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 Let us pray.

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 Gracious God and Father, this morning, as we take your word in hand, we remind ourselves

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!

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 The fact that you have given to us the Scriptures, they are one of the sure indicators of your

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 love.

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 They are to be prized.

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 They will abide forever in heaven.

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 They are the means of blessing and counsel, comfort, correction.

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 And we are blessed to be able to open this book this morning and rely upon the work of

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 the Spirit of God.

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 We ask that you would do a work in us this morning that leads us to confess that what

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 you've done is of you, not of us, and that it is of eternal significance.

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 We ask this in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 I want to start.

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 We're going to be in the book of Ephesians this morning, but I want you to look with me,

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 if you would, to Psalm 119, verse 18.

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 Turn to that passage.

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 Psalm 119, verse 18.

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 If you don't have a Bible, I want to encourage you to go ahead and take the one that is in

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 the pew, or if you're sitting on the edges there, you can get it underneath.

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 But I want you to look at it.

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 I want you to put your eyes on that text.

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 We'd have to confess that there are times where we've read the Bible and it hasn't made

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 a bit of difference.

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 You ever had one of those moments?

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 There are times where we have opened the Word, we've either heard it, we've sung the words.

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 I remember, and I don't remember who it was that said it.

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 It was a pastor of a previous generation.

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 He said that the most amount of lying that Christians do is when they sing.

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 How many of you followed what I said?

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 Christians lie most often when they sing.

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 Now, I'm not accusing any of you of being liars, nor am I drawing attention to that in

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 my own life, but I'm just saying that sometimes we say things and really don't think about what

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 we're saying.

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 And sometimes we sit there and we hear what other people are saying.

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 It doesn't make a bit of difference.

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 I want you to look at a psalm, one verse, and I am just curious if you have it underlined

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 in your Bible.

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 Now, I want to say something.

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 There's nothing magical about underlining, and I don't want you to ever think that you

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 get extra points in heaven for having anything underlined in your Bible.

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 How many of you have seen people that have Bibles that are so full of ink that you're

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 not sure whether you can really parse what's the rest of it?

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 You know, it's like I've seen some people, and I hope I'm not tweaking anybody today,

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 but they have, you know, red for one thing, and they have green for another, and they have

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 yellow for another, and blue for another.

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 And their Bible is so color-coded that I'm wondering if they can remember how many of

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 the different colors are, you know, related and what all the little signals and keys are.

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 Nothing against that.

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 But I guess I would say this.

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 Underlining is one of those things that maybe helps you connect a little bit to things that

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 are really important.

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 Agreed?

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 Look at this passage.

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 I wonder if it's underlined.

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 If it's not, I would encourage you to maybe do that.

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 But more importantly, I don't want you to underline and forget it.

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 I want you to underline it and weave it into your prayer life.

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 I have to confess that I remember this in King James, so bear with me.

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 Open thou mine eyes, that I might behold wondrous truths out of thy law.

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 That's the psalmist.

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 He says, I want you to do something with these eyes of mine.

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 I want you to open them up so I can see what you have for me.

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 Elsewhere in Psalm 119, it says, every word of God is pure.

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 It's all valuable.

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 It's all precious.

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 It is all significant.

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 And we, in our natural tendency, come and can sit and endure for a period of time the preaching

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 of the Word of God.

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 And apart from the enabling and our desperate dependence upon the Spirit, we can leave relatively unchanged.

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 It's easy to do.

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 And so it's appropriate for us to remember, if you think back to the last several sermons that I have preached in Ephesians,

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 you'll remember that I preached about the importance of you praying for your pastor.

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 And I am so very blessed to hear numbers of you have said to me this morning.

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 And it's been a characteristic of our ministry for many years.

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 People will say to me, I'm praying for you this morning.

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 I have been praying for you this morning.

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 I was praying for you earlier.

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 And I appreciate that.

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 It is nothing other than a simple reflection of your obedience to the Scripture and a recognition that the Spirit of God has given us careful instruction that it's right to pray for the man who handles the Word.

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 It's right.

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 It's right.

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 The next thing that we looked at was that passage there in Ephesians chapter 6 where Paul says this.

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 He says, hey, listen, I want you to understand that preaching is also dependent upon the Spirit of God.

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 Preaching is not an exercise in rhetoric.

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 Preaching is a declaration of the glory of God through the enabling of the Spirit of God.

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 Preaching is not an exercise in the Spirit of God.

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 Thus saith the Lord.

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 It is a holy, it is a humbling responsibility.

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 And at the end of the day, it is one that when it is finished, you should walk out of here and say,

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 I saw an evidence of the work of the Spirit of God in an earthen, frail vessel.

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 And it's the Spirit that challenges and makes a difference.

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 I do say that by way of introduction because this morning we are coming down to this will be the second to the last sermon that I preach on the book of Ephesians.

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 Lord willing.

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 Okay?

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 Now, I mean, where's John?

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 He's out here.

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 John, we only have one more because John wants to know months in advance, so what are you going to be preaching on?

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 He works on our music.

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 He wants it to be connected to the passage so that there's a direct correlation.

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 And there's just one more, John.

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 Okay?

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 In fact, John emailed me earlier in the week.

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 He says, can you help me a little bit by telling me what the last…

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 You're in verse 24.

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 What are you going to do with verse 24?

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 That's next week.

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 This week we are in verse 21 through 23.

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 Okay?

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 And as we look at this passage, let me read it to you, lay it out for you, and then we'll get into this passage.

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 And here's what I want you to understand.

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 I'm going to tell you ahead of time what the effect of Spirit-enabled preaching will be in the life of humble believers that are dependent upon the Spirit of God to work.

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 Do you follow that?

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 You know what's going to happen.

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 Here's what the effect will be.

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 You will be unrelenting in your pursuit in loving the people you're with.

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 Oh, by the way, is it easy to love people you're close to?

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 Smile, everybody.

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 I remember the little poem that…

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 Is Becky Radcliffe in here?

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 Yeah, there you are, Becky.

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 I owe a lot to Becky.

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 She was the first secretary that worked tolerated me here.

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 And Becky taught me lots of things.

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 One of them is that you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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 Remember that, Becky?

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 See?

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 I needed that.

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 The other thing that she taught me is that little… a poem that goes somewhat like this.

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 To dwell above with saints we love, oh, that will be glory.

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 To dwell below with saints we know.

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 Well, that's another story.

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 And…

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 And…

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 Huh?

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 You know that, right?

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 That's the laugh of familiarity.

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 You're saying, yeah, I'm there.

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 Ephesians closes off in a very interesting way with the apostle under the prompting of the Spirit of God saying,

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 let's bring all this grand theology of the work of God in saving us and the Spirit of God in changing us down into very practical terms of how we get along and stay together.

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 So, verse 21,

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 I wrote it out here in notes so I could remember how to pronounce it.

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 Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything.

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 I've sent him to you for this very purpose that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts.

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 Peace be to the brothers.

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 Peace be to the Lord, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's very interesting that Paul would close off this way.

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 Because if we were thinking of bringing a grand theological discourse to its conclusion in our own practical thinking,

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 we probably may not be inclined to think of the last thing that we really should drive home is this issue of love.

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 But that's what he did.

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 And it is completely consistent with the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We're going to reference it later.

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 But one of the things that characterized the early church, the New Testament church,

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 in the profoundly pagan world,

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 was the undeniable affection that believers had for one another.

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 I have spent some time at various moments in my life going back and reading some of the references in ancient literature

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 about the testimony that early believers gave in their relationships with one another.

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 An illustration would be this.

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 There was a Roman governor that appealed very strongly to the Senate,

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 and the Senate finally passed an edict in which they said,

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 all right, all right, we are going to send X number of whatever it was,

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 you know, let's just use the term dollars because we'll identify with that.

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 We're going to send X number of billions of dollars out to the areas of the country

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 so that those who are in authority can then show benevolence to the needy.

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 Now, guess what happened in the ancient world with all that wonderful money

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 that the Senate allocated for the poor people?

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 Guess who got most of it?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Does anybody have any idea where most of the money went in the ancient world

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 when it was sent with all this benevolent intention from Rome to the outlying regions?

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 It somehow or another ended up in the pockets of those who were the distributors of kindness.

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 Do you realize that's the way it is today?

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 I might be a surprise to you.

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 But every time the government has a good idea,

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 and it appeals to the impoverished conditions of certain…

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 The vast majority of what is actually translated into pockets

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 ends up not in the pockets of those that are desperately needy,

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 but those that have been employed to see to it that the government's benevolence is cared for.

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 In the ancient world, they were so ashamed

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 when they saw the testimony of the early church's love for one another

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 that they had the Senate pass laws to officially show the government's benevolence

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 towards other impoverished people.

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 And it never worked.

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 In one case, when one of the bishops was called to bear testimony to Christianity,

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 one of the things that he said as he was speaking to the Caesar and defending Christianity,

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 he says,

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 the common statement being made throughout Rome is,

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 see how they love one another.

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 Speaking of Christians,

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 see how they love one another.

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 And I want you to understand that unbelievers were struck in the ancient world

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 most of all by how the early church cared for one another and loved one another.

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 And I want you to understand that that genuine affection,

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 that love and that interest in one another,

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 did not just kind of pop out in a vacuum.

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 It took the work of the Spirit of God,

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 and it took persistent nurturing.

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 Now, what do I mean by that?

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 Important things that are hard need to be said,

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 can I say it carefully,

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 again and again.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 Important things that are hard need to be said again and again.

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 And so here we are coming to the very end,

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 and Paul wants to remind us about the importance of loving one another.

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 And so as he goes about it,

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 I want you to see that first of all,

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 he gives us an illustration from his own life.

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 You look there in verse 21 and 22,

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 he says,

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 Now, some of the things that help us stay connected and care about one another,

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 when we are at distance from one another,

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 were not available in the ancient world.

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 Do you follow that?

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 I have two sisters that,

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 not presently,

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 they're here with dad and mom,

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 but as a general rule,

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 they're over in Egypt.

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 And in the olden days,

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 in order to get to Egypt,

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 it was a journey of biblical proportions.

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 Do you follow?

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 It took an incredible amount of time to travel from point A to point B.

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 And the only way in which you really could continue to stay connected was,

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 first of all,

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 to make a conscious and deliberate point of remembering those individuals

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 and praying for them.

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 And here is Paul,

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 as he is bringing his letter to a close.

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 He says,

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 Hey, listen,

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 here I am.

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 I'm in prison.

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 I'm not where you are.

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 But I know that you care about me,

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 and I am interested that your heart be comforted.

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 They knew that Paul was in jail,

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 and they were concerned for that.

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 Ancient jails were not the club fed.

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 They were miserable,

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 despicable environments in which people were kept only temporarily until their judgment

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 or their execution or whatever it was.

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 And Paul says,

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 Hey, listen,

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 I know you're concerned for me.

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 I know you're interested.

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 And so I'm going to send Tychicus to let you know how things are.

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 I'm really struck,

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 as I was reading this passage,

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 by the confidence that Paul had in the Ephesian believers.

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 He hadn't seen them for a long time.

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 And for a lot of us,

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 when someone is out of sight,

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 they're also out of what?

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 Out of mind.

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 We have a tendency of forgetting.

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 We have a tendency of,

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 well,

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 that was then,

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 and this is now,

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 and we kind of move on in relationships,

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 and we're done.

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 Paul says,

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 That's not the way it is with me,

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 because you're my brothers and my sisters,

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 and I care about you personally.

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 Given the natural heart of man.

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 Now,

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.480
 what do I mean by the natural heart of man?

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 I mean the way we are by nature.

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 Apart from the work of the Spirit of God and His grace,

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:54.980
 we are not inclined towards lasting relationships.

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 Do you follow that?

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:58.419
 We just kind of play it the moment,

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 and we deal with the things that are directly in front of us,

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 and it takes effort,

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 and it takes the work of the Spirit

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 to sustain and nurture lasting relationships.

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 That's one of the reasons why when you bump into people today

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:15.759
 that have been married after 40 or 50 years,

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 you know the attitude of our culture is,

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 What?

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:19.500
 How did you do that?

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 Well, it takes work.

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 It takes prayer.

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 I want you to understand as you look at this passage,

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 what we find in 21 and 22 is an illustration of this fact,

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 that when the Spirit of God is at work in people's hearts,

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 He breaks down the natural tendencies of separation and malice.

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 Let me say that again slowly so it sticks in your mind.

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 When the Spirit of God is at work in a people's heart,

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 He breaks down the natural tendencies of separation and malice.

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 Do you know that when we're close together,

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 over a period of time,

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 we inevitably end up doing things

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 that are an irritation and an offense to other people?

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.519
 Some of the things that are perceived offenses

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 really don't rise to the level of being significant.

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 However,

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:14.220
 we all over time,

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.960
 by virtue of our own sinfulness,

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 do things in relationship

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 that cause problems.

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 Would you agree?

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 I remember hearing John MacArthur say that

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 if you are going to sustain a relationship,

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 you must consciously choose to forgive

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 again and again and again.

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 And I want you to understand

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.500
 that when the Spirit of God is at work,

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.519
 He helps us

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 go against the grain of our nature

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 and against the natural tendencies that we have

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 of being unforgiving,

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 of being indifferent,

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 being unwilling to invest in the lives of other people.

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 I don't know if you know,

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 but I don't have bumper stickers on my car.

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 Now, I'm going to have the youth group use my SUV.

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 Pastor Andrew,

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:07.579
 do not bring it back with a bumper sticker.

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 Do you follow that?

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 That is a no-no.

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 No.

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 No.

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 No.

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 But I like reading bumper stickers.

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.639
 Some of the best bits of philosophy

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 have been stated on bumper stickers.

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 Now, some of them are just over the top.

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 But I have to tell you,

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:36.059
 bumper stickers say something about people, right?

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.599
 Isn't that true?

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 And so,

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 when I see a bumper sticker

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 as I'm kind of driving along

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 and I see this bumper sticker go by,

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 it says,

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 I'm spending my children's inheritance.

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 Or,

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 the other one that I really like

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 is the one that,

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 no, you can't use my truck.

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 I'm not helping you move.

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 I read those bumper stickers

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 and I say,

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 well, those things tell me

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 what people's hearts are like.

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 And that's the attitude of the world,

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 isn't it?

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 It's all about me.

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 It's for my own interest

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 and really,

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 at the end of the day,

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 it's,

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 what do I get out of this?

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 On the other hand,

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 I think about the illustrations

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 that I just think of the last couple weeks.

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 I think of the fact that later in the week,

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.640
 the week before

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 Vacation Bible School actually started,

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 it became evident that we needed,

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 I think it was 220 cupcakes

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 that some of the ladies in our church

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 were going to frost

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 and then they were going to stick

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 little red Twizzlers on top.

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 They were called,

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 what were they called,

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.560
 Jody?

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.960
 Cupcake bombs or something?

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:51.180
 Dynamite cupcakes or dynamite.

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.000
 Anyway,

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.720
 I saw the,

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:54.380
 I thought that's a great idea

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.760
 and so,

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.840
 actually,

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.280
 honestly,

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 I went out on Facebook

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 and so I posted,

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 hey,

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 we need,

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 bang,

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 it was done.

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 I mean,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.660
 minutes,

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.200
 it's like,

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.640
 did we have too many

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.400
 we had to give them away?

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:07.940
 Yeah,

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.360
 it's like,

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.600
 yeah,

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.059
 wham,

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.519
 it happened.

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 And while we're talking about moving,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:15.259
 I can't help but bring up the fact that,

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:16.680
 John,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.120
 you're moving,

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.900
 when are you doing it?

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.700
 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.380
 26,

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.220
 okay.

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.980
 Testimony to our fellowship

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.360
 is that we're willing to help

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.059
 one another move,

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.559
 isn't that right?

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:32.319
 When I was at,

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.459
 by the way,

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.859
 Mrs. Holopeter,

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:35.399
 where are you?

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.519
 I'm not talking about Carolyn,

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.639
 I'm talking about Megan.

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:43.319
 When I was at Aaron and Megan's wedding,

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.579
 I got a text

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.899
 and it really made me,

00:22:46.979 --> 00:22:47.879
 it made me happy.

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:49.899
 I got a text saying

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:51.500
 that there were 23 of our people

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.599
 there to help Steve and Marsha move.

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.419
 Somebody,

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:57.179
 somebody stopped

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:58.119
 and went off to the side,

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 I think you sent him over there,

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 didn't you?

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 It was Henry.

00:23:00.239 --> 00:23:00.699
 Where are you,

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:00.899
 Henry?

00:23:00.979 --> 00:23:01.719
 You're out here somewhere,

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.339
 probably working with the kids.

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:03.939
 Anyway,

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:05.099
 I get a text that says,

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.239
 hey,

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.619
 guess what,

00:23:05.739 --> 00:23:05.899
 Pastor?

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.119
 Because I was a little fretful,

00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:07.379
 you know,

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:07.719
 it's like,

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:09.399
 I wonder how many people

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.919
 are going to be there

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.579
 to help them move

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.819
 and I'd like to be there

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.579
 but I want to be at Aaron

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.379
 and Megan's wedding

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:16.199
 and I get this text

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:16.479
 that says,

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:16.619
 hey,

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.199
 it's good,

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.299
 there's 23 people.

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.579
 In fact,

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.879
 they were standing in line

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:23.220
 and you know,

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.579
 some guys want to be able

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.740
 to carry three or four boxes,

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.039
 you know,

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:28.799
 and when you have that many people,

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.220
 it's like,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.519
 you know,

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.319
 shoebox,

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.419
 shoebox,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.740
 shoebox,

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.259
 you know,

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.680
 it's like,

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.500
 no,

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:34.680
 no,

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:34.940
 no,

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.519
 that's two,

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.460
 you know,

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.859
 it's like,

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.799
 okay.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.440
 Do you know what that says

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:43.160
 about people?

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.460
 I know one of the men

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.019
 in our church

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.700
 shared that

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:50.019
 one of his neighbors

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.080
 moved that same week

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:55.759
 and there wasn't

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.519
 a single person

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:59.039
 from the body of people

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.220
 that he's involved with

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.940
 that was there to help.

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.440
 You see,

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.360
 I want you to understand

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.460
 that what Paul is

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.680
 illustrating here

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.340
 in this passage

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.059
 is that

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:12.119
 when God's at work

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.759
 in our hearts,

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.539
 we end up caring

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.279
 for one another.

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.720
 Genuine Christian affection

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.759
 drives us

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.519
 to help one another

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.980
 in need.

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.139
 It drives us

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.539
 to help

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:28.119
 problems

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.879
 and tensions

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.259
 within the family of God

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.779
 with the intention

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.500
 of bringing about

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.179
 reconciliation

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:34.659
 rather than flaming out.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.279
 One of the things

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.440
 that as I've gotten

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.359
 older in the Lord,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.980
 I have been

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.759
 I have been

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.519
 so blessed

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.180
 to watch

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.799
 is that

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:43.019
 I have learned

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.660
 that in many cases

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.720
 the body

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.160
 that is healthy

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.900
 heals itself.

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.279
 How many of you

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.120
 understand what I said?

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.980
 If

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:58.400
 someone has an attitude

00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:00.000
 with someone else

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.660
 and someone shares it

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:05.640
 with other individuals,

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.460
 often what will happen

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.200
 in our fellowship

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.120
 is that

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.160
 the someone else's

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.640
 will say,

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.480
 yeah,

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.320
 how did it go

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:13.060
 when you talked

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.620
 with them?

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.640
 By the way,

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.920
 that's Matthew 18.

00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.440
 Am I right?

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.820
 How many of you

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.400
 understand that?

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.040
 Will you please

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:19.460
 nod your head

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.820
 so I know

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.340
 that I don't need

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:20.779
 to give a little

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.480
 rendition here.

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:21.880
 Okay?

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.900
 Okay?

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.700
 It's important.

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.640
 That's what I mean

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.560
 by the body

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.519
 heals itself.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.620
 It takes care

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.340
 of a lot of

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.660
 the little issues

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.340
 that happen

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.320
 in life.

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.060
 We help each other

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.580
 with that.

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.660
 A husband

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.279
 has something

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.779
 to say,

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.800
 struggling in a relationship

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:42.240
 or a wife

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.620
 has something,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.640
 someone else

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.320
 will come alongside

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.759
 and say,

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:44.900
 hey,

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.400
 let me help you

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.640
 with that.

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.279
 I love you.

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.960
 Don't go there.

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.820
 Furthermore,

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.820
 when people

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.640
 have a genuine

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.820
 affection for one another,

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.160
 they encourage

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.220
 those who are wounded

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.019
 and are struggling.

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.220
 You know,

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.860
 the truth of the matter

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.900
 is that when you

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.060
 are close to people,

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.100
 you know what's going

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.780
 on in their lives,

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.500
 whether they intend

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.140
 to let you know

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.640
 or not.

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.940
 You don't know

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.700
 all the details,

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.500
 but how many of you

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.840
 know when someone's

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.960
 countenance has fallen?

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.220
 Now,

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.500
 what do I mean

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.220
 by countenance?

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.140
 How many of you

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.780
 know when a person's

00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:18.380
 kind of disconsolate

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.080
 or discouraged

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:20.680
 or kind of despondent?

00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:20.880
 You know,

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.920
 what happens?

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.840
 Their face falls,

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.140
 right?

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.700
 Now,

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.600
 I don't mean to the point

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.400
 of needing surgery,

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.240
 but I'm talking about,

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.680
 you know,

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.080
 it's like,

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.720
 hey,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.080
 you're discouraged.

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.819
 I can see it.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.619
 What's the problem?

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.859
 Now,

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.399
 don't ask them

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.919
 in the lobby.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.659
 I want you to know

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.879
 the lobby is the place

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:37.460
 where everything is good.

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.019
 But,

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.419
 you know,

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.399
 catch them on the side

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.799
 and say,

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.419
 you know,

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.000
 in the lobby,

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.039
 I noticed that instead

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.759
 of having that,

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.059
 hey,

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.819
 I'm great look,

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.179
 what's wrong?

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.699
 Genuine Christian affection

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.699
 leads us

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:55.539
 to stay through relationships

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:57.059
 despite the challenges

00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:00.039
 and heartaches

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.940
 that come over time.

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.099
 And so,

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.819
 I want you to stop

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.920
 and think just for a moment

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.859
 and put it in very practical terms.

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.539
 We're looking at

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.720
 this little passage

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.500
 where the apostle says,

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.680
 hey,

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:10.960
 listen,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.700
 I care about you

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.819
 and I know you care about me.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.059
 I want you to ask yourself,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.759
 do my actions

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.039
 and my inner thoughts

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.679
 reflect the heart of Christ?

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.399
 Do my actions

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.960
 and my inner thoughts

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:34.139
 reflect the heart of Christ?

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:37.519
 So that we frame this properly,

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.919
 you're in the book of Ephesians

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:40.460
 and we're going to come back there,

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.539
 but I want you to turn back

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.379
 just for a little bit

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:44.159
 to 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.440
 Now,

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.679
 with your eyes closed,

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.659
 most of you who are

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.940
 well-versed in the Scriptures

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.919
 know that 1 Corinthians

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.960
 13 is the what?

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.740
 It's the love chapter

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.840
 and we all got that down.

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.039
 I mean,

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:54.440
 we don't need any coaching in that,

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.880
 but let's take a look anyway,

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.259
 okay?

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.500
 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.039
 Picking up in verse 4,

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.320
 it says,

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:04.240
 love is patient and kind.

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.940
 Love does not envy or boast.

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.480
 It is not arrogant or rude.

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:10.680
 It does not insist on its own way.

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.380
 It is not irritable or resentful.

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:14.460
 It does not rejoice at wrongdoing,

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.820
 but rejoices in the truth.

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.420
 Love bears all things,

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.420
 believes all things,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.240
 hopes all things,

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.820
 endures all things.

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.460
 Probably the simplest illustration

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:27.360
 I can give you of a love like this

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:29.360
 is that Judith and I

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:31.660
 are going to play grandparents

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:33.600
 to two of our grandsons.

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.279
 Sam,

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.480
 my youngest,

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.800
 is at Fort Sill

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:42.300
 for his military responsibilities,

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.259
 and he's down there,

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:46.279
 and they took two of their four,

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.940
 and guess who has the other two?

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.599
 Well,

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.299
 Heather and Todd

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.279
 kept them for a week,

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.279
 and now we're going to keep them

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.720
 for a week,

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.680
 and guess what we're going to do?

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.000
 How many of you understand

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.640
 that having children

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.379
 when you're young

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:58.000
 is a very intelligent thing?

00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:03.480
 But,

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:07.599
 we're going to enjoy,

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.240
 and we have a wonderful time

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.720
 entertaining,

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.819
 and I've set up a tent

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.960
 in the bedroom.

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.059
 Does that make sense?

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.720
 They're going to tent

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.619
 with Grandpa

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:19.119
 in air conditioning.

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:23.839
 Could I have the tent outside?

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.099
 The answer is yes,

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:27.220
 but my neighbors

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.559
 have attacked squirrels,

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.379
 and I thought it'd be

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.059
 much better

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.819
 to put it inside,

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:33.039
 and so I pushed the bed

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.639
 out of the way,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.799
 and I set this little

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.019
 four-man tent up,

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:39.099
 and we sent pictures to Sam,

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.319
 said,

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.639
 guess where they're going to stay?

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:46.480
 And my affection for them

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:48.619
 is Judith has bought candy.

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:48.799
 Now,

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.379
 I'm a diabetic,

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.399
 and should candy

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.919
 be in the house

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.480
 of a diabetic?

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.159
 What's the answer?

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.819
 No.

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:55.659
 I mean,

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.500
 I like that, Seth.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:59.039
 Just more insulin, right?

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.699
 Is that what you're thinking?

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.019
 But here's the deal.

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.079
 So,

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:04.339
 Judith hides the candy

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.879
 from me,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:07.359
 but I want to tell you

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.179
 something about somebody

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.559
 that grew up

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.259
 in boarding school.

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.519
 Everybody listen.

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.379
 You have to get up

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.339
 pretty in the early morning

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.019
 to get ahead of me.

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.740
 And so,

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.179
 being as

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:23.059
 astute as I am,

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.459
 I think,

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.700
 well,

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.620
 grandkids are coming.

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:24.980
 Hmm.

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.319
 I wonder what's

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.480
 in the bottom drawer here.

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.559
 In fact,

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.799
 I happen to open

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.519
 a thing of Cheetos,

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.039
 and she says,

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.700
 I mean,

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.299
 you know,

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.019
 kind of that soft,

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.620
 loving voice,

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.200
 don't do that,

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.000
 that's for the kids.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.079
 Okay.

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.799
 Oh,

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:41.960
 yeah,

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.900
 let's talk about music,

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.200
 right?

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.620
 Music.

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.360
 How many of you realize

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.900
 that all of us

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.539
 have our favorites?

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.779
 Smile.

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.299
 We all have our favorites.

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.960
 Do you understand that?

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.500
 We have favorites,

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.980
 am I right?

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.960
 When my grandkids

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.759
 are in my house,

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.880
 guess what kind of songs

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.420
 we sing?

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.720
 Ad nauseum.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.400
 So,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.380
 what song would you like

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.759
 to sing,

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.140
 Calvin?

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.400
 Well,

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.799
 let's sing

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.640
 Jesus Loves Me.

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.980
 And after we've sung

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.980
 Jesus Loves Me Once,

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.740
 okay,

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.340
 and what song

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:12.360
 would you like to sing,

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.980
 Eliab?

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.440
 Well,

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.940
 why don't we sing,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.640
 do you follow that?

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:16.960
 And my affection

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.320
 for my grandchildren

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:19.560
 leads me

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.580
 to willingly

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.920
 do what their

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.920
 hearts inclined

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.420
 to do,

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.720
 right?

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:25.480
 I do ask myself

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.400
 the question,

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.500
 are there any

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.100
 Bible verses

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.780
 that go along

00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:29.200
 with that?

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:29.520
 Yeah,

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.980
 okay,

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.780
 so we're okay.

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:34.800
 So,

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.380
 ask yourself

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.880
 the question

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.420
 this morning

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.980
 as you think

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.020
 about this

00:31:38.020 --> 00:31:38.840
 concluding little

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.720
 portion to the

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.660
 book of Ephesians.

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.840
 Here's the apostle

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.860
 saying this,

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.099
 when the Spirit

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.779
 of God's at work,

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.639
 He works

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:49.159
 to help me

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.979
 love other people.

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.099
 Well,

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.979
 Paul's given us

00:31:52.979 --> 00:31:53.459
 an illustration,

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.199
 but I want to

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.839
 finish off by

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.379
 looking at

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.139
 verse 23,

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.240
 where we find

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.539
 a very interesting

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.859
 theological summary

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.459
 that is given

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.119
 for us.

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.859
 He says,

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.619
 Peace be to the

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.000
 brothers,

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.000
 and love with

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.539
 faith.

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.859
 Now,

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.939
 circle the little

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.679
 word from.

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:15.819
 What we are

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.719
 looking at here

00:32:16.719 --> 00:32:17.479
 in verse 23

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:18.240
 is the fact

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.919
 that genuine

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:20.000
 conversion brings

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.379
 peace to us

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:23.779
 in our relationships

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.639
 that the unbelieving

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.439
 world cannot

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:26.179
 understand.

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.679
 It's interesting

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.639
 that the unbelieving

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.479
 world looks at

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:30.919
 peace,

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.619
 honestly,

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:33.359
 as the interlude

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.319
 between conflicts.

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.839
 Do you understand

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.139
 that?

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.159
 Let me say that

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.539
 slowly.

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.559
 The unbelieving

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.479
 world looks at

00:32:39.479 --> 00:32:40.299
 peace as being

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.419
 those brief breaks

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.500
 between conflicts.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:44.679
 It's incredible

00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.419
 to believe

00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:46.619
 or to discover

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.579
 just how much

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.279
 turmoil and

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.439
 conflict is going

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.979
 on around the

00:32:49.979 --> 00:32:50.240
 world.

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.199
 It's everywhere

00:32:52.199 --> 00:32:52.959
 you look.

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:55.419
 You can't turn

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.019
 on the news

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.919
 without finding

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.939
 some turmoil

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.919
 and some conflict

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.879
 that's really

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.619
 life-threatening.

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.479
 Genuine salvation,

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.179
 on the other hand,

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.019
 brings peace that

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.639
 is more than

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.319
 just a cessation

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.379
 of strife.

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.659
 God's peace

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:11.539
 brings a

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.639
 sense of

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.599
 well-being

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.299
 and it brings

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.059
 peace in

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.920
 relationships.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.920
 When the

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.740
 sinner is changed

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.299
 by the power

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.960
 of the cross,

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.039
 he's changed

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.720
 from being a

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.619
 child of wrath

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.220
 and one who

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.500
 lives a wrathful

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.599
 lifestyle to

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.319
 being a child

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.259
 of God and

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.819
 one who is

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.559
 interested in

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.119
 those things

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.079
 that bring

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.480
 glory to God.

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.619
 He no longer

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.319
 lives under the

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.159
 shadow of God's

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.599
 judgment.

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.740
 judgment.

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.139
 And a heart

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:40.099
 that is received

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:41.980
 complete forgiveness

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.379
 and savors the

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.759
 gift is that

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.740
 peace with God.

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.619
 And that peace

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.439
 translates into

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:49.919
 relationships with

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.480
 other people.

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.459
 Do you follow

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:51.759
 that?

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.339
 I was talking

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.039
 with an individual

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.119
 just a couple

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:57.000
 days ago where

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.199
 they were dealing

00:33:58.199 --> 00:33:59.759
 with kind of

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.119
 working through

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:02.399
 an offense that

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.199
 someone had done

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.639
 to them,

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.699
 someone in the

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.559
 family of God.

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.500
 And they came

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.320
 first to kind of

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.820
 commiserate.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.199
 How many of you

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.579
 know what I mean

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.280
 by commiserate?

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.539
 It's like,

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.699
 you know,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.720
 you kind of

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.500
 chew on this and

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.139
 it kind of begins

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.800
 to eat you up a

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.199
 little bit and

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.360
 then you have to

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.119
 say something to

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.460
 somebody.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.820
 It's like,

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.380
 you know,

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.380
 I can't believe

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.099
 they did this.

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.019
 You know,

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.300
 and as this

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.159
 person was talking

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.059
 and by the way,

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.019
 it's not a good

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.699
 idea to talk to

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.480
 pastor about things

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.059
 like that because

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.420
 you know what

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.000
 pastor's going to

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.220
 do?

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.940
 What's he going

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.240
 to do?

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.500
 Huh?

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.679
 Well,

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.679
 what's the

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.019
 pastor going

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.279
 to do?

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.819
 Probably going

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.440
 to bring a

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.299
 little passage of

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.960
 scripture alongside

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.539
 and say,

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.960
 you know what,

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.619
 I'm wondering.

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:45.419
 And providentially,

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.159
 the Lord allowed

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.839
 this person to

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.299
 have what I

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.000
 call spiritual

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.480
 belch.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.579
 How many of you

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.899
 know what a

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.059
 spirit,

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.639
 it's kind of a

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.399
 and I,

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.919
 whew,

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.699
 man.

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.679
 And it dawned

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.139
 on them that

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.699
 they'd done this

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.179
 in front of the

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.199
 pastor and then

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.759
 they began to

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.599
 self-diagnose.

00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.839
 Do you know

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.379
 what it is to

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.279
 self-diagnose?

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.400
 Yes.

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.880
 Okay?

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.800
 And then they

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.340
 said this,

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.700
 they said,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.019
 you know,

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:09.200
 I have to

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.860
 think that

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:11.240
 God has

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.800
 actually been

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.380
 more patient

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.820
 with me

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.240
 than I'm

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.860
 being with

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.500
 Bubba.

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:14.860
 You know,

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.240
 is there any

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.440
 Bubba?

00:35:15.560 --> 00:35:15.720
 No.

00:35:16.060 --> 00:35:16.260
 Okay,

00:35:16.620 --> 00:35:17.480
 it's more

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.200
 patient with

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.920
 me than I'm

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.320
 being with

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.840
 Bubba and I

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.220
 need to get

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.860
 over this.

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.440
 I said,

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.660
 well,

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:22.960
 yeah,

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.940
 that's right.

00:35:25.040 --> 00:35:25.620
 Here's the

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:25.980
 point.

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:28.480
 It says

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.800
 there in

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.300
 verse 23,

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.119
 peace be

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.460
 to the

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.820
 brothers.

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.760
 Listen,

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.179
 God wants

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.900
 us who

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.320
 are part

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.539
 of the

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.059
 family of

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.480
 God to

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.800
 be at

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.280
 peace with

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.800
 one another,

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:43.579
 to be in

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.980
 unity,

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.559
 to have

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.920
 mutual

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.719
 affections for

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.219
 one another.

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.760
 And that

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.260
 doesn't just

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.860
 come because

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.320
 we all

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.860
 happen to

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.240
 like to

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.860
 play golf

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.340
 together.

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.219
 It happens

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.740
 because of

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.240
 our affection

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.619
 for the

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.059
 Lord Jesus

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.639
 Christ.

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.839
 And honestly,

00:35:58.959 --> 00:35:59.419
 when you run

00:35:59.419 --> 00:36:00.199
 into people

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.779
 who profess

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.119
 to be

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.739
 believers but

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.519
 are always

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.539
 at odds

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.119
 and all

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.619
 stirred up

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.399
 about things

00:36:05.399 --> 00:36:06.219
 and relationships,

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.079
 one of the

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.959
 legitimate questions

00:36:07.959 --> 00:36:08.439
 that you can

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:09.059
 ask yourself

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.259
 is,

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.159
 I wonder

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.679
 what's going

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.179
 on in this

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.559
 person's

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.399
 life spiritually.

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.679
 It can't

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.099
 be that

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.439
 way.

00:36:17.939 --> 00:36:18.159
 Now,

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.659
 look also

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:18.979
 at the

00:36:18.979 --> 00:36:19.500
 second part

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.799
 of this

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.059
 verse.

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.459
 It says,

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.199
 peace to

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.579
 the brothers

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.299
 and love

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.319
 with faith

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:24.379
 from

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:29.099
 genuine

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.760
 conversion

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.680
 moves the

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.420
 believer to

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.200
 being a

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.559
 loving

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.340
 person.

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.380
 I want you

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.720
 to have that

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.059
 stuck in

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.440
 your mind.

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.780
 Genuine

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.400
 conversion,

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.900
 it's not

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.119
 going to

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.519
 pop out

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.820
 on the

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.160
 slide,

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.840
 so just

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.119
 kind of

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.460
 write it

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.700
 down

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.119
 anyway.

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.660
 Genuine

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.280
 conversion

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.860
 leads you

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.180
 to love

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.740
 other people.

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.380
 Let me

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.780
 argue this

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.260
 from the

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.559
 scriptures.

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.719
 believers.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.900
 And I'm

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.139
 not going

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.340
 to have

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.739
 you turn

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.059
 at the

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.699
 passage just

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.099
 because of

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.480
 the time,

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.199
 but in

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.500
 John

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.380
 chapter 13

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.119
 verse 35,

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.699
 here's what

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.299
 Jesus said.

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.619
 He said,

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.719
 this is how

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.299
 people are

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.739
 going to

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.699
 know you're

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.639
 a Christian

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:07.579
 because you

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.299
 love others.

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.420
 Now,

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.840
 I do want

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.299
 you to turn.

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.619
 You're in

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.000
 Ephesians.

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.440
 I want you

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.759
 to go to

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.099
 John,

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:15.940
 1 John.

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.440
 And by

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.699
 the way,

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.320
 1 John is

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.220
 a book

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.940
 that was

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:21.220
 written to

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:22.300
 help people

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:23.480
 know whether

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.260
 they're saved

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.840
 or not.

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:27.740
 Stop,

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.160
 just for a

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.260
 second.

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.500
 Let's

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.059
 understand this

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.340
 because it's

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.740
 important.

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:32.160
 It's amazing

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:34.300
 how easily

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.880
 we are

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.400
 deceived.

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.600
 I am

00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:38.460
 convinced

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.300
 there will

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.039
 be people

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.240
 that when

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.860
 they slip

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.539
 from this

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.440
 life into

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.000
 eternity

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.820
 are going

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.180
 to be

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.720
 absolutely

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.660
 stunned

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.200
 to find

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.860
 out that

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.440
 they have

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.200
 never come

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.620
 to faith

00:37:49.620 --> 00:37:50.140
 in the

00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:50.620
 Lord Jesus

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.039
 Christ.

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.900
 And because

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.840
 of their

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.920
 lack of

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.720
 belief in

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.099
 Christ,

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.700
 they will

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.000
 spend

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.579
 eternity

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.140
 in hell.

00:37:59.640 --> 00:37:59.980
 Satan

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.760
 deceived

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.320
 them in

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.019
 thinking that

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:03.039
 because they

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.860
 got baptized

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.440
 when they

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.079
 were 11,

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.160
 or because

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:06.760
 they showed

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.320
 up on a

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.160
 regular basis,

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.960
 or because

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.539
 they were a

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.099
 Sunday school

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.460
 teacher,

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.539
 that in

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.800
 and of

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.440
 itself is

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.220
 what guaranteed

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:14.059
 them a

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:15.000
 rival into

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.420
 eternity.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.900
 That's not

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.519
 the case.

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:22.200
 And

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.820
 Scripture

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:24.160
 is often

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:27.320
 interested

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.880
 in having

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.400
 us kind

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.900
 of question

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.420
 whether or

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.840
 not we're

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.220
 the real

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.559
 thing.

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:30.940
 Do you

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.360
 follow that?

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.660
 Now,

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.240
 having said

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.420
 that,

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.900
 can I tell

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.200
 you that

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.900
 next week's

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.440
 message is

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.740
 going to

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.140
 deal with

00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:36.559
 that?

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.740
 But in

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.559
 1 John,

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.280
 if you

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.660
 look,

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:44.539
 in 1 John

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.300
 chapter 4,

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.740
 let me just

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.220
 read it to you.

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.639
 It says in

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.119
 verse 7,

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.519
 Beloved,

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.879
 let us

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.259
 love one

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.539
 another,

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.059
 for love

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.679
 is from

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.039
 God.

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.439
 That's not

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:53.839
 Hollywood.

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.000
 That's

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.599
 lasting

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.439
 covenant

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:58.159
 commitment

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.419
 and enduring

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:02.339
 genuine

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:03.000
 affection.

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.279
 Love is

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.659
 from God,

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:04.980
 and whoever

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.899
 loves has

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.299
 been born

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.639
 of God

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.980
 and knows

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.279
 God.

00:39:08.459 --> 00:39:09.299
 I have

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.819
 known people

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.119
 that,

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.379
 boy,

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.619
 they're

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.319
 orthodoxy,

00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:11.759
 they can

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.939
 slice and

00:39:12.939 --> 00:39:13.539
 dice verses

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.939
 with the

00:39:13.939 --> 00:39:14.319
 best of

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.419
 them,

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.680
 but when

00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:14.980
 it really

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.460
 comes down

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.159
 to relationships,

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.340
 there is no

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.900
 evidence of

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.340
 love at all

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.559
 in their

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.820
 life,

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.139
 and here's

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.380
 what the

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.980
 passage says,

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.780
 love's from

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.019
 God,

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.340
 and whoever

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:22.300
 loves has

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.619
 been born

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.960
 of God

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.260
 and knows

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.559
 God.

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.260
 Anyone who

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.720
 does not

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.180
 know love

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.639
 does not

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.099
 know God

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.680
 because God

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.180
 is love.

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.860
 Well,

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.680
 if you go

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:31.159
 on to verse

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.559
 12,

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:31.900
 and I want

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.180
 you to look

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:32.519
 at that,

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.059
 no one

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.659
 has ever

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.519
 seen God.

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.360
 That's a

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.720
 theological

00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:37.119
 statement,

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.599
 it's true,

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.220
 but if we

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.599
 love one

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:39.800
 another,

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.480
 God abides

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.900
 in us,

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.840
 and His love

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.480
 is perfected

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:42.800
 in us.

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.280
 How do I

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.179
 know that

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.740
 God is at

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.260
 work in me

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.740
 because I

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.740
 love other

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.079
 people?

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.539
 It's not

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.240
 natural to

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.519
 me.

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.119
 And by the

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.360
 way,

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.800
 lest you're

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.179
 surprised,

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.539
 it's not

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.079
 natural to

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.320
 you.

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.260
 And so the

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.940
 argument that

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.639
 John is

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.219
 making is,

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.420
 hey,

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.679
 when God's

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.139
 in us,

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.800
 we love

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.320
 other people.

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.760
 Now look at

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.340
 verse 19

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.920
 and 21.

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:04.039
 We love

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.599
 because He

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.139
 first loved

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.340
 us.

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.079
 So how do

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.900
 we get started

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.579
 at loving,

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:07.920
 period?

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.680
 Well, He

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:10.320
 chases us

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.960
 down in our

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.320
 miserable,

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.880
 despicable

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.900
 condition of

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.240
 being an

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.960
 unrepentant

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.260
 sinner,

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.240
 rebellious

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.740
 against the

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.260
 glory of

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.579
 God,

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.800
 seeking only

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.460
 our own

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.920
 glory.

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.659
 And He

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.400
 finds us in

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:22.139
 our despair,

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.820
 and He

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.720
 convicts us of

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.400
 the darkness

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.280
 and the

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.900
 wickedness of

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.400
 our heart,

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.480
 and draws us

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.320
 to the cross

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.519
 by His grace,

00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:30.400
 and leads us

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.079
 to cry out

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.400
 and say,

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.099
 I am a

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.340
 sinner,

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.320
 deserving

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.099
 judgment,

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.740
 but Jesus

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.579
 died for me.

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:38.659
 Jesus loves

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:38.960
 me.

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.059
 And I

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.940
 cast myself

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.579
 upon His

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.199
 finished work

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.519
 and His

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.840
 mercy,

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.420
 and I

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.819
 ask Him

00:40:43.819 --> 00:40:44.239
 to be my

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.579
 Savior.

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.799
 We love

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.340
 Him because

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.039
 He first

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.119
 loved us.

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:51.299
 If anyone

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:51.819
 says,

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.500
 I love

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.039
 God,

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.619
 and hates

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.159
 his brother,

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.920
 he's a

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.279
 liar.

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.059
 For he

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.579
 who does

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.059
 not love

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.500
 his brother

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.960
 whom he

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.719
 has seen

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:04.759
 cannot love

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.259
 God

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:06.400
 whom he's

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.880
 not seen.

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.539
 What we're

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.180
 looking at

00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:11.860
 in this

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.460
 passage in

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.039
 Ephesians,

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.619
 going back

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.039
 to it as

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.619
 we close,

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.440
 is Paul

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.059
 is very,

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:18.840
 very interested

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.280
 in our

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:20.000
 understanding

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:22.400
 that this

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.480
 whole book,

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.940
 which begins

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.880
 by explaining

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.720
 the glory of

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.680
 Christ in

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.820
 saving us,

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.960
 and the

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.019
 wonder of

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.440
 the work

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.760
 of the

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.260
 Spirit of

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.820
 God in

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.880
 transforming us

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.500
 through progressive

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.360
 sanctification,

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:38.000
 ends up in

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.460
 very,

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.960
 very practical

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.059
 terms in

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.760
 the relationships

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.440
 we have in

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.940
 the body of

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.340
 Christ.

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.780
 So here's

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.079
 what I want

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.400
 you to think

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.619
 about.

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:49.000
 Everybody look

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.420
 at me for a

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.539
 minute,

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.300
 please.

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.340
 I know

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.900
 more of

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.400
 what's going

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:54.880
 on in your

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.400
 lives than

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.920
 you think I

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.099
 do.

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.300
 Does that

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.760
 mean I know

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.119
 everything?

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.480
 No.

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:05.159
 But my

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.860
 appeal to

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.320
 you this

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.880
 morning is

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.559
 this.

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.559
 Don't

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:12.000
 allow the

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:14.659
 enemy to

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:15.840
 dishonor the

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.760
 testimony and

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.579
 the power of

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:20.539
 the cross by

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:21.639
 nurturing an

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.900
 unforgiving and

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:24.159
 ill spirit towards

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.860
 another brother

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:26.380
 or sister.

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:30.019
 That's not of

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.340
 God.

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.519
 And he

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.380
 who saved

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:36.139
 you wants

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:36.460
 your

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:38.179
 conversations and

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:39.400
 your affections

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:40.280
 when you are

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.920
 working at

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.480
 McDonald's or

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:44.460
 at Meijer or

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.960
 at Walmart or

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:47.460
 at Chase or

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.440
 at wherever

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:51.980
 to cause people

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.440
 to say,

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:52.860
 you know,

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.340
 there's something

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.960
 about you.

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.159
 You actually

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:56.519
 have loving

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.659
 spirit towards

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.420
 other people.

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.360
 it's very

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.260
 unusual.

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.659
 And you

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.180
 can say to

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.320
 them,

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:04.539
 well,

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.139
 it's not

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.659
 because of

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:05.900
 me.

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.059
 Amen?

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:09.000
 It's because

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.820
 of the power

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.400
 of the Spirit

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.820
 of God.

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.079
 Everybody

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.460
 smile.

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.740
 Who won't

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.800
 let me get

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.840
 away with an

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.559
 unloving,

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.780
 embittered,

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:18.280
 sour spirit

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:19.180
 towards those

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:20.099
 who are part

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:21.119
 of the family

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.980
 of God.

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.079
 Amen.

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:27.799
 Paul wants

00:43:27.799 --> 00:43:28.079
 us to

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.340
 remember

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.659
 that.

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:33.920
 People that

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.340
 are deeply

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:35.079
 affected by

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.579
 His love

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:37.500
 show that

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:37.860
 love to

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.179
 others.

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.340
 Let's

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.739
 close in

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:39.940
 prayer.

00:43:44.319 --> 00:43:45.019
 Father God,

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.460
 this morning

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.940
 our heart

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:47.019
 cannot help

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.819
 but remember

00:43:47.819 --> 00:43:50.119
 what Zachariah

00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:51.239
 the prophet said,

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.259
 not by might

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:53.159
 nor by power

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:54.179
 but by my

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.699
 spirit,

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.279
 saith the

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:55.559
 Lord.

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:58.960
 You

00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:00.659
 who loved

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.199
 us before

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.920
 the foundation

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.679
 of the world,

00:44:03.859 --> 00:44:04.799
 who willingly

00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:05.460
 sent Your

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.219
 Son to be

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:07.079
 the example

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:08.400
 of Your

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.460
 love and

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.880
 His

00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:10.880
 willing,

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.900
 loving

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.699
 death

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.739
 for us,

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:16.139
 has given

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:16.559
 us the

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.039
 opportunity

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.839
 of salvation

00:44:17.839 --> 00:44:18.359
 through His

00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:18.859
 blood and

00:44:18.859 --> 00:44:19.439
 You have

00:44:19.439 --> 00:44:20.279
 saved us

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:21.460
 and called

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.939
 us to be

00:44:21.939 --> 00:44:22.639
 an exception

00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:23.299
 in an

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:23.939
 unloving,

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:24.980
 unbelievably

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.960
 wicked world

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:27.819
 and we

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.739
 want to

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:30.739
 be all

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:31.179
 that You've

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:31.659
 called us

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.059
 to be.

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:34.000
 Help us

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.460
 to have a

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:34.679
 holy

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.779
 dissatisfaction

00:44:35.779 --> 00:44:38.159
 with an

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:38.859
 unwholesome,

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.960
 ungodly,

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.859
 despicable

00:44:40.859 --> 00:44:41.559
 spirit.

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:44.359
 where it

00:44:44.359 --> 00:44:45.139
 exists towards

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.539
 a brother

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:45.960
 or a

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.259
 sister.

00:44:47.779 --> 00:44:48.419
 Cause us

00:44:48.419 --> 00:44:49.039
 to be ashamed

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.719
 of what that

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 says for

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 Your love

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 and to

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 repent and

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 forbear.

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 I pray for

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 those individuals

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 that are here

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.719
 this morning

00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:00.379
 that do not

00:45:00.379 --> 00:45:01.059
 know Christ,

00:45:01.359 --> 00:45:02.139
 that this

00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.759
 morning Your

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.460
 Spirit would

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 draw them to

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 the cross

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 to know

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 the complete

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 forgiveness

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 for all

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 sin that

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 may be

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 found only

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 in the

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 blood of

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 Christ.

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 And we

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 ask this in

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 Your precious

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.