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 Good morning, everyone. We're going to continue this new year just talking about what church is.

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! Recognising we, a lot of us have been to church for a long time, have a lot of different experiences with church,

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 but really, do we really stop and think and force ourselves to go, well, why is it that we gather? What is it really all about?

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 And you look to the person next to you and go, well, actually, I, that thought there, that actually, in order for you to be a Christian,

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 you need the person who sat next to you. You can't do it on your own. We have this idea that we can,

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 that you can become a good Christian on your own if you have the disciplines and you do good deeds.

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 And the Bible doesn't say that. John Wesley was the one who was famous in saying that the Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

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 The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion. And last week, we were trying to start that conversation.

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 What does it mean? Why are you here? Why are we here together? Sat in this space on a Sunday morning.

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 What's it all about? And I said last week, another quote was actually, sanctification is a community project.

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 Sanctification is this process that every believer goes on, which is you become more like Christ as you get closer and closer to meeting him.

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 And you can't do it on your own. It is a community project. If you are to be a good Christian, you must follow the greatest commandment and the Great Commission.

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 Right. That's pretty standard. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.

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 And to love your neighbor as yourself. That's the great commandment.

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 And then to follow the Great Commission, which is to go and make disciples of all nations.

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 In order to do both of those things, you need people. You cannot do it without people.

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 So that's what we've been talking about. And what does it actually mean for us to be with people?

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 And actually, this is not a foreign concept. This isn't one that, let's say, is exclusive to Christians.

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 Outside, we all know that we need people. Studies are done on what are some of people's greatest fears.

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 And of course, fear of death is one of them. But if you go into that further, what about how they die?

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 And the greatest fear, studies will show that actually the greatest fear is when we die, that we are dying alone.

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 That is the greatest fear that we as humans have.

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 Or if you've watched the Netflix show, I think it's called Live to 100, talking about the centenarians around the world.

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 Which places in the world has people that live to 100 years old?

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 And you look at all the different characteristics that they have to get to 100 years old.

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 Of course, it's diet. Of course, it's exercise. But what's the key trait?

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 Community. People.

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 We need to have people around us. We were made in that way.

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 We were made from community. In Genesis 1, when the Trinity, the Godhead, says to itself, saying,

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 Let us make man in our image.

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 We were made from community, and we were made for community.

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 Which, again, really is very contradictory and in conflict with the way of the world, which is,

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 it is all about you.

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 Can you become an autonomous, independent, individualistic person where you pursue your own goals,

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 where you are defined by yourself, where everything is about yourself?

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 If you focus on yourself, you will find true satisfaction.

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 We are the most narcissistic generation there has been in mankind.

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 And yet we find that the more we focus on ourselves, the less happy, the less content, the less satisfied we are with ourselves.

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 One of my favourite TED Talks was one I watched 10 years ago.

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 I think it was around 10 to 12 years ago.

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 And it's on the cure to addiction.

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 It actually has 12 million views.

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 And of course, maybe aside of the ethical values, what they did was they did research on lab rats who were addicted to heroin.

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 And they tried to see what were the different ways to help get these rats out, to cure them of addiction.

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 And they tried different things.

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 They tried distractions.

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 They tried putting them into cages that they could have lots of different things to do and just to keep themselves entertained.

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 Or just to go cold turkey.

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 Pull the drug away from them.

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 What would they do then?

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 And it's interesting.

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 What it came to it was the solution to addiction wasn't to go cold turkey.

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 It wasn't abstinence.

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 But it was connection.

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 Once they found that they could put these animals together with others, once they had found connection and community, they had a much higher chance of surviving.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 It is about how we be together.

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 But last week I said, as Christians, it's not just about doing life together.

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 It's not just about running clubs where we can have people who, some people like board games, so they'll sit on a Friday evening and play board games together.

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 That isn't what Christians, that's not only what we do.

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 We've got a group of us who are going to play football later.

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 It's not just doing football.

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 Actually, the world does societies and clubs pretty well as well.

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 There's got to be more in terms of how we actually do it.

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 Over Christmas we were talking about this concept of loneliness.

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 The consequences of loneliness.

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 Or the factors contributing to it.

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 The effects of loneliness, especially through COVID, are as dire as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, linked to diabetes, cancer, heart disease.

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 When we talk about being Christians, what we're talking about is how can we be Christians together?

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 How can we be part of the body together?

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 The quote from N.T. Wright says this,

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 The work of Jesus is not simply to save isolated individuals and so perpetuate their isolation, but to create a new people, a kingdom community that lives under his rule.

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 The Christian faith solves loneliness.

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 Jesus solves loneliness by drawing us closer to each other and closer to him.

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 And when we get closer together, two things happen.

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 One, we feel a sense of belonging and intimacy.

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 And then the second is we feel a sense of annoyance and frustration.

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 Because the closer we get to people, the married couples, Flo and Julian, just looking at each other straight away.

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 Just going, oh, I need you, but I don't like you.

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 I love you, but living with you is hard.

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 Right?

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 So married couples are all just nodding in agreement to that.

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 And then you think, okay, well, I chose to live with you.

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 I was actually attracted to you.

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 But the rest of you here, all these people here staring at each other, that's hard.

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 So what's the secret to that?

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 How can, this is the thing.

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 If you look at the person next to you, whether you know them or not, has it ever occurred to you that you can only be more like Christ if you're sat next to them?

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 If you're with them.

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 That it is impossible for you to look more and more like Christ on your own.

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 As you look across at each other now, you go, wow, in order for me to look like Christ, I must be with you here.

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 I must sit with you here.

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 That's an interesting thought.

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 And actually, so this year I'm trying to do something different.

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 It's trying to involve some more voices so you don't get sick of mine.

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 But to really hear from the body, to hear kind of how we're responding to this.

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 And actually, I was supposed to do it last week, but I kind of overran.

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 And so he didn't get a chance to do it.

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 So actually, today we're going to have Sam come up.

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 And as he was listening to the message yesterday, and we're kind of going, this is, if you look at last week and this week, it's kind of like part one and part two.

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 It's kind of the same theme.

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 So I'm actually going to invite Sam up now just to share a few reflections of him.

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 And as you look at him, two things.

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 First is, what is he saying and how is he responding to the message?

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 One.

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 And two is, oh, maybe I could do something like that too.

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 So it's something that actually I would love for us to be able to hear from each other.

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 So give him a round of applause just to encourage him.

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 Sam, you had some thoughts from the message last week and that kind of ties into this week.

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 Would you mind just ministering to us and sharing with us what the Lord spoke to you about?

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 Sure.

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 One thing I noticed about James is he really uses a lot of quotes and a lot from C.S. Lewis, right?

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 So I sat there in the back thinking last week and something from C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves came to me.

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 And that's when C.S. Lewis was writing about his friends.

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 If you know the life of C.S. Lewis, he had some really amazing friends like J.R.L. Tolkien, the writer of The Lord of the Rings, who brings him to Christ.

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 But in The Four Loves, he writes about two other friends of his, Ronald and Charles.

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 And they're a tight-knit group of friends.

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 And when Charles passed away, he thinks to himself and he writes, I think my relationship with Ronald is just going to be so much more deeper.

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 And he completely finds the opposite to be true.

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 When his friend passes, there's a part of Ronald, a part of himself he realizes that dies along with this friend.

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 That hits home.

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 My wife makes fun of me.

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 Like, when you're with your friends, there's a completely different side of you that comes out.

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 And that is a side of me.

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 That's a side that is brought out.

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 And similarly, that must be true for all of us, that the community around us brings out who we are.

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 And sometimes, who we need to really address.

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 The parts of ourselves that, you know what, that's not Christ-like.

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 That's why I need you.

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 Please speak the truth and love to me.

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 So where does this lead us?

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 For me, it brings me to Isaiah.

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 Isaiah chapter 6.

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 And this is where Isaiah is having a vision.

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 And he sees the throne of God.

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 Isaiah 6, 3.

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 And it's describing the seraphim, the angels.

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 And one called to another and said,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 Just now we're singing, holy, holy, right?

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 There is no one like you.

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 Scripture here says that the angels are calling out to each other.

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 And one called to another.

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 They're at the throne.

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 They're worshiping God.

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 But yet they're talking with one another.

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 They're conversing with another.

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 There's something about knowing the Lord that requires us not to just look at him one dimensionally in our own understanding, with our own lens, our own experiences.

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 But it's through someone else.

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 And that's a challenge.

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 Why do we come to church?

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 Why do we get ourselves into what sometimes feel like a really uncomfortable situation?

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 It's because I cannot know God unless I see him through the way you experience him.

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 One more scripture comes to mind.

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 Jesus is praying.

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 In Luke 10, he says,

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 I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.

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 Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

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 We send the kids upstairs.

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 I send my kids upstairs.

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 And then there's also something beautiful about the way they are learning.

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 They're worshiping.

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 That the way they're understanding God is something I should be taking in.

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 It's not just to be puffed up with knowledge.

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 But I guess our hope is that as we come in week in, week out, it might sound like this was the worst week.

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 I'm in the wilderness.

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 I'm in the desert.

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 And someone speaks and says, God's with you in the desert.

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 It's not in vain.

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 Those mercies, they're new every day.

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 And you're like, I don't feel it.

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 And someone says, nope, that's true.

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 I'm with you.

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 God's there.

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 Jesus was tested.

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 And we need to hear that truth.

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 And on those best weeks, we come back in and we come in with joy.

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 And we share that joy with others, too.

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 For me, that's the picture here.

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 That we need to see the Lord as the angels do.

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 Worshiping at the throne and also encouraging one another.

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 Thank you.

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 And it is such a great quote when C.S. Lewis says that, right?

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 When you meet someone.

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 And that's why I love meeting people and then meeting their families and meeting their relatives.

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 Because you see something in them that's just different.

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 You see a different side to them.

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 And so, I mean, you'll see this with me.

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 I had the privilege of having breakfast with Jay this morning.

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 And every time I talk to him, there's this hunger and yearning to how do I become more like a follower of Christ?

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 How do I choose faith over fear?

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 And what does that look like?

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 And as I find myself counseling him, I'm reminded of the journeys that I've been on.

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 And actually, even right now, the challenges that I face.

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 And so he brings that out in me.

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 If you hung out with me and Gabs, you would see the British Nigerian side come out in me.

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 That's always been there.

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 When you see me hang out with my friend Joe Lou over there, just the heart of discipleship comes out.

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 And you'll see that side of me more.

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 If you see me hang out with Wes, you'll just see my stupidity kind of just rise up to the surface.

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 And same when I hang out with Matthew.

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 Just the bad jokes that just keep coming when I see Matthew.

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 And so every time you hang out with me with someone different, you'll see a different side of me.

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 Isn't that just part of what we're supposed to do?

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 And that's the danger.

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 When you live in isolation spiritually, then you're just kind of listening to your own voice.

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 And it becomes your own chamber.

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 And actually, there is no growing.

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 And of course, the problem here is when you hang out with other people, you do hear other voices.

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 And sometimes those voices you don't like hearing.

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 Sometimes they're right.

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 And sometimes they're wrong.

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 But I would say that if sanctification truly is a community project,

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 and I think it's God's chosen favored project on how he molds us.

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 Maybe his top, top one is suffering.

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 He allows suffering to happen to us, to wake us up, to help us see clearly, to become sober-minded.

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 But the second one has to be community.

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 Just when he puts people around you, that's how you are molded.

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 You become, I mean, there's a quote that I've often liked, which is,

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 you are an average of the five people you spend the most time with.

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 For some of you, that is a very terrifying concept.

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 As you think about the five, let's just remove family from this.

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 Of course, family has a huge, huge effect on who we are.

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 But let's just talk about your five friends that you hang out with now.

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 Those five people, you are an average of them.

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 That's terrifying.

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 Sometimes.

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 For some of you.

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 Have a think about that.

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 So it just shows you how much we are in need and affected by community.

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 I want to put some other leaders on the spot now.

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 So if you're a leader in the gathering who leads a life group,

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 I like to just have you prepare.

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 When I think about spiritual community,

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 when I ask you what spiritual community is to you, what comes to mind?

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 You guys who are committed to investing and being with people on a week-to-week basis,

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 what comes to mind for you when you're thinking about why you do it?

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 What are some of the benefits of it?

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 Or what are some of the real pain points of it?

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 Wes, why don't we start with you?

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 When you think about spiritual community, what comes to mind for you?

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 What are some of the things that you do?

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 Challenging each other.

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 When you know each other well enough and you go,

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 hey, I know you and you're better than this.

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 You need to do this.

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 You need to stop doing this.

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 That's got to be something that is part of it.

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 That's how we're going to grow together, right?

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 That's how we're going to grow.

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 Kelly, what about you?

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 Growing together.

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 When you're challenging each other, then you're growing.

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 And then hopefully after one year, actually you're a different person.

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 And that's with people who you love.

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 And that's also with people that you find hard.

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 It's both.

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 And so we need those people around us to actually help us to actually grow in that way.

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 Gaps, what about you?

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 A place of safety and vulnerability.

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 A place of safety and vulnerability.

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 Which is so hard to find.

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 Because we're so afraid that when we share something about us,

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 people will look at us different and go, wait, really?

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 Oh, that's just, you're on your own.

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 Right.

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 But actually we find nearly always that's not the case.

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 That actually when we are willing to step out and go, hey, I'm struggling with this.

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 You're like, oh, I'm actually not alone.

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 Again, that's the other C.S. Lewis quote.

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 Quote, friendship is when you look at someone else and you go, what, you two?

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 You're the same as me?

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 That's when friendship is born.

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 And when we look at scripture, we talk about, okay, I keep talking about this.

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 It's the name of the church.

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 Let's choose to gather.

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 Let's choose to be an ecclesia, an assembly, which is what that word means,

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 where we just choose to gather, where we choose to use our time together,

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 to spend time worshipping God together.

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 When you think about scripture, are there any passages that come out that kind of like,

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 well, that's what it talks about.

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 Maybe the top one that I hear a lot is Hebrews 10, where it says,

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 don't stop meeting with one another.

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 Consider how to stir each other up in love and good works,

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 encouraging each other as the day draws near.

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 That's kind of the ones that come to mind, right?

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 That's why we keep meeting together, keep gathering.

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 But then as I was praying this week, what do we share from that passage?

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 I realized actually there's a whole ton of context there

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 that maybe we would be good to really look into,

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 to find out actually not only how we gather and what we do when we gather,

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 but actually why we do it in the first place.

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 And of course we have the mission statements that help us somewhat.

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 But really, I realized Hebrews 10, we pick that little bit in the middle,

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 24 to 25, and talk about, hey, don't stop meeting each other.

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 But then actually we maybe neglect to think why.

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 What's the point of this?

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 Why did we need to do this?

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 So today I'm going to invite us to stand for the word of the Lord

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 as Jasper's going to minister to us with the word.

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 And he's going to read to us from Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 to 25.

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 Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 to 25.

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 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain,

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 that is, through his flesh.

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 And since we have a great priest over the house of God,

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 let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith,

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 with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience,

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 and our bodies washed with pure water.

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 Let us hold fast to confession of our hope without wavering.

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 For he who promises faithful.

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 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.

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 Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,

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 but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Praise be to God.

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 Thank you, Jasper.

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 Please take a seat.

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 So that's it.

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 Don't stop meeting with one another.

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 Consider how to stir each other up in love and good works,

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 and encourage each other as the day draws near.

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 Okay, that's what we're supposed to do.

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 So we keep meeting.

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 So we keep spending time together.

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 And we've all been there where you're like,

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 oh, I could do with just staying at home today,

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 but I'm going to choose to drag myself out.

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 And the moment you drag yourself out,

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 you're like, oh, I'm so glad that I'm here.

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 Okay, this happens, again, not just in spiritual communities.

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 It happens in my Saturday 7 a.m. basketball runs.

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 I'm like, I don't want to get out of bed.

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 But the moment I drag myself out, once I'm there,

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 I'm like, actually, I really enjoy playing basketball

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 with other people around rather than just me.

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 The concept is actually the same.

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 But we look at this,

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 and I almost see this as a starter pack for community.

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 Okay, so if last week Acts 2, 42 to 47,

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 is kind of like the blueprint of what a community should look like.

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 It devotes itself to teaching fellowship, breaking bread, prayers.

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 They're filled with reverence and awe.

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 They are glad and generous in their hearts,

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 and they're praising, and they have favor with all people.

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 That's like, wow, that's the perfect church

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 that didn't last more than two, three chapters.

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 But that's what we're aiming for.

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 That's the blueprint.

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 This, I would say, is the starter pack.

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 It's the basic requirement of what it means

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 to actually be a people who are actually gathering together.

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 Because something else has happened,

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 likely in at least half of the group here,

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 is that you've spent some time

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 in some kind of Christian community before,

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 and then you have struggled because there has been problems,

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 because there is a lack of commitment,

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 or there is just a lack of interest,

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 or priorities, or distractions, or actually conflict.

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 There are all these things that have happened

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 that have caused you to, you know what?

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 I'm just going to stop meeting people.

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 I think I can do this Christian life on my own.

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 And John Wesley would disagree with you

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 because there is no such thing as a solitary religion.

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 Of course, there is solitude, and we need that.

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 Jesus showed us that.

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 But every time after solitude,

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 he goes back to being with the people.

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 Can you imagine those conversations

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 that Jesus would have had with God

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 when he was praying on his own?

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 He's like, hey, God, it's time.

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 It's been good with you.

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 But I've got to go back to those idiots

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 because I love those idiots.

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 And I need to spend time with those people.

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 It's the same kind of thing here.

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 So we have to keep doing that.

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 But I would say, okay, so if we look,

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 open up your Bibles if you've got that there.

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 And of course, I was joking with Florence this week

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 about just the fact that Bible apps

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 are just not the way or the truth or the life,

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 and they're just fake.

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 But I'll tell you the reason why.

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 The reason why is when you look on your screen,

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 and don't worry, I'm not going to judge you that much

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 as I see you scrolling on your screen, Caleb,

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 with your pink bag.

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 Oh, he's got a Bible as well.

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 Don't worry.

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 Caleb's got a Bible.

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 When you look on, when you look,

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 the reason why I'm hating is because

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 when you look on your phone,

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 you can see one passage, correct?

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 You can see this.

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 So Hebrews 10, you can just see this.

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 And that's all you see.

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 But the beauty of Scripture,

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 the beauty of paper, ladies and gentlemen,

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 is you get to see the context.

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 You get to see all of the chapter.

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 You get to see why it's there.

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 Because when you look on the,

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 I'd be like, okay, therefore, brothers,

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 verse 19, since we have confidence,

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 wait, wait, wait, wait.

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 And of course, it's a little bit cheesy,

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 but hey, whenever you see the word therefore,

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 you have to ask, what's it there for?

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 Okay?

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 Because why else is he saying therefore?

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 So then suddenly you've got to go,

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 wait, I want to look at the bigger picture.

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 This passage that I'm just about to print out

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 and turn into a fridge magnet,

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 I now have to look in the whole context

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 and go, what's this actually about?

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 It's telling me to not stop meeting.

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 But why?

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 How?

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 Because I've met groups before

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 and eventually I've been tempted to stop

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 because it's just too hard.

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 Here's my suggestion to you.

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 If we understand the whole of chapter 10,

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 we'll have a better idea of how we should meet.

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 And so I'm just going to do a quick,

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 very quick, even though we didn't read it,

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 I'm going to do a very quick summary

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 of verses 1 to 18 of Hebrews chapter 10,

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 because this will give us the primary reason

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 and the context and the impetus

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 on the motivation on why we should meet.

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 Okay?

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 So verse 1, it says this,

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 the prime reason and context,

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 it says,

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 Okay, so here's the thing.

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 Before Jesus came,

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 we couldn't approach God by ourselves.

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 For the longest time,

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 the Israelites had this mosaic law,

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 which is, hey, you need to do all these things

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 and you need to follow all these things,

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 but the problem is you will always keep failing,

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 which is why we need sacrifices,

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 because you guys have chosen the way of sin.

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 And the only way for you to enter

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 into the presence of God,

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 sadly, actually, let me stop there.

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 Only one of you can enter the presence of God.

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 Okay?

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 And that's the high priest.

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 And oh, by the way,

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 he can't enter any time, any day either.

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 He can only enter one day a year,

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 the day of atonement, Yom Kippur.

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 That's the only time he can enter.

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 And he has to do a whole ton of things

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 and a whole ton of rituals

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 and animals have to be sacrificed.

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 But the problem here is this,

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 the animals being sacrificed,

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 their blood almost offers

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 like a temporary covering of our sin,

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 but it's only temporary,

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 is what it's saying.

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 So before Jesus, that is what we had.

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 Those sacrifices that were in the law

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 basically prescribed the sacrifice of Christ.

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 All this time,

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 these animals that were being sacrificed

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 would simply just be a temporary,

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 imperfect way to cover our sin.

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 And so how do we know that?

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 Because every year,

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 you would have to make and do the same thing.

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 Okay?

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 It's like the health checks that we have

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 or the things that we have to do with our bodies

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 or even just our homes or our cars

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 or whatever it is,

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 we need to do constant checks,

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 constant maintenance

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 because it isn't once and for all.

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 Okay?

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 So that's what it's saying here.

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 We have to do this every year.

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 And verse three, it says this,

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 but in these sacrifices,

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 there is a reminder of sins every year.

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 So every time you gather,

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 you realize that you still have guilt.

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 People are reminded of their sin.

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 And in some ways, that's what we do here.

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 Because if you operate in isolation,

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 it's very easy to become your own God.

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 You will justify everything that you do.

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 No one will pick you up on anything

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 and you will just become your own God.

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 Basically, you are the center of your own universe.

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 When you choose to gather,

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 even in the olden days,

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 it would be, hey, man, I fall short.

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 Man, I am filled with sin.

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 And that's what it's saying here.

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 And verse four says,

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 the animal sacrifices offered away,

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 but it is impossible to completely cover our sin

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 for it is impossible for the blood of the bulls and goats

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 to take away sins.

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 And I'll add permanently there.

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 And then he moves in and he quotes Psalm 40 there

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 in verses five to seven,

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 which is basically saying,

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 actually sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,

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 but a body you have prepared for me

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 in burnt offerings and sin offerings,

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 you have taken no pleasure.

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 What he's saying here is,

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 for too long,

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 you guys have basically been focused

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 on empty compliance and not true obedience.

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 You think being a Christian

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 is simply complying to God's laws

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 and just ticking off the box

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 and being a decent person and that's enough.

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.859
 And Jesus comes and says,

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.779
 that was,

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.279
 did you realize that those rules were there?

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.439
 And rules are good.

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.599
 Rules are good to help us

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.919
 become the people that we want to be.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.059
 But sometimes on the outside,

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.119
 we're like, oh, Christianity,

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:23.159
 so many rules,

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.719
 so many things that I can't do.

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:27.379
 But as you start to grow and mature,

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.599
 just not even in your faith,

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.239
 just in life,

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.639
 you're like,

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.479
 actually,

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:33.019
 rules are actually good things

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:34.479
 to keep us.

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.039
 I mean,

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.179
 anyone who's visited Vietnam

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:38.119
 and tried to cross a road,

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.139
 you'll be like,

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.779
 oh, actually,

00:25:40.239 --> 00:25:40.819
 rules are good.

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.779
 When there's a traffic light

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.139
 and it has red on,

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.739
 it's good for you to stop,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.779
 but then you'll get to go soon.

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.599
 But when we don't follow the rules,

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:51.119
 that's when chaos happens.

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.940
 But Jesus is saying,

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.160
 hey,

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.200
 you're focusing so much on the rules,

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.319
 but it's empty compliance.

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.960
 What I actually want,

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.879
 what I desire,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.599
 is true obedience.

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:04.480
 Every parent has been there

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.660
 where you ask your children

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.319
 to do something

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.519
 and they don't want to do it.

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.660
 And then you force them to do it

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.539
 and they do do it,

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.920
 but no one is happy.

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.200
 But when you see a willingness

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.299
 that comes out,

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.480
 a trust that comes out

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.819
 from the child,

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.059
 okay,

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:19.279
 I do know that this is good,

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:19.980
 dad.

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.500
 I do understand

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:23.079
 why we cannot have McDonald's

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.039
 every day.

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.720
 Oh,

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.519
 it's for my good.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.599
 It's for my health.

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:30.659
 And then you start to understand

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.299
 and that's what Jesus

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.639
 is really going for here.

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.579
 Verse nine,

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.299
 it says this,

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.119
 then he added,

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.440
 behold,

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.379
 I have come to do your will.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.099
 He does that way

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.940
 with the first

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.019
 in order to establish

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.740
 the second.

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.359
 And Jesus says,

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.559
 hey,

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.099
 I've come

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.399
 not to abolish the law,

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.220
 but I'm telling you

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.200
 that actually I've fulfilled

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.700
 it because actually

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.480
 you could never do it.

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.460
 All those laws,

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.759
 all those ways to get to God,

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.019
 you failed every year

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.720
 and that's why we needed

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.080
 all these sacrifices every year.

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.340
 But now I've come

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.299
 and I'm going to do away

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.819
 with the first

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.500
 and there's going to be

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.799
 a new way to access God.

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.120
 And it won't be through

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.080
 your own work.

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.819
 It won't be through

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.240
 you being a good person.

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.360
 It will be through

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.799
 the only good person

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.799
 and that person

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.140
 is me.

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.900
 And then he carries on

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.220
 and he contrasts

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.759
 himself

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.200
 with the priests of the day

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.500
 or even with someone like me.

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.080
 And he says,

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.740
 and every priest

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.880
 stands daily at his service,

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.060
 offering repeatedly

00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:17.040
 the same sacrifices

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:18.300
 which can never take away sins.

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.400
 But when Christ had offered

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.120
 for all time

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:21.580
 a single sacrifice for sins,

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.660
 he sat down

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.960
 at the right hand of God,

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.280
 waiting from that time

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.940
 until his enemies

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.960
 should be made a footstool

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.520
 for his feet.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.540
 So what he's saying here

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:28.840
 is this,

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.940
 the priests that are

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.600
 looking after you,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.420
 they're just toiling away

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.320
 every single year,

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.780
 standing,

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.640
 helping you

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:36.420
 to help basically

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.540
 provide sacrifices

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.320
 to cover your sins

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.900
 and then next year

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.400
 you're going to come back

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.940
 and do the same.

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.460
 And as a pastor,

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.519
 I completely relate.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.279
 I walk with people,

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.080
 I help them,

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.080
 I encourage them,

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.200
 lift them out of a place

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.720
 and I know that

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.400
 at some point

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.539
 next year

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.740
 or maybe even next month

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.360
 they will fall back

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.039
 into the same place

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.019
 and here we go again.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.799
 And I'm not just saying

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.360
 that about you,

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.299
 I'm saying that about me.

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.700
 Isn't that just human nature?

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.900
 Isn't that why

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.259
 we have New Year's resolutions

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.900
 every year?

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.680
 Why else would we need

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.440
 New Year's resolutions

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.059
 every year

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.820
 were it not for the fact

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.779
 that we keep breaking them

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.259
 by January 5th

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.740
 and then we start again.

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.099
 But what Jesus is saying here

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.319
 is hey,

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.019
 you've got priests

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:11.180
 who are standing,

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.420
 working all the time

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.720
 but guess what I'm doing?

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.799
 I did it once

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.779
 and now I'm sat down.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.240
 It's done.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.160
 Just mull over that

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.740
 for a second

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.099
 what he's saying here.

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.879
 He's giving a mic drop.

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:24.920
 He's saying

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.099
 the people who are

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.639
 caring for you

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.879
 having to do this constantly

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:30.099
 but I've done it once

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.059
 and that's enough

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.460
 and now I'm just chilling.

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.920
 Sitting at the right hand

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.340
 of God

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.319
 and waiting.

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.600
 Can you imagine

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.160
 the power,

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.160
 the assurance

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.519
 of what that actually means

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.180
 for those people

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.579
 who are like

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.480
 every year we have to do

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.120
 the same thing

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:46.079
 but you're telling me

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.720
 that right now

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.019
 someone's already done it once

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.579
 and that's it?

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.759
 That's what he's saying.

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.519
 So verse 14

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.799
 is the single offering

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.640
 that he's given

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.759
 for by a single offering

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.480
 he has perfected

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.240
 for all time

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.559
 those who are being sanctified.

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:58.920
 He's saying

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.519
 I have done it.

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.660
 I have dropped the mic

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.720
 and that is it

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.779
 and we go there

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.740
 and that's where

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.380
 or verse 18

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.019
 for where there is

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.680
 forgiveness of these

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.279
 there is no longer

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.220
 any offering for sin.

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.660
 So he's saying

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.100
 hey guys

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:09.039
 you all

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.980
 bar none

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.240
 as long as you believe

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.900
 as long as you repent

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.720
 you can have access

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.140
 to God

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.819
 through me.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.460
 That's it.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.400
 Therefore.

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.519
 Therefore.

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.660
 And that's why

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.200
 that therefore

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.779
 is there.

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.880
 Because what he's saying

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.240
 is actually

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.980
 if there's going to be

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.440
 a community

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.400
 that gathers together

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:29.460
 first must understand

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.740
 the work of Jesus.

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.779
 That's how it works.

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.880
 How many of times

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.819
 have we been in a group

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.660
 and names are popping

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.160
 into your head

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.779
 faces are popping

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.319
 into your mind

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.779
 right now

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.640
 people who you're like

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.380
 actually I don't know

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.220
 if they truly get

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.220
 the fact that Jesus

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.700
 loves them

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.299
 and died for them

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.279
 and has risen again.

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.380
 They haven't truly

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.539
 understood and grasped

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.180
 the gospel.

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.539
 And then we start seeing

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.240
 some of these problems

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.880
 that are occurring.

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.400
 Pride.

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:51.960
 Ego.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.400
 The things of the flesh.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.740
 And you're like

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.779
 oh I think I see.

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.200
 This the starter pack

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.019
 the base requirement

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.619
 for any group

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.660
 is a true understanding

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.519
 of what the gospel is.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.539
 A true understanding

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:03.119
 of what Jesus did.

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.339
 If you get that

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:06.240
 that will pave the way

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.180
 to the community

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.779
 that we're trying

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.839
 to go for.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.839
 Therefore

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.680
 so remember

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.500
 it is all about

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.160
 because if you don't

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.559
 remember that

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.099
 if you're going

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.920
 to a group right now

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.779
 and you're resting

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.180
 on the fact

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.900
 that it's your work

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.420
 and not his

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.859
 that's where the problem comes.

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.019
 So even for the leaders

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.139
 if you're walking

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:21.220
 into your group

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.039
 going oh that group

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.779
 just won't change

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.539
 there's nothing

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.980
 that I can do

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.379
 that can help

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.000
 that group change

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.720
 well then

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.700
 we've got it wrong

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.519
 because that means

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.220
 you've forgotten

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.900
 the first part

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.039
 of chapter 10.

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.700
 You think that

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.259
 it's your work

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.900
 you think you're

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.240
 the priest

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.240
 that has to stand

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.860
 daily,

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.360
 weekly,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.759
 yearly

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.840
 to help these people

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.480
 get close to him

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.880
 but no

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.039
 there's only one

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.960
 and that person

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.799
 is sat down now

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.559
 because he's done it

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.980
 and it's his Holy Spirit

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.440
 that works

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.600
 so that should free you

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.299
 so when you are

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.080
 going from work

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:47.059
 to your life group

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.660
 you're like okay

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.860
 it might be frustrating

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.819
 it might be hard

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.120
 but the saving grace

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.920
 of Jesus

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.960
 has already covered

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.039
 whatever I'm going to do there.

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.480
 He's sat down

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.519
 I just need to go

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.819
 and sit down next to him

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.980
 and watch him work

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:01.659
 that's how it changes you

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.960
 and if you're walking

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.740
 into a place

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.159
 and go okay

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:05.720
 can I be in this community

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.359
 that will help me

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.440
 become more like Jesus

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:09.079
 maybe the people around me

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.639
 and I just said

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.720
 we need people around me

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.920
 but it's not just

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.639
 the people that are going

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:12.980
 to do it

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.920
 it's Christ working

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.339
 through the people

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:17.519
 and so if you sit down

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.899
 and go hey

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.680
 I want to join this group

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.379
 and this group's going

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.819
 to change me

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.639
 and help me feel better

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.740
 and become a better Christian

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.980
 well then you're wrong again

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.880
 because that group

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.539
 cannot do it

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.299
 but Jesus can do it

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.640
 through that group

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:29.079
 so you walk into that group

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.940
 with a different mindset

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.559
 and go okay

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.019
 I'm here

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.620
 to become more like Jesus

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:35.299
 through my interactions

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.220
 with you

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.299
 and he's going to help me

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.360
 can you see

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.880
 it just changes

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.960
 the way you even approach

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.299
 what that group looks like

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.039
 on a Thursday evening

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.120
 when you understand

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.160
 Christ's sacrifice

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.660
 is once and for all

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:47.579
 and so we're finally now

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.559
 in the therefore

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.400
 and he gives

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.339
 basically two

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.240
 since we's

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.519
 two since we's

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.559
 and then three

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.500
 three

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.460
 let us

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.819
 okay

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.500
 so that's where

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.039
 we're going to go through

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.359
 so he says

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.379
 therefore brothers

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.599
 since we have confidence

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.660
 to enter the holy places

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.539
 by the blood of Jesus

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.319
 what he's saying

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.240
 he's just talked about

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.779
 the mosaic law

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.220
 he said hey

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.180
 you know that

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.000
 for the longest time

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.740
 it's been one person

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.500
 one day a year

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.539
 and only that person

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.000
 can go in

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.759
 and if that person

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.879
 hasn't done their job properly

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:14.119
 they actually will die

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.940
 and you have to drag

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.559
 their body out

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.299
 okay

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.539
 that's how terrifying

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.700
 the presence of God was

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.680
 and he's saying

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.480
 that's done now

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.019
 therefore

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.259
 since we have confidence

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.619
 brothers

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.319
 that we know

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.539
 that Jesus has done everything

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.920
 and he's now just sat down

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.180
 chilling

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.660
 and everything is assured

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.440
 we

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.440
 we

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.559
 can then access

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.759
 into that holy place

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.259
 ourselves

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.139
 that curtain

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.879
 is torn

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:35.279
 we can actually walk in

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.639
 ourselves

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.700
 rather the person

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.619
 who was behind that curtain

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:39.139
 is now walking towards us

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:41.019
 that's what the therefore

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.480
 is there for

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.559
 that's what the since we

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.940
 is there for

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.559
 verse 20

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.180
 by the new and living way

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.240
 that he opened for us

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.099
 through the curtain

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.500
 that is

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.059
 through

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:49.059
 his flesh

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.759
 and also

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.399
 since we

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.619
 have a great priest

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.679
 over the house of God

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:54.339
 a pastor that is way better

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.200
 than any pastor

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.639
 that you'll ever encounter

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:58.960
 this pastor who sympathizes

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.059
 with every single weakness

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.019
 and has been tempted

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.099
 in every single way

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.379
 and yet was without sin

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.299
 he's the person

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.960
 who did it all

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.039
 who paid all the debt

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.139
 I can't pay for your debt

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.559
 I'm afraid

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.379
 ladies and gentlemen

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:10.119
 because I have debt myself

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.000
 okay

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.879
 I am not the one

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.720
 that can do it for you

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.819
 I am not the one

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.500
 that's going to help you

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.399
 become more like Jesus

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.519
 only Jesus will help you

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.359
 become more like him

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.740
 only Jesus will help you

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.159
 get access to the father

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:21.479
 and he's saying

00:33:21.479 --> 00:33:22.159
 since we

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:23.839
 have access to this place now

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.819
 and actually you have

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:26.079
 a great priest over you

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.979
 therefore

00:33:26.979 --> 00:33:28.479
 therefore we can move on

00:33:28.479 --> 00:33:29.619
 to what it actually looks like

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.939
 in a new community

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:32.419
 so this is where we jump into

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.879
 the three

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.740
 let us's

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.519
 and remember

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.399
 it's let us

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.879
 it tells us one thing

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:38.000
 that access to God

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.539
 is personal

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.679
 but the command

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.259
 is plural

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:42.019
 okay

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.059
 we can access God

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.639
 individually

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.439
 each

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:45.199
 of us

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.899
 go to God

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.519
 ourselves

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.619
 but then it says

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.139
 let us

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:50.019
 the command is plural

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:51.339
 we must do this together

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.279
 and what does it say

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.000
 the first one

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.420
 let us draw near

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.279
 with a true heart

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.039
 actually other versions

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.160
 will say let us draw near

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.779
 to God

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.900
 this is the first thing

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.619
 when you gather him

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.259
 this is why it's our

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.019
 first mission statement

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.420
 that we would

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.400
 we're a simple gathering

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.119
 in a complex time

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.880
 and we are getting close

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.340
 to Jesus

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.340
 walking in the ways

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.659
 of Jesus

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.440
 that we would know him

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.519
 and enjoy him forever

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.960
 that's the Westminster

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.559
 catechism

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.960
 that we would know him

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.639
 and enjoy him

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.860
 and glorify him forever

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.740
 draw near to God

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.940
 how many of you

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.179
 are here

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.599
 for God

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.740
 thank you for putting

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.079
 your hand up

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.179
 let's go Chris

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.960
 let's go

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:32.079
 through that door

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.559
 there we go

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.059
 off you go

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:36.480
 so here's the problem

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.860
 I'm not saying

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.119
 that you

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.400
 I mean

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.360
 you're just Chinese

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.960
 so you don't want to

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.340
 raise your hands

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.019
 and get picked on

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:44.840
 but if we ask ourselves

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.900
 why do we come to church

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:48.300
 sometimes

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:50.340
 it's for a girl

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:55.519
 whoa whoa whoa

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:58.160
 sometimes

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:59.860
 it's for friends

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.320
 sometimes

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.019
 it's because

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.559
 you've signed up

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.160
 to play in the football

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.620
 team later

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.079
 and you don't want

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.500
 to be asked

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.420
 why you weren't at church

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.260
 so you're at church today

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.519
 hey John C

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:15.159
 we come to church

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.880
 for different reasons

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.639
 is what I'm saying

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.759
 and I've said this

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.320
 we are literally

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.019
 the most convenient

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.780
 building in the whole

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.320
 of Hong Kong

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.579
 we're above the most

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.579
 busy McDonald's

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.239
 in the whole world

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.800
 this is a good place

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.280
 to come

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.420
 but it says

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.639
 let us draw near

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.380
 to God

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.019
 here's the problem

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.059
 when you come to church

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.840
 for any other reason

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.420
 other than God

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.239
 you will be

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.860
 you will be underwhelmed

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.679
 you will be frustrated

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.659
 you will be disappointed

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.859
 absolutely

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:40.219
 if it's not today

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.039
 then it will be next week

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.359
 if it's not next week

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.980
 it will be next year

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:45.079
 can we be in a place

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.920
 where we as a community

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.920
 we can look at each other

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.339
 and go hey

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:48.059
 you're actually never

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.859
 going to satisfy me

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.879
 you're actually never

00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.739
 going to be the person

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.579
 that I need you to be

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.739
 but that's okay

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.299
 because God's going

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.139
 to work through that

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:55.139
 to help me become

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.759
 more like him

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:57.299
 through your imperfections

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.099
 and likewise

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.899
 mine to yours

00:35:58.899 --> 00:35:59.940
 in fact that's what

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.659
 that's what every

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.279
 married couple

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.219
 needs to say to each other

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.619
 Emily needs to say to Jay

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.759
 Jay

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:06.280
 you will never

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:07.720
 satisfy me completely

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.560
 in every way

00:36:08.560 --> 00:36:09.880
 she has no problems

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.400
 nodding to that

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.100
 in fact she's been saying

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:11.680
 that since the beginning

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:12.360
 of their relationship

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:15.400
 Jay needs to kindly

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.000
 and lovingly

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.880
 gently say

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.280
 something similar

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.300
 without getting into trouble

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:22.300
 it never works

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:26.480
 but every married couple

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.960
 needs to say that

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.780
 every dating couple

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.320
 needs to say that

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.860
 every friendship

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.380
 needs to go like

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.260
 hey you can't be

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.940
 my everything

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:32.120
 you can't be my all

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:34.039
 I'm coming to church

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.639
 because I'm here

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.500
 to draw near

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.539
 to one personality

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.679
 and that person

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.799
 is God

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:40.139
 the access is personal

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.159
 but the command is plural

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.000
 and that's why

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.059
 when the disciples

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.880
 they're looking at Jesus

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.719
 praying and he's like

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.799
 well he prays different

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:47.339
 he can pray for hours

00:36:47.339 --> 00:36:48.339
 in the middle of the night

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.119
 and not fall asleep

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:50.079
 and so they go to him

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.639
 and go hey Jesus

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.199
 can you teach us

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.940
 how to pray like you

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.039
 and he says okay fine

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.940
 let me show you the template

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.819
 let me show you the blueprint

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.779
 and how does he start

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.779
 what are the first two words

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:58.039
 our father

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:59.159
 what he's saying here

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.059
 is that it can't be

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.659
 my father

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.739
 it can't be you do it

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.159
 on your own

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.299
 it has to be together

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.359
 with other people

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:05.159
 I'll tell you

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.839
 my prayer life

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.799
 my prayer life

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:09.579
 has improved drastically

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.599
 since September

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.199
 why

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.899
 because there was

00:37:11.899 --> 00:37:12.839
 a group of people

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.899
 who committed to the fellowship

00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:14.299
 with us

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.519
 where we pray together

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.799
 every single day

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.359
 weekday

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:20.399
 just from September

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:21.119
 all the way to June

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.819
 is what we're going to do

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.679
 and there's a group

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.819
 that wakes up at 7.30

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.460
 in the morning

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.619
 we jump on a call

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.519
 and we pray

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.879
 and if we're lucky

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:29.319
 Wes will even put his clothes on

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.820
 if we're not lucky

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.559
 it's terrible

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:34.780
 and then we spend

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.340
 the rest of the day

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.720
 recovering

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.600
 from what we saw

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:38.600
 there's a 7.30 group

00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:40.080
 there's an 8.30 group

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.539
 and then there's

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.360
 a 10pm group

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.120
 and I've been praying

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:43.059
 three times a day

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.559
 with these people

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.860
 and I have loved it

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:46.280
 because I'll be honest

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.800
 if I didn't have those people

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.960
 I won't be praying

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.800
 in those spots

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:52.840
 but we need people

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.340
 around us

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.200
 to be able to pray

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:55.380
 we need people

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.980
 around us

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.940
 to put the structures

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.780
 in place for us

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.460
 that form us

00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:00.320
 that's what we need

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.639
 we need to do it together

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.699
 and so what do you need

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.420
 let us draw near

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.460
 what with a true heart

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.659
 pure motives

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:07.380
 this is the second thing

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.220
 and I keep talking about

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:09.260
 this syncretism that we have

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.099
 is that we go to God

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.360
 why?

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.099
 we go to God

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.980
 because we want blessings

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:13.360
 we want health

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.519
 we want the job that we want

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.159
 we want the lifestyle

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.599
 that we want

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.639
 but when we come to God

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.260
 with a true heart

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.699
 we're just saying

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.960
 none of the other things

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.240
 in this performance culture

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:21.720
 in this culture

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.559
 that is filled with

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.079
 imposters

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.960
 and hypocrisy

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.300
 God I'm coming to you

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.960
 only for you

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.659
 I'm not even just coming to you

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.399
 so I can have peace

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:29.980
 I'm not coming to you

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.920
 so I can feel fulfilled

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.779
 and be happy

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.699
 I'm coming to you

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.480
 because I want you

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:36.579
 that's the difference

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:38.239
 coming with a true heart

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.000
 just like a child

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.119
 when they see the parent

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.299
 running towards them

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.839
 all they want

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.779
 is nothing else

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.799
 but just the parent

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:48.319
 do we have that kind of true heart

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:49.119
 as we draw near

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.899
 to God together?

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.379
 Keller says this

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.699
 we do not come to the holy place

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.799
 because we are strong and good

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:56.279
 we come because we are weak

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:57.400
 and needy

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.420
 and we come not alone

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.640
 but with our brothers and sisters

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:01.060
 holding one another's hands

00:39:01.060 --> 00:39:02.400
 speaking words of encouragement

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.220
 helping each other

00:39:03.220 --> 00:39:04.580
 up to the steep path

00:39:04.580 --> 00:39:06.480
 to the throne of grace

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:08.300
 so we need a few things here

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.320
 actually it says in this passage

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.260
 first thing that we need

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.200
 is when we draw near to God

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:12.120
 one we need a true heart

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.800
 which is honesty

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.600
 and sincerity

00:39:13.600 --> 00:39:14.960
 God I only want you

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.580
 even if that means

00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:17.700
 I don't get what I want

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.980
 I only want you

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.760
 that's the true heart

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.280
 he's talking about

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:22.500
 second is the full assurance of faith

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:24.019
 who has doubts here

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.880
 in their faith?

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.680
 you can put your hand up

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.440
 I won't pick on you here

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.360
 who has doubts?

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.340
 I'm putting my hand up

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.900
 because I have doubts

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:30.599
 what he's saying here is

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:32.220
 when you get together

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:33.680
 that is basically

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:35.079
 the antidote to doubts

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:37.140
 the full assurance of faith

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:37.559
 that you have

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.680
 that you cannot have on your own

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:39.380
 you can have

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.220
 when you're with other people

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:41.340
 when you bring your doubts

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:42.780
 together to the people

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:44.079
 and there are people in the body

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.320
 who are much smarter than we are

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.099
 who can help answer

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.099
 the questions that we have

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:48.300
 who actually sometimes

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.200
 we know

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:50.800
 some things to be true

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.019
 we're just so struggling

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.460
 with our own internal turmoil

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.559
 that we actually just need someone

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.240
 who knows us

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.639
 and loves us

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.159
 and cares for us

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.179
 just to speak into that

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.599
 and say hey

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:59.960
 you know what God is

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.960
 you know what God has done

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.539
 the sacrifice that he's paid

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.740
 you know you don't have to be worried

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.940
 you know you can choose faith

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.480
 over fear

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.280
 hasn't he been with you all along?

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.260
 why do you think

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.659
 that he's actually going to fail you now?

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.519
 we need those people around us

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.800
 to give us that confidence

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.460
 in him

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.119
 and again

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.420
 it's not confidence

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.599
 that full assurance of faith

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.260
 is not something

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:18.380
 that you can muster up yourself

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.440
 you need

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.800
 him to give it to you

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:22.039
 it's his Holy Spirit

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.699
 giving it to you

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.939
 and it's the people around you

00:40:23.939 --> 00:40:24.839
 that remind you of it

00:40:24.839 --> 00:40:26.299
 so true heart

00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:27.719
 that's the sincerity

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:29.439
 and then it's the full assurance

00:40:29.439 --> 00:40:30.339
 which is the certainty

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:31.699
 and the humility to go

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.659
 hey it's not me

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.980
 the reason I'm confident

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.739
 is not because I think

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:35.419
 I can pull through

00:40:35.419 --> 00:40:36.559
 do you know when we say this

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:38.159
 when we have exams

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.419
 that we're trying to pray for each other

00:40:39.419 --> 00:40:40.500
 we say you got this

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:42.199
 can we be a people that say

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.399
 hey you don't got this

00:40:43.399 --> 00:40:45.279
 but God's got you

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:47.419
 that's the difference

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:48.719
 because when we say

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.480
 you got this

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:49.919
 then actually

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:51.339
 we're putting it back to ourselves

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:52.800
 we're back to that priest

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.320
 that's standing

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.100
 year on year out

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:55.100
 doing the thing that we're doing

00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:56.260
 but if we say

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:57.680
 no you've not got this

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:59.800
 but God's got you

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:01.920
 and he's sat down now

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.820
 which means it's done

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:04.680
 doesn't that fill you with faith

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:06.700
 don't you need people around you

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.460
 to remind you of that

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.260
 and then it says

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:09.039
 heart sprinkled

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:10.039
 and body's washed

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.680
 what he's saying here

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.960
 there is a baptism

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.800
 on the outside

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.620
 and on the inside

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:15.700
 that means your inside

00:41:15.700 --> 00:41:16.940
 is now clean

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:18.160
 we know we all

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:19.420
 the heart above all things

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.280
 is deceitful

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.420
 we make choices

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.720
 that even we don't want

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:24.400
 even Paul says that

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.980
 in Romans 7

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.200
 he says

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.960
 there's things that

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:27.119
 I want to do

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:28.000
 that I know I shouldn't do

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.000
 and there's things I shouldn't do

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.659
 that I don't want to do

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:31.460
 I have that internal battle in me

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.360
 that's what Paul is saying

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.680
 so find comfort

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:35.260
 if you have that internal wrestling

00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:36.139
 so did Paul

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.940
 so do I

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:38.260
 but what we see here

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:39.420
 is when we come together

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:41.039
 then our hearts are sprinkled clean

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.860
 with an evil conscience

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:43.420
 and our bodies are now washed

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:44.880
 internally and externally

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:46.079
 both in the heart

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.139
 and both in our behavior

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:48.519
 our lives will change

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:50.119
 and we get together

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:51.960
 with those things in mind

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.960
 there is a new covenant

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.159
 not the one with laws

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:55.739
 but the one where a savior

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.799
 a priest is now sat

00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:57.659
 saying just welcome

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.319
 just come in

00:41:58.319 --> 00:41:59.679
 and come in together

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:02.359
 that's the first one

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:03.619
 let us draw near to God

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.379
 the second is

00:42:04.379 --> 00:42:05.759
 let us hold fast the confession

00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:07.199
 again that's really the same thing

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.039
 without wavering

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.339
 so often we waver on our own

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:11.960
 but when we have people around us

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.779
 we're like hey

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:14.339
 you know what you believe here

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:16.299
 it's okay to have those doubts

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.480
 but let's have those doubts together

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.940
 let's not go off the rails here

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.260
 we need each other

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:22.280
 we all have these daily temptations

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.940
 that we have

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:24.700
 daily thoughts that we have

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.760
 what's the biggest thought

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:27.240
 work is the most important thing

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:28.580
 if I don't have this job

00:42:28.580 --> 00:42:30.519
 I won't put food on the table

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:32.019
 and I won't be able to provide for myself

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:33.480
 isn't that one of the daily temptations

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.960
 that we have

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:36.539
 if I don't do this

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.420
 I won't get this

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:39.060
 and we need people around us

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:39.980
 just to keep us going

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:41.660
 hold formation together

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:42.720
 if you have a belief

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:44.660
 then you need to hold formation together

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:45.399
 to go through

00:42:45.399 --> 00:42:47.319
 one of my strongest beliefs

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:49.379
 is that when you go to a theme park

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:51.279
 and you walk through the gift shop

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:51.739
 at the end

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:53.719
 that gift shop is not to buy things

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:55.460
 as a Chinese dad

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.920
 I firmly believe

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:58.079
 we do not buy anything

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.920
 in those gift shops

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:00.039
 so I tell my family

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:01.259
 hold formation

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:04.159
 let's walk through this valley

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:05.559
 of the shadow of death together

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.199
 hold hands

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:09.019
 Ruben grab your mother

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:10.799
 oh she's off

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.239
 she's gone

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:12.480
 and Christina's parents here

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.179
 so they'll know this

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:14.519
 every time she walks through a shop

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.119
 she's gone

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.699
 like five steps

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.699
 and you don't know where she is

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.480
 so I tell my kids

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.699
 hold on to your mother

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:22.379
 hold on to your sister

00:43:22.379 --> 00:43:24.000
 we can only get through

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.960
 this gift shop together

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:27.460
 and so we do

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.659
 so my kids believe

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.599
 those shops are museums

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.259
 they're not shops

00:43:30.259 --> 00:43:30.879
 they're museums

00:43:30.879 --> 00:43:32.139
 we just go in and look

00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.879
 don't touch

00:43:32.879 --> 00:43:33.779
 and then we leave

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:36.199
 if you have a conviction

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:37.239
 you need to stick together

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:38.960
 is what I'm saying

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:41.980
 communal affirmation

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.039
 is what makes us strong

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:44.039
 why do we gather together

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:46.400
 we profess faith to each other

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:48.059
 we sing songs to each other

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.659
 why is that song

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:49.099
 the blessing

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:50.260
 such a powerful song

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:51.579
 especially during COVID times

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:53.240
 is because we were in isolation

00:43:53.240 --> 00:43:54.679
 we were on our own

00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:56.860
 and we finally got a place

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.380
 got a song

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.699
 where we could look at someone else

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.119
 and go

00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:00.719
 Jackie the Lord bless you

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.320
 and keep you

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:03.440
 may his face shine upon you

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.880
 do you remember those

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:06.280
 probably all of us

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:07.400
 at some point in the church context

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.500
 have been in this context

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:09.519
 where we sang that song

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:10.059
 to each other

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.860
 and we were in tears

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.320
 right

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:12.719
 because we were just moved

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.420
 by the spirit going

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:15.820
 I love that person

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:17.159
 I'm just blessing that person

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.920
 there was power

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.699
 in the interaction

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.480
 between people

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:21.659
 there's a reason

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.340
 why that song

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.539
 became the anthem

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.400
 of the Christian world

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.920
 during COVID

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:26.239
 because in the midst

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.799
 of isolation

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.579
 you had a song

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.119
 where Christians

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.019
 could look at one another

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:30.299
 and bless each other

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.299
 with words that came

00:44:31.299 --> 00:44:32.400
 straight from the heart of God

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:33.900
 can you see

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.940
 how much we need

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.440
 people

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.759
 we echo God's faithfulness

00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:37.279
 to each other

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:38.400
 it's our collective voices

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:40.539
 that anchor our hearts

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.480
 in God

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:43.039
 that's why we meet together

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.019
 that's why we spend

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.700
 that time together

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:45.840
 when we are in isolation

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:47.160
 we start believing the lies

00:44:47.160 --> 00:44:49.380
 when we are in isolation

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:50.139
 we know this

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:51.099
 if you haven't been to a church

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.780
 for a few weeks

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.420
 and a few months

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:54.460
 you know that you've drifted

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.320
 into a different place

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.039
 right

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.400
 we need people

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:58.280
 around us

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:59.019
 to be able to do it

00:44:59.019 --> 00:45:00.059
 the church is also

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:01.320
 acting like a gymnasium

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.880
 for the soul

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.460
 I personally do not go

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:04.380
 to the gym anymore

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:06.039
 contrary to how I look

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:08.279
 but I have

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:10.300
 I have trusted sources

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:11.159
 Gavs why are you

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.820
 looking at me like that

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:14.320
 just the pride

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:15.279
 I see in you

00:45:15.279 --> 00:45:15.639
 just looking

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:18.619
 and Chris you too

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:22.860
 I've been told

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.860
 that people who go to the gym

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.940
 they do like to go together

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:26.460
 and why

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.759
 because you need each other

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:29.679
 because you need

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.559
 that motivation

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:32.000
 it's a little bit easier

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.420
 in Hong Kong

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.039
 because it's warm

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.759
 but in England

00:45:33.759 --> 00:45:34.179
 when it's just

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:35.639
 cold dark day

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.299
 in November

00:45:36.299 --> 00:45:36.759
 in Stoke

00:45:36.759 --> 00:45:37.419
 and all you want to do

00:45:37.419 --> 00:45:38.119
 is just cuddle up

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:39.259
 and just stay at home

00:45:39.259 --> 00:45:40.679
 you need people

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:41.500
 to get you out of bed

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.440
 you need people

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.899
 to take you

00:45:43.899 --> 00:45:44.719
 there with you

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:46.119
 that's why we have church

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:47.079
 it's a gymnasium

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:48.059
 for the soul

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:49.359
 finally

00:45:49.359 --> 00:45:50.679
 third let us

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.319
 let us

00:45:51.319 --> 00:45:51.759
 here we go

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.259
 consider

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:53.379
 how to stir up

00:45:53.379 --> 00:45:53.699
 one another

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:54.099
 to love

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:56.079
 and good works

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.659
 do you know what

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.219
 that word means

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.659
 consider

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.699
 it means

00:45:58.699 --> 00:45:59.699
 I look at

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:00.480
 Micah and go

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.839
 okay

00:46:00.839 --> 00:46:02.619
 and I do this

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:04.440
 how can I help him

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:04.639
 grow

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:06.400
 what does he need

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.059
 what do him

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.659
 and Cindy need

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.880
 what do his kids need

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:11.400
 I'm going

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:12.059
 what is it that

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.819
 actually they need

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:13.920
 to be able to grow

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:15.679
 that's what it's saying here

00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:16.739
 would you consider

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:17.659
 how to stir up

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.039
 one another

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:18.539
 in love

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.079
 and good works

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.839
 I look at Ken

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.900
 Wes and Francis

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:21.339
 this morning

00:46:21.339 --> 00:46:21.679
 at breakfast

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:22.259
 I'm looking at them

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:22.819
 I'm like how much

00:46:22.819 --> 00:46:23.559
 love I have

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.239
 for these three men

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:24.739
 I'm going

00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:26.839
 what's it going to take

00:46:26.839 --> 00:46:27.739
 to help them to grow

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:29.460
 look at the person

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.799
 next to you

00:46:29.799 --> 00:46:30.400
 or just look across

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:30.740
 the room

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:31.160
 and look at

00:46:31.160 --> 00:46:32.840
 just engage

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.800
 in awkward eye contact

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:34.260
 with someone

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:35.340
 and go

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:36.720
 when was the last time

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:38.220
 I looked at you

00:46:38.220 --> 00:46:39.039
 and said

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:40.900
 oh

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:42.519
 how can I help you grow

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:44.200
 that's what it's saying here

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:45.700
 consider

00:46:45.700 --> 00:46:46.880
 that means calculate

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:47.740
 think about

00:46:47.740 --> 00:46:49.079
 how can I

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:49.720
 honestly

00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:50.240
 the fellowship

00:46:50.240 --> 00:46:50.780
 that we're running

00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:52.619
 I think my first inspiration

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:53.440
 was looking at Nathan

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.460
 and going

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:54.680
 man

00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:56.099
 this guy needs help

00:46:56.099 --> 00:47:00.139
 and then going

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:02.519
 what can I do

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.279
 to help him

00:47:03.279 --> 00:47:04.639
 how can I love him

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:06.879
 how can I pour into him

00:47:06.879 --> 00:47:07.519
 so he has enough

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:07.920
 to pour out

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.400
 I'm only joking

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:08.940
 I do love you

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:09.359
 and I think

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:10.699
 the world of you

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:13.119
 but I'm like

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:14.900
 how do I

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:15.839
 what do I need to do

00:47:15.839 --> 00:47:16.639
 and what's it going

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:17.259
 to cost me

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:18.739
 oh it's going to cost me

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.599
 three calls a day

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.920
 and reading the bible

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.679
 together every day

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.279
 with a group of people

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:23.139
 and trying to call them higher

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:24.039
 and hold them to that spot

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.619
 okay sure

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.099
 I'm down

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.599
 I'm in

00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:26.099
 why

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.879
 because I love him

00:47:26.879 --> 00:47:27.619
 and I'm going to consider

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:28.859
 how to stir him up

00:47:28.859 --> 00:47:29.279
 in love

00:47:29.279 --> 00:47:30.239
 and good works

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:31.440
 that's the thing

00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:32.159
 that's what we're trying to do

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:32.880
 that's stir up

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.500
 do you know what that means

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:34.279
 it means provoke

00:47:34.279 --> 00:47:36.779
 how do I

00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:37.920
 how do I get under your skin

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.599
 and actually get you to the point

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.799
 you know what it's actually saying here

00:47:40.799 --> 00:47:42.099
 we live in a place

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:43.460
 where there are filled with people

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:45.219
 who basically are apathetic

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:45.819
 or fearful

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:48.799
 and how do I get under your skin

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:49.819
 and stir you up

00:47:49.819 --> 00:47:51.079
 and provoke you to the point

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:52.659
 where you can have this passion

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:53.699
 for God

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:54.739
 and that's what the church does

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:55.139
 when you get

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:56.619
 the stones together

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.819
 the living rocks that we are

00:47:57.819 --> 00:47:58.579
 that Peter calls us

00:47:58.579 --> 00:47:59.099
 when you

00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.359
 when we rub against each other

00:48:00.359 --> 00:48:01.599
 and cause the fire to come out

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.980
 that's what we're trying to do

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.980
 let us consider

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:05.179
 how to stir up one another

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:06.199
 in love and good works

00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:07.440
 that means in order for us

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:08.960
 to have spiritual vigor

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:10.119
 and to be on fire

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:11.379
 we need those around us

00:48:11.379 --> 00:48:12.420
 I need to look at Matthew

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:13.019
 and go okay

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:14.159
 you're in my group Matthew

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:15.699
 how can I help you

00:48:15.699 --> 00:48:16.400
 stir you up

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:17.579
 so you will love

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.639
 Ja more

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:20.400
 and love the people that work more

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:21.799
 and then to stir you up

00:48:21.799 --> 00:48:22.879
 to do good works more

00:48:22.879 --> 00:48:24.579
 that is my job

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:26.579
 but it's not just my job

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:28.819
 it's actually Emily's job

00:48:28.819 --> 00:48:30.079
 for her group

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:31.000
 for the people

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:32.159
 that she's got around her

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:34.940
 it's every single one of us going

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:36.299
 how can I help each other

00:48:36.299 --> 00:48:37.500
 and that's why the life groups are there

00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:38.440
 okay

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:39.940
 okay we've spent enough time now

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.880
 we've talked about the things

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.360
 that you're going through

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:42.420
 how can we help

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:43.299
 encourage one another

00:48:43.299 --> 00:48:44.799
 and challenge one another

00:48:44.799 --> 00:48:46.340
 when was the last time we did that

00:48:46.340 --> 00:48:47.840
 the primary engine for growth

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:49.599
 is communal provocation

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.819
 where we provoke one another

00:48:50.819 --> 00:48:51.840
 stir up one another

00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:53.579
 in love and good works

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.980
 and it's going to cost us

00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:56.219
 and a group

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:56.739
 I know a group

00:48:56.739 --> 00:48:57.840
 went with Sam's group yesterday

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:59.559
 to St. Barnabas

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:01.000
 and what is that

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.980
 that is just saying

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:03.159
 hey we're not going to be able

00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:03.960
 to do this on our own

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:05.519
 but if there's a group of people going

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:06.279
 I'll go too

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:08.779
 that's what it really looks like

00:49:08.779 --> 00:49:09.539
 how do we do that

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:10.799
 Martin Lloyd-Jones says this

00:49:10.799 --> 00:49:11.980
 Christians are like the stones

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:12.500
 of a temple

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:14.139
 each one touches the other

00:49:14.139 --> 00:49:15.199
 resting upon it

00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:16.380
 and are helping to hold

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:17.079
 the building together

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:18.519
 we are meant to provoke

00:49:18.519 --> 00:49:19.299
 to irritate

00:49:19.299 --> 00:49:20.440
 to stimulate one another

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:21.119
 into love

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:22.619
 and a solitary Christian

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:24.299
 is a contradiction in terms

00:49:24.299 --> 00:49:25.940
 a solitary Christian

00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:26.759
 is a contradiction

00:49:26.759 --> 00:49:28.259
 in terms

00:49:28.259 --> 00:49:29.839
 you can

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.920
 last week I said

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:31.779
 you can show up at church

00:49:31.779 --> 00:49:32.440
 for a whole year

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:33.359
 and no one needs to know

00:49:33.359 --> 00:49:33.799
 who you are

00:49:33.799 --> 00:49:34.519
 because Chinese people

00:49:34.519 --> 00:49:35.079
 look the same

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.940
 so you can literally

00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:36.539
 just blend in

00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:36.799
 leave

00:49:36.799 --> 00:49:37.739
 and that'll be it

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:38.880
 and no one will notice you

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.719
 and you can be gone

00:49:39.719 --> 00:49:40.219
 for a whole year

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:41.139
 and no one will remember you

00:49:41.139 --> 00:49:41.460
 correct

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:42.799
 that is very possible

00:49:42.799 --> 00:49:43.859
 we know we can do that

00:49:43.859 --> 00:49:45.819
 there's another danger

00:49:45.819 --> 00:49:46.699
 is where you do attend

00:49:46.699 --> 00:49:47.739
 and you do spend time

00:49:47.739 --> 00:49:48.079
 with people

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:49.259
 and you do hang out

00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:49.760
 with people

00:49:49.760 --> 00:49:50.740
 and you find people

00:49:50.740 --> 00:49:51.840
 who are just as cool as you

00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:52.980
 who play Magic the Gathering

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.640
 just like you do

00:49:53.640 --> 00:49:55.300
 and then you spend time together

00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:56.640
 but you still don't consider

00:49:56.640 --> 00:49:57.840
 how to stir each other up

00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:58.720
 in love and good works

00:49:58.720 --> 00:50:00.540
 when you come to church

00:50:00.540 --> 00:50:01.500
 you should be going

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:02.560
 if you're on fire for Jesus

00:50:02.560 --> 00:50:02.880
 you're like

00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:04.080
 who can I provoke today

00:50:04.080 --> 00:50:06.020
 who can I poke today

00:50:06.020 --> 00:50:07.760
 so that they will be stirred up

00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:08.820
 in love and good works

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:10.980
 who can I do that to today

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:12.200
 out of love for myself

00:50:12.200 --> 00:50:13.020
 who can I grab

00:50:13.020 --> 00:50:14.420
 to do things with me today

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:15.500
 that's the mindset

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:16.240
 we should be having

00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:17.680
 that's what we should be

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:18.440
 doing here

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.480
 and it says

00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:20.500
 something interesting here

00:50:20.500 --> 00:50:21.420
 which is the final verse

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:23.240
 not neglecting to meet together

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:24.300
 as is the habit of some

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:25.579
 why did they stop meeting

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:27.659
 there were some people

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:29.000
 who were filled with the Holy Spirit

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:31.539
 maybe even met the apostles

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:32.340
 and Jesus himself

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:33.539
 but why did they stop meeting

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:35.039
 well I don't know

00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:36.539
 maybe their lives got busy

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:38.559
 maybe they suddenly had to

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:39.800
 engage in some kind of study

00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:41.099
 or maybe it's for work reasons

00:50:41.099 --> 00:50:43.139
 maybe it's just

00:50:43.139 --> 00:50:45.519
 they started to lose interest

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:47.719
 maybe it's for all the same reasons

00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:48.960
 why we stopped going to church

00:50:48.960 --> 00:50:49.739
 and we stopped gathering

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:50.699
 and we stopped considering

00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:51.579
 how to stir each other

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:52.679
 up in love

00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:54.139
 and good works

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:56.119
 there's a quote that says

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:57.460
 beware of the barrenness

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:58.300
 of a busy life

00:50:58.300 --> 00:51:00.980
 beware of the barrenness

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:01.960
 of a busy life

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:03.340
 we in Hong Kong

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:04.759
 are guilty of being busy

00:51:04.759 --> 00:51:06.579
 but we are at risk

00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:08.280
 of just living barren lives

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:09.519
 where we are busy

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:10.480
 for no reason

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:11.420
 at all

00:51:11.420 --> 00:51:13.500
 and maybe that's the reason

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:14.260
 why they start meeting

00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:16.199
 can you turn

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:17.860
 this community

00:51:17.860 --> 00:51:19.599
 to be your big rock

00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:21.480
 we know

00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:22.519
 we all have big rocks

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.059
 in our lives

00:51:23.059 --> 00:51:23.519
 whether you're like

00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:23.760
 yeah

00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:25.539
 this happens even

00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:26.679
 with the most well-intentioned

00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:26.980
 of us

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:27.920
 what do you care about

00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:28.300
 the most

00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:29.880
 family and friends

00:51:29.880 --> 00:51:30.159
 and God

00:51:30.159 --> 00:51:32.360
 what do you spend

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:33.179
 most of your time on

00:51:33.179 --> 00:51:34.679
 work and

00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:35.920
 individual pleasures

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:36.400
 and pursuits

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:38.599
 it's

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:40.019
 all of us

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:41.519
 but if

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.300
 this is truly

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:42.900
 is a big rock

00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:44.240
 then how do I plan

00:51:44.240 --> 00:51:45.360
 my whole life around it

00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:46.960
 how do I tell my boss

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:47.920
 hey I'm going to work

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.900
 so hard for you

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.920
 for the rest of the week

00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:52.480
 but on my Thursday evenings

00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:53.120
 are untouchable

00:51:53.120 --> 00:51:54.860
 I'm really sorry

00:51:54.860 --> 00:51:56.360
 hey I

00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:57.640
 I love my job

00:51:57.640 --> 00:51:58.060
 and I will

00:51:58.060 --> 00:51:59.140
 do so much

00:51:59.140 --> 00:52:00.980
 for the good of the company

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:03.380
 but it can't touch this

00:52:03.380 --> 00:52:05.039
 do we have the courage

00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:06.240
 to say those kinds of things

00:52:06.240 --> 00:52:07.240
 to the people around us

00:52:07.240 --> 00:52:08.500
 I think that's what it means

00:52:08.500 --> 00:52:08.980
 when he says

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:10.320
 don't conform to the patterns

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:10.840
 of this world

00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:12.519
 but be transformed

00:52:12.519 --> 00:52:13.680
 by the renewing of your mind

00:52:13.680 --> 00:52:14.780
 so you don't have fear

00:52:14.780 --> 00:52:16.340
 so you are actually

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:17.559
 loving in the way

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:18.140
 you share

00:52:18.140 --> 00:52:19.640
 why you have the hope

00:52:19.640 --> 00:52:20.059
 that you have

00:52:20.059 --> 00:52:21.160
 and why you live

00:52:21.160 --> 00:52:21.900
 the way that you do

00:52:21.900 --> 00:52:22.660
 why

00:52:22.660 --> 00:52:24.519
 because the high priest

00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:25.660
 is now sat down

00:52:25.660 --> 00:52:26.380
 and he has done it

00:52:26.380 --> 00:52:28.059
 and there is an urgency

00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:29.900
 and all the more

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.940
 as you see the day

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:31.580
 drawing near

00:52:31.580 --> 00:52:32.760
 in this society

00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:33.460
 where we are just

00:52:33.460 --> 00:52:34.660
 surrounded by cultural decay

00:52:34.660 --> 00:52:36.480
 where we're just surrounded

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:37.300
 by brokenness

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:37.960
 and despair

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.740
 where people are looking

00:52:39.740 --> 00:52:40.260
 at the church

00:52:40.260 --> 00:52:40.559
 and going

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:41.360
 well what about you

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:42.400
 what are you doing

00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:44.519
 okay you're a gymnasium

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:45.059
 for the soul

00:52:45.059 --> 00:52:45.820
 but you're all just

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:46.900
 gym junkies

00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:47.820
 in the gym yourselves

00:52:47.820 --> 00:52:48.900
 you're not helping us

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:49.519
 in any way

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:52.019
 you're not coming out

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.699
 to love us

00:52:52.699 --> 00:52:53.460
 and show us

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:53.940
 how to live

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.760
 that early church

00:52:54.760 --> 00:52:55.159
 in Acts 2

00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:55.920
 they had favour

00:52:55.920 --> 00:52:57.059
 amongst all people

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:58.260
 even those outside

00:52:58.260 --> 00:52:58.860
 would look and go

00:52:58.860 --> 00:52:59.260
 wow

00:52:59.260 --> 00:53:01.460
 not a Christian myself

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:02.480
 but I love what

00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:03.360
 those Christians are doing

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:05.500
 isn't that incredible

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:06.480
 to have that

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:07.659
 what if we were not only

00:53:07.659 --> 00:53:08.719
 a gymnasium for the soul

00:53:08.719 --> 00:53:09.420
 but we were also

00:53:09.420 --> 00:53:10.659
 an ark of hope

00:53:10.659 --> 00:53:11.980
 where we say

00:53:11.980 --> 00:53:12.179
 hey

00:53:12.179 --> 00:53:13.280
 this world isn't

00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:13.800
 in a good place

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:14.639
 but come on to the ark

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:16.920
 experience hope

00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:17.539
 and perseverance

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:19.139
 like

00:53:19.139 --> 00:53:20.880
 nothing you can experience

00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:21.519
 here in this world

00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:23.360
 what if we were able

00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:24.179
 to invite people

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:24.820
 who we know

00:53:24.820 --> 00:53:25.300
 are struggling

00:53:25.300 --> 00:53:26.420
 with so many different things

00:53:26.420 --> 00:53:27.240
 just like we are

00:53:27.240 --> 00:53:27.960
 and go hey

00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:29.980
 the church is not just

00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:31.460
 a museum of saints

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:32.219
 but it's a hospital

00:53:32.219 --> 00:53:32.780
 for sinners

00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:34.860
 join us

00:53:34.860 --> 00:53:36.320
 anyone can join

00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:37.780
 no saint without a past

00:53:37.780 --> 00:53:38.900
 no sinner without a future

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:39.960
 is a quote

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:40.640
 I love

00:53:40.640 --> 00:53:42.160
 that you can come

00:53:42.160 --> 00:53:43.340
 you will have met people

00:53:43.340 --> 00:53:44.019
 who say oh yeah

00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:44.680
 the church thing is good

00:53:44.680 --> 00:53:45.440
 but I don't think it's for me

00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:46.519
 you don't know the stuff

00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:46.880
 I've done well

00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:47.860
 that's perfect

00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:48.640
 you are perfectly

00:53:48.640 --> 00:53:49.539
 uniquely qualified

00:53:49.539 --> 00:53:50.360
 just like the rest of us

00:53:50.360 --> 00:53:50.980
 to come to church

00:53:50.980 --> 00:53:52.660
 because you are a sinner

00:53:52.660 --> 00:53:53.220
 with a past

00:53:53.220 --> 00:53:54.640
 but you are also a saint

00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:55.240
 with a future

00:53:55.240 --> 00:53:58.120
 can we be that kind of people

00:53:58.120 --> 00:53:59.680
 who gather these people

00:53:59.680 --> 00:54:00.200
 around

00:54:00.200 --> 00:54:01.700
 we are not just a social club

00:54:01.700 --> 00:54:02.519
 we are an outpost

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:04.260
 for an unshakable kingdom

00:54:04.260 --> 00:54:07.020
 where we point people

00:54:07.020 --> 00:54:07.720
 to this place

00:54:07.720 --> 00:54:09.060
 where there is someone

00:54:09.060 --> 00:54:10.660
 who died for all of this

00:54:10.660 --> 00:54:11.360
 you don't need to have

00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:12.680
 the fear, guilt and shame anymore

00:54:12.680 --> 00:54:14.700
 that debt has been paid

00:54:14.700 --> 00:54:16.920
 and he comes and says

00:54:16.920 --> 00:54:18.720
 my burden is light

00:54:18.720 --> 00:54:19.920
 my yoke is easy

00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:22.020
 my way is better

00:54:22.020 --> 00:54:24.120
 imagine

00:54:24.120 --> 00:54:25.420
 imagine

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:27.120
 as we work out here

00:54:27.120 --> 00:54:28.460
 in the gymnasium for the soul

00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:29.500
 we will then end up

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:30.240
 being this arc

00:54:30.240 --> 00:54:31.120
 where we can push out

00:54:31.120 --> 00:54:32.280
 and we can show hope

00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:33.780
 to the rest of the world

00:54:33.780 --> 00:54:35.120
 can we reframe

00:54:35.120 --> 00:54:35.960
 our priorities

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:39.880
 can this Sunday service

00:54:39.880 --> 00:54:41.280
 be a pit stop for you

00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:43.600
 to be refilled

00:54:43.600 --> 00:54:44.500
 re-energized

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:45.580
 Christina and I

00:54:45.580 --> 00:54:46.180
 finally got around

00:54:46.180 --> 00:54:47.000
 to watching the

00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:48.300
 Brad Pitt movie

00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:48.840
 F1

00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:49.580
 recently

00:54:49.580 --> 00:54:50.440
 I'm not an F1 fan

00:54:50.440 --> 00:54:51.600
 I just don't really find

00:54:51.600 --> 00:54:52.140
 interest in just

00:54:52.140 --> 00:54:53.100
 watching people

00:54:53.100 --> 00:54:53.680
 drive in circles

00:54:53.680 --> 00:54:55.260
 but

00:54:55.260 --> 00:54:57.120
 wow

00:54:57.120 --> 00:54:58.040
 that movie

00:54:58.040 --> 00:55:00.080
 just the adrenaline

00:55:00.080 --> 00:55:01.200
 and just watching them

00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:01.960
 work as a team

00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:03.759
 that every driver

00:55:03.759 --> 00:55:04.399
 every person

00:55:04.399 --> 00:55:05.219
 needs a space

00:55:05.219 --> 00:55:05.619
 where they come

00:55:05.619 --> 00:55:06.439
 they need to rely

00:55:06.439 --> 00:55:07.099
 on a whole team

00:55:07.099 --> 00:55:07.879
 to be their eyes

00:55:07.879 --> 00:55:08.759
 and to be their brain

00:55:08.759 --> 00:55:10.059
 and then right down

00:55:10.059 --> 00:55:10.779
 to how they get

00:55:10.779 --> 00:55:11.460
 the wheels changed

00:55:11.460 --> 00:55:14.099
 can this Sunday service

00:55:14.099 --> 00:55:14.879
 morning slot

00:55:14.879 --> 00:55:15.899
 be a pit stop

00:55:15.899 --> 00:55:16.460
 for you

00:55:16.460 --> 00:55:19.359
 not just the only pit stop

00:55:19.359 --> 00:55:20.159
 but maybe there's one

00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:21.199
 on a Thursday evening

00:55:21.199 --> 00:55:21.980
 or a Wednesday evening

00:55:21.980 --> 00:55:22.599
 or a Tuesday evening

00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:23.379
 honestly

00:55:23.379 --> 00:55:24.779
 it's not even just

00:55:24.779 --> 00:55:25.599
 about a weekly thing

00:55:25.599 --> 00:55:26.839
 I know Hong Kong

00:55:26.839 --> 00:55:27.539
 life is busy

00:55:27.539 --> 00:55:28.579
 anyone who

00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:30.019
 anyone who wants to

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:31.500
 come and have a debate

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:31.880
 about that

00:55:31.880 --> 00:55:32.360
 who's busier

00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:33.119
 feel free

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:34.440
 I've got three kids

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:36.159
 we can have a go

00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:37.360
 so I know what

00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:37.980
 busyness is

00:55:37.980 --> 00:55:38.820
 and if it's not

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:39.460
 a weekly thing

00:55:39.460 --> 00:55:40.119
 then fine

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:41.099
 it's a bi-weekly thing

00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:41.679
 if it's not that

00:55:41.679 --> 00:55:42.920
 if it's a monthly thing

00:55:42.920 --> 00:55:44.019
 whatever it is

00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:44.500
 that makes you

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:45.199
 just a little bit

00:55:45.199 --> 00:55:45.639
 uncomfortable

00:55:45.639 --> 00:55:46.460
 where you are

00:55:46.460 --> 00:55:47.039
 forcing yourself

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.940
 to just prioritize

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.940
 just that little bit more

00:55:48.940 --> 00:55:49.400
 I'm in

00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:50.880
 and I'll help you

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:51.699
 that's what I said

00:55:51.699 --> 00:55:52.139
 to the fellowship

00:55:52.139 --> 00:55:52.860
 how about you

00:55:52.860 --> 00:55:53.659
 call yourselves higher

00:55:53.659 --> 00:55:54.559
 and I'll just join you there

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:56.300
 whatever you think

00:55:56.300 --> 00:55:56.920
 you can do

00:55:56.920 --> 00:55:58.220
 let's do it together

00:55:58.220 --> 00:55:59.960
 can we do that

00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:00.960
 now we're going to finish

00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:02.100
 actually we've run out of time

00:56:02.100 --> 00:56:03.000
 so maybe we actually

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.900
 won't respond with a song

00:56:03.900 --> 00:56:05.019
 but we will respond

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:05.560
 with this

00:56:05.560 --> 00:56:06.400
 and I hope this works

00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:08.160
 there is a QR code here

00:56:08.160 --> 00:56:08.820
 because I realize

00:56:08.820 --> 00:56:09.160
 there's something

00:56:09.160 --> 00:56:10.300
 I can't say all this stuff

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:11.480
 about being as a community

00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:11.920
 together

00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:13.180
 without truly knowing

00:56:13.180 --> 00:56:14.039
 I look around

00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:14.880
 and of course I see

00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:16.160
 enough people that I do know

00:56:16.160 --> 00:56:17.240
 but I also see a lot of people

00:56:17.240 --> 00:56:17.940
 that I do not know

00:56:17.940 --> 00:56:19.700
 so call this a census

00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:20.320
 if you will

00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:21.700
 if you're completely uncomfortable

00:56:21.700 --> 00:56:22.620
 and you're literally

00:56:22.620 --> 00:56:23.580
 just visiting one time

00:56:23.580 --> 00:56:24.260
 and then you're never

00:56:24.260 --> 00:56:24.980
 going to be here again

00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:26.260
 then it's okay

00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:27.679
 please feel free

00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:29.179
 not to do it

00:56:29.179 --> 00:56:30.460
 but if you are actually

00:56:30.460 --> 00:56:32.119
 part of this church community

00:56:32.119 --> 00:56:33.559
 this is how we're going to respond

00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:34.320
 I hope

00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:35.000
 I think it's only going to

00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:35.740
 take us a few minutes

00:56:35.740 --> 00:56:37.280
 because we actually want to know

00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:38.219
 who we actually have

00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:40.199
 so if you can scan that QR code

00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:41.219
 we all love the satisfaction

00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:42.380
 of scanning a QR code

00:56:42.380 --> 00:56:43.760
 so even if you're not interested

00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:44.240
 just pretend

00:56:44.240 --> 00:56:45.480
 and you can just have the satisfaction

00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:46.240
 of pressing the link

00:56:46.240 --> 00:56:49.679
 because we want to know you

00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:50.659
 and this is just a simple

00:56:50.659 --> 00:56:51.380
 simple form

00:56:51.380 --> 00:56:53.320
 all the Asians

00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:54.780
 who are ASTAR students

00:56:54.780 --> 00:56:56.180
 there is no right or wrong answer

00:56:56.180 --> 00:56:58.240
 just fill it out

00:56:58.240 --> 00:56:59.760
 because we just want to know

00:56:59.760 --> 00:57:00.460
 we might have to do this

00:57:00.460 --> 00:57:01.140
 for a few weeks

00:57:01.140 --> 00:57:01.860
 because of course

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:03.960
 some people might not be here

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:04.320
 this week

00:57:04.320 --> 00:57:06.079
 but can you fill out that form

00:57:06.079 --> 00:57:07.119
 I don't think it will take

00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:07.720
 a long time

00:57:07.720 --> 00:57:08.800
 at least that's what

00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:09.840
 I was hoping it wouldn't do

00:57:09.840 --> 00:57:11.680
 there's one

00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:12.820
 just one little thing

00:57:12.820 --> 00:57:13.420
 that I want to share

00:57:13.420 --> 00:57:13.599
 with you

00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:14.300
 that's just funny

00:57:14.300 --> 00:57:15.940
 is I asked

00:57:15.940 --> 00:57:16.880
 Pastor Gabe

00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:17.920
 can you also have

00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:18.619
 an option there

00:57:18.619 --> 00:57:20.299
 for someone to upload

00:57:20.299 --> 00:57:20.719
 a picture

00:57:20.719 --> 00:57:22.819
 because we'll just get

00:57:22.819 --> 00:57:23.539
 a whole name of

00:57:23.539 --> 00:57:24.819
 a list of names

00:57:24.819 --> 00:57:25.900
 and we'll be like

00:57:25.900 --> 00:57:26.579
 okay who's that

00:57:26.579 --> 00:57:27.460
 I don't know who that is

00:57:27.460 --> 00:57:28.539
 and then we'll just leave it there

00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:30.719
 but I'll stress here

00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:33.159
 if you really don't want

00:57:33.159 --> 00:57:34.000
 to show us your face

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:36.819
 then go to another church

00:57:36.819 --> 00:57:38.099
 no only joking

00:57:38.099 --> 00:57:38.440
 only joking

00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:38.719
 if you

00:57:38.719 --> 00:57:40.239
 okay

00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:41.619
 if I know your face

00:57:41.619 --> 00:57:41.880
 Julian

00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:42.440
 you don't need to

00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:43.440
 you don't need to show your face

00:57:43.440 --> 00:57:44.500
 I don't need more pictures of you

00:57:44.500 --> 00:57:47.099
 you can choose

00:57:47.099 --> 00:57:48.099
 one that you

00:57:48.099 --> 00:57:49.860
 like climbing the Himalayas

00:57:49.860 --> 00:57:51.239
 or a cool one

00:57:51.239 --> 00:57:51.940
 if you wanted to

00:57:51.940 --> 00:57:53.219
 or if you

00:57:53.219 --> 00:57:54.659
 just do a selfie now

00:57:54.659 --> 00:57:55.119
 and you're not bothered

00:57:55.119 --> 00:57:56.360
 we won't share this

00:57:56.360 --> 00:57:57.599
 it won't post

00:57:57.599 --> 00:57:58.860
 it won't be on any kind of

00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:00.599
 social media account at all

00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:01.860
 it'll literally just be for

00:58:01.860 --> 00:58:03.300
 Christina and I

00:58:03.300 --> 00:58:03.800
 and our team

00:58:03.800 --> 00:58:04.460
 just are going to go

00:58:04.460 --> 00:58:04.699
 wait

00:58:04.699 --> 00:58:06.559
 okay that person's interested

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:07.719
 but I actually have no idea

00:58:07.719 --> 00:58:08.739
 what that person looks like

00:58:08.739 --> 00:58:10.000
 is that person

00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:11.739
 a short Chinese

00:58:11.739 --> 00:58:13.079
 person with black hair

00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:14.779
 and oh it is

00:58:14.779 --> 00:58:15.159
 okay

00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:15.860
 now we're in trouble

00:58:15.860 --> 00:58:16.460
 so we just

00:58:16.460 --> 00:58:17.440
 we just need something

00:58:17.440 --> 00:58:17.920
 to help us

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:18.420
 okay so

00:58:18.420 --> 00:58:19.900
 actually that's how

00:58:19.900 --> 00:58:20.619
 we're going to respond

00:58:20.619 --> 00:58:21.759
 and maybe I'll ask you

00:58:21.759 --> 00:58:22.579
 to do this prayerfully

00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:25.340
 if you've been sat here

00:58:25.340 --> 00:58:26.759
 in this church service

00:58:26.759 --> 00:58:27.440
 for a while

00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:28.940
 and you're not quite

00:58:28.940 --> 00:58:30.119
 as extroverted as Caleb

00:58:30.119 --> 00:58:30.940
 who has just kind of

00:58:30.940 --> 00:58:31.840
 crashed our community

00:58:31.840 --> 00:58:33.000
 and just invaded it

00:58:33.000 --> 00:58:33.900
 into every space

00:58:33.900 --> 00:58:34.519
 and every gathering

00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:35.440
 and every sporting event

00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:36.619
 to his credit

00:58:36.619 --> 00:58:37.739
 if you're not that

00:58:37.739 --> 00:58:38.259
 that's fine

00:58:38.259 --> 00:58:39.219
 not all of us need to be

00:58:39.219 --> 00:58:39.539
 Caleb

00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:41.259
 but if you're just like

00:58:41.259 --> 00:58:41.460
 okay

00:58:41.460 --> 00:58:43.280
 I think it's now time

00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:43.860
 I actually

00:58:43.860 --> 00:58:45.139
 actually

00:58:45.139 --> 00:58:46.780
 also there are some of you

00:58:46.780 --> 00:58:47.679
 who have actually been around

00:58:47.679 --> 00:58:47.980
 for a while

00:58:47.980 --> 00:58:48.880
 and you asked us already

00:58:48.880 --> 00:58:50.599
 for all this information

00:58:50.599 --> 00:58:51.199
 you're like hey

00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:52.880
 you should know already

00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:53.380
 that I've been waiting

00:58:53.380 --> 00:58:53.820
 for a group

00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:55.059
 my apologies to you

00:58:55.059 --> 00:58:55.720
 that it's taking us

00:58:55.720 --> 00:58:56.179
 a long time

00:58:56.179 --> 00:58:57.720
 obviously just finding

00:58:57.720 --> 00:58:58.880
 the right people

00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:00.019
 to put in the right groups

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:01.900
 is no small task

00:59:01.900 --> 00:59:03.320
 and so thank you

00:59:03.320 --> 00:59:04.099
 for your patience

00:59:04.099 --> 00:59:05.699
 thank you for just

00:59:05.699 --> 00:59:06.519
 spending time

00:59:06.519 --> 00:59:08.460
 highlight that there

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:09.780
 tell me

00:59:09.780 --> 00:59:10.680
 James I actually spoke

00:59:10.680 --> 00:59:12.280
 to you four months ago

00:59:12.280 --> 00:59:13.519
 and you still haven't

00:59:13.519 --> 00:59:14.240
 done anything for me

00:59:14.240 --> 00:59:15.180
 that's okay

00:59:15.180 --> 00:59:17.960
 and just please let us know

00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:18.380
 because actually

00:59:18.380 --> 00:59:19.220
 I feel as though

00:59:19.220 --> 00:59:20.060
 it's now time for us

00:59:20.060 --> 00:59:20.960
 to do a proper sense

00:59:20.960 --> 00:59:21.440
 just around

00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:22.400
 just to see who we have

00:59:22.400 --> 00:59:22.820
 is that okay

00:59:22.820 --> 00:59:23.980
 and be prayerful

00:59:23.980 --> 00:59:24.880
 if you've been wondering

00:59:24.880 --> 00:59:25.300
 and wrestling

00:59:25.300 --> 00:59:27.280
 then I hope

00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:27.960
 this is the time

00:59:27.960 --> 00:59:28.460
 where you commit

00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:29.060
 I know there are

00:59:29.060 --> 00:59:29.800
 those of us here

00:59:29.800 --> 00:59:30.400
 who are also

00:59:30.400 --> 00:59:31.720
 so involved

00:59:31.720 --> 00:59:32.500
 so involved

00:59:32.500 --> 00:59:33.260
 in the wider church

00:59:33.260 --> 00:59:33.740
 at KFC

00:59:33.740 --> 00:59:34.940
 May I'm looking at you

00:59:34.940 --> 00:59:36.019
 and I know that you're here

00:59:36.019 --> 00:59:36.840
 for different reasons as well

00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:37.160
 and you're not here

00:59:37.160 --> 00:59:38.200
 to rush into a group

00:59:38.199 --> 00:59:38.599
 or anything

00:59:38.599 --> 00:59:40.139
 you're part of the wider

00:59:40.139 --> 00:59:40.739
 church of KFC

00:59:40.739 --> 00:59:41.679
 we'd like to know that too

00:59:41.679 --> 00:59:42.579
 we just like to see who

00:59:42.579 --> 00:59:44.139
 is actually coming to worship

00:59:44.139 --> 00:59:44.559
 with us

00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:45.919
 and that's actually

00:59:45.919 --> 00:59:46.579
 going to be the way

00:59:46.579 --> 00:59:47.299
 that we end

00:59:47.299 --> 00:59:49.659
 this gathering time today

00:59:49.659 --> 00:59:52.939
 I know this will take us

00:59:52.939 --> 00:59:53.659
 a little while

00:59:53.659 --> 00:59:54.719
 but maybe what I'll do

00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:56.799
 is I'll end with a word of prayer

00:59:56.799 --> 00:59:58.919
 and then please

00:59:58.919 --> 01:00:00.199
 if you're filling out the form

01:00:00.199 --> 01:00:01.659
 just do complete it

01:00:01.659 --> 01:00:02.500
 I realise if we

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:03.319
 if we send out

01:00:03.319 --> 01:00:04.079
 the link or somehow

01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:05.819
 we often forget

01:00:05.819 --> 01:00:06.899
 and so we just wanted

01:00:06.899 --> 01:00:07.399
 to use that time

01:00:07.400 --> 01:00:07.980
 to do it today

01:00:07.980 --> 01:00:08.860
 so we actually know

01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:12.260
 and know that we're praying

01:00:12.260 --> 01:00:13.880
 know that we're praying for you

01:00:13.880 --> 01:00:15.039
 know that we're praying

01:00:15.039 --> 01:00:15.440
 for people

01:00:15.440 --> 01:00:15.880
 and going okay

01:00:15.880 --> 01:00:16.340
 who

01:00:16.340 --> 01:00:17.619
 we're considering

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:19.280
 how to stir you up

01:00:19.280 --> 01:00:19.960
 in love and good works

01:00:19.960 --> 01:00:20.579
 we're gonna look at

01:00:20.579 --> 01:00:21.700
 what are the combinations

01:00:21.700 --> 01:00:23.139
 of people that will work

01:00:23.139 --> 01:00:25.160
 there's something about

01:00:25.160 --> 01:00:25.860
 to be said about

01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:26.900
 having homogenous groups

01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:27.619
 where there are people

01:00:27.619 --> 01:00:28.500
 who are just like you

01:00:28.500 --> 01:00:29.660
 like just the same things

01:00:29.660 --> 01:00:30.119
 that you do

01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:31.660
 and that's the space

01:00:31.660 --> 01:00:32.200
 where you can feel

01:00:32.200 --> 01:00:32.900
 the most safe

01:00:32.900 --> 01:00:33.360
 and seen

01:00:33.360 --> 01:00:33.780
 and heard

01:00:33.780 --> 01:00:34.340
 and understood

01:00:34.340 --> 01:00:35.539
 and we need

01:00:35.539 --> 01:00:36.519
 those spaces too

01:00:36.519 --> 01:00:38.640
 but Henry Nowen

01:00:38.640 --> 01:00:39.260
 also says

01:00:39.260 --> 01:00:40.440
 community is where

01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:41.300
 you are faced

01:00:41.300 --> 01:00:41.820
 with the people

01:00:41.820 --> 01:00:42.460
 that you really

01:00:42.460 --> 01:00:43.120
 don't enjoy

01:00:43.120 --> 01:00:43.860
 spending time with

01:00:43.860 --> 01:00:46.019
 and as I ask that

01:00:46.019 --> 01:00:46.500
 I am sure

01:00:46.500 --> 01:00:47.300
 right now

01:00:47.300 --> 01:00:48.980
 especially those of you

01:00:48.980 --> 01:00:49.500
 smiling at me

01:00:49.500 --> 01:00:50.200
 you're thinking of

01:00:50.200 --> 01:00:50.940
 someone in your group

01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:51.240
 you're like

01:00:51.240 --> 01:00:51.720
 what I could do

01:00:51.720 --> 01:00:53.000
 without seeing that person

01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:54.559
 every week

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:55.960
 and I'll be saying

01:00:55.960 --> 01:00:56.400
 to you

01:00:56.400 --> 01:00:57.200
 perfect

01:00:57.199 --> 01:00:59.199
 that is the person

01:00:59.199 --> 01:00:59.899
 that God has placed

01:00:59.899 --> 01:01:00.480
 in your life

01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:01.259
 to conform you

01:01:01.259 --> 01:01:01.759
 to the image

01:01:01.759 --> 01:01:02.179
 of the sun

01:01:02.179 --> 01:01:04.739
 use that person

01:01:04.739 --> 01:01:06.319
 love that person

01:01:06.319 --> 01:01:07.980
 to be more like Christ

01:01:07.980 --> 01:01:08.759
 and final thing

01:01:08.759 --> 01:01:09.859
 as I encourage us

01:01:09.859 --> 01:01:10.519
 about life groups

01:01:10.519 --> 01:01:11.339
 and getting involved

01:01:11.339 --> 01:01:12.859
 I am not gonna be here

01:01:12.859 --> 01:01:13.239
 saying hey

01:01:13.239 --> 01:01:13.779
 our life groups

01:01:13.779 --> 01:01:15.119
 are just great places

01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:16.139
 of spiritual nurture

01:01:16.139 --> 01:01:16.960
 and consistency

01:01:16.960 --> 01:01:17.739
 and discipline

01:01:17.739 --> 01:01:18.699
 and care

01:01:18.699 --> 01:01:19.039
 and just

01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:22.119
 that's where we strive

01:01:22.119 --> 01:01:22.500
 to be

01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:24.059
 what it looks like

01:01:24.059 --> 01:01:24.799
 on a day to day

01:01:24.799 --> 01:01:25.559
 on a week to week

01:01:25.559 --> 01:01:27.299
 it varies

01:01:27.299 --> 01:01:28.519
 just like every group

01:01:28.519 --> 01:01:29.880
 there's some groups

01:01:29.880 --> 01:01:31.599
 that are super close

01:01:31.599 --> 01:01:32.320
 and there's some groups

01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:33.039
 that are still growing

01:01:33.039 --> 01:01:33.519
 and struggling

01:01:33.519 --> 01:01:34.799
 so I don't want to

01:01:34.799 --> 01:01:35.539
 paint a picture here

01:01:35.539 --> 01:01:36.679
 of join the life groups

01:01:36.679 --> 01:01:37.099
 they're gonna be

01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:37.920
 the best place you live

01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:39.719
 sometimes it will

01:01:39.719 --> 01:01:40.940
 and sometimes it won't

01:01:40.940 --> 01:01:42.000
 but I know for sure

01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:43.299
 I have full assurance

01:01:43.299 --> 01:01:44.860
 actually

01:01:44.860 --> 01:01:46.239
 that Christ is using

01:01:46.239 --> 01:01:46.759
 those groups

01:01:46.759 --> 01:01:47.340
 any group

01:01:47.340 --> 01:01:48.539
 to conform us

01:01:48.539 --> 01:01:49.119
 to be like him

01:01:49.119 --> 01:01:50.579
 and that's what I give

01:01:50.579 --> 01:01:51.559
 thanks the most for

01:01:51.559 --> 01:01:52.960
 can I finish with prayer

01:01:52.960 --> 01:01:53.579
 and you promise

01:01:53.579 --> 01:01:54.340
 to finish the form

01:01:54.340 --> 01:01:56.260
 alright okay

01:01:56.260 --> 01:02:00.980
 Jesus thank you

01:02:00.980 --> 01:02:01.680
 for your sacrifice

01:02:01.680 --> 01:02:04.079
 thank you that you

01:02:04.079 --> 01:02:05.019
 have paved the way

01:02:05.019 --> 01:02:06.640
 that you are seated

01:02:06.640 --> 01:02:09.740
 and that you invite us

01:02:09.740 --> 01:02:10.640
 to come and sit with you

01:02:10.640 --> 01:02:11.500
 in the heavenly places

01:02:11.500 --> 01:02:12.920
 so we who were dead

01:02:12.920 --> 01:02:13.559
 in our trespasses

01:02:13.559 --> 01:02:13.980
 and sins

01:02:13.980 --> 01:02:15.000
 who followed

01:02:15.000 --> 01:02:16.039
 the course of this world

01:02:16.039 --> 01:02:19.200
 we get to be made alive

01:02:19.200 --> 01:02:19.600
 together

01:02:19.600 --> 01:02:21.980
 because of your kindness

01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:22.760
 and your great love

01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:24.140
 would you make us

01:02:24.140 --> 01:02:25.060
 into the temple

01:02:25.060 --> 01:02:26.300
 the dwelling place

01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:28.220
 where you reside

01:02:28.220 --> 01:02:30.480
 would you give us

01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:31.360
 what we need

01:02:31.360 --> 01:02:32.200
 to be able to abide

01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:33.040
 in you

01:02:33.040 --> 01:02:33.800
 would you break down

01:02:33.800 --> 01:02:35.160
 every dividing wall

01:02:35.160 --> 01:02:35.820
 of hostility

01:02:35.820 --> 01:02:40.080
 and through you

01:02:40.080 --> 01:02:40.780
 and what you did

01:02:40.780 --> 01:02:41.180
 on the cross

01:02:41.180 --> 01:02:42.300
 we all have access

01:02:42.300 --> 01:02:42.680
 now

01:02:42.680 --> 01:02:43.520
 to the father

01:02:43.520 --> 01:02:46.640
 the access is personal

01:02:46.640 --> 01:02:47.280
 but the command

01:02:47.280 --> 01:02:47.700
 is plural

01:02:47.700 --> 01:02:48.460
 help us to

01:02:48.460 --> 01:02:49.380
 live out

01:02:49.380 --> 01:02:50.220
 the great commandment

01:02:50.219 --> 01:02:51.119
 and the great commission

01:02:51.119 --> 01:02:51.839
 together

01:02:51.839 --> 01:02:54.519
 bind us together

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:55.559
 in harmony

01:02:55.559 --> 01:02:57.179
 to be

01:02:57.179 --> 01:02:58.079
 the same spirit

01:02:58.079 --> 01:02:59.459
 same heart

01:02:59.459 --> 01:02:59.980
 same faith

01:02:59.980 --> 01:03:00.439
 same love

01:03:00.439 --> 01:03:00.919
 same mind

01:03:00.919 --> 01:03:03.839
 show us Lord

01:03:03.839 --> 01:03:04.919
 how to be more like you

01:03:04.919 --> 01:03:06.419
 how to be your body

01:03:06.419 --> 01:03:08.919
 we draw near to you

01:03:08.919 --> 01:03:09.319
 the head

01:03:09.319 --> 01:03:10.519
 the source

01:03:10.519 --> 01:03:11.679
 the beginning

01:03:11.679 --> 01:03:12.099
 and the end

01:03:12.099 --> 01:03:13.779
 in your name

01:03:13.779 --> 01:03:14.159
 we pray

01:03:14.159 --> 01:03:15.259
 amen

01:03:15.259 --> 01:03:17.919
 once you are finished

01:03:17.919 --> 01:03:19.139
 class is dismissed

01:03:19.139 --> 01:03:19.920
 see you next week

01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:20.079
 you