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 All right, as a little bit of an intro, in prepping for the sermon, I began to think a little bit and realize that there are probably a number of people here who actually don't really know who I am.

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 So for anybody in that boat, my name is Caleb Waters. I've been here at CFC since fall of 2012.

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 I ended up here just as like a large chunk of us have of initially connecting through college Bible study while studying at what that time was in GCSU.

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 I met my wife at the new members class here, and we both got education degrees from UNG. Both of us got jobs in Forsyth County.

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 We lived in a camper in Cleveland for a while right when we got married and we bought a house in Dahlonega.

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 Now we have a couple of boys, Everett, who is almost two, and Isaac, who is almost three months old.

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 I served as an elder here from really, really, really early 2020 until last summer when I stepped down so that, as Nathan mentioned earlier, we could prep for the move.

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 We're turning our house up here into an Airbnb. I had to find a new teaching job down there, that kind of thing.

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 Some of you who knew the details of that have started to ask us, like, has the plan changed?

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 Like, are y'all actually still moving? Y'all are still here?

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 And it's really just that we are super planners, and so the move is finally here, about three and a half weeks away, I guess.

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 But it feels like we're moving home, but moving away from home.

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 This church has been our family for the last over ten years now.

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 We love you guys, and it's really, really hard to leave.

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 And anyway, I just wanted to say all of that for anybody who might have gotten here in the last year or so,

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 and I feel like I haven't been in the stage as much in that last little bit.

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 All right, let's get to the word this morning.

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 Nathan told me I could preach anything that I wanted to,

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 and that sometimes is a really hard thing to then narrow down.

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 But as I reflected just back along my time at CFC, I couldn't get away from one idea,

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 and so that's what we're going to focus on this morning.

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 So y'all turn with me to John 13.

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 John 13.

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 Alex Kohler read a chunk of this text last Sunday in the Lord's Supper service,

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 and I hope because of that the context will feel familiar to some of us.

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 I do want to read a very large chunk of this chapter, but don't be afraid.

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 We are not going to dig into every single part of it.

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 I really just want to focus on two verses,

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 but I think the context is so important that we should read a lot of it.

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 And those verses that we'll particularly be focusing on are verses 34 and 35.

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 All right.

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 Let's go ahead and read John chapter 13, starting all the way in verse 1.

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 Now before the feast of the Passover,

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 when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

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

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 Simon's son, to betray him,

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

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

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 rose from supper.

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 He laid aside his outer garments and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.

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

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 and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,

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 Lord, do you wash my feet?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 What I am doing you do not understand now,

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 but afterward you will understand.

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 Peter said to him,

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 You shall never wash my feet.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.

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 Simon Peter said to him,

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 Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

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 Jesus said to him,

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

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 but is completely clean.

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 And you are clean, but not every one of you.

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 For he knew who was to betray him.

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 That was why he said,

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 Not all of you are clean.

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 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments

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 and resumed his place,

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 he said to them,

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 Do you understand what I have done to you?

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 You call me teacher and Lord,

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 and you are right, for so I am.

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 If I then, your Lord and teacher,

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 have washed your feet,

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 you also ought to wash one another's feet.

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 For I have given you an example

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

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 a servant is not greater than his master,

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 nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

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 If you know these things,

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 blessed are you if you do them.

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 I am not speaking of all of you.

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 I know whom I have chosen,

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 but the scripture will be fulfilled.

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 He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.

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 I am telling you this now before it takes place,

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 that when it does take place,

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 you may believe that I am he.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 whoever receives the one I send,

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 receives me,

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 and whoever receives me,

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 receives the one who sent me.

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 After saying these things,

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 Jesus was troubled in his spirit and testified,

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 truly, truly, I say to you,

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 one of you will betray me.

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 The disciples looked at one another,

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 uncertain of whom he spoke.

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 One of his disciples,

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 whom Jesus loved,

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 was reclining at table at Jesus' side.

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 So Simon Peter motioned to him

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 to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.

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 So that disciple,

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 leaning back against Jesus,

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 said to him,

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 Lord, who is it?

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 Jesus answered,

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 it is he whom I will give

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 this morsel of bread

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 when I have dipped it.

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 So when he had dipped the morsel,

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 he gave it to Judas,

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 the son of Simon Iscariot.

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 Then after he had taken the morsel,

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 Satan entered into him.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 what you are going to do,

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 do quickly.

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 Now, no one at the table

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 knew why he said this to him.

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 Some thought that

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 because Jesus had the money bag,

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 Jesus was telling him,

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 buy what we need for the feast

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 or that he should give something

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 to the poor.

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 So after receiving

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 the morsel of bread,

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 he immediately went out

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 and it was night.

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 When he had gone out,

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 Jesus said,

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 now is the son of man glorified

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 and God is glorified in him.

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 If God is glorified in him,

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 God will also glorify him

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 in himself

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 and glorify him at once.

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 Little children,

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 yet a little while

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 I am with you.

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 He will seek me

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 and just as I said to the Jews,

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 so now I also say to you,

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 where I am going,

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 you cannot come.

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 A new commandment

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 I give to you,

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 that you love one another

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 just as I have loved you,

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 you also are to love one another.

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you have love

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 for one another.

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 All right.

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 That's our text for this morning.

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 I know that it's

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 heavy and intense.

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 All right,

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 that's where we're at.

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 So let's talk about the context

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 first for a little bit

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 and then we'll get into

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 the main part of the sermon.

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 So something that's really important

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 to note at the beginning

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 of this passage

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 is that very early in it,

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 we see that this is recorded

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 at a time

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 when Jesus knows

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 that his time

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 is coming short.

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 It's become clear to him

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 that he doesn't have

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 much time left

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 in this world,

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 that he'll soon be sold

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 to authorities,

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 he'll ultimately be condemned

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 and put to death

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 and then be raised.

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 And I think it's important

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 to note John specifically

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 pointing this out here

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 in verse one,

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 that Jesus,

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 even as he knew

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 his time was coming soon

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 to be put to death,

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 that he didn't try

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 to hide out.

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 He didn't keep to himself

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 all the time,

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 but what does it say?

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 He loved his disciples

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 to the very end.

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 Jesus did not choose

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 to make a decision

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 that would bring comfort

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 or safety

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 in his last little bit

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 of time here on this earth,

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 but instead he chose

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 to love his disciples,

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 those who were with him

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 to the very end.

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 And so that's our context here.

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 He's having a meal

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 with his disciples.

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 He decides to wash

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 their feet.

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 And it becomes very clear

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 that this washing of feet

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 is very significant,

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 both in the minds

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 of the disciples

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 and in Jesus' mind.

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 And so a couple ways

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 we can see that.

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 Firstly, we see some insight

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 to what the disciples

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 are thinking,

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 how they are reacting

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 to this whole scenario.

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 And as is very often

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 typical in the Gospels,

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 we see exactly

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 what Peter had to say

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 about it.

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 And so let's read

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 verse 5 through verse 11

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 one more time.

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 It says,

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 Then he poured water

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 into a basin

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 and began to wash

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 the disciples' feet

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 and to wipe them

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 with the towel

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 that was wrapped around him.

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 He came to Simon Peter

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 who said to him,

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 Lord, do you wash my feet?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 What I'm doing

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 you do not understand now,

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 but afterward

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 you will understand.

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 Peter said to him,

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 You shall never

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 wash my feet.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 If I do not wash you,

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 you have no share with me.

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 Simon Peter said to him,

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 Lord, not my feet only,

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 but also my hands

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 and my head.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 The one who has bathed

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 does not need to wash

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 except for his feet,

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 but is completely clean.

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 And you are clean,

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 but not every one of you,

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 for he knew

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 who was to betray him.

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 That was why he said,

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 Not all of you are clean.

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 So Jesus is going around

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 watching the disciples' feet

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 and Peter speaks up.

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 He's clearly embarrassed,

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 maybe a bit ashamed

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 that his teacher,

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 the one he's followed

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 for so long,

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 the one who he has begun

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 to understand

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 and will soon fully understand

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 that is the very Son of God.

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 He's ashamed that

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 our Lord Jesus

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 is washing his feet.

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 And so he starts saying,

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 Lord, you're never going

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 to wash my feet.

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 And he seems a little bit

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 taken aback,

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 maybe startled slightly

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 by what the Lord's response is.

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 That he will not have

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 any share with him

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 if he is not washed.

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 And Peter's thoughts change.

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 We can see that clear change there.

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 He says,

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 Wash all of me,

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 of course,

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 I want to share with you.

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 Peter didn't fully understand here.

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 Peter didn't get

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 that the Lord was using this

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 as a picture of his blood

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 that was going to be shed

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 on their behalf.

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 Sure, he was starting

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 to catch on.

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 He was getting there,

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 but he didn't quite get

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 that full picture yet.

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 And the Lord says this

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 to Peter

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 and to all of the disciples here.

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 You don't quite get this now,

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 but afterwards,

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 speaking there of his death,

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 his resurrection,

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 you will understand it.

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 And so,

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 after Peter's response,

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 we hear some more

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 from the Lord.

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 Let's look at 12 through 17 again.

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 We're going to be saturated

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 in the scripture.

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 Let's not be afraid of it.

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 When he had washed their feet

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 and put on his outer garments

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 and resumed his place,

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 he said to them,

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 Do you understand

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 what I have done to you?

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 You call me teacher and Lord,

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 and you are right,

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 for so I am.

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 If I then,

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 your Lord and teacher,

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 have washed your feet,

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 you also ought to wash

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 one another's feet.

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 For I have given you an example

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 that you also should do

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 just as I have done to you.

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 a servant is not greater

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 than his master,

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 nor is a messenger

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 greater than the one

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 who sent him.

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 If you know these things,

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 blessed are you

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 if you do them.

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 And so,

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 we get a little bit more

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 perspective of what

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 this foot washing

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 is all about.

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 It was to be a picture

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 to the disciples

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 that they clearly saw

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 that this was like

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 a lowly,

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 gross maybe,

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 task,

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 task,

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 and yet their teacher

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 and Lord,

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 he is partaking in it

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 for them.

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 And Jesus makes

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 the argument then

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 that is a similar

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 argument to what we'll see

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 in our main couple

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 of verses

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 that we'll be focusing on,

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 that as they see

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 their teacher

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 and their Lord

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 partaking in the

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 lowliest of service,

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 that they should too.

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 They should serve

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 one another.

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 They should follow

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 the example

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 of their teacher

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 and their Lord.

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 The Lord reminds them

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 that a servant

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 should not expect

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 to do things differently

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 than their master.

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 If anything,

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 he should expect

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 to have to do

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 harder work.

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 And when they see

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 their teacher

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 partaking in the service,

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 they should be eager

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 to do the same thing.

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 Now,

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 after these verses,

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 we see lots

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 about Jesus' betrayal.

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 We'll talk about

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 that a little bit,

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 but for now,

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 with our context set up,

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 let's get to

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 verses 33 to 35.

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 Remember that we

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 see that Jesus

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 knew that his time

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 was coming soon.

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 Then we saw him

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 saying the disciples

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 would understand

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 an idea more

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 fully afterward,

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 speaking of after

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 his death,

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 his resurrection.

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 And then in

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 verse 33,

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 that will become

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 even more clear.

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 So,

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 let's read

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 33 to 35

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 one more time.

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 Little children,

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 yet a little while

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 I am with you.

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 You will seek me,

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 and just as I said

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 to the Jews,

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 so now I also say

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 to you,

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 where I am going,

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 you cannot come.

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 A new commandment

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 I give to you,

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 that you love

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 one another.

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 just as I have

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 loved you,

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 you also are

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 to love one another.

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my

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 disciples,

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 if you have love

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 for one another.

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 And so Jesus,

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 again,

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 so many times

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 in this passage,

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 he has pointed out

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 that he's not going

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 to be with them

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 much longer.

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 And pretty interestingly,

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 he gives them

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 this new command

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 right after that

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 statement.

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 It's almost as if

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 he's saying,

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 when I'm gone,

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 be ready to do

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 this work.

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 He commands him

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 to follow this

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 in his physical absence.

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 And with that in mind,

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 let's actually give

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 some structure

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 to the rest of the sermon.

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 I think I gave

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 a lot of intro

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 this morning.

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 There's going to be

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 five points,

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 and here they are.

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 The first one will be

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 the command itself.

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 The command itself.

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 The second one will be

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 the newness

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 of the command.

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 The newness

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 of the command.

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 Third,

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 the impossibility

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 and possibility

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 of the command.

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 Four,

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 some examples

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 of the command.

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 And number five,

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 are we following

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 the command?

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 So let's get into it.

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 So let's talk about

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 the command itself.

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 So it's actually

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 pretty simple

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 to understand.

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 Verse 34 just says,

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 we are to love

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 one another,

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 and then it clarifies

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 how are we

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 to love one another?

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 We are to love

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 one another

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 with the very same love

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 that Christ

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 has loved us with.

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 And if that amount

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 of love

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 is not startling

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 to us,

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 it should be.

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 We should remember

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 some context

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 yet again here.

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 Verse 33,

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 little children,

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 yet a little while

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 I am with you,

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 you will seek me,

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 and just as I said

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 to the Jews,

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 so now I also say

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 to you,

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 where I'm going,

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 you can't come.

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 Let's remind

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 each other

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 that all the way

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 up to that,

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 John is making

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 it very clear

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 that Jesus knows

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 that his time

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 is coming soon.

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 And so with that

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 context in mind,

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 that amplifies this.

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 Because what is coming?

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 Where is he going?

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 Our Lord knows

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 that he's about

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 to die.

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 He knows that he's

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 about to be wrongfully

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 accused and tried,

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 be put to death.

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 But he also knows

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 something else,

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 that his death

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 will atone for the sins

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 of all those

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 who will trust in him.

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 He knows that these

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 disciples are included

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 in that.

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 We saw him referencing

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 that very clearly

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 right before these verses.

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 So it's something

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 I think we all understand.

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 We all know it.

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 But let's track

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 with that logic

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 just to make sure

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 we're all on the same page

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 with what is being

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 talked about here.

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 If we are called

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 to love

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 as he has loved

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 the disciples

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 and us

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 for that matter.

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 And with the context here,

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 we can begin

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 to clearly see

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 that he's speaking

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 of his death

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 for the disciples

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 and for us.

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 And so with that,

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 what is our calling?

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 We're called

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 to give up

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 our very life

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 for one another.

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 We're called

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 to give up

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 our very life

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 for one another.

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 And that gets us

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 to the next point.

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 And these next couple points

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 will be where we spend

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 the majority

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 of our time

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 this morning.

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 That'll be the newness

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 of the command.

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 The newness

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 of the command.

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 The Lord calls it

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 a new commandment here.

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 If he's calling it new,

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 we might be a bit confused

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 as to what

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 is really new about it.

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 How is it different

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 from all of the different

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 ways we've heard

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 loving our neighbor

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 be talked about before?

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 You might think

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 of passages

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 way in the Old Testament.

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 Think about

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 Leviticus 19,

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 verse 18.

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 You shall not

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 take vengeance

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 or bear a grudge

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 against the sons

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 of your own people,

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 but you shall love

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 your neighbor as yourself.

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 I am the Lord.

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 If your name is Zach,

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 you might think

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 of Jesus teaching

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.320
 in the Sermon on the Mount

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 where Jesus amplifies

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 the importance

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.320
 of even loving

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 our enemies.

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 Takes it a step

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 further, right?

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 You might think

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 of plenty of passages

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 in Paul's letters

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 that, yes,

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 are coming after this,

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 but poor were instructed

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 to love others well.

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 My point in saying

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 all of that

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 is this is clear

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 throughout all of Scripture.

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 And so with that in mind,

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 it kind of begs the question,

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 what about the command

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 when Jesus gives it here

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 to the disciples,

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 what is making it new?

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 Why does he call it

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 a new commandment?

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 And I honestly think

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 we can see that

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 pretty clearly

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 in the text itself

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 and we'll clarify that

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 with some other Scripture

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 as well.

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 So when Jesus

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 is saying this,

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 we've said it about

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 20 times already today,

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 he knows his time

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 is coming short.

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 He will soon be crucified.

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 What's about to happen

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 is that he's giving up

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 his life.

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 What does that mean?

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 That means the reality

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 of God's love

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 that is shown to us

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 is about to become

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 so much more clear

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 than it has ever been before.

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 So clear.

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 What was,

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 we even talked about

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 in the Lethia way

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 with the kids this morning,

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 something that has been

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 hidden in shadows,

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 not quite fully understandable,

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 will be fully known.

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 God's redemptive plan

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 of history

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 will be here.

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 It's happening

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 right now.

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 And the disciples

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 and us now

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 will actually be able

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 to actually see

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 the love of God.

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 Not just try

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 to understand it,

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 but see it perfectly

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 displayed

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 in Christ

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 in so much

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 fuller of a way

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 than ever before.

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 And so one way

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 in which this commandment

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 is new,

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 that it's different

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 from all of the ways

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 in which we've been

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 instructed to love

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 our neighbors before,

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 is that we actually

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 have the perfect example

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 of love now

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 as we see it

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 in the work of Christ.

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 We now have that example

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 to follow.

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 You might be thinking

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 of all of the passages

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 right now

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 that explain

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 that very idea.

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 Maybe you're thinking

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 of John 15,

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 verses 12 and 13,

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 that says,

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 This is my commandment

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 that you love one another

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 as I have loved you.

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 Greater love

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 has no one than this,

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 than someone to lay down

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 his life for his friends.

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 It's the exact same idea.

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 Or you might be thinking

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 of classic John 3, 16,

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 Or you might be thinking

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 of Romans 5,

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 verses 6 through 8,

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 For while we were still weak,

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died for the ungodly.

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 For one will scarcely die

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 for a righteous person,

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 though perhaps

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 for a good person

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 one would dare even to die.

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 But God shows his love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 And we can keep going

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 and going and going

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 and list all of the passages

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 that tie the Lord's love for us

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 directly to his death

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 on the cross for us.

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 But that's so important, right?

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 These passages are so precious to us

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 because we actually see

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 how massive the love of God

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 for us is.

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 How he has loved us.

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 He's loved us in such a way

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 that he gave up everything,

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 even his own life,

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 for the sake of those he loved.

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 And so the disciples here

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 were seeing that happen.

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 They were seeing that happen.

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 They knew it was about to happen.

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 They didn't fully understand it.

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 It was almost there.

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 And so as they're seeing

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 that perfect love

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 of the Lord of the universe,

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 that's how it's new, right?

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 We are seeing

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 the perfect love displayed.

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 And let's remember,

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 as we're reminded in those passages,

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 that he did not give his life

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 for perfect people,

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 but gave his life for us

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 while we were dead

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 and our sins.

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 He shows his love

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 perfectly for us

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 in that he died for us

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 when we could do

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 absolutely nothing

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 for him.

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 And that's the same kind of love

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 we're being called to here.

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 Not a love that thinks about

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 what we might get in return.

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 Not a love

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 that loves

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 when we could get a benefit,

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 but a love for sinners.

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 And if that sounds very difficult,

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 you've been listening.

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 Right?

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 So let's get to

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 number three.

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 The impossibility

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 and possibility

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 of the command.

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 I just said that

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 if we've been paying attention well,

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 we'll realize that

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 what we've been called to

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 is incredibly difficult.

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 I would wager to say

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 it's impossible

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 without the grace of our Lord

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 on our behalf.

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 And so what is going on?

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 What is the standard

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 that the Lord is setting?

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 It's certainly really high,

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 but is it something

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 that we can't meet?

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 Is it something

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 that's just getting thrown out

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 to strive for

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 but we can't do?

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 Well, I think we need to remember

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 that while we can never

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 honor the Lord perfectly,

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 sometimes I think

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 we're a little too harsh

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 on what we believe

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 we can

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 and we cannot do

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 with the Lord's help.

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 A scripture that comes to mind,

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 I think we've shared it

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 the most here

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 in terms of a benediction,

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 it's Ephesians 3

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 verses 20 and 21

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 where it says,

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 Now to him who is able

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 to do far more abundantly

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 than all that we ask

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 or think,

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 according to the power

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 at work within us,

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 to him be glory

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 in the church

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 and in Christ Jesus

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 throughout all generations

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 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 And something that I think

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 is really important

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.680
 to note about that scripture

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 when Paul is writing there

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 is he's pointing out

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 that the Lord is able

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 to do far more abundantly

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.500
 than all we ask or think.

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 That's clear,

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 but the next part

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:44.140
 is so important.

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 According

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 to the power

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 at work within us,

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 according to the Holy Spirit's

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.339
 work in each of us,

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 I think sometimes

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.000
 we can err

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.599
 towards the side

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 of feeling like our sin

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 has so much power over us

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 that we can't get out of it,

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 that we can't make progress.

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 And while there's

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.559
 some good sentiment

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.920
 in that classic

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.180
 in the circles I grew up in,

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 the I'm just an old sinner

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 saved by grace

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 kind of thinking,

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 the Lord has also called us

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.880
 to sanctification.

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 And while yes,

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.880
 there is effort on our part,

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.900
 he's the one

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.400
 ultimately doing that work.

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 And so it's going to happen.

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 He's going to accomplish it.

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 We don't have to be

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 stuck in our sin.

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 And so in light of that,

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 this is a command

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 we can walk faithfully in

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 and always seek

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.700
 to continue growing in,

00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:38.220
 just as everything else

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.560
 that the Lord has commanded us

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.880
 to put off or put on.

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 We can grow,

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.160
 and by the Lord's grace,

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 we will.

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 Years ago,

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 I feel like the number one motion

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.060
 I saw Nathan make

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 when he was preaching

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 looked like this.

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 like over and over

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 and over again.

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 And he was talking about

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.400
 progressive sanctification.

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 And he explained

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 how often

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 we are, you know,

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 doing well,

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.779
 moving on up,

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.640
 but then like crashing

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.720
 and feeling like

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.320
 we can't get back,

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.279
 but then we keep going up.

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 But the general trend

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:10.299
 is always that we're

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 moving up.

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 We're growing in

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.080
 Christ-likeness.

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 We should remember

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.599
 that we can do that.

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 And so this command

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 is no different.

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 We can love one another well.

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 All right.

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 Y'all go ahead

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 and turn with me

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.139
 to Philippians 2.

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.960
 Philippians 2.

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 I'm stealing all

00:24:33.699 --> 00:24:34.879
 of Alex Kohler's passages

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:36.299
 from the Lord's Supper

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 if y'all haven't noticed it yet.

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 But flip over there.

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 While we've reflected

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:43.619
 that we can,

00:24:43.719 --> 00:24:46.239
 we can actually grow

00:24:46.239 --> 00:24:49.639
 in loving one another well,

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.779
 this is a passage

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.559
 that I think illustrates

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.419
 this perfectly.

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.759
 He paired it with

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.559
 earlier parts

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.559
 of chapter 13.

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 And I think it's,

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.759
 it feels like

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.539
 almost a direct application

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.959
 of how we can love

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.879
 the way that the Lord

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.659
 has loved us

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.679
 that we've just read about.

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.099
 So let's read

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.759
 verses 1 through 11

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.519
 here in Philippians 2.

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 So if there's

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.739
 any encouragement

00:25:15.739 --> 00:25:16.500
 in Christ,

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.159
 any comfort from love,

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.219
 any participation

00:25:19.219 --> 00:25:20.119
 in the Spirit,

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 any affection

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 and sympathy,

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 complete my joy

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 by being of the same mind,

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 having the same love,

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.759
 being in full accord

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.719
 and of one mind.

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 Do nothing

00:25:31.739 --> 00:25:32.939
 from selfish ambition

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.959
 or conceit,

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.799
 but in humility

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.599
 count others

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.519
 more significant

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.339
 than yourselves.

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:39.639
 let each of you

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.439
 look not only

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.539
 to his own interests,

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.279
 but also

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.099
 to the interests

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.720
 of others.

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.319
 Have this mind

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.919
 among yourselves,

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.839
 which is yours

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.980
 in Christ Jesus,

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.319
 who though he was

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.259
 in the form of God,

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.439
 did not count equality

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.919
 with God

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.079
 a thing to be grasped,

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.679
 but emptied himself

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.699
 by taking the form

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.259
 of a servant

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.839
 being born

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.899
 in the likeness of men.

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.299
 And being found

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.119
 in human form,

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:01.079
 he humbled himself

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.119
 by becoming obedient

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.439
 to the point of death,

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:04.539
 even death

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.159
 on a cross.

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.920
 Therefore God

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.360
 has highly exalted him

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.340
 and bestowed on him

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.980
 the name

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.279
 that is above every name.

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.740
 So that the name

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.160
 of Jesus

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.360
 every knee should bow

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.540
 in heaven,

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.580
 on earth,

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.600
 and under the earth,

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.240
 and every tongue

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.200
 confess that Jesus Christ

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.759
 is the Lord

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.460
 to the glory

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.560
 of God the Father.

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.700
 Here in this passage

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.480
 we see Paul

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.480
 basically explain

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.620
 how to love

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.880
 as Christ has loved us.

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.779
 At the beginning

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.360
 of this section

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.900
 Paul is giving

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.820
 some very direct

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.900
 this is what you should do

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.019
 kind of exhortation.

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 But there in the

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.779
 middle he shows

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.379
 the mindset

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.319
 we are to have

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:39.099
 behind all those actions.

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 Note in those

00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:41.500
 first four verses

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.219
 Paul encourages

00:26:42.219 --> 00:26:43.379
 to encourage,

00:26:43.739 --> 00:26:44.699
 to have love,

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.239
 affection,

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.879
 sympathy,

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.500
 unity in Christ,

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.239
 to not have

00:26:48.239 --> 00:26:49.279
 selfish ambition,

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.619
 but to count

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.579
 others' interests

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.439
 more significant

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.899
 than our own.

00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:54.219
 But then in verse 5

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:55.879
 Paul explains

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.500
 the mindset

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.439
 that we should have

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.379
 while carrying

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.219
 out these actions.

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 And what is it?

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.719
 It's that we should

00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:02.159
 be looking

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.819
 to the Lord.

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:05.059
 reading verse 5

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.839
 through 8 again,

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.779
 have this mind

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.500
 among yourselves

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.439
 which is yours

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:09.379
 in Christ Jesus

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.700
 who though he was

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.500
 in the form of God

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.059
 did not count

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.079
 equality with God

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.259
 a thing to be grasped

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.700
 but emptied himself

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.599
 by taking the form

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.179
 of a servant

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.039
 being born

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.859
 in the likeness

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.259
 of men.

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.480
 Being found

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.099
 in human form

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.879
 he humbled himself

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.779
 by becoming obedient

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.819
 to the point of death

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.980
 even death

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.639
 on a cross.

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.200
 Note,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.439
 Paul is tying

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.059
 the thinking

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.619
 exactly like

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.319
 our Lord did

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.960
 where it's recorded

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.700
 back in John.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.919
 Our Lord commanded us

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.720
 to love one another

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.899
 as he has loved us.

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.879
 Paul gave this

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:39.079
 long list

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.679
 of what loving

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.480
 one another looks like

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.399
 and then ties it back

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:43.299
 to that same mindset

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.700
 of tracing it back

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.919
 to look at how

00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:47.039
 the Lord has loved you.

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.279
 Let's not think

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.059
 that we are higher

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.079
 than our master.

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.220
 Let us serve

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.879
 as he served.

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.460
 Just like Paul says here

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.879
 he emptied himself.

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.779
 He became a servant

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.740
 for us

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.519
 and even more

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.799
 than that

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.240
 he gave up

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.339
 his very life

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.980
 for us.

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.960
 And that's

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.960
 the same love

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.000
 that we're called

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.500
 to have

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.319
 for others.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.000
 We must humble

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.420
 ourselves

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.359
 seek to serve

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.359
 rather than

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.019
 to be served.

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.599
 Count others'

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.180
 interests

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.500
 more significant

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.700
 than our own

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:19.500
 just like

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.019
 our Lord did.

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.140
 And again

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:24.200
 this is impossible

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.920
 under our own strength.

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.900
 Absolutely impossible.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.440
 But by the Lord's grace

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.100
 he will help us

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.860
 to walk in it.

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.720
 We can be obedient

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.140
 and so let us

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:35.140
 love as he is loved.

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.519
 So let's get

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.660
 to number four.

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.440
 Number four.

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.000
 So these are

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.820
 some examples

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.759
 of the command.

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:45.000
 I mentioned earlier

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.980
 that I had

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:48.120
 a little bit

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.759
 of a tough time

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.460
 picking exactly

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.440
 what it would be

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.040
 that I wanted

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.960
 to preach.

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.540
 I had considered

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.460
 doing a reverence

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.780
 sermon.

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.460
 I had my text

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.360
 picked out for it.

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.559
 I had tried

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.359
 to sit down

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.799
 and write

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.319
 a little bit

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.599
 of it

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.759
 and I just

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.539
 couldn't get

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.399
 my mind to it.

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.779
 And I think

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.219
 the reason

00:29:06.219 --> 00:29:07.000
 for that is

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.899
 my thinking

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.559
 was if I have

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.359
 one more sermon

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.519
 one more opportunity

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.419
 to speak truth

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.139
 to the church

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.439
 to you guys

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:16.439
 I wanted to

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.819
 speak about

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.579
 something that I

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.139
 believe has been

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:19.079
 the number one

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.619
 thing that I

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.039
 have learned

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.079
 about from CFC.

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:25.159
 and also

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.759
 a thing that we

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.539
 can always

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.099
 continue to

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.539
 press into.

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.179
 And so this

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.619
 is where I

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:29.939
 landed.

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.579
 I believe

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.099
 as a church

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.679
 we do an

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:34.240
 incredible job

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.379
 of dying

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.199
 to ourselves

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.899
 and serving

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.379
 others.

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.179
 Of considering

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.859
 each other's

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.699
 interests ahead

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.240
 of our own

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.879
 of giving up

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.220
 our own

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.740
 lives

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.039
 for the sake

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.319
 of those

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.980
 around us.

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.740
 when I

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.279
 think of

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.440
 all the

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.940
 ways I've

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.339
 seen this

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.740
 done

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.000
 for me

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.460
 particularly

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.839
 over the

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.240
 past 10

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.440
 years

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.720
 I think

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.700
 of so

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.360
 many times

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.660
 from

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:56.259
 the brother

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.660
 who taught

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.039
 me as a

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.599
 young believer

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.039
 how to

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.519
 actually

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.160
 study

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.860
 the word

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.579
 how to

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.779
 build

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.140
 daily

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.539
 habits

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.759
 in the

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:01.900
 word

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.160
 when I

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.299
 had

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.559
 never

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.759
 done

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:02.940
 that

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.259
 before

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:05.360
 to the

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.620
 whole

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.140
 church

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.980
 as a

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.920
 culture

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.319
 of the

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.700
 church

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.000
 and

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.640
 every

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.200
 individual

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.640
 seeming

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.819
 this

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.279
 direction

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.000
 of taking

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.480
 scripture

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.819
 so

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.420
 seriously

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.820
 and teaching

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.160
 me not

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.580
 to rely

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:16.960
 on my

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.420
 feelings

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.840
 but to

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.240
 embrace

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.720
 the firm

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.200
 foundation

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.620
 we have

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:19.840
 in the

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.060
 word

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:22.759
 to all

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.220
 the many

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.600
 people

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.920
 who have

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.340
 had so

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.860
 many hard

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.440
 conversations

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.920
 with me

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.240
 when I

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.620
 needed to

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.300
 be called

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:27.700
 out for

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.200
 my sin

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:30.740
 to the

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.180
 brother who

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:32.100
 is very

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.660
 firm with

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.100
 me and

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.539
 telling me

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.840
 that I

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.160
 finally

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.660
 needed to

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.140
 ask my

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.740
 wife out

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:37.539
 called me

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.940
 out of my

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.380
 laziness

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.880
 and showed

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.320
 me how I

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.840
 could serve

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.620
 her better

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:42.360
 to that

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.660
 same

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.180
 brother being

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.519
 there for

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.720
 me at

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.039
 the drop

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.279
 of a

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.599
 hat when

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.759
 that

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.279
 relationship

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.039
 fell apart

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.839
 and showed

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.119
 me through

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.720
 scripture that

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.079
 I was being

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.720
 selfish and

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.180
 caring more

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.500
 about a

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.299
 relationship than

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.839
 I was about

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.339
 the woman I

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.159
 was trying to

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.899
 pursue and

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.159
 serve

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:56.039
 to another

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.680
 brother reminding

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.180
 me that I'm

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.680
 more important

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.220
 than a bird

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.759
 and the Lord

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.599
 cares so much

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.240
 for me when I

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.680
 was struggling

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.099
 to battle

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.639
 anxiety

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:05.480
 to many

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.740
 many

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.159
 accountability

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.859
 partners just

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.059
 giving unending

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.839
 hours of time

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.259
 to me

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.559
 just seeking to

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.200
 do that day

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.059
 in day out

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.139
 as long as it

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.500
 is called

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.140
 today exhort

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.580
 one another

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.440
 that no

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.780
 one's going

00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:15.960
 to get

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.380
 hardened by

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.980
 the deceitfulness

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.480
 of sin

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.720
 to the many

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.480
 men and so

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.040
 many core

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.540
 groups over

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.759
 time that

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:24.140
 just again

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.800
 given up so

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:25.240
 much of their

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.840
 time and

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:27.000
 sought to

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.660
 live life

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.880
 with one

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.860
 another to

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.100
 all the

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.480
 community

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.020
 groups just

00:31:33.020 --> 00:31:33.460
 seeking to

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.860
 press one

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.340
 other well

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:35.580
 and learn

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.180
 what it is

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.460
 like to live

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.980
 as a family

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.460
 when I was a

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.940
 young college

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.460
 student to

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.980
 even now

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:42.120
 to the

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.539
 couple who

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.079
 has literally

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.700
 never turned

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.120
 Margaret and

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.500
 I down

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.940
 when we've

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.539
 needed help

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.180
 or advice

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.960
 that gave

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.500
 up endless

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.120
 amounts of

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.519
 time to

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.799
 help us

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.140
 figure out

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.380
 how to

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.720
 deal with

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.079
 so many

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.400
 different

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.039
 situations

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.880
 and conflicts

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.579
 especially in

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.319
 early days

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.860
 of marriage

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:57.539
 to the

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.079
 elders that

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.420
 I've seen

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.799
 go through

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.600
 great lengths

00:31:59.600 --> 00:31:59.980
 to do

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.640
 absolutely

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.200
 everything

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.940
 they can

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.519
 for the

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.819
 sake of

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.340
 your souls

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.339
 the meetings

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.059
 that went

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.480
 and I'm

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.939
 confident

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.740
 still do

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.079
 go late

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.539
 into the

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.799
 night

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.579
 those men

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.099
 care about

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.319
 you

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:14.119
 those men

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.579
 are truly

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.199
 worthy of

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.759
 double honor

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.159
 having heard

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.740
 their hearts

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.199
 they are not

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.899
 perfect men

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.220
 but they

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.099
 always try

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.579
 to seek

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.059
 your very

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.439
 best

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.939
 and I

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.240
 could go

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.659
 on I

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:23.959
 could go

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:25.079
 on but

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.299
 I think

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.519
 you get

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.019
 the point

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.539
 it's those

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.919
 day in

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.599
 day out

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.419
 dying to

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.879
 someone's

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.720
 own desires

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.399
 that's the

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.879
 loving one

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.139
 another

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:36.140
 I would

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.600
 be wrong

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.420
 to not

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.820
 take the

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.259
 opportunity

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.560
 that I

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.000
 have right

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.340
 now to

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.700
 thank the

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.160
 whole church

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.440
 for the

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.860
 way you've

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.500
 loved me

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.740
 and for

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.020
 the way

00:32:43.020 --> 00:32:43.120
 you've

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.420
 loved my

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.780
 family

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:45.259
 as Christ

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.560
 has loved

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:45.980
 the church

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.880
 so well

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.640
 for so

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.200
 many years

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:51.720
 but also

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.780
 let's

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:54.200
 remember

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.660
 that while

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.980
 we have

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.680
 such great

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.120
 examples

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.580
 in one

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.880
 another

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.180
 we see

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.560
 each other

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.220
 love really

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.540
 well

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:01.240
 we have

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.720
 the greatest

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.380
 example in

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.759
 Christ

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.299
 our Lord

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.700
 gave up

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.059
 his very

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.680
 life for

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.039
 us

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.900
 he who

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.420
 knew no

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.640
 sin

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.079
 became

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.480
 sin

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.859
 so that

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.240
 in him

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.500
 we can

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.740
 become

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.920
 the

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.319
 righteousness

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.960
 of God

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.400
 our Lord

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.779
 loves us

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.339
 so well

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.960
 and he's

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.619
 now calling

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.140
 us to that

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.200
 same love

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.940
 for one

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.259
 another

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.700
 so one

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.359
 final point

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.480
 that's really

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.200
 just a bunch

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.900
 of questions

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.460
 for us to

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.000
 think about

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.079
 a lot of

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.420
 direct

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.980
 application

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.839
 point five

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.140
 are we

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.980
 following the

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.359
 command

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.099
 I think

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.519
 I've got

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.859
 four

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.679
 questions

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.019
 here

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.879
 so in

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.240
 other words

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.519
 are we

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.099
 choosing to

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.519
 love one

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.959
 another as

00:33:36.959 --> 00:33:37.439
 Christ has

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.879
 loved us

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.099
 are we

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.539
 loving one

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.939
 another with

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.419
 the kind

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.019
 of love

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.939
 that would

00:33:40.939 --> 00:33:41.419
 lay down

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.799
 our own

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.979
 life for

00:33:42.979 --> 00:33:43.419
 those around

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.839
 us

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.019
 so first

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.479
 question

00:33:45.479 --> 00:33:47.219
 do we

00:33:47.219 --> 00:33:47.939
 remember

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:49.579
 the love

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.099
 by which

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.439
 we are

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.779
 loved

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:52.719
 do we

00:33:52.719 --> 00:33:53.339
 remember

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.179
 the love

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.539
 by which

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.799
 we are

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.079
 loved

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.579
 we are

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.240
 not going

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.619
 to be

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.419
 able to

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.059
 love others

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.579
 well if

00:33:59.579 --> 00:33:59.859
 we are

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.480
 forgetting the

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.460
 gospel ourselves

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.960
 if we aren't

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.659
 remembering that

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.439
 we are wretched

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.279
 sinners only

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.079
 justified and

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.460
 brought into

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.059
 God's family

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.480
 by his

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.059
 great love

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.079
 we'll be

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.219
 tempted again

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.980
 and again

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.340
 and again

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.980
 to be thinking

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.639
 in terms of

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.039
 our own

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.519
 righteousness

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.559
 we'll begin

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.179
 to put hope

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.860
 in how well

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.539
 we are doing

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.079
 whether that

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.639
 day or that

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.159
 week or that

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.719
 month or that

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.239
 year whatever

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.960
 it may be

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.139
 as we're

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.840
 failing to

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.659
 believe that

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.099
 truth of

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.599
 the gospel

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.319
 we'll also

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:28.059
 end up in

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.899
 that thinking

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.759
 of the song

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:32.440
 satisfied in

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.799
 you that

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.819
 inbred feedback

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.519
 loop that

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.079
 some of us

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.460
 get very

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.039
 confused of

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.440
 like what

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.719
 is that

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.199
 talking about

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.519
 I think

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.819
 it's talking

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.519
 about that

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.480
 when we

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.059
 get stuck

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.699
 staring at

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.179
 the ground

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.739
 forgetting

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.739
 that ultimately

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:44.219
 our righteousness

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.019
 is not

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.960
 about us

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.019
 and we just

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.539
 go round

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.920
 and round

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.359
 and round

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.859
 looking to

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.239
 how we're

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.500
 doing and

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.159
 that's going

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.679
 to take us

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.319
 into a circle

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.719
 of being

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.319
 wrecked and

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.719
 wrecked and

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.159
 wrecked by

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.519
 the memory

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.859
 of our

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.159
 sin

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:57.179
 we've got

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.859
 to instead

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.699
 remember the

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.139
 grace that

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.500
 our Lord

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.159
 has shown

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.899
 to us

00:35:00.899 --> 00:35:02.440
 we need

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.599
 to long

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.980
 for that

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.440
 remembrance

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.799
 of the

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.099
 Lord's

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.420
 love

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.739
 just like

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.019
 a deer

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.319
 pants

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.799
 for water

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:09.219
 we have

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.559
 to have

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.960
 that to

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.239
 live

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.819
 second

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.319
 question

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:14.679
 do we

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.379
 remind each

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:15.619
 other

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.460
 of the

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.019
 love by

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.420
 which we

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.899
 are loved

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:20.160
 do we

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.940
 remind each

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.240
 other

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.200
 of the

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.660
 love by

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.019
 which we

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.440
 are loved

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.880
 if I'm

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.320
 honest

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.260
 Margaret and

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.300
 I about

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.720
 how we've

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.119
 been doing

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.440
 in this

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.900
 last little

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.340
 season of

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.559
 life

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.240
 jumping from

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.880
 one to

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.360
 two kids

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.720
 has been

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.380
 really hard

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:34.740
 the transition

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.760
 from zero

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.200
 to one

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.700
 felt a little

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.220
 crazy but

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.720
 the one

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.000
 to two

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.740
 transition

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.200
 has just

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:40.820
 been really

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.460
 hard on us

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:43.039
 we've

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.599
 struggled to

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.280
 make time

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.880
 to be

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.240
 together

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.980
 for one

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.320
 another

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.079
 to have

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.480
 good time

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.700
 in the

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:47.980
 word

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.940
 all the

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.260
 things have

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.700
 been hard

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:52.160
 Ross and I

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:53.059
 have a

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.800
 weekly phone

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.119
 call

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.000
 that I

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.559
 think he

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.920
 wakes up

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.519
 about 30

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.940
 seconds

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.360
 before

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.720
 but he's

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.260
 so faithful

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.920
 to adjust

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.380
 to my

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.740
 early

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.180
 schedule

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.440
 and

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.059
 anyway

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.400
 we were

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.700
 talking

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.019
 early

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.280
 this

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.620
 week

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.579
 and

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.940
 I

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.320
 was

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.360
 frustrated

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.599
 with

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.059
 myself

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.320
 of

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.800
 struggling

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.059
 with

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.400
 sin

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.760
 and

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.000
 just

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.180
 kind

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.280
 of

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.680
 frustrated

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:14.900
 with

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.039
 how

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.360
 Margaret

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.820
 and I

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.420
 were

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.860
 doing

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:19.280
 and I

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.539
 had just

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.980
 talked all

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.559
 about this

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.140
 in prepping

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.740
 for this

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.700
 and what

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.039
 does he

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.220
 do

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.900
 when I'm

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.480
 frustrated

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.440
 he is

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.660
 like

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.099
 preaching

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.740
 this sermon

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.260
 right back

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.560
 to me

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:27.920
 that I've

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.160
 just

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:29.100
 talked

00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:29.360
 to him

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.660
 about

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:32.420
 I

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.880
 needed

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.600
 reminders

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.080
 of the

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.340
 truth

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.620
 that

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.000
 morning

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.880
 that

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.320
 this

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.840
 wasn't

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.280
 going to

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.700
 go well

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.380
 by how

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.580
 well

00:36:40.580 --> 00:36:40.860
 I'm

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.140
 doing

00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:42.640
 he

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:42.880
 reminded

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.020
 me

00:36:43.020 --> 00:36:43.280
 so

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.660
 quickly

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.020
 that

00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:44.340
 our

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.800
 righteousness

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.200
 comes

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.420
 from

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.620
 the

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.060
 Lord

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:47.280
 not

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.680
 us

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:49.660
 I

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:49.860
 needed

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.020
 that

00:36:50.020 --> 00:36:50.300
 reminder

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.520
 that

00:36:50.520 --> 00:36:50.780
 morning

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.020
 and

00:36:51.020 --> 00:36:52.020
 I

00:36:52.020 --> 00:36:52.200
 hope

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.460
 as a

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.720
 church

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.160
 there's

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.400
 so

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.660
 many

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:53.820
 of

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.280
 those

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.780
 reminders

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.280
 happening

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.620
 each

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.000
 week

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.079
 that

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.199
 we

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.800
 constantly

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.300
 remind

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.539
 each

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.800
 other

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.219
 of

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.380
 the

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.579
 love

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.739
 by

00:36:59.739 --> 00:36:59.920
 which

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.059
 we

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.159
 are

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.480
 loved

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.619
 third

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.059
 question

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.980
 do we

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.239
 love

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.420
 one

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:04.739
 another

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.460
 as

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.579
 the

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.739
 Lord

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:05.940
 has

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.159
 loved

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.519
 us

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.400
 that's

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.679
 literally

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:07.880
 the

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.159
 text

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.400
 isn't

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.619
 it

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.539
 direct

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.159
 application

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.400
 there

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.559
 from

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.699
 the

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:10.940
 text

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.199
 do we

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.480
 love

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.679
 one

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:11.940
 another

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.719
 as

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:12.900
 the

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.219
 Lord

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:14.019
 has

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.300
 loved

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.579
 us

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.960
 do we

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.880
 actually

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.500
 actively

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.940
 seek

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.159
 to

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.400
 serve

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.579
 one

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.840
 another

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.599
 in

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.880
 ways

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.039
 that

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.159
 are

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.800
 sacrificial

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.059
 to

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.579
 ourselves

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.599
 do we

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.739
 put

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:21.860
 our

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.019
 own

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.380
 interests

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.980
 aside

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.219
 for

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.380
 the

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.539
 sake

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.679
 of

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.019
 others

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:25.299
 do we

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:25.659
 consider

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.000
 others

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.239
 more

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.860
 significant

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.500
 than

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.819
 ourselves

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.099
 do we

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.400
 give up

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.559
 our

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.019
 time

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.259
 our

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.819
 preferences

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.279
 to

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.480
 do

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.739
 so

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:32.079
 and

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.219
 then

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.440
 fourth

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.900
 question

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.239
 also

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.739
 straight

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:33.940
 out

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.039
 of

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.179
 the

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.599
 text

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.840
 what

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.079
 are

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.259
 we

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.559
 known

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.039
 for

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.579
 as

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.719
 a

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.119
 church

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.920
 what

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.079
 are

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.239
 we

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.460
 known

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.799
 for

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.039
 as

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.179
 a

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.559
 church

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.759
 the

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.019
 text

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.299
 makes

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:43.480
 it

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.840
 really

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.139
 clear

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.360
 that

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.500
 we

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.639
 will

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.799
 be

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.159
 known

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.480
 by

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.659
 our

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.059
 love

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.299
 for

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:46.539
 one

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.880
 another

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.319
 is

00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:48.440
 that

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.639
 true

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.780
 of

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.079
 us

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.500
 so

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.740
 many

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:50.880
 of

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.019
 us

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.260
 here

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.639
 share

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.880
 so

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.039
 many

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.340
 common

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.820
 interests

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.039
 or

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.340
 common

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.679
 views

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.900
 that

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.079
 are

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.840
 not

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.400
 primary

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.820
 not

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.539
 gospel

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.139
 issues

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:59.280
 may

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.400
 we

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.579
 not

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.760
 be

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.019
 known

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.220
 by

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.720
 those

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.240
 more

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.460
 than

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.639
 we

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.760
 are

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.039
 known

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.280
 by

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.440
 our

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.659
 love

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:02.820
 for

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.039
 one

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.320
 another

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.360
 may

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.480
 we

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.860
 love

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.260
 one

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.460
 another

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.659
 the

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:06.920
 way

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.119
 that

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.300
 the

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.480
 Lord

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.679
 has

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.900
 loved

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.300
 us

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:09.579
 may

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.740
 the

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:09.920
 way

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.119
 we

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.619
 serve

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.840
 one

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.139
 another

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.860
 be

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.039
 a

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.340
 sweet

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.720
 savor

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:12.860
 of

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:12.980
 the

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.360
 gospel

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.740
 to

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.300
 those

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.619
 around

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.039
 us

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.920
 that

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.159
 those

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.320
 who

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.539
 see

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.740
 us

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.920
 know

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.079
 that

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.300
 we

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.440
 are

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.880
 Christ

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.380
 followers

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.840
 by

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.099
 the

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.519
 love

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.840
 we

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.119
 show

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.340
 for

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.579
 one

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:21.900
 another

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.099
 and

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.200
 with

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.340
 that

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.460
 in

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.659
 mind

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.099
 let's

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.280
 pray