WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:13.679 Let's pray. 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:26.600 Jesus, we worship you full of mercy and truth and righteousness and peace. 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.800 You're glorious. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:39.120 Father, so work by your spirit that I would remember that I stand complete in Jesus before I preach this sermon. 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:45.799 That we stand complete in Jesus before we obey the first word of it. 00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.379 We're yours because of Jesus. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:52.760 Thank you. 00:00:52.759 --> 00:01:00.219 Would you work in our hearts that we would be who we are. 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:05.679 That we would become in our lives those who reflect the reality of Jesus in us. 00:01:05.679 --> 00:01:13.560 Who live lives of mercy and truth and righteousness and peace like our Savior. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:17.439 Now, Lord, speak. 00:01:18.939 --> 00:01:20.400 Your servants are listening. 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:22.579 Amen. 00:01:22.579 --> 00:01:27.120 Turn with me to Colossians 3. 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:32.879 Another one another passage. 00:01:34.179 --> 00:01:40.379 Where Paul, through the Holy Spirit, depicts the church as a gospel community. 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:44.420 In some areas that we've already discussed this summer. 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:48.299 And a new one for this morning. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.479 We'll start reading in verse 12. 00:01:52.480 --> 00:02:00.020 Put on, then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved. 00:02:00.020 --> 00:02:02.359 That's the context of this. 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:04.880 As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved. 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:11.580 Put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. 00:02:11.939 --> 00:02:12.939 Bearing with one another. 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:17.759 And if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other. 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:22.099 As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:25.419 And above all these, put on love. 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:29.659 Which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:33.739 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.079 To which indeed you were called in one body. 00:02:36.519 --> 00:02:37.259 And be thankful. 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:40.759 Now where we'll focus this morning. 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:44.019 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. 00:02:44.020 --> 00:02:48.100 Teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.020 Singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:54.400 With thankfulness in your hearts to God. 00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:57.140 And whatever you do, in word or deed. 00:02:57.600 --> 00:02:59.760 Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.180 Giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 00:03:05.140 --> 00:03:10.280 So far, God's holy, inerrant, infallible word. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:12.439 For which we give Him great thanks. 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:12.719 Amen. 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:12.859 Amen. 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:14.259 Amen. 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.159 So the particular one anothering. 00:03:19.539 --> 00:03:21.439 That we're talking about this morning. 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.099 Is teaching and admonishing one another. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:28.680 In all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.039 Or as the parallel passage in Ephesians says. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:33.919 Speak to one another. 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.340 With psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:39.099 I've always wondered what that means. 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:40.579 That's so strange, isn't it? 00:03:40.579 --> 00:03:41.800 You speak to anybody like that? 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:45.520 Is the Christian life supposed to be one big live musical? 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:48.760 Musical theater in our relationships? 00:03:49.260 --> 00:03:50.620 It's kind of scary, isn't it? 00:03:51.460 --> 00:03:52.860 I don't know if I want to be a part of that. 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:58.520 But in order to understand this part of gospel community. 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:04.160 We've got to see the gospel part really big this morning. 00:04:04.320 --> 00:04:05.680 It's the whole context. 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.300 The whole environment of teaching and admonishing one another. 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:15.480 We've seen this gospel dynamic of our relationships every single week. 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.139 But this passage especially highlights it. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:22.159 So I want to linger there a bit together this morning. 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:31.159 By the gospel part, I mean that our relationships are focused on and fueled by Jesus. 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.600 That's what it means to be in gospel community. 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:43.860 A few weeks ago, we saw the gospel reality of Jesus' sacrificial love moving toward us in relationship. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:51.720 That that was what actually fueled us to move towards others with sacrificial love. 00:04:51.720 --> 00:05:03.120 Then we saw how Jesus identifies with us in our joys and in our sorrows so that we can do the same for one another in our joys and sorrows. 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:13.140 We talked about the freedom the gospel offers to us to confess and forgive as God and Christ has solved our sin problem. 00:05:13.139 --> 00:05:21.099 Last week, Peter so helpfully reminded us of our need for the community of the gospel. 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:27.360 Where big needs find other big needs and together find an even bigger savior. 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:38.159 Today we'll see again how vital the good news of Jesus is for the relationships God calls us to share in his family. 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:44.080 Finally, I've always loved Dale's steak sauce. 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:46.640 It's really, really good. 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:49.340 In fact, I was just looking this morning. 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:55.020 It's basically soy sauce with some extra salt added to make sure. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.700 It's liquid salt, okay? 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:58.700 I know that, but it's really good. 00:05:58.940 --> 00:05:59.940 That's why I like it. 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:04.700 It's possible that when I'm grilling dinner for my family, 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:08.959 sometimes I've put a little bit too much Dale's for a little bit too long. 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:15.000 And when they get their chicken, all they can taste is salt, which seems delightful. 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:17.620 But for whatever reason, they don't love that. 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:26.379 Verse 16 says, our church needs to be marinated in Dale's. 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:28.099 Well, it doesn't say that. 00:06:28.099 --> 00:06:32.019 Actually, in gospel Dale's is what it means. 00:06:32.019 --> 00:06:40.359 So that gospel flavor seeps through us in our relationships, in our community together. 00:06:40.799 --> 00:06:46.060 That's what the word of Christ dwelling richly among us means. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:53.199 Together marinating, soaking through, thoroughly taking us over, 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:00.759 so that when someone gets a taste of us, they say salt, or better, gospel. 00:07:01.740 --> 00:07:07.719 That's the only way to define what I just tasted is gospel. 00:07:09.719 --> 00:07:15.419 See, the word of Christ here in this passage is not merely specific words Jesus spoke, 00:07:15.419 --> 00:07:19.500 but more fully the message about Jesus, the gospel. 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:25.000 That's what Paul is saying we must be marinated in, defined by. 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.759 It's the most important thing about us. 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:35.480 In the beginning of Colossians, Paul has explained that gospel this way. 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:41.980 You and I had one definition, dead in our sins. 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:45.900 Dead, unable to bring ourselves back to life. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:53.100 And on top of that, condemned because we have a debt so big we couldn't possibly pay it. 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:57.720 And it's written up against us and there's nothing that we can do. 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.200 That's how we're defined, condemned and dead. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:10.699 But he says the good news is that God sent his perfect image, his son Jesus to the cross where he pays that debt 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:19.519 to free us from what we owed and to bring us from darkness and death and drag us into light and life. 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:29.039 In fact, actually to bring us into God's family that we would know him and be reconciled to God. 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:38.100 So the good news, the gospel, the word of Christ is that we have everything in Christ. 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:43.159 In fact, everything we have and are is only because of Jesus. 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:45.940 Otherwise, you're just condemned and dead. 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:50.620 We are alive only in Christ. 00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:53.519 We have purpose only with Christ. 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:57.340 We have joy only because of Christ. 00:08:57.340 --> 00:09:01.580 So Paul says in chapter 3 that Christ is your life. 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:03.860 Makes sense, right? 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:11.019 Christ is your life because you're only defined rightly in relationship with him. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.240 Listen, you're not defined as a failure. 00:09:16.700 --> 00:09:18.180 As a dropout. 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:20.500 As a sinner. 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.240 That's not what defines you. 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:28.399 And equally so, you're not defined as a good doctor. 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:32.560 As a successful student. 00:09:33.299 --> 00:09:35.440 As a caring mother. 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.360 No. 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.700 Verse 12. 00:09:39.560 --> 00:09:43.919 You're defined as God's chosen ones. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:46.180 Holy and beloved. 00:09:47.180 --> 00:09:48.720 Set apart for him. 00:09:49.180 --> 00:09:51.180 Adored by your father. 00:09:51.180 --> 00:09:51.340 Father. 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.279 You have a purpose in this world. 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:56.480 It's his glory. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.000 You have security in this life. 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:01.700 It's his love. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:04.940 Why is that not enough for us? 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:16.400 I'd suggest that you and I spend a lot of time and a lot of effort trying to define ourselves. 00:10:17.400 --> 00:10:19.860 And make up an identity for me. 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.640 And trying to find our life in a lot of other places. 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:33.120 But a gospel community is a place where we marinate together in the gospel. 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.460 And are defined only by that good news. 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:39.639 We sang it earlier. 00:10:39.819 --> 00:10:40.159 Father. 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:44.120 This family bears your name. 00:10:45.199 --> 00:10:46.120 Live in us. 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:47.480 Through faith. 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:48.720 Shape us. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:50.980 By your incredible love. 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:51.100 Love. 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:59.180 Wanted a drink of water and almost got a drink of Dale's. 00:11:02.700 --> 00:11:03.840 Trying to be honest with you. 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.840 It's one thing to be defined by something. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.620 It's quite another to delight in it. 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:14.500 Isn't it? 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:19.080 You can agree that you are defined as salty and not like the chicken. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:20.120 Right? 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:25.200 I've seen this Facebook post several times. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:30.139 Everyone who knows me knows I love blank. 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:34.279 And then your friends all comment and fill in the blank for you. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.220 I'm always scared to post that. 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:41.420 Everyone who knows me knows I love blank. 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:44.480 What would they say Will loves? 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.540 What does he delight in? 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:51.000 What would people say for you? 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:58.540 One of the things you can't miss in this passage is this overflowing delight. 00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:02.519 As the word of Christ dwells richly among God's people. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.879 They're singing isn't there? 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:06.480 Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs. 00:12:06.819 --> 00:12:07.779 This good news. 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:12.299 This new identity defined as a beloved child of God. 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:15.879 It so delights my heart that you can't stop it from coming out. 00:12:16.959 --> 00:12:17.620 All the time. 00:12:17.699 --> 00:12:18.039 Everywhere. 00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:22.779 Perhaps in particular in this passage when I'm around others who share that delight. 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:27.159 It's like God's people when their feet touch the ground on the other side of the Red Sea. 00:12:27.219 --> 00:12:27.779 And what do they do? 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:29.899 They break into song together. 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:32.459 Singing about the greatness of their God. 00:12:32.819 --> 00:12:33.939 And of his salvation. 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:37.980 This incredible deliverance where he's brought them through miraculously. 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.079 They can't seem to get over it. 00:12:41.699 --> 00:12:43.360 They don't just sing there one time. 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.079 They throw parties about it every year don't they? 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:49.439 They write songs about it and sing them every week. 00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:52.600 They tell stories about it to their kids. 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:56.799 Because their delight is in the God of their salvation. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.000 And you can see it. 00:13:00.579 --> 00:13:02.099 It's the word of God. 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:08.179 And the life changing story that it draws you into your chief delight. 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:10.679 Is that what people would say about you? 00:13:12.459 --> 00:13:16.639 That's what characterizes a gospel community. 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:21.739 Before we even talk about what we will share with each other in relationship. 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:26.599 It's this group of people so defined by the gospel. 00:13:26.859 --> 00:13:30.559 So delighting in the gospel that it is unmistakable. 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:31.679 They're salty. 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.679 They're gospelicious. 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.519 They're gospelicious. 00:13:35.239 --> 00:13:36.219 Yes, kids. 00:13:36.339 --> 00:13:38.859 I can coin words on your sheets. 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:39.979 And I made one up this week. 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.559 Gospelicious. 00:13:43.079 --> 00:13:44.479 Christ-centered. 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:46.099 Maybe more traditionally. 00:13:47.339 --> 00:13:48.879 Jesus-obsessed. 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:50.859 Right? 00:13:50.860 --> 00:14:00.200 A few weeks ago we talked about being a people sent to live for God's glory and declare his grace. 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:04.899 And one of our members came up to me after the service and said, 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.759 Pastor, do you have any trouble talking about your wife to other people? 00:14:11.060 --> 00:14:13.300 I thought, I don't know, it sounds like a trap. 00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:16.180 I'm not sure what you mean. 00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:25.139 And she said, listen, I mean, when you really love someone, you can't stop telling people about them, can you? 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:27.219 She said, I used to be like that with Jesus. 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:33.359 I would tell anybody and everybody I could find how awesome he was and how he loved me. 00:14:33.479 --> 00:14:35.939 And I don't do that as much anymore. 00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:39.019 She said, I heard you saying that this morning. 00:14:39.219 --> 00:14:42.339 And I think our problem is not that we don't know how to. 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:45.819 It's that we don't actually love him. 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:47.719 We don't love him that much. 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.039 We don't love him as much as we say we do. 00:14:51.099 --> 00:14:56.479 Pastor, we need to pray for all of our hearts, for mine and all of ours. 00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:00.639 I thought that was really insightful. 00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:05.419 And a great example, by the way, of teaching one another. 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:10.819 As she helped me understand, gave me insight into this reality. 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:16.960 When the gospel is truly what defines and delights you. 00:15:17.140 --> 00:15:22.120 When Jesus is actually your love, your life, you talk about him. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:28.419 That's what this teaching and admonishing one another is about. 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:30.259 About talking to one another. 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.539 About what? 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.840 About Jesus. 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:40.720 About the gospel and its transformative reality in all of life. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.899 In whatever else it is that we might want to talk about. 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:48.179 About the word for teaching is focused on the head. 00:15:49.079 --> 00:15:51.299 Informing someone about something. 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.039 Instructing them. 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.639 We do this all the time. 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.980 We teach each other, don't we? 00:15:56.699 --> 00:15:57.120 Sure. 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.779 We teach each other what we should watch on Netflix. 00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:06.000 We teach which diet fads to embrace. 00:16:06.959 --> 00:16:08.019 Where to vacation. 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:10.699 How to handle challenging children. 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:10.900 Children. 00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:18.680 What about how to handle the challenge of following Jesus together? 00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:22.860 What about what God is teaching me in my marriage? 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:30.180 What about seeing singleness or retirement or loving neighbor through gospel lenses? 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:36.060 And where my struggles or my study, God is showing me something new. 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.540 When the word of Christ is dwelling richly among us. 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:43.440 We teach one another about it. 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:49.860 Paul is talking here, by the way, about the gospel dwelling richly among the community. 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:51.680 It's the y'all part there. 00:16:52.180 --> 00:16:54.140 That you is the y'all version of you. 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.600 Among y'all. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:00.000 That actually assumes the individual, doesn't it? 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.340 If the word of Christ is dwelling richly among us, 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:07.580 it assumes that each of the individuals is marinating in that, doesn't it? 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:11.419 Remember that picture from the end of Luke's gospel we talked about? 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:16.699 Where all the disciples gathered around sharing what Jesus has shown them about their Bibles? 00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:19.460 Why not here too? 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:21.779 Isn't that a beautiful picture to be a part of? 00:17:22.439 --> 00:17:24.639 That's gospel community. 00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.240 Teaching one another. 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.899 Admonishing one another is very similar to that. 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:33.460 But the word here actually goes a bit deeper beyond the head to the heart. 00:17:33.560 --> 00:17:36.560 Addressing the will and the affections. 00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:40.700 I've said inspiring for that reason. 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.440 That's what we want to. 00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:43.640 Inspiring one another. 00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:49.380 Although often admonishing has an idea of correction associated with it. 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.740 Let me give you examples. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:57.599 Earlier this summer, a friend from church saw me playing tennis with one of my girls. 00:17:57.940 --> 00:18:02.200 And after we finished, we were talking and talking about the challenges of parenting 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.839 and the importance of getting that one-on-one time with our children 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.960 to be able to really engage their hearts. 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:14.539 And she shared with me how valuable it was and impactful in her life, 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:19.099 her relationship with her dad in that time that she got with him. 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.319 And she encouraged me. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.559 She said, maybe even wake up early to get it. 00:18:23.199 --> 00:18:26.039 Because I was bemoaning how difficult it was to find that time. 00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:29.459 Maybe even wake up early and go play tennis just with her. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.679 It's really worth it, Will. 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:37.740 Graciously, she was admonishing me toward being a godly father. 00:18:38.459 --> 00:18:41.819 I'm so grateful to learn from her. 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:45.559 Moving more toward the corrective. 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:53.599 Last year, I sent out a prayer request in our prayer guide that was unthoughtfully worded. 00:18:54.519 --> 00:19:01.039 It implied that I felt our retirees may not be living for Jesus. 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:04.879 A couple of you came to me and said, 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.919 Pastor, words are important for all of us, 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:12.859 and especially someone in your position in our church family. 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:18.039 I'd urge you to consider if these words reflect God's heart well. 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.659 They didn't. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.359 And you gave me the chance to apologize, 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:26.319 to learn, 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.740 and to grow. 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:30.619 That's admonishing one another. 00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:35.359 More than once during or after a meeting, 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:39.039 I've had a fellow pastor or elder pull me aside and say, 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:41.759 hey, I think as you led this portion of our meeting, 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:44.899 you started to forget the truth of the gospel. 00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.420 You became defensive. 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.500 You didn't listen well. 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:53.740 But instead of beating me down with that, 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:56.019 he said, you know, it's really unhelpful when that happens, 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.480 and you're leading the conversation. 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.879 So I really want to pray for you 00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:04.480 that you would remember God's delight in you as his child, 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.200 that you would have confidence in that, 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.880 and the truth of the gospel for you. 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.319 It'll be a blessing to all of us in the meeting. 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.940 What a needful and life-giving admonition. 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.980 Do you hear how that offers grace? 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.200 Helping me see idolatry in my heart, 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:23.380 in my life, 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:26.140 and at the same time inspiring me back 00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:29.259 into delighting in my Father the way I should be. 00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:32.019 What a gracious thing to say. 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:36.819 Now, we don't always receive admonition well, do we? 00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:38.940 It's one of the reasons some of us are afraid 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:40.500 to admonish one another. 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:44.879 We especially struggle if it's not communicated graciously. 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:48.599 But the reason it ought to be frequent in gospel community 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.279 and well-received is when you speak with a brother or a sister, 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:55.359 you're teaching, you're admonishing another person 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.339 in whom God dwells. 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:01.879 You're talking to another person where the Spirit is already at work, 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.599 so you don't have to fix their heart. 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.959 You don't have to change them. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:09.740 You just get the privilege of sharing what God is teaching you 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:13.659 or pointing them to be sensitive to what the Spirit is doing, 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:15.240 pointing them to Jesus, right? 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.299 There's hope in that. 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:22.059 That's why we can and we must enter into this joyfully 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.379 in our relationships. 00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:25.740 Even singing, we're getting to that part. 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:28.319 It's connected here with teaching and admonishing 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:32.599 because of our overflowing delight in the gospel 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:34.660 that shapes and defines me, right? 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:36.599 That's where that comes from. 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.099 See, this is for all of us, isn't it? 00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:42.339 This teaching and admonishing, singing. 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.779 I hope you're hearing that in my examples 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:47.859 because it's easy to think, okay, singing. 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.799 Yeah, James, good. 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.880 Teaching. 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.740 Oh, good, Will does that. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:54.220 Admonishing. 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.319 Ah, that's why we have elders. 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.380 And it is true. 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:05.420 The Bible says God gives particular gifts and callings 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:07.160 to lead here in the community, 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:10.299 but this command is not talking about that. 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:13.980 This command is quite clearly for all of us. 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.700 Teach and admonish one another. 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:22.880 Everyone, everywhere in this gospel community. 00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:26.400 So listen, teaching or admonishing one another 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:28.819 doesn't require a seminary education. 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:37.420 It does require God's word dwelling richly in and among us, 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:37.900 doesn't it? 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:43.060 That's why we so often open the Bible to see Jesus together. 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:45.800 Why we do it at VBS with our kids 00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:48.019 and at youth large group gatherings, 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:50.780 in our small groups, in our connect communities, 00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:54.180 so that we see Jesus and the reality of the gospel 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:56.900 that defines and delights us, 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.960 that it can shape us and make us gracious, 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.900 even gospelicious teachers to each other. 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:05.820 Because how else are we going to do that 00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:09.360 unless we're dwelling richly, marinating in it ourselves? 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:14.500 I love how this passage in Colossians 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.560 and the one in Ephesians 00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:20.480 move us from the sanctuary into all of life. 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:24.380 See, it certainly includes corporate worship services, 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.880 just like this one. 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:29.160 Services where we're teaching and admonishing one another 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:31.400 with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:35.440 Yes, listen, our worship is vertical to God for sure, 00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:39.140 but it also has a horizontal element to it, doesn't it? 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:43.560 Just this morning, we called each other to worship 00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.400 with a psalm. 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.000 What did we say? 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:49.860 Come, let us worship and bow down. 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:53.640 Let us make a joyful noise to God, 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:56.640 for he is great and we are his people. 00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.900 We're urging each other toward him, aren't we? 00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:00.980 Then we sang that great hymn, 00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:02.540 How Firm a Foundation. 00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:06.140 It's a hymn admonishing one another 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:09.620 to cling to Christ in hard times. 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:12.140 How firm a foundation, 00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:14.220 ye saints of the Lord, 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.980 singing at each other, 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:19.080 is laid for your faith in his excellent word. 00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:21.780 And then we go on to talk about 00:24:21.780 --> 00:24:23.980 how we can remind each other 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.759 that God says don't fear, 00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:27.180 that God says I'm with you, 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.360 I won't forsake you. 00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:30.539 And we're reminding each other of that 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.620 even as we worship God. 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:35.200 We need that admonition, don't we? 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.840 It's a beautiful thing, y'all, 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.440 to find yourself embracing 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.259 or crying with 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:43.519 or praying with a brother or sister 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.299 in the middle of this worship service. 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.460 It's not disruptive, 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.480 it's not inappropriate, 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.720 it's beautiful and right and good. 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.600 And I encourage you towards it. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.439 And, verse 17 says, 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:58.179 whatever you do. 00:24:59.699 --> 00:25:01.099 Not just here, 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:03.099 but from the sanctuary now 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.799 to the playground, 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:05.139 to the classroom, 00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.519 to your dinner table 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.539 or a lunch meeting, 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.519 what do you talk about? 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:14.339 Our vertical worship of God 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:16.559 has a horizontal element. 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:20.599 And maybe even more challenging for us, 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.619 our horizontal relationships 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:26.139 must have a vertical element. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:29.919 Our hearts must be overflowing 00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:32.559 with a desire to focus on Christ, 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.500 not on self. 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:37.339 That's what we say it means for us 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.759 as a church to be committed 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:40.740 to being Christ-centered. 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.000 That's not just in the preaching, 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:44.179 that's as a church family 00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.840 and our first core commitment 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:47.360 about being Christ-centered. 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:51.120 We say it means giving glory to Jesus 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:52.960 is the goal, 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.220 not just of preaching, 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.480 not just when we're in this room, 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.140 but even of our life 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.640 and community together. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.320 Because the Bible's all about Jesus, 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.580 not just the sermon, 00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:04.400 but our conversations, 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.080 every one of them 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:08.220 should point us back to Jesus 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.420 so that we live each day 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.360 in His strength 00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.420 rather than our own 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.480 and for His glory 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.860 rather than our own. 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.740 Y'all, that's not easy, is it? 00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:19.279 Listen, it's normal for football fans 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.879 to get together and talk about football. 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:24.359 It's expected that parents 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.139 will get together 00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.719 and talk about their children. 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.559 It's a good thing 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.399 and important that engineers 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:33.639 get together and talk about engineering. 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:36.859 And it is vital that Christians 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:39.399 get together and talk about Christ. 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:39.819 Amen? 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:43.399 That should be what happens 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.899 in our relationships. 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.379 Not just talking about it, 00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:48.240 but challenging one another 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.460 with God's Word. 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.599 Sharing what God is teaching us. 00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.299 Even at times, 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:56.200 singing with overflowing delight 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.859 at the good news of the Gospel. 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.220 Can you believe it? 00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:01.019 Did we come to worship today 00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:02.099 in a place that delights 00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.460 in calm order 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:05.000 or delights in Jesus? 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.440 Do we live in a community 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:09.680 that delights in our home renovations 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:11.359 or delights in Jesus? 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.960 What do you talk about? 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.039 What makes your heart sing? 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.140 Is it not the good news, 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:20.559 the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.779 It changes not just your Sunday morning, 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.700 it changes everything. 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:28.900 What would it look like for Southwood 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:32.400 to be more and more a community like this? 00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.700 Musical theater? 00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.180 No. 00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:41.360 Do we become the weird people 00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:43.120 everyone whispers about? 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:46.059 They talk about Jesus in the Bible all the time. 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.100 Y'all, let me be honest. 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.180 That's not our problem. 00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.799 It's not. 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.839 I haven't had anybody in my office 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.480 complaining about 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.740 one of your members 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:58.180 talks about Jesus too much. 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.019 Maybe it would 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:06.139 mean more of our conversations 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.579 at the pool would begin with, 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.159 guess what I read this morning? 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.200 Isn't this so good? 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:12.059 I just had to share this with y'all. 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:15.099 I want you to see this good news 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.879 from God's Word. 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.940 Maybe it sounds like two guys 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.379 in a small group sitting at lunch 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:22.460 and one says, 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.920 hey, I love that new concept 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.480 for the business y'all have. 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.319 I'm really excited for you 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.779 but I just wanted to say to you 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.640 as I hear you talking, 00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:31.440 I keep hearing you talk about nothing 00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.940 but the financial possibilities 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.900 it has for you 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.539 and I wanted to just warn you 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:37.600 about the deceitfulness of wealth 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:40.000 because I've seen it in my own life. 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.440 I've really struggled with that 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.420 and we read about it 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:44.120 in our Bible study this week 00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:46.539 and I just wanted to encourage you 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.000 and let you know, 00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.240 I'm praying for you 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:50.000 and I'm praying that new idea 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.859 goes great for the sake of the kingdom 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.079 that it's really successful 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.400 and I'm praying God would guard your heart 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.960 from that dangerous idol too. 00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.240 Can we pray together about that? 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.819 Maybe it means when someone 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.740 shares a struggle or heartache 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.779 they'll not hear human solutions 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.319 or spiritual platitudes 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.639 but real hope in Christ 00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:12.679 offered from a fellow struggler 00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:14.639 who's found the good news 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:17.419 and has nothing more important to do 00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:19.200 than listen to you 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:21.700 and pray for you 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:24.119 and point you to Jesus 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:26.099 and they can't think of anything else 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.839 that would be a higher priority 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:29.220 in their day than that 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:33.519 and that will happen. 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.519 It will. 00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.240 God will do that 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.059 as we continue coming back here 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:41.359 to be defined by 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.720 and delighting in 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:45.279 the good news of Jesus. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.519 That's how it happens, right? 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.559 It's not from the external in, 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.819 it's from the in out. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.480 We don't just say, 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.579 I'm gonna start speaking more spiritually. 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.240 I'm gonna make sure to use more 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.380 thou's and these 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.980 and Jesus's 00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.960 in all my sentences. 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.799 That's not how you teach 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.859 and admonish one another. 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.559 No, we actually need the spirit 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.779 to work in our hearts. 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.139 That we repent 00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.759 of the other places 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.079 we find our identity 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.139 and our joy 00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:13.679 so that we're increasingly 00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.819 defined by 00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.919 and delighting 00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:17.480 in the good news of Jesus 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:19.899 making us God's very own 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:22.000 dearly beloved children 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.799 and that starts to flow out. 00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.980 That's exactly why, by the way, 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.039 Jesus planned 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.259 and commanded 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.419 this table 00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.720 for us regularly. 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.899 For us to be here often 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.220 so that we could remember 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.860 that we are His 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:37.380 and we could celebrate 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.160 the thing 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.800 that is most important 00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:41.320 in who we are 00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:43.019 and how I live my life 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.120 even this week 00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.460 so that His gospel 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:47.259 and His grace 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:49.040 would not only define us 00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.980 but it would overflow 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.860 from us 00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:52.180 to others. 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.580 Jesus sat at that table 00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.040 on the night 00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.960 that He was betrayed 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.960 and He took bread. 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.920 He broke it 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.180 and He gave it 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.980 to His disciples 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.259 as I'm ministering 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.740 in His name 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.000 give this bread to you. 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.740 He said, 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.500 take and eat. 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.539 This is my body 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:13.420 broken for you. 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.840 Do this in remembrance 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.420 of me. 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.980 And then He took the cup 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.160 after supper 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.079 saying, 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.819 this cup 00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.000 is the new covenant 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.779 in my blood 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.000 shed for many 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.059 for the remission 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.180 of sins. 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.660 drink it 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.740 and remember 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.700 me. 00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.120 For as often 00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.060 as you eat this bread 00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:32.440 and drink this cup 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.120 you proclaim 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.620 the Lord's death 00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.700 until He comes 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.799 and you proclaim 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.700 that this is who you are 00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.840 and whose 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:41.120 you are. 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.039 If you know Jesus 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.380 if you trust Jesus 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:46.519 if He is your life 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:49.600 then in His name 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.519 I offer you 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.700 the only thing 00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:53.060 that will truly 00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.779 fulfill 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.140 and delight you 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:56.920 Jesus 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:59.700 present with you 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.520 meeting with you 00:32:00.520 --> 00:32:01.700 by His Spirit 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.840 sitting with you 00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:04.080 at His Father's table 00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.600 come and eat 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.780 and celebrate. 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.200 And if you don't 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.340 know and trust 00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.840 Jesus 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:12.120 if you say 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.940 I've heard about Him 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.540 but He's not 00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:14.580 He's not my life 00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.420 He's certainly not 00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.560 the thing that defines 00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.900 and delights me 00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.880 then listen 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:20.320 in the name of Jesus 00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:22.080 I offer you 00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:23.200 the one who's 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.420 the bread of life 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.360 who's the living 00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.060 water 00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.539 who says 00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.320 if you drink 00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:28.880 of me 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.160 you'll never 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.400 be thirsty again 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:33.680 don't come 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.320 just to these 00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:35.380 outward elements 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:37.500 come to Jesus 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.920 and know Him 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.019 as the fulfillment 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.259 of every longing 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.340 that you have 00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.200 come 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.300 and let us even 00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:45.039 pray with you 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.620 this morning 00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:47.019 we would love 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.480 to do that 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.160 and love to share 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.960 with you about Jesus 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.519 let's pray 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.099 and we'll come 00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.779 together 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:55.420 Father thank you 00:32:55.420 --> 00:33:00.259 for a reminder 00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.000 I need 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:02.379 of where my life 00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.900 is found 00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:07.299 I need that reminder 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.279 more than weekly 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:12.359 you've sent your son 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:15.539 you must have 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.279 delighted in us 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.879 so much 00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:19.639 we must have 00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.539 been so precious 00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.259 to you 00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.639 we must be 00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.219 indeed 00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:25.059 your joy 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.299 and crown 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.539 that you would 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.299 give your son 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.059 for us 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.919 remind us of that 00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.939 as we celebrate 00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:33.179 that he gave 00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:34.279 his body and blood 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.539 for us 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.579 we ask in his name 00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.619 amen 00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:44.039 for more information 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.339 visit us online 00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.639 at southwood.org