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 Thank you, Tom, for that.

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 And if you'd like to keep your Bibles open, that'd be brilliant.

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 Ephesians 4, we'll get there eventually,

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 but we're going to preach the rest of the Bible before we get to there.

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 And if you've got the St. Paul's app open,

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 that would be also particularly helpful as we go through.

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 Nearly 25 years ago, for those who...

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 One of the benefits of living longer is you see that

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 so much of history sort of repeats itself in one way or another.

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 And 25 years ago, there was another war raging in Europe.

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 It was in Kosovo between Serbs and ethnic Albanians.

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 It went for really about 18 months,

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 although the tensions were building much longer than that, 18 months.

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 But in that period, 13,500 people died

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 and over 1 million people were displaced from their homes.

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 The conflict there came on the back of about 1,000 years of cultural tensions.

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 And it was very deep cultural tensions,

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 a very deep hatred culturally between the two groups.

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 And the war itself in just 18 months

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 resulted in terrible crimes against humanity

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 on both sides of the conflict.

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 There were Christian churches on both sides of that conflict.

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 And in the middle of that 18-month war,

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 one pastor from an Albanian Baptist church in Pristina

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 crossed over the racial-cultural divide

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 and preached in a Serbian church for the enemy.

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 And against all that background and hatred and death,

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 the pastor of that church in Belgrade

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 took this pastor into his home.

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 He stayed with him for the weekend

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 and didn't just welcome him into his home,

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 but welcomed him into his church

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 and welcomed him into his pulpit.

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 After the war, reflecting on that moment,

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 that particular pastor from Belgrade said,

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 we don't really have much in common

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 apart from Jesus.

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 Apart from Jesus.

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 That there illustrates the entire point of this series.

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 Apart from Jesus.

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 Apart from Jesus.

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 And it's the banner across this church,

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 treasuring Jesus together for the joy of all people.

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 Now, the apostle Paul states God's grand goal,

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 his worldview, if you like,

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 of his goal of all things,

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 at the beginning of Ephesians, chapter 1, verse 8,

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 that with all wisdom and understanding,

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 he made known to us the mystery of his will

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 according to his good pleasure,

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 which he purposed in Christ

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 to put into effect when the times reached their fulfillment

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 to bring unity to all things in heaven

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 and on earth under Christ.

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 unity in all things under Christ.

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 And what that means for us,

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 if you're someone who's a Christian,

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 is that the good news of the Christian faith

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 isn't simply that God has forgiven you for your sin.

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 If it was just that,

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 then it means the whole Christian gospel

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 is just purely about sin management.

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 That's all it is.

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 But that's not what it is.

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 The good news is that your sins have been given,

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 that you are given a new resurrected life.

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 You are gathered into God's new family,

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 his body, his humanity, his people,

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 to pursue the very thing that we were created to do.

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 You remember from sermon one, maybe,

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 to live for the glory of God.

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 That's the gospel.

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 The trajectory of all things

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 is everything gathered under Jesus Christ

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 as the creator and Lord of all things,

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 bringing glory to God joyfully as his people forever.

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 That's the trajectory.

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 And so in the next two weeks,

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 I want to look at how God's plan gets worked out

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 in here as a church like this.

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 We're going to summarize what's already been said

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 in this series in the next two weeks.

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 And I'm intending on summarizing a chunk of that already today.

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 So if you've got the St. Paul's app open,

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 you'll notice three points,

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 God's multi-ethnic mission,

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 our multi-ethnic mission,

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 and my multi-ethnic mission.

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 So firstly,

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 we're going to go back to the beginning of God's plan,

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 be reminded of why you and I were created and saved.

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 It's in the Garden of Eden,

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 Genesis 1 and 2.

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 There's a real sense that all things are gathered to God.

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 He's the creator of all things.

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 He made it.

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 Everything is at peace.

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 All things are ordered.

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 And everything is in perfect relationship

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 with each other,

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 with God,

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 as it should be.

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 The first people are made in God's image

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 for the purpose,

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 as we saw in the first sermon,

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 the purpose of displaying

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 and magnifying God's glory.

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 They are to mirror to the world

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 their creator.

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 Then the first people make the decision

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 to magnify themselves rather than God

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 in Genesis 3.

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 They decide to live life their way,

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 to make it all about them.

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 And the Bible calls this attitude,

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 which leads to action,

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 sin.

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 It's a rejection,

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 a rebellion against God.

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 It's a coup against him.

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 And the consequence of sin

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 is that all the order

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 of God's good creation

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 becomes disordered.

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 There is no more harmony and peace

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 and relationship with God is broken.

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 Where there was unity and closeness,

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 because of sin,

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 there is now distance and disunity.

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 God then removes people from his presence.

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 He judges their sin

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 and by scattering them from himself.

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 And that's the principle

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 that you will see right through the Bible.

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 Whenever humanity sets itself up against God,

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 he scatters them from him in judgment

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 and from each other.

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 There's not just a fractured relationship with God,

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 but a fractured relationship with each other.

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 But when he saves them,

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 he gathers them to himself

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 and unites them together as his people

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 and to him.

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 We saw this principle worked out

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 in ethnic and cultural terms

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 several weeks ago

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 with the Tower of Babel

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 and the calling of Abraham

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 in Genesis 11 and 12.

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 When God saves,

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 he gathers people to himself.

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 When they rebel against him,

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 he scatters them from his presence

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 and from each other.

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 Isaiah 11

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 is looking forward to a day

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 when everything will finally be ordered

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 and harmonious

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 and peaceful

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 and in right relationship

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 like it was

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 in the beginning

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 And Isaiah there

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 in chapter 11

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 refers to a particular person

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 who will accomplish God's grand plan

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 as the root of Jesse.

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 This person is the Messiah.

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 They are the son of King David.

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 And in verse 12 of Isaiah 11,

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 it says,

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 He will raise a banner for the nations.

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 He will gather the exiles of Israel.

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 He will assemble

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 the scattered people from Judah

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 from the four corners of the earth.

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 Then we read in Isaiah 56 verse 8,

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 God declaring

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 that he will expand

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 his plan,

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 his global plan

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 beyond his people Israel.

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 He says,

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 I will gather still

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 others to them

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 besides those already gathered.

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 And the climax

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 of God's global plan

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 is revealed

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 at the end of the book of Isaiah.

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 Isaiah 66, 18.

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 And I

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 am about to come

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 and gather the people

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 of all nations

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 and languages

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 and they will come

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 to me

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 and see my glory.

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 God's plan

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 is to gather people

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 from all the nations,

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 from tribes,

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 peoples,

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 languages,

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 cultures to himself

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 that they might see

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 his glory

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 for the displaying

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 of his glory.

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 I'm hoping you're seeing

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 there's a worldview

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 being unpacked here.

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 Your purpose of life

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 is being unpacked here.

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 The plan

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 is to recapture

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 the original purpose

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 for our creation

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 that we saw

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 in week one

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 displaying

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 the glory of God.

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 The plan

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 is to recapture

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 that purpose.

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 God's plan

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 gets worked out

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 in history

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 with the creation

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 of the church

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And Ephesians,

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 we had Ephesians 4

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 read out to us.

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 Have you got Ephesians open?

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 I really want to go

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 Ephesians 1, 2, 3, 4

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 real quick.

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 It will be quick,

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 believe me,

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 it will be quick.

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 Ephesians 1 and 2,

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 Paul,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 highlights the massive

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 division between

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 Jews and Gentiles

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 but also between

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 all of humanity

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 and God.

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 Ephesians 2

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 verses 13 and 16,

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 he shows us

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 how God brings

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 an end to all

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 of that hostility.

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 So Ephesians chapter 2,

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 if you've got to open

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 there,

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 verse 13,

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 now in Christ Jesus,

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 you who once

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 were far away

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 have been brought

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 near

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 by the blood

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 of Christ

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 for he himself

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 is our peace

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 who has made

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 the two groups

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 one

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 and has destroyed

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 the barrier,

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 the dividing wall

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 of hostility

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 by setting aside

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 in his flesh

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 the law

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 with its commands

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 and regulations.

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 his purpose

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 was to create

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 in himself

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 one new

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 humanity

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 out of the two

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 thus making peace

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 and in one body

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 to reconcile

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 both of them

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 to God

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 through the cross

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 by which he put

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 to death

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 their hostility.

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 Every one

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 of the gospels

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 declares

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is the Messiah

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 that Isaiah

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 was looking forward

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 to.

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 He is the Messiah

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 who fulfills

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 God's plan

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 of gathering

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 people from

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 all four corners

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 of the globe

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 to himself

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 for his glory.

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 He who is the

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 perfect image

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 of God

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 Jesus Christ

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 took on the

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 image of humanity

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 was scattered

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 from God

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 on the cross

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 as he takes

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 on our sin

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 and he bears

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 our judgment

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 our punishment

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 on the cross

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 he calls out

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 on the cross

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 my God

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 my God

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 why have you

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 forsaken me

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 why have you

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 pushed me away

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 why have you

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 turned your back

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 on me

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 why am I

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 scattered from you

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 so that we

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 can be gathered

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 to him

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 and after

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 his resurrection

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 he ascends

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 to heaven

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 sends his

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 Holy Spirit

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 to unite us

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 with him

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 and his

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 finished work

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 and all

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 of his people

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 when the

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 Holy Spirit

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 comes on the

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 day of Pentecost

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 people from

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 every nation

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 and culture

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 and language

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 were there

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 gathered

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 to God

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 as his new

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 humanity

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 his people

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 in relationship

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 with God

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 and the

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 purpose of

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 God's

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 multi-ethnic

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 mission

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 is explicit

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 in

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 Ephesians 3

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 verse 10

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 his intent

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 was that

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 now

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 through the

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 church

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 now

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 through the

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 church

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 the manifold

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 wisdom of

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 God

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 should be

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 made known

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 to the

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 rulers

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 and the

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 authorities

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 in the

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 heavenly realms

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 according

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 to his

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 eternal

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 purpose

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 that he

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 accomplished

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 our Lord

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 manifold

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 there

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 the word

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 manifold

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 means

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 literally

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 multi-colored

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 it means

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 multi-faceted

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 it's the

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 same words

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 used in

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 as a

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 description

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 of

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 Joseph's

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 multi-colored

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 coat

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 the church

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 is God's

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 brightly colored

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 neon sign

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 to the

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 universe

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 of the

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 glory

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 of God

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 how does

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 God

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 display

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 his glory

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 to the

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 world

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 now

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 through

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 the

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 church

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 as they

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 proclaim

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 the gospel

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 of Christ

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 to the

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 world

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 the church

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 is the

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 public

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 advertisement

00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:09.100
 of the

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 wisdom

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 and the

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 magnificence

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 and the

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 glory

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 of God

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 in Christ

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 the

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 great

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 and the

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 glorious

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 God's

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 great

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 and

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 glorious

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 plan

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 is to

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 gather

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 a very

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 diverse

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 people

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 to each

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 other

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 and to

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 himself

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 in such

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 a way

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 that God's

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 wisdom

00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:34.959
 and his

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 greatness

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.199
 and his

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 majesty

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 and his

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 glory

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 is made

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 known

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 to the

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 heavenly

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 realms

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 and

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 everything

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 below

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 it

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 there is

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 a sense

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 when God

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 right now

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 possibly

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 I don't

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 want to

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 put words

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 in his

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 mouth

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 but right

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 now he's

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 calling over

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 the rulers

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 and the

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 authorities

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 of the

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 heavenly realms

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 and he

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 says

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 see some

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 Paul's

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 chastard

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 down there

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 have a look

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 at that

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 that is

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 what I

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 have been

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 working

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 towards

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 for all

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 of history

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 that's

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 why my

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 son

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 died

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 my

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 son

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 made that

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 possible

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 he

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 brought

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 these

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 diverse

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 people

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 together

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 he broke

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 down the

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 dividing

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 walls

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 and he

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 brought

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 them to

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 us

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 to me

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 for my

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 glory

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 and he

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 says to

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.039
 the demons

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 Satan

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 over here

00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:40.899
 you

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 destroyer

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 of order

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 you

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 scatterer

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 of people

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 you

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 ruiner

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 of lives

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 and

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 relationships

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 see that

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 not even

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 the gates

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.099
 of hell

00:15:54.099 --> 00:15:54.339
 are going

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 to stop

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 my

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 son

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 building

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 his

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 church

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 out of

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 every tribe

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 and language

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 of people

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 for my

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 glory

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:06.000
 so get

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 this

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.440
 first point

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 of application

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.259
 as we

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.720
 gather here

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.120
 today

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.560
 before church

00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.180
 is about

00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:12.680
 you

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 before it's

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 about me

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 before it's

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 about us

00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:17.200
 it is about

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 God

00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.440
 it is about

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.300
 his glory

00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:22.200
 it's about

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.100
 his majesty

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:24.980
 it's about

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 his design

00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:26.659
 it's about

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 his plan

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 we get

00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.300
 included in

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 God's grand

00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.600
 plan for

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.460
 all things

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.240
 we become

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.940
 members of

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 God's new

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 family

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 not by

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.820
 completing

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.659
 a membership

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.379
 course

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:40.500
 you don't even

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.399
 get included

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.180
 in it just by

00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.680
 having to be

00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.659
 taking up

00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.600
 your regular

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.180
 spot

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:46.220
 in church

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.720
 for 50

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.300
 years

00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:50.899
 we become

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.300
 a member

00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.779
 of God's

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.379
 new family

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.439
 by repenting

00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:54.340
 of living

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.120
 independently

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.700
 of God

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.179
 by putting

00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.799
 our trust

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.299
 in Jesus

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:57.860
 Christ

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.899
 and receiving

00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.399
 the Holy

00:16:59.399 --> 00:16:59.840
 Spirit

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.460
 who unites

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:00.799
 us with

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.059
 God

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.539
 and all

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.059
 Christians

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:03.320
 as one

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 people

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.180
 that is

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.859
 the fundamental

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.940
 first step

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.700
 of membership

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:09.220
 in God's

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.920
 eternal

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.619
 plan for

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.240
 his glory

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.160
 there will

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.680
 be plenty

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.299
 of people

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.160
 in heaven

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.259
 who have

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 not

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.900
 not

00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.800
 completed

00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:23.360
 a membership

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:23.800
 course

00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:24.100
 in a

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 church

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:26.200
 but not

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.660
 one

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 single

00:17:27.040 --> 00:17:27.440
 person

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.700
 who has

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 not

00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.120
 bowed

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.380
 the knee

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:28.759
 to Jesus

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.160
 Christ

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.320
 and

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 confected

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 him

00:17:29.800 --> 00:17:29.900
 as

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 Lord

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 of all

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 and

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 potentially

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:32.759
 that's

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.060
 the first

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:33.280
 step

00:17:33.280 --> 00:17:33.600
 you need

00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:33.940
 to take

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.280
 today

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:40.619
 this

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.000
 brings me

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.379
 to our

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.000
 multi-ethnic

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.279
 mission

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.559
 here

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:42.700
 at

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:42.839
 St.

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 Paul's

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 how it's

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 worked out

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 God's

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 grand

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 multi-ethnic

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 plan

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 is what

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 lies behind

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 this church's

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 call

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 to maintain

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 its unity

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 in Jesus

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 in

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 Ephesians

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 4

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 so in

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 verse 3

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 make

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 every

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 effort

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 to keep

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 the unity

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 of the

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 spirit

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 through the

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 bond

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 of peace

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 there is

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 one body

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 and one

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 spirit

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 just as

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 you were

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 called

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 to one

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 hope

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 when you

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 were called

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 one Lord

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 one faith

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 one baptism

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 one God

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 and Father

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 of all

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 in other

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 words

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 in view

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 of the

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 unity

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 that we

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 have

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 in Jesus

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 in view

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 of all

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 the barriers

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 that have

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 been

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 broken

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 down

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 in Jesus

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 verse 3

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 it says

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 make

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 every

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 effort

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 that is

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 we've got

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 to work

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 hard

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 at being

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 at peace

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 with one

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 another

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 and if you

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 were here

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 last week

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 forgiveness

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 and repentance

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 is hard

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 it's very

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 hard

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 to search

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 our own

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 hearts

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 it's much

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 easier

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 to search

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 and judge

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 someone else's

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 heart

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 we are

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 God's new

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 society

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 where God's

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 family

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 a new

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 creation

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 a new

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 humanity

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 characterized

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 not by

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 walls

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 of hostility

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 and division

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 but by

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 unity

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 and peace

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 and so

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 I think

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 that it's

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 more than

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 just

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 unfortunate

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 more than

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 just

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 unfortunate

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 when our

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 worldly

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 associations

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 and identities

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 and cultures

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 are allowed

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 to determine

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 the composition

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 of local

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 churches

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 I believe

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 in fact

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 it works

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 against the

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 very nature

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 of the

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 Christian

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.059
 gospel

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 and God's

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 purposes

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 so here's

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 a quote

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 from American

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 theologian

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 Michael Horton

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 in his book

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 The Gospel

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 Driven Life

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 he writes

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 not that long

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 ago

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 evangelical

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 missiologists

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 were defending

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 the separation

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 of races

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 based on the

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 principle

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 that people

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 like to be

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 with people

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 who are like

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 them

00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:49.740
 South African

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 theologians

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 have in fact

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 pointed out

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 that this

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 principle

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:56.779
 this principle

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 in mission

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 work

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.460
 laid

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 the

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 theological

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.740
 groundwork

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 for

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 apartheid

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 in South

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 Africa

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 now that

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 racial

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 segregation

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 is less

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 explicitly

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 deployed

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.759
 as a

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 church

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 growth

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 strategy

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:16.879
 we carve

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 up Christ's

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 body

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 into

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 socio-economic

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 and generational

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 segments

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 he goes on

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 to describe

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 in America

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 how there are

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 cowboy

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 churches

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 where you

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 ride your

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 horse in

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 for church

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 and you

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 go out

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 I don't think

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 it's singing

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 blazing

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 saddles

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 it's something

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 else that you

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.399
 go out singing

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 rawhide

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 or something

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 like that

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 as the

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 departing

00:20:45.540 --> 00:20:46.060
 song

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 he's

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 talking

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 there

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.100
 writing

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 there

00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:49.519
 about

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 the

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 homogenous

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.860
 unit

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.540
 principle

00:20:51.540 --> 00:20:52.900
 it has

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 led

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 churches

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 to be

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.660
 planted

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.320
 with

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 targeted

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 specific

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.160
 demographics

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.480
 and

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.200
 segregation

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.640
 congregating

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.360
 congregations

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.840
 individual

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.680
 preferences

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.740
 traditional

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.259
 services

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.580
 family

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:03.960
 services

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.240
 youth

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.820
 services

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:06.340
 Australian

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.560
 born

00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:06.940
 Chinese

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.600
 services

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:09.019
 while

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.480
 Christians

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.300
 have led

00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:11.620
 a bunch

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:11.880
 of the

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 charge

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.080
 historically

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:14.580
 in

00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:14.980
 pursuing

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.560
 racial

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.260
 justice

00:21:16.260 --> 00:21:17.020
 at a

00:21:17.020 --> 00:21:17.540
 societal

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 level

00:21:18.040 --> 00:21:18.920
 as well

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.220
 as in

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 fact

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.740
 cross

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.160
 cultural

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.620
 mission

00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.320
 on the

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 other

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:21.940
 side

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.220
 of the

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.640
 world

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.160
 it

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.820
 appears

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.720
 in so

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:24.940
 many

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.520
 cases

00:21:25.520 --> 00:21:25.860
 it

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.140
 does

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.460
 not

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.120
 trickle

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.600
 down

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.140
 into

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.860
 interpersonal

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.400
 behaviour

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.760
 on the

00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:30.040
 local

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:30.360
 church

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.680
 level

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:33.760
 it is

00:21:33.760 --> 00:21:34.360
 so much

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.860
 easier

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.360
 to pursue

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:35.820
 racial

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.500
 reconciliation

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.340
 and

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.760
 cross

00:21:37.760 --> 00:21:38.160
 cultural

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.780
 ministry

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:41.359
 when it's

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.619
 at a

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.039
 distance

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.619
 from me

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:44.579
 when my

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.240
 preferences

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.660
 when I

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.059
 don't have

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.759
 to surrender

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.240
 comfort

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:50.200
 and my

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.740
 preferences

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:54.039
 so the

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.440
 church can

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.759
 be done

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.200
 my way

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.619
 locally

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:58.759
 I am

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.259
 convinced

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.539
 that

00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.960
 homogenous

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.639
 circles of

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.000
 comfort

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.980
 are a

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.539
 hindrance

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.240
 to the

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.619
 gospel

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.259
 as we

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.740
 fail to

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.379
 display the

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.779
 beauty

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.619
 of the

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:06.980
 picture

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.660
 of God's

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:07.960
 plan

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.480
 worked out

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.700
 in the

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:08.960
 local

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.299
 church

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.639
 for his

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:09.960
 glory

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.440
 and in

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.379
 2011

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.940
 here at

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.460
 St Paul's

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.379
 we structurally

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.240
 moved away

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.920
 from the

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.359
 homogenous

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.740
 unit

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.279
 principle

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.440
 in our

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.440
 congregations

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.180
 and as we

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.700
 pursue

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.240
 God's

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.660
 grand

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.220
 plan

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.259
 in our

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.319
 multi-ethnic

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.639
 mission

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.200
 here at

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.220
 Chatswood

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.379
 one of the

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.240
 key values

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.879
 for us

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.899
 to embrace

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.579
 deep in

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.339
 our hearts

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:36.359
 is the

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:36.839
 value of

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.119
 shared

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.679
 discomfort

00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:40.000
 the value

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.399
 of

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:42.199
 surrendering

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:42.839
 power

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.579
 and comfort

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.459
 for the

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:45.119
 glory of

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.539
 God

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.299
 and the

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.939
 joy of

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.419
 others

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:50.959
 we value

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.659
 surrendering

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.220
 personal

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.779
 preferences

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.039
 sacrificing

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.679
 comfort for

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.079
 the sake

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.599
 of God's

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.220
 glory and

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.619
 the joy

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.220
 of others

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.099
 in other

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.519
 words what

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.059
 we're seeking

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.559
 to do

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.299
 here at

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.119
 St Paul's

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.799
 our

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.399
 multi-ethnic

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.859
 mission here

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.599
 is to build

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.299
 a gospel

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.980
 community

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.259
 another way

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.619
 of putting

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.459
 that is

00:23:07.459 --> 00:23:07.740
 that what

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.279
 we're seeking

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.959
 to do

00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:09.819
 is build

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.839
 a supernatural

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.859
 community

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.439
 rather than

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.919
 a natural

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.519
 community

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.659
 a natural

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.199
 community

00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:16.119
 is where

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.779
 people feel

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.459
 connected

00:23:17.459 --> 00:23:18.980
 really because

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.599
 of demographic

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.619
 connections

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:23.799
 I feel

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.299
 connected

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.119
 to these

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.639
 people because

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.000
 they're just

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.359
 so much

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.000
 like me

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:29.359
 they grab

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.279
 people gravitate

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.959
 to each other

00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:31.779
 find a sense

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.319
 of belonging

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.259
 because of

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.000
 similarities

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.679
 irrespective of

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.059
 whether the

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.559
 gospel is

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.379
 true or not

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.740
 now that's not

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.279
 such a bad

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.720
 thing don't

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:39.919
 leave me

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.339
 say that

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.639
 that's not

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:40.980
 a bad

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.299
 thing

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.679
 I share

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.079
 common

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.639
 interests

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.779
 amazingly

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.779
 with all

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.039
 of my

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.559
 friends

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:49.720
 that's one

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:49.919
 of the

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.359
 reasons we

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.059
 are friends

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.960
 because I

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.399
 share these

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:53.079
 common interests

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.559
 with them

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.819
 it's not a

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.419
 bad thing to

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.759
 have those

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.519
 connections and

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.279
 affinities here

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.079
 at St Paul's

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:59.579
 what I want

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.240
 to caution

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.980
 us about

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:02.199
 is not to

00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:03.159
 think that

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:04.259
 that therefore

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.399
 is the sum

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.059
 of gospel

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.659
 community

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.699
 that somehow

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.819
 that is a

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.359
 supernatural

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.019
 community

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.679
 at the end

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.199
 of the day

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:13.039
 you can have

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.139
 natural community

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:15.079
 without

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.699
 Jesus

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.639
 and without

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.379
 pursuing his

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.899
 glory

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:22.379
 the heavenly

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.220
 realms look

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.500
 on and see

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.680
 the wisdom

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.940
 of God

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.720
 when they

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.720
 gaze

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.180
 at supernatural

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.960
 community

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.700
 at gospel

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.319
 community

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:35.680
 it's the kind

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.200
 of community

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.140
 that would

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.539
 not exist

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:41.599
 apart from

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.119
 Jesus

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:45.480
 apart from

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.900
 Jesus

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.339
 and that's

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.720
 the point

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.980
 this is when

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.480
 people

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.500
 who would

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.279
 not gravitate

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.880
 to each

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.180
 other

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.860
 or people

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.480
 who are

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.440
 even in

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.779
 the middle

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.480
 of war

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.400
 and openly

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.279
 hostile to

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.880
 one another

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.480
 are drawn

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.140
 together in

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.620
 peace and

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.059
 love

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.420
 hospitality

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.500
 even share

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.120
 the pulpit

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:13.279
 all because

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.599
 of the

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.519
 reconciling work

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.920
 of the Lord

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.559
 Jesus Christ

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.180
 on the cross

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:20.279
 that's

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.539
 our mission

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.200
 to Chatswood

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:26.080
 let's get

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.440
 down a

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.100
 personal level

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:29.039
 down to

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.340
 my

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:30.000
 multi-ethnic

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.319
 mission

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.920
 when I say

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.299
 my

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.880
 yours

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.480
 and mine

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.240
 in

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.860
 Ephesians 4

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.240
 we see

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.600
 that our

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.000
 unity

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.580
 does not

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.940
 equal

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.819
 uniformity

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.279
 that's

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.580
 Paul's

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:39.880
 point

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.380
 in verse

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.759
 7

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.200
 when he

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.559
 writes

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.940
 about

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.759
 apportioned

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.279
 grace

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.880
 but to

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.279
 each of

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.600
 us

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.140
 grace

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.539
 has been

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.940
 given

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.259
 as

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.880
 Christ

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.779
 apportioned

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:50.980
 it

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:53.100
 after

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.460
 Jesus

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.259
 saved us

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.480
 through

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.779
 his

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.140
 death

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.480
 and his

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.100
 resurrection

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:58.160
 his

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.480
 Holy

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.240
 Spirit

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.799
 gave

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.200
 each

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.519
 of us

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.180
 gifts

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:03.140
 to

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.759
 use

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.100
 for

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.400
 his

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.960
 service

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:07.140
 and

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.160
 those

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.680
 gifts

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.640
 are

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.120
 used

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.779
 primarily

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.360
 for the

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.880
 building up

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.519
 of his

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.100
 church

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.600
 for his

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.180
 glory

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.420
 you can

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.920
 see why

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.100
 the

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.279
 gifts

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.440
 are

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.680
 given

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.299
 the

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.580
 use

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.880
 of the

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.320
 gifts

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:20.980
 of

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.799
 grace

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.620
 is how

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.220
 we make

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.820
 every

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.240
 effort

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.519
 to

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.080
 maintain

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.320
 the

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.740
 unity

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.860
 down

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.019
 in

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.220
 verse

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.620
 11

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.240
 Paul

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.740
 describes

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.100
 the way

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.360
 these

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.600
 gifts

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:29.779
 are to

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:29.920
 be

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.340
 used

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.740
 it

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:30.920
 was

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.279
 he

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.700
 who

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:31.980
 gave

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.200
 some

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.460
 to be

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.860
 apostles

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.140
 some

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.360
 to be

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.660
 prophets

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.900
 some

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.120
 to be

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.759
 evangelists

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.420
 and some

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.640
 to be

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:35.980
 pastors

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.400
 and teachers

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.799
 to prepare

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.120
 God's

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.340
 people

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.799
 for works

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.320
 of service

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:39.519
 so that

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.240
 the body

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.340
 of Christ

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.120
 may be

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:43.000
 built up

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.600
 until we

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.240
 all reach

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.820
 unity in

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.299
 the faith

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.599
 and in

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.779
 the

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.159
 knowledge

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.500
 of the

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.679
 Son

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.179
 of God

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.919
 and become

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.519
 mature

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.559
 attaining to

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.980
 the whole

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.419
 measure

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.159
 of the

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.460
 fullness

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.799
 of Christ

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.939
 that is

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:56.179
 the church

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:58.460
 is built

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.879
 on the

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.579
 foundation

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.579
 of different

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.159
 people

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.339
 faithfully

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.960
 serving

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.879
 each other

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:05.240
 in different

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.059
 and unique

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.759
 ways

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.059
 so that

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.759
 the glory

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.720
 of Christ

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.200
 might be

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.659
 promoted

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.339
 amongst

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.039
 us

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.039
 to the

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.439
 world

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.220
 and the

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.500
 heavenly

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.100
 realms

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:16.779
 that's

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.120
 why the

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.320
 gifts

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.500
 were

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.759
 given

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:20.680
 and God

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.220
 works with

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.820
 the differences

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.940
 and quite

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.660
 ironically

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:25.200
 as the

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.620
 differences

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.559
 come together

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.940
 he builds

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.700
 unity

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:32.920
 I've

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.660
 always got

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.000
 the image

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.279
 of an

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.700
 orchestra

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.140
 here

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.880
 no one

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.299
 wants to

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.700
 go and

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.220
 see

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.700
 50

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.339
 clarinets

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.720
 playing

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.059
 at one

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.539
 time

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:43.240
 or at

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.559
 least I

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.600
 don't

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.000
 okay

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.860
 but an

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.519
 orchestra

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.839
 all these

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.180
 different

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.640
 instruments

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.000
 work

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.200
 harmony

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.000
 beautiful

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:58.079
 God's

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.559
 design

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.180
 for us

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.759
 is to be

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.519
 different

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.700
 but when

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.100
 you put

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.720
 that difference

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.200
 together

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.880
 it comes

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.500
 up with

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.180
 a harmony

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.259
 that is

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.500
 absolutely

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.500
 impossible

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.620
 if we

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.480
 were all

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.160
 the same

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.299
 that is

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.120
 the genius

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.860
 of God

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:20.299
 and it's

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.779
 because we

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.180
 are different

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.500
 that we

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.920
 need each

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.140
 other

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:24.039
 it means

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.240
 that we

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.860
 are all

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.740
 involved

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.279
 in this

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.740
 ministry

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.320
 to prepare

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.700
 God's

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:27.920
 people

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.420
 for works

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.000
 of service

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.039
 that is

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.660
 when you

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.019
 use

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.600
 your

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.279
 gifts

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.619
 God

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.879
 given

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.119
 gifts

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.519
 for his

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.960
 glory

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.720
 to strengthen

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.339
 me

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.099
 rather than

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.680
 to gratify

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.299
 yourself

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.339
 and when

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.720
 I use

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.220
 my

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.599
 God

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.899
 given

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.379
 gifts

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.500
 to strengthen

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.180
 you

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.720
 instead

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.599
 of gratifying

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.619
 myself

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.759
 then our

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.420
 diversity

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.139
 will build

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.819
 us up

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.539
 in truth

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.279
 and love

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.799
 rather than

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.619
 fragment us

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:56.480
 this is

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.779
 your

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.259
 multi

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.720
 ethnic

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.279
 mission

00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:00.500
 you

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.359
 are here

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.240
 to be

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.899
 part of

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.279
 God's

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.480
 new

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.039
 humanity

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.339
 it's

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.539
 the

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.960
 reason

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.220
 he

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.779
 saved

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.160
 you

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.559
 to

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.980
 connect

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.220
 you

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.480
 as

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.819
 part

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:09.960
 of

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.160
 his

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.399
 new

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.899
 humanity

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.299
 for

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.579
 his

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.039
 glory

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:14.500
 we

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.700
 are

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.000
 here

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.240
 to

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.859
 actively

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.460
 worship

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.920
 God

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.240
 love

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.460
 his

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.779
 people

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.000
 and

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.279
 serve

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.440
 the

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.839
 world

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.299
 we

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.399
 are

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.539
 here

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.720
 to

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.180
 demonstrate

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.500
 to

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.700
 this

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.180
 world

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.779
 and

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:21.980
 the

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.519
 angels

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.859
 in

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.019
 the

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.319
 heavenly

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.859
 realms

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.279
 the

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.759
 wisdom

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.059
 and

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.259
 the

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.599
 wonder

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.879
 of

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.299
 God's

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.839
 plan

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.359
 being

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.779
 worked

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.059
 out

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.440
 in

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.039
 Christ

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.859
 forever

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:32.480
 we're

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.659
 here

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:32.779
 to

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.159
 reveal

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.359
 to

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.559
 the

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.859
 world

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.079
 that

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.899
 alienation

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.220
 and

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.519
 self

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.159
 centeredness

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.299
 and

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.599
 hatred

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.839
 and

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.200
 division

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.919
 don't

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.099
 have

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.240
 the

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.500
 final

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.019
 word

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.700
 we're

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:39.879
 here

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.079
 to

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.399
 work

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.919
 together

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.359
 to

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.960
 display

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.799
 Christ's

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.099
 love

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.539
 in

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.879
 real

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.299
 ways

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.480
 to

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.619
 the

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.079
 world

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:51.079
 what

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.259
 that

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.700
 means

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.339
 is

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.139
 that

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.299
 if

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.460
 you

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.919
 declare

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.359
 yourself

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.539
 to

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.720
 be

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.299
 Christian

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.579
 but

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.759
 you

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:56.899
 are

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.240
 not

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.740
 using

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.120
 your

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.380
 gifts

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.579
 for

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.799
 that

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.559
 purpose

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:03.599
 you've

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:03.859
 got a

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.000
 way

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.120
 to

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.400
 grow

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.339
 there's

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.460
 a

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.700
 next

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.000
 step

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.200
 you

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.400
 need

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.539
 to

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.859
 take

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:11.859
 and

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.000
 that

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.140
 is

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.839
 understanding

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.579
 why

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:13.799
 you

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:13.980
 were

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.440
 saved

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:16.900
 so

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.099
 what

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.259
 would

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.400
 it

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.579
 look

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.839
 like

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.000
 for

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.180
 us

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.299
 to

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.480
 be

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.059
 captivated

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.279
 by

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.779
 Jesus

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.559
 more

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.099
 passionate

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.559
 more

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.859
 obsessed

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.240
 and

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.940
 consumed

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.620
 by

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.980
 him

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.200
 than

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.640
 every

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.000
 other

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.420
 hope

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.660
 and

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.980
 vision

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.200
 and

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.480
 dream

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.640
 and

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.279
 hostility

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.539
 in

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.660
 the

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.000
 world

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.220
 and

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.680
 identities

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.980
 in

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.100
 the

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.360
 world

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:33.500
 what

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.059
 Christianity

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.940
 proclaims

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.320
 and what

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.640
 I want

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.100
 it to

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.380
 be

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.740
 in

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.320
 increasing

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.740
 measure

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.160
 the banner

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.420
 over

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.759
 my

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.220
 life

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.019
 and the

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.200
 banner

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.480
 over

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.779
 this

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.259
 church

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.120
 is

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.279
 that

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.440
 there

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.640
 is

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.940
 something

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.200
 that

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.360
 is

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.019
 grander

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.820
 bigger

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.360
 far

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.600
 more

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.100
 fulfilling

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.980
 to be

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.460
 consumed

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.779
 by

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.039
 than

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:55.500
 secure

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.160
 retirement

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:57.259
 possessions

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.640
 health

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.180
 shopping

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.680
 travel

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.320
 books

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.259
 education

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.940
 sex

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.080
 socializing

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.759
 tradition

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.720
 ministry

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.500
 political

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.019
 movements

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.660
 justice

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:08.340
 or even

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.600
 this

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.000
 church

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.840
 or a

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.180
 thousand

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.640
 other

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.259
 passions

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:14.200
 in fact

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.600
 it's not

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.039
 something

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.539
 but it's

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.880
 someone

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.279
 and that

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.440
 is

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.799
 Jesus

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.400
 Christ

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.700
 it's

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:18.880
 what

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.180
 you were

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.640
 created

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.299
 for

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.500
 his

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.759
 glory

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.160
 and so

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.660
 friends

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.359
 I'm not

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.940
 sure why

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.339
 you are

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.859
 here today

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.319
 or why

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.640
 you've

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.039
 tuned

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.420
 in

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.940
 today

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.819
 because

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.359
 reality

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.759
 is

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:32.980
 there's

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.220
 many

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.579
 things

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:33.839
 you

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.220
 could

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.400
 be

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.680
 doing

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.000
 right

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.440
 now

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.259
 but let

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.379
 me

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.740
 tell you

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:36.940
 if you

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.160
 haven't

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.480
 got it

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.759
 just

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.099
 let me

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.319
 just

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.720
 summarize

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.059
 it

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.279
 all

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.920
 you

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.259
 right

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.519
 here

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.660
 are

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:40.839
 now

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.180
 part

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.319
 of

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.700
 something

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.000
 that

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.339
 is

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.099
 immense

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:46.240
 something

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.500
 that

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.960
 began

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.579
 before

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.799
 you

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:47.960
 were

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.339
 born

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.940
 and

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.279
 something

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.519
 that

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.680
 will

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.940
 still

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.299
 exist

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.819
 after

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.099
 you

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.379
 have

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.019
 died

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.660
 and

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:52.859
 will

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.299
 continue

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.720
 on

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:53.900
 for

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.160
 all

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.279
 of

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.819
 eternity

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:57.119
 that

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.279
 is

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.440
 the

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.799
 fulfillment

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.079
 of

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 plans

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 for

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 the

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 creation

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 the

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 salvation

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 for

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 his

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 glory

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 God

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 has

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 gifted

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 his

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 family

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 with

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 time

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 treasures

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 talents

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 and

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 testimonies

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 for

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 his

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 glory

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 them

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 to

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 him

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 the

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 commitment

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 card

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 which is

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 on

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 your

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 seats

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 and

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 was

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 emailed

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 to

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 you

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 if

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 you

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 can

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 grab

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 those

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 this

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 card

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 about

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 you

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 your

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 next

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 step

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 to

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 be

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 captivated

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 by

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 Christ

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 and

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 his

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 plan

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 for

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 all

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 things

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 rescue

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 plan

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 his

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 eternal

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 to

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 scattered

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 humanity

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 gathering

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 them

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 to

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 himself

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 and

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 progressively

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 shaping

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 that

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 humanity

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 into

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 the

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 likeness

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 of

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 his

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 son

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 the

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 image

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 his

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 eternal

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 glory

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 and

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 for

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 our

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 eternal

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 joy

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 what

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 is

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 your

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 next

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 step

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 that

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 you

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 need

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 to

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 take

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tx

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 got

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 the

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 memory