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 Okay, I want to talk to you this morning about appreciating and honoring the body.

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! Appreciating and honoring the body.

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 And we're going to be mostly in 1 Corinthians 12 and 13.

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 And in appointing elders, I think also that's going to change my role to decrease as well when there's elders in place.

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 But I think one of the things that has to be done in order for that to be a successful transition is that we need to appreciate and honor the body well in order for that to work.

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 That's true in any church, really. It's true in the sense of all the people who are looking to the elders or pastors or shepherds over the church, be able to relate rightly to them.

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 And it also has to do with a team of elders being able to relate rightly to each other.

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 Okay? And this all has to do with appreciating and honoring the body.

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 I'm going to start with 3 John 9 and 10.

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 He says,

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 I've written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

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 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us, and not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

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 Okay?

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 So here we have this guy named Diotrephes, if I'm saying that right, and he is not welcoming the brothers.

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 You have people coming in who are encouraging people, who are speaking to people.

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 These are probably traveling preachers of such that were coming in, and this guy was not receiving them.

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 And not only was he not receiving them, he was inciting others to not receive them as well.

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 And so this is the exact opposite culture of what I'm talking about.

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 This is a culture that isn't welcoming people for who they are, who God has made them.

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 It's not recognizing people by the Spirit, by who God has called them to be, and how that would be a benefit to us as a church.

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 And also recognizing the fact that sometimes, if we have a hard time with a certain person, or a certain personality type, or a certain gift mix,

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 we can sometimes, sometimes very specifically and intentionally cause others to not receive someone,

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 but also sometimes we can do it accidentally.

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 Okay?

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 I don't think Diotrephes was doing it accidentally, but we can.

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 In the way that we talk about people, in the way that we withhold certain things,

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 or if we feign praise towards people, or the tone that we use, or little comments we can make to one another,

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 we can build a culture of welcoming one another.

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 And I'm not talking about welcoming one another in a hospitable way, like,

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 hey, glad you're here on Sunday morning, and good to have you, and thank you for being here.

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 Can I get you something to drink?

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 There's coffee back here, and let me introduce you to so-and-so.

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 No, I'm not talking about that.

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 I'm talking about welcoming one another in the sense that I am recognizing that you are a part of the body that I am not.

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 That you are a part of body, and our body together makes up the body of Christ, and every single person is necessary.

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 And so welcoming one another is saying, I want to welcome all the parts, not just the parts that I like,

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 not just the parts that are strong, not just the parts that are like me, but all the parts.

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 And I want to make sure that I am helping to build a culture that causes other people to welcome people as well.

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 Does that make sense?

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 And Diotrephes was doing the opposite.

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 Not only was he not welcoming, he was also causing other people not to welcome.

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 And it's good for us to recognize that that could happen to us as well.

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 We could possibly do that.

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 Whether, you know, really kind of up front in your face, like, hey, I don't like this person.

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 He's a dope, you know.

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 Or if you just say, or if you're just kind of saying, well, you know, you're kind of just so kind of suspicions about people, right?

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 Going back to the evil suspicions that we can do.

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 So, I want us to be sensitive to that.

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 And really, it goes back to even what I was just saying when we were talking about the Lord's table,

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 in that we have to recognize the body.

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 And so, one of the things I want to ask of you this morning is,

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 how do you think you do with recognizing the body?

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 Okay?

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 And when I say recognize the body, I mean recognizing when you, if you would, you don't have to do it now,

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 but if you were to look around this room and you'd see the different people, you can say,

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 I recognize the value in each and every one of these people.

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 I recognize who they are.

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 I recognize what gifts they have and how those gifts are meant to benefit the whole.

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 I recognize the differences.

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 I recognize the differences, even that I don't like or that are more uncomfortable to me,

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 as a blessing and a benefit to the whole.

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 Do we do that?

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 Do we do that?

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 Do we recognize the body?

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 Do we appreciate the body?

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 And do we honor the body?

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 Okay?

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 So, let's look to our main text here.

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 Let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 I'm going to start in verse 14.

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 And we're going to work through this and go all the way actually through 1 Corinthians 13.

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 Okay?

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 So, 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 You've got your Bibles.

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 You can look to there.

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 1 Corinthians 12, 12.

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 I'm sorry, 14.

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 And this first paragraph here, I think, is hitting kind of the topic of insecurity.

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 Okay?

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 So, it's speaking of the body.

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 In verse 14, he says,

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 The body does not consist of one member, but of many.

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 If the foot should say,

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

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

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 And if the ear should say,

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 Because I'm not an eye, I do not belong to the body,

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

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 Okay?

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 So, pause there.

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 Because I'm not a hand, because I'm not an eye.

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 So, why is this theoretical person saying that?

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 They're comparing themselves to other people.

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 Right?

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 And in their mind, the hand and the eye are the exalted positions.

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 These are the things that cause you to have, quote unquote, value.

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 These are the things that people look on, you know, hands, eyes, pretty important.

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 Okay?

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 And when you see certain parts that seem to look like,

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 or seem to present themselves as ones that are very important,

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 it's easy then, if you look at yourself and say,

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 Oh, I'm not an eye.

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 I'm not a hand.

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 I can start to be insecure about who I am.

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 Well, I'm not an eye and I'm not a hand, so I don't quite belong.

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 I don't fit in as much.

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 I'm not as important.

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 I'm not as valuable.

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 Insecurity, right?

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 And so, this comes from having an exalted view of one part of the body over the other

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 that causes you to believe that your part doesn't matter.

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 And that's an error that he is bringing up here.

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 Okay?

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 Now, it's okay to see that certain parts of the body are a little bit more prominent, right?

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 Or, like, have more utility in certain aspects.

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 But it's not okay to see that there's certain parts of the body that don't matter

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 and to be insecure about your part.

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 Because if you're insecure about your part,

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 and you start to deduce that because I'm not one of these ones that's more up front,

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 like the hands or the eyes, that seem to be on face value,

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 Oh, those things offer value by just looking at it.

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 Like, we use our hands for so many things.

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 And, wow, what would you do if you had not sight?

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 It's easy then to disqualify yourself and say,

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 Oh, I mean, can you imagine the heart saying,

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 Man, because I'm not an eye or a hand, I don't belong.

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 It's like, um, actually, your part's pretty important.

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 You know, the heart is a big deal.

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 Like, don't check out on us here right now.

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 Like, we need you to work the way it's supposed to.

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 Or if the brain should say,

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 You know, the eye and the hand, they really are important.

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 But the brain, I mean, you can't even see it.

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 Is it even really there?

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 It's like, hey, no, don't check out on us.

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 We need that brain.

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 And without the brain, this body is not functioning.

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 We should look at the body the same way.

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 There are parts of the body that you don't see as much.

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 Maybe they're not as prominent.

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 But you can't say in an insecure way,

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 Oh, because I'm not one of these more prominent,

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 upfront hands, eyes,

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 I don't belong.

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 I don't matter.

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 I'm not important.

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 And what can end up happening is,

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 if you get insecure about that,

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 that can reinforce in the culture of the church

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 a negating or a devaluing of your part

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 because you're devaluing you.

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 Do you understand how that happens?

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 I don't think we think about that as much.

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 Have you ever thought that maybe that you devaluing yourself

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 could cause other people to reinforce that and devalue you as well?

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 And if that happens,

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 what ends up happening is we build a culture

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 where certain parts of the body are not valued.

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 And when certain parts of the body aren't valued

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 and they check out or don't show up in the way they should,

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 there's a word for that.

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 It's called handicap.

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 It's called handicap.

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 We don't want a handicap body.

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 We don't want a body where certain people start to kind of

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 take a step back and aren't as confident,

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 aren't as secure.

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 And so what ends up happening is,

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 number one, you got to say,

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 hey, if I'm one of those people who tends to say,

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 you know, I mean, I'm not up front here preaching,

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 so I'm not really that important.

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 It's like, hold on.

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 The preacher isn't the only important person.

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 Your part is important as well.

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 Don't devalue yourself.

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 And don't devalue yourself in such a way

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 where you're building a culture of devaluing

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 certain parts of the body.

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 Don't exalt certain parts so high as to say,

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 oh, the things we can't see aren't as important.

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 And that's a dangerous thing.

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 Okay?

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 He says, because I'm not a hand,

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 because I'm not an eye.

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

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 Do you believe that?

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 Do you believe that this morning?

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 Some of you maybe believe it,

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 and some of you maybe it's easy for you to believe it,

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 and some of you it's more difficult.

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 And if it is, you've got to be honest with that.

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 And honestly, it would be good for you to tell someone,

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 you know what?

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 I devalue my part of the body.

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 I put myself down.

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 I kind of think I'm not really that important.

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 Like, if I don't show up at a meeting,

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 I think, no one's going to miss me.

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 It's not that big of a deal.

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 I'm not really that important of a part anyways.

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 Nothing could be further from the truth.

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 And if you believe that,

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 you think, oh, that's only affecting me.

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 Oh, no.

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 It's not only affecting you.

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 It's affecting all of us.

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 When you devalue yourself and check out and say,

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 my part doesn't matter,

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 my presence doesn't matter,

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 you've now hurt the whole body.

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 And essentially, you're not recognizing the body.

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 You're just recognizing yourself

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 as something separate from the body.

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 If you recognize a body,

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 you realize that all the parts work together

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 and are necessary.

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 When you think you're like a Lego

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 that you can just pull the piece off and throw away,

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 we're not Legos.

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 You can't just pull your arm off and say,

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 hey, it's going to be fine.

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 You'll be bleeding everywhere

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 and you could bleed out and the body could die.

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 That's the kind of way you have to think.

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 And so when you say,

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 yeah, I'm tired.

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 It's no big deal if I don't show up.

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 I had a long day.

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 Or they don't really,

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 I don't have as a prominent of a part anyways.

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 I'm not an eye.

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 I'm not a hand.

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 Not a big deal if I'm not there.

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 You don't realize that you could be

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 very much harming the body

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 with that kind of mentality.

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 Verse 17.

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 He then makes the point of

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 how else you should think about this.

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 He says,

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 if the whole body were an eye,

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 where would the sense of hearing?

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 Where would be the sense of hearing?

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 If the whole body were an ear,

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 where would be the sense of smell?

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 we would,

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 if everybody was the eye and the hand,

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 if everybody was that more prominent part,

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 then we'd be missing the other parts.

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 Okay?

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 And,

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 not to mention that

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 that would be a super lame body.

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 You know,

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 there's a,

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 if,

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 can you imagine a body

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 that was just all the same part?

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 Like a body that was just shaped like a body,

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 but it was all ears?

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 You'd be like,

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 ugh.

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 That's disgusting,

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 number one.

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 But,

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 that's weird.

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 There's something that,

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 just amazingly awesome about the body,

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 because,

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 what?

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 Well,

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 the next verse.

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 As it is God,

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 arranged the members in the body,

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 each one of them,

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 as what?

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 As he chose.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Do you believe that God chose you to be a specific part of the body?

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 Do you believe that the,

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 the part of the body you are,

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 isn't happenstance?

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 Isn't just because you decided to be that,

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 or because,

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 you know,

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 maybe you're just a little more insecure,

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 and someone else is more secure?

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 The part of the body that you are,

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 is because God chose it.

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 God chose it.

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 He made you that part of the body.

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 Well,

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 if he's the one who made it,

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 then all the more so can we not reject it.

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 All the more so can we not say,

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 you know,

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 doesn't really matter.

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 I'm not a hand.

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 I'm not an eye.

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 Doesn't matter if I don't show up.

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 Doesn't matter if I kind of back out of my,

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 my role.

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 No,

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 God chose it.

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 If God chose it,

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 that's a game changer.

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 That's a game changer.

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 If God chose it,

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 then it's very meaningful.

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 If God chose it,

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 it's very essential.

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 If God chose it,

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 it has value.

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 God doesn't do things haphazardly.

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 God isn't just kind of flippantly just,

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 oh yeah,

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 there's this part and this,

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 this part.

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 Like,

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 what's that part do?

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 I don't know.

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 You know,

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 God didn't do that.

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 God put each part together and said,

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 I know what that part is.

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 Maybe the whole rest of the body doesn't know what that part is,

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 but you know who does know?

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 God knows.

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 He knows.

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 And not only does he know,

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 he knows because he chose.

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 You have been chosen to be the part of the body that you are.

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 Honor the Lord.

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 Honor the Lord by being that part.

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 Don't be insecure about it.

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 Don't be insecure about it.

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 Don't be shy about it.

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 Don't be sheepish about it.

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 You don't,

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 you think you're serving the body by doing that?

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 You're not.

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 You're harming the body if you do that.

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 Your insecurity in your part harms the rest of the body.

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 It's important to know because God chose you to be arranged in the way that he chose it to be arranged.

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 He chose each member to be arranged in the way that he chose.

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 Verse 19,

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 he said,

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 if all were a single member,

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 where would the body be?

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 Exactly.

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 The body is a beautiful thing.

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 The body is a God-given thing.

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 The God,

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 the body is something that works together for his glory.

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 He says,

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 as it is,

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 there are many parts,

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 you have one body.

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 Okay.

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 So that's the first,

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 first kind of part there.

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 I think addressing this insecurity and this thing that would keep us from being the parts that we're supposed to be,

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 which kind of just starts with honoring God in the part that we are and then creating a culture where that's normative.

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 Now he goes into the second part,

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 verse 21.

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 Here's where we see dishonor for particular parts of the body.

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 Okay.

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 Verse 21,

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 the eye cannot say to the hand,

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 I have no need of you.

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 So originally,

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 this other paragraph was,

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 I have no need of me.

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 This is now saying,

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 I have no need of you.

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 So one's rejecting yourself.

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 Now this is rejecting other people,

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 right?

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 The eye cannot say to the hand,

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 I have no need of you,

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 nor again,

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 the head to the feet.

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 I have no need of you.

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 So he's using these same two examples again.

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 Eye and,

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 uh,

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 no,

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 he's not.

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 He's using the head now.

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 Nevermind.

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 He's using the eye and the head,

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 but two heads,

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 pretty prominent,

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 uh,

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 part as well.

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 He's using these prominent things and it can,

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 you can start to think,

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 you know,

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 Hey,

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 you start to feel pretty important.

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 My part is important.

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 My part of the body is more needed.

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 My part of the body is the way everybody should be.

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 Why isn't everybody like me?

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 In fact,

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 I've so drank the Kool-Aid,

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 so to speak,

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 that I'm starting to think that these other parts,

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 I don't really think they're needed.

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 I don't really think they're needed.

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 You need to conform and be more like me,

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 because if the whole church was like me,

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 now we're talking.

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 Now we got a healthy body.

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 And Paul's saying,

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 uh,

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 no,

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 no,

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 that is not right.

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 The eye cannot say to the hand,

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 I have no need of you.

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 Nor again,

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 the head to the feet.

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 I have no need of you.

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 On the contrary,

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

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 Okay.

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 So here you have these parts that seem to be stronger,

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 the eye and the head,

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 you know,

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 a lot of agreement that those are very important things.

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 And then you got things like,

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 like the feet.

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 Okay.

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 And the hand.

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 And you'd say,

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 well,

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 is the hand as important as the eye?

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 Is the feet as important as the head?

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 Well,

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 that head ain't going anywhere if those feet aren't taken up there.

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 But as he says,

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 these,

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

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 Now you might look at other people and you might say,

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 I am legitimately stronger.

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 Like I'm stronger in what I do.

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 I may be stronger in my faith.

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 I may be stronger in my knowledge of the Bible.

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 I might be stronger in my maturity.

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 Even if that's true.

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 And it is true.

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 Sometimes let's not act like it's not true.

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 Some people have a stronger faith.

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 Some people are more mature.

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 Some people have are stronger in their carrying and use of the Bible.

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 Right.

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 That's true.

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 But that never gives you an excuse then to say to the other people who are

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 weaker,

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 I don't need you.

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 You're not important.

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 Okay.

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 Those people are still important.

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 In fact,

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 he doesn't just say they're important.

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 He uses a more,

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 a stronger word.

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 He says they're indispensable.

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 They're indispensable.

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 Now we don't like weak things.

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 We think weak things are indispensable.

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 We like to throw away weak things and get stronger things.

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 Not in the body of Christ.

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 You need all of them.

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 You need all the parts.

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 And the weaker parts are indispensable.

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 And he says in verse 23,

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 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable,

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 we bestow greater honor.

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 And our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

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 which our more presentable parts do not require.

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 Okay.

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 So the parts of the body that we think less honorable,

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 we bestow the greater honor.

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 Do you do that?

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 Do you do that in the body of Christ?

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 Do you look at the parts that you think weaker,

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 maybe not as honorable?

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 And do you give them,

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 do you bestow on them even more honor?

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 This is how God designed the body to be unified.

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 This is how God designed the body to be unified.

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 Do you do that?

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 Do I do that?

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 Or do we tend to go the other way and think,

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 no,

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:52.860
 man,

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 I just wish these people weren't here.

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 Or I wish these people weren't like the way they are.

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 Like,

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 why can't they be more,

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 well,

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 I hate to say it,

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 but why can't they just be more like me?

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 You know,

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 because I mean,

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 let's be honest.

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 I mean,

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 if everybody was like me,

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 it would be great.

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 Right.

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 You know,

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 like you kind of,

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 no one says that,

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 but maybe you think that,

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 right?

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 Like you wouldn't,

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 you're too sophisticated to say that,

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 but we might think that like,

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 I,

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 you know,

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 I mean,

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 I would never say it,

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 but like,

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 if everybody was like me,

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 this church would be awesome.

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 Right.

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 And the fact is,

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 that's not true.

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 That's not true.

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 It would actually not be awesome.

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 It would be really bad.

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 We need all the parts.

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 And yeah,

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 some are weaker.

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 Some are more prominent.

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 Some are better at what they do.

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 Some aren't as good at what they do,

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 but that doesn't make them any less needed.

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 It doesn't make them any less required,

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 indispensable.

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 Okay.

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 But do you believe that?

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 And it's one thing to say,

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 yeah,

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 yeah,

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 yeah,

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 Josh,

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 I believe it.

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 I've read this before.

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 I mean,

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 come on.

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 I've maybe even heard you preach on this before.

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 Okay.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no.

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 That's what I'm talking about.

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 Do you believe it to the point of action

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 where we're building into the culture of the church,

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 value,

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 honor,

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 and appreciation for all the parts?

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 Does your mouth speak words that are appreciative of other parts of the body that are not like you?

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 Does your mouth speak appreciation for other parts of the body who are good at things maybe that you're not good at,

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 who are weaker at things that you're strong in?

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 Do we appreciate that?

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 What about the ones whose personality types are completely different than yours?

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 Do we dismiss them?

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 Or do we speak appreciation for them?

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 And have we learned the art of appreciation?

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 Okay.

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 Most of you guys know the church that we came from.

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:42.839
 This church was planted out of the Bellicose Church.

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 That eldership team that I'm on at that church,

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 it's very different from one another.

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 And there's one guy in particular who's a lot different than me.

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 His name is Brian,

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 right?

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 Him and I are totally different on so many levels as far as how we function together,

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 how our gifts are together.

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 And what ends up happening too,

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 and this happens in church cultures,

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 you might have even been a part of this at some point in time,

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:14.220
 but what ends up happening is when you have different people in leadership in a church,

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:17.960
 certain people start to form opinions over which leader they like better.

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.679
 You ever done that before?

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.899
 You may have done that yourself.

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.879
 I'm not even saying it's bad to say,

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.079
 you know,

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:26.939
 I tend to prefer this particular leader a little bit more.

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.619
 I tend to prefer their leadership style.

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 I tend to prefer their preaching style.

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 Or,

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.259
 you know,

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.859
 when they preach,

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 it's,

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 I feel like I get more out of it.

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 And when the other person preaches,

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.660
 you know,

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.460
 not so much.

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 And you end up getting these kinds of things where people come up to you and say,

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.580
 Hey,

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.700
 are you preaching this morning?

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.759
 And it's like,

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.020
 yeah.

00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.259
 I'm like,

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:43.500
 Oh,

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:43.800
 great.

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.380
 That's awesome.

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.720
 I was like,

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.520
 would you have said that if I said no,

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.140
 you know,

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:50.259
 like if the other guy was preaching and you're kind of like,

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 I kept starting to see a little subtle things going on here.

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 And it's like,

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:53.860
 man,

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 I really love it when you preach.

00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:55.440
 It's,

00:21:55.520 --> 00:21:55.700
 it's,

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.320
 it's really great.

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 I just feel like I get so much out of it.

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:58.440
 Well,

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.280
 what about the other guy?

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.640
 Well,

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 I mean,

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.040
 it's not as much I get out of him or whatever,

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.360
 you know?

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 And then what could end up happening is you start having these things where like,

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:10.340
 I like so-and-so I like this leader.

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.980
 I like that leader.

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 And we don't appreciate that.

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 Both of them have things that are beneficial to the body.

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 Then you have a plurality of elders and you have multiple elders.

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 You can end up just gravitating towards one of them and say,

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.740
 that's my guy.

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 I'm a Josh guy.

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 You know,

00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:26.240
 when he preaches,

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:27.100
 that's my style,

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 like that exhortation,

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 like that in your face.

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 And then there's other people who are like,

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.319
 I'm not much of a Josh guy.

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 I don't need to be coached and yelled at every morning.

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 You know,

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:34.960
 like,

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 can we get a little more like,

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 you know,

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 whatever not he is,

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 you know,

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 can we get something like that?

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 You know,

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 and that different people might think that way.

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.339
 Okay.

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 And Christ church is going to have elders and they're going to have multiple elders.

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.639
 And you're probably going to have some,

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.299
 you gravitate towards a little bit more.

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:55.480
 Some of you're just a little bit more fond of,

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.960
 and you like their leadership style a little better.

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 You might like their preaching style a little bit better.

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 And part of that's okay.

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 As long as you can honor and appreciate the parts that maybe you don't gravitate towards,

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:09.039
 you can see the value in them.

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 You can appreciate them verbally.

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 You can speak in such a way that builds unity,

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:15.019
 that builds us together.

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 And you can use the scriptures and a growing maturity to say,

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 there are things that I don't have.

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 There are things that I don't do.

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 And there are styles and personalities and gift mixes that are different from me,

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 that if they weren't in the body,

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 the body would suffer.

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 Do you understand what I'm saying?

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 And that's what needs to happen.

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 And we need to prepare ourselves for that.

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 Because that's every church.

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:44.000
 Every church has to deal with that reality.

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 Every church has to prepare to say,

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:47.559
 okay, am I good?

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:50.720
 How am I at honoring and appreciating the parts of the body?

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.799
 Verse 24 says,

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 God has so composed the body,

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 giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:59.519
 that there may be no division in the body,

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

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.220
 Okay?

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.059
 So, really important verbiage here.

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.460
 He says,

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:08.299
 God has so composed the body.

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.759
 God made it this way.

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.279
 God's the one who builds his body.

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 God's the one who makes his church.

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 God's the one who puts different personality types

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 and different gift mixes

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 and different strengths and weaknesses.

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 He's the one who puts them together.

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.160
 You might say,

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.960
 well, I'm the one who picked coming to this church.

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.180
 I'm the one who showed up here.

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:25.279
 Well, you know, yeah, in one sense,

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.360
 but you know, in a bigger sense,

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.059
 God is the one who comprises the body.

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 God's the one who brought us together.

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 God's the one who fitted this little church

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.420
 called Christ Church together

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 in this wonderful new building.

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.099
 Okay?

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.680
 He put this together.

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.639
 He brought these people together.

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 And it's good to remember that.

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 That God is the one who leads us into these places.

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.519
 And what he does is,

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:46.220
 he gives greater honor to the part that lacked it,

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:48.420
 that there may be no division in the body,

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:51.039
 that the members may have the same care for one another.

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.519
 And that's the important part.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:56.139
 Once we appreciate and honor each different part of the body,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:58.019
 what ends up happening is,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.599
 then there's no division in the body.

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 Then, when there's this mutual respect,

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:05.619
 mutual honoring of the different parts,

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:07.500
 we now have a unified body.

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.819
 And that's the best kind.

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.619
 That's the best kind.

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:13.439
 When you have parts of the body revolting against the others,

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.599
 we have a word for that.

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.599
 It's called cancer.

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 It's not good.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.419
 You don't want cancer.

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:21.219
 You don't want one part revolting against the other part

00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:22.559
 and attacking the other part.

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.919
 When that happens, a lot of bad things happen,

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.159
 including the death of that body eventually

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.540
 if it's not taken care of.

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.240
 Okay?

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.980
 And so, God's saying,

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.240
 I got a remedy for this.

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.940
 I got a remedy for this.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:36.660
 And it is that I compose the body in such a way

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:38.420
 where you're giving greater honor here

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.240
 and greater honor there,

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.680
 and we're appreciating

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.340
 and honoring the parts of the body

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:44.560
 so that there's no division in the body

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:46.860
 and that the members can have the same care for one another.

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.440
 That's God's goal.

00:25:48.540 --> 00:25:49.620
 That's what God wants to do.

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.660
 He wants us to have the same care for one another,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:53.820
 not just for the people that we really like,

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:55.880
 not just for the people who are like us.

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:58.220
 And what I found, you know,

00:25:58.300 --> 00:26:00.320
 walking with the Lord for the last 30-some years

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:03.520
 is that some of my best friends

00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:05.140
 that have been formed over these years

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.420
 are people that probably I never would have been friends with

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:10.860
 had I not regarded them as part of the body,

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:14.340
 had I not pushed through my differences with them

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:16.720
 and appreciated the parts of them

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.860
 that I probably, in another setting,

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.820
 wouldn't even have considered

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:21.160
 because I just would have gravitated

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.360
 towards similar interests,

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:25.859
 similar personality type gift mix.

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.919
 And I maybe would have never been forced

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:29.479
 into relating to those people

00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:30.799
 in the way that I have.

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.159
 But because I have,

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:33.639
 those are now some of my best friends.

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:36.339
 Those are some of the people I appreciate the most.

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:38.539
 And I realized that, you know what?

00:26:38.979 --> 00:26:40.740
 There's other cool people besides me.

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:43.179
 Like there's people that are actually enjoyable,

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:44.439
 not just me.

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.859
 And their personality types,

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:46.719
 although different,

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.199
 and different strengths,

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.419
 in many ways,

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.460
 are even better than me.

00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:51.800
 What a concept, right?

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:54.500
 And it actually makes all of life better.

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:56.880
 And the more of those people I get in my life,

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.279
 I'm a better person.

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.640
 They're better people.

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.880
 And together as a church,

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.860
 we're a healthier people.

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:04.680
 And so it's important to realize that.

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.880
 And as we transition,

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:09.240
 as the Lord is establishing us as a church,

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:11.560
 it's really important to lay the groundwork

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.440
 for these transitions,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.440
 for new elders to emerge,

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.000
 is that we need to make sure we're doing this.

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.420
 Because if we don't do that,

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.660
 it'll be a little clunky.

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.619
 It'll be a little clunky.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.680
 It'll be a little rough.

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.359
 And so I'm telling you this now

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.420
 to prepare the way.

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:30.160
 I'm asking that we all do kind of a heart check,

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.680
 not just when we take the Lord's table,

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.380
 but when we think about this

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.859
 in the context of our life together,

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.380
 and we say,

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.799
 I want to make sure I'm doing this right.

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:41.660
 And then what happens is in verse 26,

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.019
 it says,

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.059
 if one member suffers,

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.180
 all suffer together.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.700
 If one member is honored,

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.119
 all rejoice together.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:49.220
 And this is true body life.

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.599
 This is the best body life.

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.259
 And you realize,

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.460
 when one person's down,

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.099
 we're all down.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.339
 When one person's up,

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.980
 we're all up.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.839
 It's as if that we rise and fall together.

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.579
 Right?

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:00.200
 We rise and fall together.

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:02.599
 Instead of an individual way of looking at things

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.099
 and say like,

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.799
 hey, I'm good.

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.259
 I don't really care about anybody else.

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.319
 It's like,

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.779
 you know,

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.819
 I'm having a hard time.

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:09.339
 I don't really care what anybody else thinks.

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.000
 No.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:12.019
 When we have a body mentality,

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.539
 we say,

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.579
 if I'm good,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.039
 I'm bringing up the whole group.

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.939
 And if I'm bad,

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.419
 I'm bringing down the whole group.

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.480
 And so I need to,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.959
 I need to be open and honest.

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.480
 I need to have that conversation

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.899
 and that kind of mentality

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:24.279
 that looks at it that way.

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.779
 Verse 27,

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.539
 you are the body of Christ

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.519
 and individually members of it.

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.240
 And God has appointed in the church

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.079
 first apostles,

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.559
 second prophets,

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.779
 third teachers,

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.919
 then miracles,

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.379
 then gifts of healing,

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.299
 helping,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.539
 administrating,

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.480
 and various kinds of tongues.

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.119
 Okay.

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.200
 So it's a quite,

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.399
 that's an eclectic group of giftings right there.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.139
 I mean,

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.579
 they're fairly different than one another.

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.379
 If you think of people

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.159
 that even might possess

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.259
 some of those giftings,

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.180
 you can see some major differences

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.039
 in some of those people,

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.299
 right?

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.200
 It says in verse 29,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.039
 are all apostles,

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.039
 are all prophets,

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.980
 are all teachers,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.480
 do all work miracles,

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:02.279
 do all possess gifts of healing,

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.759
 do all speak with tongues,

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.559
 do all interpret?

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.279
 It's a rhetorical question.

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.119
 Of course he's saying,

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.480
 no,

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.559
 not everybody has this.

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.920
 That's why we need each other.

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:13.339
 Other people have gifts you don't have.

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.700
 Other people have gifts you don't have.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.480
 And if you don't relate rightly to them

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.440
 and don't appreciate them

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.160
 and honor them,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.519
 you miss out on that.

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.960
 And we all miss out on that.

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:25.180
 And I will show you a still more excellent way.

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.099
 So now we,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.099
 so that was a pretty,

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.059
 that's a pretty excellent way right there,

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.539
 I think.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.740
 Don't you think?

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.160
 Like the way he laid that out there,

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.480
 that's,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.059
 that's a great way of looking at it.

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.579
 Paul's laying this out in a,

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.180
 in a pretty,

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.859
 I think,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.980
 easily digestible,

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.779
 understandable way.

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.819
 That the example,

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.279
 the body,

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.900
 when he uses it,

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.319
 I'm thinking,

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.400
 that's helpful.

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.279
 That helps me understand it.

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.160
 That helps me see it.

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.579
 That's a pretty excellent way of seeing

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.380
 how the church relates to each other.

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.000
 And he says,

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.220
 hey,

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.579
 I'm going to show you

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:53.120
 a more excellent way.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.319
 All right.

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.900
 I'm all ears.

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.420
 I thought that was a pretty excellent way.

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.859
 So you're going to,

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:58.700
 you're going to show an even more excellent way.

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.500
 Okay.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.319
 What do you got?

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.859
 What do you got?

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.960
 And it's,

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.379
 you know,

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:05.139
 it's the funnier wedding card,

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.379
 right?

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:05.639
 You know,

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.759
 first Corinthians 13,

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:09.799
 but actually first Corinthians 13,

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.379
 weirdly enough,

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.839
 the context of it isn't a wedding.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.240
 Did you know that?

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.839
 I know it's on the front of all the wedding cards

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.960
 and that's when it gets talked about,

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:19.460
 but it's actually in the context of body life.

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:21.839
 It's actually in the context of the gifts of the spirit.

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.759
 And we should think of it at that.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.279
 Okay.

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.599
 He says,

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.579
 if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.000
 but have not love,

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:31.980
 I'm a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:36.679
 And if I have prophetic powers and understand all the mysteries and all knowledge,

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:40.599
 and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains,

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.959
 but have not love,

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:43.699
 I am nothing.

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:45.779
 Now,

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.919
 he's really going for it here.

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.199
 I mean,

00:30:47.219 --> 00:30:47.579
 he's like,

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.099
 he's listening.

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.359
 Like,

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.599
 these are some pretty big things,

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.299
 but he says,

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.139
 if you don't have love,

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.839
 dead in the water,

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.579
 doesn't matter.

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.319
 Right?

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.899
 I'm nothing.

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.759
 And he kind of like,

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.079
 really?

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.099
 Like,

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.339
 really?

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.699
 Nothing?

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.279
 Like,

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:02.659
 if you had all the prophetic powers and all the faith and you could move mountains,

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:04.959
 you'd still be nothing if you had not love?

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.559
 Yeah.

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.819
 Yeah,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.439
 that's what he says.

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.240
 That's the way he puts it.

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.480
 He says,

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:15.939
 if I give away all I have and deliver up my body to be burned,

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.339
 okay,

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.799
 okay.

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.319
 I mean,

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.500
 that's a pretty big deal,

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.819
 right?

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.139
 Like,

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.500
 surely that's a big deal.

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:20.759
 Like,

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.019
 if you,

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:25.119
 if you gave away everything you had and gave your own body to be burned,

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:27.579
 which has got to be one of the worst ways to go,

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:28.720
 okay,

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.720
 pain-wise,

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.919
 you think,

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.099
 that should be good.

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.379
 He says,

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.500
 but if you don't have love,

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:37.539
 I gain nothing.

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.619
 Whoa.

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.019
 That's,

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:42.859
 that's some strong language there.

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.720
 Yeah,

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.799
 I can give up every,

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:48.799
 I can be like the most selfless seemingly person who gives up everything,

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:51.200
 they have even their own body to the flames.

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.619
 But if I don't have love,

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.519
 I gain nothing.

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.019
 Whoa.

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.200
 This is like,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.339
 Hey,

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.200
 listen up.

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.519
 Right.

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.579
 And then here it is.

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:02.539
 Here's that one we see on the front of the cards often.

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:02.779
 Right.

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:05.339
 Love is patient and kind.

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:07.839
 Love does not envy or boast.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.619
 It's not arrogant or rude.

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.200
 It's not insist on its own way.

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:14.019
 It's not irritable or resentful.

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.660
 It does not rejoice at wrongdoing,

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:17.259
 but rejoices with the truth.

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.599
 Love bears all things,

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.539
 believes all things,

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.519
 hopes all things,

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.940
 endures all things.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.519
 Okay.

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.700
 Let's look at this.

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.460
 But let's look at it again in its context.

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:28.099
 What is the context of 1 Corinthians 13?

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.480
 Body life,

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.819
 spiritual gifts,

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.319
 recognizing one another,

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.480
 appreciating one another,

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:35.159
 working together with one another.

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.819
 One part suffers.

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.399
 We all suffer.

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.599
 This is,

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.059
 remember,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.779
 like,

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.500
 I'm going to show you a more excellent way.

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.699
 What is the more excellent way of body life?

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.139
 It's the way of love.

00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.099
 Okay.

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.819
 It's the way of love.

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:50.500
 And not just ooey-gooey,

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.919
 sentimental,

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.639
 worldly love.

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:56.679
 We're talking a specific kind of love

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:58.519
 that he describes very specifically,

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:58.819
 right?

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.659
 So let's look at it.

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.659
 Love is patient and kind.

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.539
 Okay.

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:05.399
 If you've ever tried to do church

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.259
 with a group of people

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:08.240
 that's more than a Sunday morning service,

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:10.740
 you know that you need this kind of love.

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:13.039
 You have to be patient with one another.

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.639
 Right?

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.039
 It requires patience.

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:18.119
 And our ability to relate to one another as a body

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:19.159
 is going to be dependent on

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.700
 how patient we are with one another.

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.899
 And who are the people you need patience with?

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:25.319
 Typically the people that rub you wrong.

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.119
 Typically the people who aren't like you.

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.740
 Typically the people who are weak.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:31.920
 Typically the people who sin,

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.579
 who do things that are wrong.

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.240
 Or it can just be,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.139
 maybe they're not sinning.

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.659
 They just,

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.339
 they're different than you.

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.619
 And you're just like,

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:41.799
 man,

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.099
 why do they have to be that way?

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:45.779
 Why do they got to do things that way?

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:47.619
 Why do they do things differently

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.659
 than the way I do them?

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:50.579
 Maybe it's only methodology.

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:51.639
 Right?

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.980
 Their methodology is different than mine.

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.419
 Why can't they just do things

00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:56.480
 the way I do things?

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.839
 What does that require?

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.959
 Patience.

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.279
 Patience.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.059
 Kindness.

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.599
 Are we patient and kind

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.599
 to the people

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:06.199
 who do things differently than us?

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.539
 It's not rude.

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.880
 It's not rude.

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:11.779
 It does not insist on its own way.

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.600
 Okay?

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.740
 Again,

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.519
 that's another great one

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.320
 with body life.

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:17.780
 The fact that the Bible says

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.680
 that it doesn't insist

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.600
 on its own way

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:21.320
 alludes to the fact

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.680
 that there are multiple ways.

00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:25.019
 Is there one way

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.640
 to do everything?

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:26.480
 No.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.180
 There are sometimes,

00:34:28.560 --> 00:34:29.560
 there are certain things

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:30.380
 that God has a way

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.060
 it should be done

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.940
 and it's just one way.

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.380
 Okay?

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:34.340
 And those things we need

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.220
 to submit to the word on.

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:35.960
 And it's,

00:34:36.060 --> 00:34:37.360
 there's not much

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.560
 conversation about it.

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:38.880
 It's like,

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:40.000
 if you're not doing it,

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.619
 you need to repent.

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.139
 Do it the way

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.280
 that God says to do it.

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.599
 Okay?

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.679
 But,

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.219
 then there's other things

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:48.500
 when there's not one way.

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.400
 There can be multiple ways

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:52.000
 to do the same godly thing.

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.320
 And love doesn't insist

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.579
 on its own way.

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.079
 Love says,

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.340
 hey,

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.639
 there's multiple ways

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.360
 to do this

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.760
 and I'm really

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.300
 fond of my way.

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.699
 I like my way.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.659
 I happen to think

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.599
 my way is the best.

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.179
 But love says,

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.480
 I'm not going to insist on it.

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.199
 I'm not going to insist

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.820
 on my way.

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:12.139
 I'm not going to insist on,

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.659
 hey,

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.679
 my way is always

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.380
 the best way.

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.059
 At the end of the day,

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.099
 that's probably not true.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.559
 No.

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.420
 It might be

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.780
 a good way

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.619
 a lot of the times.

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.960
 Maybe even

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.980
 the majority of the times.

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:25.260
 But even if that's true,

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:27.019
 love doesn't insist

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.940
 on its own way

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.300
 when there are multiple ways

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.340
 that could be plausible.

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.460
 Okay?

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.240
 That's love.

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.639
 Love doesn't insist

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.360
 on its own way.

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.840
 It's not irritable

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.119
 or resentful.

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.639
 Man, I wish that one

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.279
 wasn't in there.

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.059
 Right?

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.480
 Is that irritable

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.319
 or resentful?

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.659
 You ever get irritated

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.319
 at anybody?

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.359
 Does the way

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:47.460
 that someone does something

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.460
 ever irritate you

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.799
 in the church?

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.880
 Anybody?

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.279
 I'm not telling you

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.819
 to say who they are,

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.480
 but like anyone

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.039
 in this room

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.719
 that irritates you

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.139
 sometimes?

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.119
 The way they do things,

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.139
 the way they do their life,

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:59.679
 the way they do church,

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.739
 the way they do their kids,

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.119
 the way they talk,

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.679
 the way they use their gift,

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.960
 the way they do their family,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.000
 the way they do their job,

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:07.539
 the way they do their house,

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.219
 the way they,

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:10.159
 I don't know,

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.900
 go down the list.

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.380
 Right?

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:14.679
 Whether they have a live tree

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.559
 or a fake tree.

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.400
 Whatever those things,

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:21.159
 certain things irritate us.

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.420
 Right?

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.239
 Love is not irritable.

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.940
 Love is not irritable.

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:27.000
 It doesn't resent.

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.039
 It's not resentful.

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:29.179
 It doesn't hold things

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.880
 against people.

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.140
 Right?

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:34.559
 It doesn't keep a record of wrongs,

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.720
 I think the NIV says.

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.360
 Right?

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.640
 Keeps short accounts.

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.119
 Keeps,

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.780
 doesn't hold things against people.

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.480
 And so,

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.619
 we have to be patient

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.059
 with one another.

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.320
 We have to not be irritated

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.740
 with one another.

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.260
 And you know how

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:46.160
 you're not irritated with?

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.880
 Irritation is a sign

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.980
 that you're not appreciating

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.920
 something about someone.

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.780
 Now,

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.240
 sometimes it's a sin.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.619
 So,

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.320
 I'm not telling you

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.579
 to appreciate their sins.

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.360
 Okay?

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.680
 You shouldn't appreciate their sin.

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.019
 But when you're irritated

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.640
 over something

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:59.700
 that's not a sin,

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.500
 it's just not something you like,

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.880
 maybe we need to

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:04.559
 be more appreciative

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.220
 of that person.

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.800
 Be appreciative

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.440
 of who they are.

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.900
 Be appreciative

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.340
 of what they give.

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.019
 Be appreciative

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.840
 of their perspective.

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.140
 Their gift mix.

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.360
 Each gift mix

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.820
 brings a different perspective.

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.820
 You might say,

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.000
 man,

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.519
 why do you see things that way?

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.440
 Well,

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.980
 maybe they're gifted

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.760
 differently than you.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.800
 And the way they're gifted

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.660
 is really important.

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.940
 It's really important.

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.880
 We need it.

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.119
 We need it.

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.059
 You need it.

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.920
 I need it.

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:27.000
 We don't just need

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.700
 your gift mix.

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.320
 We don't just need

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.780
 your way.

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.660
 We don't just need

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:31.100
 your way of seeing things.

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:32.200
 We need all of them.

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:32.920
 Well,

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.660
 what if certain people

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.060
 are leading

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:34.920
 and they lead in a way

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.720
 that you don't see?

00:37:36.080 --> 00:37:36.880
 What are you going to do?

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.700
 Are you going to get irritated?

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.740
 Are you going to get irritated?

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.420
 Are you going to get resentful?

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.300
 Are you going to hold

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.320
 the record of wrongs?

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.760
 Or are we going to be patient?

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.680
 Kind?

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.660
 Not irritable?

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.240
 Not rejoicing at wrongdoing,

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:54.180
 but rejoicing with the truth.

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:56.059
 Love bears all things,

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.299
 believes all things,

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.419
 hopes all things,

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.619
 and endures all things.

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.379
 Okay?

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.779
 How are we doing

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.659
 with bearing with one another?

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.139
 The Bible says

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.239
 bear one another's burdens.

00:38:04.839 --> 00:38:06.179
 People say all the time,

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.460
 you know,

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.639
 I just don't want to be a burden.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.440
 Too late.

00:38:08.899 --> 00:38:09.419
 You already are.

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.699
 We all are.

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.559
 We're all somebody's burden.

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.599
 Right?

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.699
 And the Bible says

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.359
 we're supposed to bear

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.019
 one another's burdens.

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.879
 So don't apologize all the time

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.799
 for being a burden.

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.039
 That's what the church does.

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:21.379
 We're burden carriers.

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.919
 We're burden bearers.

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.240
 And we're all burdensome

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:25.180
 at some point in time.

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:27.780
 Love bears all things.

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.940
 Know that when you're

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.820
 bearing with someone else,

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.599
 guess what?

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.320
 Someone's bearing with you.

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:35.340
 No, come on.

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:37.059
 I bear with other people.

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.019
 They don't bear with me.

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.659
 No, no, no.

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.280
 We all bear with one another.

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.780
 We all bear with one another.

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:44.700
 And as to the front of your mind

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.680
 as bearing with someone

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:46.700
 specifically is,

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.200
 just know that someone else

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:49.200
 is bearing with you

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:49.800
 the same way.

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:54.740
 That is visceral

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:56.019
 as this response is for you.

00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:56.500
 Just remember,

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.519
 someone else is probably

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.580
 having just as a hard time

00:38:58.580 --> 00:38:58.900
 as do.

00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:00.720
 I know that seems impossible.

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.760
 I know you're thinking,

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:03.340
 surely not sweet old me.

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:05.019
 I'm such an easy person

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.880
 to get along with.

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:07.120
 People must love

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.780
 the way I think

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:09.060
 and love the way I do things.

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.300
 No, someone's bearing

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:11.080
 with you as well.

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:11.880
 Okay?

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.560
 Love bears all things.

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.840
 It believes all things.

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.700
 So it's not,

00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:16.680
 it doesn't have these

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.680
 evil suspicions,

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.419
 it's constantly thinking,

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.819
 I bet they're thinking this

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.599
 and I bet the reason

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.219
 they did this

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.079
 is because of this.

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:22.899
 And no,

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.779
 it believes all things.

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.119
 It's true.

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.579
 It's,

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.599
 it's,

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.839
 it's,

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:26.079
 it believe in the best of people.

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:28.159
 I think we've done a great,

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:29.279
 a much better job

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:30.019
 of that as a church

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:31.619
 since we talked about it

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:33.159
 whenever that was months ago.

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:34.859
 I think it's been awesome.

00:39:35.399 --> 00:39:36.259
 And I just want to encourage us

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:37.019
 to keep doing that.

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.199
 Keep believing all things

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.099
 to hope the best

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.639
 for one another,

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:40.019
 right?

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.379
 Hoping all things,

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.960
 enduring all things.

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.619
 And sometimes that's,

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.339
 that's what life together is,

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.079
 it's enduring.

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.140
 You know,

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:50.220
 sometimes it's sunshine

00:39:50.220 --> 00:39:50.780
 and rainbows

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.740
 and sometimes it's just

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.100
 enduring,

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.460
 right?

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.400
 And you don't get to pick

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.039
 when that is.

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.480
 And typically it's not

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.519
 what you want when you want.

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.380
 Sometimes you're thinking,

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.600
 man,

00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:00.400
 I could really use things

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.300
 to be easy right now

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.100
 and then it's,

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.640
 it's hard.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.400
 What do you got to do?

00:40:04.600 --> 00:40:05.680
 You got to endure all things.

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.360
 For whose sake?

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.559
 For the one who make,

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:09.660
 who composed the body,

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.360
 for Christ's sake.

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.539
 Love never ends.

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.600
 As for prophecies,

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.400
 they will pass away.

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.059
 As for tongues,

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:16.159
 they will cease.

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.799
 As for knowledge,

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.639
 it will pass away.

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.320
 For we know in part

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.900
 and we prophesy in part.

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.920
 Really important.

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.460
 In all this,

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.119
 we can say,

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:25.639
 you know,

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:28.980
 but I really see things well.

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.400
 Like,

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.099
 I know,

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.579
 I know this

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.320
 and I know that

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.480
 and I know what he's thinking

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.279
 and she's thinking

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:35.900
 and I know how this is all

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.519
 supposed to work.

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:38.000
 It's always good to remember

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.679
 this verse

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.980
 should be at the front

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.059
 of every disagreement

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.920
 we ever have.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.139
 I know in part.

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:49.059
 I see in part.

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:51.740
 Because usually

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.920
 at the front of every argument

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.880
 is someone thinking,

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:56.380
 I see things perfectly.

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.880
 I see things clearly.

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:58.920
 Okay?

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.059
 And,

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.940
 sometimes we see clearer than others.

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.300
 But we can always say

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:05.119
 that we never see things fully

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:06.820
 and we never know things fully.

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.860
 We know in part

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.740
 and we see in part.

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.079
 Right?

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:12.219
 But when the perfect comes,

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:13.519
 the partial will pass away.

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.659
 Verse 11.

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.239
 When I was a child,

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.380
 I spoke like a child.

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.579
 I thought like a child.

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.900
 I reasoned like a child.

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.179
 When I became a man,

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.480
 I gave up childish ways.

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.719
 And one of the things

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:25.539
 I think it's important for us is

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:28.420
 as elders are appointed,

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:30.019
 as different leaders

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.019
 become more prominent

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.860
 in our church,

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:33.880
 it's going to press on us

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.900
 in different ways.

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.599
 It will.

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.960
 I guarantee it.

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.239
 It will.

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:39.379
 It always does.

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.539
 It always does.

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:41.639
 And,

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.519
 it's important for us

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.199
 to not be childish.

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.959
 It's important for us

00:41:44.959 --> 00:41:45.299
 to say,

00:41:45.359 --> 00:41:45.759
 you know what?

00:41:45.959 --> 00:41:47.359
 I used to speak like a child.

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:48.739
 I used to think like a child.

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.639
 I used to reason like a child.

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.419
 But when I became a man,

00:41:50.459 --> 00:41:51.739
 I put childish ways behind us.

00:41:51.939 --> 00:41:53.159
 And it's important for us,

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:54.239
 although a young church,

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.359
 to not be childish.

00:41:56.359 --> 00:41:57.019
 And to say,

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.539
 you know what?

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.300
 We're going to be mature

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.440
 when elders are appointed.

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.239
 We're going to be mature

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.420
 when different leaders

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:02.759
 are put in places

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:04.019
 and make mistakes

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:06.079
 and make mistakes

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.420
 and do things

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.360
 that even they would regret.

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:10.320
 And we're going to be understanding.

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:12.119
 And we're not going to be like children.

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:14.300
 We're going to act like adults.

00:42:15.759 --> 00:42:17.360
 For now we see in a mirror dimly,

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.559
 but then face to face.

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.960
 Now I know in part.

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.440
 Then I shall know fully,

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:23.400
 even as I have been fully known.

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:25.579
 So now faith, hope, and love abide.

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.420
 These three.

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:28.780
 But the greatest of these is love.

00:42:29.220 --> 00:42:30.460
 So it's really important

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:31.599
 that when we look at each other,

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.860
 we're able to tell the difference

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.720
 between a disqualification

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:36.539
 and a weakness.

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.639
 If you conflate those two,

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:40.500
 you're going to have problems, right?

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.660
 There are weaknesses

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:43.420
 and then there's disqualifications.

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:45.539
 Disqualifications are disqualifications.

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:46.599
 There are character things

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:48.340
 that are truly disqualifications.

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:50.519
 And then there are just weaknesses.

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.559
 They're just weaknesses, right?

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:54.199
 And it's okay for people

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.900
 to be in leadership

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.719
 who have weaknesses.

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:57.139
 Otherwise, no one would be able

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:58.159
 to be in leadership.

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.199
 You guys are,

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.219
 many of you are well aware

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:01.559
 of the weaknesses in my life.

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:05.179
 And I could still be a leader.

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.779
 And someone has to be

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:07.579
 who has weaknesses

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:10.000
 because there are no potential leaders

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.840
 who don't have weaknesses, right?

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.659
 So we can't,

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:13.860
 but we can't conflate the two.

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:16.099
 We have to be clear on which is which.

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.099
 Sometimes we can,

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.559
 we also can't conflate disqualification

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:22.440
 and personality conflict, okay?

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.900
 This, we can't say

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:25.079
 that person's different than me,

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:26.159
 therefore they're disqualified.

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.219
 We have to say,

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:29.460
 no, that person's different than you.

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.719
 Okay, let's figure this out.

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.000
 Now, is the difference

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:34.019
 because there's a character issue

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.079
 that is disqualifying?

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:36.059
 That's one thing.

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:37.699
 But just personality conflict

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.820
 and different personalities,

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:40.559
 that is what it is.

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.599
 And we have to learn to deal with that.

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:43.500
 Or the difference

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:44.639
 between disqualification

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.460
 and methodology,

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:46.840
 like I was saying before, right?

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.880
 You can't conflate the two

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.239
 and think,

00:43:49.339 --> 00:43:50.959
 oh, they have a different method

00:43:50.959 --> 00:43:51.659
 of doing things,

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.719
 therefore they're disqualified.

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.379
 Only if it's something

00:43:54.379 --> 00:43:55.459
 specifically in the Bible

00:43:55.459 --> 00:43:56.819
 that says this is the one method.

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.819
 But if it's something

00:43:57.819 --> 00:43:59.019
 that the Bible's not clear on

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.679
 and there's openness

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:01.459
 to be multiple methods,

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:01.779
 then,

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.739
 and they happen to have

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.539
 a different method than you

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:05.039
 that doesn't disqualify them,

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.719
 just means we've got to work together

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 and figure out that,

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 how are we going to do this?

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 There's freedom

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 to choose different methodologies.

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 And then there's the difference

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 between division

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 and disagreement,

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 where there's first tier issues,

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 second tier issues,

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 third tier issues,

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 and fourth tier issues.

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:20.880
 Maybe a first or second tier issue,

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.039
 like the gospel,

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.460
 like Jesus being God,

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:23.960
 you know,

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 like those kind of things.

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:25.940
 Yeah,

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:27.719
 we should divide on those things,

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 right?

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.639
 Those are things

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 we should divide on.

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 You know,

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 if someone's saying,

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 you know,

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 you can marry the same gender,

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 it's like,

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:34.840
 yeah,

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 we're going to divide on that.

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 That's not okay.

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 All right?

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 But,

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 you know,

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 if it's other lesser things

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 of like worship style

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 or,

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 you know,

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:47.900
 certain beliefs about things

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 that there's room

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 within the church

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 to disagree on those things,

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:53.200
 well,

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 then we have to work through those.

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 We have to figure it out.

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 And we have to be able

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 to function together.

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 And I'll tell you,

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 having been doing it

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 for many years now,

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 it's possible.

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 And when it happens,

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 it's a beautiful thing.

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:06.680
 Okay?

00:45:07.720 --> 00:45:08.580
 In conclusion,

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 read Romans 12,

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 4 to 8.

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 For as in one body

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 we have many members

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 and the members

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 do not all have the same function.

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 So we,

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 though many,

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 are one body in Christ

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 and individually members

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 one of another,

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 having gifts that differ

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 according to the grace

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 given to us.

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 Let us use them.

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 If prophecy

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 in proportion

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 to our faith,

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 if service

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 in our serving,

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 the one who teaches

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 in his teaching,

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 the one who exhorts

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 in his exhortation,

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 the one who contributes

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 in generosity,

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 the one who leads

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 with zeal,

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 the one who does

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 acts of mercy,

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 with cheerfulness.

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 And then Romans 15,

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 5 to 7 says,

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 May the God of endurance

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 and encouragement

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 grant you

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 to live in such harmony

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.980
 with one another

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 in accord with Christ Jesus

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 that together

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 you may with one voice

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 glorify the God

00:45:55.259 --> 00:45:55.940
 and Father

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:57.359
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore,

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.339
 welcome one another

00:46:00.339 --> 00:46:01.579
 as Christ

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 has welcomed you

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 for the glory of God.

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 And that's what

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 I leave you with.

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.179
 Ultimately,

00:46:06.339 --> 00:46:06.739
 that's what I'm

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 talking about.

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 That we would

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 welcome one another,

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.000
 that we would

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 welcome each other,

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 we would welcome

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 leaders as God

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 appoints them

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 over the coming

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 months and next year

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 as those leaders

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 get appointed,

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 that we would

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 welcome them

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 as Christ

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:22.059
 has welcomed us

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 for the glory of God.

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:23.899
 Amen?

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.159
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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