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 So this is Kevin, Kevin O'Connor, for those who don't know Kevin.

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 A word of advice this morning, Kevin, beyond your best behaviour.

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 Alright.

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 Your in-laws are here.

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 My in-laws are here.

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 Yeah, yeah, okay.

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 Kevin O'Connor from Valancholic, what do you do day-to-day, do you job, work?

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 Yeah, so, morning everybody.

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 I work for an IT services company.

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 We rent out nerdy engineers to larger companies.

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 And my job is sales.

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 So I basically am in charge of getting people to order our engineers and keep them busy.

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 So that's what I do day-to-day.

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 So I like it.

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 And you're involved in your church in Valancholic.

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 Yeah.

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 What do you do there?

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 Yeah, so I preach there from time to time.

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 But kind of week-to-week, I've been involved in kind of leading worship and just helping out with whatever needs to be done.

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 So, yeah.

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 I've been there.

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 I was, since I've been a Christian, I've been in that church.

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 So it's nice to feel at home in a church like that.

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 That's brilliant.

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 Well, we're going to pray for you and for us all this morning as you come to speak.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father God, we thank you for your word to us that has been written, recorded, so that we can hear your voice to us today.

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 Thank you for your servants, for people like Kevin, for the gifts that you have given to him to explain and teach your word.

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 We pray that through Kevin, we would know you speaking to us today, Father.

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 And that we would understand, not just with our minds, but that you would change our lives to be more like Christ.

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 So help us all today, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, good morning, everybody.

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 If you'd like to turn your Bibles to the book of Philippians, so following on from your previous weeks, we'll be looking at the book of Philippians, particularly chapter 2.

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 So you can be turned there in your Bibles.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 It's very good to be with you again.

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 So thank you, Johnny and team, for the invitation to come back and to preach again.

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 It's good to be with you.

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 It's page 1179 in the Church Bibles as well.

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 Page 1179.

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 And we'll be looking at Philippians chapter 2, verses 1 to 11.

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 So Philippians chapter 2, verses 1 to 11.

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 I'll read through it, and we'll pause for a moment of prayer, and then we'll get stuck in.

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 Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

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 then make my joy is to be with you, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

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 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.

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 Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves.

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 Not looking to your own interests, but each of you to the interests of the others.

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 In your relations with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus, who being in the very nature, who being in very nature, God,

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 did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage.

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 Rather, he made himself nothing.

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 By taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself.

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 He, by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.

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 Therefore, God has exalted him to the highest place, and gave him the name that is above every name,

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 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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 Father, we thank you so much for preserving your word for us, that we can read it in a language we understand.

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 We pray, Father, that you would help us by your Holy Spirit.

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 Be with us, we pray, for our joy in you, Lord, and for your glory in us. Amen.

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 I'm very excited this morning.

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 I really love this text, and so I'm really glad I was assigned this text,

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 and when I got the email from Johnny, I thought this is a good one to get.

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 So I'm very, very glad.

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 I'd like to state up front what we'll be thinking about, or what we'll be looking at in this passage.

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 So, if you'd like to give titles to things, then the title I would put on this is

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 The Necessity of Humility in the Service of Christ.

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 I'll say that again.

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 The Necessity of Humility in the Service of Christ.

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 Now, because you've been going through Philippians, those of you who have been here the past few weeks,

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 you're probably very familiar with the background,

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 but just in case, it's no harm to jog our memories and go over some of the background,

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 the context of this letter, before we actually go into what Paul is saying.

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 So let's have a quick look at just the background of it.

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 So as I mentioned, the Apostle Paul wrote this letter,

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 and he wrote it to the church in Philippi.

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 Now, if you look in Acts chapter 16, we can read there that the Philippian church was the first church

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 to be planted by Paul and his team in modern-day Europe.

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 It's in Greece, Philippi.

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 You can look it up on Google Maps.

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 There it is.

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 It's in Greece.

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 Paul wrote this letter famously while he was in prison.

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 Now, where was he imprisoned?

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 We don't know for sure, but it seems our best guess is that it was in Rome.

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 In fact, it's funny.

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 If you Google Paul prison, whatever, there's actually a place where they say,

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 this is the prison where he was imprisoned, and this is where St. Peter was also imprisoned,

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 and there's like a little shrine there, and you can go and visit it.

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 They don't know that's really the place, but I just think it's funny how oftentimes with these places,

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 they go, that was the place where this happened, and they don't really know for sure.

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 But anyway, beside the point.

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 But regardless of where Paul was imprisoned, all Roman prisons of that day were pretty horrible places to be.

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 They were nothing like today's modern prisons at all.

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 They were poorly lit.

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 They were damp.

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 They were cramped and moldy.

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 And they were run over with all types of creepy crawlies.

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 It was not a nice place to be.

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 It wouldn't be a place that you would put your pet dog, let alone another human being.

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 It was a foul place for Paul to be for even a single day, let alone a few years of his life on earth.

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 And yet it's from this dingy prison cell that we get this joyful letter.

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 Can you imagine being at the church in Philippi when this letter arrived?

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 Everybody come around, we're going to read out.

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 Paul just wrote us a letter.

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 He's in prison, as you know.

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 We sent to Epaphroditus.

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 He's come back now, Epaphroditus.

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 And he's got a letter from Paul.

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 We're going to read it out.

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 And he's in prison, in a Roman prison.

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 And you know what that is, or whatever, being there at the time.

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 Everyone gathers around, eager to hear how Paul is doing in prison.

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 And they read this letter.

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 And Paul doesn't complain once.

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 He doesn't moan about being stuck in a tiny room.

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 Or that all his clothes stink from the mold.

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 Or that he doesn't know what's going to happen next.

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 But instead, he writes to them.

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 And begins his letter by giving thanks to God for them.

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 His letter starts with thanksgiving.

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 And he goes on in chapter 1.

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 He tells them he wants them to know that his imprisonment has actually turned out to be a really good thing.

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 It's served to spread the gospel.

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 So that he can actually witness to the guards and those people around him.

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 He rejoices.

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 And on top of that, he encourages them to rejoice in the Lord with him.

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 He calls on them to live a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ.

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 Chapter 1, verse 27.

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 And then towards the end of chapter 1, in around verse 28 onwards,

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 he calls them to continue faithfully in suffering and defending the gospel just as he is doing.

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 This is not the kind of letter that you would expect to get out of a Roman prison.

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 I don't know back then, you know, nowadays when prisoners send mail, it gets read on its way out.

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 I don't know if they did that back then, but if you imagine being one of the people reading the mail.

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 Or this guy Paul, he's a bit of a nutcase.

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 Reading his mail going, this guy must be insane.

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 He's happy.

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 This is a happy letter.

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 But it's not that.

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 It's because his joy, his contentment, is not based on his circumstances.

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 It is attached to the Lord Jesus.

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 That's what it means when he says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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 I can sit in a disgusting cell and not know what's going to happen with my life.

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 Because it is Christ who strengthens me.

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 And so that's a bit of the background.

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 And so I want to begin our first main heading this morning, as it were,

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 having looked at just the verses building up to chapter 2 where we begin.

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 I want to ask this question.

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 What does Paul want for the Philippians?

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 He wants unity.

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 What does Paul want for them?

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 He wants unity.

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 Verse 1.

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 He begins this passage, chapter 2, verse 1.

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 Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,

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 if any comfort from his love,

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 if any common sharing in the Spirit,

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 if any tenderness and compassion.

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 So he said, it's sort of a poetic way of getting their attention and saying,

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 look, if you see God's grace at work in your life,

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 if you answer yes to any of these questions,

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 make my joy complete

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 by being like-minded,

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 having the same love,

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 being one in Spirit and of one mind.

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 He says, he's happy with the Philippians.

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 He says, you want to make me super happy,

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 full of joy,

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 be unified.

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 Obviously, unity is a great thing,

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 but why is Paul asking for it here at this point in his letter?

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 Well, in the verses just beforehand,

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 chapter 1, verses 29 and 30,

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 we read that the Philippians are suffering for the sake of Christ.

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 They're involved, Paul says,

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 in a conflict with outsiders because of their faith.

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 The same conflict that Paul was involved in.

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 That's why when he gets to chapter 2, verse 1,

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 he says, so, or therefore.

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 In other words,

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 you're being attacked,

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 you're under pressure from outside.

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 Therefore,

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 I want you to be unified.

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 Later on in the letter as well,

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 he also makes mention of two women,

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 Euodia and Sintech,

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 who are fighting.

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 And he says, I implore you,

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 please, come together.

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 It's not a time,

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 there's never a time for disunity in a church.

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 But it is essential

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 and key

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 when the church is under attack,

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 when it's under

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 persecution,

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 when they are suffering for the sake of the gospel,

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 they need to be united together

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 as a body.

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 So there are external

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 issues

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 and internal strains

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 on the unity of the church,

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 and Paul wants them to be united.

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 Unity,

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 but not uniformity.

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 To borrow an illustration

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 from Paul's letter to Corinthians,

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 we're one body,

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 he uses the illustration of a body,

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 but many parts.

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 He says, we're not all ears,

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 we're not all foots,

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 we all have different purposes,

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 but we together

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 serve one purpose,

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 like the different parts of a body.

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 May I ask you a question this morning?

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 How do you achieve church unity?

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 If I stuck a whiteboard up here

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 and we did a brainstorm

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 and said,

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 let's write down all the things

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 that you must do

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 to be a unified church.

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 What would you put up on that board?

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 Keep your fingers in Philippians,

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 but turn over to Ephesians chapter 4.

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 Ephesians chapter 4, verses 1 to 6.

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 I want to read you what Paul would say

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 in answer to that question.

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 At least in part.

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 Ephesians chapter 4, verses 1 to 6.

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 Again, writing from prison.

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 As a prisoner for the Lord, then,

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 I urge you to live a life

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 worthy of the calling you have received.

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 Be completely humble and gentle.

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 Be patient,

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 bearing with one another in love.

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 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit

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 through the bond of peace.

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 There is one body and one Spirit,

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 just as you were called to one hope

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 when you were called one Lord,

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 one faith, one baptism,

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 one God and Father of all,

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 who is over all and through all

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 and in all.

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 One thing we can say for sure,

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 you cannot have unity without truth.

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 I think it was Luther said,

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 unity where possible,

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 truth at all costs.

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 We cannot, as Christians,

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 have unity with anyone

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 who denies the central truths of Christianity.

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 I cannot have fellowship

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 with a Jehovah's Witness

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 who tells me that Jesus is not God.

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 That's heresy.

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 But if I need a brother

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 who has a different view of the end times,

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 or has a different view

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 of how the gifts of the Spirit

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 are manifested in today,

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 those are tertiary issues.

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 But on the core truths,

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 the virgin birth of Christ,

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 His atoning death on the cross,

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 His resurrection,

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 His deity,

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 we agree on those core truths

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 of the Gospel,

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 we can have fellowship.

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 So truth is indispensable.

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 Would you notice what he said

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 in verse 2,

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 and this is pointing us back

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 to Philippians chapter 2.

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 Be completely humble and gentle.

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 Be patient,

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 bearing with one another in love.

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 humility and gentleness with others.

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 So if you turn back to Philippians 2,

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 you'll see from verse 3 onwards now,

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 Paul begins to drive home

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 how absolutely necessary,

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 or the absolute necessity of humility

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 in our lives together.

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 So verses 3 to 4,

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 how do we move towards greater unity?

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 Humble service.

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 Verse 3,

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 Do nothing out of selfish ambition

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 or vain conceit,

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 rather in humility,

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 value others above yourselves.

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 Not looking to your own interests,

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 but each of you to the interests of others.

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 I don't think I need to convince anyone

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 in this room this morning

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 that we live in a society

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 that doesn't really celebrate humility

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 all that much.

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 We don't, do we?

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 It's not the world we live in.

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 In fact, the very opposite,

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 I think, would be true.

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 We are a radically egocentric society.

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 To borrow a phrase from a friend of mine,

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 we live in the age of the selfie.

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 We have a second camera on our phones

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 that's designed to point towards us

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 so we can take pictures of ourselves.

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 Do you remember when camera phones

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 came out first?

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 I don't remember them all having that.

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 No, every camera phone has them.

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 Camera on the front and camera on the back

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 so you can take a picture of yourself.

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 Selfishness and vain ambition

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 are celebrated and applauded

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 as good things in our culture.

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 They are seen as signs of strength

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 and success.

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 My self-esteem is of highest importance.

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 My happiness is the most important.

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 I'll only believe those things

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 that I decide are best for me.

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 I will only be with the people

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 who make me feel good.

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 And to be fair,

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 things weren't all that different

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 in Paul's day.

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 One of the most devastating effects

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 of the fall of man

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 when sin entered into humanity

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 is that it turned us inward.

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 Adam and Eve enjoyed a perfect marriage,

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 but when sin entered,

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 they ran from God

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 and distance was between them.

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 Apart from the grace of God,

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 we are naturally born selfish.

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 I don't have kids,

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 but I know this to be a fact.

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 Hands up any parent in here

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 who had to teach their child

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 to be selfish.

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 You don't, do you?

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 We don't have to put an effort

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 into that one

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 because by nature

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 we are selfish.

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 But part of God's work

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 when we are born again

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 and put our faith in Christ,

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 he begins a new work in us.

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 And part of that

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 is to turn us outward again,

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 to look to other people,

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 not just to our own interests.

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 You do have to take care

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 of yourself, obviously,

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 but to the interests of others.

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 It's counter-cultural

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 to do nothing

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 out of selfish ambition

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 or for glory for ourselves.

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 Nothing.

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 He doesn't say

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 try not to do things

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 out of selfish ambition.

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 Paul is basically

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 laying down a law

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 that you can set your watch to.

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 If you're doing something

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 out of selfish ambition,

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 stop.

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 It may not be a wrong thing to do,

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 but you're doing it wrong.

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 If you are looking

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 for your own glory

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 in preaching a sermon

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 or playing a guitar

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 or doing anything,

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 and that is not befitting

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 of Christ's people.

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 It's counter-cultural

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 to consider other people

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 as more important,

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 more significant

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 than ourselves

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 and to truly look out

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 for other people,

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 genuinely look out for them.

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 that's not normal

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 in this world.

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 Are you humbly serving others

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 in this church?

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 It's easy to be the guest preacher

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 and ask questions like this.

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 I have to ask these questions

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 of myself.

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 Am I humbly serving others

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 in my church?

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 Or is it possible

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 that my selfishness

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 is a hamper

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 to the unity

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 of this church?

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 Is my ambition

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 a blockage?

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 Do you consider

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 all the other people

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 in this room

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 right now this morning

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 as more significant

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 than yourself?

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 Not just some of them,

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 the rest,

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 all the other people

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 who are not you.

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 Do you consider those people

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 more significant

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 than yourselves?

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 Paul says that

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 this is the mind of Christ.

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 Paul goes on now

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 for the rest of our time

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 this morning,

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 verses 5 to 11.

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 Paul goes on

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 and he lifts up

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 Christ before us.

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 This is the point

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 that I'm really

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 looking forward to.

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 The perfect picture

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 of humble service.

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 I think he holds this up

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 to us

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 not to condemn us,

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 not to make us

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 grovel and say

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 woe is me,

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 but to say

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 look at him.

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 That is my saviour.

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 That's my boss.

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 Verses 5 to 11.

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 Christ,

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 the perfect

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 humble servant.

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 Roxy was telling me

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 during the week

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 she works

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 in Mahan

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 and

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 the building

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 that her

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 business is based in

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 is a shared building.

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 They share that building

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 with other businesses.

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 Roxy,

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 over the last few months,

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 she's come back.

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 She's been telling us

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 about one of the other

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 businesses there,

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 the receptionist there.

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 She's had some

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 dealings with her

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 and she's just been

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 a very cranky person.

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 The other receptionist

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 is not my wife.

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 This lady's been

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.640
 very rude to Roxy

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 and to others.

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 There's nothing

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.240
 personal to Roxy.

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 This lady's just been

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.640
 very irritable,

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.880
 jumping down

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 people's throats

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 without any

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.980
 proof of wrong.

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 And then it wasn't

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.420
 until this week,

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 I think it was,

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.700
 Roxy's boss

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.099
 came to her

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 and said,

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 you do know

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 why that is.

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 She said,

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 I've seen

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 how her boss

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 treats her.

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.980
 Her boss

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.360
 jumps down

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.880
 her throat.

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.900
 Her boss

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.819
 constantly

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.360
 talks down

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.740
 to her,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.220
 tries to blame

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.720
 her for things

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.000
 that aren't

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.460
 her fault.

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 And so the boss

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:13.140
 sets the tone

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.680
 for the company,

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.099
 doesn't he?

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:18.740
 Jesus sets

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.339
 the tone

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:19.939
 of humility

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:21.119
 for his church.

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.939
 He's our boss.

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.699
 He's our master

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 and commander.

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 And what Paul

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.539
 is about to tell us,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:31.319
 I think will be

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.379
 humbling to us

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:34.119
 to look at

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.779
 what he did

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:36.279
 for us.

00:22:39.459 --> 00:22:40.179
 Let's read

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:41.439
 verses 5 to 8 again.

00:22:42.719 --> 00:22:44.039
 In your relationship

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.059
 with one another,

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.680
 have the same

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.139
 mindset

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:48.700
 as Christ Jesus,

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 who being

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.440
 in very nature

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.000
 God,

00:22:51.399 --> 00:22:52.500
 did not consider

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.599
 equality with God

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.039
 something to be used

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.899
 for his own advantage.

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 Rather,

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.220
 he made himself

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.079
 nothing

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.799
 by taking

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.639
 the very nature

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.440
 of a servant,

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.859
 being made

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:05.440
 in human likeness,

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.779
 and being found

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.960
 in appearance

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.000
 as man.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.359
 He humbled himself

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.920
 by becoming

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.339
 obedient to death,

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 even death

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 on a cross.

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 This is the mindset

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.139
 of Christ,

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.699
 says Paul.

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 This attitude,

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:24.059
 this mindset

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.459
 of humble service

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:27.980
 is perfectly

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.619
 displayed

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.980
 in the person

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.439
 and work

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.379
 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 This is one

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.599
 of the most

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.419
 incredible passages

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.859
 in the whole

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.359
 New Testament.

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 These verses

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.439
 are often referred

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:41.199
 to as the hymn

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:41.740
 of Christ

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 because of the way

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:42.959
 that Paul

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:44.339
 structured it

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.879
 and the language

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.399
 he uses.

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 It seems that

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.740
 he intended it

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.480
 to be a hymn

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.839
 that we would

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.539
 actually sing.

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 It's one of the

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.500
 most important

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.399
 sections in the

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:55.019
 New Testament

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.099
 in teaching us

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.959
 about the mystery

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.299
 of Christ's

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.759
 incarnation.

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 It's beautiful

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:03.319
 and it can be

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.120
 quite intricate.

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.319
 We were

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:07.340
 in holidays

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.539
 last week,

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.200
 we did summer

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.539
 holidays,

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.140
 and we spent

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.740
 one day,

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.360
 two weeks ago,

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:14.299
 we spent one day

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.779
 in Geneva.

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.380
 And Geneva,

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.900
 if you've ever

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.319
 been there,

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.759
 it's where

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.259
 the watchmaking

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.019
 world basically

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.680
 has its kind

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.400
 of home.

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 So very high-end

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.100
 watches and stuff.

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.500
 Unfortunately,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.160
 the 50 euro

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.539
 I had on me

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.019
 didn't buy me

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.380
 anything,

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.860
 especially not

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.200
 in Switzerland.

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.779
 But I love

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.100
 watches.

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.560
 I've always loved

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:33.920
 watches.

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.759
 I get it from my

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.000
 dad.

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.640
 I just love

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.400
 how they're made.

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.220
 I don't ever

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.940
 care if I own

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.440
 a nice watch.

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.700
 I don't think

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.080
 I ever will.

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.560
 I don't care.

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.759
 I just love

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.360
 how they're made.

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.880
 But if I held

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.320
 up for you

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.259
 a Patek Philippe

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.660
 watch,

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.000
 one of the best

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.400
 watchmakers in

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.759
 the world,

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.039
 and tell you,

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.960
 it kind of looks

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.279
 like this.

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.920
 It doesn't really,

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.720
 but just pretend

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.400
 for my own sake.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.900
 It's that simple

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.240
 looking,

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.680
 okay?

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.220
 And it'd be worth

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.480
 about 40 or 50

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.080
 thousand euro.

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.600
 You said to me

00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.140
 that's a waste of

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.320
 money,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.200
 and we could argue

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.539
 about that.

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:01.880
 That's fine.

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.519
 I'm not saying

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.120
 we should buy one.

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.539
 But if I turned

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.120
 it around to you

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.660
 and took off the

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.539
 back and showed

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.640
 you what's inside,

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.460
 I think you would

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.120
 start to see the

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.740
 value of it a bit

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.000
 more.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.299
 Hundreds and

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.980
 hundreds of

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.340
 pieces,

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.440
 all working in

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.299
 perfect harmony,

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.779
 handcrafted,

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.519
 ticking away,

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.559
 not machine,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.180
 they're made

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.680
 with machines,

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:23.980
 but they're

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.500
 not assembled

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.180
 by machines.

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.819
 All to do

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.440
 one purpose,

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.859
 which is to

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.480
 tell the time

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.000
 perfectly.

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.139
 To look at it,

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.339
 you go,

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.099
 it's complicated,

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.799
 but it's beautiful.

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.480
 But the more,

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.980
 I'm just starting

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.440
 to learn a bit

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.039
 more about them.

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.980
 This analogy

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.480
 is going on too

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.720
 long,

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.059
 sorry.

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.460
 But the more

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.180
 you understand

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.779
 about them,

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.539
 the more precious

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.339
 you realize it is.

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.879
 Even though on the

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.619
 front it can look

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.059
 simple,

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.900
 its intricacy

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.400
 makes it more

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.800
 beautiful.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.580
 Christ's

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.519
 incarnation to

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.500
 earth is in

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.100
 one sense

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.060
 very simple.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.060
 And yet it is

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.840
 such a deep

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.600
 and profound

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.840
 mystery when

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.400
 we start to

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.080
 explore it.

00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:06.200
 It's sort of

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.640
 like when you

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.259
 go to the

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.180
 Great Barrier

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.560
 Reef.

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.320
 I know

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.680
 someone who's,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.240
 I've never been

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.420
 there,

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.920
 I know someone

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.200
 who's been

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.440
 there and

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.680
 they said

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.080
 you get to

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.480
 the point

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.860
 where there's

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.160
 just this

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.720
 big drop

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.320
 off the end.

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.560
 There's the

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.019
 reef which is

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.420
 a few feet

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.940
 behind you and

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.340
 then you swim

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.700
 out and it

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.200
 just drops

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.580
 off.

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.759
 Sort of like

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.160
 this with the

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.620
 incarnation.

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.779
 You wade

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.779
 in and you

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.500
 look down and

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.980
 you look at

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.440
 all the beauty

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.960
 that's there

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.519
 and it drops

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.680
 down beyond

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.480
 your understanding.

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.860
 Truly we'll

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.660
 spend eternity

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.340
 plumbing the

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.779
 depths of

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.299
 these things.

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.400
 So let's

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.720
 begin.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.539
 Paul begins

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.100
 by speaking

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.799
 about Christ

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.740
 before he

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.220
 came to

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.500
 earth,

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.259
 the pre-incarnate

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.779
 Christ.

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.880
 The word

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.519
 incarnate means

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.080
 in the flesh,

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.779
 carneia means

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.079
 flesh,

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.879
 Jesus in

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.240
 the flesh

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.480
 when he

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.859
 became a

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.059
 human.

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.859
 So before

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.220
 that,

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.399
 verse 6,

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.059
 Jesus being

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.419
 in the very

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.059
 nature of

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.480
 God did

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.980
 not consider

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.779
 equality with

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.879
 God something

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.759
 to be used

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.159
 to his own

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.740
 advantage.

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.299
 Other

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.960
 translations say

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.339
 something to

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.179
 be grasped.

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.939
 Before his

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.419
 incarnation,

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.439
 Jesus was,

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.639
 as he always

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.460
 will be,

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.419
 fully God.

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.699
 Jesus is not

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.419
 like God,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.620
 God.

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.840
 He is God.

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.860
 He is the

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.580
 second person

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.100
 of the

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.320
 Trinity and

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.960
 has existed

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.759
 in the

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.320
 fellowship of

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.820
 the Godhead

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.560
 from eternity

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:23.140
 past.

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.200
 Therefore,

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.539
 all the

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.660
 glory and

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.160
 all the

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.980
 worship and

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.340
 all the

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.720
 sovereign

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.100
 authority that

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.740
 is rightfully

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.460
 belonging to

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.220
 God belongs

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.880
 to Christ

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.759
 because he

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.240
 is God.

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.880
 All the

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.420
 privileges of

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.820
 divinity were

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.639
 and are

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.220
 rightfully

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.179
 his along

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.519
 with the

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.379
 Father and

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.659
 the Holy

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.019
 Spirit.

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.399
 And when it

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.099
 was decided

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.859
 by the

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.679
 triune God

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:52.439
 before the

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.500
 foundations of

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.039
 the world

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.179
 that the

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.799
 Father would

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.359
 send the

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.339
 Son to

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.980
 die to

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.779
 save sinners,

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.879
 Jesus did

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:04.019
 not protest.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.139
 He didn't

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.439
 say, I'm

00:28:06.439 --> 00:28:06.859
 not going

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.359
 down there.

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.539
 Do you

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.059
 realize Jesus

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.619
 was not

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.460
 obliged to

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.799
 save us?

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.279
 God did

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.779
 not owe

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.779
 us salvation.

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.279
 The

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.779
 angels fell

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.259
 from him

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.460
 and he

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.879
 sent them

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.099
 no

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.419
 savior.

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.139
 When man

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:22.519
 fell, he

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.539
 decreed before

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.139
 the foundations

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.019
 of the world,

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.399
 try and get

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:25.639
 your head

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.139
 around that,

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:27.960
 to send

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.899
 his Son in

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.480
 the likeness of

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.039
 human flesh

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.599
 and Jesus

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.220
 agreed.

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.819
 He left

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.539
 heaven.

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.119
 He left

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.879
 heaven for

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.200
 us.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.660
 God

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:44.360
 he didn't

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.080
 refuse to

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.519
 leave the

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.960
 praise and

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.340
 glory of

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.620
 heaven.

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.160
 Rather, he

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.860
 made himself

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.380
 nothing.

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.740
 In verse

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.200
 seven, by

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.680
 taking the

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.140
 very nature

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.420
 of a

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.700
 servant.

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.960
 What does

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.460
 that mean

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.900
 that Jesus

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.600
 made himself

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.920
 nothing?

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.580
 We have to

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.059
 very clearly

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.460
 say one

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.600
 thing.

00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.960
 It does

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.700
 not mean

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.400
 that Jesus

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.019
 emptied

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.519
 himself of

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.680
 his

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.000
 deity.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.079
 humanity.

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.059
 When Jesus

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.960
 was incarnate,

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.160
 when he

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.660
 became a

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.119
 man, he

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.380
 added humanity

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.119
 to his

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.519
 person.

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.720
 He didn't

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.380
 swap being

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.799
 God for

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.099
 being a

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.299
 man.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.960
 He became

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.619
 a man as

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.759
 well as

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.140
 being God.

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.759
 So what

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.019
 does it

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.519
 mean that he

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.240
 poured himself

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.619
 out, that he

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.259
 made himself

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.579
 nothing?

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.839
 It means that

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.519
 he willingly

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.240
 chose to

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.039
 set aside

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.460
 that glory,

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.539
 that worship,

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.440
 that sovereign

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.220
 authority that

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.839
 was rightfully

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.160
 his.

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.480
 not to

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.900
 get rid of

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.460
 it, but

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.940
 to set it

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.400
 aside.

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.540
 To be very

00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.000
 clear from the

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.420
 language we

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.860
 use here,

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.560
 he did not

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.160
 set aside

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.540
 being God,

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:39.740
 he didn't

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.200
 get rid of

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.560
 being God

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.960
 or give

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.720
 up, he

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.540
 set aside

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.240
 some of

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.360
 his

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.779
 privileges

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.920
 and rights.

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.680
 In

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.300
 taking on

00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:50.019
 human flesh

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.019
 as part of

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.540
 his mission

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:53.220
 to save

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.700
 you and

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.880
 me from

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.480
 our sins,

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.040
 he willingly

00:29:57.040 --> 00:29:57.759
 chose not

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.220
 to exercise

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.960
 his privileges

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.480
 and rights

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.960
 as God

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.299
 to make

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.700
 things easier

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.200
 for himself.

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.840
 When I

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.140
 was in

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.500
 college,

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.039
 friends of

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 mine,

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.059
 some of

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.299
 the guys

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.519
 in my

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.920
 class,

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.559
 used to

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.120
 get grants

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.400
 from the

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.720
 government

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.120
 to help

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.500
 pay their

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.900
 fees,

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.579
 or if

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.940
 they lived

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.440
 far away

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.360
 from the

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.680
 college,

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.000
 they would

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.660
 get grants.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.039
 And so if

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.360
 you met

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.039
 the requirements,

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.319
 they would

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.819
 get sent

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.620
 checks about

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.120
 three times

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:22.220
 a year in

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.640
 the post.

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.480
 When the

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.940
 checks arrive

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.180
 in the

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.539
 post,

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.740
 they usually

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.200
 are right on

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.440
 the same

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.660
 basis,

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:28.880
 they all

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.180
 come into

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.920
 college super

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.340
 happy because

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:30.500
 they just

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.900
 got sent

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.500
 money,

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.019
 which they

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.200
 probably

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.539
 weren't going

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.860
 to spend

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.259
 on fees.

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.660
 But anyway,

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.180
 when they

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.660
 arrived in

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.180
 the post,

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.320
 it was up to

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.720
 them to take

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.120
 the checks

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.700
 and cash

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.120
 them in

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.700
 at the

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:39.980
 bank.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.900
 The money

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.480
 was rightfully

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:44.180
 theirs for

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.680
 the entire

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.200
 time that

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.860
 they were

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.420
 in college,

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.460
 but they had

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.080
 to choose

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.660
 to take

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.140
 that money,

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:49.980
 take that

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.519
 check and

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.900
 cash it

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.060
 in.

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.660
 When Jesus

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.820
 came to

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.240
 earth,

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.640
 the checks

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.080
 that were

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.700
 written to

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.299
 him of

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.660
 praise and

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.440
 glory and

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.019
 honor and

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.740
 full authority,

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:04.299
 they were

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.100
 still rightfully

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.460
 his,

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.120
 but as it

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.279
 were,

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.799
 he did not

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.340
 cash them

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.220
 in for

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.620
 his own

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:09.980
 sake.

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.740
 He chose

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.779
 to set

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.299
 them aside.

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.059
 He never,

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.160
 ever exercised

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.759
 his divine

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.620
 power to

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.059
 make life

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.500
 easier for

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.759
 himself.

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.160
 Consider

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.519
 this,

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.619
 in Matthew

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.079
 4,

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.160
 when Jesus

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.460
 is in the

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.799
 wilderness

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.420
 being tempted,

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.900
 he's fasting

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.460
 for 40

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.759
 days,

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.319
 40 nights,

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.799
 and then

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.140
 the devil

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.559
 comes to

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.759
 him.

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.559
 The devil

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.920
 says to

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.019
 him,

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.299
 if you're

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.579
 the son

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.019
 of God,

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.339
 command

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.619
 these

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.059
 stones

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.859
 to become

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.200
 loaves

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.599
 of bread.

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.420
 And Jesus

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.900
 refuses.

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.160
 But in

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.640
 John chapter

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.059
 6,

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.799
 when Jesus

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.299
 sees the

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.640
 crowd,

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.660
 when he's

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.099
 preaching to

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.279
 them and

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.519
 he sees

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.740
 that they're

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.339
 hungry and

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.579
 that they're

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.259
 far away from

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.519
 town,

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.940
 they can't

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.200
 get any

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.480
 food,

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.200
 he miraculously

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:58.900
 makes a

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.440
 feast out

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.759
 of a few

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.160
 loaves and

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.440
 fishes.

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.200
 What's the

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.579
 difference?

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.859
 Think of

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.079
 when the

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.660
 disciples were

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:06.960
 out on the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.599
 Sea of Galilee

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.720
 in a storm

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.160
 about to

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.420
 die,

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.500
 and Jesus

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.160
 gets up and

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.980
 he calms the

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.519
 storm for

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.180
 them and

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.619
 saves their

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:14.920
 lives.

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.119
 But in

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.420
 the Garden

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.139
 of Gethsemane,

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.400
 when the

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.099
 crowd come to

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.839
 arrest Jesus

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.339
 and Simon

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.400
 Peter lobs off

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.500
 the ear of

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.779
 one of the

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.079
 guys who

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.259
 was in

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.660
 the crowd,

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.359
 Jesus says,

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.759
 put away

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.240
 your sword.

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.480
 And he

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.859
 says these

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.240
 words,

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.640
 do you

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:31.259
 think that

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.819
 I cannot

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.420
 appeal to

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.079
 my father

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:34.160
 and he

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.619
 will at

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.380
 once send

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.819
 me more

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.460
 than 12

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.420
 legions of

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.799
 angels?

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.000
 A legion is

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.599
 about 3,000 to

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.200
 6,000.

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.539
 That's a lot

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.019
 of angels.

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.480
 Jesus said,

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.660
 in a word,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.819
 I could end

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.180
 this.

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.060
 but he

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.740
 did not

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.380
 because out

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.640
 of his

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.640
 love for

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.180
 you and

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.640
 for me,

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.720
 he would

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.220
 have broken

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.640
 the rules

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.220
 of engagement

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.700
 if he had

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.160
 done that

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.539
 and he

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.920
 would not

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.180
 have gone

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.440
 to the

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.180
 cross to

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.060
 die for

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:02.180
 our sins.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:06.420
 It would

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.680
 have been

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.400
 contrary to

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.940
 his mission,

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.259
 going to

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.700
 the cross

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.080
 to die

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.620
 for us.

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.400
 The

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.799
 Son of

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.320
 Man did

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.880
 not come

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.279
 to be

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.740
 served,

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.640
 but to

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.019
 serve and

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.420
 to give

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.000
 his life

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.720
 as a

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.340
 ransom for

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:20.600
 many.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.720
 I hope

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.080
 there's no

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.340
 one in

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.660
 this room

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.100
 this morning

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.600
 that doesn't

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:24.960
 include

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.420
 themselves

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.960
 as in

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.539
 that word

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.900
 many.

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.220
 I hope

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.820
 that everyone

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.220
 in this

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.460
 room

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.200
 is trusting

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.779
 in Christ

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.180
 as their

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.500
 Savior.

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.779
 Consider

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.360
 the humility

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.940
 of Christ

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.460
 in becoming

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.920
 a man.

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.720
 We'll

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.120
 never be

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.500
 able to

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.940
 fathom the

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.380
 glory of

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.900
 that mystery.

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.440
 But as if

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.759
 that were

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.180
 not enough,

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.840
 Paul continues

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.279
 in verse

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.759
 8, he

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:48.960
 said,

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.259
 and being

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.340
 found in

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.360
 appearance

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.100
 as man,

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.019
 just look

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.480
 normal,

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.799
 he humbled

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.500
 himself by

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.840
 becoming

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.759
 obedient to

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.319
 death,

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.740
 even death

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.380
 on a

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.779
 cross.

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.160
 Not only

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.620
 did Christ

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.920
 humble

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.440
 himself by

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.900
 taking on

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.660
 human flesh

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.840
 and living

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.300
 a perfect

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.800
 life for

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:06.100
 us,

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.060
 but he

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.779
 went far

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.400
 beyond that

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:10.059
 again and

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.900
 humbled himself

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.500
 to the point

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.840
 that he

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.599
 died for

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.920
 us.

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.800
 He was

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.659
 obedient to

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.320
 the Father's

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.880
 commission to

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.440
 the point of

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.240
 death, but

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.960
 not just any

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.119
 death, death

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.400
 by crucifixion.

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:26.660
 Jesus was

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.340
 absolutely

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:29.300
 humiliated for

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.539
 you.

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.660
 It's the

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:33.619
 most ignoble

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.760
 and shameful

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.220
 death

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:36.740
 possible.

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.800
 You're

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.680
 practically

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.280
 naked,

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.019
 nailed onto

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.539
 a propped

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.900
 up piece

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.380
 of wood

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.660
 for everyone

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.200
 to see,

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:50.260
 flanked on

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.920
 both sides

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.680
 by criminals,

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.340
 even though

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.639
 he was

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.019
 innocent.

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.420
 Jesus did

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.880
 that for

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.139
 you.

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.380
 And it

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.659
 was not

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.000
 just the

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.360
 physical

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.500
 pain that

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.000
 atoned for

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.619
 our sins.

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.539
 Bad and

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.019
 all as that

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.900
 was, it

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.480
 was that on

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.139
 that cross,

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.519
 God poured

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.980
 out all of

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.639
 the wrath

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.240
 that we

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.880
 deserved for

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.619
 our sins.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.619
 God

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:27.299
 made Jesus

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.980
 who knew

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.739
 no sin

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.539
 to be

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:31.019
 sin for

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.440
 us.

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.480
 God the

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.099
 Father laid

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.619
 on Jesus

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.279
 the iniquity

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.639
 of us

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:37.900
 all.

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.699
 God the

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.279
 Father did

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.699
 what the

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.339
 law weakened

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:42.679
 by the

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.279
 flesh could

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.779
 not do,

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.779
 by sending

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.819
 his own

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.119
 Son in

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.539
 the likeness

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.000
 of sinful

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.500
 flesh,

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.179
 flesh,

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.880
 and for

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.219
 sin,

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.019
 he condemned

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.579
 sin in

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.059
 the flesh.

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.000
 All this

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.920
 Jesus did

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.539
 in obedience

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.859
 to the

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:58.940
 Father for

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.219
 you.

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.159
 Paul says

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.659
 this is the

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.139
 mindset of

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.460
 Christ.

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.920
 And he

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.179
 says I

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.559
 want you to

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.940
 have that

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.199
 mindset when

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.539
 you deal

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.839
 with one

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.099
 another.

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.500
 What did

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.339
 Jesus deserve

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:16.699
 when he

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.079
 came to

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.319
 earth?

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.320
 God the

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.320
 earth?

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.940
 Could there

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.400
 have been

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:22.000
 a red

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.960
 carpet long

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.240
 enough?

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.740
 Could there

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.039
 have been

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.340
 music good

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.280
 enough to

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.920
 welcome him?

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:29.920
 If the

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.800
 whole world

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.320
 bowed down

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.840
 and worshipped

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.260
 to him,

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.760
 it wouldn't

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.140
 have been

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:34.120
 hardly enough.

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:35.580
 And yet he

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:36.840
 came to a

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.620
 back alley

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.620
 place in the

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:38.960
 middle of

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.280
 nowhere,

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.840
 essentially,

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.180
 born to

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.720
 humble

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:44.019
 circumstances,

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.239
 circumstances,

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.960
 and lived

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.500
 a life

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.699
 of relative

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.400
 obscurity,

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.139
 ministered

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.500
 for three

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.880
 years,

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.059
 and died,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.119
 died?

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.759
 Which one

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.199
 of us who

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.500
 are in

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.960
 Christ this

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.400
 morning can

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.820
 say that

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.420
 any act of

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.179
 obedience or

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.759
 service is

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.380
 beneath us?

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:05.840
 is there

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.980
 anything that

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.660
 Jesus could

00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.559
 ask you

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.059
 to do,

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.420
 call you

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.920
 to do in

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.420
 your life,

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.140
 that you

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.640
 could say,

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.619
 no, that is

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.160
 too low for

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:15.360
 me.

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.000
 Someone else

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.260
 could do

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.539
 that.

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:24.259
 Jesus has

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.719
 set us the

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.440
 perfect example

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.860
 of humble

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.380
 service,

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.759
 and by

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.500
 his death

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.639
 and resurrection

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.539
 he has

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.259
 secured for

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.159
 us all

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.699
 the grace

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.039
 that we

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.019
 need to

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.519
 be humble.

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.119
 Jesus doesn't

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.539
 just give us

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.139
 a good example

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.559
 and say,

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.940
 try that.

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.719
 He gives

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.000
 us the

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.659
 grace we

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.980
 need by

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.320
 his Holy

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.239
 Spirit to

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:44.079
 change and

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.639
 to become

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.219
 more humble.

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:53.559
 we might

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.219
 ask ourselves,

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.900
 how can I

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.279
 be a more

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.000
 humble person?

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.860
 That's a

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.500
 good question,

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:03.279
 but can I

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.820
 offer a

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.400
 better question?

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.159
 How can I

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.800
 serve others

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.159
 in my

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.500
 church or

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.800
 in my

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.039
 life,

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.559
 those around

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.820
 me,

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.599
 in the way

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.019
 that Jesus

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.519
 has served

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.759
 me?

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.679
 May we

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.440
 never doubt

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.179
 the absolute

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.800
 necessity

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.079
 of humility

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:22.820
 for unity

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.260
 in our

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.639
 church?

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.380
 Our

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.639
 risen

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:26.960
 Savior

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.500
 deserves

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.720
 our

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.159
 wholehearted

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.820
 obedience.

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.639
 In

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.940
 closing,

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.240
 I'd like

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.539
 to read

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.079
 verses 9

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.519
 to 11,

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.700
 and we'll

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.139
 pray and

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.360
 sing.

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.300
 Therefore

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.019
 God

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:39.019
 exalted

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.559
 him to

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.139
 the highest

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.659
 place,

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.880
 and gave

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.179
 him the

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.519
 name that

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.000
 is above

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.079
 every name,

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.360
 that at

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.700
 the name

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.139
 of Jesus

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.720
 every knee

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.239
 should bow

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.299
 in heaven

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.659
 and on

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.259
 earth and

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.619
 under the

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.919
 earth,

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.379
 and every

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:51.779
 tongue

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.519
 acknowledge

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.099
 that Jesus

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.699
 Christ is

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.039
 Lord,

00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.739
 to the

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.239
 glory of

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.099
 God the

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.439
 Father.

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.579
 Father,

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.639
 we bow

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.239
 before you

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.500
 in our

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.899
 hearts.

00:39:05.459 --> 00:39:06.459
 We praise

00:39:06.459 --> 00:39:07.319
 you that

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:07.779
 before the

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.459
 foundations of

00:39:08.459 --> 00:39:09.019
 the world

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:11.239
 that you

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.839
 had decreed

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.099
 that you

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.679
 would send

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.259
 your Son,

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.619
 the Lord

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.279
 Jesus Christ

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.639
 in the

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.199
 likeness of

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.900
 human flesh,

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:18.079
 that he

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.460
 lived a

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.259
 perfect life

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:20.059
 for us,

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:22.179
 and that

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.900
 he died the

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.719
 death that

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.159
 we ought to

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.460
 have died,

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.759
 that he

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:26.480
 suffered your

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.940
 wrath,

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.400
 which we

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.739
 ought to

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.279
 have suffered.

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.619
 That although

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.339
 there was no

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:34.039
 one who

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.719
 deserved more

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.400
 praise and

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.559
 glory on

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.139
 that earth,

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.900
 on this

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.199
 earth,

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:40.440
 that there

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.019
 was no one,

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.299
 Lord,

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.079
 at the same

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.599
 time who

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.279
 showed such

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.980
 perfect and

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.340
 complete

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.840
 humility.

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.099
 I lay

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.480
 down my

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.860
 life for

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.259
 the sheep,

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:49.699
 he said.

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.759
 No one

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.159
 can take

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.539
 them from

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.759
 me.

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.579
 Thank you,

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:55.819
 Father,

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.319
 that we are

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:57.039
 safe in

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.400
 Christ.

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.739
 And Lord,

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.279
 I pray,

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.299
 where we are

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.860
 proud,

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:01.940
 Lord,

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.139
 may we this

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.539
 morning,

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.840
 over the

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.219
 Lord's

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.460
 Supper,

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.900
 as we

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.840
 reflect on

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.779
 Christ's

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.239
 work,

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.719
 may we

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.340
 humble ourselves

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.940
 before you,

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.159
 look to our

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.759
 master and

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.159
 commander,

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:16.679
 and love

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.159
 one another.

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.039
 Help us,

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.199
 Lord,

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:19.639
 not to be

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.980
 selfish,

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.400
 not to be

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:22.079
 selfishly

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.519
 ambitious,

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.920
 but to

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.159
 look to

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.460
 the needs

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.920
 of others.

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.579
 Thank you

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.019
 for Jesus

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.500
 Christ,

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:29.960
 our Savior

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.340
 and our

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.699
 Redeemer.

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.880
 We pray to

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.159
 you in

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.639
 his name.

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.059
 Amen.

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.119
 I think we're

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.639
 going to stand

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.299
 to sing a

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:40.019
 closing hymn,

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.579
 the Serving

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.880
 King.

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.519
 That's a

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.099
 wonderful hymn.

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.259
 Amen.

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.840
 It's a wonderful hymn.

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:51.179
 Amen.

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.799
 It's a wonderful hymn.