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 Gracious Father, we thank you for the cross,

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 and we pray that that power might impact us day by day.

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 May it not be a relic of the past,

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 but present power to take up our cross and follow you,

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 and we ask it for your sake.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Just quickly, an update.

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 I believe you've prayed already for Joshua.

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 Fantastic.

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 He went into surgery on Friday.

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 Didn't go so well,

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 so he went back into surgery again yesterday,

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 and I just received a text from Josh.

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 Sorry, from Josh.

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 He's an advanced kid.

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 From Stuart and Emma saying,

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 Josh doing much better this morning.

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 Surgeon happy.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 Please thank everyone for their prayers.

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 So please continue to uphold them as they walk in these days,

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 and thank God for the great news.

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 Perfect Liberty Church used to be the fastest growing church in the world.

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 It had its origin in Japan

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 and has since spread to a number of different locations in the world,

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 including Brisbane.

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 Mostly exotic locations,

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 except for Brisbane, I'd imagine,

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 but mostly spread through a number of different places in the world.

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 The headquarters in Japan is considered a paradise.

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 At one point,

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 it boasted in having the most complete recreation complex in all of Japan,

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 and the landscaped delights like artificial lakes and cherry trees and waterfalls

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 were just marvellous to comprehend.

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 Perfect Liberty Church had a very simple theology.

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 Everyone who is a member is a child of God

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 who finds the way to eternal peace by freely exercising individuality,

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 and therefore you are free to express as members of the church

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 to express your individuality

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 and discover eternal peace through prayer,

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 through golf,

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 through group sex,

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 and frankly, whatever else you wanted to do.

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 The crucial thing is total freedom for individual expression.

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 You can do whatever you want,

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 so long as it makes you happy,

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 and it's called church.

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 That would be on their board in their foyer.

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 Come in here and do whatever you like.

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 On one level,

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 it's not hard to see why it was the fastest growing church in the world at one time.

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 On another level,

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 it's a bit hard to fathom why it would grow so fast.

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 The message of this church is to do whatever you want,

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 whenever you want,

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 with whomever you want,

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 so long as it makes you happy.

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 So how's that different than anyone else in the world?

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 One of the tenets of salvation for the Perfect Liberty Church

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 was you had to give lots and lots of money,

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 which is why it had money for its landscapes and recreation facilities.

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 So why would you give up your perfect freedom there

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 to come into this church

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 to give lots of money in order to have perfect freedom?

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 Makes no sense in my mind.

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 Perfect Liberty Church would have grown pretty well in Corinth.

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 Corinth was a city on the up.

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 After being flattened by the Romans in 150 BC,

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 they then decided they made a mistake,

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 dramatic transformation,

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 and poured lots of money into it

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 and rebuilt it in the early part of the first century.

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 Money came from all over the empire

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 to rebuild and improve the infrastructure.

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 Sorry, Corinth was a major trading centre in Greece,

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 crucial for the Roman Empire,

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 in fact, for the world.

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 It was a very popular tourist destination

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 and a great place to party.

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 The morals of Corinth were pretty low bar.

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 So it was a great place

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 if you wanted to let your hair down and have a great time.

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 The population of Corinth had exploded

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 from all over the Roman Empire

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 in the early days of the first century.

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 They came to take advantage

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 of the Corinthian cosmopolitan lifestyle.

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 Many of those who came were former slaves

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 who had bought their freedom

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 and were now players in the financial services industry.

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 And as far as we could work out from the book of Acts,

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 Paul stayed in Corinth for a couple of years

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 to teach and establish this new church.

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 By the time he left,

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 there was a church family there of around about 60 people.

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 The church was multicultural

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 and predominantly middle class,

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 not unlike St. Paul's Chatswood.

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 There were a few rich people

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 and there were a few slaves,

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 but most people were somewhere in the middle.

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 The other thing that we need to understand

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 about this church before we launch into this letter

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 is that it had some pretty major problems.

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 This letter, 1 Corinthians,

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 is Paul helping this church to get back on track.

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 And so just imagine it there.

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 You're squeezed together in one of the houses

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 of one of the rich people at Corinth

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 because they're the only ones who can fit 60 people in.

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 And you're there to hear Paul's letter.

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 And he says,

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 Paul,

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 called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus

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 by the will of God and our brothers,

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 to the church of God in Corinth,

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 to those sanctified in Christ Jesus

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 and called to be holy,

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 together with those everywhere

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 who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 their Lord and ours.

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 Grace and peace to you from God our Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I always thank God for you

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 because of his grace given to you in Christ Jesus.

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 For in him you have been enriched in every way,

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 in all your speaking and in all your knowledge

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 because our testament of our Christ was confirmed in you.

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 Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift

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 as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

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 He will keep you strong to the end

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 so that you will be blameless

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 on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 God who has called you into fellowship with his son,

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 Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

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 Notice that Paul starts his letter

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 by describing his church in Corinth

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 as to those sanctified in Christ Jesus

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 and called to be holy,

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 together with all those everywhere

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 who call on the name of our Lord.

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 And again, I always thank God for you

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 because of his grace given to you in Christ Jesus.

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 And again, you have been enriched in every way.

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 And again, you do not lack any spiritual gift

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 as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed

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 and he will keep you strong to the end

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 so that you will be blameless

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 on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 You see, at the beginning of this letter,

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 Paul looks back to what this church has received

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 And then he tells them to look forward to the goal

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 as you eagerly await the Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

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 And he promises them that God

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 who has called you into fellowship with his son,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ, is faithful.

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 They have a beginning in Jesus

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 and they have a future to aim for.

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 The day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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 And the problem for this church in Corinth

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 is they have forgotten what it means

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 to live in between times.

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 They've forgotten what it means

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 to live out their future hope in the present.

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 Even though they were the Christian church in Corinth,

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 an inordinate amount of Corinth was in this church.

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 And so Paul's writing this letter to get them back on track.

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 And how does he do that?

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 He does it by getting to refocus on Jesus.

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 Twelve times in the start of this letter,

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 we have Jesus Christ or our Lord Jesus Christ

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 or Christ Jesus our Lord mentioned.

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 Paul is simply telling this church

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 to refocus on the crucified Jesus

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 as the foundation of how they live out their life

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 together in the present.

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 That is fundamentally his core message

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 through this letter.

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 There is a beginning in Jesus

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 and a future that they are heading to.

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 And in between, he's calling them right now

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 in the present to live the cross

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 shaped life.

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 That is what the Corinthian church needed to get

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 because they weren't living the cross shaped life.

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 They were operating like perfect liberty church.

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 The first evidence of that is the divisions

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 and the factions in the church.

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 Listen to how Paul describes it in verses 10 to 17.

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 I appeal to you brothers in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that all of you agree with one another

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 so that there may be no divisions among you

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 and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

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 My brothers, some from Chloe's household,

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 she got dobbed in,

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 have been informed me

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 and informed me that there are quarrels among you.

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 What I mean is this,

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 one of you says I follow Paul,

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 another says I follow Apollos,

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 another I follow Cephas,

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 still another I follow Christ.

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 Is Christ divided?

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 Was Paul crucified for you?

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 Were you baptised in the name of Paul?

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 I'm thankful that I did not baptise any of you

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 except Crispus and Gaius

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 so no one can say that you're baptised into my name.

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 Yes, I also baptised the household of Stephanas.

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 Beyond that, I don't remember if I baptised anyone else.

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 For Christ did not send me to baptise,

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 but to preach the gospel,

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 not with words of human wisdom,

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 lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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 Corinth was no different than Jatswood,

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 no different than Sydney,

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 no different than Australia.

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 Like us, they had a celebrity culture.

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 The big celebrities in Corinth weren't the singers,

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 or nowadays the chefs.

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 They weren't the movie stars,

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 they weren't the socialists,

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 they weren't the sports people,

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 they were the public speakers and the orators.

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 People flocked from everywhere

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 to hear these speakers deliver their lectures

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 on the latest ideas.

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 When Paul talks here about human wisdom,

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 he's talking about human worldview.

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 These guys came in and just spoke about stuff.

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 They would speak about everything and anything,

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 politics, architecture, sex, leisure, art.

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 The better that they presented,

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 the more adherence they got,

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 and the bigger the payday it was for them.

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 People would come and hear their favourite speakers,

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 and then they would argue their viewpoints with one another.

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 The disciples of each one of these speakers

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 would argue their viewpoints with each other.

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 One of Paul's contemporaries,

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 a Greek orator and historian of the Roman Empire,

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 a guy named Dio Chrysostom,

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 wrote this about Corinth.

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 He himself was a historian and an orator.

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 He said,

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 When I arrived,

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 I was escorted with much enthusiasm and respect,

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 the recipients of my visits

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 being grateful for my presence

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 and begging me to address them and advise them

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 and flocking around my door from early dawn.

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 One could hear rival crowds around the temple

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 shouting and reviling one another.

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 Disciples of one fighting with the disciples of another

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 as the writers read their stupid works.

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 It's a little ironic that he should call other people's works stupid

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 when one of his most famous works

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 was a speech called,

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 In Praise of Hair.

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 It was against baldness.

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 So what Dio Chrysostom describes there

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 wasn't football hooliganism,

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 it was philosophy hooliganism.

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 The celebrity culture,

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 the worldviews of Corinth

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 fed all into the life of the church.

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 We see it there in verses 10 to 17.

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 If the Corinthians were a little bit underwhelmed by Paul

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 and his speaking,

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 they loved Apollos.

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 Oh, we love Apollos.

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 He could really preach that guy.

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 And this led them to start saying things like,

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 well, we're Apollos people.

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 Another group over there said,

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 well, we,

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 Paul's our guru,

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 we're Paul people.

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 Another group says,

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 no, no,

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 we're Peter people,

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 most likely the Jews,

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 we're Peter people.

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 Some who presumably thought

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 they were all above all church leadership.

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 No, no, no.

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 We're Jesus people.

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 That's the trump card on you all.

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 Even the Jesus people faction here

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 are meant to be read negatively

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 because they weren't Jesus people

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 out of submission to Christ.

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 They were Jesus people

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 to beat the other factions.

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 The church hadn't actually split,

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 but they were heading that way

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 because they had adopted the wisdom

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 and the worldview of Corinth

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 and focused on personalities

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 and outward gifts and appearances

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 and skill and polish

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 rather than this cross.

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 And here I think is one of the main issues for them.

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 They began to think of their teachers,

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 their pastors,

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 in terms of itinerant philosophers

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 and celebrities.

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 and their new faith

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 in Jesus

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 as the product,

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 as a new wisdom

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 for Corinth.

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 The gospel message

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 became something

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 that they just attached

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 to the end of their life.

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 The Christian faith

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 has become

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 more than,

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 nothing more than just

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 simply a bunch of ideas

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 that they have

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 given intellectual assent to

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 and claim to believe.

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 And Paul's message here

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 in this chapter,

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 in fact,

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 I think the rest of the book,

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 is that

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 the crucified Jesus

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 isn't another piece of wisdom

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 that you collect

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 and you stick it on your CV.

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 The message of the crucified Christ

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 stands in total contrast

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 to human wisdom

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 and power.

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 The cross of Christ

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 is in fact

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 the great reversal

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 of all those things

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 that you long for.

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 This is how Paul puts it

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 in verse 18,

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 for the message of the cross

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 is foolishness

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 to those who are perishing,

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 but to us who are being saved

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 it is the power of God

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 for it is written

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 I will destroy

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 the wisdom of the wise

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 and the intelligent

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 of the intelligent

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 I will frustrate.

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 Where is the wise man?

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 Where is the scholar?

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 Where is the philosopher

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 of this age?

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 Has not God

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 made foolish

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 the wisdom of the world?

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 For since

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 in the wisdom of God

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 the world

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 through its wisdom

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 did not know him,

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 God was pleased

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 through the foolishness

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 of what was preached

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 to save those who believe.

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 Jews demand

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 miraculous signs

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 and Greeks

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 look for wisdom.

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 but we preach

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 Christ crucified

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 a stumbling block

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 to Jews

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 and foolishness

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 to Gentiles

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 but to those

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 whom God has called

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 both Jews and Greeks

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 Christ the power of God

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 and the wisdom of God.

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 For the foolishness

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 of God

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 is wiser

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 than man's wisdom

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 and the weakness

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 of God

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 is stronger

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 than man's strength.

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 You see,

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 power was a big issue

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 in the culture

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 of Corinth.

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 It didn't matter

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 whether you were Roman

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 or whether you were Greek

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 or whether you were Jew,

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 sort of the three main cultures

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 that made up Corinth.

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 Power was essential

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 in one way or another.

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 That is why

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 they had forgotten

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 the cross

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 because Jesus

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 on the cross

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 looks defeated.

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 He looks weak.

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 It's an embarrassment

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 in that culture.

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 It's a stumbling block

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 in that culture

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 to preach

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 a crucified Messiah.

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 And if I asked you today,

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 just today,

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 to share with me now,

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 if we had a roving mic,

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 stand up

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 and share with me

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 some of the great displays

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 of the power of God

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 in the Bible.

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 There is a number of things

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 that you could turn to

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 but who here would stand up

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 and say the cross of Christ?

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 That's the power of God.

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 That's the display

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 of God's power.

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 God's power.

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 What sort of philosopher

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 in human wisdom

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 would ever come up

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 with God himself

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 dying on a cross

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 in total weakness

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 being the great demonstration

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 of that God's power?

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 Jesus,

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 through his weakness

00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:43.280
 in dying on the cross,

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 has dealt with sin

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 and has become life

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 and power

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 for all of eternity.

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 He descended to the lowest

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 of lows

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 in weakness

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 and he is now given

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 the name that is above

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 every name.

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 That at the name of Jesus,

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 every knee would bow

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 and every tongue confess

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 that he is Lord

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 over everything.

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 God's power

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 and he is now given

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 what Paul is saying here

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 is you can't get

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 the cross of Christ

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 and attach it

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 to your human wisdom.

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 It blows human wisdom

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 out of the water.

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 God has more wisdom

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 on a bad day

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 than all the minds

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 of the world

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 together on a good day.

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 He has more power

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 in his little toe

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 than the might

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 of a world superfowl.

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 And the only answer

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 for this church

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 at Corinth

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 is to

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 abandon

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.240
 their human wisdom

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 and look

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 to the crucified Jesus.

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 There's only one thing

00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:51.799
 that can bring

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.799
 this church family

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 back together

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 and to stop

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.659
 it splittering.

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:57.480
 There is only one

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.540
 antidote

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 to their boasting

00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.600
 about their cleverness

00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:02.220
 and about their cultures.

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 It's the message

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:05.180
 of Jesus.

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.920
 Death on the cross.

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 What they need

00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:10.320
 to discover

00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:11.080
 is that the message

00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.700
 of the cross

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 isn't simply

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.920
 another idea

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.860
 to intellectually

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.880
 debate over

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 and to put in

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.380
 their CV.

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.360
 The gospel

00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:19.380
 isn't another

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.779
 form of wisdom.

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.900
 The gospel

00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.060
 means belonging

00:18:23.060 --> 00:18:24.000
 to Jesus.

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:27.640
 It's not just

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.620
 the intellectual

00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.140
 idea.

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 It means

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 you belong.

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 That's what

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 the gospel is.

00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:35.240
 Chapter 3

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.600
 says,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.560
 And you are

00:18:36.560 --> 00:18:37.779
 of Christ

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.640
 and Christ

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.120
 is of God.

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.779
 Chapter 6

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.040
 says,

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:41.000
 You were bought

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.560
 at a price,

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.140
 therefore honour

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:43.120
 God with your body.

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.700
 You no longer

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:46.240
 live for yourself.

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.819
 You belong to Jesus.

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.960
 The only answer

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.720
 to all the

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.599
 Corinthian problems

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.660
 and our problems,

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.400
 the problems of

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.359
 individualism

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.779
 and personal preference

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.859
 is to live

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:02.279
 a cross-centred

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.039
 life together.

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.599
 And what does that

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.859
 mean?

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.519
 It actually means

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.180
 to make Jesus

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:09.039
 and his death

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.079
 the main thing

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:12.420
 in our lives,

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.200
 both individually

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.120
 and corporately.

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:15.339
 make Jesus

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:16.259
 and his death

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:17.379
 the most important

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.239
 thing in your life,

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.859
 the thing that

00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.779
 you're passionate about,

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.739
 the thing that

00:19:20.739 --> 00:19:21.779
 shapes your behaviour

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.399
 and your thinking

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:23.419
 and your decision-making

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:24.519
 and your choices.

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.639
 This really is

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:27.359
 the central message

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.939
 of this letter.

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 We are to be

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.819
 people of one

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 thing,

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.979
 people of the cross,

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.979
 living cross-centred,

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.799
 cross-shaped,

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.579
 cross-defined

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 lives.

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 The overarching

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.679
 challenge of this

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.679
 letter is to live

00:19:44.679 --> 00:19:45.480
 all day,

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.139
 every day,

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.639
 together in a way

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.819
 that is controlled

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:50.139
 by God's wisdom

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:51.879
 and he has shown

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:53.759
 it on the cross.

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.159
 And that means

00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:58.379
 taking up our cross

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.500
 and dying to self.

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.779
 I was at a birthday

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.619
 party yesterday

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 and one of the

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.879
 questions during

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.740
 a party game

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.799
 was something

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.460
 like,

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.119
 use one word

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.159
 to describe

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:12.119
 the birthday girl.

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.079
 I was thinking

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.619
 about various

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.219
 people

00:20:18.219 --> 00:20:20.919
 yesterday

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:22.299
 as I was writing

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.879
 some of this

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:25.539
 and I was thinking,

00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.599
 can I come up

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.239
 with one word

00:20:27.239 --> 00:20:27.979
 to describe

00:20:27.979 --> 00:20:29.099
 what they are

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:30.279
 passionate about?

00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:31.319
 You know,

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.079
 you look at the person,

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.459
 you just,

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:32.759
 you know,

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.199
 hold random,

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.019
 look at the person

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.199
 and go,

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 yeah,

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:35.559
 golf.

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:37.359
 You know,

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.240
 surfing,

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.539
 retirement,

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.259
 children,

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.179
 job,

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.079
 career,

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.440
 flowers,

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.460
 caravan,

00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:49.539
 gardening,

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.220
 ballroom dancing,

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:57.639
 single malt scotch,

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.599
 fishing,

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.599
 travel,

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.700
 holding cars,

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:06.840
 Sydney swans.

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 I mean,

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.640
 it just quickly

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.180
 came to my mind,

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.700
 just think a whole

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:11.960
 random,

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.799
 one thing to

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.400
 identify them.

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.299
 Now,

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.920
 don't get me wrong,

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.080
 there's nothing evil

00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:18.240
 about any of those

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.640
 things,

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.840
 with the possible

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.380
 exception of

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.960
 Sydney swans.

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 What I'm saying

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.420
 is,

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.559
 they cannot be

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.680
 the main thing

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:29.080
 in our lives.

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:34.779
 it is just

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.819
 foolishness.

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.859
 The wise thing

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.059
 to do,

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.679
 the only wise

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.179
 thing to do

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.619
 is to make

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.439
 Jesus and

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.139
 his cross

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.439
 the controlling

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.279
 centre of

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.199
 our lives.

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 And I suspect

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:47.099
 that if I did

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.779
 a similar sort

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.439
 of thing today

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:49.480
 in a survey

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.039
 and just whipped

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.579
 around all

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:50.899
 of St.

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.539
 Paul's and said,

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.119
 what's the main

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.799
 thing about St.

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.199
 Paul's?

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.220
 There is a number

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.779
 of things that we

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.699
 could identify with

00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:55.980
 and say,

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.599
 this ought to be

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.199
 our main thing.

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 And what this

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.640
 passage says,

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.160
 no, no, no.

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.360
 If it's not

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.380
 Jesus crucified,

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.200
 it's not the

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.799
 main thing.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.440
 And so Paul

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.860
 does something

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.660
 really unusual

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.360
 as he finishes

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.019
 this chapter.

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:12.620
 See what he

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.980
 says there in

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.960
 verses 26 and

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.319
 27?

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.640
 Brothers,

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.559
 think of what

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.200
 you were when

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.660
 you were called.

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.140
 None of you

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:18.200
 were wise by

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.819
 human standards.

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.360
 Not many of

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.580
 you were

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.120
 influential.

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.000
 Not many of

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:23.420
 you were of

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.059
 noble birth.

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 But God

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.460
 chose the foolish

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.900
 things of the

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.480
 world to shame

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.960
 the wise,

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.640
 God chose

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.059
 the weak

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.380
 things of

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.660
 the world

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.039
 to shame

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.779
 the strong.

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.860
 He basically

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.360
 says there,

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:31.840
 hey guys,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.380
 just for a

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.519
 moment,

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.140
 look up.

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.240
 Look up.

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.019
 He said,

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.819
 heads up,

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.980
 just look

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.680
 around the

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.079
 room.

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.640
 Look at the

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.220
 people sitting

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.799
 in front of

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.019
 you and

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.600
 beside you.

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:42.980
 Look at

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.500
 each other.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.539
 Aren't you

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.640
 a strange

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.079
 lot?

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.779
 What a

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.660
 weird collection

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.279
 of people.

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.379
 people.

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.619
 He basically

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:58.319
 says only

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.220
 the cross

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.960
 of Christ

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.980
 can explain

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.379
 that.

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.359
 Conventional

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.220
 human wisdom

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.279
 can't explain

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.500
 it.

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.000
 You're not

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.899
 here because

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.680
 you were wise

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.420
 and powerful

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.319
 and you

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.859
 wanted to

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.899
 join a group

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.519
 of wise

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.139
 and powerful

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.680
 people.

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:23.320
 If God

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.680
 worked

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.220
 according to

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.720
 conventional

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.140
 wisdom,

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.660
 if God

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.400
 had handpicked

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.080
 his church

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:27.620
 on the

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.180
 basis of

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.500
 human

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.320
 qualification,

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.580
 let's face

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:30.860
 it,

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.759
 I for one

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.820
 wouldn't

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.440
 get a gig.

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.700
 It dawned

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.299
 on me this

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.740
 week in

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.340
 preparation,

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.120
 I didn't

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.560
 include it,

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.880
 it dawned on

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.100
 me this

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.279
 week,

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.240
 I'm not

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.820
 number one

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.120
 in the

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.539
 world at

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.259
 anything.

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.680
 At

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.160
 anything.

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:48.880
 In fact,

00:23:49.040 --> 00:23:50.600
 I'm pretty

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:50.940
 sure I'm

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.480
 not number

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.840
 one in

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.320
 chats

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.700
 would at

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.140
 anything.

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.100
 I'm

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.620
 pretty

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.380
 average.

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.340
 That's

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.779
 partly

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.240
 depressing,

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.940
 but it's

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.420
 the wisdom

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.040
 of God.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.460
 The cross

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.200
 is the very

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.960
 expression of

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.440
 how God

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.800
 works.

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.600
 He works

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:09.960
 to bring

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.700
 people like

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.060
 us,

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.840
 relatively

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.600
 unimpressive

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.220
 people from

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.880
 all different

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.300
 backgrounds

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:14.660
 together,

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.240
 and he

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.019
 empowers

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.500
 us to

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.880
 do what

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.540
 we cannot

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:20.100
 do on

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.840
 our own,

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.880
 and that

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.360
 is to

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.220
 die to

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.320
 ourself

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:28.240
 and pursue

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:30.120
 unity in

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.500
 Jesus.

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.060
 That is

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.740
 the wisdom

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.200
 that the

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.320
 United Nations

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.940
 hasn't got

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.779
 and the

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.500
 power that

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.940
 they don't

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.440
 have.

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.400
 If we

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.060
 make Jesus

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.619
 our main

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:44.980
 thing,

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.579
 then God

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.159
 gives us

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.599
 the power

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.919
 to do

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.279
 something

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.980
 incredible,

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.740
 the power

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.379
 to stop

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.819
 boasting

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.399
 about

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.099
 ourselves

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.299
 and our

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.740
 personal

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.240
 preferences

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.079
 and our

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.659
 cultures.

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.980
 See what

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.279
 it says

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.759
 in verse

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.440
 28,

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.099
 he chose

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.559
 the lowly

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.839
 things of

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.179
 the world

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.379
 and the

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.919
 despising

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.399
 the things

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.619
 that are

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:00.960
 not to

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.480
 nullify

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.839
 the things

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.179
 that are

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.740
 so that

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.419
 no one

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.159
 may boast

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:05.039
 before him.

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.460
 You see,

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.819
 when we

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.319
 look to

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.659
 Jesus,

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.019
 when we

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.359
 look at

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.679
 Jesus on

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:08.960
 the cross,

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.480
 we won't

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.839
 look to

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.339
 ourselves.

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.940
 We won't

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.740
 waste our

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.640
 breath trying

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.599
 to convince

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.759
 ourselves or

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.380
 anyone else

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.940
 that we

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:18.279
 are fantastic.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.160
 Oh, but

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.700
 friends, how

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.960
 prone we are

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.640
 to do that.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.920
 How skilled

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.620
 we are at

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:25.839
 it.

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.500
 I think it

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.079
 would be both

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.339
 entertaining and

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.200
 quite revealing

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.819
 if each of us

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.720
 had a flashing

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.839
 beacon on

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.759
 our heads

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.759
 and that

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.620
 beacon was

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.240
 wired to

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.200
 our hearts

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.900
 and it

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.880
 went off

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.720
 every time

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:44.360
 we started

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.080
 to talk

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.759
 about ourselves

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.140
 and to

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.960
 think ourselves

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.440
 up.

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.259
 Every time

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.640
 we thought

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.220
 high thoughts

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.620
 of ourselves,

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.259
 every time

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.840
 we took

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.400
 credit for

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.960
 other people's

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.380
 ideas,

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.920
 every subtle

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.680
 little reference

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.080
 to how

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.019
 spiritual we

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.799
 are or how

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.539
 good parents

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.059
 we are or

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.180
 how well

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.759
 things are

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.220
 going at

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.559
 work and

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.200
 how smart

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.600
 at all,

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.340
 or even

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.640
 if it's

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.180
 just simply,

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.799
 my, my,

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.160
 I would

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.660
 not do

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.080
 that.

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.980
 And the

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.340
 beacon would

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.500
 go

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.519
 zzzz.

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.640
 It would

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.400
 be particularly

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.259
 entertaining so

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.660
 long as I

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.019
 could take

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.460
 mine off and

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.000
 watch everyone

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.799
 else's go

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.240
 off.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.360
 And more

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.980
 importantly the

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.519
 red beacon

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.980
 would go

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.440
 off.

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.819
 More

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.460
 importantly it

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.080
 would be so

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.120
 revealing because

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:31.480
 it would be

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.259
 a reminder to

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.299
 us every time

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.860
 we took our

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.779
 eyes off the

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.180
 cross.

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.559
 That's what's

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.940
 happening when

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.320
 the beacon

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:40.039
 goes off.

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.400
 We're taking

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.480
 our eyes off

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.920
 the cross and

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.400
 we're putting

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.580
 it fair and

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.259
 square on

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.720
 ourselves.

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.960
 You see,

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.539
 when we focus

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.940
 on the cross,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.400
 we simply

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.980
 can't talk

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.620
 ourselves up.

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.160
 We can't

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.559
 boast about

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.920
 ourselves,

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.420
 but we will

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.299
 start raving

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.039
 about Jesus.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.320
 We also

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.880
 won't make

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.500
 our personal

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.200
 preferences and

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.759
 our culture

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.180
 the main

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.559
 thing.

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.519
 The very

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.299
 things which

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.440
 every day

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.259
 threaten to

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.019
 divide us.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.119
 You see,

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.740
 it wasn't

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.200
 Paul,

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.220
 it wasn't

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.900
 Apollos,

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.160
 it wasn't

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.680
 Cephas,

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.700
 it wasn't

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.099
 Steve

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.559
 Jeffrey,

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.200
 it wasn't

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.960
 Chris Jones,

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.599
 it wasn't

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.359
 Brian Tung,

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.960
 it wasn't

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.299
 Fay Lowe or

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.420
 anyone else

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.359
 who died

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.900
 for you.

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.460
 It wasn't

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.119
 anyone else

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.619
 who brought

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.720
 you in to

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.220
 the family

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.839
 of God.

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.339
 It was

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.819
 Jesus.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.299
 He is the

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.579
 one who

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.980
 brings us

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.359
 into his

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.220
 family and

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.660
 he is the

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.039
 one we are

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.400
 to follow.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.920
 He is the

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.200
 one we

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.560
 serve,

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:37.980
 he is the

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.240
 one we

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.860
 boast about.

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.240
 Right at the

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.500
 end of the

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.680
 chapter,

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.279
 verse 30,

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.960
 Paul says

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.460
 this,

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.019
 just a

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.140
 reminder of

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.900
 the significance

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.920
 of Jesus.

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.240
 He says,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.940
 because of

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.700
 him that you

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.220
 are in

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.000
 Christ Jesus

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.740
 who has

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.440
 become for

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.100
 us wisdom

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.660
 from God,

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.259
 that is,

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.340
 our righteousness,

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.200
 our holiness

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.900
 and redemption.

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.120
 Paul uses

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:59.840
 three very

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.440
 different words

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.720
 here to

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.440
 describe what

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.960
 Christ has

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.420
 done for us

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.680
 and the

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.420
 motivation for

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.920
 us to keep

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.300
 looking to

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:05.100
 him and to

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.600
 live the

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.100
 cross-shaped

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.559
 life.

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.399
 The first

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.419
 word here is

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:08.719
 from the

00:28:08.719 --> 00:28:09.399
 law courts,

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.279
 it's righteousness,

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.000
 it's a legal

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.379
 term.

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.419
 Jesus has

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.919
 made it

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.899
 possible for

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.439
 us to be

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.099
 given a

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.519
 perfect record,

00:28:16.719 --> 00:28:17.339
 not just a

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.139
 clean record,

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.199
 a flawless

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.699
 record.

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.199
 One where

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.579
 we've done

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.259
 absolutely

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.179
 everything right.

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.959
 The second

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.419
 word is from

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:24.799
 the temple,

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.339
 it's holiness,

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.480
 it's Jesus

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.859
 who has

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.480
 cleaned us

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.099
 up and

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.480
 made it

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.119
 possible for

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.379
 us to

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:29.740
 come into

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.039
 the very

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.579
 presence of

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.839
 God.

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.519
 And the

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.039
 third word

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.319
 is from

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.799
 the slave

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.240
 market,

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.519
 it's

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.000
 redemption.

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:37.099
 it's

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.799
 Jesus who

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.279
 has broken

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.039
 the chains,

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.500
 broken the

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.059
 chains of

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.699
 slavery,

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.939
 slavery to

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.619
 sin and

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.459
 selfishness and

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.359
 individualism and

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.039
 the judgment of

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.359
 God.

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.779
 Jesus has

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.339
 broken the

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.740
 chains of

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:53.119
 bondage and

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.639
 brought us

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.199
 home to a

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.759
 master who

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.399
 makes us part

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.699
 of his

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:56.119
 family.

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.179
 This is what

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.899
 Jesus has done

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.299
 for us,

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.799
 this is what

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.179
 the cross

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.919
 achieves for

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.279
 us,

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.459
 and what

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:01.859
 should we

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.139
 do?

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:04.000
 we're

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.759
 enslaved to

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.480
 boasting about

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.980
 Jesus.

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.100
 Verse 30,

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.000
 therefore as

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.560
 it is written,

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.259
 it's written in

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.700
 Jeremiah,

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.980
 let him who

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.340
 boasts,

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.440
 boast in the

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.759
 Lord.

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.560
 And so

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:15.940
 friends,

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.280
 we're not the

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:20.220
 perfect liberty

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.900
 church,

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:24.080
 doing whatever

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.860
 we want to

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.680
 do that makes

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.220
 us happy,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.040
 but we have

00:29:28.040 --> 00:29:29.060
 perfect liberty

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.100
 in Jesus,

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.419
 a perfect

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.179
 liberty that

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.199
 serves Christ

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:34.179
 and serves

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.819
 each other.

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.500
 We have

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.099
 been set

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.519
 free and

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.579
 empowered to

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.939
 do what we

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.779
 cannot do,

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.699
 that is to

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.399
 serve Christ

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.319
 and to serve

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.779
 each other.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.219
 And 1

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:47.219
 Corinthians calls

00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:47.919
 this church to

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.879
 do what Jesus

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.599
 called his

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.619
 disciples to do

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.419
 when he says

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.939
 to them in Luke

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.439
 chapter 9,

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.139
 verse 23,

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.899
 if anyone would

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.659
 come after me,

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.579
 let him deny

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.699
 himself, take

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.500
 up his cross

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.959
 daily and follow

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.359
 me.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.519
 That's what

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.659
 Paul's calling

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.519
 the church of

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.279
 Corinth to do.

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:05.599
 You see,

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:07.659
 Christ died to

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.459
 save us from

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:10.599
 hell, not to

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.179
 save us from

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.779
 the cross.

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:16.439
 He died so

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.579
 that we could

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:19.039
 be glorified,

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.439
 but not to

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.000
 keep us from

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.699
 being crucified.

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:22.900
 crucified.

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.759
 The cross of

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.779
 Christ is not

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.019
 merely a

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.180
 past place

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.460
 of substitution.

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.019
 It is also

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:35.360
 a present place

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:36.200
 of daily

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.340
 execution for

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.880
 the Christian

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.460
 to die

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.539
 to self.

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.559
 And so,

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.080
 930

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.720
 congregation,

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:49.279
 it is only

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.240
 by looking to

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.920
 the crucified

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:53.039
 Jesus and

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.079
 taking up your

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.079
 cross will

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.779
 you in a

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.259
 couple of

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.640
 weeks walk

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.140
 willingly down

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.799
 to Chatswood

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.480
 Club in order

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.360
 to do church

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.900
 without grumbling.

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.620
 It's only the

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.160
 cross of Christ

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.579
 that will allow you

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.039
 to do that,

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.920
 to do it for the

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.740
 sake of others.

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:13.900
 When Christ

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.359
 died on the

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.799
 cross for

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.120
 sinners,

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.180
 he not only

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.779
 stood in my

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.440
 place doing

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.900
 what I could

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.319
 never do,

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.660
 that is,

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.259
 forgiving my

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.859
 own sin,

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.960
 but he also

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.440
 showed me

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.160
 what I must

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.420
 do if I

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.059
 would save

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.680
 my life,

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.440
 namely to

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.099
 take up my

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.720
 own cross

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.019
 and to join

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.720
 him on the

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.660
 Calvary Road

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.859
 and die

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.920
 to self.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.259
 And so I

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.799
 beg of you

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.259
 today,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:37.359
 don't treat

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.059
 the cross

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.700
 as a historic

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.559
 relic.

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:43.079
 it is the

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.900
 very power

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.460
 of God

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.019
 to change

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.839
 everything in

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.519
 your life

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.940
 and especially

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.640
 the power to

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.220
 change our

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.720
 inclination to

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.599
 make much of

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.120
 ourselves.

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.519
 If you would

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.980
 be his

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.539
 disciple,

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.880
 if you would

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.559
 save your

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.279
 life and not

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.839
 lose it,

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.200
 take up your

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.019
 cross and

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.799
 treasure Jesus

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.259
 together.

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.759
 Amen.