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 Chapter 9, and it's the whole of the chapter, and it begins on page 1150.

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 So 1 Corinthians, chapter 9, beginning at verse 1.

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 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?

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 Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?

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 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you.

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 For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.

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 Don't we have the right to food and drink?

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 Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us,

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 as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

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 Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living?

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 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?

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 Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes?

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 Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?

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 Do I say this merely from a human point of view?

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 Doesn't the law say the same thing?

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 For it is written in the law of Moses,

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 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

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 Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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 Surely he says this for us, doesn't he?

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 Yes, this was written for us,

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 because when the ploughman ploughs and the thresher threshes,

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 they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

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 If we have sown spiritual seed among you,

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 is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

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 If others have this right of support from you,

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 shouldn't we have it all the more?

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 But we did not use this right.

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 On the contrary, we put up with anything

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 rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

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 Don't you know that those who work in the temple

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 get their food from the temple,

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 and those who serve at the altar

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 share in what is offered on the altar?

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 In the same way, the Lord has commanded

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 that those who preach the gospel

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 should receive their living from the gospel.

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 But I have not used any of these rights,

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 and I am not writing this in the hope

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 that you will do such things for me.

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 I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast.

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 Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast,

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 for I am compelled to preach.

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 Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.

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 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward.

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 If not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.

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 What then is my reward?

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 Just this, that in preaching the gospel,

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 I may offer it free of charge,

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 and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.

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 Though I am free and belong to no man,

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 I make myself a slave to everyone,

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 to win as many as possible.

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 To the Jews I became like a Jew,

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 to win the Jews.

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 To those under the law,

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 I became like one under the law,

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 though I myself am not under the law,

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 so as to win those under the law.

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 To those not having the law,

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 I became like one not having the law.

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 Though I am not free from God's law,

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 but I am under Christ's law,

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 so as to win those not having the law.

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 To the weak I became weak,

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 to win all the weak.

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 I have become all things to all men,

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 so that by all possible means I might save some.

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 I do all this for the sake of the gospel,

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 that I may share in its blessings.

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 Do you not know that in a race,

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 all the runners run,

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 but only one gets the prize?

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 Run in such a way as to get the prize.

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 Everyone who competes in the games

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 goes into strict training.

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 They do it to get a crown that will not last,

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 but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

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 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly.

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 I do not fight like a man beating the air.

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 No, I beat my body and make it my slave,

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 so that after I have preached to others,

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 I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

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 Thanks very much, Chris.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for its truth.

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 We thank you that it is a truth and a word

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 that brings life,

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 that saves and transforms.

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 And so we pray that as we hear your word,

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 as we look at it together,

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 that you would do that work amongst us

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 and through us.

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 Father, help us that we would be humble before you,

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 that we would know what it is to surrender our rights

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 so that you are Lord

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 over every area of our life.

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 Please help us then, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 We declare the rights of the people of Ireland

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 to the ownership of Ireland

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 and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies

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 to be sovereign and indefeasible.

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 In every generation,

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 the Irish people have asserted their right

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 to national freedom and sovereignty,

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 standing on that fundamental right.

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 The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty,

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 equal rights and equal opportunities

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 to all its citizens,

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 and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness

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 and prosperity of the whole nation

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 and all its parts,

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 cherishing all of the children of the nation equally.

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 Recognize those words?

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 So reads the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

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 We should never forget the privilege it is

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 to live in a nation where human rights

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 are respected and cherished.

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 The right to liberty and security,

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 the right to equality and dignity,

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 to education and health.

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 We live in a culture and a society

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 where everybody knows their rights

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 and rights are precious.

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 But if we are Christians,

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 we are called to forego our rights

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 to serve the gospel.

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 In a society where rights are everything,

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 we are to let go of our rights.

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 If anyone does have rights,

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 it's the Apostle Paul.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Am I not free?

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 Am I not an apostle?

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 Remember, he's saying,

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 I, as an apostle,

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 God has sent me to preach the good news.

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 He goes on,

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 have I not seen our Lord?

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 Remember that on my way to Damascus,

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 the risen Lord Jesus

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 appeared to me and called me

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 and commissioned me

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 to go and preach.

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 Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?

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 Didn't I come to you in Corinth

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 and stay with you

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 for almost two years

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 explaining and teaching

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 and living my life among you

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 so that you could understand

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 who Jesus is?

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 I have been chosen.

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 I have been called.

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 I have been commissioned by God

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 to go and proclaim the good news of Jesus.

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 And because of that,

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 I have rights.

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 That right, of course,

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 was the right of financial support.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 This is my defence to those

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 who sit in judgment on me,

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 those who say I shouldn't have anything.

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 Verse 4.

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 Don't we have the right

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 to food and drink?

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 Don't we have the right

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 to take a believing wife along with us

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 as do the other apostles?

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 Or is it only I and Barnabas

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 who must work for a living?

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 Who serves as a soldier

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 at his own expense?

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 Or who plants a vineyard

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 and can't eat of its grapes?

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 Or who tends a flock

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 and can't drink of its milk?

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 Look.

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 Everyone who works

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 has the right to basic support

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 so that they can eat and drink

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 and have somewhere to sleep.

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 In fact,

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 God commands it.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 For it is written in the law of Moses

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 in the Old Testament,

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 this comes from Deuteronomy,

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 do not muzzle an ox

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 while it is treading out the grain.

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 Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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 No.

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 No.

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 Surely he says this for us,

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 doesn't he?

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 If an ox who is out working

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 has the right,

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 a mere animal,

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 has the right to be looked after,

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 fed and watered,

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 well, don't you think

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 that God's servant,

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 his people,

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 have the right

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 to be looked after?

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 Verse 10.

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 Surely he says this for us,

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 doesn't he?

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 Yes, this was written for us.

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 Verse 12.

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 If others have this right of support from you,

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 shouldn't we have it all the more?

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 So we do have rights.

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 But there is something more important than rights.

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 Look at the rest of verse 12.

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 Look what he says.

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 But we did not use this right.

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 On the contrary,

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 we put up with anything

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 rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

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 You see,

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 if we are Christians,

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 our rights

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 do not come before the gospel.

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 Rather,

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 the gospel

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 always comes before

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 our rights.

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 You see,

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 rights do not build

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 or plant churches.

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 Our rights

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 do not save people.

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 It is only the gospel

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 that will save someone.

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 Yes,

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 we do have rights,

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 as he goes on to tell us again

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 in verse 14.

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 In the same way,

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 the Lord has commanded

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 that those who preach the gospel

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 should receive their living

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 from the gospel.

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 But I have not used

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 any of these rights.

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 The gospel,

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 the good news of Christ,

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 takes priority

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 over our rights.

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 So what will this look like

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 in practice?

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 Well,

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 we're going to look at two big ideas.

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 The first is this.

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 First,

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 we surrender

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 our rights

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 for the gospel.

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 We surrender

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 our rights

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 for the gospel.

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 Go back to the second part

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 of verse 12 again.

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 He says,

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 we did not use

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 this right.

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 On the contrary,

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 we put up with anything.

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 We'd go through anything

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 rather than hinder

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 the gospel of Christ.

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 You see,

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 when Paul arrived

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 in Corinth,

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 he had the right

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 to look for support,

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 but he didn't use

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 that right.

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 Instead,

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 he worked for a living.

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 In Acts 18,

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 which records

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 Paul's visit

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 to Corinth,

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 he tells us

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 that he used

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 his trade

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 as a tent maker

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 to earn a living.

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 So when he arrived,

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 he went about

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 fixing tents

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 and probably

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 other leather items

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 like sandals

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 and boots

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 and all that sort of thing.

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 A little workshop

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 he would have set up.

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 And then on the Sabbath,

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 towards the end

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 of the week,

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 he would go into

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 the synagogue

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 to preach

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 and persuade

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 who Jesus was.

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 Tent making

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 would not get you rich.

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 It was a menial task,

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 exhausting,

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 hard work

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 involving long hours

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 for little pay.

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 But he says,

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 we will put up

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 with anything.

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 We'll go through

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 any kind of life.

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 The reason?

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 To be able to offer

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 the gospel

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 free of charge.

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 Have a look at verse 18.

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 What then is my reward?

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 What do I get

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 from being a tent maker,

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 from putting myself

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 through all this hard work

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 so that I can preach?

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 What's my reward?

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 Just this,

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 that in preaching

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 the gospel,

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 I may offer it

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 free of charge

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 and so do not

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 make use of my rights

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 in preaching it.

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 You see,

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 he does not want

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 finances

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 to be an obstacle

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 to people

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 hearing the good news

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 of Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 he says he will

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 literally pay

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 for the right

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 to preach.

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 He will cover

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 all his expenses

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 so that the gospel

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 comes free.

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 That's why we said

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 when we took up

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 a collection

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 this morning,

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 we say

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 we don't

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 have to give.

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 we don't want

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 people to pay

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 for the gospel.

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 That's why

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 as a church

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 we've taken

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 the decision

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 not to charge

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 for things

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 like the rock

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 or Christianity

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 Explored

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 or Polo

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 or Sunday School

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 or anything else.

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 Why?

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 So that it is

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 free

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 to people.

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 But not only

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 do we want

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 to offer it

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 free of charge,

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 we want

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 to live lives

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 that actually

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 reflect the

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 content

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 of this message.

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 We are to

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 live the gospel,

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 not just speak it,

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 but live it.

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 You see,

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 the gospel,

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 the good news

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 about Jesus

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 is God's

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 free

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 gift

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 of salvation.

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 It's all

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 of grace,

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 which means

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 it doesn't

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 cost us

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 anything.

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 It's all

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 been achieved

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 and done

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 by Jesus.

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 Isn't that

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 what we're

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 thinking about

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 and looking

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 forward to

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 as we come

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 to Christmas?

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 Think about

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 what the gospel

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 is,

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 what that message

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 is,

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 what we've

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 been singing

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 about this

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 morning.

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 Jesus

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 is God

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 who gave

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 up his

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 rights

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:56.340
 and came

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 to serve

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 us,

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 who had

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 everything

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 but did

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 not consider

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 equality

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.560
 with God

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 something to

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 be grasped

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 and held

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 on to,

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 but came

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 down to

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 be a

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 baby

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 born in

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 a manger.

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 The creator

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 of the universe

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 who spoke

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 the world

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 into existence,

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 who owns

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 everything,

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 became a

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 slave

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 for you

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 and for me

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 and who

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 identified

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 with us

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 in such

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 a way

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 that the

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 perfect one

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 who lived

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 perfectly

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 and was

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 without sin

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 came and

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 took my

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 sin and

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 your sin

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 on himself

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 and died

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 in my

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 place

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 and forgave

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 me.

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 Jesus

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 suffered

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 what I

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 deserve

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 so that I

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 may gain

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 new and

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 eternal life.

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 That is the

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 message of

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 Christmas.

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 Christmas.

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 And what

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 does it cost

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 me and

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 what does

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 it cost

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 you?

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 Nothing.

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 What did

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 I contribute

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 to my

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 salvation?

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 Nothing.

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 Jesus has

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 done it all

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.740
 for me.

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 He took

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 the initiative.

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 He intervened

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.539
 into my life.

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 He came

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 down to me.

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 So Paul

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 is not

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.940
 only offering

00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.559
 the gospel

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 free of

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.680
 charge.

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 He wants

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 his life

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.920
 to illustrate

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 this free

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.279
 gospel.

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 His very

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 life reflects

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.339
 that this

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 gospel is

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.140
 free.

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 That it's

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 all been

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 paid for.

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 It's all

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 been done

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 for you.

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.099
 Paul is

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 willing to

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.240
 take up

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.839
 the cost

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.200
 that is

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 involved.

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 He's willing

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 to go

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 through a

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 suffering

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.619
 hard life

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:42.960
 as a

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.500
 tent maker.

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 He will

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 endure what

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 he has

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 to endure

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 so that

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 people can

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 see that

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 the good

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.220
 news of

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:50.180
 Jesus is

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.819
 free.

00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:52.960
 Someone

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 has to

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 pay.

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 So Paul

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.019
 says I

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 will pay

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 with my

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 life.

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 Just like

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 surrendered

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.599
 his rights

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.380
 and came

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.880
 down to

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 you and

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:05.740
 to me,

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.640
 so Paul

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.200
 says I

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.940
 will surrender

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 my rights

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.660
 so that

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 you can

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.779
 see visibly

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 an illustration

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.779
 and demonstration

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.339
 of what

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.879
 the gospel

00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.359
 is like.

00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:16.000
 Look at

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.539
 my life.

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 I will

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.979
 pay that

00:18:17.979 --> 00:18:18.559
 cost for

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.939
 you.

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 So are

00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.099
 we

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:26.979
 surrendering

00:18:26.979 --> 00:18:28.039
 our rights

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.599
 for the

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 gospel?

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 Let's give

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 two examples

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 or two

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 applications

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 of what

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 this might

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 look like.

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 first it

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 might mean

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 surrendering

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.500
 my right

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.960
 to spend

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.839
 my money

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 on things

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.779
 that I

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.379
 want.

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.579
 And as

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.359
 we surrender

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:50.179
 that right

00:18:50.179 --> 00:18:51.439
 instead give

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:52.200
 that money

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:53.079
 to those

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.579
 who are

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.119
 preaching

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 the gospel.

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 For

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 example

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.679
 the work

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.480
 of Ifees

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 or Craig

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.399
 who is

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 heading up

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.220
 the work

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.960
 in Kinsale

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 or those

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.159
 who are

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:04.919
 reaching into

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.740
 North Korea

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 or those

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.240
 that we've

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 just had a

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 look at

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.000
 from Church

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 and Chains

00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:10.320
 in Syria

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 and Iraq.

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 People who

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 are on the

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 borderlines

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.279
 of persecution

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.199
 evangelists

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 and pastors

00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.539
 who are

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 reaching into

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 the unreached

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 areas of

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 the world

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 through Asia

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 Link.

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 Yes we

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 all have

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 rights.

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 Yes we're

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 going to

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.119
 use the

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 Christmas

00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:28.079
 season to

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.679
 spend my

00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.159
 money on

00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.639
 things that

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 I don't

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 need.

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 But that

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 right is

00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.319
 to be

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.579
 surrendered so

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 that we

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 can use

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 what we

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 have to

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.159
 offer the

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:41.359
 gospel free

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.539
 of charge.

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:45.079
 surrendering

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.779
 our rights.

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 Second it

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.799
 may mean

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 surrendering

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 my right

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.559
 to use

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 my time

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 as I

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 want and

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.039
 instead use

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 that time

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.539
 to serve

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.440
 within the

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.940
 life of the

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 church.

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 It may be

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 being committed

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.099
 to helping

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 at Polo.

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 It might be

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.440
 distributing

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 calendars as

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 we go out

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.539
 on Wednesday

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:06.879
 night.

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 It could be

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.339
 serving in

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.819
 creche or

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 Sunday school.

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 It could be

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 setting up and

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 saying I'm

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 going to be

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 there every

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 Sunday.

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 Okay, I've

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.920
 got my

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 set up

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.779
 team but

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 I'm going

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 to be

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 there and

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 welcome

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 people.

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 Oh, I

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 know all the

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 things that

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 we do.

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 It might

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 interfere with

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.019
 your shopping

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 day.

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 It might be

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.720
 the night

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.079
 that your

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 favourite TV

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 programme is

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 on.

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 You might

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 have a

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.839
 match to

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 play.

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 You might

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 have friends

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 who are

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 inviting you

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 out and

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 you need

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 to hang

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 out with

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 them.

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 Yes, we've

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 all got

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.220
 rights.

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 But that

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 right is

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.379
 to be

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 surrendered

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 to serve

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:45.059
 the gospel.

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 Will it

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 be costly?

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 Absolutely.

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 Will it

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.299
 mean sacrifice?

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 Yes.

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 But as

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.500
 people see

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 our lives,

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 they will

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 see the

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.420
 cost involved

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 and even

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 as we

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.340
 live out

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 our life,

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 it will

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.039
 illustrate

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 the ultimate

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.120
 sacrifice that

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 has been

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.700
 paid by

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.420
 Jesus.

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.620
 us.

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 We will

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 give up

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 and put

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 up with

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 anything

00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:14.060
 rather than

00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:14.600
 hinder the

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.180
 gospel of

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.600
 Christ.

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.920
 By

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.500
 surrendering

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.039
 our rights,

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.600
 the gospel

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.360
 is proclaimed,

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.039
 churches are

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.460
 planted,

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 and people

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.200
 are saved.

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 So we

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.840
 surrender our

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.240
 rights.

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:31.599
 the second

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.279
 big idea

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.720
 is we

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 use our

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 rights to

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.359
 serve the

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.720
 gospel.

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.640
 Look at

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 verse 9.

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.440
 We use

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.980
 our rights

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.620
 to serve

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.180
 the gospel.

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.940
 Verse 19,

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.599
 though I

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.299
 am free

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 and belong

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.420
 to no

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.819
 man,

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.019
 I make

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.779
 myself a

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.599
 slave to

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.480
 everyone

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:55.240
 to win

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.839
 as many

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.519
 as possible.

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.579
 we live

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.799
 in a

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.379
 culture of

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.779
 rights.

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.700
 We'll

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.519
 protest for

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.019
 our rights.

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.940
 I don't

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.779
 disagree with

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.079
 that.

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.000
 We know

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.379
 what our

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:06.879
 rights are

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.160
 and we

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.920
 demand it.

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.859
 But for

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.619
 the Christian,

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.220
 look what it

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.559
 says in

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.220
 verse 19,

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.819
 we are to

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.460
 be a

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.759
 slave to

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.420
 everyone.

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.000
 In other

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.240
 words,

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.940
 we use

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.599
 our rights

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.279
 not for

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.859
 self,

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.059
 but to

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.460
 serve

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.119
 others.

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:24.940
 Why?

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:26.360
 the end

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:26.700
 of verse

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.279
 19,

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.360
 to win

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.259
 as many

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.460
 as possible.

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.340
 To use

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.880
 our rights

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.420
 to serve

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.920
 the gospel

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.480
 so that

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.559
 other people

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.940
 become

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.480
 Christians.

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.299
 And for

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.539
 us,

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.000
 this will

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.500
 mean two

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.039
 things.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.519
 It means

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.960
 we are to

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.840
 be flexible

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:47.799
 as messengers.

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.640
 Look at

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.279
 verse 20.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.140
 Look at

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.820
 the flexibility

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:54.759
 of Paul.

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.720
 to the

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.200
 Jews,

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:59.080
 I became

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.519
 like a

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.720
 Jew.

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.700
 Why?

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.900
 To win

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.660
 the Jews.

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.279
 To those

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.720
 under the

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.019
 law, I

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.580
 became like

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.039
 one under

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.420
 the law,

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.460
 though I

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.019
 myself am

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460
 not under

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.820
 the law.

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.500
 Why?

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.539
 So as

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.100
 to win

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.700
 those under

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.120
 the law.

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.400
 You see,

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.120
 if Paul was

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.700
 reaching

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.259
 Jewish

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.759
 people,

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.920
 he would

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.320
 follow

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.100
 Jewish laws

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.740
 and traditions.

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.539
 If that

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.820
 meant

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.680
 observing the

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.200
 Sabbath and

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.700
 not doing

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.400
 certain things

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.740
 on that

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.180
 particular

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.539
 day,

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.480
 so that

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.840
 he could

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.279
 proclaim

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.799
 the gospel

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.180
 in the

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.460
 synagogue,

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.279
 he would

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.120
 do that.

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.940
 He became

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.480
 like one

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.840
 of them.

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.340
 But on

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.660
 the other

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:35.960
 hand,

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.759
 verse 21,

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.059
 to those

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.640
 not having

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.000
 the law,

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.400
 to the

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.980
 Gentiles,

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.819
 I became

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.400
 like one

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.759
 of those

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.299
 not having

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.700
 the law.

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.819
 Why?

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.580
 So as

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.180
 to win

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.700
 those

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:48.140
 not having

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.640
 the law.

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:48.740
 people,

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:50.100
 so if

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.420
 he was

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.840
 reaching

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.460
 Gentile

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.880
 people,

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.560
 he would

00:23:52.560 --> 00:23:53.180
 follow their

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.020
 customs and

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.520
 practices.

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.420
 And if that

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.880
 meant he

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.400
 could go and

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.900
 eat food

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.820
 sacrificed to

00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.580
 the idols

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:58.880
 that we

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.259
 looked at

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.800
 last week,

00:24:00.020 --> 00:24:00.740
 so that he

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.240
 could get a

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.759
 hearing and

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.140
 share the

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.680
 gospel with

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.300
 those people,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.100
 well he

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.540
 would go

00:24:04.540 --> 00:24:04.900
 and do

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.220
 it.

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.500
 It's what

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.080
 we call

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:10.840
 incarnational

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:12.140
 ministry.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.240
 The

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.440
 incarnation is

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.600
 God coming

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.320
 down as

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.400
 man to

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.820
 live in

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.319
 this world,

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.799
 to be

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.579
 like one

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.539
 of us.

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.619
 Hudson

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.319
 Taylor got

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.740
 it right,

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.240
 didn't he?

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.359
 A missionary

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.059
 who went to

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.619
 China in

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.779
 the 1850s.

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.460
 When he

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.939
 arrived,

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.799
 he immediately

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.519
 began to

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.700
 dress in

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.720
 Chinese clothes

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.379
 and drew his

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.079
 hair into a

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.639
 big long

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.500
 pigtail.

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.339
 Why?

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.779
 Well,

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.379
 he wanted to

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.939
 be like a

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.539
 Chinaman,

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.859
 to win as

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.839
 many Chinese

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.559
 as possible

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.319
 for Christ.

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.359
 this is what

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.000
 he said and

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.279
 this is how

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.019
 he lived.

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.700
 He said

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:53.960
 this,

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.799
 China is

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.279
 not to

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.720
 be won

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.539
 for Christ

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:58.639
 by quiet,

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.240
 ease-loving

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.799
 men and

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.079
 women.

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.899
 The stamp

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.559
 of men and

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.059
 women we

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.579
 need is

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.240
 such as

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.779
 will put

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.419
 Jesus,

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.519
 China,

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.720
 and souls

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.399
 first and

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.419
 foremost in

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.799
 everything and

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.439
 at every

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:12.960
 time,

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.439
 even life

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.100
 itself,

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:16.799
 must be

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.299
 secondary.

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.180
 Incarnational

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.759
 ministry,

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.380
 becoming like

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.279
 one of

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.680
 them,

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.700
 to reach

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.140
 down.

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.160
 He used

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.940
 his rights

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.600
 to serve

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.180
 the gospel.

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.400
 And the

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.059
 call for us

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.460
 is no

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.799
 different.

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.180
 Look at

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.000
 verse 22.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.860
 To the

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.279
 weak I

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.440
 became weak,

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.340
 so as to

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.700
 win the

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:39.900
 weak.

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.540
 I have

00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.519
 become all

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.440
 things to

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.440
 all men,

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.480
 so that by

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.560
 all possible

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.680
 means I

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.660
 might save

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.360
 some.

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.640
 Carigoline,

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.820
 Cork,

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.320
 the nation

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.980
 of Ireland,

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.280
 is not to

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:57.740
 be won

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.480
 for Christ

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.519
 by quiet,

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.560
 ease-loving

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.600
 men and

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:02.880
 women.

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.880
 What is

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.660
 required is

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.160
 men and

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.420
 women,

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.240
 people like

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.700
 us,

00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:08.720
 who will

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.560
 put Jesus

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.940
 first,

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.419
 souls

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.599
 foremost,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.639
 in everything

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.019
 and at

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.940
 every time.

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.539
 Our own

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:20.419
 life must

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.019
 become

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.399
 secondary.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.039
 So how

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.980
 flexible are

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440
 we as

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.980
 messengers

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.279
 of the

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.619
 gospel?

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.799
 How

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.079
 incarnational

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.299
 are we?

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.359
 Do we

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.099
 only invite

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.759
 people into

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.359
 our homes

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.359
 those who

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.699
 are of

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.139
 the same

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.639
 social

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.219
 class,

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.779
 the same

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.419
 colour of

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:44.799
 skin,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.079
 and kind

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.359
 of just

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.879
 fit in

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.199
 with the

00:26:47.199 --> 00:26:47.659
 way we

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:47.899
 do

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.399
 things?

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.459
 Do we

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:50.919
 just sit

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.479
 comfortably

00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:51.879
 in our

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.339
 own little

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.939
 Christian

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.539
 culture,

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.799
 and talk

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.099
 to our

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.459
 nice

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.240
 middle-class

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.740
 Christian

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.279
 friends,

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.179
 and expect

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:59.079
 everybody to

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.939
 come in

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:01.000
 to us?

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.099
 do we

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.299
 just

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.839
 organize

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.720
 programs and

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.279
 events for

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.319
 children so

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.839
 that they

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.339
 don't have

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.779
 to mix

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.720
 with those

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.259
 kind of

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.599
 people?

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.180
 If we're

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.599
 to see

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.119
 people become

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.740
 Christians,

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.880
 we need to

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.279
 become

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.380
 flexible,

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.299
 incarnational.

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.700
 So let me

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.339
 encourage you

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.900
 that if you

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.599
 are invited

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.079
 by your

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.680
 neighbours to

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.220
 go for a

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.519
 Christmas

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.960
 drink,

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.680
 go along.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.640
 And if

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.480
 you're not

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.100
 invited,

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.880
 well why

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.320
 don't you

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.980
 invite them

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.600
 to your

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.140
 house?

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.000
 Yes,

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.400
 you might

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.960
 feel out

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.240
 of your

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.900
 comfort zone,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.460
 yes,

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.960
 you mightn't

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.340
 have talked

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.779
 them very

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.120
 much,

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.000
 but how

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.460
 else will

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.779
 you get

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.160
 to know

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.380
 them?

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.880
 Move out

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.259
 of your

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.019
 comfort zone.

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.160
 If you're

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.480
 going to be

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.940
 hanging out

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.519
 with friends,

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.060
 going to

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.560
 the cinema,

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.299
 go to

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.779
 the gym,

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.500
 or going

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.039
 shopping,

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.519
 instead of

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.480
 inviting the

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.440
 usual Christian

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.000
 friend that

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.420
 you saw

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.220
 ten times

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.819
 yesterday,

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.759
 why not

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.279
 invite a

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.779
 friend who's

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.180
 not a

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.579
 Christian?

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.740
 But maybe

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.120
 you don't

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:07.059
 have friends

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.519
 who aren't

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.019
 Christians.

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.140
 Now that's

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.620
 a problem.

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.339
 We need

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.920
 to learn

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.620
 to leave

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.299
 the nice,

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.100
 warm,

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.660
 safe,

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.500
 cosy,

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.160
 Christian

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:20.180
 ghetto where

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.120
 everything is

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.559
 like as

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.120
 we want

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.460
 it.

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.100
 What does

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.579
 it say at

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 the end of

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.680
 verse 22?

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.359
 I have

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.119
 become all

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.839
 things to

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.879
 all men

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.220
 so that

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.940
 by all

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.480
 possible

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.139
 means

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:36.740
 I might

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.460
 save some.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.039
 It's

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:41.099
 incarnational

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.759
 ministry,

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.240
 stepping

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.759
 outside of

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.900
 our comfort.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.440
 Just as

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.319
 Christ came

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.220
 down and

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.920
 stepped into

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.519
 the manger

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.379
 and walked

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.859
 the life

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.160
 that he

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.440
 did,

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.539
 we are

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.079
 called to

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.379
 follow.

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:56.880
 so we're

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.180
 to be

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.960
 flexible as

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.520
 messengers,

00:28:59.520 --> 00:29:00.580
 but yet

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.480
 faithful to

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.160
 the message.

00:29:03.760 --> 00:29:04.400
 You see,

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.900
 we need to

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.380
 make sure

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.820
 that our

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.440
 flexibility

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.400
 is also

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.460
 controlled by

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.400
 faithfulness.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.260
 Verse 23,

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.540
 he says,

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.360
 I do all

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.300
 this for the

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:15.200
 sake of the

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.220
 gospel that I

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.960
 might share

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.420
 in its

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.840
 blessings.

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.260
 For the

00:29:19.260 --> 00:29:20.000
 sake of the

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.360
 gospel.

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.479
 gospel.

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.899
 So while

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.679
 we adapt

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.299
 to fit in

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.939
 with people,

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.699
 we must

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.199
 be careful

00:29:26.199 --> 00:29:26.679
 not to

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.839
 adapt the

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.799
 gospel message.

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.879
 In other

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.059
 words,

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.519
 we don't

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.259
 change the

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.839
 gospel to

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.179
 make it

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.079
 more acceptable

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.719
 by those

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.039
 we are

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.599
 seeking to

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.959
 reach.

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.679
 Of course,

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.199
 we need to

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:38.059
 be contextual,

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.119
 we need to

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.479
 make it

00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:40.000
 relevant,

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.699
 we need to

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.339
 say it in

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.839
 words that

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.259
 people are

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.559
 going to

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.099
 understand,

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.979
 but we

00:29:43.979 --> 00:29:44.579
 must not

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.240
 change the

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.939
 content.

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:49.940
 Paul's

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.500
 approach was

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.860
 simple.

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.340
 We looked

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.779
 at it in

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.380
 chapter 2

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.019
 verse 1.

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.039
 This is

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.360
 what it

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.779
 says there,

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.460
 chapter 2,

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.759
 sorry,

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.420
 verse 2.

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.860
 He says,

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.200
 For I

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.019
 resolved to

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.680
 know nothing

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.200
 while I

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.640
 was with

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.960
 you except

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.880
 Jesus

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.779
 Christ and

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.660
 him crucified.

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.779
 You see,

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.360
 being with

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:10.380
 friends and

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.279
 being flexible

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.720
 and being

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.440
 all things

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.920
 to all

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.380
 people,

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.720
 that in

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.340
 itself is

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.840
 good,

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.820
 and it's

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.460
 a start,

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.160
 but that's

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.640
 not going

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.080
 to make

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.580
 anyone a

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:19.960
 Christian.

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.580
 The only

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.279
 way somebody

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.799
 will become

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.220
 a Christian

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.640
 is by

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.039
 actually

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:26.019
 hearing the

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.720
 good news.

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.080
 They must

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.820
 hear about

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.559
 Christ and

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.200
 his cross.

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.120
 And at

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.820
 Christmas time

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.380
 we come and

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.059
 we celebrate

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.860
 the birth of

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.240
 Jesus.

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.400
 But let's

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.940
 not forget

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.740
 the reason

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.400
 why he

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.039
 was born.

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.900
 Jesus was

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:43.440
 born to

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.960
 die.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.920
 he came

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.460
 into this

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.559
 world to

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.259
 take our

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.420
 sin upon

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.200
 himself, to

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.200
 rise again, to

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.160
 defeat death.

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.840
 A Jesus who

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.519
 is left in

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.140
 the manger

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:58.720
 is no good

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.319
 to anyone.

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.460
 We must

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.259
 take them from

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.460
 the manger to

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.160
 the cross

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.720
 and to the

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.600
 resurrection and

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.440
 let them see

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.400
 who this

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.380
 Jesus is.

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.500
 Jesus.

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.580
 So again,

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.460
 this Christmas,

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.900
 as we seek to

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.000
 be flexible with

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.720
 our friends, as

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.420
 we seek to

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:20.080
 fit in, as

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.700
 we seek to

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.960
 adapt and be

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.800
 with people,

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.960
 let us be

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.640
 faithful.

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.920
 Why not

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.340
 give that

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:29.140
 evangelistic

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.560
 book?

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.800
 Why not

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:32.380
 give that

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.180
 present that

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.540
 will explain

00:31:34.540 --> 00:31:36.100
 something of

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.800
 the truth of

00:31:36.800 --> 00:31:37.360
 who Jesus

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.819
 is?

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.919
 We must

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.619
 be faithful

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:42.019
 and we

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.419
 must be

00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:42.939
 flexible.

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.579
 We all

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.299
 have rights,

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.699
 but our

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.779
 rights are

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.759
 to be used

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.479
 to serve

00:31:54.479 --> 00:31:55.319
 the gospel.

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.359
 And as we

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.099
 surrender our

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.500
 rights,

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.039
 we gain a

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.559
 great and

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.719
 eternal reward.

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:05.279
 look at

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.200
 verse 25.

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.860
 Everyone who

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:11.000
 competes in

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.660
 the games

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.140
 goes into

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.960
 strict training.

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.200
 They do it

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.680
 to get a

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.539
 crown that

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.200
 will not

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.700
 last.

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.519
 So every

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.220
 gold medal

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.039
 that's won in

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.680
 the Olympics,

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.160
 it doesn't

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.960
 last forever.

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.500
 They're only

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.380
 champions until

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.180
 somebody else

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.259
 wins the

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.839
 next time.

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:33.019
 but we

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.579
 do it to

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.899
 get a

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:35.980
 crown that

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.779
 will last

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.299
 forever.

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.659
 You see,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.319
 if I think

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.199
 that this

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.919
 life is all

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.899
 about my

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.539
 rights,

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.059
 then I

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.480
 will make

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.259
 this life

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.899
 all about

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.319
 me.

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.079
 What I

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.539
 want,

00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:52.859
 what suits

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.240
 me,

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.419
 what pleases

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:54.859
 me,

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.819
 and everybody

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.619
 else is there

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.139
 to serve

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:58.099
 my needs.

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.959
 And I

00:32:58.959 --> 00:32:59.359
 will make

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.179
 decisions about

00:33:00.179 --> 00:33:01.139
 my comfort

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.779
 and my

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.480
 pleasure and

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.319
 how to make

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.899
 life more

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:05.279
 comfortable for

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.799
 me.

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.939
 Because we're

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.559
 looking for the

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.679
 prize now.

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.359
 We're looking for

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.759
 the glory now.

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.719
 We want it

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:14.659
 here.

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.299
 But if one

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.019
 day I am

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.859
 going to receive

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.799
 a crown that

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.439
 will last

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.279
 forever,

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.039
 an eternal

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.480
 crown,

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.819
 a kingdom

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:26.740
 where everything

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.579
 is right and

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.200
 everything is

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.900
 perfect,

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.420
 then I will

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.319
 gladly and

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.500
 joyfully surrender

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.120
 my rights now

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:35.400
 for the sake of

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.200
 the gospel and

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.059
 for the glory

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.519
 that is to

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.880
 come.

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.460
 You see,

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.120
 the only

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.620
 thing,

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.700
 the only

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.440
 thing that we

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.480
 will see in

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.160
 eternity

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:49.339
 are those

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.880
 that have been

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.359
 saved by the

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.740
 gospel.

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.799
 The only

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.500
 thing that we

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.059
 will see in

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:58.500
 eternity are

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.119
 those that have

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.839
 been saved by

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.359
 the gospel.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.099
 So do not

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.740
 use your

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:05.539
 rights for

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.740
 temporary things

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.199
 that do not

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.000
 last.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.699
 Rather,

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.619
 let us use

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.699
 our rights for

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.880
 eternal things

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:15.980
 that will last

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:17.079
 forever.

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.639
 May this

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.820
 Christmas season

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.639
 be a time

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.360
 where we see

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.940
 what it is

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.539
 to follow

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.240
 the example

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.559
 of the

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.940
 one who

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.500
 gave his

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.079
 rights to

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.800
 serve us,

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.140
 that we

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.880
 might serve

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.360
 others,

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.680
 that they

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.440
 will see in

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.940
 our lives

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.780
 demonstrated

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.599
 the grace

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.599
 and the

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.240
 gospel of

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.720
 Jesus,

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.740
 that they

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.180
 too

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.680
 might be

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.079
 saved.

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.079
 Let's

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.140
 pray.

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:49.779
,

00:34:49.920 --> 00:35:11.039
 hell,