WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.660 Let's go to Proverbs chapter 6. Proverbs chapter 6. And just to say that before you leave this morning, please pick up this free little booklet. 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:23.620 ! 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:34.179 This is your summer reading for you, one for everybody. It's called Visible Grace, Seeing the Church the Way Jesus Does. 00:00:34.579 --> 00:00:41.719 So as you come this morning, how do you perceive, how do you think about the people around you? 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:57.879 Well, as we begin to see the church, as Jesus looks at us today, we will see a display of his amazing grace, which will overflow in thankfulness to God for one another. 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:11.980 It's only a little short book, which I like, and it's got big words. So yeah, very easy to read. Visible Grace, pick up your free copies there this morning. 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:18.060 Let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at his word together. 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:28.340 Father, thank you for this book of Proverbs. 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:57.600 Please help us, please help us, by the power of your spirit, to take on board your word that would filter into our hearts and change us into wise people who love Jesus and love his ways. 00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:04.500 Encourage us all today, we pray, in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:05.000 Amen. 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:15.800 What do you hate? 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:20.719 Or what is detestable to you? 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:27.659 I don't mean do you dislike broccoli or loathe pineapple on your pizza. 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:35.960 I mean, what do you see around you that causes outrage and disgust. 00:02:37.340 --> 00:02:42.800 Well, the recent events in Northern Ireland angered and upset me. 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:53.919 To see a young, pregnant mum having her windows smashed and her living room destroyed, all because she came from a different country. 00:02:53.919 --> 00:03:03.579 The scenes of communities handing out what are called non-white people was disgusting. 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:14.060 Or the daily accounts we see on our news screens of innocent children being maimed and killed angers me. 00:03:15.339 --> 00:03:20.959 Bombs and bullets dropped and fired, causing devastation and heartbreak. 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:29.040 The pictures of communities being destroyed are at times unbearable to watch. 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:35.319 So what do you hate to see? 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.640 What is detestable to you? 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:49.819 Well, if we look at chapter 6, wisdom will tell us what is detestable. 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.199 Verse 16. 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:59.339 There are six things the Lord hates. 00:04:00.339 --> 00:04:03.959 Seven that are detestable to him. 00:04:05.239 --> 00:04:06.439 Haughty eyes. 00:04:07.519 --> 00:04:08.679 A lying tongue. 00:04:10.019 --> 00:04:11.899 Hands that shed innocent blood. 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:15.939 A heart that devises wicked schemes. 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.839 Feet that are quick to rush into evil. 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:24.159 A false witness who pours out lies. 00:04:25.679 --> 00:04:31.519 And a person who stirs up conflict in the community. 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.879 That's a lot of things, isn't it? 00:04:34.939 --> 00:04:38.959 That the Lord God hates and detests. 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:44.439 But there's one that stands out above all the rest. 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:48.259 You see, verse 16 is a way of highlighting something. 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:57.259 It's like getting your yellow highlighter and marking what is the thing that God detests the most. 00:04:58.220 --> 00:04:59.259 Verse 16. 00:04:59.379 --> 00:05:01.920 There are six things the Lord hates. 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.240 Seven that are detestable to him. 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:13.240 It's a way of saying that of everything I hate, the most detestable is the sevenths. 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.300 Look at the end of verse 19. 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:23.259 A person who stirs up conflict in the community. 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.920 God hates conflict. 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:33.800 God detests conflict. 00:05:35.080 --> 00:05:41.340 In fact, we should treat conflict with the same attitude that God does. 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:44.080 Look at what God says to his church. 00:05:44.200 --> 00:05:46.280 I have it written on the screen. 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.240 Warn a divisive person once. 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:53.819 Then warn them a second time. 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:57.599 After that have nothing to do with them. 00:05:58.719 --> 00:06:02.579 You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful. 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.600 They are self-condemned. 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:10.779 You see, conflict is serious, isn't it? 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:12.899 It is detestable. 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:18.939 In chapter 5, wisdom taught us the dangers of sexual freedom. 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:25.839 Well, in chapter 6, wisdom teaches us the dangers of conflict. 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:31.959 Proverbs teaches us that there are campers. 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:32.860 How many people? 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.199 Two people. 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.839 There are those who go the way of wisdom and the way of folly. 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:48.519 And wisdom will show us that conflict is dangerous. 00:06:49.479 --> 00:06:53.459 And those who sow seeds of peace are wise. 00:06:54.419 --> 00:06:58.159 So let's look at three things about conflict. 00:06:58.359 --> 00:06:59.459 How it starts. 00:07:00.039 --> 00:07:01.120 How it works. 00:07:01.979 --> 00:07:05.439 And how we can bring healing to conflict. 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.739 So first, how conflict starts. 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:13.840 Where does it begin? 00:07:14.740 --> 00:07:16.840 How does it start? 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:18.740 Well, look back at verse 12. 00:07:22.420 --> 00:07:24.639 A troublemaker and a villain. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:28.480 Who goes about with a corrupt mouth. 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.420 Who winks maliciously with his eye. 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:34.480 Says one thing. 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:36.519 But means another. 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:39.660 Signals with his feet. 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:43.740 Leads you into thinking of going one way. 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:46.880 But is actually going another. 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:50.380 And motions with his finger. 00:07:51.340 --> 00:07:53.440 Points to one course of action. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.340 But is taking another. 00:07:57.940 --> 00:08:01.980 Who plots evil with deceit in his heart. 00:08:02.940 --> 00:08:06.320 He always stirs up conflict. 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:12.599 You see, conflict is something that rises up from inside. 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:17.939 Verse 14 tells us that deceit is in his heart. 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:21.719 He always stirs up conflict. 00:08:22.779 --> 00:08:25.560 Go back to chapter 4, verse 23. 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:30.420 Chapter 4, verse 23. 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:37.500 Above all else, guard your heart. 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:38.500 For everything you do. 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:40.720 For everything you do. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.399 Flows from it. 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:46.179 You see, our desires and our choices. 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:49.019 And our behaviours and our attitudes. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:51.659 All come from within inside. 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:53.100 From the heart. 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:57.019 That's why we need to guard our hearts. 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:01.059 From sowing seeds of conflict. 00:09:01.059 --> 00:09:03.979 It comes from deep within. 00:09:03.979 --> 00:09:11.419 In fact, the seeds of conflict have their roots in the great conflict. 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:16.259 We know that story, that account recorded for us in Genesis 3. 00:09:16.719 --> 00:09:19.399 The first conflict ever to take place. 00:09:19.839 --> 00:09:25.419 The attempt to push God off his throne and overtake his rule. 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:30.539 Adam and Eve turned against God's good and loving rule. 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.120 And it set off a tsunami of chaos and destruction 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:38.959 that continues to flood and destroy our lives and communities. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.459 That conflict with God 00:09:43.459 --> 00:09:47.360 ended in conflict with everything else. 00:09:47.839 --> 00:09:50.419 They suffered a conflict within themselves 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.679 filled with shame and guilt. 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.159 They suffered conflict with each other 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.500 as they began to blame each other 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:01.559 and try to suppress and rule one another. 00:10:02.699 --> 00:10:05.679 They suffered conflict with creation itself 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.399 as disorder and decay set in. 00:10:10.239 --> 00:10:13.359 The conflict was deep. 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:18.659 And so every generation since 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:22.659 continues to follow from our first parents. 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:27.159 The impact we see and experience 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:28.839 all around us. 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:31.359 What we see on the television. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.500 Conflict between Palestine and Israel. 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:37.559 Both blaming atrocities on each other. 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.859 The ongoing battle between Ukraine and Russia. 00:10:43.099 --> 00:10:44.719 This week it was reported 00:10:44.719 --> 00:10:48.459 that over 350,000 people 00:10:48.459 --> 00:10:50.000 have been killed 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.080 and one million have been wounded 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.480 in that conflict. 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:58.779 Men, women and children 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:01.460 blasted to their death 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:04.919 because of the seeds of conflict 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:08.480 that arise within the human heart. 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.960 But we don't have to look at the battles 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:12.960 that are out there. 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.580 We see it close to home, don't we? 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.980 Families fall out. 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:20.779 They don't speak to one another. 00:11:21.800 --> 00:11:23.220 Marriages break up. 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.159 Friends separate. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.879 People leave their churches. 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:31.360 conflict all starts 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:36.200 because of an unguarded sinful heart. 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.679 We're obsessed with being right, 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:41.200 taking offense, 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:42.519 getting even, 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.120 holding grudges. 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.039 It comes from within 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.379 and it's dangerous. 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:52.959 Proverbs reminds us 00:11:52.959 --> 00:11:55.819 that a perverse person 00:11:56.339 --> 00:11:58.839 stirs up conflict 00:11:58.839 --> 00:12:01.000 and gossip 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.159 separates close friends. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.559 Or this one, 00:12:08.199 --> 00:12:09.860 an angry person 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:11.779 stirs up conflict 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:15.019 and a hot-tempered person 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:16.199 commits 00:12:16.199 --> 00:12:17.919 many sins. 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:20.399 You see, 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.579 God has created 00:12:21.579 --> 00:12:22.299 a good 00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:24.259 and beautiful world. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.299 Harmony, 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:26.639 beauty and joy. 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:28.439 A world of peace, 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.600 wholeness 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.699 and well-being. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:32.439 God looked at it all 00:12:32.439 --> 00:12:33.839 and it was good. 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.600 But conflict 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.819 has destroyed it all. 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:41.960 That's why God 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.600 hates conflict 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:45.700 and detests conflict 00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:48.080 because it ruins nations, 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:50.220 it destroys communities 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:52.720 and it shatters families. 00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:56.600 It turns upside down 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.500 the good 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:00.040 that God had intended. 00:13:02.060 --> 00:13:04.040 So first, 00:13:04.880 --> 00:13:07.420 how conflict starts. 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:09.559 It starts from 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.419 an unguarded heart 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:13.399 where the seeds 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:14.879 of conflict 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.899 begin to flow out. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.639 So second, 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:21.979 how conflict 00:13:21.979 --> 00:13:23.279 works. 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.740 How it works out 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:27.740 in day-to-day life. 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.659 Let's look at 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:31.919 verse 16 to 19. 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:33.339 Do you see the progression 00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:34.579 there in those verses? 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:36.639 Each of the first 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:38.060 six images 00:13:38.060 --> 00:13:39.080 that we have 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.240 all lead towards 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:41.960 the seventh 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:43.900 and final conclusion 00:13:43.900 --> 00:13:45.860 which is a person 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:46.879 who stirs up 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.460 conflict 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:49.020 in the community. 00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:50.400 You see, 00:13:50.520 --> 00:13:51.900 conflict gets worked 00:13:51.900 --> 00:13:53.000 out in our life 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:55.100 in many different ways. 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.280 Let's go through them 00:13:57.280 --> 00:13:58.580 and maybe there's some 00:13:58.580 --> 00:14:00.440 that we might recognize 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.140 in our own life. 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.759 first, 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:06.439 in verse 17, 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:08.039 haughty eyes. 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.980 It's that look 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:10.659 you receive 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.519 from someone 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.659 when you walk 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.279 in the room. 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.159 That sense 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:16.419 of superiority, 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.740 unspoken words 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.580 communicated 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.259 by a look 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:20.860 of dissein, 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:22.159 what are you 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:23.120 doing here? 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.199 It leads 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:26.139 to racial segregation 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:28.639 and class 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.220 division. 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:32.560 who am I 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:34.340 looking down on? 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.000 Or what about 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.540 our 00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:38.860 lying tongues? 00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:41.639 It's those words 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.300 that flow 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:43.180 so naturally 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:44.360 when I'm confronted 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:45.200 with the truth. 00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:45.820 No, 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:47.139 I didn't say that. 00:14:47.800 --> 00:14:49.360 I didn't do that. 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.139 Or promises 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.800 that we 00:14:51.800 --> 00:14:53.680 fail to deliver on. 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.120 Oh, 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:54.740 of course 00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.620 I'll do it. 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:57.860 when we have 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.639 no intention 00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.259 at all. 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.179 It just leads 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:02.200 to distrust 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:03.120 and hurts 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.720 and relationship 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.399 breakdown. 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:08.679 What lies 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:10.460 am I telling? 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.279 Or third, 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.039 as it says 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.840 there in verse 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.259 17, 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.639 hands that shed 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.299 innocent blood, 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.060 violent hands, 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.799 a punch, 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.439 a slap, 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.079 grabbing hold 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.879 of your wife's 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.339 shoulders, 00:15:29.339 --> 00:15:30.379 a wagging finger 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:31.059 in the face 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.819 of colleagues, 00:15:32.359 --> 00:15:33.519 threatening gestures 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.619 to your child. 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.799 It leads 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:37.639 to domestic 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.379 abuse, 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:40.299 uncontrolled 00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:40.819 anger, 00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:42.939 retaliation 00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:44.659 and further 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:45.359 violence. 00:15:46.959 --> 00:15:48.459 How have I 00:15:48.459 --> 00:15:49.139 used 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.679 my hands 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.879 this week? 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:54.659 or fourth, 00:15:54.859 --> 00:15:55.699 verse 18, 00:15:57.619 --> 00:15:58.439 a heart 00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:59.399 that devises 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.599 wicked schemes, 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:02.959 wicked 00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:04.279 hearts. 00:16:05.119 --> 00:16:05.799 It's those 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.979 selfish desires 00:16:06.979 --> 00:16:08.000 that pursue 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.500 what I want 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.639 regardless 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.719 of the effects 00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.599 or impacts 00:16:12.599 --> 00:16:13.559 on other people 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:14.579 so long 00:16:14.579 --> 00:16:15.559 as the outcome 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.699 always suits 00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:17.119 me. 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:19.339 We call it 00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:20.059 emotional 00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:21.099 manipulation. 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:23.479 and all it 00:16:23.479 --> 00:16:23.979 does is 00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:24.559 leads to 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.159 suffering 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.079 and heartache 00:16:26.079 --> 00:16:26.979 for those 00:16:26.979 --> 00:16:27.299 who are 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.119 closest to 00:16:28.119 --> 00:16:28.439 you 00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:29.779 as we 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.239 pursue 00:16:30.239 --> 00:16:30.759 what 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.159 I want. 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.659 What 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.439 desires 00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:36.919 are 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.679 festering 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.899 in my 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.419 heart? 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:40.419 feet. 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:42.679 Or then, 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:44.659 feet, 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.860 feet, 00:16:45.979 --> 00:16:46.879 18 rather, 00:16:47.099 --> 00:16:47.699 feet that 00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.159 are quick 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.699 to rush 00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:49.539 into evil. 00:16:50.599 --> 00:16:51.079 It's that 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:51.919 intentional 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.599 decision. 00:16:52.979 --> 00:16:53.419 You know 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.879 what it's 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.659 like to 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.500 walk across 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.179 that room 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:57.099 and tell 00:16:57.099 --> 00:16:57.919 that person 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.659 what you 00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.740 really think. 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.059 Just let 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.439 it all 00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:01.879 out. 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.779 or taking 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.480 that step 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.299 back again 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.119 to your 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.660 spouse 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.380 because you 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.039 have to 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.240 have the 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.619 last word. 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.140 It leads 00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.880 to hurts 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:16.539 and division 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.380 and long 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.819 lasting 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.799 communication 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.579 and breakdown. 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.920 Where will 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.819 my feet 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:26.220 take me 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.220 today? 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:30.839 Or 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.839 verse 19. 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.420 A false 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.880 witness 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.779 who pours 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.140 out 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:36.240 lies. 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.460 A false 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.279 testimony. 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.400 It's those 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.740 half-truths 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:44.180 or twisted 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:44.920 truths 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:46.160 that make 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.960 others look 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.579 bad 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.680 and always 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.180 seem to 00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.680 make me 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.460 look wonderfully 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.000 good. 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.620 It's the 00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.400 stories that 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.000 we tell. 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:54.819 Did you 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.500 hear about? 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:57.599 Wait till 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.220 I tell 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.980 you what 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.759 they did. 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.359 It leads 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.000 to gossip 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.619 and rumours 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.700 and ruins 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.599 the reputation 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.299 of others. 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.539 How am 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:10.160 I speaking 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.279 about others 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.319 in the 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.740 church 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.359 today? 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.740 Haughty 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.299 eyes, 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:18.880 lying 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.599 tongues, 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.460 violent 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.160 hearts, 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:22.880 hands, 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.700 wicked 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.299 hearts, 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.099 evil 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:25.659 feet, 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.559 false 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.240 testimony. 00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:28.119 They're 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.539 all 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.139 symptoms 00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.500 of 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:29.980 something 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.359 much 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.740 bigger 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:30.980 and 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.339 greater. 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.379 Verse 19, 00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.879 a person 00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:35.559 who stirs 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.679 up conflict 00:18:36.679 --> 00:18:38.279 in the 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.859 community. 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.179 You see, 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.819 the seeds 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.740 of conflict 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:44.559 are sown 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.019 in our 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.719 everyday 00:18:45.719 --> 00:18:46.599 words, 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.059 actions, 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.659 and thoughts. 00:18:50.459 --> 00:18:51.119 They may 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.699 seem just 00:18:51.699 --> 00:18:52.740 so tiny 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.240 and so 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.680 small, 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.480 innocent 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.420 and harmless. 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.799 But seeds 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.400 grow, 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.740 and when 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.519 they're fully 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.120 grown, 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.079 lead to 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.819 conflict. 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.160 You see, 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:07.140 conflict isn't 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.980 restricted to 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.620 bombs and 00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.200 bullets on 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.839 a battlefield. 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.960 It starts 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.480 with the way 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.099 I look at 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.559 someone, 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.299 the words 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.059 I use, 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.740 a gesture 00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.359 I make, 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.099 an action, 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.339 a thought. 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:21.459 You see, 00:19:21.939 --> 00:19:22.439 if we 00:19:22.439 --> 00:19:23.019 don't 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:24.299 guard 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.659 our 00:19:24.659 --> 00:19:25.439 hearts, 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.279 those 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.939 seeds 00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.220 will 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.799 seep 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.359 out into 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:29.639 our 00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.099 marriages 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:31.119 and into 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.379 our 00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:31.859 families 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.879 and into 00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.159 our 00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:33.720 church 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:35.059 and into 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.559 the wider 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.299 community. 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.759 It's 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.359 deadly. 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.599 God 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.539 detests 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.000 it. 00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.379 So, 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.220 how 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.399 conflict 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.180 starts, 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.500 how 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.120 conflict 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.860 works 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.220 out 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.920 in 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.600 day-to-day 00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.200 life, 00:19:54.800 --> 00:19:57.120 and then 00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.519 third, 00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:57.860 how 00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.700 conflict 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.840 can be 00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.280 healed. 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.040 Look at 00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.220 where 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.960 conflict 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.600 leads 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.840 for end 00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.180 of verse 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.860 14, 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.480 chapter 6. 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.460 He 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.019 always 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.700 stirs up 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.460 conflict. 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.360 What's 00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.519 the 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.060 consequence? 00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:15.820 Therefore, 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.860 disaster 00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:18.019 will overtake 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00:20:58.399 wisdom 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.440 is 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.000 ultimately 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.599 worked 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:00.940 out 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.299 through 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.619 his 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.039 son, 00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:02.960 Jesus 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.619 Christ. 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.720 Go 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.200 with me, 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.639 please, 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.139 as we 00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.740 look at 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.240 two 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.400 examples 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.559 in 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.440 Ephesians 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:14.500 chapter 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.019 one 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:18.039 of 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.319 how 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.599 we 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.000 see 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.039 conflict 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.400 being 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.960 healed, 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.799 where 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.319 we go 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.720 to 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:25.059 for all 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.680 our 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.220 conflicts 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.700 and 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.559 all 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.160 our 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.980 fallouts. 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.500 Two 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.839 big 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.539 applications 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.339 for us 00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.640 this 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.039 morning. 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:39.180 The 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.579 first 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.220 one is 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.099 the 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.559 gospel 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.220 of 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.779 Christ. 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.900 The 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.359 gospel 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.680 of 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.140 Christ 00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.859 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00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.299 nations, 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.960 to bring 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.799 all 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.400 people, 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.440 all 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.180 things, 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.180 to 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.859 restore 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.279 them 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.940 under 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.220 the 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.859 loving 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:31.099 rule 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.579 of 00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.079 God's 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.519 King, 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.400 Jesus 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.060 Christ. 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.640 Remember 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:35.960 how 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.440 Genesis 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.880 brought 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.160 that 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.759 conflict 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.620 and 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.600 separated 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.040 them, 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.340 put them 00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:41.920 against 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.460 God? 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.680 Well, 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:43.920 his 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.340 purpose 00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.980 is to 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.660 unite 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.540 all 00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:47.040 again 00:22:47.040 --> 00:22:47.940 under 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.180 the 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.640 rule 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.360 of 00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.880 God's 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.140 Son. 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:51.320 His 00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.720 purpose 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.180 is to 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.380 bring 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.780 an end 00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:53.040 to 00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.480 all 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.080 conflict, 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.780 to 00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:55.340 unite 00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.900 people 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.420 together, 00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:56.980 to 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.700 restore 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.040 where 00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.300 there's 00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.500 been 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.180 hostility 00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.900 and 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.140 to 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.640 heal 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.380 where 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.640 there's 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.860 been 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.380 division. 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.700 So 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.100 think 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.400 about 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.640 a 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.060 conflict 00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:07.200 in 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.480 your 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.980 life. 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.100 Think 00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.420 about 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.600 a 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.259 relationship 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.660 that 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:11.820 has 00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.080 maybe 00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:12.540 broken 00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:13.060 down, 00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.220 where 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.620 hurt 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:14.840 has 00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.060 been 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.700 replaced 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:18.300 with 00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:18.980 trust. 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.759 Can 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.160 God 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.560 bring 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.020 healing? 00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:23.820 Can 00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.180 God 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.520 bring 00:23:24.520 --> 00:23:25.100 restoration? 00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.020 Yes, 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.280 he 00:23:27.280 --> 00:23:27.720 can. 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.780 How 00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:29.120 can he 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.560 do it? 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.300 Well, 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.899 go to 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.240 chapter 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.659 two 00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:31.859 of 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.579 Ephesians. 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.639 The 00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.159 context 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.759 here in 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.059 chapter 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.419 two 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.779 is of 00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.000 a 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.339 deeply 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.980 divided 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.599 community. 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.339 He's 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.720 writing 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.019 to 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.259 a 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.819 church. 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.240 Jews 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.940 and 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.019 Gentiles, 00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.720 people 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.039 from 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.519 Israel, 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:46.980 people 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.279 from 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.859 Palestine. 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.279 But 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.599 in a 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:49.919 sense, 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.119 it 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.279 can 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.659 apply 00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.079 to 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.000 all 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.639 divisions 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.059 of 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.460 people. 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.720 And 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:54.919 look 00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.119 how 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.500 God 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.740 will 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.000 bring 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.279 about 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.879 unity 00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.680 in 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:57.839 the 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.500 conflict. 00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.759 Chapter 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.160 two, 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.379 the 00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.640 end 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:00.779 of 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.000 verse 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.640 15. 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.960 End 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:06.160 of 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:10.440 verse 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.059 15. 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.819 His 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.539 purpose, 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.359 God's 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.920 purpose, 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.379 was to 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.960 create 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.379 in 00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.079 himself 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.720 one 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.539 new 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.299 humanity 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.099 out of 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.279 the 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.640 two, 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.980 thus 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.480 making 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.119 peace. 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.199 peace. 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.859 And 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.079 in 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.439 one 00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.939 body, 00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:29.359 the 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.679 body 00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:29.899 of 00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.319 Christ, 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:30.599 to 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.159 reconcile 00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.399 both 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.679 of 00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.000 them 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.519 to 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.059 God 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.079 through 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.379 the 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.879 cross 00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:37.259 by 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.579 which 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.739 he 00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:37.959 put 00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.199 to 00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.639 death 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.659 their 00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.519 hostility. 00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.339 At 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.579 the 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.139 cross, 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.319 as 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.759 Jesus 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.500 dies, 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.219 he 00:24:46.219 --> 00:24:46.779 steps 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.239 in 00:24:47.239 --> 00:24:47.959 as 00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.279 the 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.139 ultimate 00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:50.519 mediator. 00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.159 Someone 00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.979 has to 00:24:52.979 --> 00:24:53.419 pay 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.060 for 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.360 all 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.539 the 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.200 conflict. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.080 Either 00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.460 we 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.920 die 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.700 or 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.180 Christ 00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.539 dies. 00:24:59.700 --> 00:24:59.800 So 00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.440 God, 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:00.960 in 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.180 his 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.539 goodness 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.860 and 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.000 in 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.200 his 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.600 grace, 00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.440 sends 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.680 his 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:03.900 son 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.259 Jesus 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.800 Christ 00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.320 to 00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.820 take 00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.320 the 00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.500 consequences 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.160 of 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.560 our 00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:09.320 conflicts 00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.620 on 00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.100 himself. 00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.220 In 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.400 the 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.880 context 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.300 here 00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:12.480 in 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.000 Ephesians 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.360 2, 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:13.900 he 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.259 takes 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.480 the 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.800 sin 00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:14.980 of 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.180 the 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.600 Jew 00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.700 in 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.000 one 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.500 hand, 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.140 the 00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.400 sin 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.560 of 00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:18.779 the 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.500 Gentile 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.100 in 00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.279 the 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.519 other 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.000 hand, 00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.580 and 00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:21.759 he 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.420 dies 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.000 in 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.259 their 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.000 place. 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.359 End 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.500 of 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.720 verse 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.339 15, 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.420 his 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.900 purpose 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.619 was to 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.180 create 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.440 in 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.059 himself 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.180 one 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.279 new 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.140 humanity 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.619 out of 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:34.779 the 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.180 two, 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.379 thus 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.980 making 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:38.119 peace. 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.720 Now 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.299 what God 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.799 has done 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.440 then is 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.980 wonderfully 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.759 true for 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.740 us today. 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.460 Christ's 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.859 death on 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.319 the cross 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.740 brings 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.299 peace 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.099 and ends 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.879 hostility 00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.559 as 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.240 divided 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.980 parties 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.119 come to 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.799 Christ 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.459 so 00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.919 healing 00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.439 can 00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.959 begin. 00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.559 But of 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.059 course if 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.719 Christ is 00:25:59.719 --> 00:26:00.539 refused 00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:02.019 then as 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.479 we saw 00:26:02.479 --> 00:26:02.699 in 00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.339 Proverbs 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.679 disaster 00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.099 will 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.679 overcome 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.039 them, 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.899 there will 00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.959 be no 00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.519 remedy 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.439 outside 00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.859 of 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.319 Christ. 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.059 Judgment 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.699 will be 00:26:12.699 --> 00:26:12.959 their 00:26:12.959 --> 00:26:13.579 reward. 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.539 But if 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.139 we come 00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.879 to Christ 00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.159 in 00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.659 faith, 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.759 we 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.000 are 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.680 restored, 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.040 we 00:26:22.040 --> 00:26:22.240 are 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.140 reconciled, 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.580 we 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:23.980 become 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.600 part of 00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.019 God's 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.440 family. 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.080 Verse 00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:26.519 15, 00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.060 we become 00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.600 part of 00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.160 a new 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.880 humanity, 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.019 we receive 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.640 a new 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.460 identity, 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.540 we become 00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:33.440 brothers and 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.140 sisters in 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.580 the Lord 00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.080 Jesus. 00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.279 We become 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.420 God's 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.400 very own 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.980 people, 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.300 the church. 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.120 We become 00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.779 one big 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.000 family where 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.779 love and 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.840 compassion are 00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.259 found. 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:49.059 You see, 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.680 in the 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.160 church, 00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.400 this 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.940 gathered 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.759 people here 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:54.299 today becomes 00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.019 a living 00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.680 example of 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.460 a community 00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.240 where 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.980 conflicts 00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.259 end and 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.799 peace 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.799 rules. 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.480 Look at 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.319 chapter 3, 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.279 verse 10. 00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.279 Chapter 3, 00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.799 verse 10. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.420 Why did 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.079 God do 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.359 this work 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.680 of 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.839 reconciliation 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.720 and bringing 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.400 peace? 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.160 verse 10, 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.180 his intent 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.259 was that 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.759 now, 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.320 through the 00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.920 church, 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.860 the manifold 00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.800 wisdom of 00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:26.019 God should 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.580 be made 00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.220 known to 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.800 the rulers 00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:28.320 and the 00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.900 authorities 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.360 in the 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.660 heavenly 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.140 realms 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.500 according to 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.580 his eternal 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:34.040 purpose that 00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.900 he accomplished 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.759 in Christ 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.200 Jesus our 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.700 Lord. 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.440 God's 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.980 wisdom 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.660 is to 00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:41.980 bring 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.820 healing 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:44.960 to 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.319 his 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.839 people 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:47.200 and that 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.899 healing is 00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:49.019 experienced at 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.579 the cross 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.659 and is now 00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:52.339 displayed in 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.039 the church. 00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.079 God is 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.460 saying, 00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.639 look what 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.419 wisdom has 00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.799 done. 00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.559 Look at the 00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.500 local church 00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.240 in the local 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.859 community. 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.939 Look how 00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.619 people have 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.519 been restored 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.079 and been 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.559 forgiven 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.539 and how 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.200 peace 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.799 now reigns. 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.200 so if we 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.659 want to 00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.419 experience 00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:11.919 healing, 00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.759 let us 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.240 go to 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.940 the cross, 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.440 see what 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.180 Christ has 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.119 done and 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.879 experience 00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:20.559 peace in 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.259 our life. 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.839 So first, 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.759 the way to 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.039 healing is 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.680 the gospel 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.399 of Christ 00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:29.180 and as 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.960 we're seeing, 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.200 secondly, 00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.940 healing comes 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.399 through the 00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.940 church of 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.399 Christ. 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.680 You see, 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.059 if the 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.000 church is a 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.519 display of 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.440 God-ending 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.339 hostility, 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.640 then we 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.019 are to 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.680 live out 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.500 that unity 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.579 to a 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.599 world that 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.059 has their 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.839 eyes fixed 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.279 on us 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.619 saying, 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.579 look at 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.940 them. 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.339 Look at 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.059 chapter 4 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.819 verse 2. 00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.019 Ephesians 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.799 chapter 4 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.380 verse 2. 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.000 Be 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.819 completely 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.579 humble 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.579 and gentle. 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.759 Be 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.599 patient, 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.740 bearing 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.359 with one 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.019 another in 00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.440 love. 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:05.940 Make 00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:07.299 every effort 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.920 to keep 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.700 the unity 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.220 of the 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.559 spirit 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.059 through the 00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.600 bond of 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:10.980 peace. 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.059 So wisdom, 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.500 are we 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.000 going to 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.660 sow seeds 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.440 of peace 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:16.940 or are we 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.380 going to 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.200 sow seeds 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.039 of discord? 00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.519 How do we 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.039 keep the 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.420 unity? 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.840 Well, he 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.440 goes on to 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.840 tell us, 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.600 chapter 4 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.640 verse 25. 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.220 It's all 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.820 about how 00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.380 we live. 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.180 Therefore, 00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.120 each of you 00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.920 must put off 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.660 falsehood. 00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.720 Speak 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.560 truthfully 00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.060 to your 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.460 neighbour, 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.900 for we 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.680 are all 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.740 members of 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:41.180 one body. 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.720 Verse 29. 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.340 Do not 00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.940 let any 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.940 unwholesome 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.880 talk come 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.259 out of 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.960 your mouths, 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.759 but only 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.320 what is 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.380 helpful for 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.400 building others 00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.680 up according 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.240 to their 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.800 needs, 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.940 that it 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.000 may benefit 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.560 those who 00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.080 listen. 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.759 or verse 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.419 31. 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.279 Get rid 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.759 of all 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.240 bitterness, 00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.460 rage and 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.980 anger, 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.259 brawling and 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.839 slander, 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.779 along with 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.720 every form 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.519 of malice. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.079 Be kind 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.539 and 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.259 compassionate 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.879 to one 00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.299 another, 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.980 forgiving 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.839 each other, 00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.759 just as 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.539 in Christ 00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.619 God 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.439 forgave 00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.539 you. 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.759 You see, 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.419 the reality 00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.080 is we 00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.680 can all 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.300 sow seeds 00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.060 of conflict 00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:34.060 when we 00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.680 don't guard 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.480 our hearts. 00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.900 But we 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.400 can, 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.120 because of 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.800 Christ and 00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.440 his spirit 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.880 at work 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.500 within us, 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.640 sow seeds 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.360 of peace. 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.660 No, 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.200 the church 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.680 is not 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.360 perfect, 00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.840 but the 00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.480 church is 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.980 God's 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.980 display model 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.480 to a 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.840 watching 00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:51.620 world of 00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.200 how we 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.180 resolve 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.259 conflict. 00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:55.940 Do you 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.259 see it 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.480 there, 00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.360 chapter 5, 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.000 verse 1? 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:00.799 we follow 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.420 God's 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.039 example 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.920 as dearly 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.200 loved 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.779 children 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.599 and live 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.240 a life 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.319 of love 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:10.400 just as 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.940 Christ 00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.119 loved us 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.700 and gave 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.539 himself up 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.119 for us 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.500 as a 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.980 fragrant 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.660 offering 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.119 and sacrifice 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.039 to God. 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.159 You see, 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.659 as we 00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.279 gather as 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.680 God's 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.099 people, 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.700 we are 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.180 to bring 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.720 each other 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.299 back to 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.920 the cross 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.980 and see 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.539 what he 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.119 has done 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.839 for us 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.599 where we 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.319 choose 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.420 not to 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.000 hold on 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.720 to hurts 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:36.659 or seek 00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.500 revenge 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:39.319 or withhold 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.000 forgiveness. 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.700 Instead, 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.539 we follow 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.759 the Lord's 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.319 example. 00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.920 We sow 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.779 seeds of 00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.259 peace. 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.279 we show 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.039 acts of 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.420 love 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.200 and compassion. 00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.500 We share 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.240 the gospel 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.019 of Christ 00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.839 and we 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.339 welcome 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.039 a hurting 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.299 and broken 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.960 people 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.379 to come 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.200 to Christ 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.059 and to 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.819 know peace 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.599 and healing 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.640 within. 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.759 The way 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.379 of wisdom 00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:09.319 is the way 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.019 of healing 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.379 for all 00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.740 of our 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.559 relationships. 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.759 Our 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.359 relationships 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.240 to God 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:17.000 and our 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.640 relationships 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.460 with one 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.859 another. 00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.019 Let's just 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.480 take a 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.920 moment 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.420 to reflect 00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.940 and think 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.299 of these 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.880 things as 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.319 we pray 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.839 together. 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:27.919 there. 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:33.920 Amen. 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.560 Amen. 00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:01.940 Lord God, would you please give us a heart and an attitude 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:09.860 that hates conflict and detests division? 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:18.700 Would you give us a heart that will continually run to Christ 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:23.180 and know forgiveness where we need it? 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:30.580 The help of your Spirit to sow seeds of peace 00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:38.659 through our words, through our actions, and through our thoughts. 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:43.819 Would you help us to be a community 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:47.359 that reflects the beauty and the wisdom 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:53.460 of a God who ends hostility and brings peace? 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:58.980 Help us by your Spirit that we would be a welcoming community 00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:04.000 to those who are hurt and broken by conflict, 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:09.039 that they may receive love and compassion. 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:13.219 Thank you, Father, for this church. 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.019 Thank you for one another. 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.960 Thank you for your grace to us in our life. 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:25.800 And thank you for the work you are doing in our lives 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:32.840 in mending and bringing us back to you time and time again. 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.960 Thank you, Lord. 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:38.760 Please send us now with your Spirit 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:42.539 to be those who sow peace 00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:46.259 and stay clear of conflict. 00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:48.980 In Jesus' name. 00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.259 Amen. 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.320 We're going to sing together 00:34:56.320 --> 00:35:01.860 how great the chasm that lay between us, 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:05.400 how high the mountain I could not climb, 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.940 how we run to Christ 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.779 for all of our needs. 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.780 Let's sing this 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.960 and sing it in a way 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.400 that encourages us 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:16.260 as we start into a new week 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:18.440 to go as God's people 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.980 into his world. 00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:21.100 Let's stand together 00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:22.320 if we're able to 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.960 and we'll sing.