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 I'm glad when I was being looked at to lead St. Paul's about five and a half years ago

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 that I didn't get a job description like this one shoved under my nose.

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 It reads, First Presbyterian Church of Warrington, South Carolina,

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 is yet again seeking a senior minister.

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 Duties include all preaching and teaching responsibilities for Sunday morning

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 and Sunday nights with exegetical sermons and average length of 45 minutes.

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 Pastor will also be responsible for all teaching on Wednesday nights

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 and the adult Sunday school class.

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 In addition, we are currently without a youth pastor

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 and so the pastor will also be temporarily responsible

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 for all youth activities, Bible studies and fellowships.

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 The pastor is also responsible for all hospital, shut-in, sick visitations for members,

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 former members, close friends of either,

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 as well as any family of the stated by a relationship,

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 a fourth cousin, twice removed or better.

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 The pastor will be expected to plan and lead an annual mission trip

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 and coordinate all funding activities for the trip.

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 The pastor will be available to 24 hours, seven days a week

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 to talk with any member of the congregation

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 or the above stated persons either face-to-face or on the phone.

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 Furthermore, the pastor will be held personally,

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 directly responsible for the spiritual wellbeing of every member of the congregation.

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 The pastor will be expected to attend all sporting,

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 special sporting events of the youth of the church,

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 including all homecoming events, chaperoning the high school dance,

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 prom night, playoffs and any chair leading competitions or functions.

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 Furthermore, we highly encourage ministry to persons in the community at large

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 beyond ministry within the church,

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 so far as it does not interfere with the immediate responsibilities

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 to the above stated persons associated with our congregation.

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 The pastor will also be present at all session meetings,

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 deacadent meetings and all committee meetings.

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 The pastor will also be available for all funerals and weddings

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 of any of the above stated person,

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 regardless of when it occurs or what personal circumstances

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 might be going in his life or in his family's life.

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 Duties are expected to take approximately 40 hours a week.

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 Inquiries may be made to ruling elder Dave Wellington Sr.,

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 ruling elder Dave Wellington Jr. or ruling elder Dave Wellington III.

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 In fact, if a job description of that was put under my nose,

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 I wouldn't be here.

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 I'm pretty sure that that's a joke.

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 I mean, I hope it's a joke.

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 But given the response of some people who made online to that so-called ad,

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 I'm not sure.

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 There are a number of pastors out there who resonated quite painfully

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 with that job description.

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 That is, they were burnt out with expectations.

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 Now, if you were writing the requirements of the Christian leader,

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 what would you include?

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 What would you put down?

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 Not sure?

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 1 Corinthians 4 helps us.

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 It helps us to see what Christian leadership is all about

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 and some of the things we should look for in our leadership.

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 You see, the church at Corinth was like the Olympics,

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 something like ice skating competition at the Olympics,

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 where the church is sitting over there in the judges' panel,

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 and based on the performance of their leaders,

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 they held up their scorecards.

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 And it was based purely on personal preferences,

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 not on anything else,

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 but on personal preferences and expectations.

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 There was an unhealthy habit of different groups in the church

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 associating themselves with different

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 and various well-known Christian leaders,

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 while at the same time putting all the other groups

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 and the other leaders down.

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 These believers in Corinth were adopting too many leadership models

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 from the surrounding world.

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 They were infatuated with great orators,

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 show of knowledge and philosophical teachings,

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 and they were judging their leaders

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 according to what was valued in the marketplace at Corinth.

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 Many of them prized form above content,

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 prestige above humility,

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 knowledge above confessions of ignorance

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 and human limitations of knowledge,

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 rhetoric above truth,

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 money above people,

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 and reputation above integrity.

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 They had taken their eyes off the one that they followed,

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 the crucified Messiah, the Lord Jesus.

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 And so Paul now gives some advice

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 on the sort of leaders

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 that they should in fact be lining up to follow,

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 and this is the closing off of this whole section

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 of chapters 1 to 4 on factions in the church.

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 And this is meant to kill the factions in the church.

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 And the first thing they're to look for in a leader

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 is someone who leads to please Jesus first and foremost.

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 He says in verse 1,

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 so chapter 1 Corinthians 4, verse 1,

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 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ

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 and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.

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 Two elements stand out,

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 and both of them are tied to things Paul's already explained

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 in chapters 2 and 3.

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 Firstly, Christian leaders are to see themselves

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 simply as servants of one particular master.

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 They serve Jesus Christ.

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 And secondly, at the heart of their commission

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 that they've received from their master Jesus

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 lies one particular assignment,

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 and that is they're entrusted with the secret things of God.

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 And these two elements actually merge into one.

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 What it means to be a servant of Christ

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 is an obligation to promote the gospel of the crucified Christ

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 by both word and by example.

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 And that is absolutely fundamental.

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 I would go as far as to say

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 that there is no valid Christian leadership

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 that does not throb with that priority.

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 The Christian leaders here must prove faithful

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 to this fundamental task,

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 and they must prove faithful to the one

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 who has assigned them to that task.

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 Notice, they're not to prove faithful to the church,

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 but faithful to the one who has assigned them to the task,

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 And so leaders must make sure

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 that they're not trying to win popularity contests

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 within the church.

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 And that's what Paul means when he says in verse 3,

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 I care very little if I'm judged by you

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 or by any human court.

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 That is, there is only one person

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 who's well done on the last day

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 actually means anything to Paul.

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 And he plays accordingly.

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 Once upon a time, many years ago,

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 before age and injury,

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 I used to play soccer, football,

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 that sort of stuff.

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 Any opportunity I did, I got.

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 And what I noticed in both sports,

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 in fact, in most sports,

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 when you've got people on the sidelines

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 watching you play,

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 that whenever they cheered,

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 it meant well done.

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 And what you tried to do was do it again.

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 And so you score a goal,

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 something like that,

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 you know, run over with a try

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 and clap and you go,

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 and you go,

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 I must do that again.

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 I must try hard to do that again.

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 In my later life of sport,

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 I found it more difficult to score tries

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 and I found that I got bigger cheers

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 from my side

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 when I took out the opposition instead.

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 And so I'd clobber some poor young 18-year-old

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 running down the...

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 I couldn't catch him.

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 But if I did,

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 I was clobbering him.

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 And so the cheer,

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 way from my side.

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 But if my side ever went,

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 oh,

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 you know,

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 you'd make a mistake,

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 you'd drop the ball

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 or something like that.

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 Mental note,

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 don't do that again.

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 You were playing the game

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 based on the applause

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 on the sidelines.

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 And I think what Paul's saying here is

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 to Christian leaders,

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 and I want to say to you as Christians as well,

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 who's in your grandstand?

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 Who's on the sidelines cheering you?

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 What Paul's saying here is

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 there's only one person

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 who it actually matters

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 who's in the grandstand

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 or on the sidelines.

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 And that's Jesus.

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 And Paul's saying that

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 I lead as a Christian leader

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 to get his applause

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 and no one else's.

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 Not my parents,

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 whether they be dead or alive.

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 Not friends,

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 not society,

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 not even the church.

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 Not even you, Corinthians,

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 are on the sideline.

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 I don't play to you guys.

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 He says in verse 4,

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 it is the Lord who judges me.

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 The Christian leader's ultimate allegiance

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 must be to the church.

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 Must not be to the church, sorry,

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 or to any individual leader

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 or to any tradition.

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 It must be to the Lord alone.

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 Now, don't hear me wrongly here.

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 I'm not trying to milk this passage

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 for more than it's actually saying.

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 Paul does not mean

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 that there is no place in his life

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 for self-examination or self-discipline.

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 His own writings in 1 Corinthians 9,

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 which we'll get to a little bit later,

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 and 2 Corinthians 13

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 make it absolutely clear.

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 He's not abolishing functions of judgment

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 and accountability in the church.

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 Paul is not absolving Christians

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 from the responsibility

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 to discern behavior and teaching

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 from the scriptures.

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 He is condemning the kind of judging

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 that's happening here in Corinth, though,

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 that sits on the sideline

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 and gives a low score to a Christian leader

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 purely based on personal preferences.

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 That this Christian leader,

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 they're writing off Christian leaders

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 because they don't fit neatly into my camp

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 or they don't,

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 they seem to compete

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 with my personal preferences

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 and they're not in my pocket.

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 Paul's condemning that kind of judgment.

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 And you know,

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 the best part of this paragraph

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 is the way it ends.

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 With the final day of judgment in view,

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 Paul might have expected to say,

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 at that time,

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 that is,

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 the Christian leader

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 will receive his rebuke from God.

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 You know,

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 because that's what he's receiving

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 from all these Corinthians,

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 criticism, rebuke.

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 They're always telling him,

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 you've got it wrong,

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 you know,

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 and he's expecting that maybe God

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 might do that too,

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 but instead he says,

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 at that time,

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 each will receive

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 his praise

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 from God.

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 How delightful.

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 At least in this case,

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 God raises his scorecard

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 from the grandstand

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 on his servants

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 entrusted with the gospel

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 and his judgment

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 is less severe

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 than the self-appointed judges

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 of the church in Corinth.

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 The king of the universe

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 is a wise father

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 who knows how to encourage

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 even the weakest efforts

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 of his children

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 who have laboured,

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 laboured,

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 laboured

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 for one thing,

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 his approval at the end.

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 Well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 On the last day,

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 God himself

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 will praise him.

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 And so the Christian leader

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 has one spectator.

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 One spectator

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 and his assessment

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 is the only assessment

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 that counts.

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 That's the first thing

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 to look for in your leaders

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 is someone

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 who leads

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 to please Jesus

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 first and foremost.

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 The second thing

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 to look for

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 in Christian leaders

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 is a life

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 that exemplifies

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 the humility

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 of the cross itself.

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 This is the heart

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 of the problem at Corinth.

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 Have a look there.

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 Notice verse 6 and 7.

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 He uses words

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 like pride and boast.

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 Pride

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 is their problem.

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 They are boasting

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 about various skills

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 and insights

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 of their various leaders

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 and the irony is

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 that they're actually

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 boasting

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 about things

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 that are purely

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 gifts from God.

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 Paul argues here

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 that if you've received

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 some special help

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 or insight

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 or strength

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 from one particular leader,

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 isn't that simply

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 one of God's

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 fine gifts to you?

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 That's how it should be seen.

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 And if it's a gift,

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 then it shouldn't cause

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 a sense of pride

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 within you.

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 Is this not true

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 of anything

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 that we value?

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 You know,

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 when we get applauded,

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 how often do we

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 humbly transfer

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 the applause

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 to its true source?

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 How often

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 do we do that?

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 Well,

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 given on what we just sang,

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 apparently we do it

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 all the time.

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 Did we not just sing

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 every blessing

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 you pour out

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 will turn back

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 to praise?

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 We sang it with gusto,

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 I'm assuming we must.

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 And yet,

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 the reality is,

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 intellectually,

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 we know God

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 is the source

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 of every blessings,

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 but our hearts

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 just love

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 the applause.

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 Every time

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 we get applauded,

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 it puffs us up.

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 Quack.

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 Quack.

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 Quack.

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 Quack.

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 Which is what

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 the word pride

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 and boasting

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 actually means

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 in 1 Corinthians.

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 It puffs us up.

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 It blows us up

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 to make us look

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 big and great.

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 It feeds our pride.

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 And verse 7

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 is meant to cut away

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 all sense of pride.

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 Verse 7

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 is like a pin

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 to the balloon.

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 And

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 he puts his finger

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 here in verse 7

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 on the central problem.

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 Their assessments

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 as this church

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 at Corinth

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 is judging

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 its leaders,

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 their assessment

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 and their judgment

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 is based

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 on their pride

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 deep in their hearts.

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 You see,

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 they thought

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 the assessments

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 of their leaders

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 was because

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 they had superior knowledge

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 and superior intellect.

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 And Paul says,

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 no, it's not.

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 It's actually

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 the pride

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 that's in your heart.

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 When they vote

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 on their leaders,

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 they were actually

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 standing in judgment

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 of their leaders

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 and standing

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 in judgment

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 over their leaders.

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 And so

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 when they said

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 we follow Paul

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 because we love

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 this about Paul,

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 they were actually

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 putting themselves

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 over the top

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 of Paul,

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 not following Paul.

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 And so

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 Paul's language

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 here is now

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 steeped in

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 biting irony.

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 The Corinthians

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 have become

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 smug and self-satisfied

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 and self-assured

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 and comfortable

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 and proud.

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 Verse 8,

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 already you have

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 all that you want.

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 Of course,

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 with the result

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 that they do not hunger

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 for the maturity

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 that they do not yet have.

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 Already you have

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 become rich

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 and so they

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 do not seek

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 spiritual wealth

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 because they think

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 they already have it.

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 And you have become

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 kings

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 or better,

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 you have begun

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 your reign

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 and so they reign

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 over the top

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 of each other

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 and over the top

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 of even the leaders

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 that they say

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 that they follow.

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 Their confession

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 of being followers

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 doesn't actually

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 match

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 with their lives.

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 Compare them

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 with the apostles,

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 the actual

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 acknowledged leaders

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 of the church.

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 Verse 9,

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 for it seems to me

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 that God has put us

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 apostles on display

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 at the end of the procession

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 like men condemned

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 to die in the arena.

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 The imagery

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 that he draws on here

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 is that

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 of the triumphal processions

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 of returning Roman legions

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 from victory in battle.

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 What used to happen

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 was they would

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 this big line up

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 sort of like

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 a ticker tape parade,

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 doors of the city,

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 gates of the city

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 would open,

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 the big generals

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 would ride in

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 and their chariots

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 and people would

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 throw flowers

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 or whatever they do,

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 I don't know,

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 and all praise,

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 the big applause

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 for those right

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 at the beginning

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 and then right

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 at the end

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 of the procession

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 is the lowest

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 of the low,

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 the slaves of the slaves

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 and they're the ones

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 who are eating

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 everyone else's dust

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 and walking through

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 everyone else's filth

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 and Paul says,

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 you think that

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 we're at the beginning,

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 you praise the guys

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 that are at the beginning,

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 we're actually right

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 at the end here,

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.319
 this is who I am

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 and what's my destiny?

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 Destiny is for the arena,

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 these slaves

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 in the triumphal

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 procession

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 of the Roman generals

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 would die

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 at the hands

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 of gladiators

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 or be thrown

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 to the wild beasts

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 just for the amusement

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 of everyone

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 who's bought a ticket

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 and he says,

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 what's at stake here,

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 I think,

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 in this paragraph

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 is a fundamental stance

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 of weighing

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 and looking at things

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.759
 for the Christian.

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 what Paul's saying here,

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 it is impossible,

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 it is the opposite

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 of the pride

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 and arrogance

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 and boasting

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 of Corinth.

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 He says,

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 we follow

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 a crucified Messiah

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 and all

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 the future promises

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 of perfect eternity,

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 all the blessings

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 of sin forgiven

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.879
 and the blessings

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 of the Spirit of God

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 do not negate

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.279
 the fact

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 that the good news

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.440
 that we present

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 focuses

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 on the foolishness

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.519
 of the cross of Christ

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 and therefore

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.359
 we are foolish

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.019
 to the world.

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 It's a message

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 that simply

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.940
 cannot be communicated

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.259
 from a position

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.099
 of pride

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 and arrogance

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 and triumphalism.

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 They are in conflict

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 with each other.

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 To do so

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 actually negates

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 the gospel.

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 Until Jesus returns

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 the Christian

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 is to take up

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 their cross.

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 That is,

00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:35.219
 we are to die

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 to self-interest

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 daily.

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 We are servants

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 of Christ.

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 We follow Jesus.

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 What does that look like?

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 Verse 11,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.759
 to this very hour

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 we go hungry

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 and thirsty,

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 we're in rags,

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 we are brutally treated,

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 we are homeless.

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 Taking up your cross

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 means sacrifice.

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 It means personal ambition

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 and comfort and security

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 are pushed to one side.

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 And taking up your cross

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 also means

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 that we walk

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 the same sacrificial,

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.879
 other person-centered,

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.180
 loving relational path

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.339
 that the Lord Jesus walked.

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 Verse 12,

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.859
 when we are cursed,

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:09.879
 we bless.

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 That's foolish

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.559
 in the eyes of the world.

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 When we are persecuted,

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 we endure it.

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 That's foolish

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.960
 in the eyes of the world.

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.500
 When we are slandered,

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.700
 we answer kindly.

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 That's foolish

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:26.420
 in the eyes of the world.

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 But we follow Christ.

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 And it's not the applause

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.060
 of the world

00:19:32.060 --> 00:19:32.800
 that we seek.

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 It is the applause

00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:35.000
 at the end of the time

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.340
 that says,

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.820
 well done.

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 The less

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 any society

00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.300
 knows of this way,

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:42.060
 the more foolish

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.960
 we will seem

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 and the more suffering

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.480
 we will endure.

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 And so be it.

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:47.180
 There is no other way

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.500
 to follow Jesus.

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 And leaders

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.259
 in the church

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.160
 will suffer the most

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.540
 because they lead

00:19:53.540 --> 00:19:55.360
 this way

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.540
 by their life

00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:57.700
 as much as their words.

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.340
 But in the end,

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.920
 all Christians

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.320
 are called

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:01.060
 to this vision

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:01.820
 of life.

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 And I think

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.920
 that Paul,

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:07.100
 I think for us,

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.920
 the reason why

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.620
 Paul's stance here

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:13.019
 seems so alien

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 to us

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 is that we have

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 unwittingly become

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 more like the

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 Corinthian Christians

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 than we have of Paul.

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 many of us

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 are so

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 well-to-do,

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 comfortable,

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 with little incentive

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 to live

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 in vibrant

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 anticipation

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 of Christ's return.

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 Our desire

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 for the approval

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 of the world,

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 the approval

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 of colleagues

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 and family

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 and friends

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 often outstrips

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 our desire

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 for Jesus

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 to say,

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 well done.

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 And so my friends,

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 look for Christian leaders

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 whose lives

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 exemplify

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 the humility

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 of the cross-shaped life.

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 The third thing

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 is look for Christian leaders

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 who will encourage

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 and when necessary

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 enforce

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 the cross-shaped life

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 in those

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 that they lead.

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 Paul begins

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 with the gentler alternative

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 despite the biting irony

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 that he's just deployed

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 in the previous paragraph.

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 Paul now says

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 in verse 14,

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 I'm not writing this

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 to shame you

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 but to warn you

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 as my dear children.

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 Now at one level

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 he is shaming them

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 but that's not the reason

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 why he writes.

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 He writes to warn them.

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 That is to admonish them,

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 to correct them,

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 to encourage them

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 to follow

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 the way of the cross.

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 Paul reminds them

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 that he led them

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 to the Lord

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 and in the first place

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 he tells them

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 that even if they've got

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 10,000 guardians

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 they've only got

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 one father in Christ.

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:42.059
 Paul was the one

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 who first brought

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 the gospel

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 to the Corinthians

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 and in that sense

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 he says

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 I am your father

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 and because I'm your father

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 verse 16

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 I urge you

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 to imitate me.

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 Now remember

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 he's speaking

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 in first century here

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 and in the first century

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 basically

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 sons followed

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 their fathers

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 so if your dad

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 was a baker

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 basically guarantee

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 you're going to be a baker.

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 Not much

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 you know

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 they didn't have options there.

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 Sheep farmer

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 you're going to be

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 a sheep farmer.

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 The son was expected

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 to carry on

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 the family business

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 the family values

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 the family heritage

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 the family name

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 and Paul argues

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 that if I'm your father

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 to the Corinthians

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 therefore you need

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 to imitate me

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 as your father

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 follow me

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 as your father

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 and in the context

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 of these chapters

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 what Paul wants

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 them to imitate

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 is his passion

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 to live a life

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 shaped

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 by the cross.

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 He does not expect

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 them to suffer

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 in exactly the same

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 way that he does

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 he does not demand

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 that they all

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 become apostles

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 and they all

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 go to plant

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:48.140
 churches off

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 in far distant

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 lands

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:51.740
 what he does

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.500
 expect of them

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 is that they

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 will imitate

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.840
 his values

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 his priorities

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 his cross

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 shaped lifestyle

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 and his

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 valuation

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 of the

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 exclusive

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:03.340
 centrality

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.759
 of the gospel

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 of the crucified

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 Messiah

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 and so in

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.720
 verse 17

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.200
 we see

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 he's going

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 to send

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 along

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 some help

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 to help

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 them get

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 this one

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 straight

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 verse 17

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 for this

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 reason

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 I am sending

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 to you

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 Timothy

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 my son

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 whom I

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 love

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 who is

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 faithful in

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 the Lord

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.940
 notice that

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 Timothy

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 the son

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 is faithful

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 in the Lord

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 following his

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 father

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 and he

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 will remind

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 you of my

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 way of life

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 in Christ

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.680
 Jesus

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.740
 which agrees

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.400
 with what I

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 teach everywhere

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.380
 in every church

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.299
 this is not just

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.859
 for the Corinthians

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.720
 this lifestyle is

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.299
 for everywhere

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.140
 in every church

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.140
 Paul is not

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.839
 sending Timothy

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.680
 simply to lay

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.259
 out some more

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.680
 teaching

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.940
 but to remind

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.460
 the Corinthians

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.539
 of Paul's

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:45.460
 way of life

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.000
 in Christ

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.779
 Jesus

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:49.000
 his way of life

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.740
 and he gives

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.400
 us the impression

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.299
 here that the

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.259
 biggest problem

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.000
 for the Corinthian

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.480
 church

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.220
 is that they

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.740
 were not

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.420
 living up

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.019
 to what they

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.559
 knew to be

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:57.920
 true

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.620
 you see

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.180
 maturity

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.980
 is not

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.500
 about how

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.900
 much you

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.519
 know

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.259
 but whether

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.519
 or not

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.860
 you're living

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.319
 out what

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.900
 you know

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:09.059
 judging by

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.700
 these first

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.420
 four chapters

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.940
 many of the

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.279
 Corinthians

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.259
 were not

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.240
 making the

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.799
 connection

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.880
 between what

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.599
 they believed

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.319
 and how they

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.140
 should live

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:19.900
 you see

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.180
 these

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.559
 Corinthians

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.079
 would be the

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.700
 first

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.779
 to insist

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.420
 that Jesus

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.079
 died for

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.639
 their sins

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:24.960
 that he

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.319
 rose

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.819
 again

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.960
 but they

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.500
 could not

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.359
 grasp

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.119
 how

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.059
 this

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.039
 historical

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.819
 reality

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.000
 not only

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.659
 achieved

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.639
 their salvation

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:36.899
 but in fact

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.259
 may

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.039
 must

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.619
 shape

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.339
 the way

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.639
 that they

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:39.939
 live

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.299
 day by

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.639
 day

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:43.960
 and as

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.240
 we see

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.440
 in the

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.640
 coming

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.040
 chapters

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.540
 the gospel

00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:45.980
 wasn't

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.300
 shaping

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.540
 their

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:46.920
 attitude

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.440
 to things

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.700
 like

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.140
 sex

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.900
 dating

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.500
 conflicts

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.880
 marriage

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.340
 singleness

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.759
 food

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.320
 communion

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.080
 corporate

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.460
 worship

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.960
 use of

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.160
 gifts

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.580
 authority

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:53.900
 love

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.320
 status

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.780
 a whole

00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:55.280
 bunch

00:24:55.280 --> 00:24:55.440
 of

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.920
 things

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.900
 the gospel

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.280
 wasn't

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:57.640
 shaping

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.220
 for them

00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:02.500
 a surprising

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.039
 number of

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.440
 Christians

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.880
 cannot

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.620
 easily

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.180
 make the

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.720
 connection

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.620
 between the

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.160
 truth of

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.680
 the gospel

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.740
 and how

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.360
 to live

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:11.180
 it is

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.740
 possible

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.860
 to define

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:15.400
 theologically

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.420
 rich words

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.680
 like

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.620
 propitiation

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:20.200
 but not

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.960
 know

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.200
 what it's

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.680
 like to

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:22.880
 feel

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.339
 forgiven

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:27.059
 it's

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.519
 possible

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.240
 to defend

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.439
 the

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.059
 priority

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.559
 of

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.199
 grace

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.579
 in

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.299
 salvation

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.000
 but still

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.459
 feel that

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:33.720
 I'm not

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.179
 good enough

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.799
 for God

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.919
 there's a

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.299
 disconnect

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.759
 between what

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.459
 we know

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.379
 and how

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.220
 we live

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.779
 what we

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.399
 experience

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:43.019
 of God

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:45.240
 and part

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.559
 of the

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.220
 role of

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.559
 faithful

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.980
 Christian

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.379
 leadership

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.159
 is to

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.799
 make the

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.299
 connections

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.779
 between

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.459
 creed

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:50.679
 and

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.339
 conduct

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.459
 between

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:53.259
 the cross

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.900
 and the

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.200
 cross

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.480
 shaped

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.079
 life

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.599
 and that

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.019
 is why

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.500
 we've got

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.099
 as a church

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.319
 here

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.500
 core values

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.500
 at St Paul's

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.980
 those core

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.420
 values

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.680
 are explicit

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.660
 in

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.220
 behavioural

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.240
 expectations

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.619
 if you

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.619
 say this

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.200
 you hold

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.759
 to this

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.299
 truth

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.940
 it will

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.720
 look like

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.140
 this

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.099
 in practice

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.180
 that's what

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.680
 core values

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:16.940
 do

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.319
 and the

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.799
 fact is

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.220
 we've all

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.759
 got values

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.240
 we've all

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.660
 got core

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.099
 values

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.480
 ourselves

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.220
 as individual

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.779
 they are

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.220
 held down

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.500
 deep

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.940
 within us

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.779
 and every

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.059
 one of

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.500
 those core

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.980
 values

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.839
 shape

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.559
 the way

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.379
 we behave

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.899
 so for

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.200
 instance

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.859
 if you

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.259
 grew up

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.619
 in a

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.960
 truly

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.579
 patriotic

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.000
 Australian

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.500
 family

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.339
 that valued

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.740
 Holden

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.160
 cars

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.119
 as patriotic

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.660
 above every

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.139
 other thing

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.700
 in the world

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.500
 as every

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.000
 other vehicle

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.500
 every other

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.779
 car

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.039
 and all

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.220
 these

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.639
 imports

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.099
 and Japanese

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.440
 imports

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.799
 and stuff

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.079
 are just

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.539
 all rubbish

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.960
 Holden

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.299
 cars

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.539
 they're the

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.799
 way to

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.039
 go

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.740
 what that

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.480
 means is

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.879
 when you

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.339
 buy a

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.660
 car

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.440
 you will

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.039
 buy a

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.480
 Holden

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.859
 car

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.799
 that is

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.279
 what you

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.700
 believe

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.200
 what you

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.639
 value

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.940
 will

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.560
 transfer

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.259
 into a

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.560
 particular

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.080
 action

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:56.820
 and if

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.100
 in the

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.440
 same

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:59.040
 family

00:26:59.040 --> 00:27:00.300
 you didn't

00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:00.800
 just value

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.259
 Holden

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.600
 cars

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.360
 as patriotic

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.920
 but you

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.200
 also

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.740
 valued

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.740
 success

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.920
 then you'll

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.280
 buy the

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.820
 best

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.340
 Holden

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.680
 car

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.380
 these

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.960
 values

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.520
 will shape

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:11.680
 your

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.040
 particular

00:27:12.040 --> 00:27:12.680
 actions

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.400
 that's

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.660
 what they

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.080
 do

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.740
 and so

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.100
 if we

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.540
 say that

00:27:15.540 --> 00:27:16.080
 Jesus

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.199
 the gospel

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:18.000
 is our

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.599
 greatest

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.139
 treasure

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.919
 then it

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.119
 will

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.659
 shape

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.159
 how

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.619
 we

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.359
 live

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.519
 it

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.679
 will

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.059
 shape

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.279
 our

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.059
 priorities

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:27.859
 and so

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.319
 the Christian

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.619
 leader

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.480
 must love

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:31.579
 in love

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.240
 admonish

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.839
 correct

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:34.119
 encourage

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.439
 to see

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:36.299
 that confession

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.279
 and actions

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.139
 are aligned

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.780
 and they

00:27:39.780 --> 00:27:40.700
 must exemplify

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.240
 this connection

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.540
 in their

00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:42.259
 own lives

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.780
 now let me

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.200
 just say

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.620
 if

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.560
 if your

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.200
 life

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:48.100
 if in

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.440
 your life

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.820
 you haven't

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.300
 made the

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:49.660
 connection

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.200
 between the

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.940
 good news

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:53.140
 and how

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.759
 to live

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.040
 then the

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.800
 proper place

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.240
 to begin

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.680
 to make

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.580
 that change

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:59.220
 change in

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.880
 fact of

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.540
 the deep

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:01.300
 betrayal of

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:01.640
 the cross

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.380
 shaped life

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.259
 is in

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.660
 fact the

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:03.920
 cross

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.460
 itself

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:08.120
 in humble

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.680
 confession

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.880
 if your

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.519
 life does

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.279
 not match

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.539
 the gospel

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.880
 that you

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.480
 confess

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.420
 the only

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.860
 place to

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.319
 go is

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.900
 the cross

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.420
 in humble

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.920
 confession

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.819
 and in

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.440
 that place

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.779
 and with

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.380
 that attitude

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.940
 you will

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.400
 find a

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.840
 God who

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.200
 will say

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.559
 to you

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.200
 well done

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.819
 well done

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.299
 and so

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.759
 bringing the

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.160
 people of

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.600
 God to

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.039
 consistent

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.480
 Christian

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.039
 living in

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.360
 the light

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.539
 of the

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.759
 gospel

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:30.940
 of the

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.220
 crucified

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.700
 Messiah

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.840
 is so

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.519
 important to

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.000
 Paul that

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.400
 he will

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.860
 not be

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.519
 turned from

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.180
 that goal

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.160
 he sees

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.560
 this as an

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.140
 essential

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.220
 function of

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.540
 Christian

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.019
 leadership

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.500
 if he

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.000
 moves the

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.440
 church by

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.980
 encouragement

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.000
 and admonition

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.960
 that is

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.540
 great

00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:47.040
 if however

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:47.640
 the arrogant

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.259
 in verses

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.940
 18 and

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.800
 19 don't

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.240
 move

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.360
 then severer

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.980
 discipline is

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.680
 called for

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.720
 and Paul offers

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.140
 the Corinthians

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.620
 a choice

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.400
 in verse 21

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.040
 what do you

00:28:56.040 --> 00:28:56.500
 prefer

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.280
 shall I come

00:28:57.280 --> 00:28:57.660
 with you with

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.180
 a whip or

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.700
 in love

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.220
 and with a

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.880
 gentle spirit

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.640
 now he does

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.180
 not mean of

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.040
 course that if

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.640
 he comes with

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.040
 a whip

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.799
 he's not

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.240
 coming in

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.639
 love

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.680
 he doesn't

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.079
 say well

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.359
 I'll be

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.879
 gentle and

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.480
 encouraging to

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.940
 start with

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.519
 that's loving

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.000
 but if you

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.940
 if you spurn

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.399
 my love

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.700
 then I'm

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.899
 going to

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.220
 whip out

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.579
 the six

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.920
 guns

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.599
 and then

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.859
 I'm not

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.039
 going to

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.279
 love you

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.559
 anymore

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.839
 and I'm

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.039
 going to

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.519
 basically

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.879
 get you

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.019
 all to

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.279
 come into

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.659
 line

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.599
 he's not

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.159
 saying that

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.480
 the contrast

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.120
 refers to

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.519
 the manner

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.820
 or the

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.259
 form of

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.759
 his coming

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.540
 not the

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.000
 motive

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.340
 of his

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.700
 coming

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.420
 a smack

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.420
 still hurts

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.880
 even if it

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.480
 comes from a

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.960
 father who

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.680
 insists that he's

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.320
 smacking his son

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.000
 because he loves

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.240
 him

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:34.500
 it is much

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.759
 better for a

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.420
 son to change

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.000
 his behaviour

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.700
 so that the

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.180
 manner of the

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.860
 father's coming

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.600
 will not be with

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:41.160
 discipline but

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.640
 with a gentle

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.120
 spirit

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.000
 now let me

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.599
 just say that

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.119
 this is the

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.839
 toughest one I

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.099
 think

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.679
 this is what we

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.159
 don't like

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.859
 when you put

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.439
 this kind of

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:49.979
 accountability

00:29:49.979 --> 00:29:51.719
 into a culture

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.379
 that is anti

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.859
 authoritarian

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.779
 and in an

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.119
 age of

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.219
 consumerism and

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:57.319
 individualism and

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.819
 narcissism it

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.639
 makes godly

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.319
 Christian leadership

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.159
 very hard

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:03.139
 in this age

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.959
 our self

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.639
 worth is

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.459
 affronted by

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.319
 any negative

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.959
 feedback

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:08.919
 any rebuke

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.779
 any correction

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:11.019
 is like a

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.779
 personal attack

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.279
 on me and

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.920
 my character

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:16.259
 individualism

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.759
 means that we

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.420
 fly by our

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.259
 own rules

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.160
 when our

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.240
 sense of

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.819
 self esteem

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.379
 is challenged

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.980
 what we tend

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.579
 to do is we

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.440
 run from it

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:27.599
 we turn our

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.519
 back on any

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.960
 form of

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.379
 correction

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.879
 and as a

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.539
 result we

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.079
 run we

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.759
 change jobs

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.240
 we change

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.799
 schools we

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.460
 change courses

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.059
 we change

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.980
 partners we

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.839
 change churches

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.240
 based on

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.940
 what will

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.960
 suit me and

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.660
 puff me

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:43.700
 up and

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.300
 we never

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:46.420
 grow up

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:48.040
 just like

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:48.680
 little children

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:50.240
 if I

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.640
 line my

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.140
 three girls

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.480
 up here

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.680
 and say

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.259
 girls tell

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.940
 us all

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.200
 what are

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.140
 the ways

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.880
 that I

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.340
 as your

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.759
 father

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.440
 love you

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.600
 they would

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.920
 say when

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.279
 you buy us

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.660
 ice cream

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.880
 and particularly

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:03.019
 chocolate chip

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.779
 mint ice cream

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:05.120
 they would

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.480
 say when

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.920
 you buy us

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.380
 toys

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.240
 they would

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.519
 say when

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.980
 you wrestle

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.620
 with us

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.599
 they would

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.439
 say when

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.759
 you lie

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.119
 down and

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.479
 pat us

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:12.679
 when we

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:12.919
 go to

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.219
 bed at

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:13.599
 night

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.500
 they would

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.119
 come up

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.559
 with all

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.339
 these nice

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.039
 lovey-dovey

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.739
 stuff that

00:31:17.739 --> 00:31:18.159
 we do

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.959
 and I do

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.279
 love them

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.599
 but I do

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.879
 give them

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.539
 those things

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:22.099
 none of

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.459
 them would

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.259
 say oh

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.139
 actually you

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.719
 really love

00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.559
 us when

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.039
 you put us

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.959
 over there

00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.199
 in the

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.619
 time out

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.059
 corner for

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.339
 a bit

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:31.179
 because they

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.579
 don't like

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.859
 that

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:33.039
 you really

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.379
 love us

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.639
 when you

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.480
 refuse to

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.039
 buy me

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.459
 that car

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.379
 that the

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.959
 orange car

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.220
 that I

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.859
 walk past

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.419
 the Toyota

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.559
 I want

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.139
 that car

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.939
 it's orange

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:44.459
 no

00:31:44.459 --> 00:31:47.220
 they never

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.959
 say that

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:49.439
 because and

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:49.919
 that is the

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.339
 world in

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.679
 which they

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:50.980
 live in

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.419
 which we

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:51.819
 live

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.980
 you love

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.419
 me when

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:54.039
 you puff

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.779
 me up

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:56.759
 when you

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.759
 do what

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.220
 you want

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.500
 me to

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.660
 do

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.019
 and Paul

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.400
 says he

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.240
 no actually

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.259
 it's both

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.759
 I want you

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.259
 to not be

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.740
 puffed up

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.180
 I want you

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.799
 to grow

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.019
 up in

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.660
 maturity in

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.420
 Christ and

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.379
 discipline and

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.960
 rebuke and

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.579
 correction is

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.099
 part of that

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.140
 process as

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.500
 much as it

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.019
 is for my

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.000
 kids it is

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.299
 for the

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.759
 children of

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.039
 God

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:19.640
 and so it

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.140
 is only the

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.660
 wise and the

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.180
 mature who

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.940
 thank you for

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.640
 correcting them

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.480
 the Corinthian

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.079
 mistake can

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.519
 very quickly

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.059
 become our

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.379
 mistake I

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.120
 follow Paul

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.760
 I follow

00:32:28.760 --> 00:32:30.440
 Paulus I

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.860
 follow the

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.280
 church down

00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:31.660
 the road

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.480
 because they

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.180
 suit me

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.520
 and we

00:32:35.520 --> 00:32:36.140
 hold up our

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.640
 scorecards based

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.240
 on personal

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.080
 preferences and

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.660
 not on biblical

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:42.500
 standards and

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.060
 so I wonder

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.580
 what you would

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.440
 have written in

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.720
 the job

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.200
 description

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:48.720
 St Paul's

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.240
 Chatswood

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:51.180
 seeking a

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.920
 mature Christian

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:53.240
 leader who

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.080
 number one

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:55.980
 sees themselves

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.880
 as answerable

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.400
 to the Lord

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.220
 Jesus and

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.200
 not our

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.660
 personal

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.220
 preferences

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:02.160
 St Paul's

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.700
 Chatswood is

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.059
 seeking a

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.640
 mature Christian

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.079
 leader who

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.720
 number two

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.420
 demonstrates the

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.980
 cross shaped

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.799
 life in their

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.640
 priorities in

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.200
 their actions

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.740
 and in their

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.180
 words

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.839
 St Paul's

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.200
 Chatswood

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.660
 seeking a

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.160
 mature Christian

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.539
 leader who

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.140
 number three

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.099
 has the

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.920
 courage to

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.940
 encourage and

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.779
 to enforce the

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.559
 cross shaped

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.140
 life amongst

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.420
 God's people

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.620
 even when we

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.360
 don't want

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.640
 them to so

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.200
 that we might

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.940
 grow up together

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.840
 in maturity in

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:29.740
 Christ may we

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.220
 score highly on

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.759
 that kind of

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.300
 leadership at

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.840
 St Paul's

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.600
 Amen

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:38.799
 females

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:57.879
 N