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 Thank you.

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 So, you know, just from interacting with people in this community and in my workplace, there's a deep need for the gospel and for knowledge about Jesus and for him to impact this area.

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 And yet so many in this area don't feel like any need that they have.

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 Things are going well for them.

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 And so they need to be made known of their need even.

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 And that's a difficult thing.

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 So I'm super thankful that you have, we now have a gospel preaching church in East Cambridge.

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 And it's a wonderful thing.

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 So as Sean said, I'm here with my family, my wife Megan, my kids Isabel, she's 10.

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 Jacob, he is 7.

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 And Caleb, he is 5.

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 He's almost 6 years old.

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 It'll be 6 in December.

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 And then we brought Bailey McLaren with us from the McLaren family.

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 I don't know if anybody knows the McLaren family.

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 But they have been pillars at Crossway Church since we were first planted 15 years ago.

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 Mike, her father, is a worship leader there.

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 He's been leading our worship team and really taught me how to lead worship as well.

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 Taught me much.

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 So I'm grateful to the McLaren family and thankful for Bailey for joining us today.

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 All right.

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 Well, let's get to the message.

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 So we have Philippians 2.

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 And the title of this message is Sharing in the Mind of Christ.

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 So we share the mind of Christ together as Christians.

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 But this isn't primarily a message about how to bring Christ to unbelievers.

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 But I hope that you'll make the connections about how sharing in the mind of Christ opens doors to sharing with unbelievers.

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 So starting, I want to share an illustration.

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 You know, in verse 2, it talks about how we share the same mind and we are of one mind.

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 And then again in verse 5, we see have this mind.

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 You know, how great would it be to completely share a mind?

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 You know, I wouldn't need to preach this sermon.

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 I could just, you know, share my mind with you.

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 Bam.

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 Done.

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 You know, it's like the Matrix.

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 You just download it.

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 Bam.

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 In Star Trek, you know, there's the Vulcan mind mound where Spock would, like, grab a guy's face.

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 And, you know, my mind to your mind.

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 My thoughts to your thoughts.

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 And then, you know, the guy, you know, he'd communicate all the things that he'd need in, you know, a split second.

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 And, you know, Spock could use this to help the guy in some way or communicate something that he needed to communicate.

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 And it all happened, you know, faster than you could communicate.

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 But maybe you're more of a Star Wars fan.

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 Okay, I'll go to that.

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 Jedi mind trick.

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 Similar.

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 Where Obi-Wan, you know, he'd wave his hand.

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 These aren't the droids you're looking for.

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 These aren't the droids we're looking for, you know.

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 The stormtrooper just accepts it immediately.

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 You know, wouldn't life be easier?

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 Wouldn't living as a Christian be easier if Jesus would just kind of mind meld with us?

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 And he'd tell us all the things we need in a split second.

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 And we'd know it.

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 Maybe it wouldn't be so difficult trying to be like Jesus.

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 But as we have read, we found out that, in fact, we do share this mind of Christ.

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 It's something that we already possess.

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 Let me pray for you as we get into this passage and ask God to just minister to us through his Spirit and through the Word.

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 Father, we thank you again, Lord.

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 And we cannot pray enough, Lord, to ask for things, Lord.

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 But you're a wonderful Father who gives to us.

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 Jesus, we thank you for sharing your mind with us.

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 That we possess this in Christ.

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 And we possess this because you have made us born again by your Spirit, Lord.

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 I ask that you would let this sharing of your mind take hold.

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 Let it change us.

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 And let us be more like you, Lord, today.

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 Lord, would we not leave here unchanged.

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 But, Lord, would your Spirit affect us so that on Monday we're changed.

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 And on Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday.

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 And for this month, Lord, would we be changed for the better.

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 More and more like you.

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 And we cannot do this without your Spirit.

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 So give us your Spirit.

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 And pour out your Spirit today as I preach, Lord.

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 I pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So if we want to share in the mind of Christ,

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 we don't need a Vulcan mind melt.

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 We already have the Holy Spirit.

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 We already have the mind of Christ by virtue of being born again.

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 The question is, will we reflect this in our daily lives?

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 How do we do this?

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 How do we share Christ's mind?

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 Because I know my own mind.

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 It's not like Christ.

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 I want it to be like Christ.

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 But it's not quite there.

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 So this is how I would summarize this passage.

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 Is that have unity and love by serving one another in humility as Christ did.

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 So have unity and love by serving one another in humility as Christ did.

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 You know, unity and love are things that everybody wants.

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 People want to be with others who share the same vision.

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 Who share similar interests.

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 Or have similar backgrounds.

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 Everyone wants to be part of a well-functioning family.

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 Everyone wants to be loved.

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 And who in this world doesn't want to be loved?

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 Who doesn't want to be part of something?

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 It's a deep desire that we all share.

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 Because God created us to be in unity with him.

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 And God created us to be loved and to love one another.

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 The question is, how do we get this?

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 How do we achieve unity and love?

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 At Trinity Cambridge Church, specifically.

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 How do you have unity and love as a church family?

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 Well, right in verse 2.

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 My first point.

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 Be of the same mind and the same love.

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 It's right there in the text.

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 Verse 1 and 2.

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 Be of the same mind and the same love.

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 Paul doesn't mean for us to be like cookie cutters.

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 You know, duplicates of each other.

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 Or that we just kind of fall in line in military fashion.

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 Or taking odors without question.

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 Saying, yes sir, at every command.

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 That's not what he's saying.

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 And we're not to be, you know, brainwashing our minds like a cult or something.

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 Or like the Vulcan mind mouths.

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 We're different.

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 So if that's not what he means by the same mind.

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 What does he mean?

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 Well, first, let's start with why Paul is exhorting the church to have the same mind and the same love.

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 And then we can understand the what.

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 So a little background of the church at Philippi.

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 And I have to credit my father, Mike Rodica Sr.

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 He's part of our church down there.

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 And he did this research for me.

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 And it really illuminated for me why Paul is exhorting this church in particular.

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 Because there's some history.

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 You know what?

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 The first three converts of the church of Philippi were Lydia, who was a traitor of purple cloth.

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 A slave girl.

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 And a Roman jailer.

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 So they were all different nationalities.

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 Lydia was Asian, from Asia Minor.

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 The slave girl was a native Greek.

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 And the jailer was a Roman citizen.

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 They were all different religions before coming to Christ.

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 Lydia had a background in mysticism.

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 But she was a proselyte of Judaism.

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 The slave girl was Greek.

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 So she had all their religion and all the temples and idols and all the sorts of gods and the Greek pantheon.

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 And then the Roman jailer was likely a product of the kind of governmental worship of the Caesars.

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 And so three very different people brought into unity in Christ.

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 And, you know, we don't know what the makeup of the rest of the church was like.

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 But it's pretty certain.

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 It was a great mix of people from all different kinds of backgrounds and nationalities and walks of life and previous religions that they came.

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 All different ideas.

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 Different cultures.

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 Paul shares this exhortation to be of one mind because of the different backgrounds.

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 But more importantly, to preserve their mission in the gospel.

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 So now on to the what.

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 Let's read verse 1 and 2 again.

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 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

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 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

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 Paul writes a lot of ifs here.

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 But you know what?

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 Paul doesn't doubt that these things are present.

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 He wants the reader to examine if these things are in the church.

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 So the readers ask the question.

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 You are asked the question.

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 Is there any encouragement in Christ at Trinity?

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 Is there any comfort from love in your church family?

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 Is there any participation in the Spirit here?

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 Any affection and sympathy?

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 And of course, if you're in Christ, if you're part of his church, these things are certainly present.

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 No one, no one, no Christian who's part of a church can say that these things are, that none of these things are present.

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 And so he's emphatically saying, these things are present.

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 And therefore, be united in Christ.

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 If there's encouragement in Christ, be of the same mind.

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 If there's participation in the Spirit, have the same love.

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 And at Trinity, you've been united as a church plant with a shared mission to reach Cambridge with the gospel.

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 But this might not always be the case.

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 You're young in this.

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 And so we must not be complacent in this.

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 You've enjoyed unity thus far.

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 You've joined together and made a lot of sacrifices, some of you.

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 And you've joined for this gospel mission.

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 But you can't be complacent because it's maybe not so easy to be united.

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 You have to strive together for unity in Christ.

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 You notice how much Paul emphasizes this.

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 Verse 2, the same mind, the same love, full accord, one mind.

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 He's saying this over and over and over.

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 Why does he say that?

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 Not because you think you forget, but to emphasize the same mind, the same love.

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 This unity, being of the same mind, is yes, being in harmony with one another.

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 But more than that, it's the sharing of the same mind for the same mission.

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 And this doesn't mean that there's no disagreements whatsoever, but that you maybe bring your disagreements with humility.

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 And you support whatever decisions your pastors make or your leader makes.

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 Or at times, maybe you don't even bring your, you don't even voice your disagreement because you know it would be unhelpful and distract in the unity of the mission.

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 Those are things, you've got to work out these.

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 And you have to work them out with humility.

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 And you have to bring your disagreements and differences of opinion with humility.

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 And hold them, not with a firm grip, but as a soft grip and being helpful for one another.

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 So, what is this mission?

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 What's the mindset we're supposed to share?

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 And I looked on your website.

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 Trinity Cambridge Church, his mission is very similar to Crossways.

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 It says, love God, love one another, share the love of Christ with others.

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 That's what it says.

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 Is that true about you?

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 Is that your mission?

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 To love God, love one another, and share the love of Christ with others?

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 That's simply the gospel mission.

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 To glorify God by praising him, living worthy lives, encouraging one another, and telling others about Jesus.

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 If we're going to fight against the world and win, then we must be united.

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 An army which fights itself and is in disunity is an army that will lose the battle.

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 Our enemy, the devil, he wants us to get upset about things.

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 He wants us to battle against our Christian brothers and sisters because it distracts from our mission.

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 It distracts from the gospel, from sharing the good news of Christ, from worshiping him, from loving one another, and from being the church that you're supposed to be.

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 Okay, so we're supposed to share the same mind, share the same love, and supposed to have this mission.

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 But how do we do this?

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 You know, how do we have the same mind and the same love?

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 Paul answers that.

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 Through humility and serving one another.

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 That's my second point.

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 Serve one another in humility.

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 Verses 3 to 4.

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 Serve one another in humility.

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 Serving itself is humble.

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 But he's saying, serve one another in humility.

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 It's a combined force.

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 Double the humility.

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 Paul gives some very plain words to help us here.

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 Verse 3.

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 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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 Let each one of you look not only to his own interests, but also the interests of others.

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 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit.

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 Say, you know, say you really want to teach or you want to start a homeless outreach or you want to become a pastor.

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 Or that Trinity Cambridge would do X or do Y.

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 And whatever your hope is, bring that up to somebody, maybe to Sean or to other leaders.

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 And maybe you're told, wait or no even.

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 You know, is your reaction to get upset?

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 Is it to have hard thoughts about the person that says no or wait?

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 You know, it's a good time to ask, you know, what's my motivation?

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 Is it to love others or is it my own selfish ambition?

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 Am I overconfident in my own abilities?

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 Am I being impatient maybe?

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 Do I think I know better than others?

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 You know, all the desires that I mentioned, these are good desires.

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 It's good to want to do these things.

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 Or whatever your hope is that Trinity would get into and Trinity would do and how you would reach the lost in Cambridge.

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 Those are great desires.

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 But don't let them become idols.

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 Don't let the door open for the devil to come in and cause disunity or lack of love with each other.

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 Or at your workplace.

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 You know what?

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 This applies there too.

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 Do you insist on your own way?

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 Or are you listening to others' input and ideas?

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 Do you make decisions to further your own career or what's best for the work itself?

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 What's best for the company and for its customers?

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 Now, of course, in the workplace, you're not sharing the same mind unless you're maybe a pastor.

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 You should all share in the same mind and the same mission.

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 Or you work at a church or work with other Christians.

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 But most of us work with a bunch of non-Christians.

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 And so we don't share the same mind.

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 And yet you can still humbly serve them.

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 What non-Christian is going to dislike the fact that you're humbly serving them?

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 Looking to their interests above your own.

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 I mean, that is a way to bring them the gospel.

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 Show the gospel to them by being humble.

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 So Paul tells us, verse 3,

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 In humility, count others more significant than yourselves.

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 If you humble yourself, if you count others more significant than yourselves,

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 you will promote that unity.

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 You'll be able to focus on the mission of the gospel.

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 You'll have love for one another.

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 When you serve somebody and it actually helps them,

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 I think your love for them grows.

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 And hopefully their love for you grows as well.

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 Paul continues, verse 4,

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 Let each of you look not only to his own interests,

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 but also the interests of others.

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 Verse 3 and 4 really are parallels.

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 They go together.

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 Paul's emphasizing this point again.

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 The way to preserve the unity of the mindset of our mission

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 is to humble yourself and to serve one another,

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 to consider others more important than yourself.

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 How many of us actually do that?

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 Our tendency is to be self-centered,

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 not even aware of the interests and needs of others.

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 And so we can see this passage and we say,

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 Oh yeah, I want to serve others.

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 I want to look to the other interests.

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 And when I'm mindful of it,

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 yeah, I can do that by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 and by Christ helping me.

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 But so often I'm not even aware.

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 I'm not thinking of others first.

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 I'm thinking of my own.

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 And it's subtle.

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 It's not like I'm actively,

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 Oh yeah, I've got to think of myself first.

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 No, that's just our natural sinful tendencies

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 to think of ourselves first.

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 And to not even be conscious that we are being self-centered.

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 It takes work to think of others first

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 and to put others first.

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 And so this does not necessarily come naturally to us.

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 We have to work at this.

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 So the way to preserve the unity of the mindset of our mission

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 is to humble ourselves, to serve one another.

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 So in here, whatever sphere of life we're in,

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 let's not bring a critical spirit, but a humble one.

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 So if you have criticism or other ideas,

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 maybe we should do this differently,

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 ask questions first.

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 Maybe there's a reason that people do this way

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 or people do it this way.

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 Offer your opinions humbly.

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 Be apt to encourage rather than to criticize.

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 So if you're going to offer criticism that you feel is needed

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 or a difference of opinion,

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 have you first offered encouragement to that person?

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 Have you offered encouragement regularly

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 to the people around you,

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 both in church and other spheres of life,

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 in your workplace or at home?

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 Do you regularly encourage your family members,

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 your friends,

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 the people in your workplace,

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 whether it's your boss or peers

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 or people that work for you?

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 You know, somebody who's heard your encouragement

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 ten times and your criticism one time,

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 it's going to be far more likely

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 to listen to your criticism anyway.

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 They're going to know that you're not just against them,

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 but that you seek to serve them.

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 And in church,

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 they will know that you love them.

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 So in this encouragement,

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 it's not just like,

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 okay, I got to, you know, tally,

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 okay, encouragement,

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 one, two, three,

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 three more times

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 and then I can bring this criticism.

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 No, no.

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 We want to have a heart

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 that is apt to encourage.

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 And again, it's not a natural thing.

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 And sometimes,

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 you kind of have to get past

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 maybe hard thoughts you have

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 against somebody,

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 somebody that maybe you don't get along with that well.

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 But you know what?

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 If there is grace,

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 and there is grace,

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 you can encourage them.

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 Find something to encourage them about.

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 I'm getting off script here,

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 but I'm going to do this anyway.

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 In marriages,

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 marriages that are struggling,

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 often the husband and wife

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 cannot find anything nice to say about each other.

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 And that is a real source.

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 It's a real indication

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 that there is bitterness there.

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 If you cannot find something nice

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 and encouraging to say about another person,

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 your heart

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 is

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 sinning.

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 There is something to encourage you.

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 And in counseling,

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 I hope

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 they will be taken back.

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 When you first met each other,

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 when you first loved each other,

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 what did you like about each other?

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 Recall for them history.

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 And you remember,

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 oh yeah,

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 this and this and this.

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 And that softens the heart

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 for both.

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 For both the one giving the encouragement

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 and the one receiving the encouragement.

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 And so if there is any bitterness

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 between you and a co-worker

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 or you and another church member,

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 go and encourage them.

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 Find something

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 to encourage them about.

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 You will soften

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 both your own heart

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 and their heart.

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 All right.

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 But you know what?

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 We're sinners.

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 How do we even have a hope

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 of doing this?

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 You know,

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 I know my own heart.

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 I'm selfish.

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 I seek my own good.

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 I am a prideful person.

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 How do I have love?

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 How do I serve others humbly?

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 Sometimes I'm not even aware

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 of my own pride.

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 Well, we look to Christ

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 as our example

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 and provision for this.

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 This is my third and final point.

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 Look to Christ

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 as our example

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 and provision for this.

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 Verse 5 to 11.

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 Not only is Jesus

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 our example in humility

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 and serving others,

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 but look at verse 5.

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 Have this mind

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 among yourselves,

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 which is yours

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 This mind,

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.740
 this unity

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 in love

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 is ours.

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 We already possess it

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 if we are in Christ Jesus.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 you have

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 this mind.

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 And Paul does

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.680
 something interesting here.

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 From verse 6 to 11,

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 it's really a poem here.

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 You might not see it

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 because it's,

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 you know,

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 it's English translated

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 and,

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 but it's beautiful.

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 And I don't show this

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 because I just love poetry.

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 I like poetry,

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 but,

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.240
 you know.

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 But it's supposed

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 to highlight something.

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 You're supposed

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 to think about it.

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 You're supposed

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 to read it

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 and reread it.

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 And in Greek,

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.559
 it even rhymes

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 in places.

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 So here's the poem

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.859
 and I'll read it

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 and you can listen

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 because it's different

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 than the text you have.

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 But this is the best rendering

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 that I found in English.

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 So,

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.359
 Jesus,

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 who in the form

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.720
 of God existing,

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.279
 not an advantage

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 considered

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:32.220
 his being equal

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.460
 with God.

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 But nothing

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.119
 he made himself,

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.880
 the form of a servant

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 adopting

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.559
 in the likeness

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 of men

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 becoming.

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:43.419
 And in appearance

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.119
 being found

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 as man,

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.539
 he humbled himself,

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.759
 becoming obedient

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.399
 to death

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 and death

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.139
 of a cross.

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 Therefore,

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.199
 also exalted him

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.699
 God

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:55.519
 and granted him

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.199
 the name

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.500
 that's above

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.240
 every name

00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.119
 so that

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.779
 in the name

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.519
 of Jesus

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.759
 every name

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.439
 may bow

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.699
 of those

00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.980
 in heaven

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.779
 and on earth

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:08.000
 and under the earth.

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.740
 and every tongue

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.460
 may confess

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.359
 that Jesus

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.119
 Christ

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.779
 is Lord

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:14.000
 to God

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.599
 the Father's glory.

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.119
 It's a beautiful

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.579
 picture

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.579
 of Christ

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:22.039
 and what he has

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.420
 done.

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.720
 And again,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.940
 you have this

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.460
 mind

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.960
 in Christ.

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.579
 It's yours.

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.000
 Jesus,

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.000
 he's a stunning

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.180
 example of humility

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.440
 unlike anything

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.940
 the world

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.940
 has ever known.

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:37.799
 and it's yours.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.960
 You have this

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.539
 mind.

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.860
 Verse 6,

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.220
 Jesus,

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.559
 who,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.740
 though he was

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.320
 in the form

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.900
 of God,

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.640
 did not count

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.279
 a quality

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.000
 with God

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.340
 a thing

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.160
 to be grasped.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.100
 The attitude

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.640
 of Jesus

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.400
 in this

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.519
 is astounding

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.160
 humility

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.340
 and it puts

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.039
 our pride

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.940
 to shame.

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.539
 Who are you

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.259
 when you think

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.700
 about this?

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.120
 Maybe you're

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.480
 the owner

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.259
 of a successful

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.720
 business

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.900
 or your faithful

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.680
 father and

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.700
 killer of the church.

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.700
 Or you're

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.019
 the wife

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.500
 who actually

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.200
 keeps things

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.799
 going together

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.380
 at the home.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.840
 Or maybe

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.580
 you're young

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.340
 but you're smart.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.340
 You've got your

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.100
 whole life ahead

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.480
 of you

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.680
 so you need

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.559
 to get ahead

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.759
 now.

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.220
 You need to

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.740
 grasp some

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.779
 opportunities here.

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.759
 But here's

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.160
 the question

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.660
 for you.

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.360
 Is who you

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.200
 are and does

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.840
 what you do

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.620
 give you reason

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.360
 to have an

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.240
 important position

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.120
 with others?

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.680
 Jesus,

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.720
 he had the

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.920
 most important

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.320
 position imaginable,

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.679
 the son of

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.259
 God,

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.399
 equal with

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.799
 God the

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.240
 father in

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.119
 all ways

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.839
 and being

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.460
 God himself

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.119
 as part of

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.619
 the trinity.

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.439
 And yet

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:45.119
 what did

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.220
 Jesus do?

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.460
 Verse 7,

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.059
 he emptied

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.480
 himself by

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.939
 taking the

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.539
 form of a

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.740
 servant,

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.480
 being born

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.839
 in the

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.700
 likeness of

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.039
 men.

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.319
 We could

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.220
 talk all

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.799
 day about

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.419
 theology,

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.939
 about what

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.559
 this specifically

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.079
 means.

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.759
 But that's

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.059
 not the

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.679
 point here.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.940
 This isn't a

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.440
 theological

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.200
 treatise about

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.700
 the nature

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.200
 of Christ

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.960
 becoming man.

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.119
 This is an

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.879
 encouragement to

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.480
 us in

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.720
 Christ's

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.259
 humbling

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.879
 of himself.

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.899
 This is

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.299
 different than

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.740
 our humbling.

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.679
 Our humbling

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:19.099
 is so that we

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.019
 don't falsely

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.559
 think of

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.200
 ourselves too

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.559
 highly.

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.419
 Jesus'

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.139
 humbling

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.079
 is from

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.819
 him giving

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.859
 up his

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:28.240
 right of

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.519
 high

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.380
 exaltation.

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.099
 Our

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.279
 humbling

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.240
 is so that

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.559
 we don't

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.460
 think too

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.240
 falsely of

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.740
 ourselves,

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.400
 too highly

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.000
 of ourselves.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.740
 Jesus'

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.259
 humbling,

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.880
 it was

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.460
 unlike

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.200
 anything

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.700
 else.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.000
 His

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.660
 humbling,

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.759
 he became

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.400
 a man

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.559
 rather than

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.160
 his right

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.759
 of highly

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.319
 exalted.

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.620
 He could

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.279
 not exalt

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.880
 him more.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.220
 And this

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.200
 step itself

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.759
 is great,

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.259
 that Jesus

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.599
 couldn't

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.539
 condescend

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.839
 to become

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.279
 human,

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.240
 become a

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.819
 mere man,

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.079
 but it

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.679
 goes further

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.139
 than that.

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.459
 In his

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.079
 entire life

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.359
 on earth,

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.159
 he was a

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.519
 servant.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.439
 You remember

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:05.779
 what he

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.119
 did.

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.259
 You remember

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.779
 what he

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:07.980
 did.

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.219
 He healed

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.639
 and he

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.219
 performed

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.779
 miracles,

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.899
 but he

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.500
 washed

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.759
 feet.

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.079
 He was

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.799
 a humble

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.099
 servant.

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.879
 More so,

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.819
 his entire

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.579
 purpose for

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.000
 descending,

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.799
 to become

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.159
 man,

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:25.939
 was to

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.399
 serve

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.400
 us.

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.440
 Verse

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.800
 8,

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.960
 being found

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.460
 in human

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.820
 form,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.440
 he humbled

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.300
 himself by

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.720
 becoming

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.940
 obedient to

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.320
 the point

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.720
 of death,

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.360
 even death

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.400
 on a cross.

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.500
 So for

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.780
 Jesus,

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.940
 all-powerful,

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.259
 infinite God,

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.240
 the ageless

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.500
 one,

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:43.080
 all-knowing,

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.840
 omnipresent

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.320
 one,

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.180
 for him to

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.600
 become a

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.200
 finite man

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.640
 with all the

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.640
 limitations that

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.100
 that comes

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.460
 with,

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.940
 that was a

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.140
 tremendous act

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.759
 of humility.

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:52.820
 But it went

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.420
 far beyond,

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.120
 to the point

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.579
 of death,

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.259
 not just

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.539
 death,

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.839
 but the

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.599
 worst and

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.399
 most disgusting

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.439
 and shameful

00:29:58.439 --> 00:30:00.000
 kind of death

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.759
 at the time,

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.919
 death on a

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.519
 cross.

00:30:03.479 --> 00:30:04.159
 This was

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.679
 thought of as

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.299
 a curse.

00:30:05.719 --> 00:30:06.359
 It's like being

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.119
 in the electric

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.719
 chair here

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:10.039
 in our time.

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.500
 It's a

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.339
 humiliating

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.779
 death.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.979
 Why would

00:30:15.979 --> 00:30:16.239
 he do

00:30:16.239 --> 00:30:16.679
 this?

00:30:17.979 --> 00:30:18.859
 It's all

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.519
 to make a

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.239
 way for

00:30:20.239 --> 00:30:21.859
 people who

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.319
 loved him.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.259
 No,

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.279
 no,

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.960
 they didn't

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.480
 love him.

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.599
 It was for

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.700
 people who

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.019
 rejected him,

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.159
 a people who

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.220
 abandoned him

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.740
 and who

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.740
 denied him.

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.559
 And we

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.279
 were just

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.379
 the same

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.579
 before Jesus

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.519
 gave us his

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.700
 spirit and

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.259
 his mind.

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.399
 Christ died

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.200
 to save

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.460
 sinners like

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.559
 you and

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.460
 me so

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.899
 that we

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.220
 could be

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.779
 fully

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.019
 and completely

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.599
 forgiven

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:55.339
 so that we

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.960
 could join

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.440
 in this

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.680
 mission to

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.599
 glorify his

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.019
 father,

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.279
 to preach the

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.899
 gospel of

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.399
 forgiveness.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.200
 And you

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.559
 know what?

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.339
 We have

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.500
 this mind

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.339
 in Christ.

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.160
 Like Christ,

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.000
 we're brought

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.359
 low.

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.259
 Like Christ,

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.019
 we're to serve

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.440
 others.

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.019
 Like Christ,

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.359
 we'll be

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.619
 rejected and

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.099
 we will be

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.720
 denied and

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.259
 we will be

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.879
 abandoned.

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.980
 Like Christ,

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.720
 we will suffer

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.460
 for the

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.859
 gospel.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.059
 Like Christ,

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.619
 we are to be

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.399
 humble and

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.899
 you will see

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.459
 that like

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.000
 Christ,

00:31:23.219 --> 00:31:24.379
 we will be

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.299
 raised up.

00:31:26.739 --> 00:31:27.639
 Verse 9,

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.739
 therefore God

00:31:28.739 --> 00:31:29.459
 has highly

00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:30.239
 exalted him

00:31:30.239 --> 00:31:30.939
 and bestowed

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.519
 on him the

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.119
 name that is

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:33.339
 above every

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.859
 name.

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.079
 Jesus was

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.679
 brought low

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.539
 in humiliation

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.799
 and on him

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.299
 was placed a

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.399
 disgusting sin

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:39.879
 of every

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.979
 person past,

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.459
 present,

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.979
 and future

00:31:41.979 --> 00:31:42.659
 who are part

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.239
 of the family

00:31:43.239 --> 00:31:43.759
 of God.

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.439
 But the

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:45.219
 father has

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.839
 raised him

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.419
 up and his

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.139
 majesty has

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.759
 been restored.

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.279
 But even

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.639
 more so,

00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:49.179
 the glorious

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.880
 salvation now

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.720
 shines bright

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.900
 emanating from

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.779
 Jesus so

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.160
 that his

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.880
 name is

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.259
 above every

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.900
 name.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.980
 Verse 10,

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.460
 so that at

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.380
 the name of

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.560
 Jesus every

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:08.420
 knee should

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.880
 bow in

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.299
 heaven and

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.680
 on earth

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.320
 and under

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.720
 the earth

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.580
 and every

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.400
 tongue confess

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.960
 that Jesus

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.700
 Christ is

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.560
 Lord to

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.120
 the glory

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:16.180
 of God

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.340
 the father.

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.759
 see what it

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.220
 says there?

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.639
 Every

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.659
 knee will

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.019
 bow.

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.279
 Every

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.000
 tongue will

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.579
 confess.

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.879
 That question

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.359
 is will

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.459
 that knee

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:27.939
 bow and

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:28.299
 will that

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.579
 tongue

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.259
 confess?

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.439
 Is it

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:30.599
 going to

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.019
 be in

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:33.220
 terror or

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.059
 in love?

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.720
 I've been

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.659
 addressing

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:39.339
 Christians in

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.699
 the room.

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.419
 I don't know

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.859
 if all of

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.720
 you know

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.179
 Christ.

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.899
 I don't

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.139
 know if

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.919
 you think

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.419
 of him as

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.879
 your savior.

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.240
 You're not

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.919
 sure what

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.120
 he's all

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.360
 about.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.360
 What Jesus

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:50.000
 is, if

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.500
 he's real

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.960
 or not.

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.920
 But if

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.200
 you're not

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.680
 sure, you

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.980
 know what?

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.380
 You're still

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.700
 going to

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.000
 meet him

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.500
 one day.

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.960
 And if

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.279
 you don't

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.600
 know him,

00:32:59.640 --> 00:32:59.880
 if you

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.779
 haven't

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.480
 asked him

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.140
 for forgiveness,

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.440
 you know,

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.880
 instead of

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.620
 being exalted

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.259
 with him,

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:09.600
 you'll meet

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.019
 him in

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.580
 terror because

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:10.900
 you will

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:13.000
 realize that

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.380
 this is

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.220
 serious and

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.720
 sin is

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.240
 serious.

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.460
 And sin

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.840
 is worthy

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.400
 of death.

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.940
 Sin is

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.320
 worthy of

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.640
 hell.

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.259
 And it's

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.779
 the just

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.860
 punishment for

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.300
 sin.

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.140
 And I

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.680
 don't want

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.680
 you to

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.420
 experience

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.660
 that.

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.039
 Jesus

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.700
 doesn't want

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.100
 you to

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.480
 either.

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.720
 And we

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.160
 approach

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.920
 Jesus in

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.320
 the same

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.900
 way, both

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.500
 Christian and

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.100
 non-Christian.

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.660
 If we

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.480
 humble ourselves

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.319
 before him,

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.420
 we ask him

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.860
 to forgive

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.559
 us for

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.079
 our sin.

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.160
 He's

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.640
 faithful to

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.120
 forgive us

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:52.360
 because Christ

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.900
 took all

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.680
 of our sin

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.819
 on the

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.180
 cross.

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.980
 You don't

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.599
 have to earn

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.160
 God's favor.

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.380
 You don't

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.700
 have to be

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.500
 good enough

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:01.980
 to earn

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.740
 God's love

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.480
 because that

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.660
 equation

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.279
 doesn't work

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.640
 out.

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.440
 There's no

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.940
 amount of

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.519
 good that you

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.019
 can do to

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.900
 make up for

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.500
 the wrong and

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.059
 the sin that

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.579
 you've done.

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.039
 And so go

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.759
 before him

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.219
 humbly.

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.460
 Ask him for

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.900
 forgiveness.

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.719
 And humbly

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.739
 bowing yourself

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.299
 to him,

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.519
 becoming humble

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.299
 before Jesus,

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.920
 he will raise

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.460
 you up

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:31.559
 so that

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.420
 every knee

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.860
 will bow,

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.799
 every tongue

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.360
 will confess,

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.320
 and that

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.380
 people from

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.219
 every tribe

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.659
 and tongue

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.279
 and nation

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.679
 and language,

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:41.679
 Jesus,

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.419
 they will

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:42.879
 confess,

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.919
 Jesus is

00:34:43.919 --> 00:34:44.319
 Lord.

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.599
 You can be

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.119
 among them.

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.899
 It's going to

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.440
 be the most

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.799
 glorious celebration

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.359
 the universe

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:50.980
 has ever

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.440
 seen.

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.719
 Think about

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.579
 the best day

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.059
 that you've

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.339
 had.

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.219
 Heaven's going

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.839
 to be far

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.159
 better,

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:56.659
 a hundred

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.980
 times,

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.419
 a thousand

00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:57.679
 times,

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.219
 a million

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.319
 times better

00:34:59.319 --> 00:34:59.779
 than your

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.259
 best day

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.799
 you've ever

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.419
 experienced

00:35:01.419 --> 00:35:01.779
 here.

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:03.980
 You know,

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.720
 I don't know

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:04.960
 if you've

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.620
 experienced a

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.280
 wonderful time

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:07.300
 during worship

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.060
 where we sing

00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:09.800
 and maybe

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.600
 you go to

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:13.560
 a conference

00:35:13.560 --> 00:35:14.140
 where there's

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.620
 just a big

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.260
 band and it's

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.620
 wonderful,

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.260
 and you just

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.140
 experience this

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:18.320
 maybe even

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.980
 euphoria

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:20.640
 during worship

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.700
 and you have

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.320
 that experience

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.600
 and it's

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.140
 wonderful.

00:35:23.540 --> 00:35:24.040
 That's just a

00:35:24.040 --> 00:35:24.260
 taste,

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.980
 it's a tiny

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.360
 little glimpse

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.880
 of heaven.

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.740
 What heaven's

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.060
 going to be

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.380
 like?

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.320
 Heaven's going

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.940
 to be so

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.960
 much better.

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.760
 You ever

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.519
 had, you

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.619
 know,

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.539
 just perfectly

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.440
 cooked bacon,

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.920
 man?

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.599
 Oh, so

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.039
 good.

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.619
 You know,

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:37.820
 there's going

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.340
 to be feasts

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.699
 in heaven.

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.460
 I don't know

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.940
 how it's all

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.340
 going to work

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.840
 out, but

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.059
 it says

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.539
 there's feasts

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.820
 in heaven.

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.199
 It's going

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.780
 to be better

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.159
 than any

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.579
 Thanksgiving

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.199
 that you've

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.599
 had with

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.179
 your family.

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.340
 The food

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.619
 is going

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.079
 to be so

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.720
 much better.

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.960
 You know

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.380
 why it's

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.519
 going to

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.880
 be better?

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.220
 Jesus is

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.420
 going to

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.760
 be there.

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:53.980
 He's

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.099
 going to

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.500
 be there

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.760
 in everything,

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.119
 through

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.760
 everything,

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.480
 and you're

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.699
 not going

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.480
 to care about

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.039
 those little

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.280
 details because

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.100
 Jesus is

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.580
 present.

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.260
 So you

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:05.080
 humble yourself

00:36:05.080 --> 00:36:05.580
 now.

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.820
 You'll be

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.220
 exalted

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:09.000
 then, and

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.460
 by then,

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.340
 he will

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.160
 perfect us

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.600
 that we

00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:12.280
 no longer

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.620
 sin.

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.580
 So for

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:16.519
 now, like

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.720
 in our

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.519
 baptism, we

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.180
 got to die

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.840
 to ourselves.

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.080
 We have to

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:20.700
 die to sin,

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.019
 and we must

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.880
 become servants

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.440
 of one another.

00:36:22.540 --> 00:36:23.160
 We must be

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.740
 humbled.

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.100
 We must

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:25.019
 suffer like

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.800
 Jesus did.

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.580
 And on

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.040
 that last

00:36:27.040 --> 00:36:28.340
 day, we

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.220
 will all be

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.920
 exalted

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.180
 with him.

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.039
 Listen, I

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.740
 know you're

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.059
 weary.

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.180
 You have

00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:36.320
 busy lives.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.980
 You have

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.260
 many

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.880
 responsibilities.

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.880
 But the

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.280
 question for

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.659
 you from

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.300
 this text

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.000
 is, will

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.760
 you serve

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.680
 one another?

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.119
 Will you

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.539
 lay down

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.960
 your life

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.260
 for one

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.420
 another?

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.740
 Will you

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.300
 have the

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.119
 same mind

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.460
 and the

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.980
 same love?

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.240
 Will you

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.700
 be humble?

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.240
 Will you

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.659
 first look

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:52.920
 to the

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.639
 interests of

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:55.000
 others rather

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.440
 than to your

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.720
 own?

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.500
 Whether the

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.200
 call is for

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.880
 serving with

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.659
 your time or

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.199
 your efforts,

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.179
 your skills,

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.839
 or your

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:03.099
 money, will

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.659
 you be a

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.920
 servant?

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.299
 Will you

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:05.299
 sacrifice for

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.679
 others?

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.219
 If Trinity

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.759
 Cambridge is

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.179
 going to be a

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.699
 church that

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.059
 has the

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.519
 mind of

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.500
 Christ, you

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.879
 have to be

00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:12.359
 active in

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:13.359
 serving one

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.659
 another.

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.359
 I know I'm

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:15.739
 not saying

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.019
 this because

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.299
 you're not

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.779
 doing this,

00:37:16.879 --> 00:37:17.639
 but I'm

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.019
 saying this

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.779
 because we

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.179
 need to be

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:20.000
 reminded to

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.460
 serve one

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.719
 another.

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.019
 And we

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.379
 need to

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:22.519
 increase our

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.179
 serving of

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.659
 one another.

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:29.179
 think about

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.599
 Christ.

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:30.980
 You know,

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.379
 he didn't

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.000
 have like a

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.699
 limit of

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.980
 serving that

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.699
 he could do.

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.159
 He certainly

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.759
 took time

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:37.000
 alone to be

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.539
 with God.

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.480
 That's a good

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.000
 thing, a good

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.500
 and godly

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.519
 thing that we

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.460
 all must do

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.079
 to spend time

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.440
 with God

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.759
 alone,

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.500
 studying our

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.799
 Bibles,

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.219
 praying,

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:45.779
 those kinds

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.259
 of things.

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.579
 But there

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.039
 was no

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.920
 maximum of

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.679
 his service

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.719
 when he

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.179
 was here.

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:54.059
 He went

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.619
 all the

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.599
 way to

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.219
 the cross,

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.279
 died on

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.579
 the cross,

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.379
 humiliation,

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.219
 and so

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.719
 for like

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.460
 us, there

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.940
 should be

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.940
 no maximum

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.619
 of serving.

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.399
 That doesn't

00:38:04.399 --> 00:38:04.759
 mean you

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.179
 need to

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.879
 neglect your

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.699
 kids and

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:10.019
 go out and

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.659
 serve every

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.719
 day at the

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.339
 food pantry

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:12.679
 or something

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.940
 like that.

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.239
 That's not

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.440
 what I'm

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.980
 talking about.

00:38:14.419 --> 00:38:14.859
 I'm saying

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.339
 that in

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.259
 everything that

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.839
 you do,

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.899
 serve one

00:38:18.899 --> 00:38:19.219
 another.

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.319
 Maybe there

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.960
 are extra

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.399
 things that

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:22.839
 you can do

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.159
 and go

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:24.000
 and serve

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.460
 at some

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.599
 mission,

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.639
 but what I'm

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.059
 talking about

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.699
 is serving

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.179
 one another

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.579
 in what

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.199
 you're already

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.679
 doing,

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.259
 encouraging

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.899
 one another.

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.639
 Sometimes it

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.579
 takes sacrifice.

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.779
 Sometimes it

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.159
 takes an

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.099
 increase of

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.659
 how you are

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.500
 serving or

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.940
 what you are

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.599
 serving with.

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.359
 And there

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.899
 will be times

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.359
 when you

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:42.839
 don't see

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.399
 eye to eye

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:43.719
 with your

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.319
 fellow Christian,

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.599
 and that is

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.119
 a time to

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.619
 be humble,

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.859
 to listen

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.960
 instead of

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.480
 assuming that

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.879
 you have the

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.139
 answer,

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.639
 to recognize

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.059
 that even

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.279
 though,

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:53.299
 I experienced

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.639
 this,

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:57.000
 even when

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.400
 you think

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.739
 you're being

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.119
 humble,

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.139
 you're actually

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.839
 being proud,

00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:00.960
 our pride

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:02.420
 has a strange

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.039
 way of

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.980
 tricking us

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.460
 into thinking

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.839
 that we're

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.379
 actually being

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:05.739
 humble.

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.960
 I remember,

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.639
 oh man,

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.000
 I was in

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.440
 college,

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.059
 I was such,

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.339
 I had a

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:14.099
 friend tell me,

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.599
 a good friend

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.279
 tell me,

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.920
 she said,

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.699
 you are the

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.940
 most arrogant

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.579
 and prideful

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.639
 person I

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.000
 know.

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.159
 And you

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.619
 know what?

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.900
 At first I

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.559
 denied it,

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:29.360
 but you know

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.519
 what?

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.980
 She was

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.320
 right.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.260
 I probably

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.800
 was the

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.639
 most prideful

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:34.059
 and arrogant

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.760
 person she

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.099
 knew.

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.940
 I needed to

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.300
 be humble,

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.980
 and I was a

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.480
 Christian at the

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.639
 time,

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.980
 I wanted to

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.480
 be a pastor

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.039
 at the time.

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.420
 But it

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.980
 took that

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.759
 and just,

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:45.199
 I received

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.480
 it,

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.800
 you know,

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.320
 eventually,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.320
 and thought,

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.920
 you know what,

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.539
 even though I

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.000
 think I'm

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.659
 being humble,

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.940
 I'm not,

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.539
 I'm far

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.139
 from it.

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.619
 So pride

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.279
 has a way

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:55.920
 of just

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.699
 tricking us

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.360
 into thinking

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.880
 that we're

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.440
 actually being

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.800
 humble.

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.759
 Humility,

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.480
 we serve

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.779
 others,

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.219
 we think

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.820
 highly of

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.340
 each other,

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.019
 over

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.719
 ourselves.

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:10.939
 the last

00:40:10.939 --> 00:40:11.519
 question for

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.980
 you.

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.579
 All right,

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:14.879
 two more

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:15.199
 questions.

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.000
 Will you be

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.419
 a servant

00:40:17.419 --> 00:40:17.859
 at your

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:18.459
 workplace,

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.819
 putting their

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.759
 interests over

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.359
 your own,

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.599
 working hard

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.959
 for the glory

00:40:23.959 --> 00:40:24.439
 of God,

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.579
 working humbly

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.139
 like Christ

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.419
 did,

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:27.859
 not building a

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.319
 name for

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.659
 yourself,

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.179
 but building

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.500
 for the

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.919
 kingdom of

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.159
 God,

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.659
 even in

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.219
 your mundane

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:33.019
 job on

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.500
 Monday.

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.279
 Will you

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:35.179
 serve others?

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.199
 At your

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.779
 workplace.

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.779
 And moms,

00:40:39.879 --> 00:40:40.379
 I know you

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:41.119
 already serve

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:42.059
 your husbands

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.480
 and your

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.019
 children if

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.480
 you're working

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.399
 at home.

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.599
 Increase in

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.099
 that more.

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.039
 Encourage

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.379
 them.

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.559
 Take things

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.219
 from your

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.739
 husband if

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.179
 you can.

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.500
 And if

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.399
 you're a

00:40:54.399 --> 00:40:54.799
 child or

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.319
 a student,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.219
 that is

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:57.839
 your work.

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.099
 Put your

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:00.000
 efforts into

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.759
 your work

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.039
 and your

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.099
 studying and

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.679
 your schooling.

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:06.579
 And my

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.279
 last question.

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.960
 There are

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.739
 people sitting

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:11.019
 next to you,

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.739
 maybe even

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.099
 today.

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.980
 They need

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.579
 encouragement.

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.440
 Will you

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.379
 make the

00:41:18.379 --> 00:41:19.539
 effort to

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:19.819
 humble

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:22.099
 yourself and

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.579
 be a servant

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.219
 to care for

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.179
 them and

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.460
 offer

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.019
 encouragement?

00:41:26.339 --> 00:41:27.199
 Let's pray.

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.719
 Father, we

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.519
 thank you so

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.319
 much for

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:32.899
 your word.

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.639
 Jesus, we

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.719
 thank you so

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:37.859
 much for

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:39.739
 your mind

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.399
 that we get

00:41:40.399 --> 00:41:41.500
 to share in

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.199
 your mind and

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.339
 your humble

00:41:43.339 --> 00:41:44.379
 service to us.

00:41:45.379 --> 00:41:46.199
 It is

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:49.299
 amazing that

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.699
 you humbled

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.199
 yourself to

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.579
 become a

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.799
 man.

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.259
 It's even

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.960
 more amazing

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.939
 that you were

00:41:53.939 --> 00:41:55.219
 a servant as

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.659
 a man.

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:57.920
 and that

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.639
 you died

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.559
 for us.

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:02.099
 Jesus, help

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.759
 us to be

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.579
 like you.

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:04.319
 Help us to

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:05.519
 serve others.

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:06.259
 Help us to

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:07.199
 have that same

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.779
 mind and that

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:10.000
 same love and

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:11.440
 have a unity in

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.659
 the gospel to

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:14.079
 proclaim what

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.980
 you have done

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:18.039
 for us so

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.759
 that your name

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.000
 would be

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.779
 glorified, so

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:20.420
 that your name

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.019
 would be above

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:23.299
 every name and

00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.759
 that would bring

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.699
 glory to your

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.159
 father.

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.920
 I pray this

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.460
 in Jesus'

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:27.899
 name.

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.699
 Amen.

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:28.839
 Amen.

00:42:28.839 --> 00:42:28.879
 Amen.

00:42:28.879 --> 00:42:28.899
 Amen.

00:42:28.899 --> 00:42:28.920
 Amen.

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:28.940
 Amen.