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 Today's scripture comes from the books of John and Galatians.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Jesus said, I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their message.

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 May they all be one as you, Father, are in me and I am in you.

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 May they also be one in us so the world may believe you sent me.

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 I have given them the glory you have given me.

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 May they be one as we are one.

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 I am in them and you are in me.

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 May they be made completely one so the world may know you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.

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 Father, I desire those you have given me to be with me where I am.

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 Then they will see my glory, which you have given me, because you loved me before the world's foundation.

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 Righteous Father, the world has not known you.

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 However, I have known you and these have known that you sent me.

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 I made your name known to them and will make it known.

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 So the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.

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 And in Galatians it says,

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 I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

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 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit.

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 And the Spirit desires what is against the flesh.

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 These are opposed to each other so that you don't do what you want.

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 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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 Now the works of the flesh are obvious.

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 Sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, idolatry.

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 Sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy.

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 Outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissension, factions.

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 Envy, drunkenness, carousing and anything similar.

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 I tell you about these things in advance, as I told you before.

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 That those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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 But the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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 Joy.

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 Peace.

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 Patience.

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 Kindness.

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 Goodness.

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 Faith.

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 Gentleness.

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 Self-control.

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 Against such things there is no law.

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 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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 Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.

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 We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing,

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 you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit,

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 watching out for yourselves so you also won't be tempted.

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 Carry one another's burdens.

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 In this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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 For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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 But each person should examine his own work,

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 and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone,

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 and not in respect for someone else.

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 For each person will have to carry his own load.

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 The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.

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 Don't be deceived.

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 God is not mocked.

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 For whatever a man sows, he will also reap.

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 Because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh.

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 But the one who sows in the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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 So we must not get tired of doing good,

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 for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up.

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 Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all.

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 Especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

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 This is the reading of God's Word.

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 God bless you.

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 And we've learned that you guys have a unique kind of sense of humor.

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 And a unique kind of taste in food and language and all these different things.

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 But speaking of food and language,

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 I'm going to tell you a joke about three different nationalities.

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 It goes like this.

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 There was an Englishman, an Irishman, and an Australian.

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 And they were working on a building.

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 And they used to sit up at the top of the building and eat their lunch every day.

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 And so they'd crack up, open their lunch.

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 And the Englishman opened his sandwich, his box.

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 And he had a ham sandwich.

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 He was like, oh, ham sandwiches again.

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 If I have another ham sandwich, I'm going to jump off this cliff.

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 I mean, this building that we're working on.

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 And then the Irishman, he kind of opened his lunchbox.

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 And he had tomato sandwiches.

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 And he said, oh, tomato sandwiches again?

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 If I have another tomato sandwich, I'm going to jump off this building tomorrow.

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 And then the Australian said, he opened his sandwich.

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 And it was like, oh, a Vegemite sandwich.

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 This is another Vegemite sandwich.

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 If I have another Vegemite sandwich tomorrow, I'm going to jump off this building.

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 And then they all go home and have a peaceful night, come back the next morning.

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 And there they are again, sitting on the scaffolding of the building.

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 And they open up their lunchboxes.

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 And what do they get?

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 Ham, tomato, and Vegemite.

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 And so the three, as they said, jumped off the building to their death.

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 And at their...

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 There's more.

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 There's more.

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 It's the end of the joke.

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 It's Australian humor.

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 No, no, there's more.

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 There's more.

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 At the funeral, the three wives of the three men who knew each other got together.

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 And they were kind of in tears.

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 They said they couldn't understand what happened.

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 And the English wife said, I don't understand.

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 He loved ham sandwiches.

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 And the wife of the Irish man said, yeah, I don't understand.

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 He loved tomato sandwiches.

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 And the wife of the Australian man said, I don't understand.

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 He made his own sandwiches.

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 He's...

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 So we don't need different Americans or nationalities making fun of Australians,

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 because we do a good enough job of that on our own.

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 And that story has nothing to do with the sermon,

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 except...

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 Except perhaps that these guys lived in community.

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 And in fact, they lived and died together.

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 I want to talk a little bit about different communities that the world has.

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 So there's...

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 You know, the communities that you know as you're growing up,

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 in the playground, at school, in primary school, in high school,

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 and then in university.

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 And then there's communities of kind of fellowships,

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 of post-grads...

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 Oh, sorry.

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 Graduate fellowships and working fellowships and things like that.

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 And the world is organized into different communities.

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 And of course, on a much bigger scale,

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 there's the communities of your district, your neighborhood,

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 your nation, your city.

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 Those of you who remember...

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 Or maybe some of you haven't got there yet,

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 but those of you who remember university days,

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 you know that there's all these clubs and societies

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 which people sign up for.

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 And in my first year at university,

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 I signed up for like seven or eight clubs

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 from the debating society to the table tennis society

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 to all these different groups,

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 only to realize I didn't have enough time

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 to get involved in all of them.

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 But, you know, there's some interesting societies out there.

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 There's like the Homus Appreciation Society,

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 one in England,

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 and the Harry Potter Society.

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 They're springing up all over campuses.

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 And when my old church,

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 this guy, he loved Pokemon cards.

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 And he had a collection of the toys and all kinds of things.

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 So when he got to uni,

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 he started the Pokemon Society,

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 of which he is now the president.

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 And one of like four members.

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 And so maybe we shouldn't be surprised,

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 or we shouldn't be surprised,

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 if the atheists would get together

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 and form a society as well.

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 And so there's been,

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 in the news you might have read recently,

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 an atheist community church,

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 which started in the UK,

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 called the Sunday Assembly.

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 It's a London-based atheist church.

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 And it has,

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 since its January launch,

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 grown in capacity

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 to having two services

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 and, you know,

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 several hundred,

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 maybe four or five hundred people each.

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 And so they just announced

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 a new global missionary tour.

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 In October and November,

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 affiliated Sunday Assemblies

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 will open in 22 cities,

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 in England,

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 Ireland,

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 Scotland,

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 Canada,

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 the United States,

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 and Australia.

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 I think this is the moment,

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 the founder said,

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 when Sunday Assembly

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 goes from being an interesting phenomenon

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 to being a truly global movement.

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 The 3,000% growth rate

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 we have seen

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 might make this non-religious assembly

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 the fastest growing church

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 in the world.

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 And the journalist,

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 who's an atheist himself,

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 goes on to say that

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 he likes the idea

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 of a secular temple

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 where atheists can enjoy

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 the benefits

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 of an idealized traditional church,

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 a sense of community,

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 a thought-provoking sermon,

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 a scheduled period of respite,

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 easy access

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 to community service opportunities,

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 group singing,

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 an ethos of self-improvement,

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 free food,

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 without the singing imposition

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 of a God.

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 See, our world is striving

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 for community

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 in an alienated,

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 lonely,

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 and disconnected world.

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 Everybody's looking for it,

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 and everybody seeks it

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 in the common interest

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 of the people

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 that they find

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 and bind themselves together with.

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 And yet,

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 is this the community

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 that the Christian church

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 is supposed to be about?

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 One of the,

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 an American theologian

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 called Stanley Harvass

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 warns about this.

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 He says,

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 when people are very detached,

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 very devoid of purpose

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 and a coherent worldview,

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 Christians must be very suspicious

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 of talk about community.

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 In a world like ours,

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 people will be attracted

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 to communities

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 that promise them

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 an easy way out of loneliness,

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 togetherness based

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 on common tastes,

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 racial or ethnic traits,

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 or mutual self-interest.

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 There is then little check

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 on community

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 becoming as tyrannical

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 as the individual ego.

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 Community becomes totalitarian

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 when its only purpose

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 is to foster a sense

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 of belonging

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 in order to overcome

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 the fragility

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 of the lone individual.

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 What he's saying

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 is that people

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 can come together

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 and they can come to church,

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 to the Christian church,

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 to seek community,

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 but they're coming

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 simply to satisfy

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 their own desires,

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 their own longings,

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 and that can poison the church.

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 Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

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 who was a pastor,

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 principal of an underground seminary,

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 an agent of the German resistance,

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 and eventually killed,

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 executed by the Nazi regime

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 in 1945

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 at the end of World War II,

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 said this,

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 The Christian community

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 is not a spiritual sanatorium.

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 The person who comes

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 into a fellowship

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 because he is running away

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 from himself

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 is misusing it

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 for the sake of diversion,

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 no matter how spiritual

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 this diversion may appear.

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 He is really not seeking

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 community at all,

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 but the only distraction

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 which will allow him

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 to forget his loneliness

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 for a brief time,

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 the very alienation

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 that creates

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 the deadly isolation of man.

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 And in fact, he says,

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 Let him who cannot be alone

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 beware of community.

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 He will only do harm

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 to himself

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 and to the community.

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 Is the community

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 of the church,

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 of Christ,

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 of God here,

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 simply a place

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 where people can come

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 and kind of fill

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 that gap of loneliness

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 in their hearts?

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 Simply a place

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 where people can come

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 and connect

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 and be together

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 and spend some time

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 with each other

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 before going

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 their separate ways.

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 Because that seems

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 to be what community

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 is all about

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 in this world.

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 A place where people

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 can come,

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 have shared interests,

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 spend some time together

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 laughing and

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 enjoying each other's company

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 and then

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 splitting off again

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 to do their own thing,

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 to be their own people.

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 Is that the kind of community,

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 community,

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 a Christian community

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 should look like?

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 St. Halva states

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 that the community life

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 is not so much

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 about togetherness

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 as about the way

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 of Jesus Christ

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 with those whom

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 he calls to himself.

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 And so we read today

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 from John chapter 17.

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 And I don't know

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 if you have ever

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 prayed to God

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 out of the longing

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 of your heart

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 and asked him

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 for things

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 for yourself

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 or for your friends

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 or for those

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 who you know,

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 your loved ones.

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 If you have,

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 I wonder

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 if you've ever,

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 you've ever wondered

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 what Jesus

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 would have prayed

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 for you.

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 What would be

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 on his heart

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 as he thinks

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 of you,

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 as he thought

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 of you?

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 And what would

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 he have prayed

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 for you?

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 What would he have

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 prayed to God

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 on behalf of you?

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 I think John 17

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 is a very precious

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 passage

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 because there

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 it tells us

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 what Jesus

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 prayed

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 for us.

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 See,

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 in the first part

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 of the passage

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 he prays

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 for himself

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 and God's glory

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 to be known,

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 to be revealed

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 as he goes

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 to the place

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 where God's glory

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 is going to be revealed

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 which is the cross.

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 And then after that

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 he prays for the disciples,

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 the believers

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 that have been given

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 to him.

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 And then after that

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 we come to this passage

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 where Jesus prays,

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 he says,

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 not only for these

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 disciples

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 that you've given me

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 but also for

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 those who will

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 believe in me

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 through their message.

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 That's us

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 if we believe in Christ

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 through their message.

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 And so

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 when Jesus prays

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 for us,

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 what does he pray for?

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 What is on his heart?

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 What does he long

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 for us to be?

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 He longs for us

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 to be united.

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 You can see that

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 four times

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 Jesus repeats that

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 in his prayer.

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 He says,

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 may they all be one.

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 May they also

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 be one in us.

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 May they be one

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 as we are one.

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 And may they be made

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 completely one.

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 Jesus prays

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 that we would be

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 united as one

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 in Christ,

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 in him,

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 together.

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 And it's not just

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 a united,

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 like the United Nations

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 where people kind of

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 come together

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 but it's being united

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 in someone else.

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 It's being united

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 in Christ.

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 As Jesus says,

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 you, Father,

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 are in me

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 and I am in you.

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 May they also

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 be in us.

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 Think for a second

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 just what that means.

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 Jesus is saying

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 that

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 we should be

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 united,

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 that the church

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 should be united

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 as the Father

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 and the Son

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 are united,

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 as Jesus is united

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 to God.

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 So if you think about it,

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 how are the Father

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 and the Son

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 united?

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 Well,

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 we know that

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 they were one

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 in purpose,

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 in their love

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 for one another,

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 in their communion

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 together,

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 and,

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 of course,

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 in the mission

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 which Jesus had come

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 to fulfill,

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 the mission of Christ.

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 So then,

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 let me ask,

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 what kind of unity

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 should we have?

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 We should be one

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 in purpose,

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 in love

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 for one another,

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 in our communion

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 together,

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 and in

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 the mission

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 of Christ.

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 Let me ask you this,

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 what,

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 or how close

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 was Jesus to God?

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 He says,

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 you,

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 the Father,

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 are in me

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 and I am in you.

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 Jesus

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 and the Father

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 lived,

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 you know,

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 in a mutual

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 kind of indwelling

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 with each other.

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 And Jesus is saying

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 that that's,

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 that's what he's

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 giving to us

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 as well.

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 Verse 23,

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 he says,

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 I am in them

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 and you

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 are in me.

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 It's a direct

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 contrast.

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 In the same way

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 that God

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 is in Jesus,

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 so Jesus

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 is in us.

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 And even though

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 he doesn't mention it here,

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 we know from

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 a few chapters before

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 that Jesus

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 has promised the Spirit

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 to come

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 to his disciples.

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 and it is through

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 the Spirit

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 sent by Jesus

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 that Jesus

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 comes to dwell

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 within us

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 because the Spirit

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 takes everything

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 that belongs

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 to Jesus

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 and makes it

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 known to us.

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 So,

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 what that means

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 is that we

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 actually share

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 in the,

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 in some way

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 in the common

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 life of

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 the Trinity.

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 what is the purpose

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.880
 for this

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 incredible unity,

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 this

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 communion

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 that we share

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 together?

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 Well,

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 the purpose of it,

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 as Jesus says,

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 is so that the world

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 might believe

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 that you sent me,

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 that the Father

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 sent the Son.

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 He repeats that

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 three times.

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 may there be

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 one in us,

00:19:30.239 --> 00:19:30.679
 verse 21,

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 so the world

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 may believe

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 you sent me.

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 And in verse 23,

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 may they be made

00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:35.159
 completely one,

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 so the world

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 may know

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 that you have

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 sent me.

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 And in verse 25,

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 these have known

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 that you sent me.

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 The purpose

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 for this unity

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 that Jesus

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 prays for

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 is so that the world

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 will come to know

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 and believe

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 that God

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.399
 sent Jesus

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 and that he loves us

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 as he loved him.

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 It's also so that

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 we will see

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 God's glory

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 in Jesus

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 and not just see it,

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 but reflect it

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 out.

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 That we would

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 be

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 kind of a light

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 shining out,

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 filled with God's glory

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 to those around us.

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 It's like

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 the moon

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 and we just had

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.860
 Mid-Owner Festival

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 and you can see

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 how large

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 and magnificent

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 the moon was.

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 But of course,

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 it's not its own light

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 that it's shining with.

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 It's shining with

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 the light of the sun,

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 reflecting the sun's glory.

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 The church is like

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 the moon,

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 reflecting the glory

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 of the sun,

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 the light

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.620
 that comes from God.

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 And we reflect it

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 out into the community.

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 So Jesus came

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 in order to bring

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 into being

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 a new community,

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 the community

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 of the church.

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 And it's a community

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 not based on race

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 or national identity,

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 but on the shared life

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 of Jesus himself.

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 our community life

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.779
 is brought

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.539
 into the very

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.119
 fellowship

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.159
 of the Trinity.

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 And

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 that's the case

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 so that we would see

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.919
 God's glory

00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:11.099
 and bring that glory

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.579
 to shine

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.519
 in the world around us.

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 This is the vision,

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 the desire,

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.819
 and the prayer

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:17.319
 of Jesus

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 that Jesus has for us

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 as the church.

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 And so when we think

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.180
 about unity

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:25.360
 as a church,

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.460
 we often look around

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.440
 out in the world

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.720
 and think,

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.039
 oh well,

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.900
 the church isn't

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.700
 really unified.

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.660
 It's,

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:35.220
 you know,

00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:36.000
 fractured,

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.960
 there's denominations,

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:37.559
 there's different

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.740
 people that don't

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.240
 get along,

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:41.059
 so we need

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.840
 to work harder

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:43.720
 at bringing unity,

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.200
 some sort of council

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.120
 to bring people together.

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.159
 that's how we will

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.739
 achieve unity.

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 But Bonhoeffer writes

00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.059
 that

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.079
 Christian community

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 is not so much

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.699
 an ideal to recognize

00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:57.659
 as a reality,

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:59.519
 a reality created

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.599
 by God in Christ

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.679
 in which we may

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.219
 participate.

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.539
 The ground

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.099
 and the strength

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.599
 and the promise

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.359
 of all our fellowship

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.539
 is in Jesus Christ

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.979
 alone.

00:22:09.979 --> 00:22:11.059
 It's a reality

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:13.119
 created by God

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.579
 in which we can

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.099
 participate.

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:17.599
 what he's saying

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.079
 is that the unity

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 of the church

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 is not dependent

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 upon an organizational

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 or a structural unity,

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 a visible,

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.980
 a visible,

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:26.319
 unified structure

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.959
 like a Christian

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 United Nations.

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 And nor will it

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 come about

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:32.459
 by man-made efforts

00:22:32.459 --> 00:22:33.579
 through dialogue

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 and diplomacy

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 and trying to work

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 it out like that.

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 Rather,

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 it's a unity

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 that is in each

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 of us

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 as Christ dwells

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 within us

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 based on the knowledge

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 that Christ is with us

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 in the same way

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 that God the Father

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 was with Christ.

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 It's a unity

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 that we already have

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 that we can choose

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 to participate in

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 and we will

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 if we want to honor

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 and bring glory

00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.120
 to the name of Christ.

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 it is the unity

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.059
 we possess already.

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 You see,

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.139
 look around you

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:07.659
 and realize

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:09.239
 that Christ

00:23:09.239 --> 00:23:09.899
 is in

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.679
 the Christian person

00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:12.079
 sitting around you

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.959
 to your left

00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:13.579
 or to your right

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.539
 in this room

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.179
 all around you.

00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.619
 Through the Spirit

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 we have

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:22.299
 the indwelling

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.739
 of Jesus

00:23:22.739 --> 00:23:23.399
 within us.

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 what are some

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.660
 implications of that?

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 Well,

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:29.680
 if you think of each other

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.280
 as people

00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:33.420
 filled with Christ

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.000
 in us,

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 what difference

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.720
 would that make

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.800
 if you saw yourself

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 and those around you

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.560
 this way?

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 If you think about

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.220
 all the groups

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.540
 of people

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:43.280
 that we have here

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:44.140
 at the church

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.360
 from you guys

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.200
 the Nepalese

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.560
 family

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.740
 with us

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 to different types

00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:50.840
 of students

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.620
 high school

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.239
 and university

00:23:52.239 --> 00:23:53.759
 to grads

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.699
 and workers

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:56.159
 families

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 all the way

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.479
 from,

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.859
 you know,

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.979
 babies

00:23:59.979 --> 00:24:00.699
 to people

00:24:00.699 --> 00:24:01.299
 as young

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.799
 as Tobin.

00:24:04.739 --> 00:24:05.299
 See,

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:07.139
 all of us

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.699
 no matter

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.179
 kind of

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:10.019
 what our

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.239
 stage of life

00:24:11.239 --> 00:24:14.379
 we have Christ

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.819
 within us

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.519
 and if we really

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.959
 believed,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.239
 right,

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.719
 if you really

00:24:16.719 --> 00:24:17.139
 understood

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.659
 and believed

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:20.279
 that the Spirit

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.119
 in you

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.679
 is the same

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.239
 as the Spirit

00:24:22.239 --> 00:24:23.839
 in each one

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.379
 of us,

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.239
 would you be able

00:24:26.239 --> 00:24:26.779
 to dismiss

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.639
 a fellow Christian

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.299
 so easily?

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.659
 If they were

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.000
 broken,

00:24:31.959 --> 00:24:32.739
 would you cast

00:24:32.739 --> 00:24:33.239
 them aside?

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.119
 If they were

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:35.439
 sinful,

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.459
 would you judge

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:37.959
 them unworthy?

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.799
 If they had

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.579
 sinned against you

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.259
 or hurt you

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.859
 in some way,

00:24:42.239 --> 00:24:42.899
 would you hold

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.419
 a grudge

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.579
 and be unable

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.379
 to forgive them?

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:49.500
 to live

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.020
 well-ordered

00:24:50.020 --> 00:24:50.420
 lives

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.860
 in God's

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.320
 universe

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.820
 is to live

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.580
 in the light

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.080
 of this

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.820
 reality,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:57.540
 in accordance

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.160
 with reality,

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:58.680
 to live

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.200
 truthfully.

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.560
 That is the

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:00.920
 truth

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.080
 that Jesus

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.500
 has come

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.840
 into this

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.140
 world

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.800
 in order

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:04.260
 to create

00:25:04.260 --> 00:25:04.780
 for himself

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:05.240
 a new

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.700
 community

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.640
 of people

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:06.960
 centered

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.540
 around him.

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:09.720
 And if

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.980
 you're not

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.460
 yet part

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.740
 of this

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.119
 community,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.839
 then you

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.079
 should know

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.440
 that Jesus

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.859
 wants to

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.299
 invite you

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.559
 in.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.519
 And one

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.720
 of the

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.339
 reasons why

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.579
 this

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.920
 community

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.659
 exists

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.980
 is so

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.440
 that people

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.839
 who are not

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.339
 part of it

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.200
 can come

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.639
 and see

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:25.440
 it and

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.960
 look at it

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.039
 and see

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.420
 the glory

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.700
 of God

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.000
 revealed

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.539
 within it.

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.059
 What would

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.480
 a church

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.960
 that truly

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.659
 lived by

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.000
 Jesus'

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.619
 prayer in

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.220
 John 17

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.880
 look like?

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.319
 Well,

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.079
 that's what

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.360
 the rest

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.660
 of the New

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:40.940
 Testament,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.759
 especially the

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.079
 epistles,

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.860
 work through

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.319
 and spell

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.900
 out for us.

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.860
 And so that's

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.220
 why we read

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.539
 through that

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.000
 passage in

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.779
 Galatians 5

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.279
 and 6,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.339
 which gives

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.700
 us a kind

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:48.900
 of a

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.420
 road map,

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.039
 Paul's

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.420
 road map

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.039
 to community

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.440
 life.

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.100
 And one

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.279
 of the

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.640
 things that

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.700
 Paul continually

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.180
 says,

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.880
 not just here

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.259
 in Galatians,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.700
 but in many

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:56.900
 of his

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.140
 letters,

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.519
 is live

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.079
 your lives

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.539
 in accordance

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.079
 to the

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.059
 reality that

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.700
 you already

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.100
 are.

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.539
 Be what

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.960
 you are.

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.740
 And so

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.180
 he talks

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.740
 about walking

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.180
 by the

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.819
 Spirit in

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.140
 Galatians

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.740
 chapter 5,

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.440
 being led

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.779
 by the

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.000
 Spirit,

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.220
 and exhibiting

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.680
 the fruit

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.180
 of the

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.440
 Spirit.

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.819
 And all

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.200
 these are

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.519
 ways of

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.120
 talking about

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.019
 living that

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.420
 life,

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.380
 which comes

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.200
 about from

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.779
 having Christ

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.400
 dwelling within

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.819
 us,

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.420
 kind of

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.940
 willing out

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.519
 from us,

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.400
 and the

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.819
 results of

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.019
 that.

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.660
 And he

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.839
 says,

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.119
 I say,

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.459
 walk by

00:26:27.459 --> 00:26:27.619
 the

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:27.899
 Spirit,

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.779
 you will

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:28.899
 not

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.220
 carry out

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.339
 the

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.639
 desires

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:29.879
 of the

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.159
 flesh.

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.399
 But if

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.559
 you are

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.879
 led by

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.039
 the

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.259
 Spirit,

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.000
 you are

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.119
 not

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.299
 under

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.480
 the

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.720
 law.

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:34.819
 But the

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.119
 fruit of

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.240
 the

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.119
 Spirit is

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.500
 love,

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.220
 joy,

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.259
 peace,

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.919
 patience,

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.819
 kindness,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.419
 goodness,

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.019
 faith,

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:41.959
 gentleness,

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.859
 and self-control.

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.839
 When I've

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.019
 looked at

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.399
 this passage

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:47.839
 before,

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.899
 one of the

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.519
 questions that

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.379
 I ask

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.179
 is,

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:53.799
 am I

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.400
 growing in

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.980
 these areas

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.279
 as a

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.539
 Christian?

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.480
 We often

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.860
 like to

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.960
 maybe try

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.180
 and set

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.600
 it up as

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.400
 a benchmark

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.660
 that we

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.840
 have to

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.100
 achieve,

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.340
 but I

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.759
 think a

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:02.900
 better

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.360
 question is

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.759
 to ask,

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.320
 are we

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:07.140
 growing in

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.440
 love?

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.560
 Are we

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.200
 growing in

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.759
 joy and

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.160
 peace,

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.880
 in patience

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.500
 towards one

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.759
 another,

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.759
 in faith,

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.259
 in gentleness,

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.920
 in self-control,

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.220
 all these

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.000
 different aspects?

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.720
 How am I

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.259
 doing compared

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.080
 to how I

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:21.100
 was last

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.459
 year or

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:21.899
 two years

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.399
 ago or

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.179
 five years

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.419
 ago?

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.619
 Because what

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.500
 Jesus wants

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.099
 from us is

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.559
 he wants us

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.980
 to continue

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.559
 to grow

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.299
 in our

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.059
 Christ-likeness

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:32.179
 and that's

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:32.579
 what God

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.939
 is doing

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.240
 in our

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.519
 lives.

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:33.919
 So are

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.219
 we a

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.779
 part of

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.139
 what God

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.559
 is doing

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:37.099
 in the

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.899
 church,

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.539
 in the

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.819
 world,

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:41.219
 or are

00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:42.419
 we walking

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:42.779
 our own

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.159
 path?

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.259
 Are we

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.740
 failing to

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.019
 walk by

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.459
 the Spirit

00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.099
 and just

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.719
 walking by

00:27:47.719 --> 00:27:48.019
 our own

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.339
 steps?

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:51.299
 see in

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.899
 verse 25

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.679
 we read

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.639
 these words,

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.500
 since we

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.000
 live by

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.459
 the Spirit

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.220
 we must

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.939
 also follow

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.519
 the Spirit.

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.339
 Since we

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:01.019
 already have

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.339
 the Spirit

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.699
 within us,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.359
 since we

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.139
 are alive,

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.039
 made alive

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:06.119
 by the

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.459
 Spirit of

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:06.699
 Jesus,

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.539
 so we

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.099
 also must

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.240
 follow in

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.699
 the Spirit's

00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:10.059
 footsteps.

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:13.419
 it's

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.839
 sadly

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.599
 possible to

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.500
 grieve the

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.379
 Spirit and

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:18.179
 to have

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.779
 such sin in

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.359
 our hearts

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.639
 and refusal

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.220
 to listen to

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.720
 God that

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.799
 we end up

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.419
 walking away

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.279
 or walking

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.899
 a different

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.899
 path to

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.399
 the Spirit.

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.579
 But verse 25

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.759
 says,

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.200
 since we live

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.539
 by the Spirit,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:30.980
 we must

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.759
 follow the

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:31.960
 Spirit,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.220
 we must

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.799
 also follow

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.220
 the Spirit.

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.779
 We must

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.139
 live in

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.940
 accordance with

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.399
 the reality

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.319
 that God

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.559
 has given

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.019
 to us.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.299
 And that

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:41.099
 means realizing

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.559
 that we're

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.920
 not in

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.279
 competition

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.660
 with one

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:42.920
 another,

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.579
 for a start.

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.079
 That's what

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.500
 he says here.

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.099
 We mustn't

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.940
 become conceited,

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.879
 provoking one

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.119
 another,

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.139
 envying one

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.400
 another.

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.779
 Since

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.099
 coming to

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.420
 Hong Kong,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.059
 I've realized

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.700
 that it's

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 really easy

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.639
 to get

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.160
 caught up

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.639
 in this

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.859
 game of

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.279
 comparing

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.859
 yourself with

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.579
 everybody else.

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.980
 Everybody's

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.480
 comparing because

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.859
 everyone's got a

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.440
 different job

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.839
 with different

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.619
 salaries and

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.299
 benefits and

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.920
 housing and

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.180
 all this

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.700
 different stuff.

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.079
 And in

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.379
 some ways,

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.120
 this seems

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.640
 unavoidable

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.080
 because

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:10.440
 everybody

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.000
 and their

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.520
 circumstances

00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:11.920
 differ.

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.820
 But Paul

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.000
 says,

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.840
 don't become

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.540
 conceited.

00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:17.620
 And I looked

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.160
 up conceited,

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:18.980
 and it means

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.260
 excessively proud

00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:20.860
 of oneself

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.980
 or vain.

00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:24.000
 See,

00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:24.400
 the one who

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.020
 is vain must

00:29:25.020 --> 00:29:25.860
 continually push

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.520
 himself up

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.740
 by dragging

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.840
 down those

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.280
 around them

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.740
 that they can

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.260
 drag down,

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.360
 and those

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.720
 that are too

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.180
 high,

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.940
 well,

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.900
 they envy

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:35.420
 them and

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.040
 wish they were

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.300
 in their

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:36.840
 position or

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.240
 wish they

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.619
 could pull

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.139
 them down.

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.679
 But the

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:41.879
 Christian

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.359
 community

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.799
 should not

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.459
 be in

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:44.899
 competition

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.319
 with one

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.579
 another.

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.179
 Instead,

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:48.119
 we are in

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.099
 communion with

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.500
 one another.

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.599
 This person

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.419
 whom you are

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.879
 looking down

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.480
 upon or

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.099
 envying is

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.779
 God's child

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.899
 and has the

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.240
 spirit of

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.339
 Christ dwelling

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.720
 in them.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.959
 And so let

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.480
 the spirit that

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.059
 is in you

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.279
 see the spirit

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.679
 that is in

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:03.919
 them,

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.380
 and then

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.980
 treat them

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.539
 as you

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.779
 would

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.300
 Christ,

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.500
 for he

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.740
 is the

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.080
 one who

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.320
 is in

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.539
 them.

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.500
 Another way

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.840
 in which

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:14.400
 the community

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.080
 of believers

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:16.360
 kind of

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.940
 plays out

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.519
 is in

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.039
 restoration.

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.420
 Verse 6

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.039
 of chapter

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.440
 6.

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.960
 Brothers,

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.300
 if

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:24.220
 chapter 6

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.620
 verse 1,

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.180
 Brothers,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.539
 if someone

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.920
 is caught

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.259
 in any

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.759
 wrongdoing,

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.480
 you who

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.900
 are spiritual

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.460
 should restore

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.779
 such a

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.180
 person with

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.460
 a gentle

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.860
 spirit,

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:30.740
 washing out

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.200
 for yourselves

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.800
 so that you

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.779
 won't also be

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.039
 tempted.

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.500
 Carry one

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.779
 another's

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.099
 burdens.

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.220
 In this way

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.519
 you will

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.399
 fulfill the

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.700
 law of

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.079
 Christ.

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.279
 Don't look

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.660
 down,

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.220
 Paul is

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.420
 saying,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.819
 on those

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.059
 who are

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.160
 weak or

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.759
 downtrodden

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.500
 or sinful.

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.319
 Those who

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.839
 are sinned

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.240
 should be

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.960
 restored gently

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.839
 and the

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.359
 attitude of

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.779
 the restorer

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.299
 is one of

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.019
 humble fear

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.039
 because they

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.359
 know that

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.819
 they too

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.940
 could easily

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.339
 be dragged

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.700
 down the

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.240
 same path.

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.259
 We do

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.599
 this,

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.059
 if we do

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.319
 this,

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.639
 then we

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.079
 carry one

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.440
 another's

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.799
 burdens

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.920
 and we

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.319
 live in

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.759
 accordance

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.779
 to Christ's

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.299
 prayer and

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.059
 desire for

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.559
 the church.

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.960
 So we

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.399
 see that

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:11.319
 in the

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.679
 community

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.439
 of God,

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.559
 the

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.059
 relationships

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.619
 within the

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.200
 church are

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.859
 intertwined

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:17.679
 and we

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.200
 are committed

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.339
 towards one

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.500
 another for

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.079
 our good.

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.500
 There is a

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.480
 solidarity within

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.939
 the church.

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.019
 If one

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.399
 hurts,

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.919
 then all

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.179
 hurt.

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:26.779
 If one

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.119
 falls,

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.519
 then all

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.980
 are affected.

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:30.900
 want to

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.039
 be.

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.799
 How about

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.059
 this?

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.720
 He says,

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.740
 modern people

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.720
 usually seek

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.519
 individuality

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.200
 through the

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.920
 severance of

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.660
 restraints and

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.039
 commitments.

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.019
 I've got to

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.339
 be me.

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.960
 I must be

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.299
 true to

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.759
 myself.

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.779
 The more

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.200
 we can be

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.559
 free of

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.940
 parents,

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.360
 children,

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.920
 spouses,

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.400
 duties,

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.819
 the more

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.279
 free we

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.579
 will be

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.960
 to be

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.440
 ourselves,

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.160
 to lay

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.559
 hold of

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.900
 new and

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.279
 exciting

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.839
 possibilities.

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:57.279
 Yet,

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.339
 what if

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.779
 our true

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.399
 selves are

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.799
 made from

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.359
 the materials

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.740
 of our

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.059
 communal

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.459
 life?

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.959
 Where is

00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.299
 there some

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.799
 self that

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.119
 has not

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.339
 been

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.799
 communally

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.159
 created?

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.359
 By

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.879
 cutting back

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.159
 our

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.519
 attachments

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.799
 and

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.259
 commitments,

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.119
 the self

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.139
 shrinks

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:13.139
 rather than

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.579
 grows.

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.359
 So an

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.919
 important gift

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.259
 the church

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.779
 gives us

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.279
 is a far

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.919
 richer range

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.519
 of options,

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.099
 commitments,

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.679
 duties,

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.199
 and troubles

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.959
 than we

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.459
 would have

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:21.919
 if left

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.179
 to our

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:22.439
 own

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.819
 devices.

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.799
 What he's

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.240
 saying is

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.799
 that so

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.259
 often we

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.779
 seek to

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.139
 be the

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.659
 masters of

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.039
 our own

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.359
 destiny,

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.799
 of our

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.319
 own soul.

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.480
 And when

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.919
 other people

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:34.199
 get in the

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.740
 way of

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.000
 that,

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.980
 then the

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.480
 tendency is

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.079
 to withdraw

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.720
 and to

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:38.980
 be by

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.459
 ourselves.

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.299
 It's one

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.439
 of the

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:43.220
 reasons why

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.879
 it seems

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.799
 easier for

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.439
 people to

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:48.059
 communicate on

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.879
 social networking

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:50.339
 through the

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.759
 internet and

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.159
 media and

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.659
 so on than

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.639
 in real

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.019
 life.

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.220
 Because in

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.740
 social networking

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.259
 you can

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.160
 control to

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.500
 a large

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:58.500
 extent the

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.480
 personality or

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.940
 the persona

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.539
 that you

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.140
 appear to

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.100
 be in

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.319
 front of

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.600
 everybody

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.019
 else.

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.660
 And as

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:05.940
 you do

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.860
 that you

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.480
 are interacting

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.819
 with other

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.380
 people who

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.059
 are also

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.299
 presenting that

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.460
 personality which

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.360
 they themselves

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.860
 have carefully

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.339
 cultivated.

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.900
 And so your

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.640
 carefully cultivated

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.259
 personality is

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.740
 interacting with

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.500
 their carefully

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.920
 cultivated

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.460
 personality.

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.420
 And then once

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.920
 that interaction

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.480
 is finished you

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.299
 can go back to

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.900
 cultivating your

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.240
 personality.

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.339
 personality.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.740
 It's a kind

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.500
 of a fake

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.620
 version of

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.220
 you interacting

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.720
 with fake

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.200
 versions of

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.779
 everybody else

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.160
 that's out

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.380
 there.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.900
 But then when

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.339
 you meet

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.839
 people in

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.480
 real life,

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.559
 when you

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.240
 can't kind

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.839
 of press

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.519
 backspace and

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.180
 erase and

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.039
 rewrite that

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.539
 sentence that

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.799
 you just,

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.640
 you can't do

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.759
 that when

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.180
 you're talking

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.660
 with people.

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.859
 You actually

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.539
 have to think

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.980
 about what you

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.259
 say.

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.059
 Think about the

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.500
 other person.

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:47.880
 You might have

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.740
 to apologize for

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.140
 things that you

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.380
 say.

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:54.640
 it's a grating

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.100
 and a rubbing

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.560
 against each

00:33:55.560 --> 00:33:56.200
 other that

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.140
 people are

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.860
 fleeing from

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.540
 into the

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:59.060
 world of

00:33:59.060 --> 00:34:00.160
 social networking.

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.680
 And if the

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.200
 relationships that

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.760
 we're in

00:34:03.760 --> 00:34:05.040
 seem to cause

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.560
 conflict,

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:08.300
 well maybe God

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.240
 is using these

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:10.280
 relationships in

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.000
 order to show

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.660
 up our

00:34:11.660 --> 00:34:13.039
 inadequacy,

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.280
 our sinfulness,

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.200
 where we are

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.780
 still lacking.

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:17.099
 And without

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.320
 these interactions

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.860
 we would never

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.460
 grow and

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

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.000
 The tendency

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.580
 is for each

00:34:22.580 --> 00:34:23.059
 one of us to

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.880
 disconnect and

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.500
 withdraw when

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.440
 relationships get

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.800
 tough.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.059
 But I think

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.760
 it's God's way

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.840
 to get us to

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.340
 see our own

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.000
 sinful tendencies

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.340
 when we are

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.840
 placed next to

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.680
 somebody else who

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.600
 shines a light

00:34:34.600 --> 00:34:35.620
 onto our

00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:36.039
 sinfulness.

00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:39.280
 Paul Tripp

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.280
 has a book

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.620
 called

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.600
 Relationships,

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.160
 A Mess

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.720
 Worth Making.

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.820
 And he talks

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.800
 about messy

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.280
 relationships and

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:48.200
 the way that

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.140
 humans want to

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.620
 retreat from

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:49.800
 it.

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.260
 But the

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.640
 Word of God

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.300
 keeps encouraging

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:55.900
 us to deal

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.860
 in the muck and

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.280
 the mess of

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.940
 human relationships.

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.120
 One of the

00:34:59.120 --> 00:34:59.519
 things he says

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.060
 is the fatal

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.840
 flaw of human

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.860
 wisdom is that

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.480
 you can change

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.060
 your relationships

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:04.380
 without needing

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.300
 to change

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.800
 yourself.

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:08.580
 And he says

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:10.280
 that these

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.940
 relationships remind

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.680
 us that relational

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.560
 pain has divine

00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:12.940
 purpose.

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.980
 God wants to

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.500
 bring us to

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.980
 the end of

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.440
 ourselves so

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.820
 that we would

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.420
 see our need

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.940
 for a relationship

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.519
 with him as

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.880
 well as with

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.179
 others.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.519
 Even painful

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.940
 things we

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.500
 experience in

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.579
 relationships are

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.159
 meant to remind

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.920
 us of our need

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.300
 for him.

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.400
 And he gives

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.940
 us an example

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.500
 of that as

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.659
 well.

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.519
 He talks about

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.740
 this time,

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.420
 he talks about

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.139
 like this,

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:30.800
 he says,

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.460
 conflict broke

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.039
 out between me

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.480
 and my wife

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.940
 the other day

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.480
 in our kitchen.

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.119
 I was putting

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.619
 dishes in the

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.260
 dishwasher and she

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.559
 was cooking

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.820
 dinner.

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.079
 We both got

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.559
 in each other's

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.059
 way and then

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.880
 got sarcastic

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.420
 with each other.

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.440
 I said,

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.320
 I would hate to

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.639
 get in your

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.259
 way while I

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.739
 load the

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.119
 dishwasher.

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.659
 She replied,

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.659
 I would hate

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.079
 to get in your

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.559
 way while I

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.940
 cook dinner.

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.639
 What was

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.139
 going on?

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.599
 Each had a

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.960
 desire,

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.619
 well I had a

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.079
 desire to

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.559
 accomplish a

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.179
 task and was

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.659
 feeling rather

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.299
 self-righteous

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.759
 about what a

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.480
 sacrificial husband

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.980
 I was.

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.759
 My wife also

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.339
 had a desire to

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.759
 accomplish a

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.219
 task and was

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.960
 feeling self-righteous

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.359
 about what a

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.039
 sacrificial wife

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.480
 and mother she

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.779
 was.

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.559
 Both of our

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.299
 desires on the

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:05.859
 surface were good

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.339
 desires.

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.480
 I wanted to

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.759
 help in the

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.219
 kitchen and she

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.599
 wanted to help

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.139
 serve the family

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.519
 by cooking

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.799
 dinner.

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.460
 But these

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.059
 desires quickly

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.759
 turned from good

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.199
 to selfish.

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.980
 I wanted to

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.639
 serve but it

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.340
 had to be on

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.039
 my own terms

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.519
 and on my

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.099
 time schedule.

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.739
 My wife wanted

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.340
 to serve but she

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.880
 wanted to do it

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.279
 without any

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.719
 distractions.

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.719
 The selfishness

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.579
 showed itself in

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.279
 our self-righteous

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.659
 comments.

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.279
 We both wanted to

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:28.340
 be recognized for

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.340
 our service and

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.940
 when that did not

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.099
 happen we had

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.480
 conflict.

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.179
 We divorced our

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.840
 service from God's

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.440
 glory and the

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.340
 other's good and

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.799
 turned it into

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.380
 self-service.

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.860
 I'll serve when

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.780
 I want to and

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.180
 I want to be

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.800
 appreciated when

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.099
 I do.

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.860
 What tends to

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.340
 produce conflict

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.940
 in your life?

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.619
 What do you

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:46.920
 think God

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.840
 typically uses to

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:49.019
 regain our

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.640
 affections?

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.500
 He says

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.099
 ironically he

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.519
 uses other

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.860
 people.

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.079
 That is one of

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.400
 the blessings

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.980
 of conflict.

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.360
 He uses the

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.980
 difficult seasons

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.280
 in our

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.780
 relationship to

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.280
 allow us to

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.840
 see what we

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.400
 typically live

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.079
 for besides

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.420
 him.

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.660
 That was the

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.160
 reason for the

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:03.280
 spat between my

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.880
 wife and I in

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.200
 the kitchen.

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.799
 The only way I

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.319
 could see that

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.960
 sometimes I serve

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.519
 others out of

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.299
 self-glory and

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.480
 self-love was to

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.199
 put my wife next

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.099
 to me in the

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.299
 kitchen.

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.339
 This is true of

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:14.639
 all our

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.079
 relationships.

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.879
 God uses other

00:37:16.879 --> 00:37:17.439
 people to

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:18.339
 mysteriously and

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.339
 counterintuitively

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.719
 rescue us from

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.559
 self-glory and

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.099
 self-love.

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:23.679
 Why does he do

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:23.899
 that?

00:37:24.419 --> 00:37:25.179
 Because he loves

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.819
 us more than we

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.460
 love ourselves.

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.719
 I don't know

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:31.379
 for you if that

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.319
 resonated or if

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:33.000
 you've ever kind of

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.759
 found yourself in a

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.179
 situation where

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.859
 you're serving and

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:37.079
 you're kind of

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:38.099
 annoyed because you

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.719
 haven't received the

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.500
 recognition that you

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.059
 think you deserve

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.440
 for it.

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.819
 That's when service

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:44.039
 turns into self-service.

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.539
 When sacrifice

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.639
 turns into

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:49.919
 self-glorifying

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:51.480
 look at me

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.819
 kind of

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.079
 ism.

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.059
 Look what I've

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.259
 done.

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.619
 The real

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.759
 motivation for

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:01.039
 what we do

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:03.059
 comes from

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.719
 as I said

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.699
 knowing that

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.159
 Christ is

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.779
 within us

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.419
 within each

00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:06.839
 of us

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:08.000
 and also

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.199
 from

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:12.159
 thinking about

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.939
 what is coming

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:13.659
 in the future.

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.099
 The last two

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.679
 verses we read

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.579
 out in the

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:19.079
 Galatians passage

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.719
 verses 9 and

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:20.980
 10

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:22.119
 talk about this.

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:22.839
 It says,

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.660
 we must not

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:24.160
 get tired of

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.680
 doing good

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.460
 for we will

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.840
 reap

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:27.100
 and we will

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.579
 reap eternal

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.180
 life as we

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.559
 said in the

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.079
 previous verse

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.760
 at the proper

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.420
 time if we

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.019
 don't give up.

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.160
 Therefore,

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.640
 as we have

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.000
 opportunity,

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.660
 we must work

00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.000
 for the good

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.260
 of all,

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.800
 especially for

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.260
 those who

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:36.160
 belong to the

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:36.579
 household of

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:36.860
 faith.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.640
 See,

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:38.920
 a Christian

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.120
 community is a

00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.760
 forward-looking

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.240
 community.

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.640
 It is a

00:38:42.640 --> 00:38:43.380
 community of hope

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.880
 because of what

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.559
 God is building

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.360
 in this world,

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.600
 because of what

00:38:46.600 --> 00:38:47.300
 God is doing

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.420
 in the church.

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:50.760
 far from being

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.240
 a distraction

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:51.820
 to working

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.400
 in this life,

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.099
 the hope of

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.559
 the resurrection

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.800
 is a real

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.139
 hope,

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.300
 a motivation

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.139
 and a driving

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.720
 force for

00:38:58.720 --> 00:38:59.200
 working for

00:38:59.200 --> 00:38:59.700
 good in this

00:38:59.700 --> 00:38:59.980
 life.

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.980
 Without the

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.340
 resurrection

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.260
 that teaches

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:04.119
 us that God's

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.940
 future is coming,

00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:06.240
 that God's life

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.680
 is coming into

00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:07.380
 this world and

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.079
 is already in

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.579
 store for us,

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.480
 already prepared,

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:11.980
 we would easily

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.420
 fall into

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.079
 idolatry

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:16.159
 because of our

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.700
 workings,

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.400
 because of

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.460
 what we want

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:19.960
 to build and

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.280
 what we want

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.840
 to see and

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.180
 what we want

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.800
 to achieve in

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.480
 our lives and

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.880
 in the community

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.460
 around us.

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:25.139
 Or, if we

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.400
 find that the

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.579
 community doesn't

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.119
 bend our will,

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:29.280
 then we'll be in

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:31.099
 despair and we'll

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.599
 be like, oh,

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.360
 this is no use.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.000
 We would never be

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.619
 able to achieve the

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.960
 things that we

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.579
 want to achieve.

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.340
 But the reason

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.940
 why we work for

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.740
 the good of all

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.460
 and we don't give

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:43.840
 up is because of

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.500
 this hope that we

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:47.019
 have, that God

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:48.260
 will remember,

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.059
 what we do,

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.900
 that we will

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:52.180
 reap eternal

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.920
 life at the

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.880
 proper time if

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.260
 we don't give

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.480
 up.

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.639
 That's why I

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.840
 love Edmund's

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.039
 story.

00:39:59.180 --> 00:39:59.680
 He talks about

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.740
 working with the

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.920
 kids and being

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:03.240
 involved and I've

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.840
 had the chance to

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.420
 see the opportunity

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.000
 to be involved

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.440
 with that and to

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.800
 see that.

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.139
 And I love the

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.940
 fact that here at

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.200
 Watermark there

00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:10.460
 are different

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.079
 community groups

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.700
 who are working

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.400
 with different

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.340
 organizations,

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:15.960
 whether it's

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.840
 Barnabas or

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:18.240
 ICM or

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:19.880
 different ones,

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.699
 just to get out

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.320
 there and go

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.900
 into the community

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:24.360
 because we are

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:26.579
 doing verse 9

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.039
 and 10.

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.019
 As we have

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.940
 opportunity, we

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.519
 must work for the

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.039
 good of all,

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.960
 especially for those

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.619
 who belong to the

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.360
 household of faith.

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.320
 I love that about

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.699
 Watermark.

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.340
 It's cool.

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.599
 But we're not

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.699
 always out there in

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.039
 the community,

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.420
 are we?

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:41.000
 What if we find

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.019
 ourselves alone?

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.820
 And in the

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.759
 times when we

00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.960
 are not in the

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.400
 community of

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.619
 believers or if

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.099
 we're alone,

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.460
 say, with

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.039
 non-believers in

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.519
 the workplace?

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.920
 Bonhoeffer gives

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.860
 us some sobering

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.219
 thoughts.

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.099
 I read some of

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.679
 this before, but

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.380
 he says again,

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.079
 let him who

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.840
 cannot be alone

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.380
 beware of

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.719
 community.

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:02.000
 He will only

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.599
 do harm to

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.219
 himself and to

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.679
 the community.

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.300
 Let him who

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.860
 is not in

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.659
 community beware

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.219
 of being alone.

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.900
 If you scorn

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.480
 the fellowship of

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.000
 the brethren, you

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.659
 reject the call

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.460
 of Jesus Christ.

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.900
 Each by itself

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.460
 has profound

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.980
 perils and

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.340
 pitfalls.

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.800
 One who wants

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.380
 fellowship without

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.420
 solitude plunges

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.119
 into the void of

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.940
 words and feelings,

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.900
 and the one who

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.440
 seeks solitude

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.119
 without fellowship

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.840
 perishes in the

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.759
 abyss of vanity,

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.199
 self-infatuation,

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.940
 and despair.

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.420
 If you can't

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.219
 stand being alone,

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.400
 think of Jesus'

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.920
 prayer.

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.340
 Jesus prayed that

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.199
 you would know

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.940
 that he is in

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.900
 you as the

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.460
 Father was in

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.719
 him.

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.440
 And so you are

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.019
 an agent of

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.759
 God to do

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.280
 good and to

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.719
 bring blessing

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.420
 to those around

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.139
 you, including

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.519
 yourself.

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.599
 If you fear

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.219
 being alone,

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.280
 then realize

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:45.759
 that the Spirit

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.599
 of God is in

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.139
 you and wanting

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.619
 you to be a

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.019
 blessing to

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.460
 those around

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.420
 you, even

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.019
 to yourself.

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.039
 Bonhoeffer has

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.820
 one last warning

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.380
 for us this

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.599
 morning.

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.219
 He says,

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.939
 it may be that

00:41:58.939 --> 00:41:59.419
 Christians,

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.739
 notwithstanding

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.480
 corporate worship,

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:02.339
 common prayer,

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.039
 and all their

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.579
 fellowship and

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.559
 service may

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.619
 still be left

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.000
 to their

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.339
 loneliness.

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.359
 The final

00:42:08.359 --> 00:42:09.000
 breakthrough to

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.459
 fellowship does

00:42:09.459 --> 00:42:11.039
 not occur because

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.859
 though they have

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:12.500
 fellowship with one

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.239
 another as believers

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.839
 and as devout

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:15.079
 people, they do

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.480
 not have

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:17.219
 fellowship as the

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:18.639
 undevout, as

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.959
 sinners.

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.659
 The pious

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.319
 fellowship permits

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:22.039
 no one to be a

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.159
 sinner.

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.759
 So everybody must

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.819
 conceal his sin from

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.619
 himself and from the

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:25.899
 fellowship.

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:27.700
 We dare not be

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:28.019
 sinners.

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.740
 Many Christians

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.440
 are unthinkably

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:31.139
 horrified when a

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.780
 real sinner is

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.400
 suddenly discovered

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.900
 amongst the

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.180
 righteous.

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.860
 And so we

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.619
 remain alone with

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.880
 our sin, living in

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:39.079
 lies and hypocrisy.

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:42.119
 The fact is that

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.940
 we are sinners.

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:45.599
 You see, people

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.539
 talk about grace

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:48.420
 but can communicate

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:52.180
 legalism if we

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.920
 see the church as

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:54.039
 just a place for

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:55.200
 the righteous.

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:57.220
 the holy, the

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.860
 with it people,

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.139
 those who've got

00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.639
 it all together

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:01.940
 and not a place

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:03.780
 for sinners, for

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:05.380
 the broken, for

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.920
 those who fail.

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.639
 But we are all

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.980
 sinners.

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.059
 And so the only

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:12.000
 way for that kind

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.619
 of church to

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:14.039
 continue is if

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.980
 everybody conceals

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.460
 their sin from

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.599
 one another and

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.059
 turns up.

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:21.259
 Tim Jester has

00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:23.139
 this article which

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.599
 talks about

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.340
 communities of

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.139
 performance and

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.799
 communities of

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.980
 grace and the

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.860
 way that a

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.639
 performance-driven

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:30.840
 community can

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.000
 drive out grace.

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.440
 A performance-driven

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.659
 community is one

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.799
 where people talk

00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:37.400
 about grace but

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:38.259
 communicate legalism,

00:43:38.799 --> 00:43:39.559
 where unbelievers

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:40.199
 can't imagine

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:41.019
 themselves as

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:42.860
 Christians, where

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:44.119
 it will drive away

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.759
 broken people,

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:46.420
 where the world

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.860
 is seen as

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.480
 threatening and

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.700
 other.

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.720
 But a community

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:51.540
 of grace is one

00:43:51.540 --> 00:43:52.140
 where people can

00:43:52.140 --> 00:43:52.740
 see grace in

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.760
 action, where

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.420
 unbelievers feel

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.840
 like they can

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:56.120
 belong, can

00:43:56.120 --> 00:43:56.660
 attract broken

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.820
 people, and

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.400
 where people are

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:59.200
 loved as fellow

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.920
 sinners in need

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.360
 of grace.

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.400
 believers.

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:03.519
 The gospel is for

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.280
 both unbelievers

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.980
 and believers.

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.920
 I hope this talk

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.380
 will be a

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.059
 conversation starter

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.640
 for you guys.

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.579
 As you talk with

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.539
 people this week in

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.940
 your community

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.740
 groups, over

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.300
 lunch, family

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.680
 meals, and

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:15.740
 coffee, have

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.240
 the conversation

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:16.660
 about what

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:17.180
 living as a

00:44:17.180 --> 00:44:17.660
 community of

00:44:17.660 --> 00:44:18.680
 grace, not a

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.120
 community of

00:44:19.120 --> 00:44:20.160
 performance, would

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.599
 look like.

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:22.500
 Have a conversation

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:23.940
 about how living

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.920
 with the reality

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.700
 that Christ is in

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:26.559
 you and in your

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.160
 fellow Christians

00:44:27.160 --> 00:44:27.980
 would change the

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:29.019
 way that you see

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.519
 and deal with

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.800
 others.

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.360
 Have a

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:32.180
 conversation about

00:44:32.180 --> 00:44:33.420
 how living as a

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.240
 real community of

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:35.720
 Christ, not

00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:36.400
 tiring of doing

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.680
 good, would show

00:44:37.680 --> 00:44:38.440
 the world that

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.120
 Christ is from

00:44:39.120 --> 00:44:39.920
 God and show

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.559
 them his love.

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.579
 Let's pray.

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.300
 Father, we

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.260
 acknowledge and

00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:49.039
 are grateful for

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.820
 the prayer of

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:52.000
 Jesus for us, for

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:54.019
 his love for us, and

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.620
 we want to echo

00:44:54.620 --> 00:44:55.180
 it today.

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.480
 Enable us as

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.200
 your people to be

00:44:58.200 --> 00:44:59.380
 one as you are

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.200
 one in, Father,

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:01.359
 Spirit, and

00:45:01.359 --> 00:45:01.619
 Son.

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.859
 Help us to

00:45:03.859 --> 00:45:04.279
 follow the

00:45:04.279 --> 00:45:05.299
 Spirit, since

00:45:05.299 --> 00:45:06.119
 we live by the

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:06.379
 Spirit.

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:08.500
 For those that

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.259
 don't yet know

00:45:09.259 --> 00:45:10.359
 you, we pray

00:45:10.359 --> 00:45:11.339
 that our community

00:45:11.339 --> 00:45:11.980
 of grace can

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.480
 show them your

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:13.359
 love for us as

00:45:13.359 --> 00:45:13.960
 we love them.

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.679
 Reveal your

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.460
 glory to them and

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.159
 invite them into

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:17.659
 our fellowship

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.699
 together in

00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:19.899
 Jesus, whose

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.500
 name we pray.

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.480
 Amen.

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.579
 Amen.

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:21.619
 Amen.

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:21.639
 Amen.

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:21.659
 Amen.

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:21.679
 Amen.

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:21.699
 Amen.

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:21.739
 Amen.

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:21.759
 Amen.

00:45:21.759 --> 00:45:21.779
 Amen.

00:45:21.779 --> 00:45:23.659
 Amen.

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:23.699
 Amen.

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:25.659
 Amen.

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.699
 Amen.

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:25.719
 Amen.

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:25.739
 Amen.

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:25.759
 Amen.

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.219
 Amen.

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:26.699
 Amen.

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:26.759
 Amen.

00:45:26.759 --> 00:45:26.779
 Amen.

00:45:26.779 --> 00:45:27.259
 Amen.

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.719
 Amen.