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 Well, last week we looked at Jesus as the model for our mission endeavor, examining the pattern of his incarnate life and drawing out implications for our missionary practice.

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! And this morning, in our companion study, if you will, we turn to the Apostle Paul with the same ambition.

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 How is the Apostle a model for us in our missionary lives?

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 Now, in some circles, when one moves from Jesus to Paul, it is often contrasts which are asserted, suggesting that Paul somehow strikes off on his own path, even departing from the patterns laid out by our Lord.

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 It is therefore worthwhile to commence our consideration of Paul by asking how, if at all, the Apostle took up the pattern established by Jesus, or did he depart from it in any way?

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 Do we find contrast, as is commonly alleged, or do we, in fact, see correspondence and continuum?

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 Now, in our study of Jesus last week, we drew our portrait from the Father's sending of the Son incarnationally, drawing out features from that astounding fact.

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 We observed that this involved a great going out, first of all.

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 The Son did not remain in heaven, but went out into the far country of humanity, seeking out the lost.

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 The gospel narratives, again and again, of Jesus are filled with a phrase,

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 and he went out, and he went out, and he went out.

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 Well, I ask you, could there be a more faithful and fervent follower of this model than the Apostle Paul going out to the far-flung Gentiles?

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 As he told the Romans, I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named,

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 but to those who have never been told of him, Romans 15, 20.

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 And among his animating ambitions was to herald the gospel in Spain, which geographically would have been the end of the earth from him.

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 So no divergence from Jesus here.

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 We also observed of the Son's incarnation that he came in person.

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 His mission brought him face-to-face with those that he sought, involving a deep personal engagement.

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 And what of Paul's missionary practice?

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 Well, the phrase face-to-face is repeated again and again in his correspondence,

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 and not just as a formulaic expression, but as a principled commitment.

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 Given his familiarity with the inside of jails, he was at times kept from this desire,

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 torn away from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time,

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 in person but not in heart, as he described it to the Thessalonians.

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 But such separation was to him an anguish.

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 And he, quote,

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 endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire, as he told them,

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 to see you face-to-face.

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 First Thessalonians 2.

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 If he did have freedom,

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 he preferred prolonged stays to passing ones.

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 For, as he told the young Corinthian believers,

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 I do not want to see you just in passing.

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 I hope to spend time with you, if the Lord permits.

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 First Corinthians 16.

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 And as with the Master,

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 his personal engagement was thick, deep, rich, and devoted.

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 Being so affectionately desirous of you, he tells the Thessalonians,

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 we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God,

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 but also our very own lives,

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 because you had become so very dear to us.

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 First Thessalonians 2.8.

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 He likens his relationship, in that same verse,

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 to them as that of a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

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 Surely this reflects faithful correspondence to the pattern of the Master.

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 Paul loses no marks here.

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 We also noticed in the incarnation of the Son,

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 a deep identification with those to whom he came,

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 making himself like them in everything but their sin.

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 So how was the Apostle on following this particular melody?

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 To the Corinthians, he explained that

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 he sought to identify with and adapt to those that he sought to reach

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 in every possible way.

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 I have become all things to all people.

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 Now, since we will shortly comment further on this commitment,

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 as pretty much the compact articulation of his modus operandi,

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 we'll say no more at present,

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 but that Paul here embodies the pattern of Christ in excelsis.

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 We further noticed that the mission of Christ was marked by a pattern of

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 consistent and conspicuous self-emptying.

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 Was the Apostle a stranger to this?

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 Well, to the young believers in Philippi,

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 he describes his missional life as one great continued pouring out,

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 and compared it to a drink offering being poured out on the sacrificial offering of the Philippians' faith.

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 In other words, his life was a poured out libation to enhance the Philippians' offering of their lives to God.

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 Philippians 2.17.

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 And finally, we observed that the son's incarnational mission was marked by a stupendous costliness.

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 His life was that grain of wheat that fell to the ground and died to bring forth much fruit.

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 Well, do we catch an echo here in the missionary labors of the Apostle?

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 Well, as Paul explained to the Corinthians,

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 without the slightest trace of self-pity,

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 rather recognizing it as precisely the pattern of Christ and the purpose of God,

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 he writes,

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 So death works in me, but life in you.

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 2 Corinthians 4.12.

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 The spiritual life that came to the Corinthians came at a cost.

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 It cost the life of the Apostle,

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 the slow dying of the missionary.

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 In this, his missionary life is the perfect correspondence to the pattern of Christ.

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 So, when Paul described the Thessalonians as having become, quote,

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 imitators of us and of the Lord,

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 1 Thess 1.6,

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 he was not offering two divergent paths or models.

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 For the Apostle's missionary life was simply a reiteration of our Lord's missionary pattern.

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 He merely contextualized in its different settings the life of his Lord.

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 As he told the Corinthians,

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 imitate me as I imitate Christ, 1 Corinthians 11.1.

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 So, I think the conclusion, unavertible,

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 Paul's missionary model does not diverge from Christ's.

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 Christ was the very inspiration and exemplar for Paul.

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 Important to start with that because so often in the literature,

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 you see an emphasis of the contrast between the Apostle and Jesus.

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 But, far from this correspondence,

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 making Paul's model of missions merely reiterative,

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 the Apostle brings a singular theological acumen

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 in both his articulation and application

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 of Christ's incarnational-shaped mission.

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 And that's where we want to go.

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 Well, I'll just, as an illustration,

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 let's just take the last considered feature,

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 the stupendous costliness

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 of the incarnate mission of the Son.

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 Okay, how does Paul develop this?

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 How, in Paul's mind,

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 are Christ's disciples

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 to follow in Christ's footsteps

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 in regard to our Savior's suffering?

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 So, just an example of how he does theological development here.

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 There is theologically developed continuity,

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 but also contrast.

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 Paul tells the Corinthians,

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 we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings.

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 2 Corinthians 1.5.

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 Now, this phrase,

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 the sufferings of Christ,

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 or Messiah,

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 Christ simply Greek for Messiah,

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 is part of a broader understanding,

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 sometimes referred to as the Messianic woes.

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 Okay, this notion of the Messianic woes

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 was distilled from Old Testament prophets,

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 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea, Micah.

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 I can't develop that now,

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 but it was developed by Jewish teaching

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 and held that the triumphal Messianic age

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 would be preceded by woes.

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 In the Hebrew word,

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 it was basically birth pangs,

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 akin to the birth pangs

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 that a woman would suffer in labor.

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 Okay, and here's the interesting thing.

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 These Messianic woes,

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 this suffering would be endured

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 not by the Messiah himself,

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 but rather would be born

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 by those associated with him.

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 It's fascinating.

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 Now, the New Testament writers,

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 including Paul,

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 took this up,

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 a suffering intense,

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 but of fixed duration

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 and even fixed quantity,

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 which would be the lot

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 of Messiah's people,

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 that is,

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 Christ's disciples.

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 Christ's death and resurrection

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 had inaugurated the Messianic age

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 and his people,

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 living now in these last days,

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 were called to endure tribulation

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 in fulfillment of the scriptures

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 and in fulfillment of Jesus' own words

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 until the full measure

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 of this appointed suffering

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 was complete

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 and Christ returned.

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 Now, it's in this conceptual backdrop

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 that we have illuminated

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 Paul's otherwise cryptic statement

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 to the Colossians.

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 Do you remember that in Colossians 124

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 where Paul writes,

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 I do my share

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 of filling up

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 what is lacking

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 in Christ's afflictions?

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 There's Colossians 124

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 if you want to look there.

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 Now,

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 he is speaking

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 of these sufferings

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 of the Messiah

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 or these Messianic woes.

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 Now, notice significantly,

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 he says,

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 filling up.

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 Now, a filling up

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 implies that there is

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 a fixed amount.

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 He's referring

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 to the fixed measure

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 of the intense sufferings

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 that must be endured

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 by Christ's disciples

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 before Christ returns.

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 So, what is the sum

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 of suffering

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 that is to be endured?

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 Well,

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 it is the sum

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 of what it will cost

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 to deliver,

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 declare,

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 and display

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 the gospel

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 through the ends

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 of the earth,

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 both near and far.

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 As Jesus told his disciples,

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 the gospel of the kingdom

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 shall be preached

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 in the whole world

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 for a witness

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 to all the nations

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 and then

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 the end shall come.

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 Matthew 24, 14.

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 As Paul explains

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 again to the Colossians,

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 I fill up

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 what is lacking

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 in Christ's sufferings,

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 verse 24,

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 by,

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 he continues,

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 by filling up

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 or fully carrying out,

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 same word in the Greek,

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 by fully carrying out

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 the preaching

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 of the gospel,

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 verse 25.

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 Do you see that link?

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 See that link?

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 The way we fill up

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 the afflictions

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 of the Messiah,

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 the messianic woes,

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 is by fully carrying out

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 the preaching

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 of the gospel.

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 This is a wonderful

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 theological articulation.

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 You see,

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 according to Paul,

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 according to his insight

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 and understanding,

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 as disciples,

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 we enter into

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 a partnership

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 in suffering

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 with the Master.

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 That is indeed

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 what fellowship means.

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 It's partnership

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 in a cause.

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 The cause

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 is redemption.

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 And the disciple

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 partners with the Master

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 in paying the cost

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 of redemption.

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 redemption.

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 Now,

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 we need to be

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 really,

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 really careful here

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 and nuanced

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 because I don't want you

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 to misunderstand.

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 Both Christ

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 and his disciples

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 suffer

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 to reconcile

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 the world

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 to God,

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 to bring many

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 sons and daughters

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 to glory.

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 We suffer

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 in the same cause

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 as the Savior,

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 but our suffering

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 is not

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 of the same

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 character.

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 This is really,

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 really important

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 or we can kind of

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 go off the rails here.

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 The suffering

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 our Lord

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 endured

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 to bring many

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 to glory

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 none

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 but he

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 could bear.

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 He must

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 tread the wine

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 press alone

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 as Isaiah says

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 in Isaiah 63.3.

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 He alone

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 took the cup

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 of the Father's wrath.

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 So,

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 his sufferings

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 were

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 propitiatory.

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 The disciples

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 are

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 propagatory.

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 His,

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 the cost

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 of atoning.

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 Ours

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 is but

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 the cost

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 of announcing.

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 His,

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 the procuring

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 of a great salvation.

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 Ours,

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 merely

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 the proclaiming

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 and parading

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 that great salvation

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 And yet,

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 our

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 part two

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 bears

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 a very

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 real

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 cost.

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 And it is

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 so fundamental

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 for our

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 discipleship,

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 for the disciple

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 to take up

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 that call

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 that Paul

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 can unpack

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 it,

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 what it means

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 as simply

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 knowing Christ

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 is to have

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 fellowship

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 in his sufferings.

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 That I might

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 know him,

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 Christ,

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 he writes

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 to the

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 Philippians,

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 Philippians 3.10,

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 that is

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 the fellowship

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 of his

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 sufferings.

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 So,

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 this then

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 is the call

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 of the disciple,

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 fundamentally.

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 The call

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 to partnership

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 in Christ's

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 sufferings.

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 The call

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 to take up

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 a share

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 of the

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 messianic

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 woes,

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 the painful

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 birth pangs

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 that are

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 bringing his

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 return

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 through

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 helping

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 fully

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 to carry

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 out

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 our gospel

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 mission.

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 It is

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 the mortification

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 of mission.

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 Whatever

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 pain and

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 suffering

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 comes to

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 us

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 in

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 faithfully

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 prosecuting

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 the gospel

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 mission.

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 Is that

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 not

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 marvelously

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 illuminating?

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 Is that

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 not

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 wonderfully

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 clarifying?

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 Thank you,

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 Paul.

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 These are

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 so helpful.

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 So,

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 even though

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 there's

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 perfect

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 continuity

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 and continuum

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 with Paul's

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 pattern

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 and Jesus'

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 pattern,

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 he articulates

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 it and

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 he applies

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 it so,

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 so helpfully.

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 So,

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 there's an

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 example.

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 But,

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 I want

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 to focus

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 on another

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 element

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 of model

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 missions

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 the apostle

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 offers us.

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 Paul is

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 the master

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 of what

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 we might

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 call

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 the

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 creative

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 contextualization

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 of the gospel.

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 That's what

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 I want us

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 to focus

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 on.

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 So,

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 let's

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 first

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 observe

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 his

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 practice

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 of

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 contextualization,

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 then clarify

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 the principle

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 behind the

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 practice,

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 and then

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 finally,

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 note some

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 of the

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 perfect

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 but precarious

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.220
 balance

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 it achieves

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 that plots

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 a course

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 between two

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 perilous pitfalls.

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 apostles.

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 So,

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 that's where

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 we're going.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 first,

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 the apostle's

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 practice

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.500
 of creative

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 contextualization.

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 The apostle,

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 his adept

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 contextualization

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 could be

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 illustrated from

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.839
 any number

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 of gospel

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 encounters

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 that the

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 narrative of

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 Acts

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 supplies.

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 I mean,

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 I wish

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 we had

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 a whole

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 month

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 to do

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 this.

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 But,

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 perhaps

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 Acts

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:12.960
 17

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 serves

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 superlatively

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.359
 to show

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 how Paul

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 adapts his

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 gospel message

00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.599
 to his

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 audiences.

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 So,

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.359
 Acts 17.

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 You probably

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 know it

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 pretty well.

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 You can

00:18:22.639 --> 00:18:23.000
 open it

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.559
 if you'd

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:23.799
 like.

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.079
 Now,

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.720
 Paul would

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.019
 be the

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 first to

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 insist

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 that there

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 is only

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 one

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 gospel.

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 You

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.779
 recall his

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 vehement

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.879
 assertion to

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 the Galatians

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 when astounded

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 that they

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.640
 had so

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.099
 quickly

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.819
 defected

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 to,

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:38.759
 quote,

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 a different

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 gospel,

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 not that

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 there is

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.279
 another

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 one.

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.680
 Galatians

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 1,

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 6,

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 and 7.

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 Now,

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.700
 notice,

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 contained

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.440
 in that

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.859
 statement

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.299
 is the

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:48.920
 insistence

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.019
 that anything

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 different

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.279
 from the

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.579
 one and

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.299
 only gospel

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:53.119
 is no

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.720
 gospel

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.519
 at all.

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:55.880
 Okay,

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 so there's

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.859
 just one

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.259
 gospel.

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 Let that

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.319
 be our

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.859
 bedrock

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.880
 as we

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.319
 build our

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.900
 understanding

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:02.059
 of contextualization.

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.779
 There is

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.400
 but one

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.240
 gospel,

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.380
 and yet,

00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:07.140
 the one

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.500
 and only

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:09.280
 gospel can

00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:10.200
 be articulated

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.340
 in different

00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:12.200
 ways,

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 and indeed

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.900
 may well

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:16.019
 need to be

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.000
 articulated in

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.620
 different ways

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.740
 if it is to

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.500
 gain a hearing

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.880
 across diverse

00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.460
 audiences.

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 So Acts

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:23.940
 17,

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.560
 the chapter,

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.600
 opens with

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.019
 the apostle

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 declaring the

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.900
 gospel to

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.660
 a Jewish

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 or Jewish

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 adjacent,

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 maybe some

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.600
 God-fearers,

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.560
 Gentile God-fearers,

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 Jewish-adjacent

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.280
 audience.

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:35.140
 in the

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:36.280
 setting of

00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:36.900
 a synagogue.

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 So how

00:19:38.780 --> 00:19:39.340
 does his

00:19:39.340 --> 00:19:39.740
 gospel

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.420
 presentation

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:41.660
 unfold there

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.640
 in that

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.140
 context?

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:43.840
 Well,

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.700
 Luke recounts,

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:46.120
 he reasoned

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.500
 with them

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.180
 from the

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.620
 scriptures,

00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.100
 from the

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.300
 Jewish

00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:48.720
 scriptures,

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 explaining

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.600
 and proving

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.540
 that it

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:52.420
 was necessary

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:52.840
 for the

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.480
 Christ to

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.740
 suffer,

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.360
 the Messiah

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.960
 to suffer,

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:55.660
 and to

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.060
 rise from

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 the dead,

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 and saying,

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 this Jesus,

00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:58.560
 whom I

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.080
 proclaim to

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 you,

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 is the

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.460
 Messiah,

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 is the

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.700
 Christ.

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:03.740
 verses

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.140
 one and

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.360
 two.

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 In the

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.460
 synagogue

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.940
 setting,

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.460
 the identity

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.740
 of the

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.380
 Messiah was

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.759
 a burning

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.400
 question.

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 And if

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.160
 you wanted

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.440
 to make

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.799
 your case

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.519
 credible and

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.220
 compelling in

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.700
 a synagogue,

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.640
 you would

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.480
 have to base

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.380
 it on the

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:16.980
 acknowledged

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.640
 authority,

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.759
 the scriptures,

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.779
 the Jewish

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.200
 scriptures.

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 And Paul had

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.539
 become quite

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.340
 skilled in

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:23.920
 this approach,

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:25.039
 and it proved

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.940
 persuasive to

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.299
 many,

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.100
 as Luke

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.639
 tells us.

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.339
 But,

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.779
 when he

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.599
 travels on

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.419
 to Athens,

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.500
 he finds

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.240
 himself in

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.819
 a very

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.279
 different

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.719
 setting.

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 Not a

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.039
 Jewish

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.399
 synagogue,

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:37.919
 but a

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.179
 pagan

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.619
 temple.

00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:40.740
 And as

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.839
 well-versed

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.259
 as Paul

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.980
 surely was

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.259
 in his

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.579
 synagogue

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.279
 evangelism,

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.899
 he couldn't

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.319
 just show

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.639
 up and

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.179
 then press

00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:46.699
 play.

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.579
 Men of

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:47.959
 Athens,

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.019
 let us

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.419
 take up

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:49.819
 the burning

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.519
 question of

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.000
 the identity

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.299
 of the

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.679
 Messiah.

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.399
 As you

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:52.899
 well know,

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.679
 Psalm 110

00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:54.379
 states,

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:55.379
 no.

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.600
 No,

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.560
 this would

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.180
 have been

00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:00.180
 utter gibberish

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.700
 to the

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.320
 Athenians.

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.020
 The Greek

00:21:03.020 --> 00:21:03.540
 word for

00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:04.840
 Messiah meant

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:06.080
 simply smeared

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.440
 one.

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.580
 And what is

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.200
 this writing

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.000
 he is referring

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.400
 to?

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:11.960
 No,

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.760
 his audience

00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:13.220
 is coming

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.720
 from such

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.200
 a different

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.360
 framework that

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:15.760
 when he

00:21:15.760 --> 00:21:16.960
 speaks of

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.460
 Jesus and

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.420
 the resurrection,

00:21:20.280 --> 00:21:21.280
 they think

00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:22.060
 he's speaking

00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:23.200
 about two

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.060
 deities.

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 Because in

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.300
 their world,

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.180
 usually deities

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.740
 would show

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.520
 up in

00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:28.120
 twos.

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 The major

00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:29.860
 deity in

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:31.000
 his consort.

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.620
 Jesus and

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.740
 Anastasia,

00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.860
 resurrection.

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.560
 Just thought

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:35.880
 it was the

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.160
 name of

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.260
 his

00:21:36.260 --> 00:21:36.640
 concert.

00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:37.520
 Chrysostom

00:21:37.520 --> 00:21:37.920
 makes this

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.680
 observation in

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.160
 his writings.

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.280
 And the

00:21:40.280 --> 00:21:40.600
 clue is

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:40.800
 given,

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.740
 he seems

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.180
 to be a

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.700
 preacher of

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.220
 foreign

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.400
 deities,

00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:45.380
 plural,

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.140
 in verse

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.540
 18.

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.700
 That's how

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.780
 garbled,

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.500
 they're a

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.920
 completely

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.240
 different

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.700
 framework.

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:52.480
 Now,

00:21:52.540 --> 00:21:52.820
 Paul,

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.720
 if he hopes

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.980
 to be

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.680
 comprehended

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.319
 or even

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.740
 given a

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.180
 hearing,

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.799
 he has

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.539
 to adapt

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.960
 to his

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.519
 audience

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.259
 and

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.779
 recontextualize

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.400
 his gospel

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.079
 presentation.

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.400
 He has

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.039
 to connect

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.100
 with something

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:08.299
 that they

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.079
 care about,

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.660
 something native

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.039
 to their

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.519
 interests,

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.839
 something expressed

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.699
 in their

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.559
 vernacular.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.839
 And this

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.740
 is precisely

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.179
 what he

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.559
 does.

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.299
 The cultural

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.039
 portal he

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.259
 finds for

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.839
 the gospel

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.699
 is the

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.819
 aspiration in

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.319
 Athenian

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.039
 culture of

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.519
 having a

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.279
 comprehensive

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.579
 catalog of

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.939
 all the

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.319
 deities.

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.399
 You didn't

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.779
 want to run

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.279
 any risk of

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.859
 leaving anybody

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.379
 out because

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.699
 they might

00:22:31.699 --> 00:22:32.379
 zap you

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.039
 with ill

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.480
 fortune.

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.039
 So they

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.339
 have to have

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.639
 a complete

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:35.959
 catalog.

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:38.140
 Now,

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.100
 picking,

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.500
 I mean,

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.279
 it's remarkable

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.840
 how deft

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:44.480
 a contextualization

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.079
 he performs.

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:46.779
 I mean,

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.840
 this aspiration

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:49.079
 that he latches

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.400
 onto,

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.039
 this aspiration

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.140
 engages

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.519
 with what

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.740
 was culturally

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.960
 pervasive.

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.759
 It reflected

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.740
 no eccentric

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.400
 pocket of

00:22:59.400 --> 00:22:59.720
 interest.

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.059
 Rather,

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.059
 as he says,

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.779
 as Luke

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.259
 tells us,

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.079
 the city

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.559
 was full

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.539
 of idols.

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.360
 So he's

00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:06.819
 connecting with

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.480
 something really

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.980
 pervasive.

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.980
 Neither was

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.340
 it for the

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.900
 Athenians a

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.240
 matter of

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.740
 tepid

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.360
 indifference.

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.079
 As Paul

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.360
 observed,

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.700
 they were

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:15.160
 very religious,

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.900
 verse 22.

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.539
 Further,

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.340
 it was a

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.819
 matter around

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.200
 which they

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.140
 had acknowledged

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:21.160
 and unresolved

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.880
 questions.

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.340
 As the

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.059
 inscription read,

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.620
 to the

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.680
 unknown God.

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.880
 They had

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.420
 real questions

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.000
 about this.

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.819
 That's a

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.100
 good way

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.579
 to connect.

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.340
 And he

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.000
 connected with

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.960
 deep streams

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:35.279
 for it

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.980
 contained

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.379
 their

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.379
 objects

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.240
 of worship.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.559
 Anytime we

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.039
 can figure

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.420
 out what

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.980
 the culture

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.859
 worships,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.639
 we are

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.099
 deeply

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.680
 connecting.

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.379
 So this

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.079
 weaves a

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.200
 rich fabric

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.299
 of cultural

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.639
 recontextualization

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.799
 to embed

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.359
 the gospel

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.240
 in matters.

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.960
 So when we

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.399
 try to do

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.779
 this,

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.220
 we want

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.460
 to try

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.899
 to embed

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.480
 the gospel

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.240
 in matters

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.039
 that are

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.480
 to our

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.339
 hearers,

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:04.339
 pervasive,

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.559
 prominent,

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.200
 passion-laden,

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.940
 puzzling,

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.960
 and prized.

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.660
 Those are the

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.220
 things that we

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.700
 want to connect

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.900
 with.

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.799
 And if we

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.480
 fail to

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.220
 recontextualize

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.700
 the gospel,

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.319
 connecting it

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.779
 to matters

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.440
 that matter

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.859
 to our

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.240
 hearers,

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.660
 we will

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.099
 simply,

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.039
 and fatally,

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.779
 reinforce a

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.099
 sense,

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.859
 perhaps even

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.480
 a suspicion

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.819
 or a

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.139
 prejudice

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.720
 on their

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.039
 part,

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.379
 that our

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.680
 message is

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.440
 utterly

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.460
 irrelevant to

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.720
 them.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.039
 Well,

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.420
 there's so

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.899
 much more

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.660
 contextualizing

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.319
 skill and

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.799
 wisdom to

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.319
 be culled

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.839
 from Paul's

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.379
 practice in

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.720
 Athens.

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.059
 You know,

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.359
 you just

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.539
 go,

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.039
 there's so

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.220
 much.

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.000
 For instance,

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.839
 he makes

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:46.000
 his case

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.079
 citing their

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.299
 poets and

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.839
 their

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.519
 philosophers,

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.839
 all kinds

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:50.940
 of,

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.539
 but we

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.180
 must turn

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.779
 to consider

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.639
 to the

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.240
 principle

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.300
 behind the

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.820
 practice.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.560
 The principle

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.120
 behind the

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.520
 practice.

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.160
 His

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.900
 principle

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:03.500
 involves

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.340
 motive,

00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.500
 aim,

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.560
 and means.

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.160
 Motive,

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.340
 aim,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.759
 and means.

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.180
 All

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.160
 unfolded

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.520
 in 1 Corinthians

00:25:10.520 --> 00:25:11.160
 9.

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.380
 1 Corinthians

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.759
 9.

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.440
 Paul's

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.140
 general

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.780
 governing

00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.520
 principle

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:17.120
 at the

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.680
 fountainhead

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:17.960
 of his

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.480
 practice

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.480
 is stated

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.920
 in verse

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.520
 23.

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.240
 I do

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.320
 all for

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.700
 the sake

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:23.940
 of the

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.340
 gospel.

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.759
 There's

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:25.919
 the

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.299
 motive.

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.559
 That

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.759
 could

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.000
 well

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.359
 serve

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.919
 as the

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.579
 apostle's

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.079
 motto

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.099
 inscribed

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.500
 on his

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.859
 missionary

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.379
 travel

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.740
 trunk.

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.220
 I do

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.000
 all for

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.339
 the sake

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.579
 of the

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.939
 gospel.

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.679
 And

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.759
 for the

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:39.939
 sake

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.240
 of the

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.679
 gospel,

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.419
 he has

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:41.779
 made

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.599
 himself,

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.259
 he says,

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.319
 the servant

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.099
 of all.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.740
 Verse

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.240
 19.

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.439
 And

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:48.759
 this

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.799
 universal

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.639
 servanthood

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:52.039
 is in the

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.659
 service of

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.699
 his aim.

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.299
 verse 19.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.240
 To win

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.319
 more to

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.919
 Christ.

00:25:59.459 --> 00:25:59.839
 To win

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.179
 more to

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:00.599
 Christ.

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.959
 And having

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:02.720
 identified his

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.639
 aim to win as

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.079
 many as

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.599
 possible to

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.879
 Christ,

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.759
 how does he

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.480
 hope to

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.559
 serve them

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.519
 in order to

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.099
 win them?

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.539
 What means

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.919
 does he

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.419
 deploy?

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.699
 Verse 20.

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.199
 The next

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.579
 verse.

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.539
 To the

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.459
 Jews, I

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:16.539
 became as

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.079
 a Jew

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.799
 to win

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.339
 Jews.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.579
 To those

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.319
 outside the

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.619
 law,

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.759
 Gentiles,

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.819
 as one

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.359
 outside the

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.579
 law,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.039
 like a

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.460
 Gentile,

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.960
 that I

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.420
 might win

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.779
 more of

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.079
 them.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.279
 To the

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.619
 weak,

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.160
 I became

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.579
 weak,

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.180
 that I

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.640
 might win

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.259
 the weak.

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.119
 That is,

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.819
 Paul serves

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.420
 them by

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.079
 becoming

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.180
 like

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.819
 those he

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.379
 seeks to

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.640
 win.

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.539
 That's how

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.920
 he serves

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.119
 them.

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.400
 He adapts

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.980
 himself to

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.339
 them by

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.859
 showing

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.220
 sensitivity

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.259
 and

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.160
 versatility.

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.140
 Sensitivity

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.079
 and versatility.

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.279
 Sensitivity.

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.019
 What might

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.700
 seem

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.500
 unnecessarily

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.720
 alien and

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.539
 off-putting

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.180
 to those I

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.860
 seek to

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.180
 win?

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.720
 When I'm

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.140
 with the

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.420
 Jews, I

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.059
 don't order

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.500
 the pork

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.880
 chop.

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.839
 I keep

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.299
 kosher.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.039
 That's

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.579
 sensitivity.

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.140
 When I'm

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.440
 with the

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.240
 Gentiles and

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.839
 they offer

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.440
 me a pork

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.160
 chop, I

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.759
 receive it

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.420
 with thanks.

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:17.740
 If the

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.300
 pork chop

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.660
 has been

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.259
 offered to

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.360
 an idol and

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.860
 I happen to

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.660
 be with one

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.200
 who is of

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.100
 tender conscience,

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:24.220
 I turn it

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.880
 down so as

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.519
 not to be a

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.360
 stumbling block.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.140
 And

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.800
 Corinthians

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:29.279
 expounds on

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.539
 this.

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.660
 Paul wants

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.360
 to be aware

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.440
 of any

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.200
 and all

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.660
 obstacles that

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.860
 could be a

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.140
 barrier to

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.019
 their hearing

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.200
 and embracing

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.700
 the message

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.300
 of Christ.

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:43.000
 He doesn't

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.779
 want to weigh

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.440
 the gospel

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.100
 down,

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.879
 with a

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.740
 host of

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.480
 cultural

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.179
 trappings.

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.199
 He doesn't

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.619
 want it to

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:52.019
 appear or

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.000
 be felt to

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.879
 be more

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:55.439
 alien than

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:55.919
 it must

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:56.240
 be.

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:58.199
 And not

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.740
 only is he

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.339
 sensitive,

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.399
 aware, he's

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.919
 also versatile,

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.599
 adaptable.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.779
 And not

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:08.019
 only in his

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.199
 person as

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.939
 messenger,

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.240
 standing with

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.819
 his hearers in

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.859
 solidarity, in

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.480
 alignment with

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.599
 kosher or

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.299
 non-kosher,

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.120
 Hebrew or

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.500
 Greek,

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.440
 the same

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.880
 way that

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.819
 Hudson Taylor,

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.160
 you know,

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.980
 pigtails and

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.900
 platform shoes

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.640
 in China,

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.480
 just going to

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.519
 blend in in

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.000
 everything that

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.440
 I can.

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.819
 Not only in

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.279
 his person,

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:29.339
 but even in

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.200
 the message

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.940
 itself, not

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.299
 just the

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.799
 messenger, but

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.339
 the message

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.880
 itself,

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.180
 adapting it

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.079
 to the need

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.380
 of his

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.360
 hearers so

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.799
 that it will

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.839
 connect and

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.839
 not confuse,

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.460
 as we saw

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.819
 demonstrated in

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.720
 Athens so

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.299
 marvelously.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.620
 Paul sits

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:47.160
 loose to the

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.400
 cultural trappings

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.920
 as they are

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:52.059
 not fundamental,

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.240
 merely functional

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.840
 for him.

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.120
 Not fundamental,

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.519
 merely functional.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.620
 He can present

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.519
 Jesus as the

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.680
 expected Messiah

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.759
 in the synagogue

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.640
 or as the

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.900
 unknown God

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.340
 at the

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.759
 Necropolis.

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.779
 Also,

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.759
 is there not

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.339
 something strange

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.879
 about the

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.319
 phrase,

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.419
 to the Jews,

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.919
 I became

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.959
 a Jew?

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.599
 Wait a minute,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.159
 Paul.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.079
 What do you

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.899
 mean became a

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.000
 Jew?

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.139
 You are a Jew

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.259
 of the tribe

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.779
 of Benjamin,

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.459
 a Hebrew of

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:27.899
 Hebrews.

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.599
 Yes,

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.439
 but that's

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.639
 not fundamental

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.519
 to me.

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.919
 I can

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:36.319
 emphasize or

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.519
 de-emphasize

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.960
 that,

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.679
 like a

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.839
 cosmopolitan

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.960
 can his

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.500
 boyhood

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.000
 accent.

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.960
 Sometimes it's

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.639
 useful in my

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:45.939
 setting,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.919
 sometimes it's

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.299
 not.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.099
 What I am

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.359
 most fundamentally

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.099
 is new

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:54.240
 creation.

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.419
 2 Corinthians

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.960
 5,

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.879
 17.

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.639
 That is

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.279
 my identity.

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.579
 The Jew

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.299
 or Gentile

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.099
 bit is

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.939
 largely

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.819
 my

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.000
 adaptability

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.160
 for the

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.539
 sake of

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.200
 the gospel.

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.819
 But of

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.039
 course,

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.960
 just because

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.559
 these cultural

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.359
 accessories are

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.339
 not fundamental

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:15.220
 doesn't mean

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.559
 that they're

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.839
 to be

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.599
 despised.

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.400
 Paul does

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.299
 not relegate

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.400
 to worthless

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.519
 cultural

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.079
 matters.

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.200
 He simply

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.160
 relativizes

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.440
 them to

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.319
 their missional

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.539
 usefulness.

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.160
 He asks,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.860
 what value

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.600
 do they

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.700
 have as

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.120
 to my

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:34.340
 aim for

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.720
 winning

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.259
 more to

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.740
 Christ?

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.120
 So,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.580
 for example,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.940
 though he

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.740
 refused to

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.580
 circumcise

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.480
 Titus,

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.680
 in Galatians

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:42.980
 2,

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.400
 3,

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:45.019
 in order

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.940
 to clarify

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.700
 the gospel,

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.500
 he thought

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.060
 it useful

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.960
 to circumcise

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.580
 Timothy

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.800
 to open

00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:52.400
 doors for

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.920
 the gospel,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.800
 Acts 16,

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.160
 1.

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:56.300
 He states

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.800
 his principle

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.500
 tersely in

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.140
 verse 22

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.980
 of 1 Corinthians

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.360
 9,

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.380
 I have

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.920
 become

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.320
 all things

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:03.560
 to all

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:04.640
 that by

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.779
 all means

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.400
 I might

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.000
 save some.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.100
 All things,

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.420
 Paul?

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:12.200
 That sounds

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.700
 a rather

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.380
 boundless

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.220
 adaptability.

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.000
 Well,

00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:16.420
 we notice

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.980
 that he

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.480
 feels free

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.820
 to set

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.440
 aside the

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.840
 Jewish

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.380
 law,

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.920
 but he

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.460
 clarifies

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.240
 that is,

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.940
 it is

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.960
 not the

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.440
 case

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.059
 that

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.640
 nothing

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.240
 governs

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.500
 me.

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.440
 I am

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.940
 not

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.420
 outside

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.660
 the

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:29.819
 law

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:29.960
 of

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.600
 God,

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.460
 but I'm

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.819
 under

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.079
 the

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.319
 law

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.519
 of

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.960
 Christ,

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.640
 verse 21.

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.460
 So,

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.180
 what bounds

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.579
 this?

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.299
 What bounds

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.480
 this

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.059
 adaptability?

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.840
 We,

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.279
 as

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.980
 sensitive

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.420
 and

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.100
 adaptive

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.920
 missionaries,

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.980
 are

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.860
 under the

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.259
 standards

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.640
 of our

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:46.980
 Savior.

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.860
 Paul

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.440
 does what

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.940
 he does

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.900
 and how

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.480
 he does

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.720
 it

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.340
 according

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.680
 to the

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.079
 pattern

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.640
 of

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.120
 Christ

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.560
 and

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:54.840
 his

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.340
 gospel.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.259
 He

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.580
 will

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.140
 not,

00:31:58.520 --> 00:31:58.680
 nor

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.900
 can

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.180
 we,

00:31:59.380 --> 00:31:59.800
 for the

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.000
 sake

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.120
 of

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.259
 the

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.700
 gospel,

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.700
 abandon

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.320
 the

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.680
 gospel

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.080
 pattern

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.220
 of

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.860
 constraints.

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.460
 Can't

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.580
 do

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.020
 that.

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:08.040
 Like

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.680
 Christ's

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:08.980
 own

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.780
 incarnational

00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:10.440
 identification

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.280
 with us,

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.940
 it is

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.600
 in all

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.240
 things

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.080
 except

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.700
 our

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.560
 sinfulness.

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.660
 Can't

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.960
 adapt

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.120
 to

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.400
 that.

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:18.880
 And

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.280
 so,

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.600
 in

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.960
 seeking

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.340
 to win

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.500
 the

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.960
 lost,

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.440
 Paul

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.840
 can

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.299
 say,

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:22.860
 to the

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.360
 Jew I

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.819
 became

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.200
 as a

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.559
 Jew,

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.220
 to those

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.740
 without the

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.980
 law,

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.519
 as without

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.860
 the law,

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.180
 to the

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.440
 weak,

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:28.920
 weak,

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.279
 but he

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.700
 cannot

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.539
 say,

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.620
 to the

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.140
 drunk I

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.660
 became a

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.160
 drunkard,

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:34.980
 to the

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.759
 philanderer I

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.299
 became a

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.019
 philanderer,

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.819
 to the

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.579
 idolater I

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.079
 became an

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.600
 idolater.

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.420
 Do you see

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.840
 the difference

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.079
 here?

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.279
 Critical that

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.759
 we get

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.059
 that.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.299
 In our

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.319
 zeal to

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.600
 identify fully

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.579
 with those

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.119
 we seek

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.519
 to win

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.740
 to the

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.099
 gospel,

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.000
 we may

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.559
 not

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.319
 betray

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.679
 the

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.099
 gospel

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.799
 itself.

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.259
 So,

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.639
 when Paul

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.039
 declares,

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:57.719
 I have

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.539
 become all

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.139
 things to

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.599
 all people

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.919
 that by

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.879
 any means

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.319
 I might

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.879
 save some,

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.919
 it's clear

00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:03.279
 that he

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.259
 means by

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.839
 all permissible

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.599
 means,

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.919
 any gospel

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:10.079
 and cross

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:11.319
 conforming

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.179
 means.

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.240
 Is that

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.359
 clear?

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.199
 Pretty

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.599
 important.

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:15.919
 Okay,

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.339
 good,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.500
 good,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.679
 good,

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:16.839
 good.

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.159
 Well,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.740
 to further

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.699
 refine our

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.459
 grasp and

00:33:22.459 --> 00:33:24.119
 application of

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.559
 Paul's

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.319
 contextualizing

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.740
 principle,

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.359
 let's

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.119
 consider one

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.279
 final passage

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:30.799
 which shows

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.019
 how its

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:34.019
 course is

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.240
 cross-pressured

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:37.539
 and sails

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.259
 between a

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.719
 fateful

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:40.159
 scylla and

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.799
 a fatal

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.159
 charybdis.

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.699
 So,

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.079
 let us

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.240
 finally observe

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.939
 three,

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.299
 the vital

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.320
 balance

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:50.200
 in contextualization.

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.840
 The vital

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.580
 balance in

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.400
 contextualization.

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.620
 1 Corinthians

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.320
 1.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.779
 You might

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.059
 want to

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.500
 turn there.

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.299
 1 Corinthians

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.660
 1.

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.220
 It's

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.960
 Paul's

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.240
 master

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.980
 class

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:05.340
 in the

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.080
 subtleties

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.720
 and sand

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.200
 traps

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.440
 of gospel

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.519
 contextualization.

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:12.219
 We find

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.940
 Paul

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.440
 having done

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.980
 the thoughtful

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.420
 cultural

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.360
 analysis

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.440
 required

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.380
 of a

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.759
 skilled

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.400
 missionary.

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.340
 He has

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.059
 observed

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.500
 and reflected

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.039
 upon the

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.659
 culture of

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.059
 those he

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.539
 seeks to

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.880
 reach,

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.920
 and he's

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.539
 identified

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.559
 some of

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.719
 their

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.440
 principal

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.099
 values

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.239
 and governing

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.159
 concerns.

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.759
 and these

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:38.119
 will direct

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.599
 and inflect

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.859
 how he

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.500
 will preach

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.139
 the gospel

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.639
 to them.

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.839
 Here

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.940
 is the

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.779
 differentiating

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.799
 sensitivity

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:50.239
 and adaptability

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.759
 that we've

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.299
 observed.

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.379
 So,

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.199
 verse 22,

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.299
 notice,

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.980
 he's got his

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.159
 cultural analysis.

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.440
 Jews

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.440
 demand

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.699
 signs

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:04.019
 and Greeks

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.899
 seek

00:35:04.899 --> 00:35:05.599
 wisdom.

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.659
 Two

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.319
 different

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.960
 things,

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.379
 different

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:09.919
 culture.

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.379
 Sophia,

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.859
 wisdom,

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.599
 and

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.339
 semion,

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.980
 sign.

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.639
 Sophia

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.960
 and

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.599
 semion.

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.159
 The

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.719
 Greeks

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.980
 seek

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.199
 an

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.259
 explanation

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:21.000
 of the

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.399
 world.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.319
 The

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.019
 Jews,

00:35:23.399 --> 00:35:23.779
 God's

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.779
 intervention

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.699
 in it.

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.199
 The

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.719
 Greeks,

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.139
 they

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.480
 seek

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.799
 the

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.439
 world's

00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:31.079
 pervading

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.840
 principle

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.259
 of

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:32.880
 rational

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.500
 meaning.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.900
 The

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.539
 Jews,

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.340
 a

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.799
 mighty

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.759
 demonstration

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.639
 of

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.400
 God's

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.819
 saving

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:40.420
 power

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.759
 in the

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.079
 world.

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.579
 Get

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.880
 these

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.380
 nasty

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.860
 Romans

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.119
 off

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.279
 our

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.659
 back.

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.019
 Now,

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.500
 the

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.000
 apostle

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.699
 knows,

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.739
 and I'm

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.219
 sure you

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.480
 know,

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.059
 we know,

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.880
 that

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.539
 Jesus

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.199
 is the

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.699
 answer

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.000
 to

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.639
 both.

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.420
 He

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.759
 is

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:56.980
 the

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.340
 logos,

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.759
 the

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.000
 very

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.340
 word

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.659
 that the

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.940
 Greeks

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.519
 use for

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.679
 the

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.179
 primal

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.320
 and

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.699
 pervading

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.340
 rational

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.780
 principle

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.019
 of the

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.440
 cosmos.

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.539
 I mean,

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.059
 think John

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.300
 1.

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.579
 This is

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.900
 why so

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.079
 many

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.679
 Stoics

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.079
 came to

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.460
 Christ.

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.619
 Oh,

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.800
 my

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.219
 goodness,

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.500
 the

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.039
 logos is

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.619
 personal.

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:10.840
 We

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.079
 never

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.539
 thought

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.719
 of

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.099
 that.

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.139
 Jesus

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.000
 is also,

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.059
 as Isaiah

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.400
 wrote,

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.539
 the arm

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.059
 of the

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.519
 Lord.

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.539
 That

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.960
 is,

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.440
 the

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.199
 acting,

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.280
 saving

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.239
 power of

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.659
 God

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.300
 come into

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.460
 the

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.860
 world.

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.380
 Jesus

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:28.099
 is both.

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.460
 Oh,

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.760
 wow,

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.300
 there we

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.619
 go.

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.639
 One

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.039
 might have

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.460
 thought,

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.900
 after that

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.699
 analysis and

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.099
 seeing,

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.420
 oh,

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.860
 I see

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.119
 where I

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.460
 can go,

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.159
 you would

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.539
 have thought

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.159
 the apostle

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:40.059
 would dive

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.900
 right in

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.920
 and show

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.720
 Christ as

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.619
 the fulfillment

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.619
 of both

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.099
 of these

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.960
 longings,

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.920
 wherever

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.380
 they were

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.240
 contextualized.

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.679
 Clear

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.280
 skies,

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.980
 all clear

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.920
 sailing ahead.

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.800
 And yet,

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.699
 if you have the

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.300
 text in front

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.659
 of you,

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.460
 you'll

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.099
 notice the

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:58.119
 next word

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.799
 in our

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.639
 text is

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.719
 but,

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.239
 but,

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.019
 all right?

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.579
 And the

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.879
 sentence

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.259
 reads,

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.019
 but,

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.099
 we

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.619
 preach

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.319
 Christ

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:08.379
 crucified,

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.559
 a

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.379
 stumbling

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:11.179
 block to

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.839
 the Jews

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.779
 and a

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.539
 folly to

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.199
 the Greeks.

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.019
 Verse 23,

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.399
 if you're

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:15.679
 following.

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.199
 Whoa,

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:17.480
 whoa,

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.759
 whoa.

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.619
 Is the

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.059
 apostle

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.659
 backing

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.819
 away from

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.539
 his cultural

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.759
 contextualization

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.440
 practice?

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:25.559
 might appear

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.179
 that way.

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.139
 No,

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.539
 I do

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.240
 not believe

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.639
 so.

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.599
 Notice

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.519
 that the

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.840
 very next

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.920
 word is

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.159
 a further

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.159
 but.

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.099
 Okay?

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.320
 Verse 24,

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.920
 and the

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.300
 sentence

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.780
 reads,

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:41.679
 but,

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.220
 to those

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.679
 who are

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.420
 called,

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.700
 both Jews

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.539
 and Greeks,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:48.200
 Christ,

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.679
 the power

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.380
 of God,

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.340
 and the

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.019
 wisdom of

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.400
 God.

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.099
 Aha!

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.220
 Here again

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.940
 are those

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.780
 resonant

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.599
 categories

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.760
 of this

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.360
 cultural

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.260
 analysis.

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.240
 Do you

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.720
 see that?

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.980
 What's

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.400
 going on?

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.860
 The answer

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.400
 is,

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.420
 Christ

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.760
 is

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.700
 the

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.380
 fulfillment

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.559
 of these

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.079
 cultural

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:14.000
 longings,

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.179
 but,

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.240
 these

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.860
 cultural

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.760
 aspirations

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.619
 have been

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.519
 warped by

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.200
 sin

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.679
 and twisted

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.759
 into

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:25.159
 flesh-serving

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.779
 idols.

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.279
 And Paul

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.619
 will

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.960
 lovingly

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.599
 serve

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.319
 his fellows.

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.000
 Remember,

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.679
 I make

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.099
 myself

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.559
 servant

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.319
 to all.

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.919
 He will

00:38:35.919 --> 00:38:36.480
 lovingly

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.219
 serve his

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.639
 fellows

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:39.239
 by confronting

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:40.359
 their idols.

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:43.179
 And confront

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.679
 them

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:45.659
 he must.

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.619
 They must

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.719
 be confronted

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.719
 for we

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.480
 are in

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.879
 our

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.299
 idols'

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.939
 grip.

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.399
 The reason

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:54.459
 why the

00:38:54.459 --> 00:38:55.399
 idols have

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:56.500
 such power

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.480
 in culture

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.480
 is that they

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.399
 are functioning

00:38:59.399 --> 00:39:00.759
 as cultural

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.719
 saviors.

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:01.779
 gods.

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.579
 But that's

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.939
 a role

00:39:04.939 --> 00:39:05.299
 that they

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.739
 can't

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.199
 fulfill.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.699
 They are

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:07.919
 so

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:08.659
 puissive,

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.939
 so powerful

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:11.059
 because these

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.559
 cultural

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.559
 godlets,

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.659
 it's a

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.039
 great word

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.579
 of Nietzsche's,

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:14.939
 these little

00:39:14.939 --> 00:39:15.379
 gods,

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.919
 these seeming

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.119
 gods,

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.919
 these godlets,

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:18.000
 they are so

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.559
 powerful because

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.639
 they're knock-offs

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:21.359
 of God's

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:22.359
 originals.

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.539
 They are,

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.519
 to use a

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.759
 metaphor,

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.179
 they are

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.419
 cracked and

00:39:27.419 --> 00:39:28.000
 broken

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.159
 casts

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:30.839
 off the

00:39:30.839 --> 00:39:31.799
 true divine

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.739
 power and

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.559
 divine wisdom

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.539
 for which our

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.259
 hearts long.

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:38.019
 These broken

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.420
 casts need

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.159
 to be

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:42.139
 subverted

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:44.099
 for they

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.859
 shall never

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.759
 save us

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:47.319
 and must

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:48.399
 be seen

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:49.059
 within their

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:50.379
 culture to

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:51.440
 be impotent

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.500
 imitations

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:54.619
 and usurpers.

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.980
 These godlets

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:58.079
 will fail us

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.539
 and they will

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.899
 fail the

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.280
 culture.

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.539
 Sought as

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.840
 saviors,

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:03.139
 they become

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.420
 our

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.360
 undertakers.

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.980
 To

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.079
 subvert

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.880
 these

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.320
 cultural

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.900
 idols,

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.260
 Paul

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.960
 preaches

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.579
 Christ

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.360
 crucified.

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.680
 Now,

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.340
 how

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.380
 does the

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:18.000
 cross

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.039
 subvert

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.400
 our

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.900
 cultural

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.480
 idols?

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.300
 It

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.840
 shows

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.900
 that these

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.519
 godlets

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.320
 can never

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.240
 deliver on

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:26.420
 their

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.920
 promises.

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:28.380
 God

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.500
 these godlets

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.639
 for all

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.420
 their worldly

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.400
 popularity and

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.380
 acclaim can

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.360
 never bring

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:35.159
 us to God,

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.579
 can never

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.760
 reconcile us

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.139
 to Him

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:39.320
 who alone

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:40.740
 is the

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.340
 source,

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.519
 the substance,

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.700
 and the

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.019
 summit

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.840
 of all of

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.099
 our confused,

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.940
 chaotic,

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:49.300
 and convulsive

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:50.180
 longings.

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:55.619
 God has to

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.619
 come down for

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.359
 us and

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:58.119
 our salvation.

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.139
 The

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:00.719
 logos come

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.039
 in the

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.539
 flesh to

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.079
 die in our

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.519
 place.

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.519
 grace.

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.900
 So the

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.539
 cross

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.960
 engenders

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:08.239
 both

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:09.519
 humility

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:11.400
 and hope.

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.780
 The grace

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.099
 of the

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.500
 cross

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.239
 means that

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:16.099
 no flesh

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.800
 may boast,

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.820
 for Christ

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.960
 has paid

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.559
 the debt.

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.679
 And the

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.400
 cross means

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.239
 that all

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.699
 humbled

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.159
 flesh

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:26.139
 may hope,

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:28.139
 for Christ

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:29.199
 has paid

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:29.800
 the debt.

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.440
 here,

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.440
 in the

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.880
 cross,

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:35.060
 is divine

00:41:35.060 --> 00:41:36.160
 power and

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:37.140
 divine wisdom

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:37.960
 displayed.

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.120
 Our

00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.539
 heart

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.380
 longings

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:42.220
 that we

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.460
 have

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:43.200
 desperately

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:44.720
 and mistakenly

00:41:44.720 --> 00:41:45.660
 enthroned in

00:41:45.660 --> 00:41:46.300
 our culture,

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:48.480
 these usurpers,

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.480
 these longings

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.519
 springing up

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.080
 from the

00:41:52.080 --> 00:41:52.980
 ineradicable

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.660
 image of

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:54.300
 God within,

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:56.120
 are actually

00:41:56.120 --> 00:41:57.019
 fulfilled

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.080
 when brought

00:41:58.080 --> 00:41:58.940
 to Christ,

00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:00.300
 who became

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.059
 to us

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:02.200
 wisdom,

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:03.420
 became to

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:04.079
 us power,

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.119
 and righteousness,

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.320
 and sanctification,

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.760
 etc.

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.940
 And so it

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.519
 is that

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.559
 our longings

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.340
 have,

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.400
 by the

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.920
 gospel,

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.000
 been

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:18.900
 subversively

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:20.039
 fulfilled.

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.039
 Subversively

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.559
 fulfilled.

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.679
 It's a

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.659
 useful phrase

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.039
 to kind of

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:26.119
 capture this

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:27.440
 idea that

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.920
 Paul has,

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.780
 this method

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.760
 of contextualization.

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.260
 Subversive

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:32.800
 fulfillment.

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.599
 The gospel

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:39.000
 contextualized

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.099
 is both

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.659
 the

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.659
 confrontation

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:43.599
 and

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.599
 contradiction,

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:47.280
 but finally

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.980
 in Christ,

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:48.860
 the

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.880
 consummation

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:51.180
 of our

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.880
 human hopes.

00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:53.039
 Do you see

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.900
 those together?

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.680
 it's so

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.099
 important.

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:57.980
 Subversive

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.440
 fulfillment.

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.920
 For you

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.599
 historians here,

00:42:59.680 --> 00:43:00.099
 the first

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.680
 use of

00:43:00.680 --> 00:43:01.300
 this term,

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.220
 I'm pretty

00:43:02.220 --> 00:43:02.639
 sure,

00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:05.480
 is of

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.180
 subversive

00:43:06.180 --> 00:43:06.820
 fulfillment,

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.519
 is by the

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.900
 Dutch

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:09.039
 missiologist

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.619
 Hendrik

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:10.180
 Kramer

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:11.019
 in a

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.860
 1939

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.559
 essay

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:12.920
 called

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.760
 Continuity

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.360
 and

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:15.059
 Discontinuity

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.340
 at a

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.700
 massive

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.360
 missions

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.000
 conference

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.940
 where he

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.380
 writes,

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:22.039
 only an

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.500
 attentive

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.139
 study of

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.619
 the Bible

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.219
 can open

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:24.719
 the eyes

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.019
 to the

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.880
 fact that

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.500
 Christ,

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:27.139
 the power

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.619
 of God

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.920
 and the

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.340
 wisdom of

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.579
 God,

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.579
 stands in

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.360
 contradiction

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:31.219
 to the

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:32.019
 power and

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.780
 wisdom of

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.239
 man.

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.780
 Perhaps,

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.760
 in some

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.360
 respects,

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.719
 it is

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.460
 proper to

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.199
 speak of

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:40.639
 contradictive

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:42.119
 or subversive

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.920
 fulfillment.

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.740
 So,

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.340
 that's where

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:45.840
 it came

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:46.180
 from.

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.900
 That's just

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.440
 historical

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.860
 interest.

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:50.200
 So,

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:52.099
 contextualization

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:53.380
 requires

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.400
 both

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.940
 connection

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.200
 and

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:58.559
 confrontation.

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.559
 It must

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.079
 be

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.159
 appealing

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:05.680
 by cultural

00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:06.280
 resonance,

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.840
 must be

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.720
 appealing to

00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:08.260
 our hearers

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.840
 by cultural

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.320
 resonance,

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.579
 but also

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:12.099
 appeal to

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.639
 gospel

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.579
 repentance.

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.179
 So,

00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:15.779
 appealing to

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:16.239
 resonance,

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.920
 but appeal

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.019
 to repentance.

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:21.099
 When Jesus

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:22.079
 and his

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:23.519
 gospel does

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:24.239
 not bring

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:25.420
 any sign

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.319
 of contradiction,

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.199
 Luke 2,

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:27.699
 34,

00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:28.440
 Jesus comes

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:29.099
 as a sign

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.739
 of contradiction,

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:30.920
 the culture

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.379
 is simply

00:44:31.379 --> 00:44:32.059
 affirmed and

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:32.500
 the gospel

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:33.420
 is domesticated

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.539
 or absorbed

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:35.400
 into the

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:35.719
 cultural

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:36.500
 idolatries.

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.879
 If the

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:38.679
 new patch

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:39.139
 does not

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:39.559
 tear the

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:40.219
 old cloth,

00:44:40.779 --> 00:44:41.659
 nor the

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.219
 new wine

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:42.759
 burst the

00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.419
 old wineskins,

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.980
 it's not

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.500
 Christ and

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.059
 his gospel.

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:48.019
 The effect

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:49.559
 of the

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.980
 attempted

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.539
 fusion

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.959
 is simply

00:44:51.959 --> 00:44:53.139
 syncretism.

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:55.119
 You see

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.439
 that?

00:44:56.439 --> 00:44:57.439
 Just syncretism.

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.659
 Alternatively,

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.339
 if the

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:00.959
 gospel is

00:45:00.959 --> 00:45:02.159
 not translated

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:03.139
 into the

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.480
 cultural

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:04.099
 vernacular

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:05.000
 and the

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.639
 idioms

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.539
 of its

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.339
 aspirations

00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:08.139
 and anguishes,

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:08.960
 it will

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.639
 make no

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:10.239
 connection.

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:11.779
 So,

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.440
 like a

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:12.920
 spacecraft

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.900
 attempting

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.859
 re-entry

00:45:14.859 --> 00:45:16.879
 at an

00:45:16.879 --> 00:45:17.579
 impossible

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.319
 trajectory,

00:45:18.859 --> 00:45:19.119
 it will

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:20.099
 glance off

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.639
 the cultural

00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:21.420
 atmosphere and

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:21.839
 make no

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:22.579
 penetration at

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:22.819
 all.

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.879
 The gospel

00:45:24.879 --> 00:45:25.279
 will be

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.920
 dismissed

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.799
 as

00:45:26.799 --> 00:45:27.900
 incomprehensible

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.679
 and

00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:29.400
 inapplicable.

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:30.839
 So,

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.299
 the model

00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:32.879
 the apostle

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:33.480
 gives

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:35.800
 to us

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:36.340
 for our

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:36.680
 missionary

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:37.300
 gospel

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:38.260
 contextualization

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:39.860
 is vitally

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.579
 balanced.

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.000
 He steers

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.740
 a subtle,

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.700
 discerning,

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.840
 principled

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.380
 course

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.420
 between

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:48.079
 dual

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.920
 dangers.

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:50.000
 The

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.380
 scylla

00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:50.660
 of

00:45:50.660 --> 00:45:51.460
 syncretism

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.820
 that fails

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.460
 to confront

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:54.039
 the culture

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:55.099
 and the

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:55.619
 charybdis

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:57.019
 of irrelevancy

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:58.160
 that fails

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:58.780
 to connect

00:45:58.780 --> 00:45:59.420
 to culture.

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:01.099
 So,

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:01.660
 may God

00:46:01.660 --> 00:46:02.160
 make us

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:03.139
 wise and

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.899
 skilled by

00:46:03.899 --> 00:46:04.719
 his spirit

00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:06.039
 in our

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:07.039
 contextualization,

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.199
 carefully

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:09.359
 and joyfully

00:46:09.359 --> 00:46:10.460
 imitating

00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:11.139
 the apostle

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:12.440
 and the

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.759
 one

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:14.019
 whom he

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.619
 imitates,

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.119
 our very

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.460
 Lord.

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.199
 So,

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:17.859
 let me,

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.299
 yeah,

00:46:18.359 --> 00:46:18.859
 I'll end

00:46:18.859 --> 00:46:19.859
 there and

00:46:19.859 --> 00:46:20.440
 open it up

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.859
 for any

00:46:20.859 --> 00:46:21.799
 questions.

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:22.119
 I think

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.399
 we've got

00:46:22.399 --> 00:46:22.699
 a good

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:23.519
 ten minutes.

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.000
 Yes,

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.460
 Richard,

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.460
 I jump

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.739
 in.

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.779
 So,

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:27.739
 to begin

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:28.039
 at the

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.359
 end,

00:46:28.759 --> 00:46:29.839
 since the

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:30.239
 beginning

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:30.779
 is harder

00:46:30.779 --> 00:46:31.139
 for me

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:31.619
 to remember,

00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:33.339
 no doubt.

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:35.039
 Which do

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.480
 you think

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.099
 in church

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.559
 history

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:37.440
 has been

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.159
 the greater

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:39.219
 pitfall?

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:41.119
 The irrelevance

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:42.000
 or the

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.579
 syncretism?

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:43.199
 Right.

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.000
 Oh,

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:44.460
 my.

00:46:45.019 --> 00:46:45.179
 Well,

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:45.519
 you know,

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:46.480
 Luther says,

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:46.880
 we as

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:47.319
 Christians,

00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:48.279
 it's like

00:46:48.279 --> 00:46:48.619
 we're a

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:49.099
 drunk

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.699
 trying to

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.000
 stay on

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.440
 a horse.

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.619
 We seem

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:51.940
 to just

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.599
 fall off

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:52.960
 on one

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:53.279
 side and

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:53.400
 think,

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.519
 oh,

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:53.900
 that was

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:54.179
 terrible,

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:54.500
 I'm going

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.779
 to lean

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:55.119
 the other

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.440
 way,

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:55.839
 and then

00:46:55.839 --> 00:46:56.000
 we,

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:56.639
 he says,

00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:57.039
 we fall

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.440
 off on the

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:57.940
 other side,

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.159
 you know,

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.559
 all the time.

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:59.539
 So interestingly,

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:00.079
 if you go

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.659
 through church

00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:01.000
 history,

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:01.900
 that would be

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.559
 another marvelous

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.420
 lesson to just go

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.099
 through and look at

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:05.179
 all the ways in

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:08.299
 which it's as if

00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:09.699
 people fall off on

00:47:09.699 --> 00:47:10.519
 one side and

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.699
 think,

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.420
 whoa,

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.960
 we really burned

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:13.779
 our hand on that,

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:14.239
 didn't we?

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:14.899
 and then we go

00:47:14.899 --> 00:47:15.459
 over here and

00:47:15.459 --> 00:47:16.099
 then you go

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:16.659
 from the frying

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:17.439
 pan to the fire,

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:18.219
 frying pan to the

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:18.479
 fire.

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.899
 So we just seem

00:47:19.899 --> 00:47:21.019
 to careen back

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.459
 and forth.

00:47:21.819 --> 00:47:22.500
 Hopefully it's

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:22.839
 somewhat,

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:24.039
 it's somewhat

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.979
 instructional and

00:47:24.979 --> 00:47:26.539
 corrective as we

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:26.959
 do,

00:47:27.379 --> 00:47:29.199
 but it's really

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:30.739
 hard to judge.

00:47:30.879 --> 00:47:31.559
 It's not as one

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.599
 as if a big

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:32.959
 danger,

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:33.639
 and this is,

00:47:33.939 --> 00:47:34.079
 you know,

00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:34.599
 I use the

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:35.179
 metaphor of

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:36.199
 Scylla and

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.839
 Charybdis,

00:47:37.259 --> 00:47:38.259
 and this in

00:47:38.259 --> 00:47:39.039
 Greek mythology,

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:39.799
 you know,

00:47:39.899 --> 00:47:40.119
 oh,

00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:40.919
 you know,

00:47:40.979 --> 00:47:41.459
 do we,

00:47:41.459 --> 00:47:42.159
 do we,

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:42.939
 do we pass

00:47:42.939 --> 00:47:43.159
 the,

00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:43.519
 you know,

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:44.340
 the rocks that

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.980
 will sink our

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.679
 ship for sure,

00:47:45.780 --> 00:47:46.559
 or do we go

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.380
 with a maelstrom

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:48.559
 and sink down,

00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:48.880
 you know,

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:49.780
 and be sucked

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.179
 down?

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.139
 They're both

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:52.559
 equally fatal.

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:53.780
 Whoa,

00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:55.679
 let's make sure

00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:56.940
 we go right

00:47:56.940 --> 00:47:57.519
 down the middle

00:47:57.519 --> 00:47:58.079
 on this.

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:58.759
 So,

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:01.820
 it,

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.159
 it,

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:05.300
 so,

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.480
 syncretism

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:09.420
 happens all

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:10.420
 the time in

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:10.800
 the history of

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:11.159
 the church.

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.579
 You can come

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:13.559
 to the Goths

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:14.599
 and you can

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.119
 tell them,

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.480
 look,

00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:17.460
 so Boniface,

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.900
 I'll take the,

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:18.420
 this,

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.059
 this used to be

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.900
 St. Boniface.

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:20.799
 We have this

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.480
 wonderful stained

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:22.259
 glass window of

00:48:22.259 --> 00:48:22.679
 Boniface,

00:48:22.759 --> 00:48:23.440
 the first missionary

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:25.079
 to the Goths,

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:25.340
 okay,

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:26.039
 and,

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:27.619
 and he comes in

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.119
 and he claims,

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:30.299
 Jesus is more

00:48:30.299 --> 00:48:31.739
 powerful than Thor

00:48:31.739 --> 00:48:32.299
 and Woden

00:48:32.299 --> 00:48:33.159
 and your gods.

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.139
 So he goes to

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:35.079
 the sacred oak

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.920
 of Donner,

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:36.860
 thunder and lightning,

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.819
 that represented

00:48:37.819 --> 00:48:38.159
 their god,

00:48:38.199 --> 00:48:38.679
 the shrine to

00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:39.159
 their god.

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:40.579
 And he goes up

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:41.039
 to one of these

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:41.980
 burly Goths

00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:42.960
 and he wrenches

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:44.279
 the axe from his

00:48:44.279 --> 00:48:44.839
 hand and says,

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:45.699
 watch this.

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:47.039
 And he raises it

00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:47.319
 up,

00:48:47.899 --> 00:48:48.759
 about to strike

00:48:48.759 --> 00:48:49.399
 the sacred oak

00:48:49.399 --> 00:48:49.859
 of Donner.

00:48:50.379 --> 00:48:51.460
 All these Goths

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:52.319
 step way back,

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:53.940
 sure that their

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.739
 god is going to

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:55.799
 respond by lightning,

00:48:56.399 --> 00:48:57.079
 his modus.

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.940
 And Boniface

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.980
 hacks that thing

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:01.480
 and hacks and

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:02.039
 hacks and there's

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:02.579
 no lightning.

00:49:03.399 --> 00:49:04.059
 And these Goths

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.299
 think,

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.059
 whoa,

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:07.359
 maybe Jesus is

00:49:07.359 --> 00:49:08.099
 more powerful

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:08.619
 than Woden.

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.940
 Wouldn't this

00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:10.779
 be incredibly

00:49:10.779 --> 00:49:12.219
 useful to have

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:13.519
 on our side?

00:49:13.860 --> 00:49:14.659
 Then we could

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:15.759
 really clobber

00:49:15.759 --> 00:49:16.339
 our enemies

00:49:16.339 --> 00:49:17.259
 with this kind

00:49:17.259 --> 00:49:17.779
 of power.

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:19.179
 Now,

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:21.219
 if you

00:49:21.219 --> 00:49:21.880
 communicate

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.739
 the gospel

00:49:22.739 --> 00:49:24.440
 like that,

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:26.119
 you just

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:27.039
 connect

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:28.079
 the gospel

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.980
 to

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.980
 this

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:31.159
 fleshly

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:32.239
 distorted

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:33.339
 aspiration

00:49:33.339 --> 00:49:34.019
 that they have

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.579
 for power.

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:35.000
 Is power

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:35.519
 a good thing?

00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:35.920
 Yes,

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:37.420
 but as sin

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:38.400
 distorts it

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:39.659
 and twists it,

00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:40.400
 if we just

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:41.300
 connect the gospel

00:49:41.300 --> 00:49:42.860
 up to that,

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:45.240
 we're never

00:49:45.240 --> 00:49:46.280
 really challenging

00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:49.960
 that fleshly

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.840
 distortion.

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.460
 And the gospel

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.340
 is just being

00:49:53.340 --> 00:49:54.420
 assimilated

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:55.440
 and it becomes

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:56.260
 syncretism.

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:57.300
 See,

00:49:57.360 --> 00:49:57.880
 because every

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.340
 culture

00:49:58.340 --> 00:49:59.700
 is an

00:49:59.700 --> 00:50:00.500
 amalgam

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:02.639
 of the image

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:03.300
 of God

00:50:03.300 --> 00:50:04.280
 and the

00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:05.000
 twistedness

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:05.519
 of sin.

00:50:06.160 --> 00:50:06.320
 So,

00:50:06.440 --> 00:50:07.100
 every sort

00:50:07.100 --> 00:50:07.480
 of cultural

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:07.800
 feature

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:08.280
 is going

00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:08.780
 to have

00:50:08.780 --> 00:50:09.220
 some sort

00:50:09.220 --> 00:50:10.519
 of positive

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:11.420
 imago

00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:11.660
 Dei

00:50:11.660 --> 00:50:12.420
 or image

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:13.260
 of God

00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:14.080
 aspect

00:50:14.080 --> 00:50:15.019
 to it.

00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:16.180
 These heart

00:50:16.180 --> 00:50:17.019
 longings.

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:18.360
 Augustine says,

00:50:18.620 --> 00:50:18.860
 the heart

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.440
 is restless

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:20.060
 until we find

00:50:20.060 --> 00:50:20.480
 a rest in him.

00:50:20.680 --> 00:50:21.039
 The heart

00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:21.740
 stretches

00:50:21.740 --> 00:50:22.740
 for justice,

00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:24.480
 for beauty,

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:26.280
 for intimacy,

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.080
 all these good

00:50:27.080 --> 00:50:27.440
 things.

00:50:27.640 --> 00:50:28.080
 But there are

00:50:28.080 --> 00:50:28.360
 all these

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:29.480
 distortions

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:30.280
 of it

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:30.960
 through sin.

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:31.539
 So,

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:31.840
 what we

00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:32.079
 need to

00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:32.340
 do is

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:32.599
 we want

00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:33.260
 to connect

00:50:33.260 --> 00:50:34.059
 the gospel

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:35.019
 to some

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:35.300
 of those

00:50:35.300 --> 00:50:36.460
 imago Dei,

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:37.659
 these image

00:50:37.659 --> 00:50:38.280
 of God

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:39.340
 stirrings

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:41.079
 and not

00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:41.840
 connect

00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:42.699
 the gospel

00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:44.420
 to the

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:44.900
 fleshly

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:45.720
 distortions.

00:50:47.699 --> 00:50:48.480
 That's a

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:49.260
 historical one,

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:50.139
 but more

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:51.079
 recently,

00:50:51.960 --> 00:50:53.539
 there are

00:50:53.539 --> 00:50:54.500
 those

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:56.240
 who would

00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:56.699
 say,

00:50:57.139 --> 00:50:57.480
 look,

00:50:57.960 --> 00:50:58.380
 what do

00:50:58.380 --> 00:50:58.820
 you really

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:59.260
 want?

00:50:59.480 --> 00:50:59.860
 Ah,

00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:00.920
 I want

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:01.260
 a big

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:02.000
 bank account,

00:51:02.720 --> 00:51:03.039
 I want

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.579
 two cars

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:03.880
 in my

00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:04.280
 garage,

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:04.680
 the white

00:51:04.680 --> 00:51:05.360
 picket fence,

00:51:05.500 --> 00:51:06.099
 cute dog,

00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:07.579
 the American

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:08.120
 life,

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:08.980
 and lots

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.579
 of golf.

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:10.640
 Well,

00:51:10.680 --> 00:51:10.940
 you know

00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:11.360
 what?

00:51:12.420 --> 00:51:12.960
 Jesus

00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:13.559
 can do

00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:14.079
 that for

00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:14.420
 you.

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.120
 He can

00:51:16.120 --> 00:51:16.539
 give you

00:51:16.539 --> 00:51:17.280
 your best

00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.360
 life now.

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:19.579
 Well,

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.539
 that's

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.660
 true,

00:51:21.900 --> 00:51:22.440
 he can

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.980
 give you

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.440
 the best

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:24.059
 life now,

00:51:24.260 --> 00:51:24.640
 but if

00:51:24.640 --> 00:51:25.120
 you don't

00:51:25.120 --> 00:51:25.500
 clarify

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:26.900
 and challenge

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:27.880
 the worldly

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:28.680
 distorted view

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:29.120
 of their best

00:51:29.120 --> 00:51:29.720
 life now,

00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:30.300
 and just

00:51:30.300 --> 00:51:32.500
 connect up,

00:51:32.579 --> 00:51:32.660
 say,

00:51:32.780 --> 00:51:33.039
 Christ

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.240
 can give

00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:33.380
 you the

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:33.680
 best life

00:51:33.680 --> 00:51:33.800
 now,

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:34.019
 what's

00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:34.300
 your best

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:34.660
 life now?

00:51:34.720 --> 00:51:34.960
 It's the

00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:35.340
 very thing

00:51:35.340 --> 00:51:35.480
 you're

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:35.800
 thinking.

00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:36.880
 Two cars

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.079
 in the

00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:37.460
 garage,

00:51:37.620 --> 00:51:37.820
 the bank

00:51:37.820 --> 00:51:38.039
 out,

00:51:38.140 --> 00:51:38.620
 the fun

00:51:38.620 --> 00:51:38.860
 dog.

00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:41.440
 That never

00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:42.099
 contradicts

00:51:42.099 --> 00:51:42.800
 or challenges

00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:43.140
 and it

00:51:43.140 --> 00:51:43.460
 becomes

00:51:43.460 --> 00:51:44.360
 syncretism.

00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:46.240
 So,

00:51:46.720 --> 00:51:47.980
 those are

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.720
 some examples

00:51:48.720 --> 00:51:49.800
 of how

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:50.240
 we have

00:51:50.240 --> 00:51:51.700
 failed in

00:51:51.700 --> 00:51:52.300
 making it

00:51:52.300 --> 00:51:53.420
 just

00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:54.579
 syncretism.

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:55.340
 We have

00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:55.579
 not

00:51:55.579 --> 00:51:56.220
 challenged.

00:51:56.219 --> 00:51:57.919
 but we

00:51:57.919 --> 00:51:58.159
 can

00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:58.839
 equally,

00:51:59.959 --> 00:52:00.219
 okay,

00:52:00.739 --> 00:52:01.859
 I can,

00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:03.059
 and here's

00:52:03.059 --> 00:52:03.519
 the beautiful

00:52:03.519 --> 00:52:03.879
 thing,

00:52:03.959 --> 00:52:04.179
 Richard,

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:05.879
 God can

00:52:05.879 --> 00:52:06.959
 use even

00:52:06.959 --> 00:52:07.259
 our

00:52:07.259 --> 00:52:07.819
 paltry,

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:08.779
 pathetic,

00:52:09.239 --> 00:52:09.859
 misguided,

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.759
 misdirected,

00:52:11.139 --> 00:52:12.259
 mismotivated

00:52:12.259 --> 00:52:12.859
 attempts.

00:52:13.439 --> 00:52:13.879
 Paul says

00:52:13.879 --> 00:52:14.439
 as much in

00:52:14.439 --> 00:52:14.719
 Philippians,

00:52:14.819 --> 00:52:14.959
 he says,

00:52:15.259 --> 00:52:15.419
 hey,

00:52:15.559 --> 00:52:16.119
 some people

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:16.539
 are preaching

00:52:16.539 --> 00:52:17.419
 Christ just

00:52:17.419 --> 00:52:18.139
 to bring me

00:52:18.139 --> 00:52:18.839
 more agony

00:52:18.839 --> 00:52:19.219
 here.

00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:19.919
 You know

00:52:19.919 --> 00:52:20.219
 what?

00:52:20.339 --> 00:52:20.679
 As long

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:21.179
 as Christ

00:52:21.179 --> 00:52:21.759
 is preached,

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.779
 I rejoice

00:52:22.779 --> 00:52:23.839
 and God

00:52:23.839 --> 00:52:24.239
 can use

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:24.719
 these things.

00:52:25.279 --> 00:52:25.679
 But,

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:26.819
 have you

00:52:26.819 --> 00:52:27.500
 ever seen

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:27.959
 gospel

00:52:27.959 --> 00:52:28.699
 presentations

00:52:28.699 --> 00:52:29.739
 where

00:52:29.739 --> 00:52:31.799
 it just

00:52:31.799 --> 00:52:32.359
 doesn't seem

00:52:32.359 --> 00:52:32.939
 to connect?

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:34.500
 Maybe you

00:52:34.500 --> 00:52:34.939
 take a

00:52:34.939 --> 00:52:35.539
 bullhorn

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:36.539
 and you

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:37.579
 go on

00:52:37.579 --> 00:52:37.919
 Beinecke

00:52:37.919 --> 00:52:38.419
 Plaza

00:52:38.419 --> 00:52:39.639
 and say,

00:52:39.759 --> 00:52:40.539
 repent for

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:40.899
 the end

00:52:40.899 --> 00:52:41.439
 is near

00:52:41.439 --> 00:52:42.939
 or have

00:52:42.939 --> 00:52:43.239
 you been

00:52:43.239 --> 00:52:43.739
 washed in

00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:44.079
 the blood

00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:44.319
 of the

00:52:44.319 --> 00:52:44.799
 Nazarene

00:52:44.799 --> 00:52:45.419
 carpenter

00:52:45.419 --> 00:52:46.699
 or whatever

00:52:46.699 --> 00:52:48.000
 it might

00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:48.319
 be.

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.019
 One time

00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:50.539
 I saw

00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:51.380
 on a

00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:51.699
 New York

00:52:51.699 --> 00:52:52.059
 subway,

00:52:52.259 --> 00:52:52.780
 I kid you

00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:52.960
 not,

00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:53.659
 someone,

00:52:53.840 --> 00:52:54.119
 I guess

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.940
 an evangelist

00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:55.380
 or someone

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:55.820
 who wanted

00:52:55.820 --> 00:52:56.079
 to do,

00:52:56.400 --> 00:52:57.019
 had wrote

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:58.340
 Jesus saves

00:52:58.340 --> 00:53:00.960
 and somebody

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:01.659
 had scrawled

00:53:01.659 --> 00:53:02.039
 under it,

00:53:02.219 --> 00:53:02.460
 what?

00:53:02.840 --> 00:53:03.340
 Stamps?

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:04.039
 Coins?

00:53:06.099 --> 00:53:06.659
 So,

00:53:06.980 --> 00:53:08.840
 it doesn't

00:53:08.840 --> 00:53:09.599
 really

00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:10.840
 connect

00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:11.179
 to the

00:53:11.179 --> 00:53:11.519
 questions

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:11.739
 they're

00:53:11.739 --> 00:53:12.159
 asking.

00:53:12.739 --> 00:53:12.960
 And in

00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:13.420
 order,

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:15.340
 you look

00:53:15.340 --> 00:53:16.579
 at gospel

00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:17.199
 tracts,

00:53:17.340 --> 00:53:17.739
 the history

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:18.199
 of gospel

00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:18.739
 tracts,

00:53:19.019 --> 00:53:19.599
 the good

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.019
 ones

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:21.059
 actually

00:53:21.059 --> 00:53:21.559
 present

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.000
 Jesus

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:23.000
 as an

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:23.579
 answer

00:53:23.579 --> 00:53:24.599
 to a

00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:25.099
 question

00:53:25.099 --> 00:53:25.759
 that the

00:53:25.759 --> 00:53:26.019
 people

00:53:26.019 --> 00:53:26.559
 are asking.

00:53:28.940 --> 00:53:28.940


00:53:28.940 --> 00:53:30.039
 sometimes

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:31.840
 have you

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:35.880
 there are

00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:36.500
 some tracts

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:36.960
 that say

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:38.079
 something like

00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:39.559
 how might

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:40.119
 you be

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.920
 just

00:53:40.920 --> 00:53:41.780
 before the

00:53:41.780 --> 00:53:42.199
 bar of

00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:42.579
 God?

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:45.159
 Well,

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:47.039
 maybe people

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.519
 aren't asking

00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:48.079
 that question.

00:53:48.079 --> 00:53:48.539
 they don't

00:53:48.539 --> 00:53:49.119
 really have

00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:49.519
 any sort

00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:49.960
 of sense

00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:51.000
 of God

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:51.599
 as judge

00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:52.119
 or as

00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:52.500
 bar.

00:53:52.659 --> 00:53:52.779
 No,

00:53:52.799 --> 00:53:53.079
 that's a

00:53:53.079 --> 00:53:53.420
 place that

00:53:53.420 --> 00:53:53.679
 I kind

00:53:53.679 --> 00:53:53.920
 of like

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:54.139
 to get

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:54.259
 out.

00:53:54.619 --> 00:53:54.920
 It just

00:53:54.920 --> 00:53:55.980
 doesn't

00:53:55.980 --> 00:53:56.480
 communicate.

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.179
 So,

00:53:57.259 --> 00:53:57.559
 we always

00:53:57.559 --> 00:53:58.039
 need to

00:53:58.039 --> 00:53:58.739
 translate

00:53:58.739 --> 00:53:59.360
 into some

00:53:59.360 --> 00:53:59.699
 sort of

00:53:59.699 --> 00:54:00.239
 question

00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:00.980
 that is

00:54:00.980 --> 00:54:01.480
 being

00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:02.360
 asked.

00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:03.360
 Christ.

00:54:03.360 --> 00:54:04.900
 Yeah,

00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:05.280
 yeah.

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:05.900
 Just real

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:06.120
 quick.

00:54:06.280 --> 00:54:06.500
 Sure.

00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:07.120
 When you're

00:54:07.120 --> 00:54:07.539
 talking about

00:54:07.539 --> 00:54:07.700
 the

00:54:07.700 --> 00:54:08.180
 messianic

00:54:08.180 --> 00:54:08.519
 woes,

00:54:08.680 --> 00:54:09.960
 Christ's

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:10.360
 sufferings

00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:11.180
 were propitious.

00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:12.000
 Well,

00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:13.019
 propitiatory.

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:14.280
 Yes,

00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:14.780
 and ours

00:54:14.780 --> 00:54:15.039
 were

00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:15.980
 propagatory.

00:54:17.500 --> 00:54:18.120
 His was

00:54:18.120 --> 00:54:18.820
 atoning,

00:54:20.120 --> 00:54:20.660
 ours

00:54:20.660 --> 00:54:21.320
 merely

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:22.099
 announcing.

00:54:24.360 --> 00:54:25.200
 Yes?

00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:45.199
 Yes.

00:54:46.659 --> 00:54:47.319
 Right,

00:54:47.399 --> 00:54:47.559
 right.

00:54:47.859 --> 00:54:48.059
 So,

00:54:48.219 --> 00:54:48.899
 one of the

00:54:48.899 --> 00:54:49.179
 things that

00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:49.480
 I think is

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:50.000
 so important

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:50.439
 is,

00:54:50.819 --> 00:54:51.339
 it is

00:54:51.339 --> 00:54:53.299
 not a,

00:54:54.299 --> 00:54:54.619
 the

00:54:54.619 --> 00:54:55.179
 gospel,

00:54:55.199 --> 00:54:56.579
 can make,

00:54:56.659 --> 00:54:57.399
 can make

00:54:57.399 --> 00:54:58.219
 its home

00:54:58.219 --> 00:54:58.879
 in any

00:54:58.879 --> 00:54:59.399
 and every

00:54:59.399 --> 00:54:59.859
 culture.

00:55:00.939 --> 00:55:01.480
 So,

00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:02.019
 it's not

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:02.339
 a matter

00:55:02.339 --> 00:55:02.619
 of saying,

00:55:02.819 --> 00:55:02.939
 hey,

00:55:02.980 --> 00:55:03.199
 you need

00:55:03.199 --> 00:55:03.619
 to change

00:55:03.619 --> 00:55:04.000
 all these

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:04.379
 cultural

00:55:04.379 --> 00:55:04.919
 trappings

00:55:04.919 --> 00:55:06.679
 and become

00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:07.679
 like this

00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:07.879
 other

00:55:07.879 --> 00:55:08.219
 culture.

00:55:08.419 --> 00:55:08.539
 No,

00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:08.639
 no,

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:08.799
 no.

00:55:08.960 --> 00:55:09.460
 We want

00:55:09.460 --> 00:55:09.939
 to see

00:55:09.939 --> 00:55:10.539
 the gospel

00:55:10.539 --> 00:55:11.339
 in the

00:55:11.339 --> 00:55:11.779
 soil of

00:55:11.779 --> 00:55:11.919
 another

00:55:11.919 --> 00:55:12.279
 culture

00:55:12.279 --> 00:55:13.059
 and see

00:55:13.059 --> 00:55:13.419
 how it

00:55:13.419 --> 00:55:13.980
 grows out.

00:55:14.359 --> 00:55:14.519
 Now,

00:55:14.619 --> 00:55:15.079
 even though

00:55:15.079 --> 00:55:15.659
 the gospel

00:55:15.659 --> 00:55:16.239
 and its

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:16.619
 glorious

00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:17.359
 can make

00:55:17.359 --> 00:55:17.879
 its home

00:55:17.879 --> 00:55:18.739
 in every

00:55:18.739 --> 00:55:19.259
 culture,

00:55:20.299 --> 00:55:20.939
 it is

00:55:20.939 --> 00:55:21.319
 never

00:55:21.319 --> 00:55:22.000
 perfectly

00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:22.599
 at home,

00:55:22.659 --> 00:55:23.379
 at home,

00:55:23.859 --> 00:55:24.519
 in any

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:24.919
 culture.

00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:25.800
 There is

00:55:25.800 --> 00:55:26.220
 always going

00:55:26.220 --> 00:55:26.380
 to be,

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:26.740
 there's an

00:55:26.740 --> 00:55:27.360
 indigenizing

00:55:27.360 --> 00:55:27.760
 principle,

00:55:27.880 --> 00:55:28.180
 but there's

00:55:28.180 --> 00:55:28.599
 always a

00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:29.180
 pilgrimizing

00:55:29.180 --> 00:55:29.579
 principle.

00:55:29.820 --> 00:55:30.639
 It calls

00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:31.800
 us away

00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:32.900
 from some

00:55:32.900 --> 00:55:33.320
 things because

00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:33.840
 we're ultimately

00:55:33.840 --> 00:55:35.300
 citizens of

00:55:35.300 --> 00:55:36.420
 the kingdom

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:36.880
 of God.

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.260
 But,

00:55:38.260 --> 00:55:39.039
 our,

00:55:39.159 --> 00:55:41.099
 our gospel

00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:42.000
 identity will be

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:43.159
 inflected in a

00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:43.700
 glorious,

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:45.159
 beautiful way

00:55:45.159 --> 00:55:46.680
 by our very

00:55:46.680 --> 00:55:47.099
 culture.

00:55:47.099 --> 00:55:47.139
 culture.

00:55:47.779 --> 00:55:48.159
 So,

00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:48.500
 what the

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:49.259
 gospel does

00:55:49.259 --> 00:55:49.759
 is it

00:55:49.759 --> 00:55:50.339
 comes in

00:55:50.339 --> 00:55:50.860
 and it

00:55:50.860 --> 00:55:51.279
 gives the

00:55:51.279 --> 00:55:51.860
 possibility

00:55:51.860 --> 00:55:52.259
 of that

00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:52.839
 culture

00:55:52.839 --> 00:55:54.279
 being a

00:55:54.279 --> 00:55:54.480
 more

00:55:54.480 --> 00:55:55.039
 beautiful,

00:55:55.319 --> 00:55:55.759
 wonderful,

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:57.099
 full expression

00:55:57.099 --> 00:55:57.639
 of all that

00:55:57.639 --> 00:55:58.319
 God had

00:55:58.319 --> 00:55:59.380
 for that

00:55:59.380 --> 00:55:59.860
 particular

00:55:59.860 --> 00:56:00.440
 culture

00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:02.059
 to express

00:56:02.059 --> 00:56:03.400
 the gospel.

00:56:04.259 --> 00:56:04.839
 And it

00:56:04.839 --> 00:56:05.500
 will inflect it

00:56:05.500 --> 00:56:05.980
 in some way.

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:06.960
 This is what

00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:07.519
 Isaiah talks

00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:07.699
 about,

00:56:07.779 --> 00:56:08.239
 the wealth

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:08.539
 of the

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:08.960
 nations

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:10.000
 coming in

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:10.440
 and bringing

00:56:10.440 --> 00:56:11.259
 all,

00:56:11.400 --> 00:56:12.199
 all of their

00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:12.839
 glories of

00:56:12.839 --> 00:56:13.420
 their culture.

00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:14.559
 Yeah,

00:56:14.599 --> 00:56:15.139
 the Midianites

00:56:15.139 --> 00:56:15.599
 bring their

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:16.260
 camels and

00:56:16.260 --> 00:56:17.200
 we might say

00:56:17.200 --> 00:56:17.599
 the Swiss

00:56:17.599 --> 00:56:18.159
 bring their

00:56:18.159 --> 00:56:19.380
 cuckoo clocks

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:19.680
 and,

00:56:19.860 --> 00:56:20.019
 you know,

00:56:20.200 --> 00:56:21.639
 everybody's got

00:56:21.639 --> 00:56:22.000
 their own

00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:23.039
 cultural contribution

00:56:23.039 --> 00:56:23.579
 that's going to

00:56:23.579 --> 00:56:24.539
 reflect certain

00:56:24.539 --> 00:56:25.039
 things.

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:25.740
 So,

00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:26.240
 there's not

00:56:26.240 --> 00:56:26.599
 going to be

00:56:26.599 --> 00:56:27.360
 in any way

00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:28.139
 a monotony.

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:28.619
 It's every

00:56:28.619 --> 00:56:28.960
 tongue,

00:56:29.099 --> 00:56:29.360
 tribe,

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:29.880
 and nation.

00:56:30.180 --> 00:56:30.480
 So,

00:56:30.539 --> 00:56:31.240
 there will be

00:56:31.240 --> 00:56:31.780
 these cultural

00:56:31.780 --> 00:56:32.320
 expressions,

00:56:32.860 --> 00:56:32.940
 but,

00:56:33.059 --> 00:56:34.380
 but every

00:56:34.380 --> 00:56:35.300
 turning away

00:56:35.300 --> 00:56:35.880
 from something

00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:36.420
 in their

00:56:36.420 --> 00:56:37.079
 culture that

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.420
 the gospel

00:56:37.420 --> 00:56:38.099
 calls them to

00:56:38.099 --> 00:56:38.940
 is actually

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.880
 a purification

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:40.639
 of that

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:42.099
 very beauty

00:56:42.099 --> 00:56:42.659
 of that

00:56:42.659 --> 00:56:43.099
 culture.

00:56:43.420 --> 00:56:44.380
 It's taking

00:56:44.380 --> 00:56:44.800
 away the

00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:45.139
 things that

00:56:45.139 --> 00:56:46.000
 are distorting,

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.019
 that are

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:47.940
 disfiguring of

00:56:47.940 --> 00:56:48.480
 that culture.

00:56:49.300 --> 00:56:49.480
 So,

00:56:49.619 --> 00:56:49.720
 no,

00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:49.820
 no,

00:56:49.820 --> 00:56:49.880
 no,

00:56:49.940 --> 00:56:50.599
 we want you

00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:50.940
 to come

00:56:50.940 --> 00:56:51.260
 into the

00:56:51.260 --> 00:56:52.260
 true glorious

00:56:52.260 --> 00:56:53.539
 self that

00:56:53.539 --> 00:56:53.980
 only the

00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:54.960
 gospel and

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:55.820
 your right

00:56:55.820 --> 00:56:56.300
 restored

00:56:56.300 --> 00:56:57.000
 relationship to

00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:57.780
 God can

00:56:57.780 --> 00:56:58.360
 really bring

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:58.760
 out and

00:56:58.760 --> 00:56:59.139
 fuel.

00:56:59.800 --> 00:56:59.980
 So,

00:57:00.059 --> 00:57:00.539
 it's not an

00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:00.700
 utter

00:57:00.700 --> 00:57:01.440
 repudiation,

00:57:02.159 --> 00:57:03.220
 it's a

00:57:03.220 --> 00:57:03.960
 reclamation

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:04.539
 of your

00:57:04.539 --> 00:57:04.900
 culture.

00:57:05.539 --> 00:57:05.659
 So,

00:57:05.700 --> 00:57:06.000
 that would

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:06.380
 be some

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:06.519
 of the

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:06.840
 things that

00:57:06.840 --> 00:57:06.980
 I would

00:57:06.980 --> 00:57:07.280
 emphasize.

00:57:07.780 --> 00:57:08.000
 Yes,

00:57:08.099 --> 00:57:08.340
 yes,

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:08.579
 Susan.

00:57:08.900 --> 00:57:09.300
 Thank you so

00:57:09.300 --> 00:57:09.720
 much for

00:57:09.720 --> 00:57:10.400
 interviewing

00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:11.200
 today.

00:57:11.980 --> 00:57:12.599
 What are

00:57:12.599 --> 00:57:13.519
 some ways

00:57:13.519 --> 00:57:14.519
 in the

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:14.799
 current

00:57:14.799 --> 00:57:15.179
 cultural

00:57:15.179 --> 00:57:15.599
 context

00:57:15.599 --> 00:57:16.019
 that you

00:57:16.019 --> 00:57:16.619
 see the

00:57:16.619 --> 00:57:17.480
 church

00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:18.019
 can bring

00:57:18.019 --> 00:57:18.619
 the gospel

00:57:18.619 --> 00:57:19.360
 and appeal

00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:19.940
 the gospel

00:57:19.940 --> 00:57:20.400
 to it?

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:21.260
 Yeah,

00:57:21.340 --> 00:57:21.440
 well,

00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:21.760
 I think

00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:22.200
 we go

00:57:22.200 --> 00:57:22.420
 and we

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:22.740
 try to

00:57:22.740 --> 00:57:23.579
 figure out

00:57:23.579 --> 00:57:23.960
 what are

00:57:23.960 --> 00:57:24.340
 the questions

00:57:24.340 --> 00:57:24.619
 that they

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:25.000
 have?

00:57:25.380 --> 00:57:25.639
 What are

00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:25.960
 the things

00:57:25.960 --> 00:57:26.639
 that consume

00:57:26.639 --> 00:57:26.920
 them?

00:57:27.680 --> 00:57:27.840
 And,

00:57:27.940 --> 00:57:28.079
 you know,

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:28.559
 maybe it's

00:57:28.559 --> 00:57:29.519
 we want

00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:29.700
 to have

00:57:29.700 --> 00:57:30.119
 freedom.

00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:30.680
 Freedom is

00:57:30.680 --> 00:57:31.079
 such a big

00:57:31.079 --> 00:57:31.320
 thing.

00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:31.639
 I never

00:57:31.639 --> 00:57:32.920
 want to

00:57:32.920 --> 00:57:33.519
 restrict my

00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:33.860
 choices.

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:34.440
 I only want

00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:34.760
 to have as

00:57:34.760 --> 00:57:35.300
 many choices

00:57:35.300 --> 00:57:35.960
 as I can.

00:57:36.180 --> 00:57:36.440
 I don't

00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:36.639
 want to

00:57:36.639 --> 00:57:37.160
 commit myself

00:57:37.160 --> 00:57:37.680
 to anything.

00:57:38.119 --> 00:57:38.420
 And yet,

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:38.880
 at the same

00:57:38.880 --> 00:57:39.420
 time,

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:41.519
 I want to

00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:41.880
 have a sense

00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:42.380
 of community.

00:57:43.059 --> 00:57:43.460
 I have a

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:43.940
 deep longing

00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:44.500
 to belong.

00:57:44.780 --> 00:57:44.900
 So,

00:57:45.019 --> 00:57:45.160
 I want my

00:57:45.160 --> 00:57:45.460
 freedom,

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:45.800
 but I want

00:57:45.800 --> 00:57:46.240
 belonging.

00:57:46.539 --> 00:57:46.680
 Ho,

00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:51.440
 cross-purpose.

00:57:52.000 --> 00:57:52.660
 How does

00:57:52.660 --> 00:57:53.119
 that happen?

00:57:53.340 --> 00:57:53.519
 So,

00:57:53.720 --> 00:57:54.139
 we go in

00:57:54.139 --> 00:57:54.340
 and we

00:57:54.340 --> 00:57:54.920
 take up

00:57:54.920 --> 00:57:55.559
 questions

00:57:55.559 --> 00:57:56.340
 that they

00:57:56.340 --> 00:57:56.840
 naturally

00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:57.480
 have.

00:57:58.119 --> 00:57:58.619
 How's that

00:57:58.619 --> 00:57:59.099
 going for

00:57:59.099 --> 00:57:59.260
 you?

00:57:59.420 --> 00:58:00.500
 Listen to

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:01.460
 where they

00:58:01.460 --> 00:58:01.660
 see,

00:58:01.900 --> 00:58:02.340
 and then we

00:58:02.340 --> 00:58:03.260
 can show

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:03.639
 how the

00:58:03.639 --> 00:58:04.420
 gospel is

00:58:04.420 --> 00:58:05.519
 good news

00:58:05.519 --> 00:58:06.139
 at the

00:58:06.139 --> 00:58:06.579
 very point

00:58:06.579 --> 00:58:06.780
 of their

00:58:06.780 --> 00:58:07.019
 greatest

00:58:07.019 --> 00:58:07.559
 concerns.

00:58:08.099 --> 00:58:08.220
 So,

00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:08.700
 that's why.

00:58:09.119 --> 00:58:09.380
 Oh,

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.039
 I'm realizing

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:10.820
 we probably

00:58:10.820 --> 00:58:11.180
 need to

00:58:11.180 --> 00:58:11.400
 leave.

00:58:12.420 --> 00:58:12.820
 But,

00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:13.260
 thank you,

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:13.579
 team.

00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:15.340
 Next week,

00:58:15.400 --> 00:58:15.740
 this will

00:58:15.740 --> 00:58:16.240
 continue.

00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:16.820
 I think,

00:58:17.380 --> 00:58:17.780
 I didn't do

00:58:17.780 --> 00:58:18.099
 a whole lot

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:18.760
 of applications

00:58:18.760 --> 00:58:19.340
 except at the

00:58:19.340 --> 00:58:19.599
 end.

00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:20.420
 And,

00:58:20.420 --> 00:58:21.039
 we're going

00:58:21.039 --> 00:58:21.460
 to continue

00:58:21.460 --> 00:58:21.920
 for a few

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.659
 more weeks.

00:58:23.819 --> 00:58:24.279
 Matt,

00:58:24.319 --> 00:58:24.920
 Matt will,

00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:25.299
 I believe.

00:58:25.299 --> 00:58:26.299
 Thank you.