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 Well, if you would, please take your Bibles and open them up to John chapter 13.

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 John chapter 13. If you did not bring your own Bible with you, that's okay.

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 There's no excuse. We got one in the seat back in front of you.

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 So if you would take that Bible from the seat in front of you,

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 I think you can find this passage around page 843 or 844.

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 In that range, if you go to the 840s, you'll find John chapter 13.

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 Our text this morning is John 13, 1 through 17.

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 So when you've found it in your Bible, let's stand up together if you're physically able

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 in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come

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 to depart out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved His own who were in the world,

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 He loved them to the end.

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 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot,

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 Simon's son, to betray Him,

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 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands

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 and that He had come from God and was going back to God,

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 rose from supper.

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 He laid aside His outer garments

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 and taking a towel, tied it around His waist.

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 Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet

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 and to wipe them with a towel that was wrapped around Him.

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 He came to Simon Peter who said to Him,

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 Lord, do you wash my feet?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 What I am doing you do not understand now,

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 but afterward you will understand.

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 Peter said to Him,

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 You shall never wash my feet.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 If I do not wash you,

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 you have no share with me.

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 Simon Peter said to Him,

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 Lord, not my feet only,

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 but also my hands and my head.

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 Jesus said to Him,

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 The one who has bathed does not need to wash except for His feet,

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 but is completely clean.

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 And you are clean,

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 but not every one of you.

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 For He knew who was to betray Him.

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 That was why He said,

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 Not all of you are clean.

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 When He had washed their feet and put on His outer garments

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 and resumed His place,

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 He said to them,

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 Do you understand what I have done to you?

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 You call Me teacher and Lord,

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 and you are right, for so I am.

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 If I then, your Lord and teacher,

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 have washed your feet,

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 you also ought to wash one another's feet.

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 For I have given you an example

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 that you also should do just as I have done to you.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 a servant is not greater than his master,

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 nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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 If you know these things,

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 blessed are you if you do them.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Lord, we pray once more

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 that as we look to Christ who served us,

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 we pray that You would stir our hearts

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 with love for Him

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 and that You would push us out of this place

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 to serve one another.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, this passage presents us

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 with an unthinkable reversal.

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 The master, Jesus,

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 becomes the servant.

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 And the one who is worthy

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 stoops down to serve

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 those who are unworthy.

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 You may be familiar with the TV show,

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 Undercover Boss.

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 Has any of you seen that TV show?

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 The top-level boss of the company

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 goes undercover,

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 hence the name,

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 and he goes to work

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 amongst the common people.

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 The boss cleans toilets,

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 drives buses,

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 these high-level executives.

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 They enter into the world

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 of blue-collar service

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 and they get their hands dirty.

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 Every episode is pretty much

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 the same thing

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 over and over and over again.

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 You'd think that people would

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 be tired of that same story

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 over and over by now,

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 but they've had 11 seasons

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 of this,

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 Undercover Boss.

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 Apparently,

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 the first episode aired

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 right after the Super Bowl

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 in 2010.

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 They had 38.6 million viewers

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 stick around after the Super Bowl

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 to watch Undercover Boss.

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 There's something

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 about this strange reversal

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 of roles that piques our interest.

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 It is fascinating to us

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 to see the owner

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 become the servant.

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 Well, here in John chapter 13,

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 we see Jesus,

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 the King of kings,

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 the boss of bosses,

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 stooped down as a servant.

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 This passage,

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 it teaches us

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 the incredible truth

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 that the sovereign King

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 of all the universe

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 has stooped down

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 to serve sinners.

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 The one who is worthy

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 of all praise and honor

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 has humbled himself

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 to honor those

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 who are unworthy.

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 And what we learn here

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 in John 13

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 is that if he has served you,

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 if you have received

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 what he has done,

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 if you have been washed clean

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 by this suffering servant,

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 then guess what?

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 Now you are called

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 to go and do

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 just as he has done.

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 The king has stooped

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 to serve.

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 And the question

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 that I want us to ask

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 this morning

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 from John chapter 13

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 is this,

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 how should we respond

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 to the service

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 of King Jesus?

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 How should we respond

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 to the service

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 of King Jesus?

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 And I want us to see

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 two ways

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 we respond

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 to his service.

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 Number one,

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 let him serve you.

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 And number two,

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 let him show you

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 how to serve one another.

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 First,

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 how do we respond

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 to King Jesus?

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 First,

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 let him serve you.

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 Verse one,

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 it tells us

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 that this meal

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 happened before

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 the feast

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 of the Passover.

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 This was the last Passover

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 of Jesus' life.

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 Don't miss

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 the connotations here.

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 The Passover meal,

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 you remember,

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 it celebrated,

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 it remembered,

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 it looked back

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 to when God's wrath

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 passed over

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 the houses

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 whose door

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 was covered

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 by the blood

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 of the Lamb.

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 Those who were

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 covered by the blood

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 of the Lamb

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 were spared

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 the wrath of God.

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 Those doors

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 who were not

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 covered by the blood

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 of the Lamb,

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 not washed

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 by the blood,

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 so to speak,

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 were judged.

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 And here,

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 John tells us

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 that Jesus,

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 the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sins of the world,

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 this Lamb

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 who is preparing

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 to go to the slaughter

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 to cover the sins

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 of His people,

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 He's spending

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 some of His last moments,

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 His final hours,

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 eating with His disciples.

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 Picture the scene

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 with me.

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 They would have been

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 lying down,

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 reclining at table

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 is the term

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 that's often used.

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 They didn't sit

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 in high chairs

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 at a raised table

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 as we do.

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 We're about to have

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 Thanksgiving meal

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 here in a couple of days.

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 I can't imagine

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 sometimes I have

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 a hard time

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 getting out of my seat

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 after I eat a big meal.

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 Imagine lying down

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 on the ground

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 and having to get up

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 after you finish

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 your dinner.

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 They reclined.

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 They laid down

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 in mats on the ground

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 and their feet

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 were laid out

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 behind them

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 away from the table.

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 And John tells us

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 that Jesus,

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 knowing that His time

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 had come,

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 knowing that His hour

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 was finally here,

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 knowing that the Father

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 had given all things

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 into His hands,

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 knowing that He had come

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 from the Father

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 and was going back

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 to the Father,

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 knowing even,

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 in verse 11,

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 it tells us,

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 knowing even those

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 who were preparing

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 to betray Him,

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 did something

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 completely unexpected.

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 Verse 4,

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 it tells us,

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 Jesus rose from supper,

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 laid aside His outer garments,

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 took a towel,

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 tied it around His waist.

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 You can imagine

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 the disciples' confusion.

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 Jesus had done

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 some strange things

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 up to this point,

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 but what in the world

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 is He doing here?

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 He is putting on

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 the apparel

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 of a servant.

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 He took the form

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 of a servant,

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 and then He did

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 the work

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 of a servant.

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 John tells us

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 He poured water

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 out into a basin,

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 and He began

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 to wash

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 the disciples' feet

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 and to wipe them

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 with a towel

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 that was wrapped

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 around Him.

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 This was

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 servants' work.

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 Washing someone's feet

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 in this culture,

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 we have to understand,

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 in this culture,

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 washing someone's feet

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 was some of the lowest,

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 dirtiest work imaginable.

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 It was reserved

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 for the lowest

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 of the lowest

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 of the lowest

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 of servants.

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 In fact,

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 many of the Jews

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 in this day,

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 they said Jewish servants

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 weren't even allowed

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 to wash Jewish people's feet.

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 That was reserved

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 for the Gentile servants,

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 if that.

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 And again,

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 you might think back

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 to John the Baptist

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 in John chapter 1.

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 Do you remember

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 what he said?

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 He said he wasn't

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 even worthy

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 to untie Jesus' sandals.

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 He's not even worthy

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 to be the lowest

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 of the lowest

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 of Jesus' servants.

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 That's how wonderful,

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 how worthy

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 he viewed Jesus.

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 But here,

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 everything is reversed.

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 It's not the disciples

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 washing Jesus' feet.

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 It's Jesus

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 who gets out the bucket.

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 It's Jesus

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 who wraps a towel

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 around His waist,

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 and it's Jesus

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 who stoops down

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 to serve.

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 This is a spectacular display

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 of the heart of Jesus.

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 I want you to think with me

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 here for a moment

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 about what this shows us,

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 what this teaches us

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 about who Jesus is

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 and what He's come to do.

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 And this is, of course,

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 it's a spectacular display

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 of humility.

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 It's a spectacular display

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 of humility.

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 Mark 10, verse 45,

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 tells us,

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 The Son of Man

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 That's a verse worthy

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 of our meditation, isn't it?

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 Think about that.

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 The Son of Man,

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 the one who is worthy

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 of all worship,

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 worthy of all praise,

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 worthy of all adoration,

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 worthy of all service,

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 came not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 See, humility is at the very core

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 of the person

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 and the mission of Jesus.

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 The incarnation itself,

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 God becoming man,

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 is a spectacular display

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 of divine humility.

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 I heard Christmas music

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 on the radio this week,

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 so I think I'm safe

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 to make this illustration,

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 this reference.

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 One of my favorites,

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 one of my absolute favorite

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 Christmas hymns,

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 is Thou who wast rich

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 beyond all splendor.

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 Do you know that one?

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 Thou who wast rich

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 beyond all splendor,

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 all for love's sake

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 becameest poor.

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 Thrones for a manger

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 did surrender,

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 sapphire courts

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 for stable floor.

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 Thou who art God

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 beyond all praising,

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 all for love's sake

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 becameest man.

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 Stooping so low,

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 but sinners raising,

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 heavenwards,

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 by thine eternal plan.

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 This is a radical,

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 spectacular humility.

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 And you ask,

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 well, what could motivate

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 such humble service?

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 Well, this service,

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 John tells us,

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 is motivated by love.

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 All for love's sake

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 becameest man,

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 the hymn says.

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 All for love's sake

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 becameest poor.

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 This is a spectacular display

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 of love.

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 Look again to verse 1.

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 John told us,

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 when Jesus knew

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 that His hour had come

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 to depart out of this world

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 to the Father,

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 having loved His own

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 who were in the world,

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 He loved them

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 to the end.

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 John is remembering

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 the spectacular love of Jesus,

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 not only in this moment,

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 but throughout His entire life,

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 but exemplified here

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 in this moment.

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 This is a display

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 of selfless,

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 humble love.

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 And not for those

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 who have earned it.

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 Pay attention to this here.

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 This is not love

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 for those who are worthy of it.

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 Far from it.

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 This is love for those

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 not who have it all together.

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 This is love for sinners.

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 You remember what Jesus knows

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 about His disciples here.

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 What does He know

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 about His disciples?

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 Those whose feet He's washing.

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 He knows everything

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 about them.

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 He has perfect knowledge

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 of what Judas is about to do.

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 Sell them off

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 for 30 pieces of silver.

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 We'll deal with him next week.

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 He had perfect knowledge

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 of what Peter was about to do.

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 Deny Him three times.

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 I don't know Him.

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 I don't know Him.

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 I don't know Him.

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 He knows their sin

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 backwards and forwards,

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 inside and out,

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 and yet here He is

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 with a towel around His waist,

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 stooping down to serve

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 those who are unworthy

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 of His love.

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 This is good news

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 for sinners like us,

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 isn't it church?

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 And what does this tell us?

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 It tells us His love

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 is not based on our worthiness.

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 He doesn't love us

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 because we are good.

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 He loves us because

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 He is good

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 and gracious

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 towards sinners like us

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 and merciful

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 towards sinners like us.

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 Jesus knows all

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 about your sin.

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 He doesn't love you

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 because you're clean.

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 His love

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 makes us clean.

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 This is what we learn

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 from His interaction

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 with Peter,

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 isn't it?

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 Look there with me.

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 Peter,

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 as he usually does,

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 he has something to say

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 about this.

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 There in verse 6,

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 He said,

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 Lord,

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 do you wash my feet?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 what I am doing now

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 you do not understand,

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 but afterward

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 you will understand.

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 But Peter wouldn't have it,

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 would he?

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 He said,

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 you shall never

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 wash my feet.

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 And look at what He said

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 here in verse 8.

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 if I do not wash you,

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 Peter,

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 you have no share

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 with me.

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 So what did Peter do?

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 He did a full 180,

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 didn't he?

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 Lord,

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 don't only wash my feet,

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 wash my hands,

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 wash my head,

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 wash me completely,

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 Lord,

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 whatever it's going to take.

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 Which, of course,

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 this points us

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 towards what we already know,

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 which is that this act

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 of washing feet

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 is actually

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 a spectacular display

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 of a greater,

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 more humble,

00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.679
 loving service

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 to come.

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 This act of washing feet

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 is a small picture

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 of the love of Christ

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 who came to live

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 and to die

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 and to rise

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 for sinners like us.

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 John's telling us,

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 if it's shocking to you

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 that Jesus would stoop down

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 and wash your feet,

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 just you wait.

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 The King has come to die

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 for His people.

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 And where do we see

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 the love

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 and the humility

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 and the service

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 of Jesus

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 more clearly

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 than on the cross?

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 Where are sinners

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 like us

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 cleansed completely

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 of our sin?

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 Totally cleansed,

00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.699
 but at the cross.

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 Romans 5.8

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 God shows His love

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 for us

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 in this.

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 That while we were

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 still sinners,

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 Christ died

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 for us.

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 Why?

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 For what purpose?

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 Paul tells us

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 in Ephesians 5.

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 Christ loved the church

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 and gave Himself

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 up for her.

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 Why?

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 That He might

00:16:01.859 --> 00:16:03.339
 sanctify her,

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 having cleansed her

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 with the washing

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 of water

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 with the Word

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 so that He might

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 present the church

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 to Himself

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 in splendor

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 without spot

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 or wrinkle

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 or any such thing

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 that she might be

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 holy

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 and without blemish.

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 This passage

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 isn't about

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 our feet.

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 Jesus here

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 in washing

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 His disciples' feet,

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 He was pointing

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 them forward

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 towards a greater

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 cleansing to come

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 not just of our

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 stinky feet,

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 church,

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 but of our

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 sin-stained soul.

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 And when we realize

00:16:40.359 --> 00:16:40.679
 this,

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 don't we want to

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 cry out like Peter,

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 Lord,

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 wash me.

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 Lord,

00:16:45.099 --> 00:16:46.359
 wash me clean.

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 Whatever it takes,

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 Lord,

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 wash me.

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 And Jesus said to Him

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 in verse 10,

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 The one who has bathed

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 does not need to wash

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 except for his feet

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 but is completely

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 clean.

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 At our house,

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 we got three boys,

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 right?

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 The effects of a good

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 bath do not last long.

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 And it has happened

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 often.

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 They will get cleaned up,

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 they'll get themselves

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 a bath,

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 we think all is good,

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 next thing you know,

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 you look out the window

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 and they're running

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 in the yard barefoot.

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 Their body may be clean

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 but as soon as those feet

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 hit the bare ground,

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 guess what happens?

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 They're dirty.

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 And of course,

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 the same is true

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 in this culture,

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 probably even more so.

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 You can get a bath,

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 you can get yourself

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 cleaned up

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 but once your feet

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 hit that dirty,

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 dusty ground

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 with bare feet

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 or open sandals

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 at best,

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 well now,

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 guess what?

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 Your feet are dirty.

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 So let me ask you

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 this question,

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 I want to see what you think.

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 If you have bathed yourself

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.620
 totally clean

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:49.840
 and yet you have

00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:50.700
 dirty feet,

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.540
 are you completely,

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 absolutely,

00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.840
 totally clean

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 or are you dirty?

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 It depends on if you ask

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 mom or dad,

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 doesn't it?

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.679
 Dad might be inclined

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 to say it's clean enough,

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.119
 come on in,

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 you're fine,

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.619
 come on in the house.

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 Mom doesn't say that,

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 does she?

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 Mom says,

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 no, you're filthy,

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 get inside,

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 you need to wash up,

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 come on,

00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.279
 you're dirty,

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 go wash up.

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 Church,

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 unfortunately for us,

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 I'm afraid God

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.379
 takes mom's side

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 on this one

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 because even

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 the tiniest

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 speck

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 of sin,

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.019
 even the tiniest

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.859
 stain

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.980
 of sin

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 makes you

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 totally,

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.779
 completely

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:42.740
 unclean,

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 which is a problem

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 for us

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 because you must be

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:49.079
 totally clean,

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.740
 totally pure,

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 or you must be

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 totally innocent

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.019
 to be in right relationship

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:55.000
 with a totally

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.220
 holy God.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.059
 God is

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy.

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 He does not

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 tolerate clean

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.859
 enough.

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 You must be

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 perfect

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.900
 to enter into

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 the kingdom of heaven.

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.980
 This is a problem

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 for us.

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.059
 Who can enter

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.980
 into his presence?

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.259
 Who can be

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 accepted

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:16.079
 in the sight of God?

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 Who among us

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.640
 can be accepted?

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 Who among us

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.420
 is qualified?

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 Jesus tells

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.660
 us here

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.860
 in this passage,

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 only he

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 who has been

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 washed clean

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.779
 by the Lord

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.680
 Jesus Christ.

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 If you would

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 have a share

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 in me,

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 Peter,

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 you must

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 let me

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 wash

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 you.

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 It's the bad

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 news.

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 All of us

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 are unclean.

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 But the good

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.259
 news of the

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.759
 gospel,

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.980
 Jesus says,

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 I will

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.960
 wash you

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 clean.

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.759
 I

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.299
 will

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.880
 serve

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.519
 you.

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.680
 I

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:51.960
 will

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.640
 love

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.160
 you.

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.500
 I

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.700
 will

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.039
 bring

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.480
 you to

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.779
 God.

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.000
 I

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.180
 will

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.799
 wash

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.240
 you.

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 If I

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:56.920
 don't,

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 you have

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.900
 no part

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.160
 in me.

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.700
 But if I

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.160
 do,

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.640
 you are

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.299
 totally

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.240
 clean now

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.240
 and forever.

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.079
 Isn't this

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.980
 wonderful news

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.180
 for sinners

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.960
 like us?

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.120
 It's

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.000
 wonderful news.

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.740
 And it is

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:14.460
 so upside

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.359
 down from the

00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:16.019
 way we think,

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.420
 isn't it?

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 You see,

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.000
 the way into

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.420
 the kingdom

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.019
 of God is

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.720
 not by

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.900
 serving God.

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.420
 It's by

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.820
 being served.

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.460
 The way we

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.180
 get a share

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.759
 of the king

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.440
 is not by

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.039
 doing,

00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:28.820
 it's not by

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 giving,

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.060
 it's not by

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.640
 earning,

00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:31.240
 it's by

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.180
 receiving.

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.840
 We don't

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.640
 clean ourselves

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.660
 up and then

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.600
 come to God.

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.560
 God comes

00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.380
 down to us

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.940
 to wash

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.759
 us clean.

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.400
 Every other

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.160
 religion in the

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.560
 world,

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.380
 is asking

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.940
 the question,

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.460
 what must

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.380
 I do

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.180
 to earn

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.820
 my place?

00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:52.600
 What must

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.600
 I do

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.519
 to earn

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.180
 a good

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:56.019
 standing with

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.300
 God,

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.980
 to get right

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.400
 with God,

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.759
 to earn

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.180
 my way

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.700
 to God?

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.120
 You know,

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.640
 Christianity,

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.720
 the gospel,

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.600
 is the only

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.420
 message in

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.900
 the world

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.320
 that says

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.019
 you don't

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.779
 have to do

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.380
 anything

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.340
 to be made

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.720
 right with

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.100
 God.

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.300
 If you

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.620
 would be

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.420
 made right

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.940
 with God,

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.340
 there is

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.660
 one way

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.300
 and one

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.259
 way only.

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.660
 You receive

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.600
 the finished

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.380
 work of

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.040
 Christ by

00:21:18.040 --> 00:21:18.940
 faith alone.

00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:21.660
 Did you

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.560
 pay attention

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.019
 to the words

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.360
 we just

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.660
 sang?

00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:24.660
 A rock

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.080
 of ages

00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.620
 cleft for

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:25.820
 me.

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.279
 Nothing in

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.980
 my hand I

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.300
 bring,

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.220
 simply to

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.880
 the cross

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.720
 I cling.

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:32.980
 Naked

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.759
 come to

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.259
 thee for

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.680
 dress,

00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:35.160
 helpless

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.840
 look to

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:36.320
 thee for

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:36.800
 grace,

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:38.180
 foul eye

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.620
 to the

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.000
 fountain

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.500
 fly,

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.820
 wash me

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.439
 savior,

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.740
 or I

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.240
 die.

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.179
 Church,

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.720
 the first

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.240
 way we

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.019
 respond to

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.439
 the work

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:47.919
 of King

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.659
 Jesus is

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.619
 to receive

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.539
 what he

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.500
 has done.

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.559
 Let this

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.919
 humble God

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:56.220
 serve you

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.399
 and wash

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.359
 you completely

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.019
 clean from

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.559
 all your

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.919
 sins.

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.899
 Trust his

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.519
 word that

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.639
 he alone

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.279
 can make

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.919
 you clean.

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.720
 Let him

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.899
 serve you.

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.359
 Then,

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.059
 then,

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:12.879
 let him

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.919
 show you

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.839
 how to

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.419
 serve one

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.740
 another.

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.039
 Look there

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.339
 to verse

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.519
 12 with

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.759
 me.

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.720
 Jesus makes

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.539
 a transition

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.460
 here in

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.019
 verse 12

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.259
 from serving

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.159
 to sending.

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.720
 Those who

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.599
 have been

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.679
 served now

00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.500
 are sent

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.399
 to go out

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:30.839
 and to

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.700
 serve one

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.059
 another.

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.440
 Look at what

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.799
 he says in

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.319
 verse 12.

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.579
 When he

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.099
 had washed

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.639
 their feet

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.059
 and put on

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.419
 his outer

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.819
 garments

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.339
 and resumed

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.859
 his place,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.379
 he said to

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.599
 them,

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.399
 do you

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.019
 understand

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.519
 what I

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.859
 have done

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.279
 to you?

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:42.759
 You call

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.419
 me teacher

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:43.919
 and Lord

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.519
 and you

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.059
 are right

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.480
 for so

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.980
 I am.

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.740
 If I

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.299
 then,

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:49.359
 your teacher

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.379
 and Lord

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.219
 have washed

00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:52.000
 your feet,

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.679
 you also

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.459
 ought to

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:55.199
 wash one

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.759
 another's

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.099
 feet.

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.379
 For I

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.759
 have given

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.279
 you an

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.859
 example

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.399
 that you

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.399
 also should

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.139
 do just

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.759
 as I

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.299
 have done

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.859
 to you.

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.259
 Truly,

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:04.639
 truly,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.159
 I say to

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.319
 you,

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.779
 a servant

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.219
 is not

00:23:06.219 --> 00:23:06.779
 greater than

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.379
 his master,

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.580
 nor is

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.060
 a messenger

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.740
 greater than

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.140
 the one

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.640
 who sent

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:10.920
 him.

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.620
 If you

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.180
 know these

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.740
 things,

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.060
 blessed are

00:23:14.060 --> 00:23:15.620
 you if

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:15.960
 you do

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.320
 them.

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:18.400
 The point

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.880
 is,

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.340
 I hope

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.120
 you see,

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.760
 it's not,

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.020
 well,

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.460
 you've seen

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.040
 me wash

00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.340
 feet,

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.840
 now you

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.500
 go wash

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.840
 feet.

00:23:24.760 --> 00:23:25.440
 The point,

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.480
 I believe,

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.880
 is that we

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.620
 who have been

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.780
 the recipients

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.000
 of the

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.779
 humble,

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.259
 loving service

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.240
 of Christ

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.720
 ought to

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.519
 be marked

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.539
 by humble,

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.680
 loving service

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.359
 to one

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.799
 another.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.379
 We're

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.799
 called

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.220
 believers

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.680
 as we

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:42.879
 have

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.440
 opportunity

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.319
 to do

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.779
 good to

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.379
 everyone

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.399
 and especially

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.740
 to those

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.059
 who are

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.639
 of the

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.079
 household

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.500
 of faith.

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:50.779
 And so

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.240
 here in the

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.899
 second point,

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.940
 I want to

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.420
 focus on

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.579
 five ways

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.899
 to do

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.259
 this.

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.899
 Five ways

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.800
 to go

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.400
 and do

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.900
 for one

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 another

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.000
 just as

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.360
 Jesus

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.300
 has done

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.800
 for us.

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.259
 I want to

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.720
 be very

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.700
 practical

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.500
 here.

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 And let me

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.340
 say again,

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.100
 just by way

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.560
 of preface,

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.220
 do not

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.880
 jump straight

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.620
 to doing

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.759
 before receiving.

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.160
 That's our

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.980
 natural bent.

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:12.420
 We want to

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:12.840
 do,

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.320
 we want to

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:13.720
 do,

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.180
 we want to

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 do.

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.000
 That will

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.740
 never work.

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.019
 We can

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.080
 only serve

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.720
 one another

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.740
 out of

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.500
 receiving

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.019
 Christ's

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.480
 service to

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.840
 us.

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.980
 We can

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.920
 only love

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.580
 one another

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.280
 out of

00:24:24.280 --> 00:24:24.820
 receiving

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.640
 Christ's

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.519
 love for

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.940
 us.

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.559
 Don't

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.220
 pass go,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.500
 don't

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.819
 skip to

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.299
 step number

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.680
 two,

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.759
 before you

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.420
 have received

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.900
 the work

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.420
 of Christ.

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.720
 Now,

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.480
 five ways.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.859
 Five ways.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.519
 Number one,

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.660
 pray for

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.259
 a humble

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.839
 heart.

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.420
 Pray

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.839
 for a

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.339
 humble

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.599
 heart.

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.599
 God,

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.180
 make me

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.599
 humble.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.279
 Be warned,

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.839
 that is a

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.279
 dangerous

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.799
 prayer.

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.460
 Pride is

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.079
 not easily

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.539
 killed,

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.240
 it is often

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.819
 painfully

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.940
 removed from

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.400
 a sinner's

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.660
 heart,

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:58.920
 but the

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.380
 fact is,

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.720
 you will

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:01.319
 not genuinely

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.160
 truly serve

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.660
 others if

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.000
 you think

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.299
 you're better

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.680
 than them.

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.099
 If you

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.759
 place your

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.480
 needs above

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.079
 theirs,

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.440
 you will

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.440
 never truly

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.880
 serve others.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.140
 Pray God

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:15.099
 would reverse

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.160
 your idea of

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.920
 greatness so

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.339
 that it looks

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.180
 less and less

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.559
 like the

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.240
 world's view

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.720
 of greatness

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.420
 and more

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.019
 and more

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.019
 like his

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.240
 true definition

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.759
 of greatness

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.299
 in the kingdom

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.819
 of God.

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:24.859
 God,

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.319
 what is it?

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.919
 Those who

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.480
 are first

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.839
 will be

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.359
 last.

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.579
 Those who

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.200
 are last

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.819
 will be

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.240
 first.

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.720
 The way

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.740
 up is

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.319
 down.

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.980
 The greatest

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.720
 among you

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.240
 are those

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.579
 who are

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.179
 humble

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.359
 and lowly

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.119
 and gentle.

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.559
 If you

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.299
 have anything

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.980
 to boast of

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.279
 from a

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.519
 worldly

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.179
 perspective,

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.879
 riches,

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.960
 status,

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.039
 influence,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.639
 position,

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.319
 authority,

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.220
 count it

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.259
 as loss.

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.039
 Lay it

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.579
 aside,

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.500
 humble

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.180
 yourself

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.319
 and become

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.359
 a servant.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.559
 I will

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.140
 never forget

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.680
 I was a

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.960
 part of a

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.359
 church in

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.700
 Charlotte.

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.180
 I served

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.539
 there as

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.480
 a pastoral

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.019
 assistant

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.880
 and then

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.700
 senior

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.319
 pastoral

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.779
 assistant

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.460
 which was

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.819
 basically

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:08.420
 a learning,

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.980
 a training

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.819
 role.

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.880
 I got to

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.079
 have a

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.400
 front row

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:11.759
 seat to

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.039
 the ins

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.359
 and outs

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.119
 of church

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.460
 life.

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.799
 I sat

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.259
 in on

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.859
 membership

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.440
 interviews

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.160
 and counseling

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.700
 sessions

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.740
 and elders

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.359
 meetings and

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.099
 I was like a

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.959
 sponge just

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:20.619
 soaking it

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.399
 all up.

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.519
 But I

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.259
 will never

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.159
 forget

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.679
 one of the

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.299
 elders who

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.959
 was by all

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.699
 worldly

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.379
 standards

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.819
 very extremely

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.439
 successful.

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.619
 He had a

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.399
 successful career

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.980
 as a lawyer

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.439
 there in

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:34.819
 uptown

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.299
 Charlotte.

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.139
 I came

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.019
 back after

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.000
 a service

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.699
 back into

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.240
 the building

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:41.359
 to find him

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.259
 all alone

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.919
 sweeping up

00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.419
 the floors.

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.399
 He never

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.079
 saw me,

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:47.839
 didn't know

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.599
 I saw him

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.000
 but there

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.740
 he was

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.119
 bending

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.719
 over

00:26:50.719 --> 00:26:51.179
 cleaning

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:52.299
 the floors

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.639
 on his

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.099
 hands and

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.399
 feet.

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:55.899
 And of all

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.259
 the things

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.719
 I learned

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.139
 that was

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.500
 a lesson

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.099
 that stuck.

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.159
 Now that

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.259
 might seem

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.219
 out of place

00:27:02.219 --> 00:27:03.039
 to the world

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.959
 but that's

00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:04.459
 meant to be

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:04.939
 ordinary

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.759
 behavior

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.819
 for Christians.

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.359
 And Paul

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.859
 calls us

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.480
 in Philippians

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.299
 chapter 2

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.679
 in humility

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.879
 count others

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.819
 more significant

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.679
 than yourselves.

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.579
 How do we

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.099
 do that?

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.980
 have this

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.579
 mind among

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.099
 yourselves

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.639
 which is

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.139
 yours in

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.879
 Christ Jesus

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:22.379
 who though

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.819
 he was in

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.279
 the form

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.779
 of God

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.259
 did not

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.679
 count

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.339
 equality

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.899
 with God

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.259
 a thing

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.559
 to be

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.119
 grasped

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.319
 but emptied

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.699
 himself

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.559
 by taking

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.339
 the form

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.759
 of a

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.039
 servant

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.279
 being born

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.559
 in the

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.959
 likeness

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.359
 of men

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.659
 and being

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.179
 found in

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.839
 human form

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.859
 he humbled

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.339
 himself

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.459
 by becoming

00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:38.959
 obedient

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.379
 to the

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.859
 point of

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.219
 death

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.719
 even

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.319
 death

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.719
 on a

00:27:41.719 --> 00:27:42.179
 cross.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.539
 Therefore

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.060
 God

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.299
 has

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.900
 highly

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.580
 exalted

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.220
 him

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.880
 and bestowed

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.259
 on him

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.620
 the name

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:47.880
 that is

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.160
 above

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.900
 every name

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.480
 so that

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.900
 at the

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.320
 name

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:51.060
 of Jesus

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:52.080
 every knee

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.680
 should bow

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.100
 in heaven

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.759
 and on earth

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.220
 and under

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.660
 the earth

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.700
 and every

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.259
 tongue

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.039
 confess

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.039
 that Jesus

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.640
 Christ

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.460
 is Lord

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.820
 to the

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.279
 glory

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.200
 of the

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.640
 Father.

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.440
 Church

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.039
 pray

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.740
 for

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.759
 humility

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.500
 like

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.860
 Jesus.

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.620
 Number

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:07.960
 two

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.560
 pray

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.640
 for a

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:09.940
 heart

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.700
 of love

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:12.620
 pray

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.880
 for a

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.319
 heart

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.720
 of love

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:17.500
 love

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.860
 the Lord

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.299
 your God

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.120
 with all

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.779
 your heart

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.279
 all your

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.759
 soul

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.380
 all your

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.819
 mind

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.360
 all your

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.840
 strength

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.360
 and

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.080
 love

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.259
 your

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.660
 neighbor

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.080
 as

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.559
 yourself

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.920
 if we

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.039
 could

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.160
 just

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.299
 get

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.519
 those

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.740
 two

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.180
 right

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.340
 we'd

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.400
 be

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.600
 doing

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.080
 okay

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:32.000
 pray

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.480
 for a

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.700
 heart

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:32.940
 that

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.960
 genuinely

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.180
 loves

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.759
 one

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.120
 another

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.380
 not

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.600
 just

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:36.819
 that

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.720
 feels

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.279
 love

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.519
 but

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.779
 that

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:40.000
 moves

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.819
 in love

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:42.099
 not

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.359
 just

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.579
 that

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.339
 expresses

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.220
 love

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.759
 verbally

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.079
 but

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.900
 lives

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.119
 that

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:47.160
 exemplify

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.599
 love

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:47.940
 for one

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.319
 another

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:50.180
 love

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.440
 that

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.079
 says

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.380
 and

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.839
 love

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.059
 that

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.799
 shows

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.839
 you know

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.259
 John

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.759
 you might

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.599
 remember

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:56.960
 called

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.440
 himself

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.680
 the

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.180
 disciple

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.640
 whom

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.079
 Jesus

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.400
 what

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.819
 you remember

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:01.000
 the

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.440
 disciple

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.779
 whom

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.160
 Jesus

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.880
 loved

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.059
 and

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.259
 most

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.480
 of his

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.859
 writings

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.059
 there's

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.539
 no mistake

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:05.900
 most of

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.019
 his

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.319
 writings

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.519
 are

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.759
 categorized

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.099
 by

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.859
 love

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.240
 in fact

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.460
 one of

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.859
 the early

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.439
 Latin

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.819
 church

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.299
 fathers

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.740
 named

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.219
 Jerome

00:29:12.219 --> 00:29:12.839
 he said

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.099
 that

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.819
 John

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.119
 in his

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.659
 old age

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.079
 he lived

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.659
 in Ephesus

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.099
 until he

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.639
 was extremely

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.079
 old

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.719
 his disciples

00:29:17.719 --> 00:29:18.039
 could

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.740
 barely

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.500
 carry him

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.240
 into church

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.099
 and he

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.419
 couldn't

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.019
 muster up

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.559
 the strength

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.059
 to say

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.399
 much

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.639
 but he

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.019
 was still

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.399
 asked

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:25.059
 to speak

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.639
 and to

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:25.899
 deliver

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.419
 sermons

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.859
 and so

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.500
 during

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.979
 individual

00:29:27.979 --> 00:29:28.439
 gatherings

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.099
 he usually

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.500
 said

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.039
 nothing

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.639
 but

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.399
 little

00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:31.859
 children

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.719
 love

00:29:32.719 --> 00:29:33.519
 one

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.859
 another

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.679
 and the

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.019
 church

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.859
 became

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.299
 annoyed

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.759
 because

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.179
 they always

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.539
 heard the

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.819
 same

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.220
 sermon

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.619
 over

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.519
 and over

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.019
 and over

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.359
 and over

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.700
 again

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.220
 so finally

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.599
 they said

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.899
 teacher

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.579
 why do

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.440
 you always

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.359
 say this

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.599
 and he

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.779
 said

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.379
 because it

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.700
 is the

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.099
 Lord's

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.799
 commandment

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.799
 and if

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.579
 it alone

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.180
 is kept

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.440
 it is

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.940
 sufficient

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.579
 little

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.119
 children

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.960
 love

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.019
 one

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:59.180
 another

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.579
 why do

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.799
 you think

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.059
 he made

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.460
 such a big

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.819
 deal out

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.039
 of that

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.379
 command

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:03.279
 it's

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.619
 because

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.980
 he heard

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.180
 it

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.220
 expressed

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.140
 as a

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.539
 command

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.880
 by

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.240
 Jesus

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.839
 and he

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.220
 experienced

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.539
 it

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.700
 exemplified

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.279
 in the

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.720
 life

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.620
 of

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.000
 Jesus

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.700
 he was

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.200
 loved

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.960
 and so

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.980
 he

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.559
 loved

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.519
 have

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.880
 you been

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.160
 loved

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.380
 by

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.920
 Christ

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:23.200
 have

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.500
 you been

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.980
 loved

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.940
 by

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.440
 Christ

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.640
 so

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.140
 love

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.720
 one

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.099
 another

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.899
 members

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.319
 of

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.939
 Seaweed

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.159
 Bay

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.399
 we

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.000
 affirm

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.199
 a

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.459
 church

00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:33.899
 covenant

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.319
 it

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.000
 details

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.179
 out

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.319
 the

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.679
 commitments

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.139
 that we

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.379
 make

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.699
 to one

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:36.980
 another

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.539
 as members

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.039
 of one

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.459
 body

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.619
 and in it

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.099
 there's a

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.539
 section

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.000
 that says

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.319
 this

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.619
 it says

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.240
 we will

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.699
 walk

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.240
 together

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.679
 in

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.299
 Christian

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.959
 love

00:30:44.959 --> 00:30:45.379
 now that's

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.859
 easy to

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.199
 say

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:47.399
 and then it

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.899
 spells out

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.279
 what that

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.759
 might look

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.059
 like

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.759
 for us

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.480
 we will

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.859
 walk

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.279
 together

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.480
 in

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.839
 Christian

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.179
 love

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.559
 as we

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.959
 care

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.319
 for

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.859
 and watch

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.199
 over

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:54.399
 one

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.719
 another

00:30:54.719 --> 00:30:55.879
 seeking

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.259
 one

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.559
 another

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.199
 spiritual

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.619
 good

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.039
 at all

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.559
 times

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.500
 we will

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.899
 pray

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.379
 for

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.579
 encourage

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.879
 warn

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.700
 rebuke

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.339
 and admonish

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.799
 one another

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.399
 as occasion

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.179
 may require

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:07.440
 we will be

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.059
 slow to

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.879
 take offense

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.819
 and will

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.359
 eagerly

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.659
 seek

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.299
 reconciliation

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.839
 without

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.299
 delay

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.259
 forgiving

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.139
 one another

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.980
 as God

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.799
 in Christ

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.859
 has forgiven

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.740
 us

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.119
 would you

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.819
 would you

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.720
 pray that

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.119
 God would

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.379
 give us

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.700
 a heart

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.440
 that loves

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.899
 one another

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.440
 like that

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:24.059
 pray

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.279
 for a heart

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.059
 that loves

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.200
 like Jesus

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.679
 and if you

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.179
 aren't sure

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.580
 where to

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.880
 start

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.100
 number

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.539
 three

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.660
 number

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.039
 three

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.420
 look

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.120
 around

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.940
 at those

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.279
 who you

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.640
 think

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.200
 are doing

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.580
 this

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.060
 well

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.039
 and join

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.380
 them

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.120
 number

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.500
 three

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.980
 look at

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.340
 those

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.539
 who

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.299
 are doing

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.600
 this

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:41.960
 well

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.220
 and

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.060
 join

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.440
 them

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.680
 have you

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:43.799
 ever

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:43.960
 heard

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.200
 of

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.799
 Pareto's

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.140
 law

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.820
 Pareto's

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.060
 law

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.380
 says

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.240
 80%

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.799
 of the

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.380
 results

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.140
 are caused

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.460
 by

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.519
 20%

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.000
 of the

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.380
 causes

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.620
 you apply

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.960
 that to

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.380
 the church

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.860
 people apply

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.019
 it to

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.380
 the church

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.660
 and say

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.440
 well 80%

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.920
 of the work

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.279
 is done

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.140
 by 20%

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.420
 of the

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.779
 members

00:31:58.779 --> 00:32:00.920
 that may

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.279
 be true

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.640
 in some

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.019
 places

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.900
 I want to

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.480
 encourage you

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.820
 actually

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.220
 because I

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.120
 don't think

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.519
 that that's

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.019
 true here

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:08.299
 this is a

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.940
 church

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:10.380
 that serves

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.920
 and so hear this

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.620
 as an encouragement

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.160
 to you

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.799
 do so

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.420
 more

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.500
 and more

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.960
 and if you

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.039
 look around

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.480
 and you see

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.240
 others serving

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.759
 faithfully

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.160
 and you're not

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.740
 sure where

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.320
 to serve

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.940
 you see others

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.559
 in certain

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.900
 service positions

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.460
 and spots

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.559
 please don't

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.160
 interpret that

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.580
 to mean

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:25.880
 well that

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.259
 spot

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.840
 is taken

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:28.779
 you ask

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.300
 anyone

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:30.180
 who serves

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.800
 regularly

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.880
 and faithfully

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.240
 and I

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.240
 promise you

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.720
 they are

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.460
 willing to

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.960
 share

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.560
 with you

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:37.980
 jump in

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.519
 ask them

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.820
 how you

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.820
 might join

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.160
 them

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.680
 have them

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.160
 teach you

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.519
 how to

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.860
 serve

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.740
 go learn

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.040
 how to

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:43.700
 run sound

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.220
 so Randy

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.060
 can see

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:45.440
 what these

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.200
 chairs feel

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.660
 like out

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:46.980
 here

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.380
 and try

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.860
 and wrestle

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.779
 the hospitality

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.279
 tent

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.840
 the cookies

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.940
 the juice

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.519
 away from

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.880
 Craig and

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.180
 Patty

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.800
 if you can

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.980
 learn how

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.200
 to make

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.480
 a pot

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.039
 of coffee

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.379
 wrestle

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.799
 that away

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.200
 from Miss

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.500
 Ann

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.159
 if you

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.500
 can do

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.859
 it

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.339
 ask Pete

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.720
 men

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.099
 women

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.379
 even

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:01.980
 ask Pete

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.759
 if he'd

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.039
 teach you

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.240
 how to

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.639
 work the

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.200
 lawn mower

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.919
 out there

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.799
 he's been

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.079
 trying to

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.419
 teach me

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.720
 since I

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.240
 got here

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:09.099
 I've kept

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.359
 him at

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.659
 bay

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:12.899
 find others

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.279
 who are

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.700
 serving

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.399
 faithfully

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.319
 and join

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.180
 them in

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.779
 what they're

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.180
 doing

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.919
 but know

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.259
 this

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.319
 that serving

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.839
 one another

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.480
 it does

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.159
 not have

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.700
 to be part

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.960
 of a

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.259
 formal

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.759
 ministry

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.519
 in fact

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.299
 often times

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.619
 the way

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.160
 love

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.680
 happens

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.099
 it's not

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.720
 structured

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.240
 it's not

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.740
 organized

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.279
 but it

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.640
 is

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.420
 intentional

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.879
 and we

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.319
 often want

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.779
 to have

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.160
 the church

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.420
 maybe

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.099
 program

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.039
 just give

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.220
 me an

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.619
 hour a

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:36.779
 week

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.019
 where we

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.180
 come

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.500
 together

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.819
 and do

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.140
 life

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.539
 and serve

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.980
 one another

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.339
 and that's

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.660
 when we

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.059
 love one

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.339
 another

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.680
 and then we

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.059
 go home

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.279
 and go

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.799
 our separate

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.019
 ways

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.299
 and that's

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.519
 it

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.379
 that's

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.000
 not how

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.740
 this works

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.579
 life is

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.359
 messy

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.180
 but we

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.480
 want to

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.039
 be in

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.680
 each other's

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.220
 mess

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.039
 as often

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.400
 as love

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.500
 demands it

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.359
 find a place

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.039
 to serve

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.539
 another way

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.000
 to say this

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.579
 number four

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:58.339
 if you have

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.920
 gifts

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.819
 church

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.680
 use them

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.599
 if you have

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.180
 gifts

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.859
 use them

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.299
 now I love

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.240
 how Paul

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.320
 phrases this

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.719
 in Romans

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.460
 chapter 12

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.840
 he says

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.420
 for as in

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.039
 one body

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.420
 we have

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.260
 many members

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.480
 and the members

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.320
 do not all

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.000
 have the same

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.500
 function

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.619
 so we

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.559
 though many

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.760
 are one

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.659
 body in

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.179
 Christ

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.519
 and individually

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.359
 are members

00:34:22.359 --> 00:34:22.899
 of one

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.299
 another

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:24.579
 having gifts

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.420
 that differ

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.119
 according to

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.719
 the grace

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.299
 given to

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:27.679
 us

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.019
 let us

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.659
 use

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.099
 them

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.460
 did you

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.879
 hear that

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:33.339
 let us

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.279
 use

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.019
 them

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.779
 if you

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.319
 are a

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.000
 Christian

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.500
 and you

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.239
 are doing

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.960
 as Christians

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.639
 do and have

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.699
 joined yourself

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:44.039
 to a body

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.639
 as a

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.259
 member

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.579
 you know

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.960
 this is where

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.299
 we get

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.259
 church membership

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:48.119
 language by the

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.319
 way

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.760
 this isn't

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.180
 membership

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.519
 like

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.960
 like

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.200
 you're a

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.380
 member

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.700
 of a

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:50.960
 gym

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.120
 or

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.240
 you're

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.340
 a

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.500
 member

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.680
 of

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.059
 Costco

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.360
 or

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.740
 Sam's

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:52.980
 Club

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.180
 no

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.519
 we are

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.360
 members

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.120
 of a

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:55.680
 body

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.400
 and we

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.840
 have been

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.680
 gifted

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.980
 individually

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.280
 differently

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.420
 uniquely

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.360
 in ways

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.640
 that are

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.240
 meant to be

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:04.120
 used

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.559
 for the

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.059
 building

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.519
 up

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.980
 and the

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.360
 health

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.960
 of the

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.360
 body

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.519
 to use

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.740
 the

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.019
 gifts

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.280
 God

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.660
 has given

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.019
 you

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.580
 is an

00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:10.860
 act

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.580
 of love

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:12.160
 for the

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.420
 body

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:14.000
 to withhold

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.660
 the gifts

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.039
 that God

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.460
 has given

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.800
 you

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.860
 is to

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.400
 withhold

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.280
 love

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.240
 from the

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.620
 body

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:20.580
 use

00:35:20.580 --> 00:35:21.620
 your

00:35:21.620 --> 00:35:22.080
 gifts

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.560
 and last

00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:22.820
 one

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.080
 here

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:24.860
 last

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.180
 one

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.920
 if you

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.160
 have

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.720
 needs

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.820
 share

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.140
 them

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:31.519
 if you

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.720
 have

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.220
 needs

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.960
 share

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.300
 them

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:36.320
 now out

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.720
 of all

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.300
 of these

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.040
 I think

00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:38.800
 this might

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.519
 be the

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.840
 most

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.400
 challenging

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:42.080
 because

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.300
 we're

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.720
 proud

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:42.779
 God

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:44.819
 it's so

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.000
 much

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.319
 easier

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.619
 to say

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.059
 let me

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.399
 help

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:46.679
 you

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.000
 than it

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.299
 is to

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.459
 say

00:35:47.459 --> 00:35:47.739
 please

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:47.959
 come

00:35:47.959 --> 00:35:48.179
 help

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.439
 me

00:35:48.439 --> 00:35:49.639
 please

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:49.939
 come

00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:50.639
 help

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.219
 me

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.119
 that

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.299
 should

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:52.619
 not

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.059
 be

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.639
 so

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.199
 in

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.719
 the

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.299
 church

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.980
 church

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.299
 Jesus

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:57.699
 knew

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.299
 exactly

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:58.859
 perfectly

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.319
 exactly

00:35:59.319 --> 00:35:59.659
 what his

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.059
 disciples

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.419
 needed

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:00.719
 Jesus

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.079
 knew

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.279
 the

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.639
 best

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.939
 way

00:36:01.939 --> 00:36:02.159
 to

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.480
 serve

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.759
 them

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:02.899
 at

00:36:02.899 --> 00:36:03.039
 the

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.359
 exact

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.779
 right

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.219
 time

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.359
 in

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:04.480
 the

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.779
 exact

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.139
 right

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.519
 way

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.319
 I

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.519
 am

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.879
 not

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.299
 Jesus

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.920
 and

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.160
 neither

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.440
 are

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.800
 you

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:12.640
 share

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:14.019
 share

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.539
 your

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.960
 needs

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.260
 so that

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.600
 we can

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:16.320
 bear

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.940
 one another's

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.260
 burdens

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.720
 and so

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.280
 fulfill

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.820
 the law

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.519
 of Christ

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.340
 do not

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.680
 keep

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.300
 your needs

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.160
 to yourself

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:23.519
 I can't

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.860
 promise

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.120
 that we

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.460
 can meet

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.080
 every need

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:25.360
 but I

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.860
 can promise

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.019
 you

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.400
 we can't

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.600
 meet

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.320
 any need

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.760
 that isn't

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.000
 known

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.220
 share

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:30.380
 your needs

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.039
 so we

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.680
 can love

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.660
 one another

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.240
 as Christ

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.660
 has loved

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:33.960
 us

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.280
 amen

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:37.700
 church

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.120
 this week

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.480
 as you

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.920
 go

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.640
 your various

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.160
 ways for

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.740
 thanksgiving

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.100
 would you

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.420
 just

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.620
 set some

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:44.540
 time aside

00:36:44.540 --> 00:36:45.220
 this week

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.900
 to remember

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.160
 and to give

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.980
 thanks for all

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.360
 that Christ

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.720
 has done

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.220
 for us

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:51.300
 to remember

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.019
 how the

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.600
 Lord has

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.320
 served

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.680
 you

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.000
 would you

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.740
 just by way

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.320
 of application

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.680
 take

00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:57.080
 one or two

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:57.680
 of these

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.400
 ways of

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.920
 service to

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.180
 heart

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.780
 this week

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.120
 just take

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.780
 one or two

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.280
 and commit

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:03.280
 commit yourselves

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.720
 to them

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.619
 this week

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.119
 this month

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.739
 in response

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.059
 to what

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.399
 Christ

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.939
 has done

00:37:06.939 --> 00:37:07.480
 for you

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.959
 go

00:37:07.959 --> 00:37:08.799
 and do

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.980
 likewise

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.119
 and let

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.439
 Jesus'

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.219
 question

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.839
 to his

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.279
 disciples

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:13.879
 fall on

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:14.659
 our ears

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.239
 this morning

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.799
 do you

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.500
 understand

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.099
 what I

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.519
 have done

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.059
 for you

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.779
 if you

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.179
 do

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.539
 do

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.179
 just

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.919
 as I

00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:23.679
 have done

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.659
 for you

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.859
 and blessed

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.419
 are you

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:27.459
 if you

00:37:27.459 --> 00:37:27.899
 do them

00:37:27.899 --> 00:37:29.219
 let's pray

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:33.739
 Lord

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.079
 Jesus

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.739
 nothing

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.099
 could

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.579
 repay

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.439
 the ways

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:36.659
 that you

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.799
 have

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:37.019
 served

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.419
 us

00:37:37.419 --> 00:37:38.980
 we

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.399
 thank

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:39.639
 you

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.099
 that you

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.839
 gave

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.059
 your

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.579
 life

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.599
 for us

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.879
 those

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.079
 who

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.000
 are not

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.539
 worthy

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.059
 of it

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.259
 not

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.480
 those

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.579
 who

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.719
 have

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.179
 earned

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.459
 it

00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:46.799
 not

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.119
 because

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.299
 of

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:47.519
 our

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.939
 goodness

00:37:47.939 --> 00:37:49.259
 but

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.480
 out

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.599
 of

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.739
 a

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:49.980
 heart

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.139
 of

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.619
 love

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:50.859
 for

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.179
 sinners

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:52.739
 we

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.319
 pray

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.759
 father

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:53.959
 that

00:37:53.959 --> 00:37:54.239
 if there

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.399
 are

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:54.579
 any

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:54.819
 here

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:54.980
 who

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.139
 have

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.500
 not

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.500
 received

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.860
 that

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.360
 gift

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.039
 received

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.300
 that

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:59.000
 sacrifice

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.280
 by

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.159
 faith

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.579
 alone

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.800
 would

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:00.920
 you

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.340
 give

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.639
 them

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.840
 a

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.119
 heart

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.360
 that

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.980
 trusts

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.400
 the

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.800
 provision

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.039
 of

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.420
 Christ

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.780
 and

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:05.960
 Lord

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.139
 for

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.400
 us

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.579
 who

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.300
 know

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.579
 you

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.780
 who

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.079
 have

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.280
 been

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.760
 served

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.000
 by

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.599
 our

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.000
 Savior

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.340
 Lord

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.559
 we

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:10.980
 pray

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.320
 God

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.860
 make

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.019
 us

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.480
 humble

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:14.280
 make

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.460
 us

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.039
 loving

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.219
 make

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.420
 us

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.860
 servants

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.139
 like

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.440
 Jesus

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.760
 we

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:17.960
 pray

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.099
 in

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.280
 Jesus

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.619
 name

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.800
 Amen