WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.839 If you've got your Bibles there, would you please turn to Mark's Gospel, Chapter 3. 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:17.039 ! We're going to be reading that in just a sec. 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:17.039 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.060 Thank you. 00:00:33.060 --> 00:00:33.060 00:00:33.060 --> 00:01:03.040 Thank you. 00:01:03.620 --> 00:01:07.100 We've been looking at members of the kingdom. 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.500 Last week we looked at members of the family. 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:16.659 Last week members of the body and today we're looking at members of the family. 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:24.140 And just as a reminder that as a follow-up, we meet on Wednesday evening across the road in the Lion's Centre 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:29.120 where we get to follow up on what we've been looking at on the morning time. 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:36.020 So we're going to have a specific focus on Wednesday on baptism and the Lord's Supper 00:01:36.020 --> 00:01:41.520 and how they are connected and how they relate to church life. 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:50.079 So please come along and a great opportunity to discuss in small group and ask your questions together. 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:55.900 Father, we're going to pray first and then look at God's Word. 00:01:55.900 --> 00:02:07.060 Father, thank you for your good gifts to us. 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:12.020 Thank you for your word and thank you for your spirit. 00:02:12.020 --> 00:02:22.700 And we pray that you would speak to us afresh, helping us to see what it means to be members of the family. 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:26.479 In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.899 A couple of questions to start with. 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:37.419 Did you come here this morning with family? 00:02:37.419 --> 00:02:47.899 Did you come here with family? 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.799 Or are you coming here to meet with family? 00:02:54.019 --> 00:02:57.000 Or are you here alone? 00:02:58.859 --> 00:03:02.839 Or are you gathering with brothers and sisters? 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:14.620 You see, how we answer those questions will tell us a lot about how we understand church and how we relate to church. 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:21.980 You see, the Bible uses many different word pictures to describe the church. 00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:30.300 So the church is like a kingdom and Jesus is our King who rules over us. 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:40.140 We saw last week that the church is like a body and Jesus is our head who is the source of all true life. 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:51.360 The church is like a bride and Jesus is our husband who in love gives his life for us. 00:03:52.820 --> 00:03:59.900 But there's one picture, there's one description that is deeper and richer than all the rest. 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:03.500 And it gets to the very heart of what it means to be church. 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.319 And it's simply this. 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:10.920 The church is a family. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:13.500 The church is a family. 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:18.000 The Bible doesn't say the church is like a family. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:21.420 It's like a kingdom, like a body, like a bride. 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:26.680 But the Bible says we are a family. 00:04:28.640 --> 00:04:37.200 Consider with me what Jesus said about the church and family. 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:40.639 And get ready for a surprise. 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:47.080 Look at Mark chapter 3 verse 31. 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.579 Mark chapter 3 verse 31. 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:54.579 Jesus had been in a discussion with some of the religious leaders 00:04:54.579 --> 00:04:59.839 and his own biological family arrive. 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:02.680 Let's pick it up in verse 31. 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.740 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. 00:05:10.099 --> 00:05:14.879 Standing outside, they sent someone in to call for Jesus. 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:19.459 A crowd was sitting around Jesus and they told him, 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:24.159 Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:30.639 Who are my mother and my brothers, he asked. 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:35.139 Then he looked at those seated in the circle around him and he said, 00:05:35.779 --> 00:05:39.459 Here are my mother and my brothers. 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:48.659 For whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother. 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:51.699 Isn't that surprising? 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:56.679 Jesus redefines our understanding of family. 00:05:57.159 --> 00:06:02.699 He shows us that our true family are those who do the will of God. 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:05.759 That is, those who are of the faith. 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:05.879 Jesus. 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:10.360 Or have a look at Mark chapter 10. 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:14.339 And verse 29. 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:18.939 Mark chapter 10 verse 29. 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.719 Here, Jesus has been talking about what it means to follow Jesus. 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:24.939 The cost. 00:06:26.019 --> 00:06:27.939 So sometimes when we follow him, 00:06:28.459 --> 00:06:31.639 it means that people will go against us. 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:37.000 So pick it up in, sorry, we'll pick it up in verse 28. 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:46.339 Then Peter spoke up and said to Jesus and the others, 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:49.979 We have left everything to follow you. 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:53.759 Truly I tell you, Jesus replied, 00:06:53.759 --> 00:07:04.240 No one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.719 that is all their resources for me and the gospel, 00:07:07.719 --> 00:07:16.099 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age. 00:07:16.100 --> 00:07:24.580 Homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields, 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:31.140 along with persecution and in the age to come, eternal life. 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:33.500 Did you see that? 00:07:33.700 --> 00:07:35.140 If we follow Jesus, 00:07:36.460 --> 00:07:41.040 it may mean that our family will fall out with us, 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:46.460 but we gain a hundred times more in terms of family. 00:07:47.460 --> 00:07:49.680 You see, Jesus is making it crystal clear. 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:52.840 It's not biology that connects us, 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.820 but our relationship and commitment to Jesus. 00:07:58.340 --> 00:08:02.000 So to go back to those questions we asked at the very beginning, 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:03.860 if we are Christians, 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:09.060 we have come primarily to meet with family. 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:11.620 If we are followers of Jesus, 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:15.759 we are gathering with our brothers and sisters. 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:23.420 Now that doesn't mean to say that our biological families are not important 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:25.240 and that we should dismiss them. 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.500 They are vitally important. 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.759 And the Bible has a lot to say about our families. 00:08:33.940 --> 00:08:36.700 Parents, if you are a parent here today, 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:40.140 you are to nurture and care for your children, 00:08:40.140 --> 00:08:45.340 to teach them God's word and to remind them of what the Bible says. 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.040 And children, if you are a child, 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:50.300 you are to obey your parents, 00:08:50.920 --> 00:08:52.240 to honour them. 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:57.259 In fact, if we don't care for our families, 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:00.360 if we don't look after our families, 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.960 it's a sure sign of unbelief. 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:08.860 Look at the screen here, 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:10.500 this verse from 1 Timothy. 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:16.580 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives 00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:20.240 and especially for their own household 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:21.820 or their own family 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:24.760 has denied the faith 00:09:24.760 --> 00:09:28.860 and is worse than an unbeliever. 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:34.420 You see, our biological family responsibilities 00:09:34.420 --> 00:09:36.980 and our duties and care for one another 00:09:36.980 --> 00:09:40.800 are not to be in competition with the church family. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:45.099 Rather, our biological families 00:09:45.099 --> 00:09:47.839 are there to point us 00:09:47.839 --> 00:09:50.579 towards our true family, 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:52.479 our ultimate family, 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:53.819 the church. 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:58.179 One writer put it like this. 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:03.799 This changes everything 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.699 about what it means to be in a family. 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:13.940 For those with healthy, close families, 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:18.100 it lifts their eyes to an even greater reality. 00:10:20.660 --> 00:10:24.620 For those whose families are dysfunctional 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:29.820 or are lonely, abandoned, orphaned or divorced, 00:10:30.280 --> 00:10:35.180 it is a warm invitation into a real family. 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:39.159 You see, our biological families, 00:10:39.319 --> 00:10:40.959 yes, they are a gift from God, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.079 but they are not an end in themselves. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:45.000 They are to point us to 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.079 our true and greater reality, 00:10:48.599 --> 00:10:50.679 our real family. 00:10:52.699 --> 00:10:54.259 So how do you and I, 00:10:54.859 --> 00:10:58.179 how do we get to enjoy this greater reality? 00:10:58.979 --> 00:11:03.139 How do we experience this true family? 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:06.919 Well, turn with me, please, 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.379 to Hebrews chapter 2. 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.860 Hebrews chapter 2. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.299 Haven't got a page number. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.559 1,202. 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:30.379 1,202. 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:34.139 Hebrews chapter 2. 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:37.100 And we're going to be looking at verse 10, 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.139 just a few verses. 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:40.439 But in this chapter, 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:42.659 we see God's plan 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:44.759 and God's design 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.439 for humanity. 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:48.480 What God longs for, 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:50.480 what he's working towards. 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:52.939 And there's three things 00:11:52.939 --> 00:11:54.460 that I want us to notice 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:56.320 and to pay attention 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:57.460 to the language 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:59.220 that is used. 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:01.800 The first thing to notice is 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:04.960 that God is our Father 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.879 and we are his sons 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.600 and daughters. 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:11.860 God is our Father 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:14.460 and we are his sons and daughters. 00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:16.360 God's plan, verse 10, 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:18.600 is to bring 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.440 many sons and daughters 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:23.080 to glory. 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:25.420 that he would have 00:12:25.420 --> 00:12:27.520 many sons and daughters 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:29.000 in his kingdom. 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.500 Well, how does God do that? 00:12:33.500 --> 00:12:36.080 Well, God sends his own son, 00:12:36.660 --> 00:12:37.080 Jesus, 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.220 to be the one 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:39.340 who brings 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:41.480 many sons and daughters 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:43.240 to the Father. 00:12:44.280 --> 00:12:46.240 Jesus is our pioneer. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:47.700 That's the phrase 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:48.779 to focus in on 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.940 on verse 10. 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.940 Halfway through, 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:54.779 it talks about Jesus 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:56.360 being the pioneer 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.860 of their salvation. 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.139 Now, a pioneer 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:03.039 is someone who goes 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:04.299 where no one 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:05.379 has gone before. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.639 They cut their way 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.279 through 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.600 so that others 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.840 can follow. 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.480 Well, Jesus is described 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.639 here as the pioneer 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.740 of our salvation. 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:19.180 He represents us. 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.740 Jesus goes before us 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:23.620 and dies the death 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.740 that we deserve 00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:25.940 for our sin. 00:13:27.300 --> 00:13:29.340 Jesus goes before us 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:31.540 and lives the perfect life 00:13:31.540 --> 00:13:33.500 that we could never live. 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:36.100 Jesus paves the way. 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:38.200 He cuts a path 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.320 for the sons and daughters 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.720 to be able to come 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:45.360 to the Father. 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:48.340 You could think of it 00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:49.040 like this 00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:50.740 as we imagine 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:53.320 a huge big forest 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.660 and in the centre 00:13:54.660 --> 00:13:55.480 of the forest 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.720 is the king 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.580 in his castle. 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:00.500 But surrounding it 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:02.180 is this thick forest 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:03.520 unpenetrable 00:14:03.520 --> 00:14:04.780 no way through. 00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:08.260 But one is able to 00:14:08.260 --> 00:14:10.180 who cuts a path 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.620 through that jungle 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:13.519 to the castle 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.419 to the king 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.559 to bring 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.139 the lost 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:18.559 sons and daughters 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:19.899 back 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:22.059 to their king. 00:14:23.239 --> 00:14:24.379 Well, that in a sense 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:25.919 is what Jesus is doing. 00:14:26.359 --> 00:14:27.659 He's cutting through. 00:14:28.099 --> 00:14:29.419 He's paving the way 00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:31.139 for sons and daughters 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.319 to get 00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.559 to their father 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.279 king. 00:14:35.439 --> 00:14:36.879 So how do I know 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.759 if I am a child 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.439 of the king? 00:14:39.439 --> 00:14:41.059 How do I know 00:14:41.059 --> 00:14:42.159 I am a son 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.679 or daughter? 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.559 Well, it's the sons 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.759 and daughters 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.559 who follow Jesus. 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.679 So if you 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:50.659 are following 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.740 Jesus today, 00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:53.539 if you are trusting 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.059 in him, 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.419 you are 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.460 a son 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.580 or a daughter 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:59.179 of the Father. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.720 And as we 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.580 walk 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.559 with Jesus, 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.740 we have the 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:06.100 awesome privilege 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:07.860 of calling God 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:09.360 our Father. 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.420 Jesus 00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:13.259 cuts a path 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:15.159 so that he 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.879 may bring 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.399 many sons 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:18.200 and daughters 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.800 to glory. 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.180 God is our 00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:22.600 Father 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:24.740 and we can be 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.740 his sons 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:27.320 and daughters. 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:29.680 But there's 00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.700 a second picture 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:32.960 and that is 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.000 Jesus is our 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.500 brother 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:36.700 and we are 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.300 his 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:38.280 brothers 00:15:38.280 --> 00:15:39.620 and sisters. 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.900 Because God 00:15:41.900 --> 00:15:42.759 is our Father 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.900 and we are 00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:45.020 sons and daughters. 00:15:45.920 --> 00:15:46.620 Look at the end 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.440 of verse 11. 00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:51.200 So Jesus 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:53.140 is not ashamed 00:15:53.140 --> 00:15:54.920 to call them 00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:55.960 brothers 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.820 and sisters. 00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.140 You see, 00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.860 if you 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.100 are a son 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.819 or a daughter 00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.960 of the Father, 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:04.899 Jesus 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:06.519 is your 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.019 brother. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.899 Jesus 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:10.439 delights 00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:11.620 over us. 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:12.960 He's not 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:14.139 ashamed of you, 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.799 it says in 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.480 verse 11. 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.439 No matter what 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:17.039 we've said 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.600 or done 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.100 or no matter 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.559 how many 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.759 times we turn, 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.759 he never 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.159 is ashamed 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.399 of you. 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:25.220 He loves 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.700 you 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:26.819 deeply. 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:28.580 Jesus 00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.100 is your 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.460 brother. 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.420 In fact, 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:30.960 Jesus 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.680 praises 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.480 the Father 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.360 for the 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.840 new 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.340 brothers 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.120 and sisters 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.080 he has 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.760 received. 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.420 Look at 00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:38.120 verse 12. 00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:41.240 He says, 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:41.940 I will 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.400 declare 00:16:42.400 --> 00:16:44.200 your name 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.800 to my 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:46.220 brothers 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.940 and sisters. 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.760 I will 00:16:47.760 --> 00:16:48.460 tell 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.580 your sons 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.240 and daughters, 00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:50.720 I will 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.360 tell them 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.420 that we 00:16:52.420 --> 00:16:53.060 are of 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.660 the same 00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:54.260 family, 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.059 we have 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.960 the same 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.939 Father. 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.340 I will 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.939 declare 00:16:58.939 --> 00:17:00.299 your name 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.080 to my 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.460 brothers 00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.299 and sisters 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.179 in the 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.759 assembly. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.660 I will 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.119 sing 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.420 your 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.980 praises. 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.579 It's 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.000 like a 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.500 child 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.839 who's 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.500 been told 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:11.859 they're 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:12.259 going to 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.680 have a 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.079 new 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:13.900 brother 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.220 or 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.740 sister 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.660 in their 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.240 family. 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.460 Well, 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.059 they can't 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.700 help but 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00:19:08.579 we 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.279 are 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.919 God's 00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:10.399 children. 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.579 It's 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:11.759 the 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.159 spirit 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.440 who 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.039 unites 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.279 and 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.559 brings 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:13.759 us 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.159 together. 00:19:14.659 --> 00:19:14.799 So 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.099 now 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.440 look 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.599 at 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.799 how 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.019 the 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.500 author 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.759 of 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.220 Hebrews 00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.079 now 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.539 writes 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:18.740 to 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.000 this 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.399 local 00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.839 church. 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.399 Look 00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:20.519 at 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.759 the 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.259 language 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.019 that 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.179 he 00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:22.599 uses. 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.000 Because 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.399 we're 00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:23.519 of 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.699 the 00:19:23.699 --> 00:19:23.939 same 00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.439 family, 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:24.839 God 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.019 is 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.199 our 00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:25.619 father, 00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.480 Jesus 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:26.779 is 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.000 our 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.319 brother. 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.059 Look at 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.779 chapter 3 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.480 verse 1. 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.199 Therefore, 00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:34.480 holy 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.339 brothers 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.639 and sisters 00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:38.119 who share 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.859 in the 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.259 heavenly 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.980 calling, 00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:40.879 those who 00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.379 are sons 00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.939 and daughters 00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.359 of the 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:42.699 Father, 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.720 fix 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.259 your 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.959 thoughts 00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.679 on 00:19:45.679 --> 00:19:46.119 Jesus. 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:49.099 look at 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.899 verse 12, 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.659 chapter 3 00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:51.399 verse 12. 00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.539 This is 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.879 what we're 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.239 to do 00:19:54.239 --> 00:19:54.779 together. 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.500 See 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.099 to it, 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:56.919 brothers 00:19:56.919 --> 00:19:57.399 and 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.879 sisters, 00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:59.019 that none 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.319 of you 00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.859 has a 00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.379 sinful, 00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.599 unbelieving 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.339 heart that 00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.159 turns away 00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.579 from the 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.219 living God, 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:06.039 but encourage 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.919 one another 00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.699 daily, 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.039 as long 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.559 as it is 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.859 called 00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.259 today, 00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:10.779 so that 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.219 none 00:20:11.219 --> 00:20:11.739 of you 00:20:11.739 --> 00:20:12.639 may be 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.159 hardened 00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:14.839 by sin's 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.639 deceitfulness. 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:18.279 or have 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.559 a look 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.019 at chapter 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.619 10, 00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:22.359 verse 19. 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.759 This is 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.379 the bond 00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:29.779 of the 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.219 Spirit 00:20:30.219 --> 00:20:30.959 uniting 00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.299 us 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.819 together. 00:20:33.179 --> 00:20:33.899 Chapter 00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.259 10, 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.139 verse 19, 00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.179 therefore, 00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:37.359 brothers 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.139 and sisters, 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.539 and he 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.979 goes on, 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.859 because of 00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.519 what Jesus 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.219 has done 00:20:41.219 --> 00:20:41.959 for us, 00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:43.459 verse 23, 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:46.779 let us 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:48.360 together as 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.079 brothers and 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.500 sisters, 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:51.279 hold unswervingly 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.940 to the hope 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.620 we profess, 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.720 for he who 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.460 promised is 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.940 faithful, 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.519 and let us, 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.440 the brothers 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.200 and sisters, 00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.440 consider how 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.620 we may spur 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.880 one another 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.900 on towards 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.640 love and good 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.100 deeds, 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.840 not giving up 00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.880 meeting together 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.660 as some are in 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.220 the habit of 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.500 doing, 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:10.039 but encouraging 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.420 the brothers 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.359 and sisters 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.119 and all the 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.880 more as you 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.740 see the day 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.859 approaching. 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.460 Or chapter 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.279 13, 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.740 verse 1. 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:30.220 Keep on 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.460 loving one 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.519 another as 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:34.259 brothers and 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.880 sisters. 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.740 You see, 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.539 the Spirit 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.259 of God 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:40.140 unites the 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.960 children of 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.559 God to 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.019 be the 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.059 family of 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.460 God. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.359 The Spirit 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.940 of God 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.779 unites the 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.480 children of 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.359 God to 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.740 be the 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.480 family of 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.759 God, 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.440 and it 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.079 radically 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.099 changes how 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.619 we now 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.359 view each 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.179 other and 00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.579 how we 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.480 see each 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.799 other. 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.299 The Apostle 00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.659 Paul, 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.379 writing to 00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:00.859 Timothy, 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.579 who is a 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.419 young pastor, 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.659 helps him 00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:07.139 see how he 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.899 should view 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:09.019 his congregation, 00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.000 how he 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.679 should think 00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.399 about people 00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.960 in the life 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.240 of the 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.579 church, 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.259 and I 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.639 think it 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.480 applies to 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.439 us as 00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:15.720 well. 00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.179 You can 00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:16.659 follow it 00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.000 on the 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.419 screen. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:26.019 Do not 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.060 rebuke an 00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:28.000 older man 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.039 harshly, 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:31.060 but exhort 00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:32.300 him as if 00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:32.779 he were 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:34.700 your father. 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.940 So if 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.320 there's an 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.120 older man 00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.580 here, 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.440 somebody 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.120 older than 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.640 what you 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:40.920 are, 00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.860 you are to 00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.300 treat him 00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:42.600 as your 00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.240 father. 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.319 brother. 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.380 If you're 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:45.759 a young 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.200 man, 00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.359 treat younger 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.240 men as 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.200 brothers. 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.920 And the 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.700 older women, 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.720 treat them 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.079 as your 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.620 mothers. 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.500 And the 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.299 younger women, 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.559 treat them 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.700 as sisters 00:22:58.700 --> 00:23:00.279 with absolute 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.980 purity. 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.480 You see, 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.200 it changes 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.740 the whole 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.339 dynamic, 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.059 doesn't it? 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.079 So whatever 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.160 our experience 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.160 as a family, 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.660 if it's been 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.339 a healthy 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.920 family, 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.000 it points 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.900 to a 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.440 greater 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.080 family. 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.920 If it's 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.740 been painful 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.120 and a 00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:19.180 hard experience, 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.100 it points 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.860 beyond that 00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.779 to a 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.259 better 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.759 family, 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.580 a family 00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.380 where we 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.140 are united 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.000 together by 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.539 the Spirit 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.180 to be the 00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.759 family of 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.039 God, 00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.740 where we 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.360 are joined 00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:30.100 together to 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.080 encourage one 00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.940 another to 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.920 keep on in 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.440 the faith, 00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:34.000 to keep 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.580 following 00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.860 Jesus. 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.179 Jesus. 00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.500 Well, you 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.159 may say, 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:44.219 well, that 00:23:44.219 --> 00:23:45.099 sounds great, 00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.839 but you 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.359 know what? 00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.979 That hasn't 00:23:48.979 --> 00:23:49.500 been my 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.439 experience. 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.479 You see, some 00:23:52.479 --> 00:23:52.939 of you may 00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.879 feel hurt 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.019 by the 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.500 church. 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.000 Maybe 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.779 someone was 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.159 critical and 00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.119 spoke harshly 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.699 to you. 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.839 Maybe you 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.859 experienced 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:05.219 rejection or 00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:06.439 maybe being 00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.759 ostracized or 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.439 being left 00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.279 out and 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.299 you're screaming 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.379 inside saying, 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.139 well, I 00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:13.099 don't trust 00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.039 the church. 00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:17.759 Well, I 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.159 want to 00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.959 acknowledge that 00:24:18.959 --> 00:24:19.699 for some that 00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.399 might be the 00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.879 case. 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.099 But before 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.899 turning our 00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:25.039 back on 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.859 the church, 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.639 I want us 00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.319 all to think 00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.279 about our 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:31.019 expectations of 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.599 the church 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.179 family. 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.219 First, 00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.979 family life 00:24:36.979 --> 00:24:38.439 is messy. 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.179 Family life 00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.719 is messy. 00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.299 We often 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.279 say, if 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.719 you're looking 00:24:42.719 --> 00:24:43.139 for the 00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:44.159 perfect church, 00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.559 you won't 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.079 find it 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.459 here. 00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.759 And if 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.159 you think 00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:49.419 you're 00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:49.819 perfect, 00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:50.459 don't bother 00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:51.219 coming along 00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:51.699 because you'll 00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.599 be very 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.359 disappointed. 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.119 You see, 00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.719 none of us 00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:56.279 is perfect. 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.779 We all 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.299 fail and 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.659 we all 00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:58.919 fall. 00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.839 We've all 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.439 said things. 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.159 I know I've 00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.899 said things and 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.459 done things 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.779 sort of 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.660 upset people. 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.259 When we 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.740 do our 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.400 marriage 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.100 preparation 00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.799 classes, 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.420 one of the 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.340 questions I 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.779 love to 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.559 ask is, 00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.740 to the 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.140 two who 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.579 are sitting 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.960 there, 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.299 what happens 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.960 when two 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.680 lovers come 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.380 together in 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.880 marriage? 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:20.700 Of course, 00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.120 they always 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.360 say, 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.259 love, 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.660 deeper love, 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.720 greater love. 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.480 Well, 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.900 the answer, 00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.380 of course, 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.200 is conflict 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.000 and division. 00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.620 Why? 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.500 Because we 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.019 are lovers 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.900 of self. 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.380 And when 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.860 you bring 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.580 two lovers 00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.420 of self 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.819 coming together, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:40.860 well, 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.220 you get 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.900 conflict 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.259 and division. 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.900 And that's 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.299 what can 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.819 happen in 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.200 the life 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.500 of the 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.860 church. 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.740 We're a 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.460 bunch of 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.840 sinners 00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.640 coming 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.180 together. 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.019 Yes, 00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.519 we have 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.640 been saved. 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.580 Yes, 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.460 God is 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.120 our father. 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:55.799 Yes, 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.059 we're 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.399 brothers 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.700 and 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.019 sisters, 00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.639 but just 00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:57.980 as we 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.379 do in 00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.940 our own 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.819 biological 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.500 family, 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.980 say and 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.480 do things 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.000 that hurt, 00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.079 so within 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.559 the church 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.980 family, 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.659 there's a 00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.359 whole bunch 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.899 of people 00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.279 coming 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.779 together, 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.039 and we 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.440 can get 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.000 it wrong. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.279 Rather than 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.159 serve others, 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.079 we can love 00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.059 self. 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.339 That's why 00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.079 we have all 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.139 these encouragements 00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.799 in the Bible 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.460 that we read 00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.159 in Hebrews. 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.519 Love each 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.859 other. 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.019 Forgive 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.299 one another. 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.579 Carry each 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.980 other's 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.359 burdens. 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.240 Be patient 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.759 with one 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.099 another. 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.379 Spur one 00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.960 another on 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.299 to love 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.599 and good 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:31.879 deeds. 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.559 Let's 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.059 not give 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.700 up meeting 00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.259 together. 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.319 Well, 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.619 if the 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.119 church was 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.799 perfect, 00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.539 we would 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.099 never have 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.839 these commands 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.879 or correctives. 00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.399 But it's 00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.940 because we 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.299 get it 00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:45.819 wrong that 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.720 we're reminded 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.680 of who we 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.659 are to be. 00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.500 So can I 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.220 encourage us 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:53.279 all to 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.019 adjust your 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.899 expectation 00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.660 and bring 00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.280 it down 00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:58.660 some notches 00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.360 because family 00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.680 life is 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.440 messy and 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.880 we're all 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.320 broken. 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.960 So having 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.480 adjusted 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.380 down, I 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.800 want us 00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.259 now to 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.900 ratchet up 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.120 and have a 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:14.780 great expectation 00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.259 because not 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.900 only are we 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.640 messy, family 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.420 life is 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.240 graceful. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.819 you see, the 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.539 church is a 00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.120 family where 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.900 broken and 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.559 messy people 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.160 like us 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.620 find grace. 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.079 We are 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.640 people who 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.640 walk together 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.720 back to 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.519 the cross. 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.839 Here we 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.620 remember our 00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.299 true brother 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.180 Jesus Christ 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.859 who gave his 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.640 life for us 00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.440 so that we 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.880 could be 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.440 sons and 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.980 daughters of 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.500 the father 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.519 and together 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.480 we lean in 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.200 on the spirit 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.960 strength and 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.559 power to 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.079 live as we 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.599 should. 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:48.819 James puts 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.279 it like 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.799 this. 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.759 This is a 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.419 great thing 00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.199 we can do 00:27:55.199 --> 00:27:55.759 for each 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.199 other if 00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:58.339 we drift 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.039 or fall 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.439 away. 00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.019 My brothers 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.699 and sisters, 00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.480 if one of 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.919 you should 00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:04.319 wander from 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.099 the truth 00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:06.659 and someone 00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.399 should bring 00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.219 that person 00:28:08.219 --> 00:28:08.819 back, 00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.159 remember 00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.559 this, 00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.159 whoever 00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.099 turns a 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.679 sinner from 00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.279 the error 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.639 of their 00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.460 way will 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.119 save them 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.680 from death 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.480 and cover 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.180 over a 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.660 multitude 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.619 of sins. 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.720 You see, 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.819 when conflict 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.299 happens, 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.279 when fallout 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.839 happens, 00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.519 when we 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.160 say and do 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.599 the wrong 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.000 thing, 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.879 we don't 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.599 pull away 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.180 from each 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.440 other, 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.500 we come 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.059 together 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.139 and go 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.579 to the 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.119 cross 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.519 and we 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.339 receive the 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.059 grace and 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.539 mercy 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.619 that we 00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.079 need. 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.720 Together 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.059 we're 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.480 committed 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.180 as brothers 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.960 and sisters 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.160 to bring 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.740 each other 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.440 back to 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.000 God. 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.000 Now, 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.339 the way 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.839 we do 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.539 this as 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.259 a church 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:52.799 is through 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.440 a church 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.380 covenant. 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.900 It's a 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.440 commitment 00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.819 to one 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.240 another. 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.680 Just as 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.519 God is 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.339 committed 00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.240 to us 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.599 and never 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.420 turns away 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.079 from us, 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.140 so we 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.599 as a 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.000 church 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.799 strive to 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.019 be 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.720 gracious 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.059 to one 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.500 another, 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.819 to not 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.299 give up 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.740 on each 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.059 other, 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.039 but to 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.519 pursue 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.299 life with 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.559 each 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.879 other. 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.180 A 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.480 covenant 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.119 may be 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.819 a new 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.339 word to 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.480 you, 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.879 but it's 00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.440 simply a 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.980 promise 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.660 between 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.220 two 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.799 parties 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.839 into 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.639 a 00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.119 committed 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.960 relationship. 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.460 So think 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.759 of a 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.279 marriage. 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.220 A man 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.720 and a 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.980 woman 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.400 come 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.879 together 00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.660 to make 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.400 promises, 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.160 to be 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.259 loyal to 00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.480 one 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.799 another, 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.660 to love 00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.019 each 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.279 other. 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.119 They give 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.759 rings, 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.339 and here's 00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.740 me looking 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.119 for my 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.500 ring now, 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.680 and I 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.019 haven't got 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.400 my ring. 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.879 Don't 00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.079 worry, 00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.279 our 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.599 marriage 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.140 is good, 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.299 just don't 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.599 have it 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.839 on. 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.619 So there 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.019 we have 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.240 it. 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.740 Yes, 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.640 I'm totally 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.400 lost now, 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.119 aren't I? 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.480 So it is 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.819 for the 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.099 local, 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.740 oh yeah, 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.400 thanks. 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.539 So here 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.940 we have 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.619 the local 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.220 church. 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.559 We're 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.099 committing 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.059 to one 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.460 another, 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.359 and our 00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.779 covenant, 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.579 our church 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.059 covenant 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.680 that we 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.220 have 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.559 recognizes 00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.039 it, 00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.839 that as 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.539 believers 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.420 coming 00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.000 together, 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.180 we submit 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.700 to one 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.079 another, 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.180 and support 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.799 each other. 00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.480 So I 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.960 want us to 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.279 go through 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.379 it. 00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.740 You might 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.000 have it 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.299 on your 00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.879 notes if 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.200 you got 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.779 this sheet 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.480 this morning. 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.460 If not, 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.859 you can 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.440 see it 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.259 on the 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.740 screen. 00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.420 Yes, 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.660 we are a 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.779 family who 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.379 are broken 00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.119 and messy, 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.599 but we are 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.299 a family 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.119 who are 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.019 graceful, 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.480 and here's 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.900 how we 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.559 show that 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.160 grace to 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.660 one another 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.799 by committing 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.920 to each 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.220 other. 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.819 You can 00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.559 follow along 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.500 on the 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.940 screen. 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.519 Recognizing 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.240 our own 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.599 unworthiness 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.759 and inability. 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.180 Isn't that 00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.620 great? 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.860 Our own 00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.620 unworthiness 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.339 and inability. 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.900 We're a 00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.200 mess, 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.900 we're broken. 00:30:57.900 --> 00:31:00.000 So we 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.460 come in 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.940 total 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.600 dependence 00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.680 upon God. 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.280 We now 00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:05.280 covenant to 00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:06.060 give ourselves 00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:07.259 first to 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.700 God, 00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:09.400 and then to 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.120 this local 00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.700 church. 00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.920 And here's 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.460 the commitment. 00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.820 First, 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.440 that we 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.180 will endeavor 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.920 to walk 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.860 in holiness 00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.840 and brotherly 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.340 love, 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.320 being concerned 00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:25.040 to honor 00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.740 God in 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.480 our lives, 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.740 and encourage 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.380 one another 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.140 to love 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.660 and good 00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.259 works, 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.940 and to 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.740 pray for 00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.380 one another, 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.180 and to 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.500 bear each 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.940 other's 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.339 burdens. 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.319 Two, 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.140 that we 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.640 will at 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.640 all times 00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.500 be loyal 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.099 to each 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.420 other, 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.559 being patient 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.099 with one 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.660 another's 00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.200 weaknesses 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.259 and failings, 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.940 seeking to 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:53.039 maintain unity 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.500 and avoid 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.920 all causes 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.339 of division. 00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.720 Three, 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.920 that we 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.700 will endeavor 00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.480 to meet 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.240 together on 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.839 the Lord's 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.680 Day and 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.420 at all the 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.099 other meetings 00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.480 of the 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.879 church, 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.940 as we 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.200 have 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.920 opportunity, 00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.420 encouraging 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.359 one another 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.819 by our 00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.399 attendance. 00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.339 And then 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.940 fourth, 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:21.799 to pray 00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:23.200 for and 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.059 encourage the 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.440 officers, 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.259 the elders, 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.779 and the 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.360 deacons of 00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.019 the church 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.700 in their 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.460 responsibilities 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.160 or in 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.960 their discharge 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.340 of their 00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.860 duty. 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.200 Do you 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.680 see this 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.240 covenant, 00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.320 this 00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:39.420 member, 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.500 membership, 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.799 committing to 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.500 one another 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:44.460 to be 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.559 faithful and 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.019 loyal? 00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.820 It's a 00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.820 commitment to 00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:49.019 be graceful. 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.879 So yes, 00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.740 we bring our 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.519 expectations 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.119 down, 00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.839 we are 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.460 messy and 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.819 broken, 00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.679 but we 00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:56.720 also raise 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:56.939 the 00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.740 expectations 00:32:57.740 --> 00:33:00.720 up to 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.079 be a 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.759 graceful 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.359 family. 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.799 The 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.179 church 00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:07.980 family is 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.579 where sons 00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.259 and daughters 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.079 come to 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.659 the Father 00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:12.079 together to 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.099 receive his 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.639 grace. 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.240 And the 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.960 church family 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.419 is where 00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.240 brothers and 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.799 sisters of 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.059 Jesus come 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.740 to give 00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.740 grace. 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.700 And the 00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.440 church family 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.079 is where we 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.960 depend on the 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.779 Spirit's help 00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.539 to be 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:29.180 graceful to 00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.839 one another 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.700 in our 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.980 words and 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.399 in our 00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.859 deeds. 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.159 The 00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.940 church family 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.440 is not 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.980 just an 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.599 idea, 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.639 a picture 00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.079 in our 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.819 minds or 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.779 something in 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.259 the Bible 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.659 to be 00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.159 read. 00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.659 It is 00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.220 something to 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.720 be lived 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.240 out and 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.099 worked out. 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.359 that's why 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.839 we've been 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.500 doing these 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.459 series together 00:33:49.459 --> 00:33:51.279 and I want 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.919 to encourage 00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.659 us all that 00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.199 if you are 00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:54.039 not yet a 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.839 member to 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.699 consider what 00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:58.879 it is to 00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.500 be a son 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.039 and daughter 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.459 of the 00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:00.899 Father, 00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.139 a brother 00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.679 and sister 00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.359 of Jesus, 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.899 a brother 00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.619 and sister 00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.679 of one 00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.079 another. 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.119 the 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.699 church 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.699 is 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.199 family. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.460 Let's 00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.059 just take a 00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.539 moment in 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.159 the quietness 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.739 before I 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.259 pray to 00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.799 think about 00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.480 what our 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.739 response is 00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.980 to what 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.679 we've heard 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:25.019 this morning. 00:34:25.019 --> 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00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:26.840 Thank you that as we follow Jesus, as we trust in him, 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:30.260 we can talk to God as our Father. 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:36.699 But not only that, you have adopted us into your family, 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:44.059 giving us greater brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and children. 00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:50.059 And we ask and pray that you would help us in our messiness and brokenness 00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:54.380 to be graceful to one another, 00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:58.420 that we would lead each other back to the cross 00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:02.599 to receive the mercy and the help that we so need 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:07.099 to be the kind of people that you call us to be. 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:10.759 I thank you, Father, for this church, 00:36:11.319 --> 00:36:14.119 for the gathering that is here today, 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:18.099 for your faithfulness to us over so many years, 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:22.380 for the people you have welcomed in, 00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:25.460 for the people who you have changed. 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:29.300 And we pray and ask, Father God, 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:32.000 that you would add to this family, 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:35.800 that you would be pleased to see many others 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.920 from the community of Carragoline 00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:42.159 come to know you and trust you, 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:44.760 to know you as Father, 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.400 Jesus as their elder brother, 00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:50.079 and to know one another 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:53.420 as brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:59.820 we ask all these things in Jesus' name. 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.300 Amen. 00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:09.019 Before we sing, 00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:16.519 there are some, 00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:18.300 are there some books, Ralph? 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.119 I'm looking for Ralph. 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.980 Are there books? No? 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.360 They'll be there Wednesday, won't they? 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.000 Yeah, sorry. 00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.220 That's right. 00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:27.200 We've got some books for you Wednesday. 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:31.019 I have a few other little booklets as well, 00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:33.480 which are all talking about the church. 00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:35.260 If you want to pick one of them up, 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:39.280 it may help you to think about these things. 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.840 Or talk to myself or Ralph or Jonathan or Alex afterwards. 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.639 We'd love to do that. 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.819 Let's sing, 00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:50.440 what is our hope in life and death? 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.739 Christ alone. 00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:54.519 If you're a brother or sister in Christ today, 00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.519 you will want to sing this out, 00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:58.400 that Christ is our hope 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:00.519 in life and death. 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:02.219 Let's stand together as we sing. 00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.879 And you're happy with you. 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:03.879 00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:06.219 ! 00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:38.719 What is our hope in life and death? 00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:43.639 Christ alone, Christ alone. 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:48.019 What is our only confidence? 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:54.019 That our souls to Him belong. 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:58.639 He holds our days within His hands. 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:04.119 We come to fight from His command. 00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:09.219 The path will keep us to the end. 00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:15.000 The love of Christ in which we stand. 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:20.379 Our hope will sing Alleluia. 00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:24.739 Our hope's great, eternal. 00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:30.000 Oh, sing Alleluia. 00:39:30.419 --> 00:39:33.279 Now and everly confess. 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:39.899 Christ our hope in life and death. 00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:56.460 God is good, God is good. 00:39:56.460 --> 00:40:01.880 Where is His grace that could be strong? 00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:07.539 In our great Redeemer's blood. 00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:12.179 We're pain when fears arise. 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:17.440 Who stands above the stormy trials? 00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.460 Who stands away? 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:25.420 That bring us life unto the shore. 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:28.280 The rock of Christ. 00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:33.280 Oh, sing Alleluia. 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:38.199 Our hope's great, eternal. 00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:43.539 Oh, sing Alleluia. 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:47.480 Now and everly confess. 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:53.119 Christ our hope in life and death. 00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:59.079 Christ our hope in life and death. 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:15.719 And what reward will heaven bring. 00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:17.719 Everly confess. 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:17.719 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.719 Everly confess. 00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.719 Everly confess. 00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:26.059 And we will rise beneath the Lord. 00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:31.179 And sin and death will be destroyed. 00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:36.519 And we will be upon endless joy. 00:41:36.519 --> 00:42:06.500 When Christ our hope in life and death. 00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:10.860 Now and everly confess. 00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.420 Now and everly confess. 00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:17.940 Christ our hope in life and death. 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:27.820 Our Father God, we thank you that we can say we have life in Christ today. 00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:34.340 And even when we die, we have life eternal. 00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:42.059 That we will gather together with your church, your family from throughout all times and all ages. 00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:44.059 We will gather together with our brothers and sisters. 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.059 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:45.059 We will gather together with our brothers and sisters. 00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.059 And with our brother Jesus. 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:52.059 United stronger by the Spirit's power. 00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:55.059 We look forward to that day. 00:42:55.059 --> 00:43:02.059 And we pray that you would help us as your family to encourage one another on day by day. 00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:04.059 Day by day. 00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:06.059 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:07.059 Amen. 00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:14.059 If you want any of those little booklets I mentioned, just come to me afterwards and ask. 00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:16.219 And I've got a few so I can give you a few.