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 Well, if you turn in your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 2,

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 I'm going to be focusing on verses 20, 21, and 22.

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 But I just want to let you know this past fall,

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 Jenny and I got away for a couple days on a weekend.

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 And Jenny's my wife.

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 And we went down to Chicago.

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 And one of the highlights of our time in Chicago

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 was taking an architectural tour on the Chicago River.

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 And the lady that was given the guide,

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 she was just brilliant and articulate and just...

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 We learned so much about architecture in general.

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 In Chicago, architecture in particular, it was really sweet.

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 We learned that in 1871 at the Chicago Fire,

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 the city was basically razed to rubble.

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 And so Chicago needed to be rebuilt.

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 But it couldn't be spread out.

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 It needed to be built up.

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 And so one guy, Louis Sullivan, the father of the skyscraper,

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 he came on the scene and he designed some buildings

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 that are still standing in Chicago today.

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 And he was known for coining the expression,

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 form follows function.

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 This morning, I get to bring you on an architectural tour of a different type.

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 We're not going to look at multiple buildings.

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 We're going to look at one particular structure.

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 A temple.

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 The temple of the living God.

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 The church.

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 The triune God is the great architect.

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 And he has designed a particular building composed of particular people

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 with a particular purpose.

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 Our form has a function.

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 And so this morning, what I want to impress upon you

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 through God's word is that together, Christ the King Church,

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 we are the holy dwelling place of the living God.

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 We are one holy temple in which God dwells.

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 Our relationships form a holy habitation for the living God.

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 So if I were to sum up the point in just a few words,

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 it would be this.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 we are the dwelling place of God.

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 We are.

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 So at the very outset,

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 I want to ask you this question.

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 We're going to see God pictured in Ephesians 2

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 as a master builder.

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 Are you joining him

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 in the work he is doing?

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 Or are you somehow resisting his work?

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 Are you trying to tear down or slow down

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 the work of our great stonemason Jesus?

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 This morning, we're continuing our series on the church.

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 And if you haven't been with us recently,

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 the New Testament paints these wonderful pictures

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 of the church of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And there's a variety of them.

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 And so we're talking about the church

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 as the blood-bought people of God

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 indwelt by the Holy Spirit

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 on mission for Christ.

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 And so far,

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 we have seen the church

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 as the flock of God.

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 One flock

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 following after one shepherd.

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 We've seen the church

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 as one bride

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 exclusively devoted to one bridegroom.

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 And this morning,

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 we're going to see the church

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 as one temple

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 built on one cornerstone

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 with one purpose.

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 Did you know that

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 when you walked in here this morning,

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 you were walking into a people,

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 the very dwelling place

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 of the living God?

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 Our God

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 dwells in our midst.

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 And so,

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 we're going to look at a passage

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 at the end of Ephesians 2.

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 And I'm fully aware

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 that when I preach a sermon like this,

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 it kind of feels like

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 you're parachuting

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 into

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 a part of the Bible

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 that you may not have

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 kind of your bearings on.

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 So,

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 let me give you some bearings

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 on where we're at

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 in the book of Ephesians.

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 Just by way of

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 kind of bringing us up

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 to Ephesians chapter 2,

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 verses 20 through 22.

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 In Ephesians 1,

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 3 through 14,

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 Paul helps us understand

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 that the triune God

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 has this plan

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 for the fullness of time

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 to unite all things

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 in heaven and earth

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 in Christ.

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 And part of

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 what he's uniting

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 is a people.

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 Very diverse people.

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 People who may have

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 conflicting experiences.

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 Even hostility.

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 And this great plan

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 of the triune God

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 is a plan to unite

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 new people together

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 in Christ.

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 In verses 15 through 22,

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 Paul prays

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 for the Ephesian church

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 and he prays

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 that they would be able

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 to comprehend

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 the immeasurable power

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 of God

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 towards them

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And then in chapter 2,

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 verses 1 through 10,

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 Paul explains

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 this power

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 on display.

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 And taking

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 an enemy of God,

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 someone who's

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 walking in darkness,

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 who has been

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 separated from God,

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 who is under

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 God's wrath,

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 and how God

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 in His glorious,

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 gracious power

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 takes someone

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 who is running

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 the other way

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 and by His grace

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 draws them near.

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 But God,

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 4,

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 by His grace

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 made us alive

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 And so what we see

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 happening in chapter 2,

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 verses 1 through 10

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 is this,

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 where we start off

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 as children

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 under God's wrath,

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 we end up

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 in verse 10

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 as His workmanship.

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 It's the word

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 we get poem from.

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 We are His craftsmanship,

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 trophies of grace.

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 And so what

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 chapter 2,

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 1 through 10

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 points us to

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 is this glorious,

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 peacemaking,

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 reconciling work

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 God does

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 by His grace

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 vertically

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 between God

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 and sinners,

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 taking people

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 who are spiritually dead

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 and making them

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 spiritually alive.

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 And then,

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 in 2,

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 11 through 22,

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 where our few verses lie,

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 God changes,

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 moves from this

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 vertical relationship

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 to a horizontal relationship.

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 Paul starts explaining

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 in verses 11 through 22

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 how those who've been

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 made alive

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 through Christ

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 and made right with God,

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 peace with God,

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 they have also been made

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 to be at peace

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 with one another.

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 And so where

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 chapter 2,

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 1 through 10

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 is this vertical

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 relationship with God,

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 2, 11 through 22

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 is this horizontal

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 relationship

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 between Christians.

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 And so in 2,

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 11 you read,

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 therefore remember

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 that at one time

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 you Gentiles in the flesh,

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 at one time

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 way back in the day

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 before you met Jesus,

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 you were separated,

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 alienated,

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 you are without hope,

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 without God

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 in the world.

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 And then in verse 13

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 we read,

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 but now in Christ Jesus

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 you who were once far off

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 have been brought near

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 by the blood of Christ.

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 And then he goes on

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 to say in verse 14,

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 for he himself

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 is our peace.

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 Do you see the word

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 our?

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 Paul is talking about

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 himself as a Jew

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 and these Gentile Ephesians.

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 He's saying

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 we're all one now.

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 Now here's what

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 I want you to see.

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 In verse 14

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 we read this,

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 for he himself

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 is our peace

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 who has made us both

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 one

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 and has broken down

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 in his flesh

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 the dividing wall

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 of hostility.

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 Now look at verse 15.

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 By abolishing

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 the laws of commandments

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 expressed in ordinances

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 that he might create

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 in himself

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 one new man

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 in place of the two.

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 So making peace.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 And might reconcile

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 us both to God

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 in one body

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 through the cross,

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 thereby killing

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 the hostility.

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 And if you look down

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 at verse 18,

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 for through him

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 we both have access

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 in one spirit

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 to the Father.

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 We're in a passage

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 talking about

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 the unity of the church.

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 Oneness.

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 Paul is making the case

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 that God

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 by his great grace

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 has called sinners

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 not only to be

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 at peace with him

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 but to be at peace

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 with one another

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 in Christ.

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 He has made them

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 one new people.

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 He's taken

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 unbelieving Jews

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 and made some of those

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 unbelieving Jews

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 his own.

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 And he's taken some

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 unbelieving Gentiles

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 and he's made them

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 his own.

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 And he's united

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 these different people

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 into one new man.

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 And this

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 was all according

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 to God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time.

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 To unite

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 all things in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 So as we get

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 to verse 19

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 Paul begins

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 to wrap up

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 the whole section

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 on the unity

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 of the church.

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 He says

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 so then

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 you are no longer

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 strangers and aliens

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 you no longer

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 are away from God

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 and away from

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 other saints

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 but you are

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 fellow citizens

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 with the saints

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 all who believe

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 in Jesus

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 and members

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 of the household

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 of God

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 part of his family.

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 And then

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 when we get

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 to verse 20

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 Paul shifts

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 the metaphor.

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 He starts

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 talking about

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 a building.

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 He says

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 built on

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 the foundation

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 of the apostles

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 and prophets

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 Christ Jesus himself

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 being the cornerstone

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 in whom the whole

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 structure

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 being joined together

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 grows into a holy

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 temple in the Lord

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 in him you also

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 are being built together

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 into a dwelling place

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 for God

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 by the Spirit.

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 when we

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 what I want you

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 to see this morning

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 one cornerstone

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 one structure

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 and one purpose

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 one function.

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 So from these

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 three verses

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 I want you to

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 help you to see

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 we are the dwelling

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 place of God

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 Christ the King

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 Church built

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 on one foundation

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 being formed

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 into one structure

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 and I've been given

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 one purpose

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 one function.

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 So let me now

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 direct you

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 to this

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 one foundation

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 in which

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 we have been

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 built upon.

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 It's in verse 20

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 we read this

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 built on the

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 foundation

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 of the apostles

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 and prophets

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 Christ Jesus himself

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 being the cornerstone.

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 we all know

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 that a foundation

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 is absolutely

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 essential

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 to any building.

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 A foundation

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 is critical

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 to a building

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 stability

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 its unity

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 its form

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 its definition

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 remember Matthew

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 chapter 7

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 Jesus is wrapping

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 up the Sermon

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 on the Mount

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 and he's wrapping

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 up his teaching

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 and he says

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 whoever hears

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 my words

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 and does them

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 he's like

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 he's like a builder

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 who builds his house

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 on the rock.

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 Now when we

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 when you look at

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 verse 20

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 and you read

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 built on the

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 foundation

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 of the apostles

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 and prophets

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 that might be

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 a little surprising

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 to some of you.

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 You're like foundation

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 how can the foundation

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 be anything

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 but Jesus?

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 Who are these

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 apostles and prophets

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 anyway?

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 Well I don't want

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 to get into

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 too great a detail

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 but

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 the apostles

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 and prophets

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 that Paul is talking

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 about are

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 people in the

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 first century

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 who had been

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 gifted

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 and given

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 a particular

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 role.

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 Both these

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 apostles

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 and prophets

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 had something

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 in common.

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 It was a unique

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 ministry

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 a unique

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 ministry

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 of

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 proclamation

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 and if you

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 want to see

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 that spelled

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 out

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 look at

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 look at

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 chapter 3

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 and verses

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 5 and

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 4 and 5

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 Paul is saying

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 when you read

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 this you can

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 perceive my

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 insight into

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 the mystery

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 of Christ

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 which was not

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 made known

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 to the sons

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 of men

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 and other

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 generations

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 as it has

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 now been

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 revealed

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 to his

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 holy apostles

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 and prophets

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 by the spirit

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 and these

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 holy apostles

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 and prophets

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 are making

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 known this

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 mystery that

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 God has kept

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 hidden

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 for the ages

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 until this

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 time

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 and that

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 mystery is in

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 verse 6

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 this mystery

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 is that the

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 Gentiles are

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 fellow heirs

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 members of

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 the same

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 body

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 the same

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 building

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 and partakers

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 of the promise

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through the

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 gospel

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 so what you

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 need to

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 understand about

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 these apostles

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 and prophets

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 they go unnamed

00:13:19.779 --> 00:13:20.139
 here

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 it's more about

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 what they do

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 and why they're

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 foundational

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 they are

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 declaring

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 Christ

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 as the

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 unifier

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 of all

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 things

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 a unifier

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 of a

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 people

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 into one

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 new

00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.319
 man

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 essentially

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 they are

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 pointing

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 to

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 Jesus

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 and make

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.259
 no mistake

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.919
 about it

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 Jesus

00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.559
 plays a

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 unique

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 role

00:13:46.199 --> 00:13:47.439
 Christ

00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:47.799
 Jesus

00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.360
 himself

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 being

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.100
 the

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.759
 cornerstone

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:51.079
 Paul is

00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.639
 very clear

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:51.840
 in the

00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.319
 language

00:13:52.319 --> 00:13:53.259
 Jesus

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:54.399
 himself

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 and no

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 other

00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.179
 is the

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 cornerstone

00:13:57.939 --> 00:13:58.939
 of the

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 church

00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:01.539
 a

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 cornerstone

00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.399
 was the

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 most

00:14:02.619 --> 00:14:03.079
 important

00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.699
 stone

00:14:03.699 --> 00:14:04.519
 of a

00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:04.899
 first

00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:05.699
 century

00:14:05.699 --> 00:14:06.579
 foundation

00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:07.939
 it was

00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:08.500
 the first

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:08.979
 stone

00:14:08.979 --> 00:14:09.319
 to be

00:14:09.319 --> 00:14:09.579
 laid

00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:09.719
 and

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 often times

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 there are

00:14:10.619 --> 00:14:11.059
 just these

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 massive

00:14:12.219 --> 00:14:13.139
 blocks

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.919
 of stone

00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.559
 put down

00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:14.959
 as a

00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:15.559
 cornerstone

00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.699
 it would

00:14:16.699 --> 00:14:17.579
 bear the

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 weight

00:14:18.119 --> 00:14:18.599
 of a

00:14:18.599 --> 00:14:18.979
 structure

00:14:18.979 --> 00:14:19.519
 as it

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.119
 was built

00:14:20.119 --> 00:14:20.500
 up

00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.259
 and built

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.779
 out

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.439
 a

00:14:22.439 --> 00:14:23.179
 cornerstone

00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:24.059
 was the

00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:24.959
 unifier

00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.720
 of a

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 corner

00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:26.460
 of a

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 building

00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.160
 itself

00:14:27.160 --> 00:14:28.379
 you build

00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.080
 up on

00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:29.220
 a

00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:29.820
 cornerstone

00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.780
 and it's

00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:31.280
 where two

00:14:31.280 --> 00:14:32.019
 walls

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:33.160
 become one

00:14:33.160 --> 00:14:33.800
 structure

00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:35.060
 it's a

00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.600
 unifier

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.440
 a

00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:38.940
 cornerstone

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 would also

00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.139
 kind of

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:41.200
 determine the

00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:42.120
 shape of

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.560
 the building

00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:43.600
 its initial

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.820
 footprint of

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.400
 what it would

00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:45.900
 look like

00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:46.220
 and so

00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.980
 you could say

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 this

00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:48.320
 that everything

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.259
 depended on

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.019
 the cornerstone

00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.860
 everything was

00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:51.720
 united by the

00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.320
 cornerstone

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.379
 everything was

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.540
 shaped by

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:55.480
 the cornerstone

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.279
 the cornerstone

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:57.659
 defined everything

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:58.699
 about a

00:14:58.699 --> 00:14:59.019
 building

00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:02.579
 on our

00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:02.919
 building

00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:03.759
 this

00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.219
 building

00:15:04.219 --> 00:15:06.360
 there's a

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.860
 cornerstone

00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.279
 right on that

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.740
 corner out

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.019
 there

00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:10.199
 and it gives

00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:10.819
 some definition

00:15:10.819 --> 00:15:11.339
 to who

00:15:11.339 --> 00:15:12.259
 this

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.980
 what this

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.299
 building

00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:13.919
 is

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:15.899
 tells of the

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.360
 date it was

00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:16.699
 built

00:15:16.699 --> 00:15:17.959
 1874

00:15:17.959 --> 00:15:19.500
 says a couple

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.059
 other things

00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.259
 too

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 it doesn't

00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.539
 bear any

00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:21.819
 weight

00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:24.260
 it's

00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:24.500
 mainly

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:25.080
 aesthetic

00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:28.180
 what Paul

00:15:28.180 --> 00:15:28.700
 is clearly

00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.500
 stating here

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.960
 is that

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.920
 a local

00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:31.520
 church

00:15:31.520 --> 00:15:32.740
 must

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.720
 be founded

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.000
 on Christ

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.720
 Jesus

00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.960
 alone

00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.020
 and here's

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 what this

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 means for

00:15:40.780 --> 00:15:41.160
 us

00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:43.280
 no matter

00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:43.920
 what we do

00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:44.640
 as a church

00:15:44.640 --> 00:15:46.400
 we never

00:15:46.400 --> 00:15:46.920
 outgrow

00:15:46.920 --> 00:15:47.880
 our cornerstone

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.000
 everything we

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.320
 do

00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:51.379
 is built

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:51.879
 on that

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.700
 cornerstone

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:54.919
 all of our

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.299
 preaching

00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:56.799
 is cornerstone

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 preaching

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 all of our

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 teaching

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 cornerstone

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 teaching

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 our children's

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 ministry

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 is a

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 cornerstone

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 children's

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.840
 ministry

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 our life

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 groups

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 are cornerstone

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 ministries

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 everything that

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 we do

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 depends on

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 determined

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 by

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 shaped

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 by

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 existing

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 for

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 the

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 cornerstone

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 it's who

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 defines

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 us

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 as a

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 church

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 now the

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 risk

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 of a

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 metaphor

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 like this

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 is to

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 start

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 imagining

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 Jesus

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 as some

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 kind of

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 lifeless

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 block

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 but we

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 all know

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 that he's

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 alive

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 this

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 cornerstone

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 is not

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 a lifeless

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 block

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 this

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 cornerstone

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 is a

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 living

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 cornerstone

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 and on

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 this

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 living

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 cornerstone

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 God is

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 building

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 a living

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 structure

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 so we've

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 looked at

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 our one

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 cornerstone

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 now let's

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 look at

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 this one

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 structure

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 because

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 brothers and

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 sisters

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 we are

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 the dwelling

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 place

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 of God

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 so in

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 21 and

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 22

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 we have a

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 very

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 interesting

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 way of

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 communicating

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 in the

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 Bible

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 it's called

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 a parallelism

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 don't worry

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 you're not

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 going to get

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 quizzed on

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 that

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 but here's

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 how you

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 can see

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 it

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 in 21

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 it begins

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 with

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 in whom

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 the whole

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 structure

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 being joined

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 together

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 grows into

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 a holy

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 temple

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 in the

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 Lord

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 and then

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 in 22

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 it starts

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 with

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 in him

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 you also

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 are being

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 built

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 together

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 into a

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 dwelling

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 place

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 for God

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 by the

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 spirit

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 they

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 parallel

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 each

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 other

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 and in

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 fact

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 the

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 verse

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 21

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 in whom

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 in the

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 verse

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 22

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 in him

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 in Greek

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 are identical

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 phrases

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 and they're

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 both referring

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 back to the

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 cornerstone

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 Jesus

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 and what

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 they're saying

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 is on him

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 and by him

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 this structure

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 is being

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 built

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 did you see

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 those two

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 phrases being

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 joined together

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 together in

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 verse 21

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 and being

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 built together

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 in verse

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 22

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 those are

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 present tense

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 verbs

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 and here's

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 why that

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 matters

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 it's a

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 work in

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 progress

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 we are a

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 work in

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 progress

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 Christ the

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 King

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 Church

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 and so

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 here's the

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 picture that's

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 being portrayed

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 our risen

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 Lord Jesus

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 is like

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 a stone

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 mason

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 who is

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 fitting a

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 people

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 together

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 into one

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 structure

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 have you

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 ever seen

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 a stone

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 mason

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 at work

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 well here's

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 what they do

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 they first

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 select

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 the right

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 stones

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 and then

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 after they

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 pick the

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 stones

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 they prepare

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 those stones

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 and after

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 they prepare

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 those stones

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 they start

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 fitting

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 those stones

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 into a

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 particular

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 structure

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 and often

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.240
 times that

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 fitting

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 regards

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 sanding

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 and chipping

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 and cutting

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 so that

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 that stone

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 fits into

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 the rest

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.640
 of the

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 structure

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.860
 and then

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.980
 that stone

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.460
 mason

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.640
 sets

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.799
 the stone

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 in place

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 there is

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 a house

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 on 75th

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 street

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 and 18th

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 avenue

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 it's on

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 the northwest

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 corner

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 I passed

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 it this

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 morning on

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 my way

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:32.980
 here

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 and it

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.160
 looks like

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 the stones

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.220
 that make

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.620
 up this

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 house

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:39.320
 were literally

00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:40.019
 taken out

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.980
 of Lake

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 Michigan

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.200
 80 years

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.519
 ago

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.019
 every stone

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.400
 that makes

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.100
 up this

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 house

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 is unique

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 and yet

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 each has been

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 carefully placed

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 together to

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 form one

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.960
 building

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.700
 one house

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:01.039
 made up

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.360
 of

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.360
 many

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.120
 stones

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:05.539
 when we

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.000
 talk about

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.620
 the church

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.120
 as a

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 building

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.819
 under

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.480
 construction

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.340
 it's a

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 metaphor

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:11.240
 and the

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 stones

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:14.279
 they represent

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 individual

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 Christians

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 it's what

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.100
 Peter calls

00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:18.539
 in 1st

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.799
 Peter

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 living

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 stones

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.900
 stones

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:23.400
 and what

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.920
 we're seeing

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.660
 here is that

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.060
 Jesus

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 our great

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.220
 stone

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.700
 mason

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:28.080
 what he's

00:20:28.080 --> 00:20:28.740
 doing is

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.360
 he is

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:29.900
 intentionally

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.799
 selecting

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:32.220
 preparing

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.200
 fitting

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.320
 and setting

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:35.380
 into place

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.460
 particular

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.019
 stones

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.460
 into a

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.019
 particular

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.759
 structure

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:41.460
 and if you

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:41.799
 want to get

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.259
 theological

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.799
 about it

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.019
 it goes

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.460
 something like

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.759
 this

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:46.579
 before the

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:46.980
 foundation

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.319
 of the

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 world

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.500
 God the

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.779
 Father

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.339
 selected

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.059
 the stones

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.539
 for the

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.859
 building

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:53.099
 and then

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.460
 Jesus

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.339
 by his

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 blood

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:56.079
 prepared

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.819
 each

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.559
 stone

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.339
 for use

00:20:58.339 --> 00:21:00.980
 and then

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.420
 our Lord

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.720
 Jesus

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.559
 is purposely

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.299
 fitting

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.920
 shaping

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.220
 readying

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.200
 positioning

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.240
 particular

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.759
 stones

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.379
 to be placed

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.700
 into a

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.000
 particular

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.460
 structure

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:11.920
 and then

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.500
 he sets

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.960
 them in

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.379
 place

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:15.320
 it's

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:15.480
 his

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.800
 doing

00:21:15.800 --> 00:21:19.220
 every

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.680
 Christian

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.740
 is a

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:20.920
 living

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.480
 stone

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:23.080
 with a

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.740
 place

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.780
 among

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.160
 God's

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.480
 people

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.140
 you have

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.500
 a fitting

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.100
 place

00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.860
 brother and

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.160
 sister

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:31.920
 our

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.180
 great

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.540
 stone

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 mason

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 he

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 he takes

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 all things

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 into

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 consideration

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 when he

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 fits

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 and joins

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 his

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 living

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 stones

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 together

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 our

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 great

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 stone

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 mason

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 actually

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 chooses

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 to use

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 a variety

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 of stones

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 to build

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 one structure

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 that's what

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 he was doing

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 in first

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 century

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 Ephesus

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 our Lord

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:58.920
 Jesus

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 was building

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 one structure

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 out of two

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 very different

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 people

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 culturally

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 Jews and

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 Gentiles

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 there was

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 known hostility

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 between them

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 and the

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 Lord Jesus

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 brought peace

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 to them

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 through his

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 blood

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 making them

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 into one

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 new man

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 so that's

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 why in

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 verse 21

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 Paul begins

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 with in

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 whom the

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 whole structure

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 is being

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 joined

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 together

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 Jews and

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 Gentiles

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 and then in

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 verse 22

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 he narrows

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 it down

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 to saying

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 in him

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 you

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 you

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 converted

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 Gentiles

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 are being

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 built into

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 the church

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 into

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 this building

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 together

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 what he's

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 saying is

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 he's singling

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 out these

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 people who

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 may not

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 have been

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 felt feeling

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 like they

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 were a

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 part of

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 God's

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 people

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 God's

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 plan for

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 the fullness

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 of time

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 was to

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 reveal a

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 mystery

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.639
 through the

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 church

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 to make

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 his wisdom

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 known

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 and that

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 wisdom

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 that mystery

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 is bringing

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 together a

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 people who

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 would otherwise

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 not want

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 anything to do

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 with each

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 other

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 and bring

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 them together

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 into one

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 united

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 people

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 through

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 Christ

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 God

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 our Lord

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 Jesus

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 is intentionally

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 selecting

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 living

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 stones

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 who were

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 separated

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 and hostile

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 to each

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 other at

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 one point

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 prepares

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 them

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 he fits

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 them

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 and he

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.440
 sets them

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 together

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 and it

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.700
 speaks a

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 word about

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 our great

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 God

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 the great

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 stone maker

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.700
 intentionally

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.519
 chooses

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.980
 stones of

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 different

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.740
 colors

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.500
 different

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 textures

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 different

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 shapes

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 and sizes

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.579
 from different

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 quarries

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.940
 and he

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.740
 brings them

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.500
 together

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.900
 fit together

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.720
 as one

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.819
 multicultural

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 temple

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 for God

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.460
 to dwell in

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 together

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 it's glorious

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.980
 work he's

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.259
 doing

00:23:56.259 --> 00:24:00.079
 Jesus

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 is in the

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.000
 business of

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 uniting people

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 who would

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200
 otherwise

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.500
 not like

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.980
 each other

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.319
 who would

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.840
 otherwise

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.840
 avoid each

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 other

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 ignore each

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 other

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 write each

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 other off

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 here's what

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.759
 this means

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.340
 for us

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:17.819
 maybe you're in

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.220
 the room

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.120
 here and

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.539
 you're thinking

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.900
 well

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.980
 I need

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.360
 to be a

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 Caucasian

00:24:23.040 --> 00:24:23.340
 in order

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.800
 to be a

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.519
 part of

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.100
 Christ the

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 King

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:25.820
 Church

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:29.240
 in order

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.680
 for me to

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.120
 feel like

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.900
 I fit

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.480
 into

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.060
 Christ the

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:32.240
 King

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.740
 Church

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.640
 I need

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:33.980
 to be a

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.200
 certain

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.000
 skin color

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.320
 well it's

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.800
 not true

00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:40.120
 because Jesus

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.519
 the great

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.580
 stone maker

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.580
 Mason

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:44.000
 he's bringing

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.880
 in different

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.620
 stones from

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:47.060
 different shapes

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.519
 and sizes

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.019
 and colors

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.099
 it's all to

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.980
 array his

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.619
 structure

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.420
 because he

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.779
 has a

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.240
 purpose

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.599
 the form

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.400
 serves a

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.859
 function

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:58.299
 rather

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.879
 if you're

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.539
 aware of

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.139
 your ethnicity

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.960
 when we

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.339
 gather

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.940
 together

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:05.099
 could it

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.940
 be that

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.359
 Jesus

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.819
 has you

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.519
 here to

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.339
 set you

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.519
 in this

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.000
 people

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.799
 for a

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.319
 purpose

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:15.900
 maybe

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.740
 maybe the

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.059
 issue

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.079
 you feel

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.579
 out of

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.299
 place

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.019
 not so

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.200
 much

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.740
 because of

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:20.919
 your

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.379
 ethnicity

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.339
 but more

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.779
 because

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.339
 you're like

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.299
 I have

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.779
 no church

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.220
 background

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.619
 everybody

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.980
 around here

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.000
 when the

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.500
 pastor says

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.879
 open up

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.259
 your Bible

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.859
 they know

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.339
 right where

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.679
 to go

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.139
 I have

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.500
 no idea

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.759
 where to

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.000
 go

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.599
 and you

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.940
 can start

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.579
 feeling like

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.220
 you don't

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.759
 belong

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.359
 you don't

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.240
 fit in

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.119
 because you

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.619
 don't have

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.460
 a working

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.119
 knowledge

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.799
 of the Bible

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.159
 you don't

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.599
 have this

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.319
 history

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.819
 in the

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.319
 church

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:46.559
 well it's

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.859
 just not

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.259
 true

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:50.339
 the great

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.899
 stone

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.679
 mason

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.139
 Jesus

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:53.659
 he doesn't

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.559
 include you

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.220
 as part of

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.119
 his building

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.099
 because of

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.559
 your experience

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.139
 with the

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.460
 church

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.559
 he includes

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.139
 you in his

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.480
 building

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.359
 through his

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.779
 blood

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:07.179
 so if you

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.500
 think you

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.799
 need to

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.939
 become more

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.539
 churchy

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.159
 in order to

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.500
 fit into

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.960
 Christ the

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.079
 king

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.339
 church

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.700
 it's just

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.299
 not true

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:15.339
 you have

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.720
 a fitting

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.480
 place here

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.379
 and this

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.180
 building will

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.159
 benefit from

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:20.019
 your being

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.960
 placed in

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.440
 our midst

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.700
 or maybe

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.099
 it's something

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.700
 like this

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:27.980
 you think

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.319
 you need to

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.599
 have your

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.180
 act together

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.879
 you look

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.440
 around you

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.720
 and you

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.259
 and you're

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.639
 like oh

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:32.879
 I'm not

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.399
 like that

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.919
 sharp

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.319
 dude

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.440
 I'm not

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.099
 like that

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.859
 lovely

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.279
 gal

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.279
 and you

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.700
 think you

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.240
 feel out

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.960
 of place

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.940
 because

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.579
 you're

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.380
 like if

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.759
 you knew

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.559
 my life

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.620
 if you

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:46.960
 knew my

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.519
 history

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.940
 if you

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.420
 knew

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.059
 what

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.000
 what's

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.440
 behind

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.140
 me

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.299
 no no

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.600
 not like

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:56.880
 that

00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:00.019
 all of us

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.480
 need help

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.480
 none of us

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.819
 has their

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.420
 act together

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:07.960
 the only

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.559
 thing you

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.440
 need in

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.819
 order to be

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.440
 part of

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.820
 God's

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.180
 temple

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.880
 is to

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.039
 be

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.360
 purchased

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.820
 by the

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.019
 blood

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.420
 of Jesus

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.860
 that's

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.100
 what you

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.340
 need

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.460
 you don't

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.680
 need to

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:16.900
 act

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.180
 together

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.420
 you don't

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.539
 have to

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.120
 become more

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.600
 churchy

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:18.799
 you don't

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.059
 have to

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.640
 become white

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.640
 in fact

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.059
 we believe

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.899
 that the

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.879
 greater diversity

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.919
 brings greater

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.440
 richness

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.720
 to our

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.139
 gathering

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:31.960
 our

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.480
 Lord Jesus

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.179
 Christ is

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.839
 fitting together

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.319
 men and

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.740
 women from

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.379
 different

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.700
 even hostile

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.720
 backgrounds

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.659
 opposing

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.399
 cultures

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.480
 and conflicting

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.359
 experiences

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.279
 and he's

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.839
 building

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.839
 one

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.839
 new

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.799
 structure

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.460
 through his

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.740
 blood

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:52.200
 I just

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.380
 want to

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.859
 remind you

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.140
 that those

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.799
 phrases being

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.460
 joined together

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.839
 and being

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.539
 built together

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.920
 well they're in

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.279
 the present

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.759
 tense

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.900
 it's a work

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.240
 our Lord

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.779
 Jesus is

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.480
 doing among

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.240
 us now

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.900
 in this

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.220
 city

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:11.400
 we're not

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.680
 where we

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:11.960
 want to

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.180
 be

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:16.099
 but Jesus

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.599
 is working

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.120
 on that

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.199
 he's

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.919
 growing us

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.239
 and he's

00:28:20.239 --> 00:28:21.059
 diversifying

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.839
 us slowly

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.859
 he's

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.219
 he's

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:23.779
 getting us

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.439
 in close

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.139
 proximity

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.659
 to one

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.019
 another

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.939
 of different

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.679
 backgrounds

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.199
 so that we

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.779
 can learn

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.219
 from one

00:28:29.219 --> 00:28:29.479
 another

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:30.899
 do you

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.199
 know how

00:28:31.199 --> 00:28:31.539
 to get

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.979
 in close

00:28:31.979 --> 00:28:32.479
 proximity

00:28:32.479 --> 00:28:33.099
 to somebody

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.399
 who's

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.639
 unlike

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:33.899
 you

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:35.439
 use your

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.659
 dinner

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.079
 table

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.179
 invite

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.759
 them over

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.500
 invite

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.979
 yourself

00:28:40.979 --> 00:28:41.339
 over

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.919
 to someone's

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.239
 house

00:28:42.239 --> 00:28:44.299
 get close

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.639
 to one

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:44.919
 another

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.600
 you have

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.140
 so much

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.660
 in common

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.000
 if you're

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.220
 both

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.519
 blood

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.840
 bought

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:51.400
 so

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.660
 Christ

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:51.980
 the King

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.380
 Church

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.620
 if you're

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:53.980
 hearing what

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.440
 I'm saying

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.039
 if

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.259
 if what we're

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.940
 reading here

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.640
 is true

00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:00.000
 are you

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.500
 ready to

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.080
 welcome

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.820
 people

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:04.020
 into close

00:29:04.020 --> 00:29:04.720
 proximity

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.360
 who are

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.740
 different

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.180
 than you

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.420
 who may

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.880
 not look

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.460
 like you

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.860
 who may

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.200
 not

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.240
 have the

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.520
 same

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:14.259
 tastes

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.880
 as you

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.440
 lifestyle

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.080
 as you

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.680
 or background

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.300
 as you

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:19.180
 are you

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.480
 ready

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.440
 are you

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.740
 ready to

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.080
 welcome

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.420
 them

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.520
 because

00:29:22.520 --> 00:29:23.160
 Jesus is

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.500
 bringing

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.840
 them

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.279
 and he

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.939
 wants to

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:27.000
 join

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.519
 them

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.319
 to us

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.019
 through his

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.419
 blood

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:33.000
 our great

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.659
 stonemason

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:35.519
 is actively

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.579
 at work

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:38.119
 bringing

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.079
 people

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:41.119
 and fitting

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.679
 them and

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.439
 setting them

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:43.459
 into this

00:29:43.459 --> 00:29:44.119
 particular

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.639
 temple

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.959
 Christ

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.299
 the King

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.779
 Church

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.779
 use your

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.379
 dinner table

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.779
 wouldn't it

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.240
 be great

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:53.119
 three or

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.579
 five

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.259
 seven years

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.699
 from now

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:56.839
 that when

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.579
 you pan

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.980
 over our

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.500
 church

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.679
 and when

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.119
 you see

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.699
 the leadership

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.419
 team of

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.000
 our church

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.779
 our leadership

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259
 team is

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.460
 marked by a

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.579
 diversification

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.519
 of culture

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.639
 and experience

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:11.139
 our deacons

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.659
 and our life

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.199
 group leaders

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.779
 our worship

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.319
 leaders

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.659
 our volunteers

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.500
 there's just

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.179
 greater and

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.899
 greater diversity

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.000
 because our

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.559
 Lord Jesus

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.039
 the great

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.539
 stonemason

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.139
 is bringing

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:22.220
 different stones

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.659
 and setting

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.419
 them in place

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:28.200
 we have one

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.840
 cornerstone

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:31.580
 and we have

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.480
 one structure

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.720
 our Lord Jesus

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.539
 is building us

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.960
 together

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.000
 which brings me

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.500
 to the last

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.860
 point

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.340
 we have one

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.800
 function

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:42.700
 we are

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.720
 the dwelling

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.660
 place of God

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:46.019
 one cornerstone

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.300
 one structure

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:48.580
 one function

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:51.939
 our Lord Jesus

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:53.159
 is forming

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:54.319
 us together

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.839
 for a purpose

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.480
 and that purpose

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.460
 is clued in

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.199
 with the word

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:00.799
 into

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.939
 look at verse

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:02.339
 21

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:04.439
 in whom

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.099
 the whole

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.619
 structure

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.539
 being joined

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.919
 together

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.599
 grows

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.759
 into

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:10.079
 a holy

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.559
 temple

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.319
 in the Lord

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.779
 look at verse

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.139
 22

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.039
 in him you

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.720
 also are being

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.699
 built together

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.940
 into

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.039
 a dwelling

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.019
 place for God

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.019
 by the spirit

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.299
 now what you

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.019
 need to understand

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.759
 is that the

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.740
 function for which

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.660
 Jesus is

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.940
 joining us all

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.539
 together and

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.160
 building us

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.460
 is not to be

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.380
 an entertainment

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.000
 center

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.880
 we know that

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:31.539
 it's not to be

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.440
 a self-help

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.880
 center

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.980
 we know that

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.620
 it's not to be

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.440
 a keep up

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.779
 with the

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.420
 Joneses

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.000
 center

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.380
 we know that

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.559
 our Lord Jesus

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.380
 is fitting us

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.039
 together into

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.559
 a

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.880
 temple

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.900
 do you know

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.279
 what a temple

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.599
 is

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.039
 it's a place

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.579
 of worship

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:52.299
 where people

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.940
 would come

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:55.360
 offer sacrifice

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:56.180
 offer prayers

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.019
 sing praises

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.940
 in Ephesus

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.839
 at this time

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.599
 that Paul wrote

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.980
 this

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:01.440
 the temple

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.120
 of Artemis

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.700
 was standing

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.620
 it was one of

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.319
 the seven wonders

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.919
 of the world

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:06.079
 and it was a

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.239
 huge money maker

00:32:07.239 --> 00:32:07.799
 for that

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.079
 local economy

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.419
 at the same

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:10.899
 time

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:12.019
 Jerusalem

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.519
 the

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.799
 temple that

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.599
 Herod the Great

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.059
 had built

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.739
 it was still

00:32:16.739 --> 00:32:17.159
 standing

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.659
 it only had a

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.099
 couple years

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.959
 before be raised

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.500
 in 70

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.579
 but it was still

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.339
 standing too

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.659
 both temples

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.299
 were temples

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.019
 built by

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.239
 human hands

00:32:25.239 --> 00:32:27.919
 but what's

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.739
 remarkable about

00:32:28.739 --> 00:32:29.139
 this

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:30.500
 is this temple

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.679
 that is

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.759
 being talked

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.279
 about by

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.740
 Paul

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.680
 is a temple

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.879
 being built

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:37.079
 with the hands

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.980
 of our great

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.599
 stonemason

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.279
 Jesus

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:43.339
 into one

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.759
 new man

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.259
 the word

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.940
 holy means

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.440
 to be

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.299
 distinct

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.099
 set apart

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.480
 set apart

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.359
 from common

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.720
 use

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.639
 and set apart

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.500
 for sacred

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.160
 use

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.059
 the blood

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.500
 of Jesus

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.460
 has set

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.579
 all of us

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.920
 apart

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.879
 from the world

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.760
 in order

00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:00.780
 in order

00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:01.420
 to be

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.220
 set apart

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.260
 for God

00:33:03.260 --> 00:33:04.140
 and together

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.880
 we live

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.700
 distinct

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.700
 lives

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.540
 for our

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:08.000
 Lord

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.540
 Jesus

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.240
 Christ

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.500
 and what

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.180
 sets us

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.640
 apart

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:15.040
 is the one

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:15.480
 who dwells

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.980
 in our midst

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:19.980
 we are being

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.680
 joined together

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.520
 into a

00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:22.260
 holy temple

00:33:22.260 --> 00:33:23.720
 being built

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.200
 together

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.720
 into

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.000
 the dwelling

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.640
 place

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.820
 of God

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:29.539
 by the Spirit

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:31.559
 God

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:33.139
 dwells

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:34.259
 in our

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.919
 midst

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.599
 Christ

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.899
 the King

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.299
 Church

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.000
 God

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.899
 is present

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.899
 among us

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:40.879
 by the Holy

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.519
 Spirit

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.139
 Christ

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.460
 the King

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.000
 Church

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:45.940
 what's interesting

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.599
 is that

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.519
 Paul is writing

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.380
 to Gentiles

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.440
 and these Gentiles

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.200
 in the first century

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.539
 were fully aware

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:53.019
 that the temple

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.920
 in Jerusalem

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:55.299
 they had

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.559
 a certain section

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:58.140
 only for Gentiles

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.819
 and they could go

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.700
 no more further

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.500
 into the temple

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:03.099
 well here

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.960
 what's being said

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.339
 is

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.880
 you

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:07.559
 are the temple

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.059
 you are the temple

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.440
 of God

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.980
 the dwelling

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.079
 place of God

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.819
 in the Bible

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.739
 is a story

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.299
 of God

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.699
 dwelling

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.539
 with his people

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.559
 in his place

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.579
 starts off

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.099
 in Genesis

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.400
 God dwelling

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.880
 with Adam

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.279
 and Eve

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.880
 in the garden

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.619
 he soon

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.380
 kicks them out

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.880
 because of their

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.559
 disobedience

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.840
 God goes on

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.239
 to dwell

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.960
 with Israel

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.960
 in the tabernacle

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.719
 that fancy

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.179
 tent

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:30.239
 that was mobile

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.920
 in Exodus

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.920
 into Joshua

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.679
 God with his people

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.219
 as they go

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:35.239
 to the promised land

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.099
 but that

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.980
 fancy tent

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.940
 doesn't last

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.920
 because when they

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.940
 get in the promised land

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:44.320
 a temple

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.800
 is built

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.539
 by Solomon

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:47.840
 and in 1 Kings 8

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.119
 God comes

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.039
 and dwells

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.700
 take us up

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.380
 residence

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.700
 in that temple

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.679
 in a special way

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.800
 and he fills it

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.800
 with his presence

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:57.539
 but that doesn't

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.099
 last either

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.119
 that temple

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.920
 gets raised

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.500
 and if you fast

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.920
 forward

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.960
 to John

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.840
 chapter 1

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.780
 verse 14

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:06.039
 the word

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.519
 became flesh

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.220
 and dwelt

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.360
 among us

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:12.820
 the Lord Jesus

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.480
 is God

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.380
 present

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.440
 with his people

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.340
 but Jesus

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.440
 was crucified

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.099
 dead

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.640
 raised

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.340
 and ascended

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:23.620
 and on Pentecost

00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:25.880
 God by his

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.599
 Holy Spirit

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:28.360
 came to dwell

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.400
 in his new temple

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:31.180
 his people

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:33.039
 the church

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:35.099
 and that's

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.559
 where we are

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.860
 now

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:38.219
 we are the

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.579
 residents

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.179
 of God

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.800
 we are the

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.440
 dwelling place

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.860
 of God

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:43.300
 but just

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.380
 truth and advertising

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.059
 it's not going to

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.659
 stay this way

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:47.900
 because when Jesus

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.759
 comes back

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.860
 he's going to make

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.920
 all things right

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.519
 he's going to

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.800
 recreate the heavens

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.320
 and the earth

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.099
 the new Jerusalem

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.900
 will descend

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.920
 and what Revelation

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.820
 21-22

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.619
 makes clear

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.099
 is this

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.000
 there will be

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.019
 no temple

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.179
 in the new Jerusalem

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.679
 because

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:05.079
 the temple

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.420
 is the Lord God

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.820
 Almighty

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.480
 and the Lamb

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.719
 no more need

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:11.820
 we will see him

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.480
 face to face

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.599
 here's the point

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.539
 God has always

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.300
 intended to dwell

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.940
 with his people

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.219
 and he dwells

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.980
 in us

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.019
 in a most special

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.659
 way now

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:26.480
 and here's how

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.480
 I want to apply it

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.760
 because

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:32.300
 a holy God

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.760
 is dwelling

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.420
 in our midst

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:37.960
 it makes a difference

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.800
 in how we relate

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.480
 with one another

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:42.159
 our relationships

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.019
 with one another

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:44.079
 must be marked

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.880
 more and more

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.519
 by holiness

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:48.840
 regardless of

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.719
 if you're

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:51.420
 the same

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.300
 color of people

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.860
 or different

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.699
 color of people

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.940
 same economic

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.440
 income

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.260
 or different

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.280
 same education

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.519
 level

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.119
 or different

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.119
 what I'm about

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.700
 to describe

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.119
 to you

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:01.300
 is the holiness

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:03.240
 that befits us

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:04.260
 as the dwelling

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.240
 place of God

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:06.900
 if you turn to

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:08.079
 Ephesians chapter 4

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.820
 verse 25

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.780
 here's how we're

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.599
 going to apply this

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.619
 because God

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.500
 is in our midst

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.619
 we put away

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.220
 falsehood

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.260
 and we speak

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.679
 the truth

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.380
 with one another

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.500
 for we are

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.139
 members of one

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.460
 another

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.119
 living stones

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.980
 set together

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:26.000
 our proximity

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.340
 is designed

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.340
 to give grace

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.980
 to one another

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:31.800
 in 426

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.320
 and 27

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:33.059
 we don't get

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.860
 sinfully angry

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.460
 with one another

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.240
 we're quick

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.840
 to make peace

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.420
 with one another

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.960
 because that's

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.440
 holiness

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.500
 in relationships

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:42.059
 in 428

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.019
 we don't steal

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.219
 we share

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.840
 with one another

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.460
 because that's

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.059
 holiness

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.679
 lived out

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.480
 in relationships

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:49.900
 in verse 29

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.699
 we don't

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.880
 speak corrupt

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.900
 talk with

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.500
 one another

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.539
 we don't tear

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.880
 each other

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.340
 down with

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.840
 our words

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.300
 we build

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.900
 one another

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.599
 up with

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.220
 our words

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:01.019
 as fits

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.599
 the occasion

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.320
 giving grace

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.740
 to those

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.320
 who hear

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.800
 that's holiness

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.800
 lived out

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.800
 in relationships

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.019
 429

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.340
 we are said

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.700
 told

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.700
 we do this

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.400
 so as not

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.860
 to grieve

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.740
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:14.119
 who we were

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.700
 sealed for the

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.360
 day of redemption

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.760
 who dwells

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.700
 in us

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:22.179
 and if

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.039
 there is

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.460
 this

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.159
 pinnacle

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.279
 of holiness

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:27.099
 it's in 5

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.659
 1 and 2

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:29.879
 there we're

00:38:29.879 --> 00:38:30.239
 told

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.439
 be imitators

00:38:31.439 --> 00:38:31.839
 of God

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.339
 be holy

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.960
 as I am

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.219
 holy

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.759
 as beloved

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.179
 children

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:35.000
 and walk

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.480
 in love

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.039
 as Christ

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.659
 loved us

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.000
 and gave

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.539
 himself up

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.019
 for us

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.859
 a fragrant

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:39.379
 offering

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:40.059
 and sacrifice

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.779
 to God

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:42.199
 the ultimate

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.960
 expression

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.759
 of holy

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.399
 relationships

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:45.119
 is loving

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.639
 one another

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.619
 we are the

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.239
 dwelling place

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.679
 of God

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.019
 I've tried

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.559
 to show you

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.359
 our one

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:55.420
 cornerstone

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.980
 Jesus

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.339
 he's alive

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:58.659
 we are his

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.679
 one structure

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.500
 living stones

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.079
 being built

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.440
 up

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.460
 intentionally

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.960
 diverse

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.900
 and we have

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.579
 one function

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:07.139
 to be the

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.819
 dwelling place

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:08.359
 of God

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:09.639
 and to

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.420
 live out

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.119
 the holiness

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.319
 that he has

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:13.519
 made us to be

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:17.860
 these truths

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.239
 are to

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.800
 shape

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.659
 the way

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.320
 we think

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.739
 about

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.320
 ourselves

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:24.619
 these truths

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.900
 are to

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.519
 stir

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.000
 our feelings

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.599
 to want

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.840
 us to

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.519
 pursue holiness

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.019
 with one

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.300
 another

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:33.400
 and they're

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.880
 to shape

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.679
 our priorities

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:39.300
 I want

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.739
 to close

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.699
 this morning

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:42.900
 by praying

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:45.200
 what I want

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.519
 to pray

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 a Pauline

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 prayer

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 can I show

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 you from

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 this text

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 Paul has

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 just been

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 talking about

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 this holy

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 dwelling place

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 we are his

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 temple

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 and he wraps

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 up in 22

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 in verse

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 chapter 3

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 verse 1

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 Paul says

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 for this reason

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 I Paul

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 a prisoner

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 of Christ

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 Jesus

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 on behalf

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 of you

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 Gentiles

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 and then he

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 interrupts

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 himself

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 he's talking

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 about God's

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 wisdom

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 on display

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 through the

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 church

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 and then he

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 comes back

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 in verse 14

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 he picks up

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 where he left

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 off in verse 1

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 for this reason

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 I bow my knees

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 before the father

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 from whom every

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 family in heaven

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 and on earth

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 is named

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 that according

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 to the riches

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 of his glory

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 he may grant

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 you to be

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 strengthened

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 with power

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 through his

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 spirit

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 in your inner

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 being

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 so that Christ

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 may dwell in

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 your hearts

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 through faith

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 that you

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 being rooted

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 and grounded

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 in love

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 may have

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 strength

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 to comprehend

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 together

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 with all the

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 saints

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 what is the

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 breadth

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 and length

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 and height

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 and depth

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 and to know

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 the love

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 of Christ

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 that surpasses

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 knowledge

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 and that you

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 may be filled

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 with all the

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 fullness of God

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 he prays

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 that the Holy

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 Spirit

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 would impress

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 upon us

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 who our Lord

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 Jesus is

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 and the great

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 love with which

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 he loves us

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 and that is not

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 only to unite us

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 it's to fill us

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 and to that end

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 let me close

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 in prayer

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 Lord Jesus

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 our great

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 cornerstone

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 the great

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 builder of the

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 church

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 the one

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 the one

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 in whom

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 has made it

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 all possible

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 Lord Jesus

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 would you do

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 a great work

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 in us

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 Father would you

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 pour out your

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 Holy Spirit

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 upon us

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 that you would

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 strengthen our

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 inner beings

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 by faith

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 that Christ

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 would dwell

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 in our hearts

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 individually

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 and corporately

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 and that we

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 would have the

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 strength to

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 comprehend

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 all of us

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 together

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 the glory

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 of your love

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 for us

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 your multi

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 dimensional

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 love for us

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 and that

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 love for us

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 would fill

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 us

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 and strengthen

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 us

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 and unite

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 us

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 Spirit

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 of the

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 living God

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 would you

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 fall upon

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 us

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 and fill

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 us

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 afresh

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 we ask

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 this in

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 your name

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 amen

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 so

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 you

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 you

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 you

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 come

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 and

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 come

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 in

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 you