well Paul is describing here 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:57.199 not some event 00:09:57.199 --> 00:09:58.299 that happens 00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:59.379 for some people 00:09:59.379 --> 00:10:00.179 who are particularly 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:01.600 spiritually elite 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:03.480 but what happens 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.840 to every believer 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:06.759 at conversion 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:10.659 what Paul is talking about 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:11.360 in verse 13 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:11.779 did you notice 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:13.200 is true of all Christians 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.740 two times in that verse 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:15.320 all 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:16.639 all of you 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:17.860 all of you 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:20.580 when you come to believe 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.240 and trust 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:22.000 in Jesus 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.159 as Lord 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:23.700 as Savior 00:10:23.700 --> 00:10:24.899 what happens 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:28.779 in another place 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:29.600 Romans 5 5 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:30.220 Paul will say 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:31.200 that the love 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:31.980 of God 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:32.440 has been 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:33.440 poured 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.360 poured 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.180 into our hearts 00:10:37.180 --> 00:10:38.779 by the Holy Spirit 00:10:38.779 --> 00:10:41.899 and in John 7 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:42.419 that Jeff read 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:43.000 for us earlier 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.059 Jesus himself says 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:44.939 let the thirsty 00:10:44.939 --> 00:10:45.659 come to me 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:46.360 and drink 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.019 and whoever believes 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:48.259 in me 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.120 out of his heart 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:50.240 will flow 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.299 rivers 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:53.220 of living water 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:56.000 which John adds 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:57.179 was a reference 00:10:57.179 --> 00:10:57.740 by the way 00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:58.740 to the Holy Spirit 00:10:58.740 --> 00:10:59.959 which those 00:10:59.959 --> 00:11:00.879 who believe in him 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:01.659 receive 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:04.339 and you know 00:11:04.339 --> 00:11:06.059 this is just 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:06.519 the fulfillment 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:06.980 of what God 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:07.740 had always promised 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:08.879 the Old Testament prophets 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:09.500 talked about it 00:11:09.500 --> 00:11:10.139 like this too 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:11.039 when the Spirit 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.840 would come 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:13.240 after God 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.799 had done his great 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:14.639 work of redemption 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:15.480 when he would send 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:15.960 the Spirit 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.539 to cleanse our hearts 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:19.600 of all that defiles us 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.600 when the Spirit 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:23.279 would come even 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:23.740 and give us 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.580 new hearts 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:26.500 taking out 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.379 the heart of stone 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.720 and giving us 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:29.560 a heart of flesh 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:33.240 and so friends 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:33.539 you see 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:34.100 when we come 00:11:34.100 --> 00:11:34.700 to Christ 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:35.860 in faith 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:37.580 turning from sin 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:38.560 and placing our trust 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:39.100 in him 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:42.020 something radical 00:11:42.020 --> 00:11:43.259 happens 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:46.520 the Spirit 00:11:46.520 --> 00:11:47.600 washes us 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.620 of our stains 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:50.900 and quenches 00:11:50.900 --> 00:11:52.000 our thirst 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:53.800 uniting us 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:54.379 to Christ 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:58.520 so just to be clear 00:11:58.520 --> 00:11:59.160 the baptism 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.020 that Paul's talking 00:12:00.020 --> 00:12:00.560 about here 00:12:00.560 --> 00:12:01.920 isn't water baptism 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:03.740 water baptism 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:05.000 is an outward symbol 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:05.779 of this inward 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:06.819 spiritual reality 00:12:06.819 --> 00:12:07.559 the reality 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:08.240 of the union 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:09.019 that we have 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:09.539 with Christ 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:10.039 and the Spirit 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.779 that cleanses us 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:11.479 and makes us new 00:12:11.479 --> 00:12:13.919 and the drinking 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.699 that Paul's talking 00:12:14.699 --> 00:12:15.079 about here 00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:15.659 isn't necessarily 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:16.039 a reference 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:16.779 to the Lord's Supper 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:17.419 no it's what 00:12:17.419 --> 00:12:18.179 Jesus was talking 00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:19.319 about back in John 7 00:12:19.319 --> 00:12:20.740 that quenching 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:22.059 of our hearts 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:23.179 thirst for God 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:26.259 that happens 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:26.939 when we come 00:12:26.939 --> 00:12:28.259 to Jesus 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:30.000 and are filled 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:30.599 with his Spirit 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:31.340 at our conversion 00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:34.100 this is the common 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:34.720 experience 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.820 that unites us 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:38.680 now let me say 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:39.320 if you're here 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:40.659 and you're new 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:41.960 to Christian things 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.700 or if you're exploring 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:43.560 things spiritually 00:12:43.560 --> 00:12:44.920 we're glad you're here 00:12:44.920 --> 00:12:45.820 we're glad you came 00:12:45.820 --> 00:12:47.040 you're always welcome here 00:12:47.040 --> 00:12:49.240 and let me say 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.060 I think it's important 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:51.340 to see this point 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:52.800 that Paul's making here 00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:53.759 if you're figuring 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.320 things out 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:55.100 about Christianity 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:57.860 because it's important 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.779 to see that Christianity 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:00.220 is very different 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.660 at this point 00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:02.480 from other religions 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.580 and other sort of 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:04.440 spiritual paths 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:05.180 and programs 00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:08.519 because Christianity 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:09.080 after all 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.960 doesn't say 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.580 okay 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:12.240 here's a spiritual 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.820 regimen 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:14.060 here's a spiritual 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:14.560 program 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:15.720 here's a set of rules 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:16.340 or activities 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.940 to follow 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:18.600 and if you follow 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:19.200 them perhaps 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.279 one day you'll achieve 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.340 the filling 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:22.019 of your soul 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:23.300 with God's 00:13:23.300 --> 00:13:23.840 cleansing 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:25.180 satisfying presence 00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:27.639 Christianity 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.600 doesn't say that 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.920 in fact 00:13:31.920 --> 00:13:32.600 surprisingly 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.540 what other religions 00:13:34.540 --> 00:13:35.379 or spiritualities 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:36.680 present as the goal 00:13:36.680 --> 00:13:40.340 Christianity presents 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.440 as the starting point 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.159 this is where you begin 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.220 a plunging 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.980 into the reality 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.600 of God 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.480 a drinking 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.399 deep 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:53.340 of his heart 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:54.040 satisfying 00:13:54.040 --> 00:13:54.759 streams 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:59.860 now how can 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.259 Christianity 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:01.059 do such a thing 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.659 you might wonder 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:04.139 does it just sort of 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:05.539 waive the requirements 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:07.000 okay anybody 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.639 gets to come 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:08.299 fine 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:12.019 actually no 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.840 it doesn't just 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.879 waive the requirements 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:15.200 other religions 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:15.879 might possibly 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.620 be on to something 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:16.819 there 00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.779 that there are 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:20.600 a set of standards 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.460 that need to be kept 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.700 because God 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:23.420 in his beauty 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:24.100 and his goodness 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.320 demands something 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.920 of us 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:28.120 the standard 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:29.000 for knowing him 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.820 and coming to him 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.080 is still perfection 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:31.600 yes 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.280 Christianity 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.100 doesn't actually 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.800 waive those 00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:34.379 requirements 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:39.180 rather it says 00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:39.960 that the requirements 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.019 were met for you 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:44.340 by one who loved you 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:46.500 and died for you 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:48.100 and rose again 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:50.300 so that resting 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:51.179 in him 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:53.000 you might be 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.779 brought to God 00:14:53.779 --> 00:15:00.159 now Paul's point 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:00.500 here 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.599 is that this 00:15:01.599 --> 00:15:02.199 soul 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:03.240 cleansing 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.219 this thirst 00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:05.099 quenching 00:15:05.099 --> 00:15:05.839 union 00:15:05.839 --> 00:15:06.500 that we have 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:06.979 with Christ 00:15:06.979 --> 00:15:07.559 in the spirit 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:09.759 is at the same 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.399 time 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:11.699 a union 00:15:11.699 --> 00:15:13.639 with others 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.259 in Christ 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:17.099 as we are 00:15:17.099 --> 00:15:18.279 connected to him 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.120 in his spirit 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:19.799 so we are 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.379 connected 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.519 to one another 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:23.879 so you see 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.620 being the body 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.480 of Christ 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.500 is more than 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.320 a mere metaphor 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.179 friends 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.039 it is a deep 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.519 mysterious 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.620 even spiritual 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.419 reality 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:36.120 we are truly 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:37.060 vitally 00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:37.820 connected 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.639 to one another 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.259 in Christ 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.419 by his spirit 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:45.719 and first off 00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.240 that means 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.679 that I can 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.379 no longer 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:47.919 look 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:49.019 at a fellow 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.620 Christian 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:51.139 and size 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.740 them up 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.699 in terms 00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:52.959 of the 00:15:52.959 --> 00:15:53.620 categories 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.360 by which 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.000 we usually 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.539 divide up 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.059 the world 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:57.979 as Paul 00:15:57.979 --> 00:15:58.360 says here 00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.899 for example 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.399 Jews are 00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.719 Greeks 00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.299 slaves are 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:00.500 free 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:00.860 that is 00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.299 their racial 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:01.799 background 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.099 or their 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:02.759 socioeconomic 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.360 class 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:05.480 what unites 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.059 us in 00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:06.579 Christ 00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.740 is infinitely 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.240 greater 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.599 than what 00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:09.000 makes us 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.399 different 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.799 you see 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:15.000 have you ever 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.240 had an 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.639 experience 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.120 of that 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.519 with another 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:16.899 believer 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:20.519 I was at 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:20.779 a wedding 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.340 not so long 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.639 ago 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.059 and at the 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.379 reception 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.919 I was seated 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.579 next to a 00:16:24.579 --> 00:16:25.100 person that 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.379 I had 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:25.840 practically 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.559 nothing in 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:27.100 common with 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:28.639 he was 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.059 older than 00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.299 me 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.959 he was 00:16:30.959 --> 00:16:31.179 from a 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.360 different 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.139 nationality 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.059 from a 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:33.220 different 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.679 city 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.679 a different 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.399 socioeconomic 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:35.899 upbringing 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:38.559 our first 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:39.000 languages 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.240 were 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.700 different 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:42.320 and yet 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.379 we shared 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.940 Christ in 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.259 common 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:47.940 you see 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.279 we had 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.500 both come 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.080 to know 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.399 what it 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.080 was like 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.399 to have 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.139 our sins 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:54.179 cleansed 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:55.779 and to be 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.419 indwelt by 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:56.899 his soul 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.539 satisfying 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.139 presence 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.840 and you know 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.220 though our 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.100 differences 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.840 were real 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.340 though our 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.679 differences 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.360 were real 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.420 they were 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.900 not as 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.380 important as 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.900 what united 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.259 us 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:09.680 we were 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:09.960 part of 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.440 the same 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:10.900 family 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.540 the same 00:17:11.540 --> 00:17:12.620 body 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:15.440 and though 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.800 I just 00:17:15.800 --> 00:17:16.160 met him 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.460 and we had 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:16.860 nothing in 00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:17.060 common 00:17:17.060 --> 00:17:17.440 we had a 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.920 great time 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.580 talking together 00:17:18.580 --> 00:17:20.259 until they 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.740 cranked up the 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.200 music and then 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.460 we couldn't 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.860 hear what each 00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.140 other was 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.480 saying 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:27.820 so you see 00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:28.040 friends 00:17:28.040 --> 00:17:28.900 first being a 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.360 body 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.980 means that we 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.840 have a common 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.039 spiritual 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.079 reality 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.699 a common 00:17:34.699 --> 00:17:35.159 spiritual 00:17:35.159 --> 00:17:35.980 experience 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.819 that unites 00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.220 us 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.899 no matter 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.539 what our 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.059 background 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:42.099 second 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.740 being a 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.279 body in 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.819 Christ 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.519 means that 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.220 no one 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:46.859 can say 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:48.039 I don't 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.519 belong 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:50.419 look again 00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:50.699 at verses 00:17:50.699 --> 00:17:51.299 15 and 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.699 16 00:17:51.699 --> 00:17:52.740 if the 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.259 foot should 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.079 say because 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.639 I'm not a 00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.039 hand 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.240 I do not 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.699 belong to 00:17:56.699 --> 00:17:57.099 the body 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.339 that would 00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:58.980 not make it 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.559 any less a 00:17:59.559 --> 00:17:59.879 part of the 00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:00.159 body 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.240 and if the 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:01.640 ear should 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.120 say because 00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.640 I'm not an 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.460 eye I do 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.100 not belong to 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:04.480 the body 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.000 that would 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.980 not make it 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.660 any less a 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.480 part of the 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.779 body 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:10.860 now here we're 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.300 getting into 00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:12.180 Paul's central 00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:13.160 burden or 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.840 concern with 00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.340 this passage 00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:15.480 it seems that 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.700 in the 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.640 Corinthian church 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:17.779 some members 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.640 were made to 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.940 feel inferior 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.660 because they 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.740 didn't exercise 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:25.040 certain spiritual 00:18:25.040 --> 00:18:25.560 gifts 00:18:25.560 --> 00:18:27.440 as we'll see 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.340 in chapter 14 00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:28.940 the Corinthians 00:18:28.940 --> 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citizens 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.339 you see 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.939 they were 00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:49.439 starting to 00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:50.099 feel in 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.659 their hearts 00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.139 well 00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:52.719 maybe I 00:18:52.719 --> 00:18:53.539 just don't 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.399 belong here 00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:57.099 and Paul 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.500 wants to 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.859 speak to 00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.359 those believers 00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.639 who are 00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.159 feeling that 00:18:59.159 --> 00:18:59.619 way and 00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.239 say ah 00:19:00.239 --> 00:19:00.899 but remember 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:02.299 you are a 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.759 body 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.399 and in the 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.159 body not 00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.839 only do you 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.779 have full 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.479 possession of 00:19:08.479 --> 00:19:08.879 the spirit 00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.539 by virtue of 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.879 faith in 00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.199 Christ 00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.939 that's verse 00:19:10.939 --> 00:19:11.459 13 00:19:11.459 --> 00:19:13.439 but in 00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:13.819 addition 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.459 whatever 00:19:14.459 --> 00:19:15.359 particular 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.419 gift the 00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:16.859 spirit has 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.439 given you 00:19:17.439 --> 00:19:18.379 no matter 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.159 what limb 00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.779 or organ 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.259 you happen 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.959 to be in 00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.459 the body 00:19:21.459 --> 00:19:23.119 you are 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.899 critical 00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:25.220 to the 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.620 body's 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:25.960 health 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:29.060 after all 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helping 00:19:59.439 --> 00:19:59.759 them to 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.039 see that 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.439 you do 00:20:01.439 --> 00:20:01.919 belong 00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:04.259 regardless of 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.579 what others 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:04.939 are telling 00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:05.339 you 00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:07.619 in fact 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.179 you are the 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:09.179 farthest 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:10.059 thing from 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.679 being an 00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.480 afterthought 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.019 in the body 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.359 or a 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:12.939 second-class 00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.220 citizen 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.640 no 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.579 you 00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.460 have been 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.700 divinely 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.799 arranged 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.299 to play 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.799 a critical 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.539 role here 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:21.059 look at 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.620 verse 18 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.940 God 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.200 arranged 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.000 the members 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.559 in the 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:25.880 body 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.700 each 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.319 one of 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.600 them 00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.180 each 00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.660 one of 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:28.920 them 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.259 as he 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.799 chose 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.620 so fellow 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:34.920 Christian 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.140 if at 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.600 times you 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:35.940 start to 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.480 question in 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.900 your heart 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.240 here at 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.460 Trinity 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.759 do I 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.180 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00:21:51.259 Christ means 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.619 no one 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.119 can say 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.579 I don't 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.140 need you 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:56.700 if verses 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.240 14 through 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.759 20 spoke 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.120 to those 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.320 who are 00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:58.780 being made 00:21:58.780 --> 00:21:59.140 to feel 00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.780 inferior 00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:01.300 in verses 00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:01.900 21 through 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.640 26 he 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:02.980 addresses 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.540 those who 00:22:03.540 --> 00:22:03.759 see 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.220 themselves 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.520 as 00:22:04.520 --> 00:22:05.060 superior 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:07.259 and here's 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.660 the real 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.160 razor's 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.540 edge of 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00:23:32.820 what do we 00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.180 do with 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.720 those parts 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:33.980 of our 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.279 body 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.779 do we 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.019 say we 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.480 don't need 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.759 them 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:38.040 no 00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:39.080 just the 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.480 opposite 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.759 we show 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.420 them greater 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.940 care and 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.380 attention 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.000 we protect 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.200 them 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.779 we clothe 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.100 them 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.880 and why 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.080 do we 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.360 do that 00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.700 with certain 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.040 parts of 00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:46.460 our body 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:48.000 in Paul's 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.380 mind it's 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.400 not because 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.100 they're inherently 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.640 shameful 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:52.059 that's not 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.420 why we 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.860 cover them 00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.140 up 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:55.420 no you 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.740 see for 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.640 Paul the 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.200 body the 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.900 human physical 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.480 body with 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.900 all its 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.460 members is 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.019 God's good 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.539 creation 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.100 Paul couldn't 00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.579 be more a 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.600 body affirming 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.279 in this 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.759 passage 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.360 God arranges 00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.960 it and God 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.620 composes it 00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.360 so why do we 00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.940 act this way 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.380 towards certain 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.799 parts of our 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.240 body why do 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.759 we cover them 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.100 up why do 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.579 we show them 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.200 that attention 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.840 not because 00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.360 they're shameful 00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.860 but because 00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.240 they're too 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.819 precious 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.899 to just be 00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.200 put on 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.859 display for 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.439 everybody to 00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.659 see 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:21.460 we honor 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.819 them 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.039 we treat 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00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:45.940 honorable 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.379 you need 00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.879 to remember 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.299 that you 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.720 are a 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.119 body 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:51.359 and you 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.779 should show 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.259 them all 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.759 the more 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.259 honor for 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.839 being so 00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:57.599 and of 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:57.960 course what 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.819 seems weak 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.339 in the world's 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.700 eyes 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.500 is of course 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.240 not so 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.119 in God's 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.399 eyes 00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:06.659 and what 00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.480 humans think 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.079 to be less 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.539 honorable 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.460 well friends 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.019 God thinks 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.480 differently 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:14.700 in fact God 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.220 chooses what 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.920 is foolish in 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.500 the world to 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.920 shame the 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.579 wise and 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.099 what is weak 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.539 in the world 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.200 to shame the 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.700 strong and 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.259 what is low 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.099 and despised 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.700 in the world 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.120 to bring to 00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.680 nothing the 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.120 things that 00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.420 are 00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.880 that's chapter 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:30.360 one verses 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.539 27 through 28 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.120 of this same 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