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 How you guys doing?

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 Wow, that was great.

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 That was actually a very good, good.

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 Hey, so we have a little test afterwards

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 to see who can get all the languages

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 that were spoken there.

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 There's one there I probably think

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 you might be hard off.

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 Hey guys, so this is your first time at Watermark.

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 My name is Tobin.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 Yeah, last week I said that

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 and someone looked at me and goes,

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 well, why do you say that?

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 Because as far as we know,

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 you're like the only pastor here, right?

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 So why do you keep saying that?

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 And I said, yeah, you know,

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 when we started Watermark a couple years ago,

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 we'll be five years old in two weeks,

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 a couple of us put together this document.

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 It's on screen.

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 You can't see it.

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 I just want to come out here

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 so you can see a little quicker, closer.

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 And it's basically, it kind of tells who we are

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 and what we do, and more importantly,

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 what we don't do as a church.

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 And our central ministry focus,

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 as we prayed about it, you know,

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 is Ephesians 4.

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 We encouraged and equipped everyone

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 to actively use abilities, skills,

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 spiritual gifts, and good works for Christ

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 in the advancement of the gospel.

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 We talked about that last week.

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 We said that it's not an accident that you're here,

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 that you're here because this church

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 needs you to be here.

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 You have gifts.

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 You have talents.

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 You have skills that,

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 if you weren't here,

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 then you,

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 we would miss out on those things.

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 I mean, sometimes people go,

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 why I want to go over here

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 because I feel more comfortable

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 because there's more people with my gifts there.

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 So, but then you have a gift church

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 that has all the same gifts

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 and not the broad variety of gifts.

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 And, you know, you might be a leg,

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 and if the leg doesn't show up

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 except for every three weeks,

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 then the body's not very healthy, is it?

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 And if you might be a hand or an arm,

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 and if the hand goes,

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 hey, I don't, I'm new to this.

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 I got to go read a couple manuals

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 before I'd be a hand.

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 Well, the hand isn't very much

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 helping the body, is it?

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 So we believe that God has you here,

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 and you have these gifts

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 and these talents

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 that we've been talking about

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 in the church

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 when the church needs you.

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 The second part we talked about

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 are up here is our mission.

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 And we just say

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 that the mission of Watermark

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 Community Church

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 is to be used of God

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 in helping people take the next step

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 in their spiritual journey in life

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 to become fully functional followers of Christ.

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 And that's what governs

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 everything that we do,

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 that it's here that you take the next step.

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 We're not saying

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 this is where we need to be at the end,

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 but this is the next step.

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 And for some of you,

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 the next step might be

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 just having some of the answers

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 or questions answered

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 that you have here about Christianity.

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 I know some of you

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 are dragged here by friends.

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 You're like, oh my gosh, I have to...

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 But you have a lot of questions.

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 That might be the next step.

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 For some of you here,

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 it might be coming to faith

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 and stop fighting against God

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 and stop fighting against the Spirit

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 and saying basically,

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 okay, I'm trusting you

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 and I'm going forward.

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 And for some of you,

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 it might be finding out

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 what your spiritual gifts are.

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 And for some of you,

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 it might be using those spiritual gifts.

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 And so the reason I say

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 I'm one of the pastors

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 is I really believe

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 that in this congregation,

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 there's people who are much more gifted than me

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 in apologetics

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 and there's people

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 who are much more gifted than me in teaching.

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 And there's people in here

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 who have the gift of pastoring

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 and there's people in here

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 who have the gift of healing.

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 There's people in here

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 who have the gift of service.

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 And if you don't do it,

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 then the church is weak

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 and the body is weak

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 and people are hurt.

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 And so if you're wondering

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 what your gifts are,

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 you're thinking about it,

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 come and see the staff

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 and we want to help you in this journey

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 and to develop those gifts

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 so that you can be

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 a fully functional follower of Christ

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 within the body of this church.

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 And we're going to talk about that a little more.

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 We put this spiritual gifts in this week,

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 but next week we're going to have

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 places we need you to serve

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 and what does that look like

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 for you to serve

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 in Watermark

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 and be a part of God's family.

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 One of the things

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 we also prayed about

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 is the church

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 is when we came together

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 that Watermark,

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 that we would identify

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 all the idols in this world,

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 that we'd identify the idols

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 that we struggle with.

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 The Bible says an idol

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 is anything that captures your heart.

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 It's anything that you love more than God.

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 It's whatever's precious to you.

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 Whatever, if it was taken away,

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 you'd become angry

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 or you'd get upset.

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 Yet, we have a lot of idols in Hong Kong.

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 Some of us struggle with the idols

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 of just education

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 and getting the best grades

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 and taking more classes

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 so we can seem competent to our peers.

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 Some of us struggle with traditions

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 and some of us struggle with families.

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 Some of us cling to wealth

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 and some of us cling to power

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 and some of us cling to sex

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 and our sexuality

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 and some of us cling to control

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 and some of us cling to pride

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 and sports

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 and hobbies

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 and free time

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 and time.

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 Some of our idols

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 are ourselves.

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 Some of us struggle with love.

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 It was 1997

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 and

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 Christina and I

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 had been married one year.

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 I don't want to know

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 who wasn't born in 1997,

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 please,

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 but

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 I realized after one year

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 that I was in trouble.

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 I was 35.

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 I'd been married to Christina

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 for one year

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 and I realized

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 something was wrong.

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 I had this crisis of faith

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 in my life.

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 I realized

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 that I didn't love her

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 as much as she loves me.

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 I realized,

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 what I mean by that is

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 I just didn't understand

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 what love was

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 the way she did.

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 And I was just

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 totally freaking out.

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 I mean,

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 I was just,

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 I couldn't sleep.

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 I was in seminary.

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 I'm trying to take these classes.

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 I had been a Christian for,

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 since I was 10 years old,

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 but I just didn't understand love

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 and I didn't see

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 and experience it

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 the way that she did.

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 And there goes my name.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 I went to my mentor,

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 Dr. Hannah,

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 and I said to him,

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 hey,

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 I have these big problems.

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 You see,

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 I grew up in a family

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 where love

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 was just

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 because people

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 did things for you.

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 You love people

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 because they took care of you.

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 You love people

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 because they made you feel good.

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 You love people

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 because they served you.

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 That's the kind of love

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 I experienced.

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 In my family,

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 love was always

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 conditional.

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 And sometimes love

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 would be withheld

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 and sometimes love

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 would be withholded

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 and sometimes love

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 would be removed.

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 And that was the worst

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 as a kid

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 when you really messed up

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 and your parents

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 just removed

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 your love

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 from you.

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 But here,

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 my wife,

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 I realize

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 that she seemed

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 to love me

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 just because

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 of me.

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 I know it sounds

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 really weird.

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 I mean,

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 it sounds stupid.

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 I just couldn't comprehend it.

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 And I'm not saying

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 she's perfect.

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 I mean,

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 if you have two hours a day,

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 we can sit together

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 and I can just share

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 with you all her imperfections.

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 I love you,

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 honey.

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 But what I'm saying

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 is that she understood love

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 and she had the capacity

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 to do it

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 that was so much

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 different than mine.

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 And I didn't understand

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 love

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 and I realized that.

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 And I shared

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 with Dr. Hand,

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 I said,

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 hey,

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 this is what's going on

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 and he just looked at me

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 and he listened to me

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 and he said,

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 you know,

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 Tobin,

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 the difference

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 of what you are experiencing

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 between you and Christina

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 is just a speck

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 in the totality

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 of the gospel.

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 What you're experiencing

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 in that difference

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 and in love

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 is just a speck

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 compared to God's love

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 for you.

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 But God's love

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 for you

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 is so much greater

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 than Christina's love

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 for you.

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 And I thought about that

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 and I have to be honest

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 with you,

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 I still struggle.

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 I struggle with God's love.

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 I struggle with

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 the love of Christ.

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 I struggle with

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 gospel-centered love.

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 What does it mean?

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 You know what?

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 The church at Corinth,

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 they really struggled

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 with this also.

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 I mean,

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 the church at Corinth

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 was a mess.

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 You know,

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 we've been talking about

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 for like 12 weeks now,

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 God for some reason

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 allowed Paul

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 to plant this church

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 in the middle

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 of probably

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 the most immoral,

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 the most out-of-control

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 city in the world.

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 The city was all about

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 money,

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 sex,

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 and power.

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 And the people

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 who came to Christ

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 and the people

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 who came to church,

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 they still struggled

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 with money,

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 sex,

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 and power.

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 They struggled

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 with the idols

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 of their past

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 just like you

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 and I do.

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 They struggled

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 with the scars

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 that were on their heart

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 from bad choices

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 that they made

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 in life

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 just like you

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 and I do.

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 They struggled

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 with pride

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 and selfishness

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 and self-centeredness

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 just like you

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 and I do.

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 And in the midst

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 of this,

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 because of God's love

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 and His grace,

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 He gives these gifts

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 to this church,

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 these gifts

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 of the Spirit,

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 they're gifts

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 of grace

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 and they're

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 these empowerments,

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 these supernatural

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 empowerments

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 that are allowing

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 them to do things

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 that people

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 just were freaking

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 out when they did

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 them.

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 And He gave them

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 to them for two reasons.

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 The reason was

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 to build up the body

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 of Christ,

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 but the main reason

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 was to bring Him glory

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 and to bring Him honor.

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 And we're told

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 in the passage

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 that all the people

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 in the church

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 had gifts.

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 When you come to Christ,

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 you have gifts

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 and everyone in the church

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 had these gifts.

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 They had the gift

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 of prophecy

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 and preaching

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 and serving

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 and ministries

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 and tongues

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 and everything,

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 but in their pride

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 and in their selfishness

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 and in their self-reliance,

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 they pushed away

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 all those gifts

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 and they just elevated three.

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 They said,

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 these are the only three gifts

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 that really matter

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 and that everything else

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 is rejected.

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 And so they had this body,

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 this Christian body,

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 like we're supposed

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 to be like a church

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 and the body

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 was totally dysfunctional

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 and there was these splits

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 happening in the church

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 and there was these

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 fragmentations

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 and people were angry

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 at each other

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 and only some people

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 could speak

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 the heavenly language,

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 Texan.

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 And everybody else

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 couldn't speak Texan

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 and there was,

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 that's a joke,

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 okay,

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 but I do think

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 it is the heavenly language.

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 But they could only speak that

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 and so Paul,

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 in chapter 13,

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 he comes to them

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 and he reads this passage

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 and you guys,

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 you don't understand it

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 when Paul wrote these letters,

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 this letter to the Corinthians,

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 this passage,

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 we read it

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 and we go,

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 oh, that's so cute.

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 Marriage,

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 love,

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 true love.

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 It's so beautiful.

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 But that's not how

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 Paul intended it.

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 I mean,

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 when Paul wrote this letter

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 to the Corinthians,

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 it was intense.

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 And so this passage

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 is so intense

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 we've decided to divide it

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 up into two sections

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 so we're going to take

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 a part of the section today

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 and all I want to do

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 is I want to look at love.

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 I want to look at

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 the importance of love

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 in our life

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 as we go on this journey

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 with God

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 and with each other

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 and then I want to look at

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 like how we get love,

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 what does it mean

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 to get love

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 and then we'll cover

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 the rest of it

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 next week,

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 okay,

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 so next week.

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 So this week is love,

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 the importance of it

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 in our journey

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 and then how do we get it?

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 How do we pursue it?

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 How do we grab onto it?

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 And I have a couple questions

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 like we've been doing

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 all this time

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 because I learn through questions.

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 I don't know how you learn

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 but I learn through questions.

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 So in verses one through three,

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 Paul's looking at this church

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 and it's crazy.

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 Remember at the end

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 of chapter 12

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 we talked about last week,

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 he said they're looking

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 at their gifts

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 and they're misusing

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 their gifts

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 and Paul says,

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 hey, let me teach you

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 something better.

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 I'm going to teach you

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 something even greater

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 than your gifts.

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 I'm going to teach you

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 something that's even

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 more fantastic.

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 I'm going to teach you

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 something that's going

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 to sustain you

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 even when your gifts disappear.

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 I'm going to teach you

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 love.

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 So in verse one,

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 he says,

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 if I speak with the tongues

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 of men's of angels

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 but do not have love,

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 I become a noisy gong

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 or a clanging cymbal.

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 You see,

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 in these first three verses,

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 the church has learned

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 five ways they're trying

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 to live.

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 There's five different

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 lifestyles in this church

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 that the church

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 has been trying to live

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 and they're all

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 in these first three verses.

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 So when he says this,

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 he says,

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 if I speak with the gift

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 of angels and tongues

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 of men and angels

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 but I don't have love,

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 he's talking about

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 these people who've

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 come together in a church

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 and they said,

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 hey, we're going to be

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 about these supernatural gifts.

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 We're going to be

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 about speaking tongues,

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 we're going to be

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 about healing,

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 we're going to be

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 about doing miracles.

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 These are the things

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 that are going to center

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 around our whole life.

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 We're going to focus

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 on these things

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 and we're going to allow

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 them to impact us

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 and they're going to change us

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 and we're going to be

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 so awesome.

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 And Paul says,

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 if you do that,

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 the Greek actually says,

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 you're just a noisy

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 piece of bronze.

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 Now you don't understand this

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 but even in this scripture

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 there's a lot of history here.

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 So Corinth was the center

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 of bronze production

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 in all of Europe.

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 I mean,

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 it was the most famous

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 place to get bronze.

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 If you were in Rome,

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 because mirrors were not

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 made out of glass,

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 they were made out of metal,

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 really metal.

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 And so that's what he says

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 in looking in the mirror dimly.

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 You're seeing this reflection

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 out of metal.

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 But everybody wanted mirrors

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 from Corinth

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 because that was the place

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 to buy bronze stuff.

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 And so the historians tell us

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 that when you went

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 into the center of the city

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 that there were like

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 five or six hundred

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 bronze makers

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 and they were in the middle

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 of the center of the city

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 and when you walked in there

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 all you heard was this.

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 Five hundred people

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 just in the middle

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 you can't hear anything.

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 And historians say

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 if you want to talk to people

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 you got to get like this close

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 to their ear

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 and you go

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 okay, okay, okay, okay.

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 But you couldn't hear anything

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 because it was just like

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 and Paul says

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 that's what we're like

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 if we use our gifts

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 and we don't have love.

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 That's what we're like

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 if we're not other centered.

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 That's what we're like

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 if we're thinking about ourselves.

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 That's what we're like.

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 And he says in the end

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 it's nothing.

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 And he's not saying

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 that your life

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 produced nothing.

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 What he's actually saying

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 is that your life

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 is nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 In verse two

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 there's another group of people

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 and they've come up

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 and they said

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 hey, we know how to live.

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 We're going to live by prophecy.

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 We're going to get

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 we know all of God's mysteries.

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 We know all this knowledge.

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 We have all this wisdom.

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 We have all this discernment.

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 We have all these teaching skills.

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 We just know all these things.

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 We know how to read the Bible.

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 We know how to study it.

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 They have the gift of teaching.

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 They have the gift of preaching.

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 They have the gift of pastoring.

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 They have all these gifts

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 and they're saying

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 I'm going to use these gifts

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 to the fullest

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 and I'm going to do it.

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 And Paul says

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 yeah, you can do that.

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 But if you don't have love

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 it's worthless.

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 But you can be the best pastor

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 in the world

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 but if you're not thinking

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 that up other people

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 if you're not loving other people

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 if you're not being

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 outwardly focused

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 it's worthless.

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 It means nothing.

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 Verse two

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 there's some people in the church

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 who say this

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 they say

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 I have faith

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 I believe

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 I trust

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 I have the vision

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 of the future

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 I can dream

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 God has given me

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 these intuitions

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 I know what to do

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 I know where to go

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 we're going to do these things

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 Jesus said

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 if we just had the faith

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 the size of a mustard seed

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 we could say to that mountain

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 mountain get up

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 and the mountain would jump up

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 and the mountain would go

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 into the ocean.

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 So faith is powerful

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 and it's incredible

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 and it can control your life

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 and it can do amazing things

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 but Paul says

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 if it's just doing things

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 for you

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 if you're just serving yourself

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 if you're not thinking

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 about other people

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 if you're not helping other people

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 if you're not outwardly focused

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 you're nothing.

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 There's another group of people

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 in the church

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 and they go

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 well we know how to do it

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 this is the best way to live

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 in verse three

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 we know how

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 and why God has called

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 we know what to do

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 with our lives

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 so that God loves us

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 that God is pleased with us

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 that God gives us

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 all the things that we need

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 and this is what we're going to do

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 we're just going to give

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 everything we have to the poor

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 the imagery is almost like

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 a piece of bread

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 and they're just picking pieces off

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 and throwing it away

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 and so this is what we're going to do

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 with our life

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 we're just going to pick off

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 pieces of our life

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 and we're going to

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 we're going to give it to the poor

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 we're going to serve

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 we're going to do mercy

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 we're going to do justice

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 and if we do all these things

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 if we give our life away

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 surely God is going to be

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 pleased with us

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 we're going to surrender our body

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 we're going to surrender

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 our body to the church

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 we're going to surrender

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 our body to ministry

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 we're going to surrender

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 our body to families

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 we're going to surrender

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 our body to our colleagues

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 we're going to do

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 incredible awesome things

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 and Paul goes yeah you can do that

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 but if you don't have love

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 if you're not thinking of other people

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 if your desire isn't outwardly focused

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 if your desire isn't to enrich and bless the people around you

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 it's no profit to you

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 I mean it might help those people but to you it's no profit

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 you gain nothing you are nothing

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 Paul says that you could have your name on a hundred buildings

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 and if you don't have love

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 it means nothing

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 the church is kind of deflated right

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 there's this passage in Matthew 7 and this passage has kind of haunted me guys

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 I mean I'm being very honest all these things we're sharing we're honest we're real

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 that's one of our values in the church and this passage has haunted me for a long time

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 and in this passage in Matthew 7 Jesus is talking about the end times

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 and he's talking about the fruit in our lives

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 and he's talking about the fruit of the spirit that grows up in our lives

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 and he says in the end times people are going to come to him

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 and they're going to go Lord Lord we cast out these demons

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 Lord Lord we spoke in tongues

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 we heal people we did miracles

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 we did all these amazing things

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 we had prophecy

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 we could understand tongues

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 people were brought back to life

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 people were healed

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 we did all these massive things for you

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 Lord Lord

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 in Matthew 7 Jesus says

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 depart from me

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 for I never knew you

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 you weren't my child

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 you didn't have love

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 you didn't have a relationship

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 with me

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 and what we learn is without love

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 there were people who were doing miracles

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 there were people who were speaking in tongues

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 there were people who were healing people

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 there were people who were doing all these great things

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 but they were doing it in their own strength

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 and through other things that we talked about three weeks ago

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 and he says these people at the end

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 they think they're doing well

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 but in the end they're not doing well

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 no matter how gifted you are

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 outwardly

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 if there's not love

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 at the core of your being

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 you're just a noisy gong

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 does that make sense?

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 you can move your head up and down

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 I just want to make sure I'm not talking to myself

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 so in verse 4

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 when you read the Greek

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 in verse 4

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 it's almost like there's this pause

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 he goes 1, 2, 3

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 and he gets to 4

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 and it's almost like this pause

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 and you kind of know what the people want to ask him

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 because he's writing these things

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 and you have to realize

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 that everything he's saying

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 the people were doing the exact opposite

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 that's the reason he's writing these things

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 because they were doing all the things

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 that he's writing against

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 and so when he says this is what love is

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 you know that they're doing the exact opposite

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 and so he kind of pauses

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 and he asks this question

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 and you know what the question is

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 what is the question people want to ask then?

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 what's the question?

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 what does the Pharisee ask?

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 the Pharisee ask

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 well what is love?

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 what does that mean?

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 what really is love?

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 what does it really mean for me to love?

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 okay guys

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 my kids are a mess

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 I'm trying to figure them out

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 I'm trying to help my kids

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 and my kids

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 they're not in here

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 so I can share this

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 because sometimes I share it

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 and I get in trouble

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 they're just a mess

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 and so

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 I'm doing some stuff in the house

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 and all of a sudden

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 I hear my kids

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 cry and scream

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 and so I've learned from Christina

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 because usually I go in

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 and I say

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 who did that?

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 but I don't do that anymore

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 I say

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 so what happened here?

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 right?

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 that's good guys

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 you gotta learn that

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 okay

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 so what happened here?

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 so people are more willing to talk

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 and

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 one kid says

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 to the other kid

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 this kid

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 he hit me

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 you know who it is

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 it's the boy

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 right?

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 I was gonna say

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 the kid who remained nameless

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 but it's always the boy

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 right?

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 and so I look at Kip

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 I said

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 Kip

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 do not hit her anymore

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 do you understand me?

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 he says

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 yes sir

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 so I go off

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 and I'm doing stuff

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 and all of a sudden

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.799
 I hear screaming

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 and there's all this screaming

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 and I walk in there

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 and this time

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 I'm a little angry

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 and I'm like

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 okay what's going on here?

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 and Kip goes

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 he hit me

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 and Kip goes

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 I didn't hit her

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 I pinched her

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 I said okay

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 no hitting

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 and no pinching

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 do you understand?

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 yes sir

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 okay

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 so I go back

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 and about 10 minutes later

00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.899
 I hear the scream

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 this is true

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.079
 okay

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.480
 I don't know

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.500
 your kids are probably

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.539
 much better than my kids

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 so you guys can come teach me

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 because I need help with this

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 but I come back in

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 and my daughter's screaming

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 and I said okay

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 what happened?

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 I know who did it

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:07.480
 she goes

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.199
 Kip hit me

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:09.639
 I said Kip

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.519
 I told you not to hit her

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 because I didn't hit her

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 I flicked her

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 so I'm like

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:17.819
 okay no hitting

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.679
 no pinching

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 no flicking

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 the question is

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.019
 does Kip

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:23.179
 want to obey me?

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 no he doesn't want to obey me

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:29.779
 he just wants to find out

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.720
 the least minimal things

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.339
 he can do

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.359
 to make dad happy

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 and when he doesn't do that

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:37.779
 he tries to rearrange things

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.680
 and he does these things

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 and he just does it

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.639
 right?

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:42.059
 Kip is a good Pharisee

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:49.119
 I'm a good Pharisee

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 I read God's word

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:54.440
 he says hey

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 I want you to

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 to give

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 give your time

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 give your talents

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 give your money

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:05.539
 what's the first question I ask?

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.399
 how much time?

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:09.740
 10% of my time?

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.060
 20% of my time?

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:14.060
 and I keep going on

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.400
 I go well

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.680
 how much talents?

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:16.440
 do you want me to give it all?

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.160
 or can I keep some for myself?

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 100%?

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.340
 or do I just keep it?

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.600
 how much money?

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.620
 I'm a good Pharisee right?

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.340
 I am a good Pharisee

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:25.000
 I struggle with this

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.840
 well how much money?

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.019
 10%?

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.080
 20%?

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.000
 30%?

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 30%?

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:36.039
 do I want to obey?

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.219
 come on guys

00:22:40.219 --> 00:22:40.779
 you can be honest

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:42.539
 do I want to obey?

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.699
 no

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:48.239
 I see God's word there

00:22:48.239 --> 00:22:49.239
 and I try to parse it

00:22:49.239 --> 00:22:50.059
 in ways that make it

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.799
 convenient for me

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.319
 but I don't really

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.119
 want to obey it

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.959
 I just want to do

00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:54.039
 the least minimal thing

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.639
 so I don't get

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:56.379
 inconvenienced in my life

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:59.259
 and that's my struggle

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:02.660
 I struggle with

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.619
 legalism

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.640
 and Pharisees

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 so if you ask

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.099
 any questions

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.619
 that ever do

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.140
 a percentage

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.059
 what you're really

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.879
 saying in your life

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.940
 is you're a Pharisee

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:13.859
 and you're saying

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.160
 to God

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.640
 okay God

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.160
 I know you want me

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.599
 to do this

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.180
 because your word

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 says this

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.980
 love

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 but what does that

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.680
 really mean?

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.579
 give

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.619
 what does that

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.940
 really look like?

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.200
 and we're struggling

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.819
 just like the church

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.500
 of Corinth is

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.000
 because we don't

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.779
 really want to obey

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.539
 we just want to be

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:32.279
 convenienced in our life

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:34.180
 and so it's really

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.500
 interesting

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.220
 because in this passage

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.039
 Paul doesn't give

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.319
 a definition for love

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:40.240
 he doesn't define love

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.940
 and say technically

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.799
 in the Greek

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:43.119
 this is what love means

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.000
 now he actually

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.380
 creates a new word

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.900
 for love

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.539
 in this passage

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.539
 it's never used before

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:49.160
 but he doesn't define

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.799
 what it means

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.740
 I mean he doesn't give

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.319
 us this technical

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.839
 definition

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.920
 but instead what he does

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.539
 is in these next

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.119
 couple verses

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:55.140
 three verses

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.539
 actually he gives us

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.160
 about 15 verbs

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.140
 to describe love

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.880
 so he's not going

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.480
 to give us a definition

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.080
 but he's going to say

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.759
 this is what it looks

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.060
 like

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:04.480
 now remember

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.600
 for the first 12 chapters

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.220
 the people have been

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.820
 disobeying

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.560
 they've been bad

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:08.440
 they've been naughty

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.440
 they've been prideful

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.140
 they've been boastful

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.720
 they've been rude

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.400
 they've been proud

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.120
 they've been self-serving

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.980
 they've been self-assessed

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:15.240
 and Paul could just say

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.040
 stop doing that

00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:17.700
 don't do those things

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.300
 those are bad things

00:24:18.300 --> 00:24:19.300
 but he doesn't do that

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:21.940
 he just starts to describe

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.480
 love for us

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.980
 the first thing he says

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.920
 is love is patient

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:29.880
 it means long suffering

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:32.140
 it means it restrains itself

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.480
 it means it actively waits

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.200
 for the other person

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.599
 it doesn't mean

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.640
 you're patiently waiting

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.240
 on MTR

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.240
 it means you're patiently

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.660
 waiting on somebody else

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.099
 a person

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.240
 love is patient

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.120
 it means that you're

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.059
 slow to anger

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.480
 it means that you bear

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.660
 other people's faults

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.980
 it means that you know

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.720
 that people are different

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.740
 than you but that's okay

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.759
 it means that people

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.319
 make mistakes

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.460
 and you cover those mistakes

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.460
 you don't bring those

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.079
 out into the open

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.699
 but you try to love them

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.740
 you don't look down

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.259
 on people

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.839
 you know the church

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.119
 hated these words

00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:00.039
 they hated them

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.939
 because we've already seen

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.559
 that they can't wait

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.079
 on anybody

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:05.059
 I mean when dinner happens

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.960
 and the communion happens

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.740
 two chapters earlier

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.039
 they're eating up everything

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.819
 because they can't wait

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.259
 on people

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:11.240
 a chapter ago

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.839
 they're taking people

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.220
 to court

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.879
 because they just don't

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.379
 want to be patient

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.759
 with people

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.559
 they don't want

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.259
 to do those things

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:17.419
 they had no patience

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.099
 with each other

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:20.439
 they always put each other

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:21.419
 first

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:25.620
 how about us

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:29.980
 how patient are we

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:34.180
 how are we doing

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.920
 with love

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.000
 is patient

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:38.480
 the next thing he says

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.900
 is love

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.580
 is kind

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:41.060
 now patience

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:42.100
 is the passive part

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.480
 of love

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.100
 kindness

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.200
 is the active part

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.000
 kindness means

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.700
 that you seek out

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.600
 the good of the other person

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:48.060
 that you are proactive

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:49.320
 you have mercy

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.259
 the Greek word

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.920
 actually means

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.619
 to be helpful

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.660
 it means you come

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.400
 alongside people

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.200
 you help people

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.279
 I mean you look

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.240
 for people in need

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.819
 I mean

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:59.319
 that's what kindness is

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.259
 it's other centered

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:05.200
 the Bible says

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.039
 that it's because

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.599
 of the kindness

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.240
 of God

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:11.000
 that you and I

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.759
 come to him

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.700
 that it's because

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.740
 of God's kindness

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.799
 that we are able

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.400
 to see

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.680
 the gospel

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.380
 that we're able

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.920
 to see

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.880
 Jesus

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.560
 kindness

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:23.259
 motivates

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.560
 people to change

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.400
 you know that

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:27.540
 the Bible says

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.160
 that when you're kind

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.460
 to people

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.220
 they change

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:31.060
 I never learned

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.660
 that in my home

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:33.320
 I always learned

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.800
 to be tough

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.540
 be authoritative

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.220
 get it done

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.880
 and that's what

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.600
 makes people change

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.300
 get the job going

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:38.380
 but the Bible says

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.800
 that kindness

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:39.800
 is what changes

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.480
 people

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:43.880
 love is kind

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.299
 so here's the question

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.920
 what does it look like

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.960
 for you to be kind

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:50.779
 what does kindness

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 look like

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.200
 in your workplace

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:56.319
 what does kindness

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.720
 look like

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.400
 in your home

00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.299
 what does kindness

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.000
 look like

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.319
 in church

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:06.380
 the next thing

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.860
 Paul says

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.220
 is love

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.920
 isn't jealous

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.820
 he says

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.320
 that jealousy

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:11.519
 is this eager desire

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.039
 to covet

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.180
 and it's the opposite

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.560
 of love

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.380
 it means greed

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.259
 and selfishness

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.960
 it means that you want

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.460
 to have what other

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.140
 people have

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.300
 it means that you want

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.860
 to prosper

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.539
 at the expense

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.200
 of other people

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.160
 and the church

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.759
 was jealous

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.600
 the church was jealous

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.460
 of their spiritual gifts

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.680
 they were elevating some

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.720
 they were despising others

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.080
 they were jealous

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.940
 of each other's finances

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.460
 they were jealous

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.320
 of each other's positions

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:30.460
 there were a lot of slaves

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.380
 and there were a lot of masters

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.440
 all these things

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.320
 shrugged in there

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.660
 and people were jealous

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.640
 of each other

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:38.440
 James is going to say

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.880
 later on

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.540
 in his church

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:40.020
 in Jerusalem

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.620
 that the problem

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.560
 with the whole church

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.060
 the problem

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:42.740
 the church is having

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.420
 all the problems

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.240
 is because everybody's

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.280
 jealous of everybody else

00:27:45.280 --> 00:27:51.300
 so Paul says

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:52.259
 love

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.960
 is not jealous

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:57.860
 love is not

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.940
 elevating yourself

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:00.440
 and putting other people down

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.140
 but love is

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.620
 elevating other people

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.960
 sometimes at the expense

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.780
 of yourself

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:07.099
 and you get put down

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:10.519
 when I hear that

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.779
 I go

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:13.740
 that's hard

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.879
 I don't know

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.899
 if I like that part of love

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.200
 I don't know

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.039
 if I want to do that

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:22.339
 finally

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:24.259
 Paul says this

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:28.559
 love does not brag

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:31.660
 love is not arrogant

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:33.900
 both of these

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.340
 are kind of like

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.800
 the twins

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.519
 to jealousy

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.820
 bragging is when you

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.620
 try to make yourself

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:39.060
 look good

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.519
 so other people

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.900
 are going to be

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.500
 jealous of you

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.300
 and the focus again

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:42.100
 is on self

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.680
 and on me

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.660
 it builds me up

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:45.040
 and boasting

00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.640
 is when you let

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.200
 other people know

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.980
 how well you've done

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.460
 I've done so well

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.100
 look at what I've done

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.800
 and this was arrogance

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.660
 arrogance is taking

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.540
 the credit for it

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:53.660
 so we elevate

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.380
 we boast

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.080
 and we take the credit

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.759
 for it

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.180
 Paul says that

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.299
 love doesn't do that

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:02.980
 Paul says

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.059
 that love builds up

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:06.519
 Paul says

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.079
 that love builds

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.819
 up other people

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.559
 Paul says

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.859
 that love

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.400
 is humble

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.000
 Paul says

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.400
 that love

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.940
 understands

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.319
 that everything

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.859
 you have

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.859
 everything you have

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.779
 everything you're wearing

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.839
 everything at home

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.980
 everything you have

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.379
 your family

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.740
 your kids

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.500
 everything

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.039
 your gifts

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.619
 your talents

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.019
 your health

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.140
 everything

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.579
 everything is from God

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:28.279
 Paul says that's what love understands

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:32.539
 And when love understands that it changes

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:37.000
 And it becomes meek and mild and gentle

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:40.000
 How we doing?

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:44.159
 I mean it's a little different than the wedding verse right?

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:48.299
 Now do me a favor do not go to your friends at their wedding and go

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:50.759
 You know that verse really doesn't mean what it says it means

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:54.140
 Because you're going to crush your wedding day right?

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.220
 Don't be crushing your wedding day

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:59.759
 Now there's applications for that verse in the wedding day for sure

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.559
 But that's not what it means

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:05.259
 And I could keep going down for the next ten things but you know where Paul's going

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.019
 You know what he's talking about

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:09.879
 He's just giving these examples that we need to go back tonight and look at them

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.920
 And we need to ask ourselves well how are we doing in this?

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.220
 So let me ask you a question

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.559
 How are we doing with this?

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:25.059
 Are we other people focused?

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.539
 Do you realize that everything that you have

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:37.279
 Is this amazing awesome gift from God who loves you so much?

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:42.259
 Do you realize that God gave you

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.940
 All the things that you have right now

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.200
 Your gifts, your talents, everything he's given you

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.640
 And they weren't just for you

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:53.100
 But they were for a body of Christ

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.900
 And Christians coming together on a journey

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.980
 And they were for his glory

00:30:55.980 --> 00:31:02.660
 Do all of our actions

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.100
 In our life, Tobin

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:06.540
 Point outwards to other people

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:10.640
 Or do all of my actions

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.360
 In my life

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:13.020
 Point inwardly

00:31:13.020 --> 00:31:14.720
 To me

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:22.360
 You know 18 years ago

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:25.019
 When I left Dr. Hannah's house

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.660
 It was actually his office at DTS

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:29.240
 I started on this journey

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.019
 To try to understand love

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 It's amazing

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 Because you know when I first came a Christian

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 The very first bookmark I ever got in my church

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.059
 40 plus years ago

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 Was this bookmark on love

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 It was the only thing I had in my Bible at that time

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 Next week we hope to give you guys one

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 We're getting them made right now

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 This bookmark has changed my life

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 Because I realized that learning about love

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.080
 And growing in love

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 Isn't going to be something that I can do like that

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 I'm not going to be able to say to God

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 Okay God

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 I want patience

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 Give it to me now

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 Because love is patient

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 That's not how it works

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 But what I've learned in my life

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 Is that just occasionally

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 Every so often

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 At least once a week

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 I read this

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 And I ask myself these questions

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 So I think love is patient

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 And so I ask myself this question

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 Am I

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 Patient

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 I mean what does it look like for me to be patient with my friends

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:39.259
 What does it look like for me to be patient at my work

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:44.699
 What does it look like for me to be patient with my family

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:49.460
 What does it look like for me to be patient with my kiddos

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:51.839
 Specifically in different situations in their life

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 And what does it look like for me to be patient with Christina

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 And then I ask the question

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 How am I doing

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 And if I'm honest

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 I get hit immediately with this flood of fail

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 Fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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 And you know that's okay

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 Because we're in this broken world

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 And we're broken people

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 And God is changing us moment by moment

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 And so all I do is I just confess

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 I say God I'm so sorry that I'm not patient

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 Will you please forgive me

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 And then I go to Christina

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 Or I go to my kids

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 And it happens a lot more than I would like

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 And I would say I'm so sorry

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 That I've not been patient

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 Will you please forgive me

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 And you know as I've been doing that over 40 years

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 God has been changing me

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 I learned more about grace

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:46.299
 I learned more about love

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 I learned more about forgiveness

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 I learned more about kindness

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 And so what I just do is I just ask God to forgive me

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 I say God can you give me patience

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 And I just surrender

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 That area of my life to Christ

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 And say God I have a really hard time with this

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 Can you change me

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 I want to look like you

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 I want to be patient like you are

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 And you know sometimes

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 If I'm really honest

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 Sometimes if I'm really honest

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 It's just easy to live life

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 And to not love

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 Because things get so busy

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 You know sometimes if I'm really honest

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 It's easy to live life

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 And not love

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 And not look at Christ at all

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 I don't know if you struggle with that

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 But what I'm learning

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:45.699
 Is that the more that I see Christ

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 The more that I see how awesome he is

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 And how much he loves you

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 Do you know that Christ came to earth for you

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 Do you know that Christ

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 Lost his love

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 From God the Father

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 For you

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 When Christ cried out on the cross

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 My God

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 Why have you forsaken me

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 What that means in the Greek

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 Is that God

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 Stopped loving him

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 God stopped loving Christ

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 On the cross

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 For you

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 So that he could come back

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 And start to love you again

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 Do you realize that?

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 And I realize that the more I think about that

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 The more I think about his love

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 The more I think about what he's done

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 The more I think about his kindness

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 He changes me

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 He changes us

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 The passage says that God's love

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 Is out of control for you

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 The only question is

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 Will you accept it?

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 Will you accept it?

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 Father we thank you for this day

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:20.660
 We thank you for your mercy

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 And your grace

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 We thank you that you are kind

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 And that you are gentle

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 That you're not wanting anyone to perish

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 But you're wanting all of them

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 To come to a knowledge

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 A saving knowledge of your son Jesus

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 And what I realize

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.760
 That there's some of us in here right now

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 Who we're still trying to figure out

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:51.180
 What this Jesus thing is all about

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:54.100
 And we've hated God

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 And we've hated what God's allowed to happen in our life

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:59.940
 We've had these dreams

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 And these aspirations

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 And these things didn't turn out the way they did

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.680
 Maybe there's loss

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:04.420
 Maybe there's sickness

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.280
 Maybe there's death

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 Maybe there's loss of something in there

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 And we're just angry at God

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 Because it doesn't feel like he's for us

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 And what I pray for are those brothers and sisters in here right now

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 I pray that you would soften their hearts

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 I pray that just for a glimpse

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 They would look at the cross

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 They'd realize your love for them

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 The sacrifice that you gave

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 The love that you withdrawed from your son

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 So that you could place it on them

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 I pray Lord that you would change them

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 Lord I know there's some of us in here

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.000
 As a church family

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 That we're going on this journey together

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:45.940
 And we're struggling with this whole idea of love

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.739
 And what does it really look like

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.980
 To be patient and kind and gentle

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.799
 We want to parse it

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 We want to give a percentage

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 Because we really don't want to give it all

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:53.679
 Lord I pray for us

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.699
 I pray for our hearts

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 I pray that you would show us

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 That on the cross

00:37:58.819 --> 00:38:01.419
 Your son didn't percentage out his blood

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 And say okay I'll give you 10% today

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 And that's all you need

00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:06.259
 But he gave everything

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.480
 He gave his whole life

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.639
 So that we might worship

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 And be called your children

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 I pray for us in here Lord

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:17.259
 That you would change our hearts

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:18.419
 When we think about love

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:21.219
 Correct us when we're wrong

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:24.079
 Show us and energize us

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.819
 Where we're right

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:26.380
 But in all of it

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.380
 Help us just to realize

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 That it's the center of who we are

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.559
 As your people

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 And without it we're lost

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:34.460
 And you don't know us

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:37.739
 And what I pray for Hong Kong

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.719
 As this church goes out

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.279
 I just think

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 What would this church be like

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.319
 What kind of impact would happen

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.980
 In Watermark

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.819
 If everybody understood

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.759
 This passage of love

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.719
 And what does it look like

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.779
 And what would it look like

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:49.380
 When we engage people today

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.500
 In our eating

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.819
 In areas we come back to

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.259
 In our homes

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.139
 And what would it look like tomorrow

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.019
 And we go back to the office

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:55.099
 And we're practicing

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.059
 These ideas of love

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:57.119
 And not because we can do it

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.039
 Because it's impossible

00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:00.039
 The only way any of this

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.420
 Could happen

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.779
 Is because Christ is changing us

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.559
 His Holy Spirit is

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.500
 Equipping us

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.379
 He's gifting us

00:39:04.379 --> 00:39:06.339
 He's changing us

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:07.679
 What would it look like

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.319
 If Hong Kong

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:09.739
 If 300 people left today

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:11.839
 And they were different tomorrow

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:15.139
 Well I pray that

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:16.339
 You've brought us here

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:17.679
 To be a church

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.400
 That's on a mission

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.420
 For those who are not

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.699
 In church yet today

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.359
 And I pray Lord

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:22.460
 That you would just show us that

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.519
 As we go out tomorrow

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:25.859
 And Lord

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.699
 In the middle of all this

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.039
 We just

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.699
 We need you

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.239
 We desperately

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:29.579
 We desperately need you

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:32.199
 And we love you

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:34.279
 Will you teach us

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.879
 What that means

00:39:34.879 --> 00:39:40.759
 Father we love you

00:39:40.759 --> 00:39:42.980
 We pray all these things

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.539
 In your son Jesus

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.059
 Holy name

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.159
 Amen

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.399
 Amen

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:50.319
 Amen

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:51.099
 Amen

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.379
 Amen

00:39:52.379 --> 00:40:02.379
 Amen

00:40:02.379 --> 00:40:02.579
 Amen

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.940
 Amen

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:12.000
 Amen

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.759
 Amen

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.279
 Amen

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.519
 Amen

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:14.579
 Amen