WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.259 Let's bow our heads and pray together, shall we? 00:00:04.259 --> 00:00:23.179 Heavenly, gracious Father, we recall how your Son, Jesus, told his disciples that we are called to be salt and light in this society in which we find ourselves. 00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:32.740 And Father, we take that to mean that we are supposed to influence the culture in which we live for good. 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:45.560 And yet, Lord, we humbly confess to you that it feels very often that this world has shaped the culture of the church rather than the other way around. 00:00:48.219 --> 00:00:51.060 So, Lord, speak to us this morning. 00:00:52.439 --> 00:01:02.000 Implant your truth deep within us that our lives might reveal your glory in Jesus Christ, our Lord. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:02.959 Amen. 00:01:04.260 --> 00:01:10.600 Jesus said to his disciples, not so with you. 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:27.880 In other words, it wasn't the only time Jesus said it, but in other words, Jesus is saying that the way you think needs to be different than the way the world thinks. 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:35.219 And this morning, we're continuing with our course of sermons on Christian character. 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:37.519 That's really important. 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:43.219 I think God is far more concerned in the power of his Holy Spirit to shape your character. 00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:48.219 He's more interested in your character, who you are, than what you do. 00:01:48.219 --> 00:02:00.439 And so, we come today to think about something which I think is very counter-cultural today. 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:11.819 That is the idea that the disciples of Jesus are called to humility, to be humble people. 00:02:11.819 --> 00:02:19.539 I think that it's hardly contentious to kind of stress that. 00:02:19.539 --> 00:02:30.000 But I wonder if you have really thought about the way the world is and what you think about humility. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:37.840 See, we're talking about descending into humility. 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.159 Isn't it interesting that the world has a completely different language. 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:44.900 We talk about getting to the top. 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:49.480 We talk about he's risen to great things. 00:02:49.479 --> 00:03:00.120 And yet, our topic today, and the Bible reading we had, suggests we think again. 00:03:02.239 --> 00:03:08.299 Think about descending to greatness, not just ascending to it. 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:15.259 I haven't seen too many seminars advertised on the internet, 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.239 encouraging people to go and learn to be how more humble. 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:27.259 And I wonder, if such a course existed, whether anybody would actually go to it. 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:32.159 For today, we're more concerned about assertiveness. 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:38.719 In a way, in an indirect way, I think that's where human rights legislation 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:42.539 has had a slightly negative impact on wider society. 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:44.620 Because it makes us assertive. 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:46.699 I want to assert my rights. 00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:48.799 Very often against your rights. 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:55.259 And there are lessons you can take in going to be assertive. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:04:00.039 I don't think we've run any on that particular subject in this church yet, 00:04:00.079 --> 00:04:00.879 but there's always time. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:12.639 The Bible gives a very, very different perspective on the way Christian character should be formed. 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:16.139 And it should be formed around humility. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:25.099 In Matthew chapter 5, when Jesus talks about what we call the Beatitudes, 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:27.500 all those sayings that begin with the words, 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:28.899 blessed are those. 00:04:30.579 --> 00:04:33.039 The first of those Beatitudes is, 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:38.819 blessed are those who are poor in spirit. 00:04:38.819 --> 00:04:43.420 For they shall see the kingdom of God. 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:48.939 Not blessed are those who pump themselves up, 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:51.040 who are keen to assert themselves all the time. 00:04:51.100 --> 00:04:51.280 No. 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.060 Those who are poor in spirit. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:57.280 Those who are clear about their own failures. 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:02.059 I don't know about you, 00:05:02.179 --> 00:05:04.879 but I find one of the hardest things to find, 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:09.039 to come to face with in my own walk with God, 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:10.619 is my failures. 00:05:11.919 --> 00:05:15.159 Somehow I can always kind of think of an excuse. 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.620 But the bottom line is, 00:05:19.380 --> 00:05:20.360 to be humble, 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:22.939 one of the starting points is, 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.740 to take responsibility for your failures. 00:05:29.260 --> 00:05:30.500 A while ago, 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:36.300 I was speaking at a large kind of national holiday week, 00:05:36.700 --> 00:05:38.820 and I was doing the Bible readings there, 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:40.280 day by day. 00:05:40.540 --> 00:05:42.320 And the first few days, 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:44.480 we had wonderful worship leaders, 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:45.420 Tim Hughes, 00:05:45.640 --> 00:05:48.000 and what's he called? 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:48.920 The guy that wrote, 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:50.600 da, da, da, da, da, da. 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:52.780 Never mind. 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.580 And these guys are so humble. 00:06:01.060 --> 00:06:02.980 And at the time, 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:03.259 you know, 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:04.280 it's kind of, 00:06:04.580 --> 00:06:07.420 all people who are doing the presentation feel, 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:08.420 quite rightly, 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:09.340 they need to do that. 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:12.780 And as they try to express a word of thanks, 00:06:12.780 --> 00:06:14.439 and they tended to overdo it, 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:15.200 when they did it, 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.360 and kind of really big up the worship leader, 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:19.020 and the band. 00:06:20.340 --> 00:06:23.040 And I noticed that people like Tim Hughes, 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:26.000 and the other guy who I can't remember, 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.140 when that happened, 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:29.800 they just quietly disappeared, 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:31.480 and the back of the stage. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:32.340 And then one day, 00:06:33.780 --> 00:06:34.560 one day, 00:06:35.460 --> 00:06:37.579 there was another worship leader, 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:39.259 and I went to him before, 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:40.540 I think it was the last day, 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:42.580 and I said to him, 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:45.600 I would like that wonderful hymn, 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:47.439 I Surrender All, 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.600 at the end of what I want to say today. 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:52.540 Is that okay? 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:53.300 He goes, 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:53.860 no. 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:53.939 No. 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:56.460 I'm like, 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:57.460 excuse me? 00:06:58.300 --> 00:06:58.660 He said, 00:06:58.699 --> 00:06:58.939 no. 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:00.160 He said, 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:01.860 the band have rehearsed what we're going to do, 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:03.360 and we ain't changing anything. 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.360 And steadfastly refused to do it. 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:08.639 I mean, 00:07:08.699 --> 00:07:09.660 just compare 00:07:09.660 --> 00:07:12.340 the two different attitudes. 00:07:12.339 --> 00:07:16.579 So, 00:07:16.799 --> 00:07:18.259 we're talking about 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:20.759 descending into greatness. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:23.039 What does that mean? 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:23.419 Well, 00:07:25.379 --> 00:07:26.539 Hot Off the Press 00:07:26.539 --> 00:07:28.379 was a paper written 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:30.059 in this month's 00:07:30.059 --> 00:07:31.739 Psychology magazine, 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.939 written by a lady called 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:36.659 Madalena Paunel. 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:39.859 And Madalena Paunel 00:07:39.860 --> 00:07:42.500 is an associate professor 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:43.759 of psychology 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.740 in the University of Leeds. 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:51.439 And he's a very well-qualified person. 00:07:52.280 --> 00:07:54.900 And she wrote her article, 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.620 and the heading of it was 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:58.780 why psychology 00:07:58.780 --> 00:08:01.120 needs to, 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:02.980 needs what she called 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:04.759 a humility revolution. 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:07.199 Let me say that again. 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:09.120 This is a top psychologist, 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:10.459 writing in the 00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:11.899 professional magazine 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:12.699 of psychology. 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:14.280 This is the title 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:15.000 of her paper, 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:16.100 Psychology 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:18.160 Needs a Humility 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:19.680 Revolution. 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.199 She argues 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:25.240 on the basis 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:26.420 that the history 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:27.340 of psychology 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:28.899 has involved 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:30.540 a good many U-turns. 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:31.980 This is what we used to think, 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:33.240 but we don't think that 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:34.139 anymore now. 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:36.019 Incidentally, 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:37.019 humility 00:08:37.019 --> 00:08:38.159 in the 1998 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.460 copy of the Oxford Dictionary 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:42.620 in a rather negative way, 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.100 it defines humility 00:08:46.100 --> 00:08:48.220 as having a low opinion 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:49.100 of oneself. 00:08:50.539 --> 00:08:52.500 An extraordinary definition 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:54.939 in 1998 that was. 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:58.840 Professor Paunel 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:00.879 thinks that we need 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.539 a revolution in psychology, 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:04.939 humility revolution 00:09:04.939 --> 00:09:06.080 in psychology 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:07.799 because of all the 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:09.159 discounted theories 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:09.980 that there are. 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:11.460 And also, 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.340 she points out 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:15.179 that moral lapses 00:09:15.179 --> 00:09:16.639 occur regularly 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.220 between psychologist 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.039 and client. 00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:24.940 Her antidote to that 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:27.299 is let's, 00:09:27.299 --> 00:09:28.799 let's have a humility 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:29.659 revolution. 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:31.759 Time will tell 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.659 whether she's successful 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:34.459 in her plea, 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:36.339 but her argument is 00:09:36.339 --> 00:09:37.859 the reason we need 00:09:37.859 --> 00:09:38.740 to be humble 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:40.839 in our psychological 00:09:40.839 --> 00:09:41.799 research 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:42.679 is this, 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:43.979 it is necessarily 00:09:43.979 --> 00:09:45.319 limited 00:09:45.319 --> 00:09:46.919 and incomplete. 00:09:49.179 --> 00:09:50.120 In fact, 00:09:50.599 --> 00:09:51.799 on that basis, 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:52.659 you could basically 00:09:52.659 --> 00:09:54.159 question all research 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.199 that's ever been done. 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:57.259 Partly because 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:58.720 the people who are 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.860 doing the researching 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:02.240 are fallen human beings 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.139 like you and me. 00:10:05.700 --> 00:10:06.299 It doesn't mean 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:07.059 that research 00:10:07.059 --> 00:10:08.220 can't carry truth, 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:09.779 but it usually means 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:11.179 that it carries with it 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:12.639 a message as well. 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.580 Professor Paunel says, 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:19.840 all research, 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.600 all psychological research 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:22.259 is limited 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.399 and incomplete. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:25.659 When I thought 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:26.339 about that, 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:27.740 I thought 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:28.620 that wouldn't be 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:30.139 a bad description 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:30.860 of the way 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:32.339 the Bible 00:10:32.339 --> 00:10:33.399 thinks of us 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:34.279 human beings. 00:10:35.719 --> 00:10:36.939 We are 00:10:36.939 --> 00:10:38.159 limited people, 00:10:38.719 --> 00:10:39.120 limited 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.059 largely 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:41.399 by the outcome 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:42.059 of sin 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:43.339 in our lives. 00:10:45.819 --> 00:10:46.679 We are 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:47.000 never 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.299 incomplete 00:10:48.299 --> 00:10:49.600 in this sense 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.199 that in this life 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:52.120 you will never 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:52.659 become 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.480 what you will 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:54.039 become 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.840 if you are 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:56.500 in Christ. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.800 I don't think 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:00.720 humility 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.840 is 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:03.960 only the 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.460 domain 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:05.480 of Christians. 00:11:05.680 --> 00:11:06.420 Of course not. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:07.019 There are 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:08.019 humble people 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:09.300 who I don't think 00:11:09.300 --> 00:11:09.940 would claim 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:11.039 a Christian faith. 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:11.600 I suppose 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.500 in the last century 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:14.860 you might think 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.460 of somebody 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:17.019 like Nelson Mandela 00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:19.500 who completely 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:20.960 changed his mind 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:22.639 about how to 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:23.220 bring about 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:23.940 freedom 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:25.519 for black 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.340 people in 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:27.139 South Africa. 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:30.480 You could 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.519 compare that 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.019 with a black 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:33.680 person 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:34.519 called 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:35.480 Muhammad Ali 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.700 who in 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:39.320 1967 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.400 I believe 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:40.940 it was 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:41.700 was voted 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.820 the 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:44.540 20th century 00:11:44.540 --> 00:11:45.280 man 00:11:45.280 --> 00:11:47.259 of the 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:47.740 century. 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.200 Remember 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:49.680 this is a 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:50.100 man whose 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:50.840 strap line 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:51.860 was barely 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.340 humble. 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:54.460 I am 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:55.000 the 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:56.700 greatest. 00:11:58.900 --> 00:11:59.680 See I'm 00:11:59.680 --> 00:12:00.060 not quite 00:12:00.060 --> 00:12:00.759 clear how 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:01.700 much our 00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:03.020 world values 00:12:03.020 --> 00:12:03.640 humility 00:12:03.640 --> 00:12:07.540 and it 00:12:07.540 --> 00:12:08.100 would be a 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:08.520 shame 00:12:08.520 --> 00:12:08.840 wouldn't 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.060 it 00:12:09.060 --> 00:12:11.640 if in 00:12:11.640 --> 00:12:12.340 the church 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:12.840 our 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:13.440 characters 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.080 individually 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:16.759 and character 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:17.580 corporately 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:19.220 was a 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:19.759 character 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.700 that was 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.040 not 00:12:21.040 --> 00:12:21.560 humble. 00:12:23.660 --> 00:12:24.080 I want 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.460 to just 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:25.320 ask you 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.759 one or two 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.840 questions now 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.360 and I don't 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:27.879 need to shout 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.280 out the 00:12:28.280 --> 00:12:28.680 answer 00:12:28.680 --> 00:12:30.840 but I want 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:31.220 you just 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:31.740 to think 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:32.540 about these 00:12:32.540 --> 00:12:33.060 questions. 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.440 First 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:34.020 question 00:12:34.020 --> 00:12:37.240 are you 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:37.620 able 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:38.860 to receive 00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.700 feedback? 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:44.040 Let me 00:12:44.040 --> 00:12:44.400 ask that 00:12:44.400 --> 00:12:44.660 again. 00:12:44.780 --> 00:12:45.120 Are you 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:45.940 able to 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:46.400 receive 00:12:46.400 --> 00:12:46.920 feedback? 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:49.660 My 00:12:49.660 --> 00:12:51.900 experience 00:12:51.900 --> 00:12:52.700 having been 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:53.100 in a 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:53.940 leadership role 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:54.639 for most 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.000 of my 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.500 life 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:56.520 is that 00:12:56.520 --> 00:12:56.860 on the 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:57.080 whole 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.540 I don't 00:12:57.540 --> 00:12:58.440 find people 00:12:58.440 --> 00:12:59.860 that ready 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.460 to receive 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.139 feedback. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.840 Say I 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.200 have 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.820 moments 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:07.080 when I 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:07.420 wonder 00:13:07.420 --> 00:13:08.100 whether I 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:08.759 can receive 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.480 feedback 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.520 particularly 00:13:11.520 --> 00:13:12.340 when it 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:13.100 comes via 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:14.220 my loving 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:14.940 therapist 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:15.600 and wife. 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:21.300 I would 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:21.639 love to 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.100 be able 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:22.780 to report 00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:23.040 to you 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:23.540 that every 00:13:23.540 --> 00:13:24.620 time my 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.139 wife has 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:25.660 said to 00:13:25.660 --> 00:13:25.960 me 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:26.680 something 00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:27.280 like 00:13:27.280 --> 00:13:28.220 feedback 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:30.560 I have 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:30.960 never 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.660 as far 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:31.940 as I 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.540 recall 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.960 gone down 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.340 on all 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:34.600 knees 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.200 and thanked 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:35.780 God for 00:13:35.780 --> 00:13:36.480 incredible 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:37.420 insight and 00:13:37.420 --> 00:13:37.860 wisdom. 00:13:39.020 --> 00:13:39.480 No I 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:40.320 found myself 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.160 being resistant 00:13:41.160 --> 00:13:41.720 to it. 00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:43.780 Is that 00:13:43.780 --> 00:13:44.160 humble? 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.800 I don't 00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:46.220 think it 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.520 is. 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:47.640 Second 00:13:47.640 --> 00:13:48.220 thing is 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.860 let me 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.460 ask you 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:50.160 do you 00:13:50.160 --> 00:13:51.080 refuse to 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:51.980 even listen 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:52.920 to those 00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:53.500 who think 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.160 differently 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:54.740 than you 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.020 do? 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:56.780 Or do 00:13:56.780 --> 00:13:57.100 you go 00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:57.660 around the 00:13:57.660 --> 00:13:57.900 world 00:13:57.900 --> 00:13:58.780 inadvertently 00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.399 creating 00:13:59.399 --> 00:13:59.899 enemies? 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.399 Do you 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.659 even 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.600 listen to 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.100 those who 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.339 think 00:14:06.339 --> 00:14:06.899 differently 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:07.480 than you? 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:08.879 Two 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.659 social 00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:10.740 psychologists 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:13.179 noted that 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.740 one of the 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.500 things that 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.679 is being 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.519 taught now 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.319 in our 00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:18.319 universities 00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:19.579 is this 00:14:19.579 --> 00:14:20.399 dualism. 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:22.000 The idea 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.480 that the 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:22.939 world is 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.279 full of 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:24.059 good people 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:24.980 and or 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.980 bad people. 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:27.980 And the 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.539 trouble is 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:29.220 I'm a 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:29.980 good person 00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:30.560 but I 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:30.759 think 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.139 everybody 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:31.720 else who 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.019 doesn't 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.460 agree with 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:32.840 me is 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.220 evil. 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.000 See 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.340 we're 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:38.800 losing 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:41.560 via an 00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:42.240 attack on 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.180 free speech 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:44.680 we're 00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:45.620 losing the 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.580 ability I 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.960 think to 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:49.700 have proper 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.980 discussion over 00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.740 things which 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.840 we disagree 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.480 about. 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.420 Third 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.019 question 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.559 really 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.199 important 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:58.299 deep in 00:14:58.299 --> 00:14:59.000 our culture 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.479 in this 00:14:59.479 --> 00:14:59.919 country 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:01.339 do you 00:15:01.339 --> 00:15:02.199 have a 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:02.539 pecking 00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:02.939 order? 00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:05.000 That is 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.439 are there 00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:06.299 some people 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.199 who you 00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.759 gravitate 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.539 towards you 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.059 may even 00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:09.539 want to be 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:09.939 like them 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.740 etc etc 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.159 and then 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:11.479 there are 00:15:11.479 --> 00:15:11.819 a whole 00:15:11.819 --> 00:15:12.240 lot more 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.719 people. 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:15.879 People we 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.379 look down 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:16.679 on 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.719 people we 00:15:18.719 --> 00:15:19.159 look up 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.399 to. 00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:21.879 And while 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.719 we hold 00:15:22.719 --> 00:15:23.279 that kind 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:23.779 of world 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.159 to you 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:25.740 it's 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.159 very 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.740 difficult 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.039 to 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.679 believe 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.879 that 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.399 something 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:30.860 like 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.480 humility 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:32.819 will 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:33.600 emerge. 00:15:36.079 --> 00:15:36.519 Fourth 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.000 question 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.980 do you 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.879 constantly 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.699 find 00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:40.179 yourself 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:40.679 borrowing 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.439 strength? 00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:43.899 Ultimately 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.519 borrowing 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.959 strength from 00:15:45.959 --> 00:15:46.600 things that 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.139 won't give 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:47.759 you strength. 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.399 I mean I 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:48.919 think that's 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.319 the kind 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:50.339 of subtext 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.800 of that 00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:51.360 sketch. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.660 What do 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:53.120 I mean? 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.700 Do we 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.080 try and 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.399 borrow 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.259 strength from 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:55.879 things like 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.660 status, 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.480 position, 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.540 your perceived 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.320 identity, 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.460 your educational 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.379 qualifications, 00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:05.080 your titles, 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.100 all these 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.600 things. 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:08.720 If you're 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.280 hanging on 00:16:09.280 --> 00:16:09.700 to them 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.379 and trying 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:10.780 to borrow 00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:11.580 strength from 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.139 them then I 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.040 suggest that 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.680 humility 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:15.040 is going to 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.639 be an issue 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.160 for you. 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:19.179 psychology 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:20.100 needs a 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.779 humility 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.839 revolution. 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.939 I'm 00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.539 tempted to 00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:27.439 say the 00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.379 world needs 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:30.339 a humility 00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:31.500 revolution. 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.539 I'm 00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.139 tempted to 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.339 say the 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:38.139 church needs 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.679 a humility 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.600 revolution. 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:48.279 at the 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.759 base of 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.279 it all 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.759 I think 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.420 is what 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.279 we believe 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.560 about God 00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:56.120 and what 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.019 we believe 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.800 about 00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:58.600 ourselves 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.379 and the 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.879 two 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:02.180 are very 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:03.180 integrately 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.880 related 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.599 in the 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.140 person 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.960 of Jesus 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.579 Christ. 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:12.039 we are 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.939 limited by 00:17:12.939 --> 00:17:13.559 our own 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.679 self-centeredness 00:17:14.679 --> 00:17:15.279 and we're 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.059 incomplete 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.919 without faith 00:17:17.919 --> 00:17:18.480 in God. 00:17:19.939 --> 00:17:21.019 I want to 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.039 close by 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:23.059 reading a 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:23.659 passage which 00:17:23.659 --> 00:17:24.159 in some 00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:24.679 ways I 00:17:24.679 --> 00:17:26.019 think would 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.299 have been 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.359 more appropriate 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.119 to this 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.579 topic. 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.720 If ever 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.240 there was a 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.939 place in 00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:32.939 Holy Writ 00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:34.339 where the 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.319 whole issue 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.599 of descending 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.339 to greatness 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:39.679 was absolutely 00:17:39.679 --> 00:17:40.519 fundamentally 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:42.119 clear, it 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:43.179 would be in 00:17:43.179 --> 00:17:44.179 Philippians 2. 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.699 Paul is 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.759 talking to a 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.759 church that 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.579 he thinks 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.099 has got a 00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.919 lot of good 00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.740 things going 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.220 for it. 00:17:54.939 --> 00:17:55.639 He's very 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.759 grateful for 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:56.959 them. 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.619 He's writing 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.439 from prison 00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:59.579 in the year 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.740 AD 62 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:03.119 and he 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.839 writes stuff 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.619 like this. 00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.159 Verse 3, 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.740 do nothing 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.180 out of 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.620 selfish 00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:08.240 ambition 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.380 or vain 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:10.140 conceit 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.259 but in 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.920 humility 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.700 consider 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.620 others 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:14.800 better than 00:18:14.800 --> 00:18:15.460 yourselves. 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.200 I think that 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.860 would be a 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:19.420 challenging 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.420 statement to 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.360 much 20th 00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:21.720 century 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.519 psychology. 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.880 Verse 4, 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.800 each of you 00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:26.800 should look 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:27.680 not only to 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.240 your own 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.820 interests 00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.940 but also 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.400 to the 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.000 interests 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.620 of others. 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:34.219 and then 00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:35.859 absolute 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.779 bombshell. 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:38.699 Jesus 00:18:38.699 --> 00:18:40.179 is talking 00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.659 to his 00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.259 disciples. 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.259 You remember 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.699 in the 00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.319 reading we 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.199 had, it 00:18:44.199 --> 00:18:44.519 was the 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.399 disciples of 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.219 Jesus who 00:18:46.219 --> 00:18:46.779 got it all 00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.039 wrong. 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.699 James and 00:18:47.699 --> 00:18:48.199 John, two 00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.799 of the key 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.119 disciples in 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.619 the kind 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:52.139 of, when I 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.759 say the top 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.119 three, I 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.459 mean the 00:18:53.459 --> 00:18:53.979 three that 00:18:53.979 --> 00:18:54.359 Jesus 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.319 regularly took 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.779 aside. 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.079 They got it 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.599 all wrong. 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:01.119 they say, 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:04.079 Jesus, will 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.519 you do 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.240 what we 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.519 want? 00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:06.959 I mean 00:19:06.959 --> 00:19:07.279 that's a 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.000 bad start. 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.339 And then 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.899 they ask the 00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.399 question, when 00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:12.980 Jesus says, 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.679 well what would 00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.399 you like me to 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.179 do for you? 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.379 I mean you 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.079 might like to 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:19.039 ask yourself 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:20.539 that question. 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.359 If Jesus 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.179 said to you, 00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.019 what do you 00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.579 want me to 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.399 do for you? 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.679 What kind 00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.119 of answer 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.459 would you 00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:27.859 give him? 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.980 lottery ticket 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.480 numbers? 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.719 Deal with 00:19:36.719 --> 00:19:37.500 somebody who's 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.259 been a pain 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.839 in the neck 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.199 to me? 00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.519 Help me get 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.059 rid of the 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.679 partner of 00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.740 yours who's 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.119 related. 00:19:45.199 --> 00:19:45.579 What would 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.159 you ask? 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.399 Here's the 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.679 point. 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.379 When they 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:50.799 ask the 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.619 disciples, the 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.799 disciples ask 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.799 an entirely 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:55.119 self-centered 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.779 question. 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:00.099 we'd like 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:01.000 one of us 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.379 to sit 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.699 on your 00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.539 right hand 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.959 and one 00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:04.259 of us 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.639 on your 00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.459 left hand 00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:07.319 when we 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.699 get to 00:20:07.699 --> 00:20:08.119 glory. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.119 They 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.319 wanted 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.019 position 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.879 in a 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.759 place where 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.579 of all 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.099 places 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.779 position 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.659 will no 00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:18.959 longer 00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:19.379 matter. 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:23.400 doesn't 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.000 sound like 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.700 me that 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.660 even those 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.080 who've 00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.560 been with 00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.220 Jesus in 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.900 his physical 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.580 presence 00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:30.500 got it. 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.300 And I'm 00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:35.720 not clear 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.840 today that 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.780 churches get 00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.000 it. 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.820 Your 00:20:40.820 --> 00:20:41.360 attitude, 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.940 said Paul, 00:20:43.260 --> 00:20:44.220 should be the 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.900 same as that 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.840 of Christ 00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.480 Jesus. 00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:50.380 You ever 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:50.920 thought about 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.240 that? 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.720 You probably 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.320 think when you 00:20:54.320 --> 00:20:54.740 hear that, 00:20:54.800 --> 00:20:55.320 no, no, no, 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.900 you know what, 00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.280 he was the 00:20:56.280 --> 00:20:56.800 son of God, 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.280 give me a 00:20:57.280 --> 00:20:57.660 break. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.259 But no, 00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:01.660 Paul says 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.400 your attitude 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.000 should be the 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.540 same as that 00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:03.980 of Christ 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.400 Jesus. 00:21:04.780 --> 00:21:05.100 Then, 00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.240 who being in 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.540 the very 00:21:07.540 --> 00:21:08.120 nature of 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.500 God did 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.220 not consider 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.040 equality with 00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.700 God something 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.700 to be grasped, 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.560 but made 00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:13.140 himself 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.740 nothing. 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.500 You know 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:17.920 what, that 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.940 sounds like 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.740 humility to 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:19.960 me. 00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.580 He took the 00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.220 very nature 00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.840 of a servant 00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.540 being made 00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:24.040 in human 00:21:24.040 --> 00:21:24.720 likeness and 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.360 being found 00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.080 in appearance 00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:26.700 as a man. 00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.460 He humbled 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:30.560 himself and 00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.519 became obedient 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.740 to death, 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.100 even death 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:35.420 on a cross. 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.980 I don't know 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.519 about you, 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:42.480 but when I 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.240 read those 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.700 words, 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:45.500 if I had 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.059 hair on 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.940 my head, 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.539 it would 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.240 stand up 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.600 at the 00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:49.920 moment. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.420 I'm 00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.039 supposed to 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:55.900 have the 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:57.019 same attitude 00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:59.039 as Christ 00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.580 Jesus. 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.740 And Jesus' 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.900 hold on my 00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.440 life is 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.059 meant to be 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:07.920 such that 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.360 though I'm 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.960 saved by 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.360 grace, 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.000 I'm called 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.740 to obedience 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.580 that I might 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.299 live the life 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.019 that he has 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.420 for me. 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:21.019 therefore, 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:23.640 God 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.759 exalted 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.140 him. 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.960 You're not 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.440 going to get 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.080 a decent 00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:32.720 seat in 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.240 heaven because 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.660 there won't 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.140 be any 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.519 decent 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.059 seats. 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.880 They'll 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.580 just be 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.519 the presence 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.340 of God. 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:44.799 life entirely 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:46.059 like any 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.759 life that 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.559 we can 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.699 envisage. 00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.759 And that 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.339 life is 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.299 open and 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.179 available to 00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:53.939 all who 00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.599 trust in 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.539 Jesus Christ 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.359 and his 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.000 death on the 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.480 cross of 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.500 Calvary where 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.359 he died for 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.539 my sin and 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.159 your sin. 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.220 sin. 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:05.019 And until 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.820 we get the 00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.820 idea that 00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.279 Jesus, 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.080 who could 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.519 have had an 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.400 amazing life 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.080 in heaven for 00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.019 eternity with 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.380 God, 00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:12.680 was sent to 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.180 earth to 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.880 live like a 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.220 man to 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.100 humble himself 00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.700 and be 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.800 obedient even 00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.560 unto death, 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.160 until we get 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.480 that, 00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:23.700 we might try 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.340 our hardest 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.240 with humility. 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.339 But humility 00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.599 doesn't begin 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.019 with your 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.319 words, 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.819 it begins 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.240 in your 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.720 heart. 00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.659 I hope you 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.399 get this. 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.059 So 00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.179 fundamental 00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.379 and so 00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.059 easy to 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.599 trip up 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:38.859 over. 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.379 You know, 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.159 I could 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.519 give you 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.919 countless 00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:42.220 stories of 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.139 the stumbling 00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.899 blocks I've 00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.559 tripped over 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.759 in my life. 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.099 What a 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.919 different world 00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.659 we would 00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.159 live in. 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.319 What a 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.019 different world 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.399 you could 00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:54.199 create around 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.720 yourself. 00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.240 If you 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.740 just did 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.220 those two 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.140 things that 00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.759 Paul says 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.000 at the 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.539 beginning of 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.259 chapter 2, 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.480 do nothing 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.920 out of 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.279 selfish 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.660 ambition or 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:05.340 vain conceit, 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.819 but in 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.180 humility consider 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.960 others better 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.620 than yourselves. 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.200 You could 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.759 start that 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.340 this week. 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:11.980 Right? 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.440 You could 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.340 start today. 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.180 If you're 00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.600 going to see 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.340 somebody today 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.200 who's down 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.779 below in 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.360 your pecking 00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.680 order, 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.340 you could 00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.880 try and 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.420 start to 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.840 think of 00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.620 them as 00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.299 better than 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.519 you. 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.160 Why would 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.519 you do 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:22.799 that? 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.640 Because we're 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.180 called to 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.900 love each 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.180 other. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.700 I don't 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.059 remember 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.660 anywhere in 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.140 the Bible 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.660 where it 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:32.960 says, 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.779 love one 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.259 another, 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.440 but only 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.880 those who 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.380 you like. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.500 In fact, 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.360 I remember 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.000 one of the 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.680 most counter 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.200 intuitive 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.080 sections of 00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.940 teaching is 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.640 when Jesus 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.160 says, 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:44.940 love your 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.400 enemies. 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:49.660 I mean, 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.560 hands up 00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:50.780 if you 00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.220 find that 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.940 really easy, 00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:53.720 but you 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.080 could be 00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.460 forgiven. 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.580 I saw 00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.120 somebody move 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.500 their hand 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.700 and they're 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.420 scratching their 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.640 head. 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.900 Listen, 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.800 this is 00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:08.100 core truth, 00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.440 core reality. 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.500 humanity. 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.660 Jesus 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.240 could have 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.420 had a 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.960 heck of 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.840 a problem 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.720 for existence 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.320 in heaven 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.759 with his 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.140 father, 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.320 but he 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.900 chose 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.559 to come 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.039 to earth, 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.820 to live 00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.940 in the 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.519 mess of 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.740 our 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.400 humanity. 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.059 And you 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.400 don't have 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.860 to look 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.660 too far, 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.100 do you, 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:37.120 to feel 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.740 the mess 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.840 that humanity 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.680 is in at 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.220 the moment. 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:45.660 came and 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:45.920 dwelt 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.799 amongst us 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:49.480 and was 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.420 prepared to 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.019 go to a 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.500 cross 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:54.180 in order 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.860 that my 00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:57.080 limitedness, 00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.600 my innate 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:01.140 self-centeredness 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:03.059 can be 00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.779 transformed 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.799 and I 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.160 can be 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.720 changed. 00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.180 The old 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.779 hymn puts 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.180 it from 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.900 glory 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.240 into glory. 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.960 You know, 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.400 I stand 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.120 here saying 00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.500 this in 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.820 front of 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.220 you and 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.580 part of 00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.940 me thinks, 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.620 who the 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.200 heck wouldn't 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.740 want that? 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.840 What kind 00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.360 of mind 00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.779 would they 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.640 have if 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:25.920 they were 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.560 turned down 00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:26.900 on the 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.759 basis that 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.299 all this 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.820 comes to 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:28.980 us, 00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.640 not through 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.200 our effort, 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.820 but through 00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.340 the grace 00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.840 of God? 00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.459 God, why 00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.119 wouldn't you 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.500 want it? 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.559 Why wouldn't 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.199 you want the 00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.959 life that he 00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:39.659 who created 00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.419 you and the 00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.000 earth and the 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.519 heavens and 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.980 all that 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.939 therein is, 00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:45.639 has a life 00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.199 for you to 00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:46.659 lead, 00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.679 which will 00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.299 bring you 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.439 more fullness 00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.419 than any 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.139 other life. 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.180 life. 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.460 John 10, 00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.240 verse 10, 00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.160 I have 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.560 come that 00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:56.000 you may 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.520 have life 00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:57.180 and have 00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.660 it in all 00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.180 its fullness. 00:26:58.540 --> 00:26:59.120 Who wouldn't 00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.720 want fullness? 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.380 Incidentally, 00:27:00.780 --> 00:27:01.300 fullness of 00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.080 life is not 00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.620 the same as 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.380 a full life. 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.860 A lot of 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.360 people who 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.820 live full 00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.220 lives are 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.680 just running 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.259 away from 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.800 something. 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:09.240 no, 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.680 Jesus, 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.039 by fullness 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.819 of life, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.259 means a 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.899 quality of 00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.539 life which 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.899 you will 00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.659 only find 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.299 through him. 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.099 And Jesus 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.200 said to 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740 his 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.019 disciples, 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.899 you remember 00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.740 the kind of 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.519 funny touch 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.000 in the New 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.700 Testament about 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:28.960 this, 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.279 in Mark's 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.720 Gospel, 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.259 it's the 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.740 sons of 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.180 Zebedee, 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.759 James and 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.039 John, 00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.480 who come 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.819 and ask 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.180 for this 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.460 stupid request 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.920 to sit 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.180 at his 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.680 right hand 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.000 and one 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.279 at his 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.680 left. 00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.480 In the 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.160 other versions, 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.620 it's the 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.200 mother of 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.740 James and 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.200 John who 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.400 come. 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.700 I think 00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:45.980 it's the 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.559 first biblical 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.299 example of 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.640 a really 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.079 pushy 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.319 mum. 00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.420 Jesus 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.860 says, 00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.860 I can't 00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.279 do that 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.799 for you. 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.880 It's not 00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.440 my job. 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.100 And the 00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.759 reason it's 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.200 not my 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.900 job is 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:05.519 I'm not 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.940 even going 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.640 to answer 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.360 requests 00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.960 like that. 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.460 If you 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:16.660 trust 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.240 Christ, 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.960 if you 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.259 are, 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.940 as Paul 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.500 would say, 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.580 in Christ, 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.480 then God 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.340 wants you to 00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.780 live the 00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.580 life that 00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.080 he has 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.700 for you. 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.080 And these 00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.660 few weeks 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.040 we've been 00:28:31.040 --> 00:28:31.720 talking about 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.160 the kind 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.880 of character 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.700 that we're 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.280 supposed to 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.859 have to 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.720 bear testimony 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.200 to that 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.680 life. 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.779 Humility 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.399 is 00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.180 foundational. 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.960 Maybe 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.619 some of 00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.119 us need 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.559 to think 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.980 again. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.799 Always 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.259 think of 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.220 others as 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.759 better than 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.599 yourselves and 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.259 go and 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.940 attend the 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.700 interests of 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.019 others before 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.899 you attend 00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.559 your own 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.139 interests. 00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.320 interests. 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.840 What a 00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.900 different world 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.440 it would 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.740 be if 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.300 only we 00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.840 got that 00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.440 basic 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.020 message. 00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.460 The 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.980 trouble is 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.500 the message 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.960 on its 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.700 own is 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.340 not enough. 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.860 It's 00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.480 non-natural 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.240 behavior for 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.759 us to be 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.259 like that. 00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.080 So God 00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.759 has supplied 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.440 us with 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.940 the Holy 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.700 Spirit who 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.620 has power 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.460 to change 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.780 us from 00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.320 the inside 00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:20.780 out. 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:26.160 you know 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.700 when Jesus 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.559 spoke about 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.980 the Holy 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.539 Spirit he 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.119 didn't talk 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.579 about the 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.039 froth at 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.359 the top 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.599 of the 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.940 bottle. 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.940 He talked 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.259 about the 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.039 real Jews 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.440 beneath. 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.700 He said 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.079 when the 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.779 Spirit comes 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.339 the Spirit 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.180 will teach 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.519 you. 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.720 He'll call 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.259 to mind 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.119 the things 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.660 that I 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.339 have told 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.639 you. 00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:49.160 If you 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.640 can't take 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.400 feedback 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.780 think again. 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.100 If you 00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.820 can't even 00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.940 listen to 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.420 people who 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.259 disagree with 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.880 you think 00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.280 again. 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.160 If you 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.480 have a 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.860 pecking 00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.700 order which 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.580 even now is 00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.220 running at 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.380 maximum speed 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.060 trying to 00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.480 work out 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.900 well who 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.280 are the 00:30:06.280 --> 00:30:06.740 people I 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.140 look up 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.680 to and 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:07.940 who are 00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.340 the people 00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.640 I look 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:08.759 up to. 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.520 Take the 00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:10.040 script and 00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:10.480 rip it 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.740 up. 00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.360 Because 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.859 while you 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.679 hold things 00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.059 like that 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.500 you will 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.059 never be 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.439 humble. 00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.059 I mean 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.379 you can 00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.959 put on a 00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.379 show of 00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:20.959 humility. 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.899 God 00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.919 requires 00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:28.279 those who 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.619 have a 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.959 humble 00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.439 heart. 00:30:31.479 --> 00:30:31.779 The 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.299 sacrifice 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.099 of God 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.119 said the 00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.559 psalmist 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.439 is a 00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:35.779 broken 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.359 spirit. 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.679 A 00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.139 broken 00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.479 and 00:30:38.479 --> 00:30:39.159 contrite 00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.599 heart. 00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:42.319 He will 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.759 never 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.319 turn 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.659 away 00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.019 from. 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.539 Come 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.839 Holy 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.259 Spirit 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:52.240 teach 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.599 us. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.059 Show 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.439 us. 00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.919 Rebuke 00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.299 us. 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.460 Call 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.839 us. 00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:58.799 Do 00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.319 anything 00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.039 you like 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.439 with my 00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.220 life in 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.179 order that 00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.659 I might 00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.019 be an 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.439 obedient 00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:04.139 disciple 00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.859 who is 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.319 even 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.039 prepared to 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.220 be 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.799 obedient 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.019 unto 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.639 death. 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:08.740 death. 00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.820 Reminds 00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.160 me of 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.380 that 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.200 amazing 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.660 thing 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.320 that 00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:17.140 Bon 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.560 Affer 00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:18.340 wrote. 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.840 He said 00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.560 when Christ 00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:21.240 calls a 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.100 person he 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.800 bids them 00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.660 come and 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.100 die. 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.900 Die to 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.560 themselves 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:31.039 selfishness. 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.940 Humility 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.879 is a 00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.440 winsome 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.200 quality. 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.159 You see 00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.839 that reading 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.379 we had 00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.339 in there 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.359 when the 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.559 other 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.099 disciples 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.779 heard that 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.319 James and 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.740 John had 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.139 come with 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.339 this 00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.919 ridiculous 00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.619 request 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.679 they were 00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:50.659 indignant. 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:54.620 proud 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.180 people 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.400 boastful 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.900 people 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.100 are 00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.320 nearly 00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.800 always 00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.340 difficult 00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.840 to live 00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.340 alongside. 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.640 There are 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.400 very few 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.340 people 00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:05.200 who are 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.880 boastful 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.420 and big 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.800 headed 00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:08.660 who we 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.100 want to 00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.580 be like 00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:09.860 them. 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.340 And if 00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.779 you do 00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.720 come to 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.100 the prayer 00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.560 team at 00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.019 the end. 00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:19.140 No 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.820 this is 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.839 core 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.359 truth. 00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.500 Go home 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.019 read 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.619 Philippians 00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.960 2. 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.659 Go to 00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.939 work. 00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.379 Go to 00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.639 wherever 00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.119 you go 00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.439 in these 00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.700 other 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.399 six days 00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:27.700 of the 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:27.919 week. 00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.939 And try 00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.379 thinking 00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.899 like this. 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.240 I will 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.700 think of 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.279 others as 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.740 better than 00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.240 myself. 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.439 And I 00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:36.039 will seek 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.779 the interests 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.460 of others 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:39.220 before my 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.579 own. 00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.319 And even 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.759 if you 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.399 know in 00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.019 your heart 00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.639 you're not 00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.419 too humble 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.939 today, 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.059 humility 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.779 will start 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.259 to take 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.039 root in 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.759 your soul 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:54.160 and you 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.839 become more 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.519 like the 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.019 person 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.819 Jesus wants 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.119 you to 00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.420 be. 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.720 Not so 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.420 with you. 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.639 Pray God 00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.740 that in the 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.599 church those 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.460 words might be 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.819 true. 00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.139 That we 00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.559 live the 00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.059 life that 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.079 is not so 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.779 with the rest 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.440 of the world. 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.599 But the 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.299 life God 00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.019 in Jesus 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.559 Christ 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.940 in the 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.419 power of 00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.819 his Holy 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.859 Spirit has 00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.440 given to 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.740 us. 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.639 Let's 00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.960 pray. 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.720 Our 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.059 gracious 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.619 Father, 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:32.099 we're very 00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:33.419 conscious that 00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:35.039 humility in 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.700 our culture 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:38.319 today is 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.720 a pretty 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.859 rare commodity. 00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:39.979 humility. 00:33:42.699 --> 00:33:43.659 And Lord, 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.479 we can't 00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:45.039 spot 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.959 arrogance, 00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:48.019 big-headedness, 00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.479 hubris in 00:33:51.479 --> 00:33:51.919 others. 00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.419 But Lord, 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.299 I pray this 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:57.500 morning that 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.859 you would 00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.379 show us 00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.019 where we 00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.439 need to 00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:00.019 make running 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.959 adjustments to 00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:01.679 our lives. 00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.240 Lord, 00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:06.019 we know 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.539 that in 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.019 our own 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.859 strength we 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.500 can achieve 00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.219 nothing of 00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.659 lasting 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.320 spiritual 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.900 value. 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.340 But Lord, 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.280 as we 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.639 receive the 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.099 nudges and 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.980 the whisper of 00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.500 your Holy 00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.179 Spirit in 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.880 our ears, 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:25.360 we pray that 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.059 you will give 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.440 us the 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.400 strength to 00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.860 be the 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:29.340 people that 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.019 you want us 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.440 to be. 00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.980 So, 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.340 Father, 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.139 we ask 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.539 now, 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.199 come, 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.940 Holy 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.420 Spirit. 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.420 Come into 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.280 our lives, 00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:50.159 Lord, 00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.539 and 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.500 recognizing 00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.440 that Jesus 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.679 surrendered all 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.079 to be 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.880 obedient to 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.119 you. 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.880 We dare 00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.579 to stand 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.179 up this 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.940 morning in 00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.740 this church, 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.820 February 00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:04.240 the 8th, 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.459 2026, 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:08.799 and say 00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:09.279 from our 00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.699 heart, 00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:12.379 I surrender 00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:12.839 all. 00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.779 Come, 00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.559 Holy Spirit, 00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.439 fill our 00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:19.959 hearts with 00:35:19.959 --> 00:35:20.639 your love 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.659 and your 00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.299 humility 00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:24.979 and your 00:35:24.979 --> 00:35:25.699 obedience. 00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:28.099 peace with 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.099 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