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 We're reading from 1 Corinthians 12, 12 to 27.

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 And just to give an intro to this passage,

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 we're at a point in Paul's ministry

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 where the Corinthians are having a bit of a problem

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 with their community.

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 There's individuals, lots of individuals in the community

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 that are trying to big note themselves

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 by talking about their spiritual gifts.

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 And Paul's really trying to bring everyone together

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 as a community and try to focus not on the individual

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 but on the whole body of Christ.

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 For just as the body is one and has many members,

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 and all the members of the body, though many, are one body,

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 so it is with Christ.

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 For in one spirit we are all baptized into one body,

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 Jews or Greeks, slaves or free,

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 and all were made to drink of one spirit.

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 For the body does not consist of one member,

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 but of many.

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 If the foot should say,

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 because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,

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 that would not make it any less a part of the body.

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 If the ear should say,

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 because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,

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 that would make it no less a part of the body.

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 It would make it no less a part of the body.

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 If the whole body were an eye,

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 where would the sense of hearing be?

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 If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell?

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 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them as he chose.

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 If all were a single member, where would the body be?

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 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.

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 The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you.

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 Nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

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 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable.

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 And on those parts of the body that we think less honourable, we bestow the greater honour.

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 And our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require.

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 But God has so composed the body, giving greater honour to the part that lacked it,

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 that there may be no division in the body,

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 but that the members may have the same care for one another.

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 If one member suffers, all suffer together.

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 If one member is honoured, all rejoice together.

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 That you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

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 Well, good morning everyone.

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 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word.

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 Father, I pray that you would increase each one of our understanding of who we are.

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 And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, what's in it for me?

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 What's in it for me?

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 I've used this illustration before.

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 I can't find a better one, so I'm going to reuse it.

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 But have you noticed what the recruitment messages on the Australian Defence Force website is like?

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 Whatever advertising you see.

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 The first thing you see when you open the webpage is,

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 find your ideal role in the Australian Defence Force.

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 Find your ideal role.

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 Another spot in the website says,

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 in the ADF, you will enjoy a rich and rewarding blend of career and lifestyle opportunities,

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 plus fulfilling, well-paid work, job security, and numerous benefits.

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 Now, I can't think of a job that should be more self-sacrificing than being in the Defence Force.

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 But it's not saying, what can you do for your country?

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 It's not even saying, protect the ones you love.

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 It's like, look at how it's going to help you.

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 What's in it for me?

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 I just want to use that as an illustration that we live in an individualistic culture.

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 And that is a big challenge to being the church God has created us to be.

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 Now, I want to clarify that if we lived in a different culture,

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 if we lived in a more collective, group, family-minded culture,

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 many cultures in Asia, for instance, we would need a different sermon.

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 Community built on hierarchy and social rank can create other problems.

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 Sacrificing the individual for the sake of the group,

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 or a person's value is based on where they're ranked in the group,

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 or you're doing all things for the sake of honouring those who are at the top of the group,

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 or the tribalism between families and groups.

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 There's lots of things that would be a problem

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 and would need a totally different sermon if we were in a different culture.

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 I'm saying that in the hope that you don't hear me say in this sermon,

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 we just need to be more community-minded.

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 Because the Bible gives us a totally different understanding.

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 Please don't hear me say,

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 you need to sacrifice self for the sake of more service in the community.

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 That's not the main thrust of this message.

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 And I'm hoping that's a bit of a surprise to you.

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 And hopefully I can demonstrate that in God's word.

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 So we would need a different sermon if we were in a different culture.

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 But the threat for us today in our individualistic culture is that

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 we're either going to succumb to this individualistic thinking,

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 what's in it for me, as we engage in community based on that,

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 or we have the opportunity to just be a compelling difference

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 to a world that's absolutely, a society that's so starved of community.

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 It's a big threat or a big opportunity.

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 I want to spend a few minutes just pointing to a few symptoms,

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 touching hopefully on some sore spots of where I think we can see some symptoms

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 of this mindset in the church, in our society.

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 It may not be totally within our church, but there's probably bits and pieces of this.

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 Let me try and, oh, let me start with church leaders.

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 I think this topic we can just aim at congregation.

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 I want to start with leaders.

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 How can leaders think what's in it for me?

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 Well, if dominant motivation as a pastor and as a leader is what's in it for me,

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 if my personal success as a pastor is all in measurable categories,

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 measurable metrics like increasing in numbers in this church

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 or the number of programs we're running

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 and the number of staff we're putting on

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 and the number of events reaching our community

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 and the number of services and church plants we're doing

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 and so on and so on,

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 my identity and value as a leader could be bound up in all these things.

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 And there's problems with that

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 because character issues in leaders can be dismissed

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 because look at all the ministry fruit, look at all the success.

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 Individuals changing churches,

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 there can be competition between churches.

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 As if it's a marketplace for consumers,

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 as if we're competing.

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 Someone might come into the church and I go,

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 excellent, we're building,

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 rather than going, should you be here

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 or should you be going back to the church you came from?

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 Is it spiritually good for you?

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 Is there another church in this area that's better for you?

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 Decisions on how to operate as a church

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 can be based on what works rather than what God calls us to be?

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 If it's all about what I'm getting out of it.

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 I think we see it with leaders

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 when the validation for ministry isn't coming

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 and leaders give up and change congregation

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 to go find somewhere where they feel more validated.

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 Leaving too soon.

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 So I don't know what you think about all that,

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 but I want to start with leaders

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 that even those seeming to be sacrificing a lot for community,

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 can it be driven by what's in it for me mentality?

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 What about symptoms for the congregation generally?

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 Well, I think a what's in it for me mentality

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 can be seen in the unspoken answer,

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 well, not much.

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 There's not much in it for me.

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 So I'll just turn up here and there

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 when it fits in around the rest of my life

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 that there's much more in those things.

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 I think we can engage in community

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 based on things other than Christ.

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 It's common needs.

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 What's in it for me is friendship.

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 I can find people like me.

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 And when that's going well, church is great.

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 When friendships, for whatever reason,

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 dislocation, whatever,

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 your interest in church drops off.

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 Maybe community based on

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 this is a great place for my children.

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 A moral environment to grow up in.

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 Mutual support as parents.

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 It can be a consumer mindset

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 that it's the clergy who give you the spiritual ministry

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 and I'm the consumer.

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 I think we can engage in ministry roles

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 according to,

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 is this volunteering convenient?

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 Am I being appreciated or not?

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 Am I feeling important by doing it?

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 Or when I'm thinking of leaving a church,

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 do I see it as my decision alone?

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 Or do I get the input

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 of brothers and sisters and pastors

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 to know,

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 is it right to dislocate

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 from this church family?

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 So I've just sprayed a bunch of symptoms,

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 both leaders and congregation,

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 and I'll let you weigh those up.

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 But I think this

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 fundamental driving

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 principle in our culture

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 can be driving us

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 as we engage in church.

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 What's in it for me?

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 It can look okay

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 for times

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 on the surface,

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 but

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 it will erode

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 the church family.

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 I think we see it

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 eroding biological family,

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 don't we?

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 What's in it for me?

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 So what's the antidote

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 to viewing yourself

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 and viewing the church

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 individualistically?

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 What's the antidote

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 to this sort of thinking?

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 Well,

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 we're going to look

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 at 1 Corinthians,

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 so if you can open to,

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 and stay open to,

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 1 Corinthians 12.

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 We're going to look

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 at the fundamental problem.

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 And our fundamental problem

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 is our understanding

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 of our personal salvation.

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 Here we see

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 who we now are.

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 So,

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 just for some context,

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 the original situation

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 Paul is speaking to,

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 the Corinthian church

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 was characterised

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 by division

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 and envy

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 and competition.

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 They had a very narrow

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 definition of gifting,

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 and

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 they were prioritising

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 the more showy

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 and spectacular gifts,

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 and they thought

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 the capabilities

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 that they had,

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 they were using them

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 to validate themselves.

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 It was a very

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 individual approach

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 to gifting.

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 Now,

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 in their case,

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 they were prioritising

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 the so-called

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 spiritual gifts,

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 the gifts of the spirit.

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 I don't think

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 we're in danger

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 at this present moment

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 to do that,

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 the speaking in tongues

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 and the healings

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 and such,

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 but

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 we might be tempted

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 to equate belonging

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 and importance

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 in the church

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 with a narrow

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 definition of gifting.

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 We might

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 prioritise

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 teaching gifts

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 over other gifts

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 or ability

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 to pray.

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 We might

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 prioritise

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 having authority

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 in positions

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 and office.

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 or

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 we might

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 be tempted

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 to evaluate

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 people's belonging

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 and importance

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 based on worldly

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 criteria.

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 If there's

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 measures of respect

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 out in the world,

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 they're the measures

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 we use in here.

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 So we still

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 can have this

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 mentality,

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 even if it's not

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 the particular

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 problem they had.

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 The foundation

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 Paul lays

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 is crucial

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 for us

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 to understand.

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 Yes,

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 God saves

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 us

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 individual

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 by individual.

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 He saves

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 us

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 individually.

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 But what

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 it means

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 to be saved

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 is that

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 I am now

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 vitally

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 connected

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 to Jesus.

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 I'm not

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 an individual.

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 The essence

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 of salvation,

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 we might

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 see it

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 by asking

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 this question,

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 whose are you?

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 Whose are you?

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 Are you

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 your own?

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 No.

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 Are you

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 the groups,

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 the families?

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 No.

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 You are

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 Christ.

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 Who you

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 are has

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 fundamentally

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 changed.

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 You belong

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 to Christ.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 he created

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 us.

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 We always

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 belonged to

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 him in that

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 sense.

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 But now

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 we actually

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 know it

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 and love

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 it and

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 believe it

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 and we

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 are connected

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 to him.

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 Paul loves

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 the phrase

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 that a

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 believer is

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 in Christ.

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 Christ is

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 in us

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 by his

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 spirit and

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 that's what

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 verses 12

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 to 13

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 are about.

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 That our

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 baptism

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 pictures this.

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 The water

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 baptism pictures

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 the spiritual

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 reality that

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 occurred when

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 we had faith.

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 That we

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 are now

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 joined to

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 him and

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 he is

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 in us

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 by his

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 spirit.

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 We are

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 not

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 individuals.

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 We are

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 individuals,

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 aren't we?

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 But we

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 aren't alone.

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 To be

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 saved is

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 to be

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 joined to

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 Jesus

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 forever

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 into

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 eternity.

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 So then

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 Paul goes

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 on to use

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 the metaphor

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 of a

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 body

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 to help

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 us

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 understand

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 what it

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 means to

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 be joined

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 to Jesus.

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 Now as

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 we go

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 through this

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 passage,

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 I want to

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 first ask,

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 are you

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 coming at

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 it thinking

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 that the

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 primary message

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 is Christians

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 act like a

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 body?

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 I don't

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 think that's

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 the primary

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 emphasis.

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 I think the

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 primary emphasis

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 is,

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 Christian,

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 you are

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 a body.

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 Do you

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 hear the

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 difference there?

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 It's not

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 saying you

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 need to act

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 like it,

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 it's

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 saying,

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 look at

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 what God

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 has done.

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 He has

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 created a

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 body.

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 That's the

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 primary emphasis

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 here.

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 It's about

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 what God

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 has done.

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 The basis

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 of your

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 belonging

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 to Jesus,

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 belonging to

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 this church,

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 if you're a

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 believer,

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 is what

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 God has

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 done.

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 God

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 arranged the

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 members in

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 the body,

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 each one

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 of them,

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 there's the

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 individual,

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 each one

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 of them,

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 as he

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 chose.

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 He

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 arranged.

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 We come

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 into this

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 church for

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 all different

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 motivations,

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 but sovereignly,

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 God is the

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 one who's

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 chosen how

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 we are

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 arranged.

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 It may

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 appear very

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 random,

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 not how you

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 might put it

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 together,

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 put us

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 together,

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 but he has

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 sovereignly put

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 us together as

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 we are.

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 Again,

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.799
 verse 24,

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:50.279
 halfway through

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.660
 the verse,

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 it's God who

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 has composed

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 the body.

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 That word

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 can mean

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 blended,

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 not to

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 eradicate

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 distinction,

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 but there's

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 just harmony,

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 there's a

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.599
 composition of

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 the body.

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 He

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 harmonises

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 the diversity.

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 He's not

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 after vanilla

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 flavour,

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 he's after

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 unity with

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 all our

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 diversity.

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 And it's

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 the spirit

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 filling this

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 body.

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 Again,

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 it's what

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 God does

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 primarily in

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 this passage.

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 It's the

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:29.240
 spirit who

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.899
 apportions

00:18:29.899 --> 00:18:30.339
 gifts.

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 We can

00:18:31.639 --> 00:18:31.879
 look at

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.379
 verse 7.

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 To each

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 is given

00:18:34.459 --> 00:18:35.240
 the manifestation

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.859
 of the

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 spirit for

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.659
 the common

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.159
 good.

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 It's the

00:18:40.219 --> 00:18:40.859
 spirit who

00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:41.480
 apportions

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.179
 gifts and

00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:42.980
 functions in

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.599
 this body to

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 each member.

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 If you're a

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.399
 believer, you

00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:49.519
 are spirit

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.719
 filled.

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 spirit

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.839
 filled.

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 You might

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.339
 doubt that

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 because you

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 have a

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 narrow

00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.920
 definition of

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 what that

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 looks like.

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 We'll come

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.420
 to that

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.660
 later.

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 But

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.660
 understand

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:07.019
 that we

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.460
 are all

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.880
 spirit

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.299
 filled.

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 We are

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:11.100
 given a

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.660
 function to

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.660
 perform for

00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.120
 the common

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.420
 good.

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 and we

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 all have

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.660
 the same

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 Lord.

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 Verses 4

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 to 6,

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 it's a bit

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.160
 of a

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.800
 Trinitarian

00:19:21.800 --> 00:19:22.779
 comment.

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 We all

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 have the

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 same

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.539
 Lord Jesus

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.480
 motivating

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 us.

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 Ultimately,

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 I'm to

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.580
 serve you

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 because that's

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.360
 how I

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.860
 serve my

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.180
 Lord.

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 I think

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.820
 Paul puts

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.240
 it in his

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.140
 letters in

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.680
 2 Corinthians

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 4 verse

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.700
 5.

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 What we

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 proclaim is

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.860
 not ourselves

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.500
 but Jesus

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.120
 Christ as

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.680
 Lord with

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:47.120
 ourselves as

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.279
 your servants

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.960
 for Jesus'

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.640
 sake.

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 I'm

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.420
 serving for

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.720
 Jesus'

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.039
 sake.

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.840
 We have a

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.080
 common

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.420
 Lord.

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.039
 So this

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.400
 body,

00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:00.000
 it's

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.700
 assembled by

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.080
 God.

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.759
 It's the

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.500
 Lord driving,

00:20:04.100 --> 00:20:04.860
 motivating and

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.539
 directing all

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:05.860
 of us.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.279
 It's the

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.200
 spirit filling

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.900
 and empowering

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.340
 us to

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:08.700
 function

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.160
 differently,

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.740
 to serve

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.040
 for the

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.259
 common

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.560
 good.

00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.040
 It's

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:11.560
 what God

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.000
 has done.

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.759
 We are

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.540
 in Christ.

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.019
 We are

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.279
 to be

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.920
 one body.

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 So what's

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.460
 God's

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.060
 purpose in

00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:22.700
 creating the

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.279
 church body

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.800
 like this?

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.800
 We see

00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:26.060
 that in

00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:26.860
 verse 25.

00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.740
 Here's his

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.080
 purpose,

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.519
 that there

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 may be no

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.900
 division in

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.259
 the body,

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.620
 but that

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.240
 the members

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.920
 may have

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.560
 the same

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.259
 care for

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.740
 one another.

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 That word

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.860
 care,

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.519
 it's also

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.920
 the same

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.480
 word used

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.300
 for anxiety,

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.019
 concern.

00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:48.500
 God has

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.720
 so assembled

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.620
 his church

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.519
 that we're

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.000
 not equal.

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.620
 There's

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 huge

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 differences,

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 but he's

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.500
 so created

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 us that

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 there's no

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 division,

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 but equal

00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:02.840
 concern for

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 every single

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.259
 member in

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.700
 his body.

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 that's

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.120
 his goal,

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.600
 that's

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:07.819
 what he

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.140
 wants,

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:10.319
 that's

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.680
 what he's

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.880
 going to

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.340
 produce.

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 And we

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.160
 see that

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.299
 especially,

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.059
 verse 26,

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:19.279
 when one

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.039
 member suffers

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.460
 or one

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.000
 member is

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.360
 honoured.

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 Like how

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.220
 can my

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.980
 body be at

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.500
 peace if

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.140
 one part

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.539
 of me is

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:26.900
 hurting?

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.279
 You can't,

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.620
 can it?

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:31.919
 even if,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.179
 like I had

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.979
 an infected

00:21:33.979 --> 00:21:34.919
 finger recently

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.319
 and it's

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.699
 just like,

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 it's just,

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.459
 it affected

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:37.899
 my whole

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 mentality.

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 It's just,

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 I have to

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.599
 deal with

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.059
 my little

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.459
 finger,

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.019
 I've got to

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.339
 deal with

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.479
 it.

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.979
 You can't

00:21:44.979 --> 00:21:45.259
 be at

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.639
 peace.

00:21:46.479 --> 00:21:47.339
 If one

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.819
 member is

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.199
 suffering,

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.019
 you feel

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.259
 that,

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.399
 you are

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 concerned

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.619
 about it.

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 And when

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.059
 one is

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.399
 honoured,

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 it doesn't

00:21:57.239 --> 00:21:57.739
 say we're

00:21:57.739 --> 00:21:58.379
 all honoured,

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 it says we

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.440
 all rejoice.

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.560
 Imagine that.

00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:04.080
 Someone preaches

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.580
 better than

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.680
 me and I

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:05.940
 go,

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:06.980
 oh,

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:07.980
 that's not

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.380
 a threat.

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.360
 The body

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.720
 is being

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.080
 built,

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.020
 fantastic.

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 It's an

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.840
 incredible

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.480
 thing that

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.000
 God creates.

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.640
 He wants

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.200
 a community

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:24.080
 that is

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.720
 like him

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.400
 and is

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.780
 unlike

00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.460
 anything else

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.740
 in this

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.020
 world.

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.640
 Because

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:28.940
 that's

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.320
 what gives

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.880
 him glory,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.280
 as we

00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:30.640
 saw in

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.040
 Ephesians

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.340
 3.

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 So

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.700
 understanding

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.000
 with the

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.180
 body,

00:22:37.280 --> 00:22:37.440
 we've got

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.000
 to understand

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.580
 his goal,

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.820
 this unity.

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.560
 And

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:42.800
 secondly,

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.060
 we've got

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:43.640
 to understand

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:45.760
 what is

00:22:45.760 --> 00:22:46.240
 the main

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.800
 thing that

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.260
 keeps this

00:22:47.260 --> 00:22:47.980
 body alive.

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.660
 It's not,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.420
 giftedness is

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.860
 important,

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.400
 but I

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.880
 ordered the

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.380
 sermon this

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.440
 way because

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.080
 I want to

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.940
 prioritise what

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.000
 Paul prioritises.

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.560
 what God

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.380
 prioritises through

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.580
 Paul,

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:00.920
 which is

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.880
 chapter 13.

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.600
 His main

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.300
 point is for

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:04.540
 them to

00:23:04.540 --> 00:23:05.640
 understand that

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:07.720
 love is all

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.160
 that matters,

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.440
 is the main

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.740
 thing.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.280
 Verses 1 to 3

00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:13.360
 of chapter 13,

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.259
 if I speak in

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.959
 tongues of men

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.579
 and angels but

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.879
 have not

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.659
 love, I'm a

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.659
 noisy gong or

00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.419
 a clanging

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.179
 cymbal.

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.819
 If I have

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.639
 prophetic powers

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.179
 and understand

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:23.000
 all mysteries and

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.539
 all knowledge,

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.439
 and if I have

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:26.039
 faith to remove

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.639
 mountains but

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.279
 have not love,

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.219
 I am nothing.

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:29.259
 If I give

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.899
 away all I

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.579
 have and if I

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.699
 deliver up my

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.240
 body to be

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.019
 burned but

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.379
 have not

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:36.439
 love, I

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.139
 gain nothing.

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.939
 It's

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.339
 pointless.

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.799
 Love is the

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.459
 essential thing

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.759
 here.

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.799
 I think

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.579
 even in the

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:48.980
 church we

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.519
 talk about

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.079
 playing to

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.759
 our strengths

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:55.660
 or we

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.140
 talk about

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.880
 being called

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.460
 to a very

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.980
 narrow,

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.039
 defined area

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.640
 of ministry

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:01.160
 and I just

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.860
 wonder how

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.460
 much of that

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.860
 is for

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.519
 our own

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.039
 self-validation

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:11.500
 when we're

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.379
 called here to

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.960
 share the

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.279
 love of

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.740
 Christ.

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.720
 Any

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.399
 strength I

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:19.159
 have, if

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.559
 there's any

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.480
 need, I

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.980
 will try and

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.359
 meet it,

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.720
 whether I

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.220
 feel strong

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.619
 or not.

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.319
 And if I

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.720
 can't meet

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.420
 that need,

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.099
 I'll push

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.899
 that person to

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.259
 someone who

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.700
 can meet

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.119
 that need.

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.019
 It's not

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.440
 about playing

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.879
 the strengths,

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.159
 I don't

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.339
 think.

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:37.259
 Corinthians,

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.339
 Paul is

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.619
 saying, you

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:38.939
 want to be

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.459
 spiritual?

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.619
 Stop looking

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:41.879
 at your

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.459
 giftedness,

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.480
 although it

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.839
 is given

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.159
 by the

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.959
 Spirit and

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.220
 we'll come

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.519
 to that

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.899
 next.

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.919
 But what's

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.299
 truly spiritual,

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:48.899
 what's truly

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.419
 great is

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.000
 having the

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.579
 love of God,

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.000
 having the

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.279
 love of

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.699
 Christ.

00:24:52.700 --> 00:25:00.460
 an example

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.059
 of this

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.840
 might be,

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.539
 to contrast,

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.440
 someone could

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.380
 come up the

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:06.460
 front and

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.220
 pray

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.160
 confidently,

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.500
 eloquently,

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.019
 and as

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.720
 Jesus says

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.160
 in Matthew

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.279
 7, it

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.920
 could all be

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.580
 just so that

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.039
 you look at

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.319
 them.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.519
 And God

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.900
 looks at

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.100
 that and

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.400
 goes,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.340
 that's just,

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.920
 you're a

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.340
 hypocrite.

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.480
 But then

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.120
 in private

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.759
 conversation,

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.559
 you're talking

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.019
 to someone

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.380
 and they

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.740
 just don't

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.580
 understand God's

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.019
 word or

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.240
 they're

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.700
 struggling,

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.360
 really

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.799
 struggling,

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.600
 and you

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:31.860
 want to

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.340
 help them,

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.100
 you don't

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.700
 feel confident

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.160
 at all,

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.779
 you try and

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.319
 pray and

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.779
 you fumble

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.319
 through it

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.539
 and you're

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.860
 not sure

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.140
 if the

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.779
 prayer reaches

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.360
 the ceiling,

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.759
 let alone

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.100
 God.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.120
 And God

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.440
 looks at

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.240
 that because

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.620
 you're doing

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.100
 it in love

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.559
 and goes,

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.400
 that's great.

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.380
 Because it's

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.019
 motivated by

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.420
 love,

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.420
 for Christ's

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.580
 sake.

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:55.900
 love flowing

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.319
 through this

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.880
 body is what

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.660
 is going to

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.000
 keep us

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.440
 alive.

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.299
 So having

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.720
 established

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.039
 that,

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.140
 now let's

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.460
 look at

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.039
 giftedness.

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.660
 The Spirit

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.740
 empowers each

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.319
 individual for

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.700
 the good of

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:09.940
 the whole

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.240
 body.

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.640
 So verses

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.700
 14 to

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.460
 19 deal

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.059
 with people

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:17.279
 who feel

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.600
 like they've

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.940
 got nothing

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.319
 to offer,

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:20.359
 and then

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.299
 verses 21

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:23.240
 to 24 deal

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.659
 with people

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.659
 who think

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:26.039
 they're pretty

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.500
 independent,

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.319
 that they

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.619
 don't need

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.019
 the others.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.319
 So first,

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.700
 what if you

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.159
 feel like you

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.500
 have nothing

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.879
 to offer?

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.419
 By the way,

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:36.779
 I don't think

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.079
 you're meant

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.700
 to identify

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.879
 what am I?

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.399
 Am I the

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.859
 little finger?

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.659
 I don't think

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.139
 that's the point

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.480
 of this

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.460
 metaphor.

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:49.340
 but pretending

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.059
 that you're

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.340
 imagining

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.840
 yourself as

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.259
 the foot,

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.600
 perhaps you're

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.240
 more lowly,

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.660
 you're in the

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.039
 dust,

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.579
 you're less

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.480
 capable than

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.960
 the hand,

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.880
 and you look

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.440
 at the hand

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.200
 and you conclude,

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.220
 I'm not like

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.519
 that,

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.059
 so I don't

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.380
 belong.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.640
 I can't get

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.079
 up front

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:12.220
 and serve

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.660
 in public

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:12.799
 music,

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.460
 I can't play

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.840
 music,

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:15.899
 I'm not

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:17.119
 extroverted

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.799
 and able to

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.240
 speak to

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.599
 lots and

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.899
 lots of

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.240
 people,

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.419
 I'm not

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:20.720
 sure what

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.139
 else we

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.879
 narrowly

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.439
 define gifts

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:22.679
 as,

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:25.939
 but to

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.339
 have a

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.779
 narrow

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.379
 mindset,

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.959
 it can

00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.679
 create this

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.619
 division and

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.119
 it can make

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.480
 us even

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.339
 start doubting

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:34.139
 whether we're

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.699
 spirit-filled

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.079
 or not.

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.019
 And I

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.740
 think we

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.039
 can have

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.079
 two common

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.399
 errors,

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.059
 I think we

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.379
 can talk

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.859
 about gifting

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.419
 in terms of

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.419
 formal roles,

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:47.139
 and I

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.619
 think we

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.139
 can look

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.539
 at gifting

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.119
 as if it's

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.399
 fixed rather

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.859
 than dynamic

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.579
 and growing.

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.579
 Verse 17

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.059
 to 20,

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.099
 verse 17

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.720
 tells us

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:01.379
 one part

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.099
 can't do the

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.439
 part of

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:02.720
 another,

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.579
 like this

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.119
 church would

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.959
 be seriously

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.839
 unhealthy if

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.299
 all the

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.000
 behind-the-scenes

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.480
 ministries

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.359
 suddenly stopped,

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.419
 if all the

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:10.240
 little conversations,

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.259
 all the meals

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.839
 being sent,

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.419
 all the

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.779
 prayers

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.199
 being offered,

00:28:13.459 --> 00:28:13.799
 like this

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.399
 church would

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:16.240
 wither.

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.339
 We need

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.059
 each part

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.179
 functioning

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:22.179
 to be

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.000
 interdependent.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.579
 Verse 18

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.939
 encourages,

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:28.859
 God arrange

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.319
 the members

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.839
 in the body,

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.480
 each one of

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.619
 them.

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.799
 Don't wait

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.119
 to feel

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.539
 confident,

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.279
 trust,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.199
 he's put

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:34.619
 you here,

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.980
 he's got

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.179
 purpose for

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.419
 you.

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:42.660
 verse 19

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.140
 to 20,

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.360
 to reinforce

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.820
 again,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.440
 he wants

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.100
 diversity

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.420
 in the

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.620
 body.

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.039
 He's not

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.380
 after

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.060
 uniformity,

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.700
 but unity.

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.240
 You are

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.940
 spirit-filled.

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.019
 If you

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.640
 trust Jesus

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.000
 as your

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.300
 Lord,

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.100
 that's your

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.680
 starting point,

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.259
 you are

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.860
 spirit-filled.

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.140
 How do you

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.480
 know what

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.940
 God calls

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.240
 you to?

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:07.279
 I'm going

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.720
 to suggest

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:13.359
 whatever need

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.380
 you see

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:16.839
 for people

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.240
 to live

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.720
 for Jesus,

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.220
 to know

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.440
 him,

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.339
 to be

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.880
 encouraged,

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.799
 to be

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.400
 comforted,

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.359
 whatever need

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.740
 you see,

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.059
 that's a

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.640
 great starting

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.819
 point to go,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.319
 okay,

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.799
 God wants

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.019
 you to

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.420
 meet that.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.160
 I really

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.480
 love a

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.940
 quote by

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.339
 William

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.920
 Wilberforce

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.300
 who,

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.660
 he's probably

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.259
 such a

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.640
 common name,

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:36.880
 I don't

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.060
 need to

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.400
 say this,

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.060
 but who

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.860
 helped to

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.800
 bring down

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.460
 slavery in

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.700
 England,

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.140
 but he's

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.380
 got a

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.680
 really good

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.220
 quote that

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:46.100
 if you

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:47.660
 have the

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.440
 health and

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.960
 the ability,

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.900
 he says,

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.100
 no person

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.740
 has a right

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.420
 to be idle

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:55.500
 in such a

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.000
 world as

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.240
 this,

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.660
 such a

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.240
 broken world

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.620
 as this,

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.519
 that you

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.900
 may not

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.580
 find some

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.279
 ignorance

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.940
 to instruct,

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.800
 some wrong,

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.400
 to redress,

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.539
 some want

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.480
 to supply,

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.580
 some misery

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.960
 to alleviate.

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.560
 I kind of

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:14.820
 like that,

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:16.039
 I'm trying to

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.820
 expand our

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:18.039
 idea of

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.380
 ministry.

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.980
 Yeah,

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.480
 anyway,

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.539
 I've probably

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.860
 said enough.

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.420
 Let's move on

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.960
 to those,

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.840
 verse 21 to

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.340
 24,

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.180
 those who

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.820
 feel that

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.259
 they are

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.920
 gifted and

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.580
 don't need

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.000
 others.

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:33.259
 as soon

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.480
 as the

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.099
 attitude of

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.819
 not seeing

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.359
 a person

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.180
 as needed

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.599
 in this

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:36.859
 church,

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.299
 maybe you

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.740
 see someone

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.079
 as a

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.460
 burden,

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.380
 that is

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.859
 difficult.

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.839
 Any

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.640
 superior

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.259
 attitude

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:46.880
 means that

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.160
 whatever

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.099
 gifting you

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.460
 think you

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.039
 do have,

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.579
 however busy

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.140
 you are,

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.700
 it's

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.339
 unchristian.

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:57.879
 if you're

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.419
 using your

00:30:58.419 --> 00:31:00.179
 function to

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.839
 bolster your

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.279
 own self

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.859
 importance,

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.319
 rather than

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.859
 using it for

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.399
 the function

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.220
 for Christ's

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.500
 sake to

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.819
 build up

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.139
 others,

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.740
 it is

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.459
 unchristian

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.959
 because it's

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.459
 lacking,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.720
 chapter 13,

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.259
 the love of

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.679
 Christ.

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.439
 Our

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:17.099
 attitude to

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.599
 people who

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.179
 seem less

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.559
 important should

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.079
 be God's

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.439
 attitude.

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.319
 Here's

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.399
 verse 22.

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:25.659
 On the

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:25.980
 contrary,

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.579
 the parts of

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.919
 the body

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.679
 that seem

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:27.959
 to be

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.319
 weaker

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.720
 are

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.759
 indispensable.

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.059
 They've

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.279
 got a

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.619
 little bit

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:33.959
 to offer,

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.299
 just

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.240
 appreciate

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.699
 the little

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.099
 bit they've

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.339
 got to

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.559
 offer,

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.539
 they are

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.559
 indispensable.

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.279
 That's

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.559
 God's

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.879
 attitude.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.119
 I think

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.980
 in verse

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.500
 23 and

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.919
 24,

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.599
 using the

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.099
 body metaphor

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.679
 again in

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.079
 clothing,

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.220
 he teaches

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.099
 us how to

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.679
 think of

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.059
 people

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.299
 who are

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.879
 different

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.339
 than us.

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.819
 The

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.679
 unpresentable

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.159
 parts of

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.539
 our bodies,

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.039
 I assume

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.339
 that's

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.879
 talking about

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.679
 the sexual

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.240
 organs and

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.799
 the excretion,

00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:05.659
 but I

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.799
 assume that's

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.079
 what it's

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.500
 talking about.

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.240
 Now how do

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.619
 we treat

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.919
 that in

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.259
 our own

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.480
 body?

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.159
 We give

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.919
 special

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.759
 attention to

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:13.899
 it.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.000
 We clothe it

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.700
 especially.

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:19.440
 we treat

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.680
 it with

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.299
 more honour

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.660
 than we

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.360
 do our

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.819
 presentable

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.380
 parts like

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.779
 the hands

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.120
 and stuff.

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.860
 I don't

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.539
 need to

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.900
 cover my

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.039
 hand,

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.779
 but that's

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.080
 the kind

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.500
 of attitude

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.500
 we should

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.799
 have.

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.799
 More

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.360
 concern,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.460
 more

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.059
 special

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.779
 regard for.

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.720
 I don't

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:34.960
 think it's

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.440
 about covering

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.920
 up and

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.480
 hiding away

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.799
 from the

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.039
 world.

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.500
 your attitude

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.059
 towards it.

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.839
 The person

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:42.240
 who I don't

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.700
 think I

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.039
 need,

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.599
 I should

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.099
 be treating

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.659
 especially

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:47.220
 as someone

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.639
 who's loved

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.159
 by God

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.720
 and needed

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.099
 in this

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.440
 church.

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.440
 I think

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.019
 people who

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.019
 like that,

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.539
 I think

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.920
 their very

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.559
 presence

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.440
 reminds us

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.379
 that we

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.559
 are a

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.980
 community

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.119
 created by

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.059
 grace and

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.680
 not by

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.400
 effort.

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.539
 There's

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.360
 probably a

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.860
 million other

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.900
 ways all

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.259
 of us are

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.759
 indispensable.

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.220
 Hopefully the

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.900
 conversation will

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.580
 continue after

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.080
 this sermon.

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.940
 So if we

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.680
 preach church

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.440
 asking what's

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.759
 in it for

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.600
 me, at

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.140
 best we're

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.460
 going to be

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.900
 just this

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.640
 organisation

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.900
 built on

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.779
 transactional

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.320
 relating.

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.620
 It's going

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.560
 to be a

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.200
 community that

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.759
 you can find

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.259
 anywhere in

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.539
 the world.

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.600
 But the

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.700
 solution is

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.620
 not about

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.380
 don't be

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:45.799
 less selfish.

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.340
 That's not

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.799
 the solution.

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.620
 The solution

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.299
 is understand

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.400
 who me is.

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.720
 Who are you

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.960
 now?

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:52.860
 You're

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:54.480
 united to

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.900
 Christ.

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.420
 You're

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.120
 arranged in

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.539
 the body

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.299
 by God.

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:58.900
 You're

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.980
 spirit-filled

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.299
 to serve

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:03.200
 your Lord

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.340
 by serving

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.900
 his people.

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:04.960
 people.

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.540
 I am

00:34:06.540 --> 00:34:06.920
 part of

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.519
 something so

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.119
 much bigger

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.619
 than me

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.400
 now and

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.740
 it's by

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.380
 being part

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.720
 of something

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.079
 so much

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.420
 bigger than

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.800
 me that

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:13.440
 I flourish

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.860
 as an

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.300
 individual.

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.400
 It's a

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.220
 community that

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.519
 doesn't

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.639
 sacrifice the

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:21.860
 individual but

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.320
 we're the whole

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.500
 community sacrificing

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.139
 for the

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.680
 individual and

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.180
 one another.

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.680
 Equal concern

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.299
 and anxiety

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.659
 for one

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.879
 another.

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.319
 No envy

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:32.480
 and human

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.119
 criteria for

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.960
 different value

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.919
 but all loved

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.619
 by grace.

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.139
 Now that's a

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:41.179
 community I

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.739
 want to be part

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:41.839
 of.

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.480
 I'm glad I'm

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.839
 part of.

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.699
 I am part

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.879
 of.

00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.359
 So the

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.960
 solution here

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.779
 is not we

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.119
 need to be

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.759
 more community

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.099
 minded.

00:34:48.379 --> 00:34:48.940
 The solution

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:50.599
 is know who

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.079
 you are.

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.940
 We are in

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.440
 Christ.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.699
 We are his

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.019
 body.

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.239
 We are his

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.319
 body.

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:55.019
 We are his

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.019
 body.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:35:01.000
 I want to

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.920
 pick up an

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.719
 example to

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:06.099
 help kind

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.579
 of test

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.259
 whether we've

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:09.320
 grasped this

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:11.259
 oneness with

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.800
 Jesus and

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.679
 oneness with

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.139
 one another.

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.039
 I could talk

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.619
 about seasons

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.139
 of sickness

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.639
 but for the

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.099
 sake of time

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.519
 I'm just going

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.119
 to talk about

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.460
 those times

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.019
 where we feel

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.659
 guilt and

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.099
 shame.

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.420
 I think

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.880
 that's another

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.440
 reason we

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.239
 disengage from

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.739
 the church

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.679
 is when we

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.480
 feel we've

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.159
 sinned again

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:35.039
 and we

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.559
 feel like we

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.159
 don't belong.

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.420
 And I'm

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.719
 going to say

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.519
 that's independent

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.000
 thinking.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.719
 That's

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.619
 individualistic

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.460
 thinking.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.340
 Because Jesus

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.320
 united himself

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.480
 to you and

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.039
 you to him

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.599
 knowing full

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.739
 well of all

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:55.380
 your sin having

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.019
 died for it.

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.500
 You are

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.059
 united to

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.820
 him even

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.240
 in those

00:35:58.240 --> 00:36:00.280
 moments of

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.640
 feeling ashamed.

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.599
 And what

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.160
 do you need?

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.579
 You need the

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.180
 ministry of the

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.420
 body.

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.760
 Don't wait

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.820
 at home until

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.440
 you feel

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.340
 spiritually good

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.000
 again to come

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.380
 back to the

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.640
 church.

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.300
 You need the

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.579
 body.

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.559
 And can I

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.019
 say I think

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.619
 you've got lots

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.099
 to offer.

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.960
 I've got lots

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.559
 to offer when

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.240
 I'm feeling like

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.460
 that.

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.240
 Because it's

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.980
 when I confess

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.699
 my sin to

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.260
 someone I

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.639
 trust that it

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.880
 actually reinforces

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.699
 the grace of

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:30.980
 God.

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.639
 It actually

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.380
 encourages that

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.820
 person.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.220
 If I'm

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.940
 wanting to be

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:36.880
 good with

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.860
 God and one

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.480
 another again.

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.240
 You're even

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.199
 serving by

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.500
 needing to be

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.780
 served.

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.500
 Anyway,

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.240
 that's my

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.579
 attempt.

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.940
 Even when

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.400
 we're feeling

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.360
 ashamed like we

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.000
 don't belong,

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.960
 know you're part

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.480
 of the body and

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.260
 you're even an

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.139
 important part of

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.260
 the body by

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.940
 confessing that.

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.159
 And I want to

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.179
 finish by four

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.940
 important areas

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.840
 that we need to

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.500
 know we are the

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.260
 body of Christ.

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.599
 The first is so

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.420
 that we are a

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.820
 taste of heaven to

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.699
 our community.

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.699
 Why would

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.559
 people want to

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.220
 come in here?

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.240
 And why would

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:19.420
 we be motivated

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:21.180
 for people to

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.820
 want to come

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:23.619
 in if all

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.280
 they see in

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.079
 here is just

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.920
 a religious

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.559
 version of

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.139
 what they can

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.059
 get elsewhere?

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.559
 Envy and

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.240
 pride and

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:33.019
 conflict and

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.480
 clicks.

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.960
 People just

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.800
 using as a

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.619
 platform for

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:38.980
 their own

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.800
 self-importance.

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.820
 That's not

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:42.519
 going to be a

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.519
 witness to the

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.820
 gospel.

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:43.880
 gospel.

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.039
 But if

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.720
 people come in

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:49.559
 here and see

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:51.640
 that there is

00:37:51.640 --> 00:37:55.260
 incredible value

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.120
 of one another

00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:57.720
 that doesn't

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.960
 make sense to

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.260
 the value system

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.019
 we have out in

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.900
 the world and

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.720
 there's just a

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:04.740
 sacrifice for one

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.340
 another without

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.900
 trying to get

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.320
 something in

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.760
 return.

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:09.340
 Across young and

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:11.200
 old and rich and

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:13.340
 poor and all the

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.180
 different individual

00:38:14.180 --> 00:38:14.700
 and collective

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:16.100
 culture mindsets

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.840
 that are here

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.780
 all the cultures

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.280
 between authority

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.140
 of leadership and

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:21.240
 those following

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.480
 up.

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.820
 We might well

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.559
 expect then

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:26.039
 people to come

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.500
 in and go

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:29.460
 God is really

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.100
 among you

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:32.780
 because there's

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.820
 nothing like this

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.640
 out in the world.

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.820
 So God's

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.740
 honour is at stake.

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:40.220
 We need to know

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.939
 we are body so

00:38:41.939 --> 00:38:43.179
 that we can be a

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.019
 taste of heaven

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:46.480
 for those separated

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.480
 from Christ and

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.299
 from one another.

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.839
 The second

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.639
 reason we need to

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:54.599
 know we are the

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.919
 body is because

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.699
 it's going to hurt

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.539
 if you believe

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.879
 this.

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.439
 To relate

00:39:00.439 --> 00:39:02.739
 vulnerably and

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.859
 deeply

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.719
 relationally

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:08.639
 it's going to

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.500
 hurt this side

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.859
 of heaven

00:39:09.859 --> 00:39:10.980
 because

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.679
 our love for

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.079
 one another

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.699
 has not been

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.439
 perfected yet.

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.480
 Trust will be

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.439
 broken at times.

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.519
 Servant

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.439
 hardness will be

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:23.279
 exploited at

00:39:23.279 --> 00:39:23.659
 times.

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.819
 Well what

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.119
 then?

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.959
 Is that

00:39:28.959 --> 00:39:29.639
 reason to

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.099
 sit on the

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.579
 sidelines?

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:32.920
 Well I

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.480
 think it's

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.940
 crucial to

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.539
 remember that

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.380
 it's Christ

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.980
 you're serving.

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.779
 It's for his

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.380
 sake that we

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.219
 lean into the

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:42.299
 brokenness and

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.679
 harm.

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.860
 The third

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:50.199
 implication of

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.980
 knowing we are

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:52.579
 the body is

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.739
 I think at

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.579
 this season in

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.360
 our church life

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:56.980
 is that we're

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.579
 in a time of

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.059
 change.

00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:02.679
 As Dave

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.059
 Corderwood

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.860
 looks to

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.659
 serve in

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.460
 We War for

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.259
 the rest of

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.739
 this year

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.539
 that's a time

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.079
 of change.

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.739
 And for

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.119
 those who

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.779
 know David

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:14.059
 well that

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:15.099
 could be quite

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.659
 unsettling.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.699
 There's going to

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.219
 be a proper

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.139
 sense of loss

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.539
 for his

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.239
 ministry among

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.320
 us and

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.139
 that's right

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.719
 like any

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.199
 part of the

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.159
 body there's

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.460
 a proper

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.880
 sense of

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.440
 loss but

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.400
 I think it

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.579
 would be

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:27.940
 wrong.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.320
 For us to

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.659
 think that

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.199
 this church

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.860
 was dependent

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:32.539
 on David's

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.920
 ministry.

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.840
 He would

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.659
 hate for

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.000
 us to

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.440
 think that

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.400
 that it

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.940
 ever was.

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.199
 It's always

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.539
 been the

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:39.779
 body.

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.139
 Every person

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.599
 ministry.

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.099
 And as

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.739
 we release

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.380
 Dave to go

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.900
 to We War

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.799
 do we have

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.279
 a sense of

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:51.000
 partnership in

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.179
 that?

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.219
 We're not

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.539
 trying to

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.900
 build our

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.380
 own kingdom.

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.279
 We War

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.799
 doesn't have

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.239
 a pastor.

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:57.339
 Okay, let's

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:58.739
 release Dave

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.379
 to go serve

00:40:59.379 --> 00:40:59.659
 there.

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.259
 Are we

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.879
 sharing in

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.079
 that?

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:05.219
 In that, the

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.039
 body of Christ

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.119
 being built up

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.719
 somewhere else?

00:41:09.879 --> 00:41:10.779
 And a huge

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.659
 part of what I

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.319
 think will help

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:13.139
 us transition

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:15.500
 with Dave

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.899
 not being

00:41:15.899 --> 00:41:17.639
 here is if

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.259
 all of us

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.819
 know we are

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.199
 the body.

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:21.659
 all those,

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:22.559
 every joint

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.059
 and ligament

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.899
 doing its

00:41:23.899 --> 00:41:24.099
 bit.

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.899
 The final

00:41:26.899 --> 00:41:27.359
 thing I want

00:41:27.359 --> 00:41:28.099
 to say is

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:31.960
 maybe you've

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.480
 only known

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.179
 this church

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.639
 and you've

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.039
 been in this

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.519
 church maybe

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.039
 for years,

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.419
 maybe your

00:41:35.419 --> 00:41:35.879
 whole life,

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:36.159
 I don't

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.599
 know, but

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:38.699
 you see it

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.219
 from that

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:40.000
 perspective of

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.619
 what's in it

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.039
 for me.

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:44.019
 I want to

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.019
 ask, who's

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.639
 the me you're

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.259
 referring to?

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:50.179
 Do you

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:51.539
 yet know

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.899
 the me of

00:41:52.899 --> 00:41:53.960
 being united

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.559
 to Jesus?

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.619
 Do you

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.299
 know the me

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:58.939
 of being part

00:41:58.939 --> 00:41:59.699
 of that family

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.480
 Don was talking

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.239
 about in the

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.619
 kids talk?

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.039
 Do you know

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.239
 that me of

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:04.199
 being one

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.899
 with his body

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:06.519
 at the church?

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.579
 Have you

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.239
 tasted that

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.480
 yet?

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.039
 If you

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.399
 haven't

00:42:12.399 --> 00:42:16.839
 come to

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.179
 Jesus,

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.179
 it's a

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.599
 taste of

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.839
 heaven.

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:21.699
 Why don't

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:22.019
 we pray?

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:22.599
 Let's pray.

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.859
 Oh Lord,

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.559
 one day

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.359
 when you

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.839
 return,

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.299
 we will

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:41.039
 see your

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.339
 body,

00:42:41.439 --> 00:42:41.960
 the church,

00:42:42.359 --> 00:42:43.000
 in all

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.639
 its glory,

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:46.099
 totally under

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.819
 your lordship

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:49.960
 and beautifully

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:52.059
 displaying that

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.799
 mutual concern

00:42:53.799 --> 00:42:54.219
 and love

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.539
 for one

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.839
 another.

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.779
 We look

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.239
 forward to

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.900
 that full

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.679
 experience of

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:58.920
 heaven.

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:00.940
 In the

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.400
 meantime,

00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:03.179
 I thank you

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:05.139
 for those

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.579
 of us who

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.039
 know you.

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.599
 I thank you

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:06.980
 that you

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.339
 have

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:09.279
 called us

00:43:09.279 --> 00:43:09.779
 into your

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.079
 body,

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:10.799
 the church.

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.980
 thank you

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:13.060
 for such

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.620
 a wonderful

00:43:13.620 --> 00:43:16.660
 gift of

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:17.400
 knowing you,

00:43:17.700 --> 00:43:18.480
 of being

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.280
 filled with

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.820
 your spirit

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.539
 and being

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.120
 part of

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:22.620
 your family.

00:43:24.100 --> 00:43:24.420
 Lord,

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:24.840
 I pray

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:26.420
 that you

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:26.700
 would

00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:27.760
 enlarge

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.880
 our

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.640
 understanding

00:43:29.640 --> 00:43:30.000
 of who

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.360
 we are

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.760
 now in

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.160
 Christ.

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.340
 I pray

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.880
 for anyone

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:36.300
 who hasn't

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.140
 yet tasted

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:38.079
 what it's

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.619
 like to

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:39.319
 belong to

00:43:39.319 --> 00:43:39.619
 Jesus.

00:43:39.879 --> 00:43:40.179
 I pray

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.480
 that you

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.799
 would help

00:43:40.799 --> 00:43:41.019
 them

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.559
 distinguish

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.239
 between

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:43.159
 belonging

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:43.679
 to Jesus

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.299
 and belonging

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:45.019
 to the

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.579
 institution.

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:47.779
 I pray

00:43:47.779 --> 00:43:48.099
 that you

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.759
 would draw

00:43:48.759 --> 00:43:49.079
 them to

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.519
 yourself,

00:43:49.759 --> 00:43:51.000
 into your

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.279
 body,

00:43:51.379 --> 00:43:51.799
 the church.

00:43:52.359 --> 00:43:52.559
 In

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:52.799
 Jesus'

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.059
 name,

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:53.460
 Amen.