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 Help us.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for the church and for this church family.

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 We thank you for every person who is here and every family that is represented.

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 We thank you for your love to us.

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 We thank you for your kindness.

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 And Father, as we meet together like this and as we live together as your people,

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 we want to become the kind of people you call us to be.

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 We want to be the kind of church that you say we should be, not what we think or what we decide.

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 And so we pray for your help and your power to be at work within us,

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 to show us who you are like and what you are like,

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 so that we too become people who reflect you

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 and people who show you to the world around us.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The problem with this church is...

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 I wonder how would you complete that sentence?

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 And please don't shout out.

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 You can have a private word with me on the way out if you like.

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 Well, whatever you think the problems are in this church,

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 the problems in Corinth are very disturbing.

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 Have a look at chapter 3 and verse 1.

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 Chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 I could not address you as spiritual,

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 but as worldly.

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 Mere infants in Christ.

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 You see, this church in Corinth behaved more like the world around them

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 than the Christ they claimed to follow.

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 And the problems were indeed very serious.

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 Just look at verse 3 of chapter 3.

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 You are still worldly,

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 for since there is jealousy and quarrelling among you,

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 are you not worldly?

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 Are you not acting like mere men?

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 But you know what?

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 All that jealousy and quarrelling was just the tip of the iceberg.

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 Have a look at chapter 5, verse 1.

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 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you

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 and of a kind that does not occur even among the pagans.

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 A man has his father's wife.

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 They were very serious problems.

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 In fact, the problems were very, very deep.

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 They were fighting with each other

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 and they were suing each other,

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 taking each other to court.

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 Have a look at chapter 6, verse 5.

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 Chapter 6, verse 5.

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 I say this to shame you.

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 Is it possible that there is nobody among you

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 wise enough to judge a dispute between yourselves?

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 But instead, one brother goes to law against another

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 and this in front of unbelievers.

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 So not only were they making a mess of their own lives,

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 they were a bad witness to those around them.

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 And to cap it all off,

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 their church services, gatherings just like this,

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 were like a drunken feast.

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 Have a look at chapter 11, verse 20.

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 Chapter 11, verse 20.

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 So he's describing a gathering when they come together.

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 Verse 20, when you come together,

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 it is not the Lord's supper you eat,

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 so it's not communion or the Eucharist

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 that you're sharing in together.

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 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead

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 without waiting for anybody else.

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 One remains hungry, another gets drunk.

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 So this indeed was a very messy church.

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 Rather than look like Christ,

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 they actually looked like the world around them.

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 No wonder that Paul would tell them in no uncertain terms

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 at the very end in chapter 15, verse 34.

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 He is absolutely crystal clear in what he says

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 chapter 15, verse 34.

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 Come back to your senses as you ought

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 and stop sinning.

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 But let's not be too quick to point fingers.

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 You see, this isn't just a Corinth problem.

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 This is a church problem.

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 It is a carigoline problem.

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 Because we too are messy people.

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 We also fail and fall.

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 We also gossip and quarrel.

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 We get jealous with one another.

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 We fall out with each other.

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 We judge ourselves to be superior and others inferior.

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 Our marriages are not always what they should be.

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 We mightn't sleep around,

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 but we secretly watch porn.

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 We mightn't turn up to church drunk,

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 but it can happen when we're out with our friends.

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 The sad reality is church is messy.

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 And we too, myself included,

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 are messy people.

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 So what should we do with a church

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 when its behaviour is actually more worldly

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 than spiritual?

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 Do we just shut it down?

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 Say start again,

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 tell everybody go home,

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 that's it,

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 that's the end,

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 that's finished.

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 What would Paul,

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 or what would God,

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 have to say to this church

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 through Paul?

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 Well,

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 go back to chapter 1 of Corinthians.

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 Chapter 1 and verse 2.

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 Look at what he says

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 to this church.

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 Verse 2.

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 To the church of God in Corinth,

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 to those sanctified,

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 and sanctified means to be made holy.

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 So to the church of God in Corinth,

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 to those made holy in Christ Jesus,

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 and called to be holy.

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 Now isn't that amazing?

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 We might not always look like

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 the holy church of God,

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 but that is what we are.

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 This messy church,

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 with all its problems,

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 beginning of verse 2,

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 is still God's church.

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 We are his holy people,

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 set apart from him,

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 or for him,

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 and belonging to him.

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 That's why Paul,

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 knowing what the church was like,

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 as he would go on to describe

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 all the mess that was going on,

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 and try to correct all the problems,

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 he could still say this

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 at the very beginning.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 I always thank God for you.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 Despite all the ongoing struggles,

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 and all the mess in our lives,

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 we can still say,

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 thank you to God,

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 for the church,

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 and for one another.

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 Because,

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 we are loved by God,

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 treasured by God,

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 we are his people,

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 the holy church of God.

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 But,

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 how can a messy church,

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 be also,

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 a holy church?

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 Because,

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 the two things,

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 seem in contradiction.

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 There's a bit of a tension.

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 On the one hand,

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 we've just seen,

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 what a mess they are.

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 And then,

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 at the very beginning,

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 he's saying,

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 you're a holy church.

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 How can that be?

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 How do you put those two things together?

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 Well,

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 we need reminded of two things.

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 Here's the first one.

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 First,

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 we have been made holy.

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 Let's read verse two again,

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 of chapter one.

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 To the church of God,

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 in Corinth,

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 to those sanctified,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Now,

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 we often come across that word,

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 sanctified,

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 in the Bible.

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 And it simply means,

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 to be made clean,

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 and to be made pure,

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 deep within our lives.

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 In other words,

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 it's to be made holy,

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 so that we are acceptable to God.

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 You see,

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 throughout the Bible,

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 God reveals himself,

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 as the only one who is holy.

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 You start at the very beginning of the Bible,

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 and very quickly,

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 God introduces himself,

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 as holy.

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 We read it at the very beginning.

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 He says,

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 be holy because,

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 I am holy.

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 He declares himself,

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 to be perfectly pure,

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 in all that he is,

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 and all that he does.

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 He's perfect in love,

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 perfect in goodness,

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 perfect in his justice,

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 perfect in mercy.

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 He is absolutely pure.

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 There is no fault,

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 there is no blame,

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 there is no sin,

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 there is no evil,

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 there is no wrong,

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 he never gets cross.

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 Everything is perfectly pure,

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 and good,

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 and beautiful.

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 That is what God is like.

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 And he sets the standard,

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 for perfection,

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 and purity.

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 And because God is holy,

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 that means,

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 by nature,

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 he cannot tolerate anything,

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 or anyone that is unholy.

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 Holy and unholy,

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 cannot mix together.

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 They are distinct,

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 they are separate.

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 Just like oil and water,

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 you can't mix the two,

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 they can't be together.

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 And in the same way,

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 God in his holiness is one,

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 and we in our unholiness,

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 are another.

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 So that leaves,

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 unholy people like you and me,

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 separate from God,

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 and under his pure judgment.

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 But look what it says in verse 2.

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 To the church of God,

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 in Corinth,

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 to those made holy,

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 or sanctified,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Christ,

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 who is the God-man,

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 God who became flesh and blood,

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 and walked this earth,

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 is perfectly pure.

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 And he entered into our imperfect,

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 impure world.

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 And Christ,

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 who is holy,

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 took on our unholiness on himself.

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 And he has given to us,

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 and he has given to us,

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 his holiness,

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 so that we are treated,

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 as if we are holy.

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 I'm going to repeat that again,

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 because that is central,

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 to what it is to be made holy.

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 Christ,

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 who is holy,

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 he came and took,

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 our unholiness on himself,

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 died on the cross,

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 and took the blame,

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 for our unholiness.

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 And in place of that,

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 has given to us,

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 his holiness,

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 so that,

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 we are treated,

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 as if we are holy.

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 Have a look at chapter 1,

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 verse 30.

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 It tells us there,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 30,

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 it is because of him,

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 that is,

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 it is because of God's work,

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 not our work,

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 God's work,

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 it is because of him,

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 that you are in Christ Jesus,

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 who has become for us,

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 wisdom from God,

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 that is,

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 our righteousness,

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 our holiness,

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 and our redemption.

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 Through our faith in Jesus,

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 we have been made clean,

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 we have been washed,

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 deep inside of us.

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 Our sin has been dealt with,

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 so that messy people,

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 like you and me,

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 are presented before God,

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 as acceptable,

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 and holy.

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 Now that,

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 is something amazing.

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 Messy me,

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 in all my failures,

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 and in all my falling,

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 because of my faith in Jesus,

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 am presented before God,

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 and treated,

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 as if,

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 I am holy.

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 Now,

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 incredibly,

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 the work that God begins,

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 in us like that,

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 lasts forever.

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 It doesn't just happen for a day,

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 our faith in Jesus means,

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 it happens for,

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 an eternity.

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 Look at verse 8,

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 of chapter 1.

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 It tells us this,

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 he will keep you strong,

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 to the end,

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 so that you will be blameless,

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 and that word blameless,

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 is connected to the word,

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 holy,

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 it's to be pure,

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 to be right,

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 before God.

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 So,

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 you will be blameless,

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 on the day,

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So when Jesus comes back again,

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 on that day,

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 you will be presented,

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 as blameless,

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 holy,

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 pure,

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 perfect,

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 before him.

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 What God,

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 has made,

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 holy,

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 if God has done,

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 that work in you,

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 you cannot be,

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 made,

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 unholy.

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 If God,

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 has made you,

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 holy,

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 you are kept,

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 holy.

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 His cleansing work,

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 in our lives,

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 has an eternal,

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 impact.

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 Yes,

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 we are messy people,

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 but we are also,

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 God's,

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 holy people.

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 We are a,

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 messy church,

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 but God,

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 has made us,

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 his,

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 holy church.

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 That's incredible.

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 Now,

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 that doesn't mean,

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 we ignore,

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 all the sinful mess,

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 and go,

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 okay,

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 I'm a messy person,

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 God has made me,

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 holy,

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 doesn't matter how I live,

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 I do whatever I like.

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 No,

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 if we understand it correctly,

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 being made,

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 holy,

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 also means,

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 we begin to live,

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 holy lives.

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 Look at the rest,

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 of verse two.

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 We'll read it again.

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 To the church of God,

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 in Corinth,

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 to those sanctified,

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 or made holy,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 and called,

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 to be holy.

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 And in case you don't think,

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 it applies to us,

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 read the rest of the verse.

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 We are called to be holy,

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 together,

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 with all those,

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 everywhere,

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 who call on the name,

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 their Lord,

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 and ours.

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 So this is written,

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 to the church then,

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 but it applies,

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 to every Christian,

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 in every church,

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 now.

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 God has given us,

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 his holiness,

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 and now he calls us,

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 to start living out,

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 that holy life.

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 You're made holy,

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 now go and be holy.

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 Go and live,

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 a holy life.

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 There's a great scene,

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 at the end of,

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 The Lion,

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 the Witch,

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 and the Wardrobe,

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 that great series,

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 by C.S. Lewis.

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 And those four characters,

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 Peter,

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 Susan,

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 Lucy,

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 and Edmund,

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 at the very end,

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 of that story,

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 they've all arrived,

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 at the great hall,

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 of Kerr Paval.

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 And as they arrive,

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 they're met,

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 by Aslan,

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 the Lion.

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 And this is,

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 what it says.

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 In the presence,

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 of all their friends,

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 and to the sound of trumpets,

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 Aslan solemnly crowned them,

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 and led them to their four thrones,

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 amid deafening shouts of,

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 Long live King Peter!

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 Long live Queen Susan!

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 Long live King Edmund!

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 Long live Queen Lucy!

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 And then Aslan says,

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 Once a king or queen in Narnia,

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 always a king or queen.

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 Bear it well, sons of Adam.

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 Bear it well, daughters of Eve.

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 Now can you see the parallel?

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 Hello?

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 God has welcomed us,

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 into his family,

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 and he has crowned us,

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 if you like,

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 with his holiness.

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 He has dressed us,

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 and robed us,

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 with his holiness.

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 And once we are made,

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 holy by God,

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 always holy before God.

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 Now bear it well,

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 sons of God.

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 Bear it well,

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 daughters of God.

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 Live out your new life of holiness.

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 You have been crowned with holiness.

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 Now become what you have been made to be.

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 Start living like Christ,

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 and stop looking like the world.

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 And let's be clear,

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 as to the calling of this,

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 that doesn't just mean a little private aspect

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 of a couple of hours on a Sunday morning.

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 This calling to live a holy life

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 covers every aspect of our life.

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 Let me give you just one pointer to that.

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 Have a look at chapter 6,

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 verse 19.

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 Chapter 6, verse 19.

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 So we're made holy,

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 we're called to be holy,

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 and this calling

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 is covering

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 every aspect of our lives.

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 Look at chapter 6, verse 19.

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 Do you not know that your body,

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 so your physical body,

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 as you're sitting there

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 and I'm standing here,

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 your body is a temple

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 the perfect,

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 the perfect, pure Spirit of God.

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 Your body,

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 your life,

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 if you are a Christian,

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 you are a home

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 of the Holy,

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 pure Spirit,

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 your life.

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 Who is in you,

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 whom you have received

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 from God.

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 You are not your own.

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 You don't belong

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 to yourself anymore.

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 You don't live

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 your kind of way.

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 You now belong to God.

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 You're God's holy people.

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 Verse 20.

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 You were bought

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 at a price.

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 Therefore,

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 honour God

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 with your body.

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 We've been made

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 the holy people of God.

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 We have become

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 the home

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 of the pure,

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 perfect,

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 Holy Spirit of God.

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 So now let us go out

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 and live

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 as the holy people of God.

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 What a calling.

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 What an amazing thing

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 he has done for us.

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 But how do we actually

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 live out this holy life?

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 Because as I think about this,

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 made holy,

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 get that.

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 Called to be holy,

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 I get that.

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 But how am I going to do it?

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 Knowing what I am like.

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 How am I actually going to

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 start living that out?

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 Well, thankfully,

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 he does not leave us alone

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 because what God begins,

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 God continues,

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 and he will finish.

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 His work continues

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 in our life.

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 He gives us three resources

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 to help us

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 to live out

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 a holy life

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 as a holy church.

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 Here they are.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Three resources

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 that we're given

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 to live out

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 a holy life.

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 First,

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 we are given

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 the grace

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 of Christ.

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 Verse 4.

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 I always thank God

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 for you

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 because of his

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 grace

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 given you

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Sorry,

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 we're back in chapter 1,

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 verse 4.

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 I always thank God

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 for you

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 because of his grace

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 given you

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Grace,

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 another good Bible word,

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 is God's unconditional

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 kindness

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 which he has placed

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 or put upon us.

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 So what is the grace

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 that he's put upon us

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 or placed on us?

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 Look at verse 5.

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 For in him

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 you have been

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 enriched

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 in every way

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 in all your

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 speaking

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 and in all

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 your knowledge.

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 So this speaking

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 and this knowledge

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 refer to

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 word gifts

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 that he's going

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 to talk about later.

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 They're specific gifts

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 given to us,

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 word gifts,

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 speaking and knowledge.

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 But for now

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 he wants us to know

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 that Christ

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 in his grace

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 has placed upon us

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 this great ability

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 upon his people,

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 the ability

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 to know

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 God's word

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 and to teach

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 God's word

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 and to share

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 God's word

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 with each other.

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 You see,

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 without the grace

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 of God's word

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 at work among us

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 we will not be able

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 to live

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 as God's holy people

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 because it is

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 through the word

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 that we become pure.

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 It is through the word

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 that we become holy.

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 It is as it goes

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 into our lives

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 and changes us

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 that we become

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 the people

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 God calls us to be.

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 So he says

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 you've been enriched

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 in speaking

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 and in knowledge.

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 You have these amazing

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 word gifts

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 to teach and encourage

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 and build each other up

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 to become

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 the holy people of God.

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 That is the first resource

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 that we have.

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 So I want to encourage

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 all of us

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 to make it our priority

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 to meet together

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 on Sundays

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 to come together

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 as we do

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 in our home groups

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 on Wednesdays

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 to come ready

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 to speak

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 God's word

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 into each other's lives

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 because as we speak

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 God's word

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 into each other's lives

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 it changes us

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 it transforms us

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 it enables us

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 to become holy

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 and you can do that

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 in my life

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 and I can do that

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 in your life.

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 So let's keep

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 the word central

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 to our lives

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 this grace gift

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 from God

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 to help us

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 to go on

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 to be a holy church.

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 So that's the first thing

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 he's given us.

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 Here's the second.

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 He's given us

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 gifts of the Spirit.

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 Verse 7

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 Therefore

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 you do not lack

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 any spiritual gift

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 as you eagerly wait

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 for our Lord Jesus Christ

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 to be revealed.

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 Again

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 a wonderful resource

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 a wonderful gift.

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 He gives to his church

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 all the gifts

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 that they need.

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 He doesn't shortchange us

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 He gives as he determines

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 He decides to each person

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 what gifts they have

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 and what the church has

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 It's not our choice

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 it's what God gives to us

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 and so we are never

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 ever lacking

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 what God decides

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 and what God determines

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 is what is right

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 and best

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 for that church

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 and for those people.

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 He gives gifts

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 to his church

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 but the purpose

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 of all of those gifts

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 is to enable us

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 to be

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 what we have been

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 called to be.

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 He says we are called

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 to be holy

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 so the reason

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 he gives us

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 all of these gifts

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 is so that we can become

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 holy people.

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 The gifts are not

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 for our private use

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 He will go on

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 to speak about this

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 at length

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 in 11 to 14

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 but we have

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 this gift

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 given to us

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:51.400
 to the church

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 for the purpose

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 of building each other up

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 so that we become

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 more like Him

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 holy

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 and pure

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 and right

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 and all of that

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 implies

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 that this calling

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 to be holy

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 is a church project.

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 It goes on

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.879
 we are told

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 in verse 7

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 until

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 Jesus Christ

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.220
 is revealed

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 so from now

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.700
 until Jesus returns

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 He calls the church

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.640
 together

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:21.039
 He gives gifts

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 upon His church

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 and upon each person

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 He places us together

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 as we are

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 and He says

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 now start using

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 your gifts

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 amongst each other

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 and for each other

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 and through that gifting

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 He moves us

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 from messy people

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 to holy people.

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 The point being

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 we cannot become

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 holy

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 in isolation

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 we need

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.000
 one another

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 that's why

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 we meet together

00:25:46.979 --> 00:25:48.539
 we cannot do it

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 on our own

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 we actually need

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 each other

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 and God's gifts

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 to you

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 are the people

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 around you

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 so

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 He gives us

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.539
 the grace of Christ

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 He gives us

00:25:58.479 --> 00:25:58.939
 the gifts

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 of the Spirit

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 and here's

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.739
 the final resource

00:26:01.739 --> 00:26:03.919
 we have the promise

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.099
 of God

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 look at verse 8

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:09.319
 He

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 that is God

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.519
 will keep you

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.039
 strong to the end

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.440
 so that you

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 will be blameless

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.279
 and there's that word

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.539
 we looked at again already

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.779
 blameless

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.759
 to be holy

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 on the day

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.579
 of our Lord

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.480
 Jesus Christ

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:25.139
 the calling

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:27.240
 to be holy

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.240
 is great

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:30.779
 the fact

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 of it

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.639
 can weigh us down

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.679
 that He would

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:34.299
 call me

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.079
 to be holy

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.519
 can crush me

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.859
 can overwhelm me

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.480
 as I look at

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.220
 who God is

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.000
 and what I am like

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.180
 and say

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.720
 how can I do it

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.680
 I am such

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.660
 a messy person

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.259
 how can I do it

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:48.500
 well not only

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.980
 do we have

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.099
 the grace of Christ

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.680
 not only do we have

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.900
 the gifts of the Spirit

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.960
 to make it possible

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.460
 but God has given

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.139
 the church

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.720
 His people

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.980
 this amazing promise

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.500
 look at it

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.259
 in verse 9

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:01.339
 God

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.740
 who has called you

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.539
 into fellowship

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.259
 with His Son

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.119
 Jesus Christ

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.759
 our Lord

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.859
 is faithful

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:12.339
 the one who

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.140
 called you

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.940
 to be holy

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.879
 the one who's

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.480
 called you

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.180
 into fellowship

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.460
 and who's made you

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.779
 holy

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.819
 He

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.819
 is

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.799
 faithful

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:24.019
 that means

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.599
 He will not

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.579
 give up on us

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:27.200
 He will never

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.079
 disown us

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.139
 or abandon us

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.000
 as a church

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.960
 in our failures

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.180
 He will stick with you

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.779
 when you fall in sin

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:36.339
 He will pick you up

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:38.500
 the church

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.960
 belongs to God

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.539
 it is God's

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.119
 holy

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:43.099
 project

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.759
 He's on a mission

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.839
 to take people

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.500
 like you

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.099
 and me

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.879
 and He is

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:50.299
 faithfully committed

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.419
 from now

00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.599
 until eternity

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.179
 to make us

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.799
 holy

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.959
 and God

00:27:56.959 --> 00:27:57.659
 is

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.699
 faithful

00:27:58.699 --> 00:28:00.279
 we may be

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.079
 unfaithful

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.839
 but He is

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.480
 faithful

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.559
 He has promised

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.240
 to move us

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.379
 from messy church

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:07.039
 to holy church

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:09.039
 to be the people

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.959
 He calls us

00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:10.759
 to be

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:14.480
 so what is our

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.000
 calling

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.919
 in life

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.860
 why are we

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.240
 here

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.140
 why do we

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.759
 exist

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:23.420
 we're called

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.800
 to be

00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.320
 holy

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:26.120
 like God

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:28.360
 and in His

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:28.759
 goodness

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.500
 He has given

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.420
 us His grace

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.259
 He has given

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.160
 us His spirit

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.360
 He has given

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.720
 us His promise

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:37.140
 and most of all

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.860
 He's given us

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.460
 His Son

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.900
 the Lord

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.880
 Jesus Christ

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.080
 who's taken

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:42.259
 my unholiness

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.860
 and your

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.500
 unholiness

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.400
 and in His

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.759
 place

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.200
 has given

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.359
 His holiness

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.319
 upon us

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:50.180
 so that we

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.720
 can be

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.079
 the people

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.660
 of God

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:54.819
 messy church

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:57.160
 but the

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.960
 holy church

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.940
 of God

00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.579
 let's pray

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.200
 together

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:20.460
 I'm going

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.140
 to read

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.799
 a prayer

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.380
 this prayer

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.740
 you will

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.180
 find

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.500
 on the

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.380
 messy church

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.160
 holy church

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.000
 little booklet

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.920
 it's at the

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.360
 very end

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:29.580
 of it

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.819
 and you

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.220
 can see

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.439
 it

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.000
 afterwards

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.720
 but let's

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.079
 pray

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.419
 our Father

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.720
 God

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.379
 thank you

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.559
 that we

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.119
 have been

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:38.059
 made holy

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.679
 pure

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.679
 and blameless

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.460
 in your

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.960
 sight

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.659
 through the

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.579
 redeeming work

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.899
 of your

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.259
 Son

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.659
 Jesus

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.179
 Christ

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:47.960
 thank you

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.500
 that through

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.159
 our faith

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.679
 in Jesus

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:51.039
 we are

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.419
 forgiven

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.159
 all our

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.159
 messy past

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:55.039
 and present

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.559
 failures

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.279
 and are now

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.079
 called to live

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.000
 holy lives

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.980
 in this

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.400
 world

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.720
 by the

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.259
 power of

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.420
 your

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.119
 Holy Spirit

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.480
 would you

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.079
 please help

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.619
 us to live

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.160
 lives that

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.000
 reflect you

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.279
 and honour

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.880
 you in our

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.380
 families

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.700
 schools

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.980
 and places

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 of work

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 please help

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 us to deal

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 with the sin

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 in our lives

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 to stand

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 firm in the

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 gospel

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 to give

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 ourselves

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 fully to

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 the work

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 of the

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 Lord

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 to make

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 every effort

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 to build

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 up the

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 church

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 family

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 with the

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 sure and

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 certain promise

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 that God

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 who called

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 us is

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 faithful

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 and will

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 keep us

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 strong to

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 the end

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 we thank

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 you for

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 your word

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 amen

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 we're going

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 to sing

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 together

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 a song

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 which brings

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 this

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 theme

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 to an

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 end

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 we are

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 the

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 temple

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 of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 if you

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 are a

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 Christian

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 God

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 lives in

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 you by

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 his

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 spirit

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 and so

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 we pray

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 Holy Spirit

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 living breath

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 of God

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 come

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 renew my

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 heart

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 and make

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 me whole

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 cause your

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 word to

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 come alive

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 in me

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 give me

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 passion

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 for your

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 purity

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 Holy Spirit

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 breathe new

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 life in me

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 let's stand

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 together

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 as we

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 sing

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 Holy Spirit

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 living breath

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 of God

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 breathe new

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 life

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 into my

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 willing

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 soul

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 let the

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 presence

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 of the

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 risen

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 Lord

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 come

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 renew

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 my

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 heart

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 and make

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 me

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 whole

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 cause

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 your

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 word

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 to come

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 alive

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 in me

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 give me

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 faith

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 for what

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 I cannot

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 see

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 give me

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 passion

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 for your

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 purity

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 Holy Spirit

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 breathe new

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 life

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 in me

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 Holy Spirit

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 shall

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 abide

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 within

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 may

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 your

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 joy

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 be

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 seen

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 in all

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 I do

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 love

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 enough

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 to cover

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 everything

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 in its

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 thoughts

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 and

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 deed

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 and

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 attitude

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 kindness

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 to the

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 greatest

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 and

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 the

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 least

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 gentleness

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 that

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 flows

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 the path

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 of peace

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 turn

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 my

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 life

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 into

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 works

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 of

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 grace

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 and

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 oh God

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 show

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 Christ

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 in all

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 I do

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 so

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 show

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 your

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 your power once again on earth cause your church to hunger for your way

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 let the fragrance of the world

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 lead us on the road to sacrifice

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 let's pray father we thank you for all that we have and all that we can enjoy together

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 we thank you for the work you have done in our lives we thank you for your promise

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 to go on doing that work and we pray that together as your people we would work together to that cause

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 encouraging helping praying spurring one another on to live lives of holiness that reflect you

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 to each other and to the world around us we pray this in your name amen

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 so

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 you