WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.540 Okay, how you guys doing? 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:04.839 Really? 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:09.000 Hey, we are... 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.060 So if you're new here, my name is Tobin. 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:16.100 I'm one of the pastors here. 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:22.539 And we are glad that you're here with us as a family at Watermark. 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:24.859 You know, when we... 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:27.980 So in October, 10 will be five years old. 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:33.439 And when we started the church, or started praying about the church and what to do, 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:35.799 and what kind of church God would have us to be, 00:00:36.620 --> 00:00:39.500 I remember the meeting as clear as day. 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:42.560 One time somebody just said, so what are we going to name the church? 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:48.100 And we never really thought about a name of a church or what that would look like or things like that. 00:00:48.179 --> 00:00:53.120 And so about 20 of us just started praying, and we started listing out a whiteboard, 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:55.100 and we got all these types of names out there. 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.039 And we started thinking about what kind of church does God want us to be, 00:00:58.179 --> 00:01:00.160 and what does He have us here for? 00:01:00.219 --> 00:01:03.320 What is our purpose on this western side of Hong Kong Island? 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.099 And we came up with this idea of... 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:08.920 We wanted to call... 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:10.480 We felt like God was calling us a church Watermark. 00:01:11.460 --> 00:01:14.680 And we picked the idea of Watermark because we realized that, you know, 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.719 like on paper and on different types of things, that Watermark is a symbol. 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:21.599 It's kind of a symbol of authenticity. 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.199 It's something that you can see, and you can look up, and you can say, 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:25.559 okay, is this genuine or not? 00:01:25.579 --> 00:01:27.140 And we do it on money or other things. 00:01:27.619 --> 00:01:28.899 But there's a Watermark there. 00:01:28.979 --> 00:01:36.539 But we realized also that God's fingerprint, His Watermark is on everything in creation. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:40.419 He's put His fingerprint on you, whether you know that or not, His Watermark on you. 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.619 And we realized as a church that as our responsibility is to bring God's light, 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.379 His Word, His Spirit, the community out there, 00:01:48.379 --> 00:01:51.179 and as we did that, that things would become clearer. 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:55.479 We'd understand why we exist and why we're here as people, of His people, 00:01:55.579 --> 00:01:56.519 and why we're on this journey. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:00.840 We also realized that water is this big change agent. 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.479 And we really feel like God was calling us to be a church that made a difference. 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:07.459 One of the questions we ask our staff all the time is, 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:11.539 if the church wasn't here, would this part of Hong Kong be any different? 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:14.000 Would people miss the church not being here? 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.060 And our prayer and our hope is that the answer would be yes, 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:20.000 that something would be missing, there'd be something lacking. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:24.000 You know, about six or seven years ago, when Christine and I were praying, 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:27.060 and we were talking about, okay, so what are we going to do with this church? 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:29.099 As God's calling us to plant this church, how are we going to do it? 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:29.819 What will we look like? 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:33.060 We just start asking people, what is a church supposed to look like? 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:35.659 I mean, literally, we've been in church all our lives, almost, 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.439 but we wanted to say, what do you want your church to look like? 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:39.840 What is a church supposed to look like? 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.560 And we asked people who were churched, we asked people who were unchurched, 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:47.319 we asked people who were de-churched, people who had just given up on church, 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.080 and they'd been in church for so long, and they just felt a burden or this heaviness, 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:53.219 and so they just gave up on church. 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:55.680 And so we asked everybody, what does a church look like? 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.819 What do you want a new church to look like? 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:01.680 And here's some of the responses that we got as we were praying through that. 00:03:02.420 --> 00:03:06.500 Some people would say stuff like, I want a church that never asked me to do anything. 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:13.879 I'm already too busy in Hong Kong, and I'm just so busy with clubs and Bible studies 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.199 and other things I'm doing, I need a church that will just ask me to do nothing. 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:22.699 If you can do a church that asks me to do nothing, that's the type of church that I want to be about. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:29.240 And Christina and I would just look at each other afterwards, and we were like, okay. 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.939 But, you know, inside, we hurt. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.659 I mean, often I feel like Charlie Brown, you know, in the movies. 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:44.879 Charlie Brown goes around, and all he can say is, good grief, you know. 00:03:45.820 --> 00:03:46.680 So I have a question. 00:03:47.820 --> 00:03:48.680 Anybody want to be a pastor? 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.580 It's crazy as you look at these things. 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:56.520 But, you know, as we look at these things and what we struggle with in our lives, 00:03:56.600 --> 00:04:02.320 we realize that Paul, in this passage, and his church, they struggled with the same things. 00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:06.939 The church of Corinth, they struggled with this idea of self-centeredness. 00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:09.380 They struggled with this idea of selfishness. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.120 They struggled with this idea of serving. 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:13.120 They struggled with this idea of gifts. 00:04:14.200 --> 00:04:17.980 I mean, they basically said they struggled with this idea of what does it really mean to be a Christian? 00:04:18.080 --> 00:04:19.660 What does it mean to be spiritual? 00:04:19.660 --> 00:04:25.220 How do I know that I'm really the Christian that God has called me to be? 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:28.700 And so what I want to do is we look at this passage here. 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:29.460 I want to look at three things. 00:04:29.520 --> 00:04:31.880 I want to look at what is Paul talking to us about? 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:32.860 What does it mean to be spiritual? 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:39.180 He gives us a test in what it looks like so that we can know if we're spiritual or not spiritual. 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.540 He's going to talk about these gifts that he's going to give us 00:04:41.540 --> 00:04:43.500 and these gifts that he's giving us to serve each other. 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:46.940 And we want to look at those and talk about and lay down this foundation. 00:04:47.580 --> 00:04:49.420 We're going to talk about this for like three or four weeks. 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:50.720 And so there's going to be a lot here. 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:52.780 And as you look at it, you're like, okay, I have all these questions. 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.939 And if your question doesn't get answered today, hopefully it will in the next three or four weeks. 00:04:57.660 --> 00:04:59.120 And then I have some questions for us afterwards. 00:04:59.220 --> 00:04:59.800 Does that make sense? 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.340 So where we're going is we want to look at what it means to be spiritual. 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:07.600 We want to look at this test that we can decide, are we really the people that God has called us to be? 00:05:07.900 --> 00:05:11.200 We want to look at these gifts that God's given us to walk through this journey in life. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.620 And then we want to ask some questions. 00:05:13.620 --> 00:05:14.259 Okay? 00:05:14.780 --> 00:05:19.300 Now, if you've been with us for any period of time, you realize that the church in Corinth, they have been struggling. 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:27.220 They've come out of this culture that is probably the most immoral and out-of-control culture that I've ever read about in the known world. 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:28.720 It was full of idols. 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:30.780 It was full of bad influences. 00:05:31.340 --> 00:05:32.879 The church had these habits. 00:05:33.899 --> 00:05:35.980 I know none of us have these habits, but the church had these habits. 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:40.439 And these habits were stuff like pride and self-centeredness and arrogance and selfishness. 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:46.400 And what happened is as the church was going on this journey, these things just kept coming up and coming up and coming up. 00:05:46.640 --> 00:05:53.300 And when these self-centeredness and selfishness comes up in chapters, we've been reading them in 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 today. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:57.660 What you see is a self-centeredness and this pride just starts to fracture the church. 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:02.620 Instead of being a family, instead of being a community, they're just this group of individuals. 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:11.100 And it's interesting because in this passage, in chapter 1, verses 5 through 7, Paul begins the book and he praises us. 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:11.980 He praises them. 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:14.199 He says, man, you guys have your act together. 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:15.620 You're full of knowledge. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:16.680 You know how to use your gifts. 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:17.639 You're doing really well. 00:06:17.860 --> 00:06:20.660 But here in this passage, Paul says, no. 00:06:21.699 --> 00:06:22.959 You don't know what you're doing. 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:24.240 You don't know how to use your gifts. 00:06:24.540 --> 00:06:25.740 There's this lack of knowledge. 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:26.600 There's this misunderstanding. 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:33.480 And so if you look at verses 1 through 3, Paul begins to set out his argument for us, for the church. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.660 And what he says to them and what he says to us is this. 00:06:37.520 --> 00:06:41.420 He says there are two types of spirituality in all the world. 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:43.760 There's two types. 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:49.379 There's either true spirituality or there's false spirituality. 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:56.600 And if you're in here right now, you're either being led by one of those two types of spirituality. 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.939 He says that the true spirituality is being led by God's spirit. 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:03.100 It's from God's word. 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:04.180 It's from his character. 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:12.459 And that a false spirituality is from the world and from demons and from scary things. 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:20.560 And you've got to remember, I feel like I'm getting feedback up here, but you've got to remember as this church was going through life, 00:07:20.739 --> 00:07:24.159 they had come out of this crazy culture that was out of control. 00:07:25.099 --> 00:07:33.079 I mean, it wasn't too long before ago, it wasn't too long ago that all the people in the church were worshiping in pagan temples. 00:07:34.539 --> 00:07:39.779 It wasn't too long ago that all the people were involved in immoral acts as they came into their life. 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:44.939 It wasn't too long ago that people entered into their temple and they asked questions like this. 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:46.779 Does this make me feel good? 00:07:48.219 --> 00:07:49.479 Does this make me happy? 00:07:50.619 --> 00:07:53.779 Do I feel like I deserve this? 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.059 Am I experiencing good things? 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.819 It wasn't too long ago that the people in Paul's church in Corinth, 00:08:00.339 --> 00:08:03.719 everything they asked about and everything they talked about centered on themselves. 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.119 They were the center of their focus. 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:13.639 And listen to me here, guys, because this is, in Paul's day, in an ancient world, 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.500 people would go to temples and they would experience miracles. 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:23.519 I mean, they would enter into a temple and they would see incredible things. 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.180 They would enter into temples and they would see visions. 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.720 And people would talk about the future and people would talk about prophecy. 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:36.120 They would enter into the temples where the sacrifices were happening, where the orgies were happening, 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:37.420 and people would be healed. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:42.560 They would enter into the temple and people would see other people speaking in tongues. 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:44.960 In many different strange languages. 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.080 And they felt like power came upon them. 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:53.680 And when they came into these temples, this power came upon them and it captivated everybody. 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.939 And they felt great. 00:08:57.239 --> 00:08:58.879 I mean, there's a passage in Acts 8. 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.739 As the disciples are going around and they're sharing the gospel, there's this guy named Simon. 00:09:03.459 --> 00:09:04.120 He's a magician. 00:09:04.899 --> 00:09:09.219 And it says that he actually had power and he was doing all of these miracles. 00:09:09.359 --> 00:09:13.379 And this power was coming from these demonic sources that were invading his life. 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:17.039 And we're told that all of Samaria was captivated by this guy. 00:09:17.719 --> 00:09:19.839 I mean, this guy was doing all these miracles and it was amazing. 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:22.840 And he was claiming to be great and everybody was following him. 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:27.220 And then in Acts 16, we're told again, there's this slave girl. 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:29.740 And she's possessed by a demon. 00:09:30.660 --> 00:09:32.620 And she's telling everybody his fortune. 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:35.240 And she's telling everybody what's going to happen. 00:09:35.660 --> 00:09:37.019 And everybody is following her. 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:39.540 And everybody knows where this power is coming from. 00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:43.200 And what Paul is saying to you and I, and he's saying to the church of Corinthian, 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:45.019 is that everybody is spiritual. 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:49.939 Everyone is spiritual. 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:54.360 The question is, where is your spiritual power coming from? 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.799 Where are you receiving that spirituality from? 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:02.199 And so in verse 3, Paul just gives us a test. 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:04.779 And it's a really simple test. 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:11.159 I don't know why we haven't talked about it before, but we need to be talking about it all the time in the church. 00:10:11.939 --> 00:10:13.079 And this is what Paul says. 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:18.100 Guys, if you want to test where your life is, if you want to test where your spirituality is coming from, 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:22.400 you want to test where the power in you is coming from, all you need to do is take an oath. 00:10:23.560 --> 00:10:27.300 And this oath was something that everybody did every day in Corinth. 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:28.759 And this is what you would do. 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:33.620 You'd get out of your house, you'd go to work, and as you walk into the marketplace to do your work, 00:10:33.680 --> 00:10:36.900 to do your business, to buy your goods, you would see a statue of Caesar there. 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:41.259 And you'd take a little incense, and you would burn it in front of Caesar, and you would say, 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:43.600 Caesar is Lord. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:46.959 And if you didn't do that, you couldn't enter into the marketplace. 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:48.659 If you didn't do that, you couldn't do work. 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:51.559 If you couldn't do that, you couldn't buy your goods. 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.939 And so everybody did this. 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:59.040 And Paul says in his passage, you can tell what kind of spirit controls us by what we say about Jesus. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:05.260 He says that in the Gospels, that when people came to Christ, and even when the demons came to Christ, 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.080 often the demons would say things like, well, Jesus, he is the Son of God. 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:14.660 And sometimes the demons would come before the Lord, and they would talk about him to other people, 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.820 and they would say, Jesus, he is the Holy One of God. 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:23.740 But what you never see in the Gospels is a demon saying, Jesus is Lord. 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.200 It never happens. 00:11:26.920 --> 00:11:28.320 Because they had another Lord. 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:30.400 They received their power from someplace else. 00:11:31.400 --> 00:11:34.120 And so Paul says to the church of Corinth, and he says to us, 00:11:34.180 --> 00:11:37.379 that if you're struggling with this idea of how you're living your life, 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.100 if you're struggling with this idea of are you really spiritual, 00:11:40.680 --> 00:11:42.720 if you're struggling with where your spirituality comes from, 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:44.800 he just says, look at your life. 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:48.219 And look at the oath that you take. 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:53.179 Can you say that Jesus is Lord of your life? 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.740 Can you say that Jesus is your master? 00:11:59.459 --> 00:12:02.599 Can you say that Jesus is your patron that we talked about last week? 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.139 Can you say that Jesus owns you? 00:12:06.339 --> 00:12:08.639 Can you say that Christ owns all of you? 00:12:09.479 --> 00:12:10.979 That Jesus owns all of your stuff? 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:14.980 That he has the right to direct and control your life. 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:18.840 Now, these aren't just words that Paul's talking about here. 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:22.159 But what he's actually talking about is not just our words, 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:28.360 but it's our actions and our thoughts and our life 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.480 and the things we do when no one else is looking. 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:35.720 And he's saying all of these things point to the power in our life. 00:12:35.800 --> 00:12:37.580 It talks about the thing that controls us. 00:12:37.580 --> 00:12:40.220 And the question is, where is this power coming from? 00:12:40.520 --> 00:12:44.240 And can you and I say that Christ is our Lord? 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:48.020 That he controls everything about us? 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:52.280 When you read the passage, you realize that the church in Corinth, 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.360 they struggled with this. 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:56.480 Because the church in Corinth, they wanted to play both ends. 00:12:56.560 --> 00:12:57.720 They wanted to live double lives. 00:12:57.800 --> 00:13:00.160 They wanted to live with one life in the marketplace 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:04.740 and have their work or their law firm or their school 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.919 or something like that be their Lord 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.240 and control their life and be all of what they're about to be. 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:09.740 But then when they went to church on Sunday, 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:12.559 they wanted to be about Christ and Jesus and what he did 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:13.799 and how he controlled all their life. 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:14.980 And he was all about that. 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:18.159 And so Paul just asked a simple question to the church 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.240 so that we can just kind of lay this line down 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.919 and say, where are we in this whole process? 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:25.339 And the process he asked us is, 00:13:25.339 --> 00:13:27.019 is Christ Lord of your life? 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:30.120 Now, when I say that, 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.500 I know that sometimes we get kind of tense, right? 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:36.100 Because we read these passages and we go, 00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:37.439 okay, this is where I'm supposed to be. 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:38.019 I'm not there. 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:38.340 I'm not. 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:40.519 And you realize as we talk about these things, 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.679 it's a journey we're on. 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:44.480 At the end of the sermon, we're not saying, 00:13:44.579 --> 00:13:45.679 okay, we all should be like that 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.720 because if we were all like that, 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.740 none of us would be like that 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.899 and the pastor wouldn't be like that 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:49.860 and the staff wouldn't be like that 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.659 and we'd all be lost. 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.980 But the question we have to ask ourselves is, 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:55.360 if Jesus is Lord and I'm not living like it, 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.840 what's the next step I need to move in that direction 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:00.779 to start living like that? 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:05.399 How do I start to live like Christ is my king? 00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:08.300 How do I start to live like he is in control 00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:10.019 of all of my life? 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:12.560 What is that next step? 00:14:13.379 --> 00:14:15.180 So we're not asking you to get there today 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:17.120 or next week because you're never going to get there 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.420 because we're broken, we're fallen, we struggle. 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:21.560 But what we're talking about as a church 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.620 is we're going on a journey, 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:25.120 we're being filled with God's spirit 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.440 or some kind of spirit 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.279 and the question is, 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.399 can we discern the truth in our life? 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.840 And that truth is going to be determined 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:35.720 by what kind of spirit leads us. 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:38.220 And Paul gives us an easy example 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:40.340 and he says, the way you figure this out is, 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.600 can you look at your life, 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.879 can you look at how you live, 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.980 can you look at how you use your money, 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:45.039 can you look at how you treat your people, 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.360 can you look at how you do all these gifts 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.060 that God's given you, 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:48.659 and can you say in the midst of all that 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:50.019 that Christ is Lord of your life 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:52.159 and you're trusting him 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.919 to take control over you? 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:58.579 Everybody's really serious. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.460 But the question is, can we do that? 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:05.620 Can we say that Christ is Lord of our life? 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.659 You know, I struggle with that. 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.039 I mean, there's times we preach 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.539 and we teach and we talk through things 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.960 and then all of a sudden I get out into the world 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.539 and I get busy and I start doing things 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:17.579 and all of a sudden I'm just focusing 00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:18.659 and I'm going down this path 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.579 and all of a sudden I kind of stop 00:15:19.579 --> 00:15:20.199 and I go, wait a second. 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.839 Who's trying to control my life? 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.000 Is it me? 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:29.439 Is it the circumstances around me? 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.079 Or is it God? 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.299 Is Christ's control of my life? 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.919 So how do you answer that question? 00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.319 What do you say to that? 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:47.419 Because he says the church at Corinth and us, 00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:49.699 we need to really figure about this answer out 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.719 before we move forward. 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.579 He gives an example. 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:54.979 You know, for me, I guess the biggest example 00:15:54.979 --> 00:15:55.979 I ever saw of this in my life 00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:57.360 was my time in China. 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.779 In the late 80s and early 90s, 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.719 I was teaching in China. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:04.120 And we would see just amazing things happen. 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.939 I just found out that one of the guys 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:07.740 who was in our study became a pastor 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:10.439 and he's serving and that's neat. 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.079 I think it's neat that they just keep walking 00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.659 with the Lord. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:15.559 One night we were able to baptize 16 people 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.239 in our bathtub. 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:18.199 Our bathtub was literally this big. 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:21.339 Now, we didn't get all 16 in at one time, 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.459 but we did it, you know, 00:16:22.479 --> 00:16:24.679 one after another after another. 00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:26.439 And I'll never forget, 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.479 as we shared the gospel with these students, 00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:31.299 it usually happened their junior or senior year. 00:16:31.339 --> 00:16:32.699 And in their junior or senior year, 00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:35.179 because of the universities that we were teaching at, 00:16:35.239 --> 00:16:36.299 they all had to make a decision. 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:38.519 And the decision was this. 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.279 Are they going to join a communist party or not? 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.100 Because their senior year, 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.240 they had to make this decision 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.459 and they had to take this oath. 00:16:46.699 --> 00:16:47.399 And in this oath, 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:50.879 they had to choose between God and the party. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.339 And for them, it was really clear 00:16:53.339 --> 00:16:54.639 that they couldn't do both sides 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.839 because once they made a decision, 00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:56.939 they were just full in. 00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.699 They just had to do all of that. 00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:00.639 And so as we talked about these, 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.699 and sometimes as Westerners, 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.419 we struggle with that. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.699 Well, why can't you just do both? 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.879 And they go, no, you can't do that. 00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:09.019 You have to either be all in or all out. 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:13.160 And I realized as I watched them 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.759 that we all struggle with that. 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.700 Are we all in? 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.519 Are we all out? 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.879 Because he says there's not an in-between. 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.879 There's not an in-between. 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:27.240 Either we follow him and he's our Lord 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.980 or we don't follow him 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:30.559 and something else is our Lord. 00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.139 So the question is, 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.639 where is he in your life? 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.879 And what he's saying here, 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.960 and Paul is saying to the church, 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.299 is that Jesus is Lord of everything 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.220 and if he's Lord of everything, 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.240 it changes everything 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.200 and either we accept his control 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.639 and we follow him or we don't. 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:48.279 And so he lays down his dividing line. 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.000 Does that make sense? 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.519 Is that clear? 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.799 I struggle with that 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.960 because I'm gonna leave here 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.900 and there's gonna be a lot of things 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.920 that are gonna happen in my life 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:58.440 and I'm gonna wanna control, 00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.920 grab control of those things. 00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.940 And I'm gonna struggle with, 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.920 am I trusting God or not trusting God? 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:06.279 And Paul is saying to the church, 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.839 you know God is good 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.519 and you can trust him. 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:15.339 He goes on in verses four through 11 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:17.480 and he says some things about 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.220 why and how God is good to us as his people. 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:22.740 And he talks about this idea of spiritual gifts. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.639 And he says that Jesus, 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.099 the Holy Spirit, 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.099 God the Father, 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:29.180 they give us these spiritual gifts. 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.279 And these spiritual gifts 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.299 are things that we use on our journey. 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.200 He actually says in verses four, five, and six, 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.299 there's a variety of gifts, 00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:38.119 there's a variety of ministries, 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:39.899 and there's a variety of effects, 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:41.819 a power that goes through these gifts. 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.619 Now there's a lot of debate out there 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.619 when we read these passages 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.579 and people have been writing 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.680 and talking about these things 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.519 for thousands of years. 00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:50.319 And so I'm just gonna say 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.079 this is what I think. 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.940 I'm gonna define a spiritual gift 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:54.919 as any supernatural ability 00:18:54.919 --> 00:18:56.740 that God has given every Christian 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.559 by the Holy Spirit. 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:01.159 This spiritual gift allows us to serve 00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:02.359 within the body of Christ. 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.960 This spiritual gift is often manifested outwardly 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.279 as we come into people's lives 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.399 and we help people, 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.599 we give them things, 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.919 we meet visible needs 00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.980 that are in people's lives. 00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:14.679 The Greek words actually say 00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:16.779 that these gifts are tools 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:19.700 that we build a house with. 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:22.200 That these gifts are tools 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:24.599 that we build a community of God with. 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:26.779 Now maybe some of us 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:28.039 are gonna get disappointed today again 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.219 because we're not gonna talk about 00:19:29.219 --> 00:19:32.959 every gift and how it fits into our lives, 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.939 but what we're gonna do 00:19:33.939 --> 00:19:35.179 is we're gonna lay down this foundation 00:19:35.179 --> 00:19:36.439 of what the gifts are. 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:39.679 My prayer is that you're in a community group 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:41.000 because we're gonna talk a lot about these 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.819 in community groups 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:43.740 and how we can live these out 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.679 in our daily life. 00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:46.639 So the first thing that Paul says 00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.299 in verses four 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:49.299 is that these gifts are gifts. 00:19:50.459 --> 00:19:51.119 They're favors. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.539 They're acts of God's grace in our life. 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:56.039 He's saying that every Christian, 00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.599 when you come into the family of God, 00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:59.419 that the Holy Spirit enters in your life 00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.899 and there's a couple things that happen. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.759 Before you are walking with the Lord, 00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.719 before you know the Lord, 00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:05.179 the Bible says that you and I 00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:06.019 walked in darkness. 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:08.240 That our eyes and our hearts 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.759 and our ears were shut to God. 00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:11.339 We didn't wanna be friends with God. 00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.659 We were actually enemies of God. 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.059 And for some reason, 00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:15.199 I do not understand why 00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:17.559 God sends his spirit into our life. 00:20:18.459 --> 00:20:20.219 And his spirit came into your life 00:20:20.219 --> 00:20:22.399 and if you're a child of God in here, 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.960 he started to open your eyes, 00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:24.740 in your ears, 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.400 in your heart, 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.700 to the thoughts and the ideas of God. 00:20:28.780 --> 00:20:30.340 And sometime in that journey, 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:32.400 as the spirit was working in your life, 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.640 you had your eyes open, 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.680 you saw Christ, 00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:36.759 you saw your sin, 00:20:37.040 --> 00:20:38.540 you saw your need for the gospel, 00:20:38.800 --> 00:20:39.440 and you said, 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.600 I need that. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.080 That's what I need. 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.820 That's the gospel. 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:44.200 That's the message we're talking about. 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.600 And at that moment, 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.119 we're told that God's Holy Spirit 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:50.279 comes into your life. 00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:52.279 He indwells you. 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:55.740 It's the assurance of the people. 00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.639 It's the assurance of God's people. 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.419 What the Bible would say 00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:01.159 is that spirit never leaves you. 00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:03.299 That you never have to worry about 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.219 not being a child of God 00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:06.980 if you've entered into God's family. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:09.339 But the next thing we're told in this passage 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:11.240 is that when that spirit comes into you, 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.719 that he gives you gifts. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.019 He gives you manifestations of God's power 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.640 in working in your life. 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:22.799 Now, this is a new concept for many people. 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.500 For some people, 00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.440 you're struggling with this 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.220 and you're trying to figure out, 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.980 okay, what does this look like? 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.579 What's my gift? 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.460 How do I know? 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.160 Am I doing it well? 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.660 I want that gift. 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.600 I don't want this gift. 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.059 Why does somebody give me that gift? 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.680 And so we're always thinking through these things. 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.980 So this is a huge topic 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.779 that we're trying to just kind of jump into 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:38.539 and try to build this foundation on. 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:40.299 But what needless to say, 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.400 everyone is given a gift. 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.019 And I personally think 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.380 that we're all given many different gifts. 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.660 So when you come into God's family, 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:50.120 God empowers you through his Holy Spirit 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.740 and he gives you these gifts. 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:54.900 There are glimpses of what God looks like in his world. 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.880 We're told in verse 11 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:00.240 that these gifts never indicate how mature you are. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.460 So if you're sitting here today 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.819 and you have awesome gifts, 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.019 it has nothing to do with you. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.480 And if you hear me right here, 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:10.600 I think all the gifts are awesome gifts. 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.539 But if you're out here 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:14.719 and you have these spectacular gifts, 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.879 what the Bible says is that none of these gifts 00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:18.000 have anything to do with you. 00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:20.719 They weren't given to you because you were great. 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.819 They weren't given to you 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.179 because you were ultra super obedient. 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.359 They weren't given to you 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.599 because you asked for them. 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:27.139 The gifts were given to you 00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.619 because God loves you. 00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:30.619 He wants to pour out his grace on you. 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.859 He has a purpose for you in his life. 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.519 He has a purpose for you in his church. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:37.019 And he wants you to serve other people. 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.059 That's why the gifts are given to you. 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:42.299 So there's no gifts that are better than other gifts. 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.039 They're all there. 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.420 And the interesting thing is 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.599 sometimes when we struggle with this 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.819 and we say, oh, I have this gift. 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.579 And it's a really special gift. 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.660 And I can do these things. 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.460 And when I do these things, 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.220 people come to me 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.319 and they're attracted to everything I do 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.599 or I say or I heal. 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.680 And what happens is 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.359 it takes the focus off of God 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:01.240 and his spirit 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.400 and what God is doing in our life. 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.759 And you look at the Church of Corinth 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.019 and what we see in the Church of Corinth 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.840 is that the Church of Corinth 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.900 had all of these gifts. 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.820 They had all the gifts. 00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.440 But they were a mess. 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.780 They weren't any more spiritual. 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.780 They weren't any more better. 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:17.019 They had all these gifts 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.220 but it wasn't any good. 00:23:20.040 --> 00:23:21.340 Paul says in verse 7 00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:23.280 that all these gifts come into us 00:23:23.280 --> 00:23:25.600 because of God's grace. 00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:28.000 And these gifts that God gives you 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:30.320 is for the common good of all the people. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.519 So if you're here today 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.659 and you've come into the family of God 00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:35.079 and God has given you these gifts 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.939 and you've seen these things 00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.779 worked out in your life, 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:39.099 these gifts were not given to you 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.659 for your own good. 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.159 The passage says 00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.579 that these gifts were given to you 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:46.700 for the good of all God's people. 00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:49.079 Now listen to my heart here 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.319 because it's going to... 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.159 So if you have a special ability 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:54.359 that God has given you 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:57.419 and this ability has made you really famous 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:59.720 or this ability has given you 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.860 a lot of money, 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.620 the gift was never given to you 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:06.140 for that purpose. 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.120 The gift was given to you 00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:12.000 so that you can make God's name great 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.420 and bless God's people. 00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:18.180 So just like he says 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.500 you can test what kind of spirit 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.400 is leading your life 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.360 in verses 1 through 3, 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:23.640 if you have gifts in your life right now, 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:25.360 you can test whether those gifts 00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.380 are from the Lord or not. 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.960 Or if you're using them 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.960 the way that God wants you to 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.640 and the test is 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:31.120 are you using these gifts 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.840 for God's glory? 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.500 Are you using these gifts 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:38.140 to build up God's people? 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.660 Paul goes on and he says 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.140 every one of us was given these gifts 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.780 and you have to realize 00:24:43.780 --> 00:24:44.700 that when you're given these gifts 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:46.000 that not every one of us 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.240 were given the same gifts. 00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:49.280 Not every one of us 00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:50.460 were given the same passions. 00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.240 Not every one of us 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.320 were given the same ministries. 00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.380 That was the problem 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.140 in the church of Corinth 00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.800 and that's the problem 00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.900 in the church in America 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.840 and around the world. 00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.740 That we see people 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.400 with different gifts 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.300 and we want those gifts 00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.980 or we want everybody 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.700 to have the same gifts 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.220 that we have 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.620 or sometimes we want people 00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.600 to have the same passions 00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.280 that we have. 00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.860 And so we walk into a church 00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.320 and we say 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.580 well I really have a passion 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.040 for this 00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:10.200 and this is what my ministry is 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.500 and you start sharing with people 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.420 and people kind of go 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:15.540 yeah, that's a need 00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:17.900 but that's not really my passion. 00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:20.040 My passion is this. 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.580 And they start sharing 00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.120 what they're doing 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.920 and why God's called them 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.360 to do things 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.599 and what Paul is saying here 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.699 is that God has given 00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.479 every one of us 00:25:26.479 --> 00:25:27.099 different passions 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.719 and God has given 00:25:27.719 --> 00:25:28.219 every one of us 00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:28.819 different ministries 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.659 and God has given 00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.240 every one of us 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.019 different hearts 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.579 and the question is 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.619 are we going to embrace 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.419 that difference? 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.259 Are we going to rejoice 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.579 in the difference? 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.899 Now the church of Corinth 00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:41.799 they couldn't do that. 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.759 So just like their sexuality 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:47.379 just like their worshipping of idols 00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.740 just like their eating of meat 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.500 just like their communion 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.259 that we talked about 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.920 two weeks ago 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.539 just like their gifts. 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:56.000 They allow these gifts 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.140 to come into their life 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:59.039 and to separate themselves. 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.859 And so the problem was 00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.740 in the church of Corinth 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.339 instead of having 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.000 all these gifts 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.160 that brought the church together 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.500 and caused unity 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.019 through diversity 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.779 what was happening is 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.460 everybody was angry 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.019 with each other. 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.559 Everybody didn't like each other 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.059 because they didn't have 00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.059 the same gifts that they had 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.059 and basically what people 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.599 were saying is 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.039 you don't 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:18.000 I don't need you 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.240 you don't need me 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.220 my gift is the most important. 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.279 Does that make sense? 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.139 So there's this big struggle 00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.039 going on in the church 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.519 and Paul is talking to them 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.779 and he's giving us 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.299 this warning 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.039 he's saying hey 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:32.079 don't go down that route 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.960 because if you go down 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.359 that route 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.200 you're doing exactly 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.920 what the gifts 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.500 were not meant to be. 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.259 You're dividing the church. 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.859 And so Paul says 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.659 that there are many gifts 00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.740 and there's many ministries 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.019 in verses 4, 5, and 6. 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.059 He says 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.000 there are many ministries 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.879 there's many gifts 00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.679 there's many effects 00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:49.299 they're all from the same God 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.259 and in your church 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.679 you're going to have 00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.379 dramatic gifts 00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.799 you're going to have 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.599 non-dramatic gifts 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:52.940 you're going to have 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.539 teaching gifts 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.859 you're going to have 00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.399 speaking gifts 00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.679 you're going to have 00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.159 sign gifts 00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.740 you're going to have 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.539 many variety of gifts 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.579 and all these gifts 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.919 are needed 00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.559 and all these gifts 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.980 are valued. 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.799 If you got a bulletin today 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.019 I put a list in there 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.220 and so we want you 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.279 to start building on this. 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.059 So on this page right here 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.799 is the four main passages 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.700 that talk about 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.500 spiritual gifts 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.720 and you can divide them 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.639 in any way you want 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.179 to divide them. 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.159 We put them into 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.200 three different categories 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.740 we put them into 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.460 speaking gifts 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.259 service gifts 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.300 and sign gifts 00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.980 and we gave the four passages 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.300 that talk mostly 00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:22.180 about these gifts. 00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:24.140 Now there are only 19 gifts 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.960 on this list 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.660 but there are over 30 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.120 or 40 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.000 or I don't know 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.920 there's millions 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.800 of different ministries 00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.580 and there's probably 00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:32.340 hundreds of different gifts 00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.660 but what Paul says 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.560 is in this passage 00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:36.019 is no matter what 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.040 the gift that you're given 00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:38.360 the purpose of this gift 00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.380 is to bring unity 00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:41.020 in closeness 00:27:41.020 --> 00:27:41.900 to God's people. 00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:44.240 Does that make sense? 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.400 So the question 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.280 we have to ask ourselves 00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:48.140 is as we walk 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.820 through this journey 00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.440 with God 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.600 as we walk through 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:50.920 this journey 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.640 with God's people 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.360 are we taking the gifts 00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.440 that God's given us 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.180 the resources 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.800 the people 00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:57.020 the supernatural powers 00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:58.340 are we taking these things 00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.380 and are we building up 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.020 God's people 00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:00.660 and are we building up 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.180 God's kingdom 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.340 or are we building up Tobin 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.780 or are we building up 00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:04.460 somebody else? 00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.300 Because he says 00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:07.000 in the end 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.240 the only way to know 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.400 if you're using the gifts 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.099 properly 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:12.799 is where the focus is 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.680 is the focus on yourself 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.240 or is the focus 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.859 on other people? 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.839 Is this too heavy? 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.759 We need to go here. 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.299 In verses 8 through 11 00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.920 Paul lists out nine gifts 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.119 and you can read them. 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.099 He says 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.180 there's a gift of wisdom 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.099 word of wisdom 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.220 there's a word of knowledge 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.240 there's a gift of faith 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.160 there's a gift of healing 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.099 there's a gift of miracles 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.960 there's a gift of prophecy 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.420 there's a gift 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.480 of distinguishing spirits 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.259 there's a gift 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.079 of various tongues 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.960 and there's a gift 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.160 of interpreting tongues 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.860 and he says 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:42.079 all these gifts are valid 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.400 all these things are needed 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.360 all these things 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.700 express God's character 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.660 all these things 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.460 bring unity 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.400 to the body of Christ 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.259 if you take any 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.960 of these things away 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.000 it's not good 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.360 and all these things 00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.319 are played out every day. 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.220 So let me give you 00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.599 an example. 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.740 I added in that list 00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.279 the gift of hospitality. 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.120 Now the gift of hospitality 00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:05.240 is kind of alluded to 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:08.160 in the Ephesians passage 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.240 but it's really talked about 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.120 in Romans and Hebrews 00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.859 and one of the things 00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.819 that's been amazing to me 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.660 at Watermark 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.660 is just to see this gift 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.019 of hospitality lived out 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.960 and the gift of hospitality 00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.640 is basically 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.339 in Greek 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.940 the word means 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.259 a love for strangers 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:23.680 and so God gives this gift 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.160 of people 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.319 on people 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.220 who come into the family 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.940 and he gives them 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.460 this love for strangers 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.400 he gives them this ability 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.640 to make people feel at home 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.900 he gives us 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.620 this gift 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.099 to make people feel 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.819 at peace 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.199 he gives this gift 00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.899 to people 00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.859 with the gift 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.719 of hospitality 00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.519 and encouragement 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.019 and he basically says 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.579 I want you 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.599 to treat people 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.239 like they're your own family 00:29:45.239 --> 00:29:48.039 and create an environment 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.859 where they can come in 00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.519 and the amazing thing 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.239 to me about this 00:29:51.239 --> 00:29:52.319 is I've seen this lived out 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.459 in our church 00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:55.279 over and over and over 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.339 so when we talk 00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.899 to people who come 00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.500 into Watermark 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.119 one of the first things 00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.519 they say is 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.619 you guys are just a family 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.779 and it feels like 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.819 you care for each other 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.539 and it feels like 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:05.000 you want the best 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.439 for each other 00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:05.859 and it feels like 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.519 you're authentic 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.559 and real for each other 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.539 and it's just awesome 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.739 and Paul would say 00:30:10.739 --> 00:30:11.559 that's the gift 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.639 of hospitality 00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.459 being lived out 00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:15.299 I mean in my home 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.000 and I have to say this 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.299 because 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.319 and I'm not in trouble 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.859 with my wife 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.299 so I'm not trying 00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.259 to build up equity 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.959 or anything like that 00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:22.359 but my wife 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.019 has the gift 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.699 of hospitality 00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:25.399 and if you've been 00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:25.859 in her home 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.519 you can see that 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.139 played out 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.240 and I think 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.220 that she's probably 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.360 fed everybody 00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.020 at Watermark 00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:32.280 at least two or three times 00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:33.420 and if you haven't 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.020 been fed yet 00:30:34.020 --> 00:30:34.640 raise your hand 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.520 we'll invite you over 00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:36.220 okay 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.520 but that's that gift 00:30:37.520 --> 00:30:38.160 of hospitality 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.860 being lived out 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.680 is what happens 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.540 in our life 00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:42.180 and it brings people 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.020 into our community 00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:43.720 and into our home 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.220 and they see our life 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.780 being lived out 00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:46.340 in authenticity 00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:47.720 and that's one of the things 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.360 we prayed for 00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.600 is a church at Watermark 00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:51.320 now there's a lot 00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.960 of other gifts 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.700 we can talk about 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.420 and I'm not going to go 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.640 into all of these today 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.400 we're going to come back 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.360 and talk about them later 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:58.059 but I want to answer 00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.839 some questions 00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.139 that people keep asking 00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.619 the staff 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:00.919 okay 00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:02.099 the first question is 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.799 do we believe 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.759 that the gifts 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.539 even the dramatic ones 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.299 are real 00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.079 and we would say yes 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.139 God's word is real 00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.500 all these gifts are real 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.740 and the next question 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.459 they'll ask us is 00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.679 do we think they still 00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:13.179 exist today 00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:14.179 and we would say yes 00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:15.459 we think they still 00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:17.119 exist today 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:19.339 now there are some gifts 00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.199 I don't know about 00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:21.299 being a gift of an apostle 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.299 because the idea was 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.259 you had to see Jesus 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.859 and to get instructions 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.439 from him 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:27.340 but I do know 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.259 that one day 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.400 these gifts 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.259 are going to cease 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.860 you think about it 00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:34.100 the only reason 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.980 we have spiritual gifts 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.299 today 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.140 is because of the 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.720 brokenness 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.799 and the sin 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.360 in our world 00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:40.799 and so God 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.039 has imparted upon us 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.980 his character 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.120 in each one of us 00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:45.940 and so that 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.059 when we do ministry 00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.039 and we love people 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.880 and we encourage people 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.799 and we pray for people 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.279 and we heal people 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.160 and we speak in tongues 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.620 or whatever that looks like 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.479 in your world 00:31:54.479 --> 00:31:56.159 that's part of a 00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.599 manifestation of God's 00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.939 kingdom 00:31:57.939 --> 00:32:00.059 but one day when you die 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:02.679 or when Jesus comes back 00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:04.979 and you see him face to face 00:32:04.979 --> 00:32:07.019 you're not going to need 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.979 the gift of exhortation 00:32:07.979 --> 00:32:10.339 and you're not going to need 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.179 the gift of prophecy 00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:13.179 and you're not going to need 00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.059 the gift of tongues 00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.979 and you're not going to need 00:32:15.979 --> 00:32:16.879 the gift of healing 00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:18.479 because you're going to be 00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:20.439 in the presence of the healer 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.200 and the speaker 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.940 and the prophet 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.600 and the king 00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.880 so we believe that all 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.580 these gifts exist 00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.059 but yes 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.820 one day they will cease to exist 00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:31.160 does the church need 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.960 all these gifts 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.000 we're going to say yes 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.420 we're going to talk about that 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.840 in two weeks 00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.660 because if the church 00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.740 doesn't have all these gifts 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.740 then we're like a body 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.559 without a head 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.100 or we're like a body 00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.740 without legs 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.539 or we're like legs 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.200 without feet 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.420 and so yes 00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.720 we need all of these gifts 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.840 in our church 00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.720 because we want to be 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.460 a complete body 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.779 the next question people ask me 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.620 all the time is this 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:54.559 how come we don't ever see you 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:56.180 or the other pastors 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.500 practicing these gifts 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.460 in front of the church 00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:01.319 and I can only understand 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.960 or think it means 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.019 like speaking in tongues 00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.600 or healing 00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:05.279 or prophecy 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.819 or something like that 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.880 and I would say that 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:08.319 I think that you do see us 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.660 practicing some of these things 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.860 in gift 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.980 in front of church 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:14.799 but that we would also say this 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:17.079 as we look at God's word 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:19.339 and as we look at Paul's world 00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.419 we realize that 00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:22.480 if Paul were in a house church 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.819 of 20 or 30 people 00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:25.579 who all are Christians 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:28.399 that the expression of those gifts 00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:30.699 would look very different 00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:33.119 than if you're in a church family 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:34.819 of 300 or 400 people 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:36.939 and there are Christians 00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:39.039 and non-Christians 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.259 and de-church people 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.759 and so we would say 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.919 that God has asked us 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:46.300 to live out these gifts 00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:47.940 in an orderly 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:50.140 in biblical fashion 00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:52.060 in front of God's people 00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:55.320 when I hear this all the time 00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:56.120 I've heard this 00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.660 in every church 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.500 I've ever been a member of 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.940 in every church 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.840 I've ever been a pastor of 00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.660 we have people come to me 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.259 and they say this 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.680 they say 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.259 you know I have this gift here 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:04.240 but I don't ever really see it 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.259 lived out in this church 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.880 and so I think maybe 00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.920 it's best for me to go 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.680 to another church 00:34:08.680 --> 00:34:09.720 where that's lived out 00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.920 because then I'll feel free 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.000 to express those things 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.860 and I can do it 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.320 when everybody else 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.260 is doing the same thing 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.739 and I've had it happen 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.579 in every church 00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:18.159 that I've ever been a member of 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.739 in every church 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.820 that I've ever been a pastor of 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.440 and what I would say to you 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.840 is this 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.800 if you're in that position 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.860 and you're thinking about that 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.320 if you do that 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:27.940 you're going exactly against 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.880 what Paul says in his passage 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.199 he says the gifts 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.280 were given in diversity 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.699 he says if you leave 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.820 a church family 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.300 because you don't feel like 00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.719 you can express those things 00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.619 or no one else 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.659 is expressing those things 00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.859 in this big setting 00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.839 what you're doing 00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.719 is you're actually hurting 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:46.399 the body of Christ 00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:48.299 and if you go to another church 00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:49.239 where everybody is doing 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.179 whatever that gift is 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.980 that you don't feel comfortable 00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.659 doing here 00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:53.559 he says what you're doing 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.879 is you're hurting that body also 00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:56.500 because in that body 00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.500 they already have enough people 00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.699 doing those gifts 00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.559 that you don't feel comfortable 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.359 practicing here 00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:04.000 and so if you have a gift 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.819 or you feel like 00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.679 God has empowered me 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.319 to do things 00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.139 or to serve things 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:09.219 we want you to practice 00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.739 those things 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.039 in the setting 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.799 that brings honor 00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.519 and glory 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.319 and order 00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.139 to God 00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.799 and his people 00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:16.459 does that make sense 00:35:16.459 --> 00:35:19.219 I hope I was really clear 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.959 because we get asked 00:35:19.959 --> 00:35:20.879 those questions all the time 00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:22.219 so let me flesh out 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.519 verses 4, 5, and 6 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.839 and then we're going to end 00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.539 with some questions 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.659 4, 5, and 6 00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.339 so let's say 00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:29.919 you have the gift 00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:31.479 of encouragement 00:35:31.479 --> 00:35:32.459 exhortation 00:35:32.459 --> 00:35:33.779 and so 00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.799 what Paul says 00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.359 in his passage 00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:36.439 is that there are many gifts 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.119 there's many ministries 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.039 so ministry is how 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.920 you would live that out 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:41.500 and there's many effects 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.119 which means 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.440 the word actually means 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.840 power or strength 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.760 or intensity 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:47.280 so you have many gifts 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.039 you have many places 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.760 where you live that out 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:50.099 and you have different powers 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.700 or intensity 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.440 in which you would do it 00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.260 and so let's say 00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.760 you have the gift 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.440 of exhortation 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.980 or encouragement 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.320 now the exhortation 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.720 or encouragement 00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.300 is just basically 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.760 the ability 00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.940 to speak peace 00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.740 into people's lives 00:35:58.740 --> 00:36:00.360 I love people 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.000 who have the gift 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.619 of exhortation 00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.159 or encouragement 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.639 it's the ability 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.539 to reassure people 00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.179 the ability 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.920 to comfort people 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.380 the ability 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.340 to bring deep 00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.099 spiritual healing 00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.380 into other people's lives 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.880 it's the ability 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.820 just to affirm people 00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.440 for who they are 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.860 in their journey 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.360 with God 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.820 now I didn't grow up 00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.079 in that 00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.500 my parents were German 00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.180 100% German 00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.440 right 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.740 so if I came to my dad 00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.159 and I said 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.440 oh man my arm 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.000 really hurts 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.800 when I do this 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:22.400 my dad would say 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.519 don't do that 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:25.519 now that is not 00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.440 the gift of encouragement 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.079 okay 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.280 and that's not 00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:30.300 the gift of exhortation 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.659 right 00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.619 that's not what 00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.400 he's talking about here 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.000 he's talking about 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.700 something really different 00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.960 and so let's just say 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.119 you have this gift 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.859 of exhortation 00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:39.079 and you're a teacher 00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:41.480 well your ministry 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.960 is a teacher 00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.819 you're playing out 00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.299 this gift 00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.139 so maybe you're 00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.139 ministering to your students 00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.099 and you're exhorting them 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.079 and you're encouraging them 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.919 or maybe you're exhorting 00:36:48.919 --> 00:36:50.219 and encouraging other teachers 00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:52.439 or maybe you're exhorting 00:36:52.439 --> 00:36:52.980 and encouraging 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.719 the parents of your students 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:56.319 and Paul says 00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.859 in any of these ministries 00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.719 in any of these settings 00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.439 your gift is going to look different 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.700 you're going to have 00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.360 a different passion 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.880 you're going to have 00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.559 a different intensity 00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.539 you're going to live out 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.400 these things differently 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.200 now maybe you have 00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.119 the gift of encouragement 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.000 and exhortation 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.380 but God has called you 00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.539 just to minister in your home 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:13.760 and so you're using 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.240 your gift 00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:16.360 as a husband 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.880 or a wife 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.480 in your home 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.300 and you're encouraging 00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:19.059 and you're exhorting 00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.460 your people 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.900 and you're just bringing 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.760 God's truth 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.500 and love 00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.200 into their life 00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:24.480 or maybe God 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.200 has called you 00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:26.260 with this gift 00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:27.000 to live it out 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.700 in your dorms 00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.320 or maybe you're 00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.900 a student here 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.760 and you're trying 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.099 to figure out 00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.880 okay where do I live out 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.280 my gifts 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.200 and how do I serve the Lord 00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.180 and God says 00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:35.099 hey you serve him 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.760 where I placed you 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.500 and I placed you 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.180 in these dorms 00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.920 and so I want you 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:39.039 to use this gift out 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.840 to encourage 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.599 and exhort people 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.740 and to bring them 00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.980 into the fellowship 00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.500 of God 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:45.220 maybe you're a doctor 00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:46.660 and you live out 00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.360 this exhortation 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.940 in the hospital 00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.700 or you live it out 00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.599 in the restaurant today 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.380 as you're nice 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.599 to the waiters 00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:53.660 or maybe you live it out 00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.160 in the bank 00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:55.119 the banks need a lot 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.599 of encouragement 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.400 nowadays right 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:58.420 so if you're 00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.139 an exhortation 00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.900 or you're an encourager 00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.619 there you can have 00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.719 an amazing ministry 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.259 in the bank 00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.819 so last week 00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.480 I wrote a check 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.099 to HSBC 00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:07.219 and it came back 00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.940 to me in the mail 00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.980 and it said 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.019 insufficient funds 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.960 so I wrote 00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.420 another check 00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.779 and I said 00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:14.599 your insufficient funds 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.940 or my insufficient funds 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:18.179 it's a joke 00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:20.000 but what I'm trying 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.420 to say is 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.339 there's a lot 00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.739 of places 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.179 that need 00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.659 encouragement 00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.460 and exhortation 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.960 for me 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.359 one of the best 00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:27.219 places I've seen 00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.679 and being able 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.299 to use my gifts 00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:29.159 is the barber chair 00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:31.159 there's just something 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.139 about getting your haircut 00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.919 and you're sitting there 00:38:32.919 --> 00:38:33.500 next to people 00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.319 who are getting their haircut 00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:35.839 and they cannot move 00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:38.079 they're just stuck there 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.299 right 00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.519 so you have 30 minutes 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.019 to an hour 00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:41.419 just to encourage them 00:38:41.419 --> 00:38:42.480 and exhort them 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.459 and talk to them 00:38:43.459 --> 00:38:43.939 about the things 00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.519 God is doing 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.059 in your life 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.759 and you're able 00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.980 to do all these things 00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.799 and so what Paul 00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.159 is saying 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.699 is that no matter 00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.480 where you are 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.199 we have all these gifts 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.939 I've given you 00:38:51.939 --> 00:38:52.959 all these different assignments 00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.400 and what God 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:54.760 is saying 00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.480 is I just want you 00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.280 to serve people 00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:59.900 I want you 00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:02.380 to love people 00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.900 I want you 00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:05.500 to give yourself 00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.300 to others 00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:08.760 I want you 00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:10.139 to help others 00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:12.079 and the problem 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.720 in the church 00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.320 in Corinth 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.099 is that they forgot 00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.099 the other part 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:16.780 and so when they 00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.240 started thinking 00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.000 about how God 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.639 has gifted them 00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.019 and what they're 00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.380 supposed to do 00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.800 with their life 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.119 and how they're 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.500 supposed to live 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.320 all they started 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.800 thinking about 00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.460 is themselves 00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:24.320 and what they 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.720 needed 00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:26.639 and Paul says 00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.179 in his passage 00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:28.139 that you and I 00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:31.039 need each other 00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:33.740 so wherever you are 00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.300 on your journey 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.099 God has called you 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.980 to live out those 00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.460 gifts 00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:38.539 serving each other 00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:40.340 does that make sense 00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:42.240 so let me ask 00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.880 us some questions 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.539 and we'll finish 00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:45.059 first question 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.539 is this 00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:49.220 if you're honest 00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.820 right now 00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:52.800 and you were 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.280 to examine 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.920 your life 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.680 this week 00:39:54.680 --> 00:39:57.780 what spirit 00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.280 would you say 00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.039 controlled you 00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:04.000 if you looked 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.340 at how you 00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:04.860 lived your life 00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.380 this week 00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:07.620 what spirit 00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.019 would you say 00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.680 controlled you 00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:11.640 maybe the question 00:40:11.640 --> 00:40:12.000 would be 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.620 where is your 00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.200 focus been 00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:15.360 has your focus 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.080 been on yourself 00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:18.980 or has your focus 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.739 been on others 00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.759 God's family 00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:24.299 second question 00:40:24.299 --> 00:40:24.759 I've been asking 00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.199 myself 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:27.340 as I look around 00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.179 watermark 00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.900 and I look at my 00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.679 brothers and sisters 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.460 next to me 00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:33.819 do I see a need 00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.759 for them in my life 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:42.020 do you really need 00:40:42.020 --> 00:40:42.680 the person 00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:44.060 next to you 00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:47.980 now if it's your spouse 00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.500 hopefully you're going 00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.880 to say yes 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.400 I really do 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.020 I love you honey 00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:53.240 but do you really 00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:54.020 need the people 00:40:54.020 --> 00:40:54.740 next to you 00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:57.160 I mean some of us 00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.820 come in here 00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.620 and we sit down 00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.480 we don't ever say hi 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:00.180 we don't ever talk 00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.500 to people 00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.240 and then we leave 00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.900 right away 00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:04.220 and this is exactly 00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.680 the thing 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.339 that Paul 00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:05.960 was warning 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.539 the Corinthians 00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.119 about 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.279 because some of you 00:41:09.279 --> 00:41:10.019 have gifts 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:12.440 and some of you 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.339 have talents 00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:15.500 and some of you 00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.119 have a ministry 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:17.039 sitting right next 00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.460 to you 00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.839 but you're so 00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:21.799 focused on yourself 00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:23.940 that you're missing 00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.799 this amazing 00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.460 opportunity 00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:27.219 that God 00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:28.599 wants to give you 00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:30.339 to love 00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:31.299 and encourage 00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:32.099 the people 00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.980 around you 00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:37.300 so do you see 00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.800 a need 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.840 for the brothers 00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.400 and sisters 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.980 around you 00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.599 in your life 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:42.920 maybe to ask 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.260 another way 00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.820 would be this 00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:46.559 how do 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.900 your brothers 00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.719 and sisters 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:49.820 bless you 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:51.240 with the gifts 00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:52.179 and talents 00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.059 that they have 00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:58.900 if I were 00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.440 just to say 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.159 turn next 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.579 to the person 00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.000 right next 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.219 to you 00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.719 and say 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:03.059 man you know 00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.259 I'm really 00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:04.820 encouraged 00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.599 by this 00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.239 in your life 00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:09.139 and I really 00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:10.000 see God's 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.400 spirit 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.980 living out 00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:13.519 in how you 00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:14.000 do 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.920 this 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:17.739 what would you 00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:18.259 tell them 00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:21.320 see the church 00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.720 of Corinth 00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.280 couldn't tell 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.580 each other 00:42:22.580 --> 00:42:23.020 anything 00:42:23.020 --> 00:42:24.980 because they 00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.300 were so 00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.880 focused on 00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.300 themselves 00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.720 they were so 00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.160 busy about 00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:27.520 living out 00:42:27.520 --> 00:42:27.780 their own 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.040 life 00:42:28.040 --> 00:42:28.460 they were so 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.960 busy about 00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.440 their own 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:30.120 world 00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.640 they didn't 00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:31.060 even think 00:42:31.060 --> 00:42:31.480 about the 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.920 people next 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.100 to them 00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.380 that they're 00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.720 part of 00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:33.100 the body 00:42:33.100 --> 00:42:33.380 that they 00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.780 need each 00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.020 other 00:42:34.020 --> 00:42:35.260 and Paul 00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.880 is encouraging 00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.460 them to say 00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:36.980 be careful 00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.500 of this 00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:39.500 because if you 00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.920 run down 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.460 this path 00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.760 it's going 00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.100 to be 00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:42.420 destructive 00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:42.860 to the life 00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.360 of the church 00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:46.980 one last 00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.320 question 00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:51.960 how are you 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.420 using 00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:54.400 your gifts 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:56.519 right now 00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:58.760 to build up 00:42:58.760 --> 00:42:59.500 God's church 00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:04.200 God 00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:04.960 if you are 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.340 a Christian 00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.660 in here 00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:06.039 God has 00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.400 given you 00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:06.800 a gift 00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:08.039 and my 00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.700 question for 00:43:08.700 --> 00:43:09.340 you 00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:09.720 and the 00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.200 question for 00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.500 me 00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.960 is 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.940 how are 00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:13.320 you using 00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.740 the gift 00:43:13.740 --> 00:43:14.080 that God 00:43:14.080 --> 00:43:14.400 has given 00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.760 you right 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.120 now 00:43:15.120 --> 00:43:16.420 to build 00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.620 up 00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.440 his church 00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:21.679 what does 00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.019 that look 00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.359 like 00:43:22.359 --> 00:43:23.000 in your 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.440 life 00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:25.279 because the 00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:26.139 passage says 00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.739 that you 00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.339 and I 00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:30.599 have God's 00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:30.940 fingerprint 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.900 on us 00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:34.339 to each 00:43:34.339 --> 00:43:34.839 one of you 00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:35.639 as God's 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.139 child 00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:37.000 has been 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.420 given a 00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.739 gift 00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:39.460 and each 00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.699 one of 00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.219 these gifts 00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.779 is needed 00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:41.420 in the 00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:41.819 life 00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:43.019 of this 00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.460 church 00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:45.539 and if 00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:45.639 you're 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:45.880 sitting 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.179 in your 00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.500 chair 00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.960 and saying 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.659 my gift 00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.000 means 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.280 nothing 00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.699 I don't 00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.139 have a 00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.380 gift 00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.260 that's 00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:50.720 all 00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:51.740 wrong 00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:54.420 and many 00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.679 of us 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:54.880 are going 00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.340 to walk 00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.539 through 00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:56.179 our life 00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.880 and we're 00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.099 going to 00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.420 waste 00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:58.199 these amazing 00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:58.599 gifts 00:43:58.599 --> 00:43:59.260 and talents 00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.679 that God 00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.079 has given 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.559 us 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.880 for his 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.179 kingdom 00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:04.000 and I 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.619 promise you 00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:04.899 that the 00:44:04.899 --> 00:44:05.239 greatest 00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:05.839 joy 00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:06.199 you're 00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.419 ever 00:44:06.419 --> 00:44:06.719 going to 00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:07.179 experience 00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.839 as God's 00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:08.299 child 00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:09.679 is living 00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.019 out 00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.539 his 00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:11.039 gifts 00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.639 in your 00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.139 life 00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:14.519 in the 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:14.819 service 00:44:14.819 --> 00:44:15.179 of other 00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.579 people 00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:17.879 the church 00:44:17.879 --> 00:44:18.359 of Corinth 00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:19.079 could not 00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:19.659 get that 00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:21.319 because they 00:44:21.319 --> 00:44:21.839 were so 00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:22.719 focused 00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:24.719 on 00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.359 themselves 00:44:25.359 --> 00:44:27.579 my prayer 00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.019 for us 00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.639 as a church 00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:29.339 watermark 00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:31.219 is that we 00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.559 would get 00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:31.759 it 00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:34.320 that we 00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:34.940 would realize 00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:36.400 God has 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.700 a purpose 00:44:36.700 --> 00:44:37.080 for you 00:44:37.080 --> 00:44:39.580 God has 00:44:39.580 --> 00:44:39.800 a gift 00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.300 for you 00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:42.300 God has 00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.640 a ministry 00:44:42.640 --> 00:44:43.260 for you 00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:45.140 those 00:44:45.140 --> 00:44:45.500 ministries 00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.360 are spread 00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.880 out throughout 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.340 your world 00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.840 every day 00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:49.640 and the 00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:50.020 question is 00:44:50.020 --> 00:44:50.220 are we 00:44:50.220 --> 00:44:50.440 going to 00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.960 trust him 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:54.160 are we 00:44:54.160 --> 00:44:54.300 going to 00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.760 allow him 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.080 to be 00:44:55.080 --> 00:44:55.560 lord of 00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:56.060 our life 00:44:56.060 --> 00:44:58.740 or are we 00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:58.840 going to 00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.040 be our 00:44:59.040 --> 00:44:59.200 own 00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.520 lord 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.780 does that 00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.300 make sense 00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:06.440 father we 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:06.739 thank you 00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:07.059 for this 00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.340 day 00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:09.300 we thank you 00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:09.639 for these 00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:10.219 words of the 00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:10.500 church of 00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.840 Corinth 00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:17.440 lord I know 00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.199 that there 00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.619 are some 00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:19.539 amazing gifts 00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:19.900 in this 00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.239 church 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.320 as I think 00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.699 about the 00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:23.159 people that 00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:23.780 you've equipped 00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:24.219 and brought 00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:24.699 into this 00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.019 church 00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.440 and I think 00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:25.659 of the 00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.960 spiritual 00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.420 gifts that 00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:26.719 we see 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.239 that every 00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:27.559 day 00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:29.219 I realize 00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:29.459 that we're 00:45:29.459 --> 00:45:30.039 probably one 00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:30.659 of the most 00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.559 gifted churches 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.000 I've ever 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.459 seen in my 00:45:32.459 --> 00:45:32.899 life 00:45:32.899 --> 00:45:35.179 and yet 00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:35.599 we 00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:37.799 often 00:45:37.799 --> 00:45:40.219 many of 00:45:40.219 --> 00:45:40.579 us 00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:42.639 sit back 00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:44.980 and we do 00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.359 nothing with 00:45:45.359 --> 00:45:45.899 those gifts 00:45:45.899 --> 00:45:48.539 we expect 00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.219 other people 00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:50.439 to give 00:45:50.439 --> 00:45:51.099 those gifts 00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:51.519 and put 00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.019 their gifts 00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.599 on us 00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:52.879 and to 00:45:52.879 --> 00:45:53.139 minister 00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.819 to us 00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:56.000 and we 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.360 are just 00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.059 so busy 00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:57.700 and so 00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.740 self-focused 00:45:58.740 --> 00:46:01.880 that we 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.320 miss the 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:02.720 blessings 00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:04.580 that you 00:46:04.580 --> 00:46:04.900 want for 00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.400 your people 00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:09.100 lord I 00:46:09.100 --> 00:46:10.019 just confess 00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:11.820 I beg 00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:12.460 your forgiveness 00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:14.240 in my own 00:46:14.240 --> 00:46:14.980 selfishness 00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:18.100 I beg your 00:46:18.100 --> 00:46:18.480 forgiveness 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.240 just for my 00:46:19.240 --> 00:46:19.559 own 00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:21.320 pride 00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:22.059 and arrogance 00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:24.779 trying to 00:46:24.779 --> 00:46:25.440 live life 00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:26.420 often as a 00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:27.019 lone wolf 00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.559 Christian 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.079 and not 00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.699 realizing that 00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:29.039 you've put 00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.599 this body 00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.139 of Christ 00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.840 around us 00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.559 to serve 00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.279 and to 00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:32.880 minister 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.559 to us 00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:36.239 lord I 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:36.719 pray for 00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:38.039 all of 00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.460 your children 00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.920 here 00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:41.460 that you 00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.759 would open 00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:42.380 their eyes 00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:42.900 to your 00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.420 grace 00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.579 and your 00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:44.960 mercy 00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:46.659 and the 00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:46.960 gift of 00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.360 your spirit 00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:47.639 that you've 00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.119 given them 00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:50.440 lord I 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.679 pray for 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.259 this church 00:46:51.260 --> 00:46:51.580 that we 00:46:51.580 --> 00:46:51.940 wouldn't be 00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.340 a church 00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:52.740 with a 00:46:52.740 --> 00:46:53.300 hand chopped 00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:53.520 off 00:46:53.520 --> 00:46:53.720 or an 00:46:53.720 --> 00:46:54.260 arm chopped 00:46:54.260 --> 00:46:54.580 off 00:46:54.580 --> 00:46:55.740 maybe even 00:46:55.740 --> 00:46:56.120 our head 00:46:56.120 --> 00:46:56.420 chopped 00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:56.660 off 00:46:56.660 --> 00:46:57.100 because we 00:46:57.100 --> 00:46:58.020 refuse to 00:46:58.020 --> 00:47:00.160 accept all 00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:00.380 of your 00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:01.440 blessings in 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.020 our life 00:47:02.020 --> 00:47:04.220 lord I 00:47:04.220 --> 00:47:04.620 pray for us 00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:05.180 as individuals 00:47:05.180 --> 00:47:05.700 as we live 00:47:05.700 --> 00:47:06.120 out these 00:47:06.120 --> 00:47:06.580 gifts and 00:47:06.580 --> 00:47:07.060 these blessings 00:47:07.060 --> 00:47:07.340 that we 00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:07.620 would know 00:47:07.620 --> 00:47:07.920 that the 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.480 focus is 00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.640 on others 00:47:09.640 --> 00:47:10.900 and on the 00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.240 body 00:47:11.240 --> 00:47:12.680 and that it's 00:47:12.680 --> 00:47:13.660 not on us 00:47:13.660 --> 00:47:16.640 lord most of 00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:16.940 all I just 00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:17.260 pray that we 00:47:17.260 --> 00:47:17.460 would be 00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.900 different 00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:20.380 pray that we 00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:20.800 would trust 00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.119 you 00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:23.099 that we 00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:23.460 would walk 00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.940 with you 00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:25.640 that whenever 00:47:25.640 --> 00:47:26.519 we have a 00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.940 struggle we 00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.340 would look to 00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:27.960 your son and 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:29.079 realize that in 00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.920 his life and in 00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:30.700 his words and his 00:47:30.700 --> 00:47:31.519 actions there is 00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:32.480 truth in life and 00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:33.300 there is the true 00:47:33.300 --> 00:47:36.160 spirit help us to 00:47:36.160 --> 00:47:37.300 call him lord 00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:40.000 help us to call him 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.820 savior show us 00:47:42.820 --> 00:47:43.539 what that next step 00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:44.320 is as we surrender 00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:45.480 our lives to you and 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.820 ask you to change us 00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:47.400 and to make us 00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:47.800 different 00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:50.340 lord we pray for 00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:50.940 this church 00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:51.599 watermark 00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:53.139 we talk a lot 00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:53.740 about missions 00:47:53.740 --> 00:47:54.440 we talk a lot 00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:55.119 about the gospel 00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:55.740 we talk a lot 00:47:55.740 --> 00:47:56.519 about out there 00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:57.079 and serving 00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:58.760 and often we 00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:00.500 just don't do 00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:01.180 it 00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:07.980 father we need 00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.240 you 00:48:08.240 --> 00:48:10.700 we lift up all 00:48:10.700 --> 00:48:11.200 these things to 00:48:11.200 --> 00:48:11.660 you and we pray 00:48:11.660 --> 00:48:12.119 these things to 00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:12.579 your son Jesus 00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:13.200 holy name 00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:15.200 amen 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:17.879 you 00:48:17.879 --> 00:48:19.719 you 00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:20.019 you 00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:20.179 you 00:48:20.179 --> 00:48:22.099 you 00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:23.319 you 00:48:23.319 --> 00:48:23.980 you 00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:24.039 you 00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:27.099 you 00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:28.839 you 00:48:28.839 --> 00:48:29.699 you 00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:33.719 you 00:48:35.859 --> 00:48:35.899 you 00:48:35.899 --> 00:48:36.839 you 00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:36.939 you 00:48:37.359 --> 00:48:37.839 you 00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:38.019 you