WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.839 If you're of a certain age like myself, I used to love Snoopy and Charlie Brown, and I especially used to love the comics. 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:19.920 And one of the good comic strips was when Linus, Charlie Brown's friend, was announcing to everyone that when he grew up, he wanted to be a great doctor and a great humanitarian. 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:26.660 And his big bossy sister, Lucy, would come along and say, like she always did, to tell him off, 00:00:26.660 --> 00:00:31.539 you can't be a doctor and a great humanitarian because you don't like humans. 00:00:32.219 --> 00:00:37.640 To which he replied, I love humanity. It's just the people that I can't stand. 00:00:39.259 --> 00:00:43.980 And I think it is easier to love humanity rather than people. 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:54.439 It's easier to love people in the abstract, the people that live hundreds and thousands of miles away from you and that may be victims of floods or terrible hurricanes, 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:56.339 to love them in general. 00:00:57.259 --> 00:01:04.400 But to love Dave or Julie or the chap two doors down with the dark that never stops barking, that might not be so easy. 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.500 And if you choose to love people and people love you, that's a real blessing. 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:18.000 But there is a flip side to this, because if you choose to love people, you make yourself open to be hurt by them. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:24.900 And oddly, the closer you become to a person, the more power they have to hurt you. 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:30.540 Over the years, there have been lots of songs written about love. 00:01:31.299 --> 00:01:34.060 And a common theme is hurting the ones you love. 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.859 One of those songs, written by a group called Balin, says, 00:01:38.859 --> 00:01:42.700 You always hurt the one you love, the one you shouldn't hurt at all. 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.819 You always take the sweetest rose and crush it till the petals fall. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:51.579 You always break the kindest heart with a hasty word you can't recall. 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:56.359 So if I broke your heart last night, it's because I love you most of all. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:03.819 So I'm just thinking I might try that one out on my spouse, Jeff, my husband later on, and see what he's got to say about that. 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:09.599 Now that song sounds to me a little bit messed up, but life is messy, isn't it? 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:11.479 And relationships are messy. 00:02:12.359 --> 00:02:17.259 And if we're going to focus and live with people in the community together, 00:02:18.079 --> 00:02:21.000 then from time to time, we probably are going to get hurt. 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:26.340 Because where we live is populated by people, not just by humanity. 00:02:27.359 --> 00:02:28.879 So why should we risk it then? 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:33.280 We've been talking all during this series about the art of neighbouring. 00:02:33.819 --> 00:02:37.259 So why should we try to develop our skills in that art? 00:02:38.419 --> 00:02:43.959 Well, of course, there's the inconvenient and pesky truth and command from Jesus, isn't there? 00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:45.799 Where he tells us to love our neighbours. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:49.620 And loving our neighbours, just like loving God, is non-negotiable. 00:02:50.519 --> 00:02:55.740 And the scriptures confirm this by telling us that it's impossible to love God if you don't love your neighbours. 00:02:56.659 --> 00:02:59.519 Remember those words from 1 John chapter 4. 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:03.620 How can you say I love God when you have not seen him? 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:06.280 If you will not love your neighbour, who you have seen? 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:07.819 Well, that's a good question. 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:12.359 Well, today is the last in the series of the art of neighbouring. 00:03:12.519 --> 00:03:16.219 But I hope we're not finished with actually being good neighbours. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.680 Both the commandment and the call still stands. 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:31.700 And if we're going to do this in a healthy and effective way, we have to do it with boundaries, with being focused and with forgiveness. 00:03:31.699 --> 00:03:36.919 Boundaries are always going to be an important part of life. 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.039 We must know where we end and other people start. 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:49.319 Because if we blur that line too much, we can sink into chaos and we can open ourselves up to being abused. 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:54.939 We must keep a clean line between ourselves and other people. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:00.379 And if you remember, right at the beginning of this series, we looked at the story of the Good Samaritan. 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:07.680 What did the Good Samaritan do for that man that he found lying, battered and bruised on the road? 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.159 Well, we know that he stopped when other people didn't. 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:15.020 And he got down on the ground and he tended to that man's wounds. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:21.379 He then lifted the man up, put him on a donkey and took him to be cared for at a local inn. 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:26.160 And he gave money to the innkeeper to look after him until he was fully recovered. 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:28.860 And then what did the Samaritan do? 00:04:29.660 --> 00:04:31.540 Well, he went on with his life's journey. 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.180 He promised to come back and check in to see how he was doing. 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:43.259 But he didn't move in with the man or take the man home with him or for the rest of his life be inextricably bound to the man. 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:45.000 He cared for him. 00:04:45.220 --> 00:04:46.220 He did what he could. 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.160 But he kept a separation between the two of them. 00:04:49.579 --> 00:04:51.180 And he moved on with his life. 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:56.899 So if we're going to be good neighbours and help to create and contribute to healthy communities, 00:04:57.259 --> 00:04:58.939 we have to keep our boundaries. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:05.019 As we get to know our neighbours better, they're going to reach out to us and ask us for help sometimes. 00:05:05.780 --> 00:05:08.139 And we're going to really want to help them, which is brilliant. 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.519 But we must do it with boundaries. 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:19.860 So if you find yourself driving your neighbour's children to school and back seven days a week and on the weekends as well, 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:24.780 and you don't even have any kids, maybe that's not really good boundaries. 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:34.639 Or if your neighbour's got a marriage problem and they've got a key to your house and they spend all of their time round at your house telling you all about how things are terrible and lying on your sofa, 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:42.039 rather than actually being at home discussing their marriage problems, well, maybe you've not got great boundaries there either. 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:48.700 So we must keep good boundaries for ourselves and for those people that we are trying to be good neighbours to. 00:05:49.700 --> 00:05:51.480 The second thing is focus. 00:05:52.340 --> 00:05:57.300 We really should focus on the people that are receptive to our friendship in our neighbourhood. 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:04.139 If we're thinking about being a good neighbour, it doesn't mean that every single weekend we have to organise a street party, 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:11.199 or that we have to spend our time running up and down the street getting to know every single person on a deep and intimate level that lives there. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.399 We must just focus on the people that are receptive. 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:16.920 Jesus knew how to focus. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.639 There were plenty of times that he spoke to large crowds of people, 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:26.180 but when it came to him really getting down to the nitty gritty of life and building community and relationships, 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:28.439 he focused on the twelve. 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.939 And sometimes he narrowed those twelve down to three. 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:37.120 And we really need to focus on those people that are responsive to our friendship. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:42.840 Now, I'm sure everybody watching this are absolutely wonderful and amazing people, 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.600 but you, like me, are not going to be everybody's cup of tea. 00:06:47.019 --> 00:06:49.920 And there will be some people there that are just not receptive to you. 00:06:50.780 --> 00:06:53.120 And what I would say is with those people on your street, 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.840 be pleasant and wait them in the street and wish them well. 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:01.360 But focus your energy on those people who are receptive and want to get to know you. 00:07:01.899 --> 00:07:06.319 Maybe you've invited people to a barbecue around your house or to come and have coffee in your garden 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:07.620 and they have accepted. 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:09.500 Concentrate on those people. 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:12.500 Those people of peace, as it says in the Bible. 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:17.560 Let God help you focus on those people that you actually need to connect with. 00:07:18.459 --> 00:07:22.100 And finally, I'm leaving the best one to the last. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:22.959 Forgiveness. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.000 That nice, easy subject. 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:27.839 You may ask, ask, sorry, 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.500 how are we supposed to love the neighbours that have hurt us? 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:35.680 When someone has acted or said something hurtful to us or abused our kindness, 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:37.220 what then? 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:38.560 Well, that's a good question. 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.579 Now, an easy and glib answer is just to say, 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:42.439 oh, just forget it. 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:43.259 Just move on. 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:44.740 You know, just forgive them. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:45.420 It's not a problem. 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.459 But I don't think that's healthy. 00:07:47.579 --> 00:07:48.959 And I don't think it's real forgiveness. 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.699 Real forgiveness is not pretending that it didn't happen 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:56.000 or that we weren't hurt or that they didn't mean it. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.000 Real forgiveness means looking at what has been done to us 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.839 with our eyes wide open and through prayer and effort 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.660 and also blood, sweat and tears often. 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:13.060 Forgiveness needs the power of God to help us forgive someone. 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.560 When you say, yes, this happened, I'm going to hand it over to Jesus. 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:18.540 I'm not going to hold it against the person. 00:08:18.540 --> 00:08:23.019 But it does not mean that you're going to just let that thing happen again. 00:08:23.740 --> 00:08:25.519 You can forgive and we should forgive. 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:28.980 But we can say, no, that's not going to happen again. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.360 Again, put some good boundaries in place to stop it from happening. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:38.320 And with some of your neighbours, some of their behaviours 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.200 and what they're getting up to may actually be quite dangerous 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.100 and damaging to the rest of the neighbourhood. 00:08:44.299 --> 00:08:47.379 And so generally, apart from maybe getting involved 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.580 with the neighbourhood watch to try and stop that behaviour, 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.759 you may well have to avoid those people. 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:54.480 But putting that aside, 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:57.519 let's think about just the ordinary, 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.820 everyday annoying things that our neighbours do. 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:04.460 Of course, we don't ever do anything annoying or horrible, do we? 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:05.480 It's just them. 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:07.480 So how can we forgive them? 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:10.899 The messy neighbour with the car with no wheels on 00:09:10.899 --> 00:09:12.360 and the grass up to your waist? 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:15.440 Or the man with the dog that incessantly barks? 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:17.060 Or the neighbours with the delightful cats 00:09:17.060 --> 00:09:18.259 that love to come into your garden, 00:09:18.420 --> 00:09:19.779 sort of poo all over your garden? 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:22.840 Or the neighbour that borrows your garden tools 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.659 beautifully when you give them to them 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:27.340 and then returns them to you broken and rusty? 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:29.399 How do we forgive that sort of stuff? 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:31.980 The answer we know is simple. 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:34.300 We choose to forgive those things. 00:09:34.780 --> 00:09:37.379 It may be right to have a conversation with that person 00:09:37.379 --> 00:09:37.860 and say, 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:38.960 I thought we were friends, 00:09:39.060 --> 00:09:40.480 that's why I lent you my spade. 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:41.800 But do you know what? 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:43.879 It's not really great that you keep bringing it back to me 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.980 broken or rusty. 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:47.240 So if you continue to do that, 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.019 I really can't lend you my spade anymore. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.100 But we choose to forgive 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:55.500 because we know we have been forgiven. 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:59.960 We overlook minor irritations 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:01.620 because we're more interested 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:03.860 in loving our neighbours 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:05.960 than satisfying ourselves. 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:09.800 The passage we've just had read to us in Romans 12 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:11.720 sees Paul with a problem. 00:10:12.539 --> 00:10:14.259 He's writing to the church in Rome 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:16.319 and he's trying to remind them repeatedly 00:10:16.319 --> 00:10:18.039 of how much that they have been forgiven. 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.200 The message of the gospel 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:21.679 is a gospel of grace. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:23.559 God has forgiven you 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:24.659 and forgiven me 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:25.840 and loved us both. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:27.740 Not because we deserved it 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:28.639 or earned it 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:29.939 or for any other reason 00:10:29.939 --> 00:10:32.460 that it's God's nature to love. 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.019 And God loves you 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:35.899 with a love 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:37.419 that will not let you go. 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:38.899 It's a gift. 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.120 And so, 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:43.360 I think Paul is saying here to the Romans 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:44.399 because of all this, 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:45.500 because of how gracious 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:46.919 God has been to you, 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:49.419 we are to be gracious to one another. 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:52.120 We need to stop having our divisions 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:53.080 and our arguments 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.300 and political manoeuvring 00:10:54.300 --> 00:10:55.960 and we need to forgive 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:56.899 and be united. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.639 We need to show compassion to one another 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:00.580 in the same way 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:03.100 that Christ has shown compassion to us. 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:06.240 But when we read that passage, 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:07.940 do we really hear the words? 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.899 They're quite difficult words. 00:11:10.420 --> 00:11:12.060 Bless those who persecute you. 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:14.360 Rejoice with those that rejoice. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.440 Mourn with those that mourn. 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:18.399 Don't be proud or conceited. 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:20.500 Do not repay evil with evil. 00:11:21.040 --> 00:11:22.180 Do not seek revenge. 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:23.340 If it is possible, 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.159 as far as it depends on you, 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.000 live at peace with all. 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:28.840 They are beautiful words, 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.000 but I think they're easier to read 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:32.340 than they are to do. 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:34.780 It's hard to love people sometimes, 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:35.280 isn't it? 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:37.360 As we said earlier, 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:39.040 it's easier to love humanity 00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:40.040 than people. 00:11:40.780 --> 00:11:41.780 It's hard to love 00:11:41.780 --> 00:11:42.740 and to forgive people 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:45.259 and to forgive the annoying trespasses, 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:48.100 those annoying and sometimes hurtful stuff 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:49.240 that people do to us. 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:51.879 But it's a test of being a disciple. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.639 It's a test to see 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.000 if we really are disciples, 00:11:55.160 --> 00:11:56.100 that we have the ability 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:58.019 to forgive and to let go. 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.620 If we receive God's power 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:03.040 to look past those irritating things 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:04.860 so that we might love our neighbour, 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.639 the one with a messy garden 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.220 or the family with the mum 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:08.800 and the kids 00:12:08.800 --> 00:12:10.139 that are always outside in the garden 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.180 shouting at each other, 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:12.120 that's probably me, 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:14.460 or the one with a pack of dogs, 00:12:14.700 --> 00:12:16.540 the strange neighbour with 25 cats. 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:18.860 We overlook these things 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.820 because we recognise 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:20.899 that we're not perfect 00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:22.420 and most of us 00:12:22.420 --> 00:12:24.660 are likely to do things 00:12:24.660 --> 00:12:25.840 that annoy our neighbours too. 00:12:26.540 --> 00:12:27.600 And because we know that, 00:12:27.680 --> 00:12:28.180 we are loved 00:12:28.180 --> 00:12:29.560 and that we've been forgiven. 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:32.360 I know that I'm really grateful 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:33.320 that in my life 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:34.639 I have been neighboured, 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:36.720 that people have been willing 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:38.279 to overlook my faults 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.139 and my foibles 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:40.060 and love me. 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:41.720 I'm really grateful 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.519 to those neighbours 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.560 who have helped me out 00:12:43.560 --> 00:12:44.920 when we as a family 00:12:44.920 --> 00:12:46.379 have had a medical emergency 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:47.379 or when the kids 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.180 have been locked out 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:49.560 because they've forgotten their keys. 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:52.340 Even this weekend 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:53.740 that's just gone by 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.879 when my daughter got married, 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.240 the neighbour that helped 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:57.600 to do my hair and make-up. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.340 Socially distanced, of course. 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.820 If you're here 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:04.259 watching this 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:06.000 as part of the church, 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.279 I think you probably 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:08.740 have been neighboured well. 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.659 Someone took the time 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:12.559 to get to know you 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:13.799 and to care about you. 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.699 For me, to be honest, 00:13:16.859 --> 00:13:18.719 I sometimes find neighbouring difficult. 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:21.339 When I've been out all day 00:13:21.339 --> 00:13:22.439 and it's been challenging 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:24.379 working alongside people 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:26.279 or peopling as I call it, 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:28.139 sometimes I can get home 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:29.799 and I feel tired and drained 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:31.219 and I just feel like 00:13:31.219 --> 00:13:31.919 shutting the door, 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:32.979 putting the TV on 00:13:32.979 --> 00:13:34.199 and ignoring everybody. 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:36.620 But Jesus calls me 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.519 to be a good neighbour. 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.639 So I'm trying to neighbour 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.419 every day 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.539 and some days 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.399 are better than others. 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:45.279 During Covid, 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:45.919 I have to say, 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:47.199 I've got a bit better at it 00:13:47.199 --> 00:13:48.000 because 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.519 as a community, 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:50.500 we've all been around 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.179 a lot more 00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:52.439 and we've made an effort 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:53.600 to help each other 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.679 out 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:56.000 more out of necessity 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.939 than anything else. 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:58.699 And every day, 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.439 I'm conscious 00:13:59.439 --> 00:14:00.799 of the great commandment. 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:02.179 You, 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.100 watching this, 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.139 are probably better at it 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.559 than I am. 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.919 So as we come out 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.339 of lockdown, 00:14:07.979 --> 00:14:09.000 let's work together 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.759 as a community 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.159 of Christ Church Clevedon. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.239 Let's encourage each other 00:14:13.239 --> 00:14:14.919 to do this stuff better 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:16.739 and not to forget 00:14:16.739 --> 00:14:17.699 the great commandment 00:14:17.699 --> 00:14:19.099 to love our neighbours better. 00:14:19.719 --> 00:14:20.939 And maybe we can fill up 00:14:20.939 --> 00:14:22.299 that chart that we had 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:25.239 at the start of the series 00:14:25.239 --> 00:14:27.119 with the different people on. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.879 Maybe we'll know 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.259 a few more of them 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:30.399 a little better now. 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.019 Remember, 00:14:32.119 --> 00:14:33.339 the Bible says to us, 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:34.740 how can we say 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.720 that we love God 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.160 who we have not seen 00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:39.080 if we don't love our neighbours 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:40.580 that we have seen? 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.300 Amen.