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 Thanks be to God.

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 If you have not had a chance to turn your Bibles to 1 Peter 2 yet, please do so now.

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 Chapter 2, verses 18-25.

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 We have been going through the book of 1 Peter, and within the book of 1 Peter,

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 we're kind of in a mini-series within the book about talking about our freedom in Christ

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 and how that leads us to one we talked about last week's submit to human institutions,

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 including governing authorities, and this week about our freedom to serve

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 and being subject even to masters or employers that we might have.

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 And so this is 1 Peter 2, 18-25.

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 And in his book, Liberating the Laity, Paul Stevens, an author,

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 writes about how most lay Christians, so not pastors or ministers,

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 but lay Christians that go to church and go to other church events and such,

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 will spend about 3,000 to 4,000 hours with church people in church functions.

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 But compare that to the fact that the same people spend 60,000 to 80,000 hours at their workplace.

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 So that's a huge imbalance there, and I don't mean that in the sense that you need to spend as much time

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 with church as you do at work.

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 But what is important is that that means the important part of Christian discipleship

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 has to be about our workplace, how we conduct ourselves in the workplace.

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 And unfortunately, as people who study this stuff at London Institute for Contemporary Theology,

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 they say that 98% of Christians are not equipped or envisioned for living as Christians in the workplace.

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 So that means most Christians are invited or recruited to use their volunteer hours serving at church

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 when really for most of their lives, their work hours,

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 they are not really serving Christ and living for Christ

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 and have not been equipped and envisioned to do so.

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 But Scripture not only addresses how we have to live personally as Christians

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 or within the context of the church,

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 but also how we have to live and behave in society and the workplace as well.

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 And that's what Peter talks about here in this passage.

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 And he wants to teach us that we ought to, as believers,

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 serve God in the workplace by doing good while suffering,

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 just as Christ did good and suffered for us.

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 So that's the big idea that Peter tries to get across to us in this passage.

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 And he starts in verse 18.

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 So read with me there.

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 It says,

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 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect,

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 not only to the good and gentle, but also to the unjust.

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 As I mentioned,

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 last week we talked about submitting to human institutions

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 and the same word was used.

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 Be subject for the Lord's sake, it said, to every human institution.

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 And he's telling now slaves, household slaves,

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 at the time it was written,

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 to be subject to their masters with all respect.

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 And now at this point you're probably asking,

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 okay, so how does this have anything to do with our work?

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 I mean, they're talking to slaves.

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 He's talking to...

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 And secondly,

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 why does Peter say nothing about the evil of slavery

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 and instead tell slaves to be subject even to unjust masters?

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 So that might be a question that you might be asking.

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 And I will address both of these questions in turn.

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 So you probably have heard it said

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 that the Bible is bigoted and regressive

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 because it doesn't address things like slavery

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 that most modern people agree is evil

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 and that it doesn't criticize it as evil,

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 that the Bible doesn't.

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 However, I want to point out

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 that the slavery in the Greco-Roman world

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 is very different from the slavery that we think of.

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 When we hear the word slavery,

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 we immediately think of 17th, 18th, 9th century slavery, right?

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 The New World slavery.

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 But that's very different from that.

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 So there's a book called Slave of Christ

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 by a biblical scholar named Murray Harris

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 where he writes about slaves in the Greco-Roman times.

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 And he writes, first of all,

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 that the slaves in the Greco-Roman world

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 were totally indistinguishable

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 from the rest of the people in society.

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 By how they looked,

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 by how they dressed,

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 you know, how they walked about in the streets,

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 they were completely indistinguishable

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 from the rest of society.

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 But in contrast,

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 the New World slavery, right,

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 its slaves were distinguishable

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 because it was race-based, right?

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 It was all African Americans

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 or people taken from another place.

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 That was not the case.

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 The slavery in this Greco-Roman world

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 was not race-based.

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 And then secondly,

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 slavery in the Greco-Roman world

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 was different

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 because the slaves were often highly educated.

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 Sometimes they were even more educated

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 than their masters.

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 But they just turned to tough financial times,

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 whatever,

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 and they sold themselves into this position

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 so that they can work,

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 have a means of living.

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 And for that reason,

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 they often held managerial positions

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 and were able to make enough money

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 to often buy themselves out of slavery again.

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 In contrast,

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 New World slavery, right,

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 slaves were reduced to menial and manual labor, right?

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 And they were forced to work

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 pretty much for the rest of their lives.

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 There was no guarantee of manumission, right?

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 They could not buy themselves out in most cases, right?

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 And finally,

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 as I mentioned,

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 the Greco-Roman slaves

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 sometimes sold themselves into,

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 put themselves in that situation

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 because that was better

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 than living in poverty

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 or whatever they were in.

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 But in the New World,

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 the slaves were not,

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 didn't become slaves voluntarily.

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 Rather,

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 they were forced into slavery

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 through kidnapping, right?

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 Which is roundly condemned

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 by both the Old and the New Testament.

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 1 Timothy 1, 9,

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 Deuteronomy 24, 7.

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 So it was not justifiable in any way, right?

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 So that's,

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 it's very different.

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 And now I don't say this

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 just to justify slavery

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 in biblical times,

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 but I say this

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 to give you a picture

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 so that you recognize

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 that it's not an equal comparison

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 when you criticize the Bible

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 on the basis of New World slavery, right?

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 Because that was a completely

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 different situation.

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 And even though it's,

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 and we may,

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 we'll still agree

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 that slavery in this time

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 is wrong as well

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 because it's not right

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 for one human being

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 made in the image of God

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 to own another human being

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 made in the image of God, right?

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 So it's that the humans

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 are not intended to be property, right?

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 And even in this time,

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 even though the slaves

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 were much better off

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 in the Greco-Roman world,

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 they were still considered property.

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 And Peter begins to challenge

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 some of the cultural

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 understanding of slavery as well.

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 And we know this

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 because how he begins verse 18.

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 He says, servants, right?

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 He's directly addressing servants.

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 That's, that's, he's saying,

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 he's talking to them.

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 He's speaking to them.

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 And Greek philosophers,

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 for example, Aristotle,

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 wrote about how slaves

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 cannot think deliberately, right?

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 They wrote about the fact

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 that slaves, therefore,

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 should not be addressed,

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 but rather should be addressed

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 through their masters, right?

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 Peter is not buying any of that.

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 He's speaking directly

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 to the slaves

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 and affirming their dignity

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 and saying,

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 I have something to say to you, right?

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 God has something to say to you, right?

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 And in addition to that, right,

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 the slaves in this culture

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 were expected to subscribe

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 to the religion,

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 faith of their masters.

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 They didn't have a choice, right?

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 But here,

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 Peter clearly assumes

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 that these slaves

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 would be following God

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 regardless of where

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 the masters'

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 religious allegiance lay.

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 lay, right?

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 So he's, again,

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 affirming the dignity

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 of slaves,

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 even in this culture.

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 So he's beginning

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 to challenge that.

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 And then finally,

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 we have to remember

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 that Christians

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 in the Roman Empire

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 did not have the political clout

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 that we now have,

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 people living in a democratic

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 United States of America

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 where we can vote

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 or we can lead,

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 we can protest.

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 They, I mean,

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 they would have been executed

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 or, you know,

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 they would have been

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 quelched immediately.

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 So they did not have

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 the political means

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 to affect the kind of change

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 that we saw

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 in this world.

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 And theologian Miroslav

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 Wolf observes

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 about this situation.

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 He says,

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 The call to follow

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 the crucified Messiah

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 was,

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 in the long run,

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 much more effective

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 in changing the unjust

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 political,

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 economic,

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 and familial structures

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 than direct exhortations

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 to revolutionize them

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 would ever happen.

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 For an allegiance

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 to the crucified Messiah,

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 indeed,

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 worship of a

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 crucified God

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 is an eminently

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 political act

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 that subverts

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 a politics of dominion

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 at its very core.

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 You guys follow that?

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 So what he's saying

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 is that as Christians

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 we're called to serve

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 and be subject to

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 and to suffer

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 in the pattern

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 of a crucified Christ

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 because Christ himself

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 submitted,

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 he became subject to

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 and suffered on our behalf.

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 And because of that,

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 that kind of mentality,

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 that kind of mindset

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 and attitude

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 in the way we live

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 radically subverts

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 the politics of domination,

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 power over another being.

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 Right?

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 So in doing this

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 and in teaching these things,

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 Peter is subverting

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 the structure

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 from the bottom up.

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 He's laying

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 the moral

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 and the spiritual

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 groundwork necessary

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 for any kind of

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 social and political change.

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 Right?

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 So you see this

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 in what Peter is doing.

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 So he goes on,

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 once again,

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 verse 18,

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 servants speaking to them,

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 be subject to your masters

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 with all respect,

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 not only to the good

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 and gentle,

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 but also to the unjust.

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 This is particularly

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 relevant for believers

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 because slaves occupied

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 the lowest,

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 you know,

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 social stratum

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 in Greco-Roman society.

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 But Peter had just

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 told everybody

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 that he's writing to

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 in verse 16,

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 earlier chapter 1,

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 verse 16,

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 live as people

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 who are free,

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 not using your freedom

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 as a cover-up for evil,

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 but living as servants.

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 The word is slaves

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 of God.

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 Right?

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 Regardless of

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 your social status,

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 whether you're a noble

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 or whether you're a slave

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 or whether you're an emperor,

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 as a Christian,

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 you are a slave

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 of God,

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 he says.

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 Right?

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 And because of this,

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 this actual slaves

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 in the Roman Empire

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 becomes the paradigm,

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 the example,

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 the pattern.

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 Right?

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 That all Christians

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 cannot identify with

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 because we're all

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 the slaves of God.

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 And this is not a sign

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 of our enslavement.

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 Rather,

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 it's a sign of our freedom

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 because we belong to God

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 and only those

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 who truly belong to God

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 can be free

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 because God alone

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 is Lord over all things

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 and for us to be

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 enslaved to anything else

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 would be true slavery.

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 And because Christians

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 are slaves

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 first and foremost

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 to God,

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 it's not human authority,

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 the authority of these masters

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 that demands our allegiance,

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 but it's the fact

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 that it's God's authority.

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 It's the fact

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 that we're loyal to God

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 that we are supposed

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 to be subject

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 to their masters.

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 And that's what the phrase

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 with all respect

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 refers to.

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 Literally,

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 actually,

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 the phrase

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 with all respect

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 can be translated

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 in all fear.

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 Right?

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 And now that I say fear,

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 some of you guys

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 who have been here

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 for the whole series

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 already,

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 it rings a bell

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 because you've heard

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 the word fear

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 several times mentioned.

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 In chapter 2,

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 verse 17,

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 Peter said,

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 honor everyone,

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 love the brotherhood,

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 fear God,

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 and honor the emperor.

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 Right?

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 17,

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 he said,

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 and if you call on him

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 as father

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 who judges impartially

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 according to each one's deeds,

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 conduct yourselves

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 with fear

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 throughout the time

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 of your exile.

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 This fear is not

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 a terrifying fear.

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 Rather,

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 it's a reverential awe

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 that the idea

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 of living constantly

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 every moment of your life

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 before the face of God,

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 the fact that the God,

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 the impartial judge,

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 is watching.

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 Right?

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 And that changes

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 the way we live.

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 Right?

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 That's the kind of fear

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 that he's talking about.

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 And because he repeatedly says,

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 1 Peter,

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 the Bible never exhorts us

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 to be fearful of men.

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 Never tells us

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 to fear men.

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 It only tells us

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 fear God.

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 So when he says,

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 be subject to your masters

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 in all fear,

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 with all respect.

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 He's saying,

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 don't be subject

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 to your masters

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 because you fear that master.

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 Be subject to your masters

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 because you fear God.

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 Right?

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 That's why in verse 19

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 he continues,

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 for this is a gracious thing

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 when mindful,

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 of who?

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 Mindful of God,

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 not mindful of men,

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 one endures sorrows

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 while suffering unjustly.

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 Right?

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 It's because we're mindful of God

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 that we're supposed

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 to be subject

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 even to unjust masters.

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 Right?

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 If we were being subject

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 to the masters

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 for their own merit

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 or their own deserving,

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 then we wouldn't be subject

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 to the unjust ones.

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 But because we're doing it

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 on the basis of God's authority

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 and his call on our lives,

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 we are to be subject

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 even to the unjust masters.

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 Right?

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 And this is a gracious thing

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 before God.

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 It's,

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 it's,

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 it's,

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 God shows favor.

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 He's gracious

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 toward those

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 who are suffering

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 in this way

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 and being subject

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 to human masters.

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 And,

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 and because

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 the slavery

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 in the context

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 of the Greco-Roman Empire

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 was different,

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 it's kind of more like

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 indentured servanthood

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 than slavery

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 that we know of.

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 We can rightly

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 apply it

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 to our workplace.

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 Right?

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 Because we're,

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 we're called

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 to be subject

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 to all human institutions

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 as we learned

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 in the last passage

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 and we are really

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 beholden to

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 our employers.

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 They,

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 they pay us.

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 Right?

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 Where we owe them

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 a certain allegiance

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 and a loyalty.

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 We're supposed to

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 serve them.

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 We're supposed to

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 work for them.

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 Right?

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 And so in this context

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 if we could,

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 we could apply this passage

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 to that for,

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 to our workplace

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 for that reason.

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 And he tells us

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 in verse 20

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 that we are to serve God

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 in the workplace

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 by suffering

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 while doing good.

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 Right?

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 So he continues

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 look with me

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 at verse 20.

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 For what credit is it

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 if when you sin

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 and are beaten for it

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 you endure?

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 But if when you do good

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 and suffer for it

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 you endure?

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 This is a gracious thing

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 in the sight of God.

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 Once again he's saying

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 it's a gracious thing

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 in the sight of God.

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 Did you catch that?

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 So there's,

00:14:01.099 --> 00:14:02.059
 the Bible's not giving us

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.860
 any excuses

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 for getting punished

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 for doing bad things.

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 Right?

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 I mean he's saying

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 like what credit

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.079
 is it to you

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 if you sin

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 and are beaten for it?

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 I mean if you sin

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 and are beaten for it

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 then you deserve it.

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 Right?

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 He's saying that's not

00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:14.659
 to our credit.

00:14:15.199 --> 00:14:15.339
 Right?

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 So he's,

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 it's not

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 and plenty of people

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 get punished at workplace

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 for doing bad things.

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 Right?

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:21.159
 For negligence,

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 for rudeness

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 or for lack of accountability

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 or maybe

00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:27.000
 even deceit

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 or fraud

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 or just simple incompetence.

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 Right?

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 So these things

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 are not what Peter

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 has in mind.

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 He's not saying

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 well if you get punished

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 for doing bad things

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 then yeah you deserve that.

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 But,

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 but as Christians

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 we are to do good

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 and suffer

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 on account of that.

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 While doing good

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:43.000
 we're supposed to endure

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 unjust suffering.

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 Then what does it mean

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 to do good

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 in the workplace?

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 And we learned

00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.960
 lastly

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 he told us to do good

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 in the context of society as well.

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 We learned that doing good

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.980
 involves not just doing something

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 that is good

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.779
 only to Christians

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 but doing good

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 that is recognized

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 there's a common recognition

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 by society at large as well

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 is good.

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 Right?

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 So that they also

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.659
 the world also sees

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 that it is good.

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 There will be some conflict

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 of interest

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 there will be some conflict

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 in values

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 but there are things

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 that we hold in common

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 that the Christians

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 would uphold as good

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 that the world also sees

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 as good.

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 And likewise

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.060
 in the workplace

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 I think a similar idea

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 is in play.

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 In fact

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 I think it goes back

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 all the way to Genesis 1

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 when God creates all things

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 he creates the universe

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 he says

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 it is good.

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 Right?

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 And at the end of all creation

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 as he rejoices over all creation

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 he says

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 it is very good.

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 Right?

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 So

00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:38.679
 then our work

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 everything that we do

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 is to be patterned

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:42.000
 after what God did

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.779
 in Genesis 1

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 to do

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 to create

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 what is good.

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 Right?

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 And let me unpack

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 what this means

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 because

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.939
 as Christians

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 it's so easy

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.419
 to just think about

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 okay so that means

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.799
 now I need to go

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 into the workplace

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 make sure I have my Bible

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.480
 out on my desk

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.259
 and make sure

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 every time I get an opportunity

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 I evangelize.

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 Right?

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 And that's not

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.840
 I don't think

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 what this doing good

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 is referring to.

00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:05.980
 In fact

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.639
 there's a really

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.319
 well done film

00:16:08.319 --> 00:16:09.059
 from 1999

00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.500
 called

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 The Big Kahuna

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 and has anyone seen that?

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 I guess that's pretty old.

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 Yeah.

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 It's

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 it has

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 it's Kevin Spacey

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 in it

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 it's spectacularly acted.

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 It's about

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 three salesmen

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 of industrial lubricants

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 and they go

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 on a business trip

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 to Wichita

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 in Kansas

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 and

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 they go

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 and there's this

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 big kahuna

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 at the conference

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 and

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 he's the president

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 of this large company

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 and they need to land

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 a deal

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 with this guy.

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 Right?

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 And

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 the way

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 the circumstances

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 pan out

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 it turns out

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 that only one of them

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 of the three

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 has an actual opportunity

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 to even meet this guy

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 this big kahuna

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 and unfortunately

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 that one guy

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 is a first time

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 business trip

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 it's his first time

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 business trip

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 and he happens

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 to be

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 a born again

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 Christian

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 and that's how

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 he's described

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 and

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 he's very

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 sincere

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 in one way

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 and he goes

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 into the meeting

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 and he comes back

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 and these other two guys

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 are waiting

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 and there's

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 I mean

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 they get up

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 immediately

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 as he comes

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 into the door

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 oh so did you get

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 to meet him?

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 And he says

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 yes I did

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 so well

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 did you talk to him?

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 He's like

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 yes I did

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 and

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 they're starting

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 to get frustrated

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 and they say

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 so I mean

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 what did you guys

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 talk about?

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 And his name is Bob

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 what did you talk

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 about Bob?

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 And then Bob

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 hesitating

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 continues

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 and he says

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 we talked about Christ

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 and after a long

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 weighty silence

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 one of the guys

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 Larry

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 asks with

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 a look of

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 utter disbelief

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 you talked about

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 Jesus?

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 He's shocked

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 and frustrated

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 and he quips back

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 did you mention

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 perhaps

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 what line of

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 lubricants

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 Jesus would have

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 endorsed?

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 And what did you

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 say to him

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 Bob?

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.980
 Larry says

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 and as the

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 conversation goes on

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 Bob admits

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 that the president

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 never brought up

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 the subject of

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.079
 Jesus

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 he did

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 and he never

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 brought up

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.880
 the subject

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 of industrial

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 lubricants

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 and the

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.819
 conversation gets

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 heated

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.819
 and at some

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 point

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.920
 Bob also gets

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 exasperated

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 and he says

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 I understand

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.420
 Larry

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 I just don't

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 see the

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.519
 crime

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:19.920
 and speaking

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 to another

00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:20.820
 human being

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 as another

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 human being

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 I couldn't

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 mention work

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 or lubricants

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 or anything

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 like that

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 because I

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 didn't want

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 him to think

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.380
 that I was

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 using the

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 subject of

00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.019
 religion

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.960
 to cozy

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.600
 up to him

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.019
 to get

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.539
 him to sign

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 some contract

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 I didn't

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:32.539
 want him to

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.240
 think that I

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.400
 was insincere

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.400
 and then Larry

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.100
 says this

00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.900
 back to him

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:40.039
 but you were

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.759
 insincere

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.120
 Bob

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 in a much

00:18:42.560 --> 00:18:43.460
 greater sense

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:45.160
 the company

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.920
 sent us here

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.420
 they said

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 Bob

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 Larry

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.759
 Phil

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 why don't

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.379
 you go

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 down to

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.039
 Wichita

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.359
 for a

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 couple

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 of days

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 don't

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.680
 worry

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:50.879
 about

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.019
 your

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.200
 room

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.619
 and board

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.339
 we'll

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.680
 take care

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:52.980
 of that

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.240
 and for

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.579
 a couple

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.119
 of days

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:54.579
 Bob

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.740
 we become

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 the hands

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:56.879
 of the

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.279
 company

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.440
 shaking

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.900
 all the

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.400
 other hands

00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.140
 before us

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:00.839
 what you

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.240
 did

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.799
 the reason

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.220
 why you

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.960
 were insincere

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.400
 is that you

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.819
 cut off

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.319
 that bond

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.019
 it would be

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.259
 like the

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.759
 hand breaking

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.359
 itself off

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.799
 from the arm

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.079
 and saying

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.579
 oh I got

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.079
 this other

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.619
 thing going

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.379
 on out

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.640
 here that

00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.059
 has nothing

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.339
 to do

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.779
 with you

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.420
 right

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:14.259
 Bob

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.000
 is

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.840
 devastated

00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:18.140
 he was

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.759
 a sincere

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.200
 believer

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.920
 but he

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.400
 was an

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.340
 insincere

00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.220
 employee

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.880
 right

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:25.880
 I don't

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.240
 think that's

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.700
 what God

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.160
 has in mind

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.640
 for us

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.160
 but he

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.680
 says do

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.340
 good

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.980
 while suffering

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.660
 at work

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.519
 he wants

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.960
 us to

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.460
 flourish

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.779
 in the

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.100
 workplace

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.620
 he wants

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:34.860
 us to

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.560
 do good

00:19:35.560 --> 00:19:35.759
 in the

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:35.860
 work

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.200
 he doesn't

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.519
 want us

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.660
 to be

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:36.820
 an

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.440
 ineffective

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.320
 employee

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.019
 in fact

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.259
 there's

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.600
 ethical

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.040
 questions

00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:40.300
 to be

00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:40.460
 brought

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.779
 into that

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.080
 as well

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.519
 since he's

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.140
 getting paid

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.900
 to do a

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.080
 certain

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.400
 thing

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:43.740
 and during

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.300
 that paid

00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:44.600
 time

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:44.920
 he was

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.180
 doing

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.500
 something

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.759
 that he

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.100
 was not

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.340
 supposed

00:19:46.340 --> 00:19:46.700
 to do

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.100
 right

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:49.259
 and he

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.120
 wasn't even

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:50.500
 an effective

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:50.980
 witness

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.360
 right

00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:51.920
 because he

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.279
 lost

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.200
 the credibility

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.040
 before his

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:54.620
 co-workers

00:19:54.620 --> 00:19:55.779
 and he

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.259
 became a

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.779
 sales pitch

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.220
 because he

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.980
 steered a

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.440
 conversation

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.900
 to go to

00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.320
 that as

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.619
 opposed to

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.139
 really caring

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.460
 for that

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.759
 person

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.599
 loving him

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:01.879
 in the

00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.279
 context of

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.799
 relationship

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.379
 sharing the

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:03.679
 gospel

00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.460
 with that

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.799
 person

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.179
 right

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:07.379
 but

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.339
 I would

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.599
 also

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.119
 challenge

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.839
 that

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.879
 that this

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.599
 then means

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.399
 we should

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:13.899
 just leave

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:14.399
 our faith

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.799
 at home

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.799
 and then go

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.619
 do good

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.000
 work

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.960
 work hard

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.859
 and that's

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.379
 what the

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:19.799
 enlightenment

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.220
 thinking

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.899
 would have

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.579
 us think

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.039
 right

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.599
 the enlightenment

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.720
 worldview

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.559
 separates

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.679
 the facts

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:26.439
 of the

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.700
 public

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.079
 sector

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.720
 from the

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.379
 values of

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.759
 the private

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.119
 sector

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.479
 right

00:20:29.479 --> 00:20:30.239
 they say

00:20:30.239 --> 00:20:30.659
 in your

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.159
 workplace

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.899
 do everything

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.259
 according to

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.739
 the facts

00:20:32.739 --> 00:20:33.439
 don't bring

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:33.819
 any of your

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.259
 values

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.819
 which are

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.439
 private and

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:36.099
 personal and

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.439
 relative

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:37.199
 here

00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:37.759
 right

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.759
 but that's

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.199
 a completely

00:20:39.199 --> 00:20:39.919
 unreasonable

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:41.439
 and just

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:42.279
 an unfeasible

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.959
 thing to do

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.579
 because everybody

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.459
 brings values

00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:45.399
 everybody lives

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.339
 out of their

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.859
 values

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:49.299
 and we can't

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.099
 as Christians

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:51.159
 let the

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.419
 facts of the

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:53.079
 business world

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.079
 of the bottom

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.579
 line of

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 profit

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 you know

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:56.839
 and

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.739
 trump our

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.500
 Christian values

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 of integrity

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 right

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.339
 and charity

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.019
 and equity

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.440
 right

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 and it's

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.980
 profit is a

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.420
 good thing

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 right

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 and when you

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 make profit

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.680
 as a business

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 you're able to

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.920
 compensate your

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.660
 employees and

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.220
 your investors

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 well

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.539
 and when you

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.200
 work for a good

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.960
 company with a good

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.660
 purpose then you're

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.460
 producing good

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 you're producing

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 doing a common

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 good for the

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.180
 service of mankind

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 so profit

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.299
 itself in and of

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.980
 itself is not a

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.579
 bad thing

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 but when that

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 becomes the

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 purpose

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 when that becomes

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 the driving factor

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 in our work

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 that can lead

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:28.700
 to dehumanizing

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.880
 bureaucracies

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 it could lead

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.960
 to dead end

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.420
 jobs

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 it could lead

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 to bad

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 customer service

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 it could lead

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 to all kinds

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 of bad

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 work

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.440
 right

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 so as

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 Christians

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.340
 we can uniquely

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 contribute to

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 that

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 do good

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.220
 while suffering

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 because we

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 have this

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 this

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 the gospel

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 perspective

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 on the world

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 same thing

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 if you're a

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 Christian in

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 education

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 right

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 and sometimes

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 the temptation

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.779
 is to idolize

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 education itself

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 as the panacea

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 the thing

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 that will solve

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 all evils

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 in society

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 as long as

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 people are more

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 educated

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 then everything

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 will be better

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 right

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 but we know

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.039
 better than that

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 as believers

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 don't we

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 because we know

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 the gospel

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 and we know

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.659
 that the deep

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.920
 root sin

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.379
 at the root

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.379
 sin is the cause

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.019
 of all social

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.359
 ills

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.879
 the broken

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.399
 homes

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.379
 the inequitable

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 distribution of

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 funds in

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 schools

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 right

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.980
 all of this

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 and because of

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 that we're able

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 to have a more

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:20.579
 properly pessimistic

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 and more properly

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.859
 optimistic view

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.980
 of education

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 right

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 because we know

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.839
 that God

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.380
 is redeeming

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.900
 all creation

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 we can serve

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.319
 in light of that

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.460
 and offer the hope

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.180
 of forgiveness

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.099
 and accountability

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 and create a culture

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.380
 of mutual accountability

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.319
 in our education

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 and also Christian

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.599
 educators

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.779
 as because we have

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.599
 the gospel perspective

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.500
 we can remember

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.480
 that self-knowledge

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.920
 and self-discipline

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.420
 and virtue

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.940
 can't be neglected

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.680
 right

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.799
 at the expense

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.920
 of getting trained

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.700
 so that you can be

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.620
 a better wage earner

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:49.960
 right

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:51.980
 the gospel perspective

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.799
 changes that

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.460
 and as we do that

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.180
 we might suffer

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.559
 right

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.180
 and Christians

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.700
 in business

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.339
 might suffer

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.960
 when you live

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.099
 when you work

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.740
 with integrity

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.339
 and you work

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.500
 and do good

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.099
 in your workplace

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.119
 you might suffer

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:05.220
 in your bottom line

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.940
 in your profits

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.740
 and you might even

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.379
 get punished

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.259
 by your employees

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:11.079
 in education as well

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.919
 when you try to offer

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:13.139
 a more holistic education

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:14.139
 in investing in the kids

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.980
 and teaching values

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.700
 teaching them

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 not only to be

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.599
 better wage earners

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.559
 or technicians

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.259
 but teaching them

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.460
 also to be better citizens

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.500
 when you do that

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.079
 you could also

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.920
 get punished

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.579
 right

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.340
 you could suffer

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.120
 unjustly

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:26.440
 but when you do

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.900
 this is a gracious thing

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.660
 when mindful of God

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.960
 one endures sorrows

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.319
 while suffering unjustly

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.799
 I mean obviously

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.480
 I can't go through

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.160
 all the professions

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.860
 but maybe just

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.559
 one more example

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.759
 if you're in medicine

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.980
 right

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.039
 the temptation

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.120
 frequently

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.579
 is because

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:45.319
 it's a social service work

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.720
 it's good work

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.279
 and you could do

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.900
 so much tangible

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.920
 good for people's lives

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.279
 there's a huge temptation

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.180
 to idolize it

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.539
 right

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.980
 just like pastoral ministry

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.279
 to idolize the work

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.500
 and say that

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:57.240
 this is what defines me

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.180
 this is who I am

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.960
 and to give all of your life

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.940
 dedicated to that

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.220
 so that you're basically

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.620
 worked

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.740
 run down to the ground

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.320
 right

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:06.340
 and when you are serving

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.860
 so

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.560
 you know

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:08.840
 working so hard

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.860
 and serving so well

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.259
 and people

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.640
 are not responsive

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.660
 which often happens

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.380
 in the medical profession

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:16.039
 and in pastoral ministry

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.160
 when people are not

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.519
 grateful for the service

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.980
 you're providing

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.240
 when people are

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.440
 actually rude towards you

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.800
 right

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:23.860
 then people in the medical profession

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.779
 can become really cynical

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.420
 right

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:27.060
 because their pride

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:28.019
 is hurt in that

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.900
 and they

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.759
 I don't deserve any of this

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:32.040
 why are you treating me this way

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:33.080
 all I'm doing is providing

00:24:33.080 --> 00:24:34.220
 this good and service for you

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.880
 and only when you have

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.080
 the gospel

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.800
 the fact that Christ

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:41.200
 is the one that redeems us

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.300
 and saves us from sin

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.960
 and that the sin

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.240
 is at the root of all of these

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.900
 interactions with people

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:47.880
 and also

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.940
 the gospel grounds

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.420
 our identity

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.480
 so remember that

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:52.019
 we're not first and foremost

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.640
 a doctor

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.660
 or a nurse

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:55.540
 or a pastor

00:24:55.540 --> 00:24:57.019
 but that I'm first and foremost

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.759
 a Christian

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:59.180
 that I belong to God

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.560
 then we can have

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.440
 a proper perspective

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.040
 on work

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:03.240
 have a proper life

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.100
 work balance

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.759
 and provide holistic care

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.340
 for people

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:08.620
 and you can suffer

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.640
 for doing good

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.360
 in the workplace

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.340
 in that way as well

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.680
 right

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.640
 and we know

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.060
 I mean

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:14.619
 the spirit

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.259
 the soul

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.720
 and body

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.899
 are intricately related

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.259
 right

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.319
 and often things like

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.740
 stress

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.279
 anxiety

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.220
 or false beliefs

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.539
 are related to how people

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.200
 become ill

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.379
 like physically as well

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.679
 and so in order to provide

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.359
 holistic care

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.159
 then you might be

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.200
 more emotionally invested

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.819
 in your clients

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.639
 or patients

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:30.599
 and that could lead to

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.460
 professional consequences

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.919
 as well

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.299
 right

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.599
 when they want you to keep

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.500
 a clinical distance

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.399
 so that you can be more efficient

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.740
 you're caring

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:41.119
 you're investing in people

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.980
 pouring into people

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:44.120
 but when you suffer

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.960
 in this way

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.519
 this is a gracious thing

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.680
 he says

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.500
 when mindful of God

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.819
 one endures sorrows

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.779
 while suffering unjustly

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.539
 so these are just

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.259
 few sketches

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.960
 and I hope

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.720
 that you wrestle

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.319
 with the idea

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.539
 what does it look like

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.220
 as a Christian

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.160
 to do good

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.680
 while suffering

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.579
 at my workplace

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:04.380
 because God says

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.220
 serve him

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.519
 God calls to serve him

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.059
 in the workplace

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.799
 by suffering

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.079
 while doing good

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:12.619
 and this is a high call

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.639
 we recognize this

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:15.399
 how can we possibly

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:17.019
 do that

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.240
 and we have

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.399
 exactly a blueprint

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.899
 for that

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:22.059
 in verses 21 to 25

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:24.019
 because what enables us

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.599
 to suffer

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.339
 while doing good

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.000
 is the fact that

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.139
 Christ suffered

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:28.000
 for us

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.199
 look at verse 21

00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.460
 it says

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.399
 for to this

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:32.139
 you have been called

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.460
 because Christ

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.839
 also suffered

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.439
 for you

00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:37.679
 leaving you an example

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.660
 so that you might

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:40.060
 follow in his steps

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:41.779
 and the word

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.340
 example

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.360
 is a really cool word

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.039
 actually that

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.420
 is used

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:47.320
 if you guys have seen

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.759
 kind of a pattern

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.740
 of the alphabet

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.100
 that you kind of

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.880
 put on paper

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.539
 put over paper

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.220
 and then you trace

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.100
 that's how kids

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.940
 first learn to write

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.360
 the alphabet

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.759
 you guys know

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.380
 what I'm talking about

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.600
 so it's a word

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.320
 that's used to refer

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 to something like that

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.120
 so it's actually

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:01.259
 a much stronger word

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.400
 than simply an example

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.180
 oh Christ is

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.140
 one of your examples

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.240
 no Christ is

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.160
 the blueprint

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.140
 he's the paradigm

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.500
 by which we ought

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.420
 to live as believers

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.019
 in the workplace

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.180
 and to do good

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:13.220
 while suffering

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.560
 and in order to

00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:15.279
 demonstrate that

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.320
 he goes to quote

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:17.360
 Isaiah 53

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.779
 he uses the language

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.720
 of Isaiah 53

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.700
 but follows the

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:22.200
 narrative order

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.779
 in Mark's gospel

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.940
 of Jesus' suffering

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:27.340
 so he notes

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:28.140
 let me just read

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:30.340
 verse 22 to 23

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.759
 he committed no sin

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.500
 neither was deceit

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.460
 found in his mouth

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.420
 when he was reviled

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.500
 he did not revile

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.140
 in return

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.660
 when he suffered

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.819
 he did not threaten

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.860
 but continued

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:43.340
 entrusting himself

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.319
 to him

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.360
 who judges

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.400
 justly

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:48.340
 and we see this

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.640
 in the passion narrative

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.620
 in the gospel of Mark

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:52.299
 in Mark 14 65

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.779
 it says

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.920
 some began to spit

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.500
 on Christ

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.579
 and to cover his face

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.740
 and to strike him

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.960
 saying to him

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.779
 prophesy

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.960
 and the guards

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.799
 received him

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.579
 with blows

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.439
 chapter 15

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:06.240
 18 to 19

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.599
 it says

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.199
 the soldiers

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.079
 salute him

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.159
 in mockery

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:10.919
 hail king of the Jews

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.759
 and they were

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.399
 striking him

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.000
 in his head

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.259
 and with a reed

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.559
 and a spitting on him

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.299
 and kneeling down

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.259
 in homage to him

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.379
 in mockery of Christ

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:20.240
 but Jesus does not

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.419
 revile in return

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.559
 or answer back

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.259
 or threaten

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.319
 instead it says

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.419
 in Mark 14 61

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.859
 he remained silent

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:29.279
 and made no answer

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:32.619
 if anyone could have

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.240
 made an answer

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.299
 he could have

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:36.599
 he was the son of God

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:38.099
 he was the king

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:40.099
 he committed

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.000
 no sin

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.779
 every single human being

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.460
 that's ever lived

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.639
 had committed sin

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.420
 they deserved

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.359
 some blame

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.740
 there was some deceit

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.000
 in them

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.680
 but in Christ

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.799
 there was no sin

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:51.099
 there was no deceit

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.819
 found in his mouth

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.460
 but he didn't answer

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.019
 and why?

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:57.460
 because it says

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:59.119
 he was entrusting himself

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.500
 to him

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.660
 who judges

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.680
 justly

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:06.400
 if you

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.299
 kind of think

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.700
 for a moment

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.240
 about this

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.819
 we have a

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:10.099
 as human beings

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.940
 we have a very

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.119
 deeply ingrained

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.259
 habit of speaking up

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.759
 for ourselves

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.139
 don't we?

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.539
 when we're criticized

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:18.839
 when we're slighted

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:23.019
 we are our best advocates

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.639
 we speak up for ourselves

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:26.000
 we defend ourselves

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.859
 because we have learned

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.500
 from experience

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.599
 from living in this world

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.299
 that if we don't

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.180
 no one else will

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.759
 that if we don't

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.359
 assert ourselves

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.259
 if we don't advocate

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.680
 for ourselves

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.379
 if we don't defend

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.879
 for ourselves

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.700
 that we will become

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:39.420
 victims of injustice

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.660
 because that's the kind

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.599
 of world we live in

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:44.900
 but in God's economy

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:47.460
 in light of God's

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.619
 ultimate justice

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:50.440
 he says

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.180
 Peter says

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.160
 we don't have

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.000
 to defend ourselves

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.920
 because God's

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.019
 justice is perfect

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.720
 and he is supremely

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.880
 worthy of our trust

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.960
 we can entrust

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.819
 ourselves to him

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.839
 who judges

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.839
 justly

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:06.180
 and there's

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.059
 one more

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:10.819
 perhaps even more

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.480
 important reason

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.920
 that Christ

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.640
 doesn't speak

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:15.240
 when reviled

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:17.119
 verse 24

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.720
 look at it with me

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.380
 tells us

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:21.080
 Christ himself

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.100
 Christ himself

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:22.980
 bore our sins

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.600
 in his body

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.860
 on the tree

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.900
 that we might

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.120
 die to sin

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.980
 and live

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.800
 to righteousness

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:31.940
 by his wounds

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.800
 you have

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.620
 been healed

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:35.740
 the fact that

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.800
 Jesus bore our sins

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.560
 in his body

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.080
 on the tree

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.000
 is a reference

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.380
 to Deuteronomy 21

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.880
 23

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:42.140
 which says

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.540
 that those

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.080
 who are hung

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.820
 on a tree

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.660
 are cursed

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.240
 by God

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.240
 so Jesus

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.220
 died on a tree

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.320
 he was crucified

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.660
 on a cross

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.380
 because he was

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.300
 bearing the curse

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:54.720
 that we deserved

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.000
 he was cursed

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.620
 on our behalf

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.400
 so that we could

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.360
 bear his blessing

00:30:58.360 --> 00:31:01.660
 Jesus bore our sins

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.320
 in his body

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:02.800
 it says

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.900
 so that we might

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.160
 bear his righteousness

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.860
 the perfectly

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.600
 righteous life

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.220
 that he lived

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.220
 it says

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.519
 Jesus bore our wounds

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.160
 so that we might

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.860
 be healed

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:13.940
 it says

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.839
 in this passage

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.819
 in order to return

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.279
 us

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.360
 the straying sheep

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.279
 back to God

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.059
 to return us

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.579
 to him

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:21.140
 he became

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.019
 the slaughtered

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.279
 sheep

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:26.339
 and he died

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.079
 on the cross

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.960
 and if you guys

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.819
 I don't know if you guys

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.160
 know this

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.940
 but the cross

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.240
 was a punishment

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.279
 that Romans

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.319
 never had to experience

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:36.779
 because they reserved

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.319
 that punishment

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.440
 only for slaves

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.879
 and for people

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.339
 who were not

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.920
 Roman citizens

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:44.220
 so Christ

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.579
 our king

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:47.480
 died the death

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.700
 of a slave

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:51.720
 he was the ultimate

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.119
 suffering servant

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:55.039
 so we can now

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.960
 have the blueprint

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:58.759
 to be suffering

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.460
 witnesses

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:02.899
 so we can now

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.740
 be the slaves

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.160
 of God

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:08.600
 and

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:10.140
 if you're not

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.600
 a believer

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.900
 with us today

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.540
 or if you're just

00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:13.500
 hearing this message

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:16.860
 online

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:18.860
 I want to ask you

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:23.320
 and invite you

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:25.620
 entrust yourself

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:27.380
 to this God

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.200
 who judges

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.279
 justly

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.799
 because the only

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.460
 way we could

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.319
 follow in the

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.700
 footsteps

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.839
 and to do

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.119
 truly do good

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.839
 in our workplace

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.779
 in all that we do

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.819
 only way we can

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.660
 have the spiritual

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.660
 resources to

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.759
 endure unjust

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.319
 suffering

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.519
 while doing good

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.259
 is when we

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.180
 follow in the

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.039
 footsteps of this

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.460
 Christ

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.359
 is when we are

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.460
 indwelled by the

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.299
 spirit of this

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.660
 Christ

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.460
 and we have

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.500
 the Christ

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.619
 who indwelled

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.259
 through the spirit

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.700
 living through us

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.759
 and in us

00:32:56.759 --> 00:33:00.680
 and every believer

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.420
 I want to exhort you

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.120
 as I've been doing

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.559
 throughout this

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.460
 sermon

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.480
 serve God

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.620
 in your workplace

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:07.120
 by suffering

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.059
 while doing good

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.799
 just as Christ

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.640
 suffered for us

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.740
 and I can assure you

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.620
 that as you do that

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.380
 tells us

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.340
 verse 25

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:15.380
 the shepherd

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.640
 and overseer

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.600
 of your souls

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.900
 will be with you

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.799
 every step of the way

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.920
 he will not leave you

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.460
 to suffer alone

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:28.960
 with that truth

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.799
 as you were

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.680
 thinking about that

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.779
 and reflecting on that

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.599
 deal meetings

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.879
 so

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:36.279
 as you were

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.740
 all

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.119
 .

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.019
 for the

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.160
 part of the

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.240
 experience

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.920
 is cutting

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.279
 like

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.399
 20

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.399
 as you

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:47.920
 kind of

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.920
 say

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.779
 about

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.539
 in

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.720
 or

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.379
 little

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.139
 text

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.819
 to

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.440
 your

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.819
 body

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.339
 or

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.019
 point

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.779
 to