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 is a fascinating study in human belonging.

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 Maybe you've witnessed one of these scenarios on a playground near you.

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 A child picks up a handful of sand and throws it into the face of another child.

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 Have you witnessed that?

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 Then you hear the mom say, Danny, play nice with others.

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 Or there's a group of children, perhaps you've seen this,

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 a group of children purposefully excluding a little boy.

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 Not for any particular reason.

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 You hear a mom cry out, children, play nice.

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 Let that little boy play with you.

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 Or perhaps you've seen this scenario,

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 a little child avoiding all contact with all other children at all costs on this playground.

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 Because there's a fear there.

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 And you hear a mom say, honey, go play with others.

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 It's good for you.

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 The playground is a fascinating study of human belonging.

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 But let's just be honest.

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 I mean, we're all living on a playground of sorts.

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 We're all wanting to belong, right?

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 We all want to be part of a people bigger than us.

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 We all want to experience unity with others.

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 What God has intended for us.

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 And to that end, we need a lot of help.

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 Because our sinful tendency is to not play nice with others.

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 And it undermines the unity that God has purchased for us

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 through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I hope you just heard that.

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 Our unity is a blood-bought unity.

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 This morning, Psalm 133 is going to help us

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 by prioritizing for us God's good and pleasant will for us,

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 our unity,

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 to live together for God's glory.

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 God's will is for us to be united.

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 But Psalm 133 helps us see something else.

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 If I were to sum up Psalm 133 in a sentence, it would be this.

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 Our unity is a magnet for God's blessing.

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 Our unity is a magnet for God's blessing.

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 And I'm guessing everyone in the room wants to experience

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 the fullness of God's blessing in our relationships as a church.

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 And so maybe you're the type who doesn't play nice with others.

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 I think we're all that type.

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 Psalm 133 is just for us.

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 So here's how we're going to move forward.

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 I'm going to walk you through Psalm 133.

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 And then I'm going to spend the bulk of our time

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 applying Psalm 133, this idea of unity,

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 specifically 10 ways we live together for the glory of God.

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 And so we're going to, we'll get there,

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 but let's first walk, let me walk you through this passage

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 and let me start by giving you a little background on Psalm 133.

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 You'll notice right away that in the title,

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 it's a psalm, a song of ascents.

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 Now, there are 15 songs of ascents.

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 Psalms 120 through 134.

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 And what an ascent is, is a gradual climb up, an incline.

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 And so what's good for you to know is that

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 there are these three major feasts every year on the Jewish calendar.

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 And every year, men were required to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem

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 to worship God together at these feasts.

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 And if you were to go to Jerusalem from anywhere in Israel,

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 you're eventually going to have to go up to Jerusalem.

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 It was on a mountain, Mount Zion.

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 And so it was on an ascent.

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 And so the purpose of these psalms of ascent

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 is for the pilgrimage.

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 As Jews from every tribe around Jerusalem,

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 all throughout Israel, made their way

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 and were ascending to Jerusalem,

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 they would be reciting, singing, thinking about these psalms.

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 They're intended to prepare God's people

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 to meet with God in His place.

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 It's a unity primer, is what it is.

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 And so that's a little background.

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 Now let's get into the text itself.

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 If you look at verse 1, you see the word,

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 Behold.

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 Behold, how good and pleasant it is

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 when brothers dwell in unity.

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 This is a psalm of David.

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 And David is saying,

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 Hey, look at this.

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 I want you to see it.

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 Behold, how good and pleasant it is

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 when brothers dwell in unity.

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 Now David was a musician.

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 And what's interesting,

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 he's not saying here,

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 He's not saying here,

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 How good and pleasant it is

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 when I write a great psalm.

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 He's not,

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 He was a builder.

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 He's not saying,

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 How good and pleasant it is

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 when I build a great building.

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 He was a warrior.

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 He's not saying,

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 How good and pleasant,

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 Look, how good and pleasant it is

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 when I rout the enemy.

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 He's saying,

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 How good and pleasant it is

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 when brothers dwell in unity.

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 The brothers is a reference to Jews

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 from all the tribes of Israel

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 coming together.

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 And these tribes had a sordid past,

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 a lot of infighting,

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 a lot of hardship.

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 And David is saying,

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 Oh, how good it is,

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 how pleasant it is

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 when brothers come together

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 in unity.

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 David understands the value of unity.

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 He experienced discord himself.

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 So the question we need to ask right now is,

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 Well, what is unity?

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 Biblically speaking.

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 Well, the Hebrew word for unity,

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 if your Bible has a little number next to it,

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 when you look down at the bottom of the page,

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 it says to dwell together.

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 That word unity literally means together.

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 It's togetherness.

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 But we all know

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 that being together

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 doesn't necessarily mean

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 it's good and pleasant.

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 So this is a particular kind of togetherness.

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 It's a particular kind of unity.

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 And so here's my working definition of unity.

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 Unity is when God's people

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 live together for God's glory.

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 That's unity.

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 When God's people are living together

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 for God's glory,

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 that's unity.

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 God unites His people.

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 I mean, that's the point

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 of these three annual feasts.

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 All the men of Israel

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 would come up to Jerusalem

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 in order to gather together

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 around God's presence

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 in His place,

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 celebrating something

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 that God had done for them.

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 I mean, that's why we get together

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 on a weekly basis.

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 We gather together

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 in order to rejoice

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 and celebrate

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 what God has done for us.

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 We're seeking to live

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 for God's glory.

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 So,

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 this observation,

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 behold,

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 it is good and pleasant

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 when brothers

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 are living together

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 together for the glory of God.

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 How good and pleasant

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 it is when a church

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 lives together

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 for the glory of God.

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 Our greatest aim

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 is God's glory.

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 And when

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 we are united,

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 it is a magnet

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 for God's blessing.

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 If we continue on,

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 you're going to notice

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 in verses 2 and 3,

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 there are these

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 two comparisons.

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 David wants to compare.

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 He is comparing

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 this good and pleasant

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 unity to two things.

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 Oil,

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 you see that in verse 2,

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 and dew,

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 you see that in verse 3.

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 In verse 2,

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 we read,

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 it is,

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 it is,

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 the it is,

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 this unity,

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 this good and pleasant unity

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 is like the precious

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 oil on the head

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 running down on the beard,

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 on the beard of Aaron,

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 running down

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 on the collar

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 of his robes.

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 Do you sense

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 abundance there?

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 Overflowing abundance.

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 This oil

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 is an anointing oil.

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 And what an anointing oil

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 was used for

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 was to consecrate,

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 to set apart

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 a king

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 or a priest.

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 That's why Aaron's name

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 is there.

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 He was a priest.

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 And so what this

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 is a picture of

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 is God's

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 overflowing

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 kindness

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 in setting

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 Aaron apart

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 for God's purposes.

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 And so this is

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 what the comparison

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 is.

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 When God's people

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 are united,

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 they are set apart

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 like Aaron,

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 all that oil

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 flowing down,

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 they are set apart

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 for God's purposes.

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 Set apart

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 for God's

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 glory.

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 glory.

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 It's a good

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 and pleasant thing.

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 When we're united,

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 we're aimed

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 at God.

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 The second comparison

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 is to do.

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 This good

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 and pleasant

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 unity,

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 we see it in

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 the beginning

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 of verse 3,

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 it's like the dew

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 of Hermon,

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 which falls on

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 the mountains

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 of Zion.

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 Hermon was this

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 really high mountain

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 in northern Israel,

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 and it produced

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 this really thick

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 layer of dew.

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 You know what dew is?

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 I mow my lawn

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 Monday morning.

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 My kids kind of

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 make fun of me

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 because I'm usually

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 up at 7 o'clock

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 mowing my lawn.

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 They're like,

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 beware of the neighbors.

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 But I have a hard

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 time mowing

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 because there's so

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 much dew in my grass.

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 That dew is a

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 life-giving water.

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 And if you're

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 thinking about

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 where this is

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 taking place,

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 it's life-giving

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 water in an

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 arid,

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 dry place.

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 There's some

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 debate of what

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 this dew

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 actually is.

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 Some think that

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 it's the actual

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 dew from Mount

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 Hermon coming

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 all the way

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 down to the

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 mountains of Zion.

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 It's a little bit

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 of a reach.

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 Or it could be

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 that the dew

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 of Hermon

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 is more like

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 an expression

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 for a certain

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 thickness,

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 for a certain

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 vibrancy

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 of dew.

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 It's like when

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 you say

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 Kleenex to

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 refer to tissues.

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 dew.

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 You're saying

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 Mount Hermon

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 dew to refer

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 to a fullness

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 of dew on the

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 ground.

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 Whatever the

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 case,

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 the good and

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 pleasant unity

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 of God's

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 people is being

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 likened to a

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 source of life-giving

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 water in a dry

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 and arid place.

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 When God's

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 people are united,

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 it is refreshing

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 and life-giving.

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 It is a blessing

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 to those

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 around us.

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 So here we have

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 two comparisons,

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 oil and dew.

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 Oil, it's good

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 and pleasant

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 in that we're set

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 apart for God's

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 glory.

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 Dew, it's good

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 and pleasant

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 in that we're a

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 blessing to those

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 around us.

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 Our unity

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 is a magnet

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 to God's

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 blessing.

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 At the end

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 of verse 3,

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 we have the

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 conclusion.

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 you see it

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 being formed

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 with the word

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 for.

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 For there

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 the Lord has

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 commanded the

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 blessing,

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 life forevermore.

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 It's an

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 interesting way

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 to talk about

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 things.

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 Where's the

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 there?

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 For there,

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 where is that

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 there?

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 For there the

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 Lord has

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 commanded the

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 blessing,

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 life forevermore.

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 Well, you could

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 say Mount Zion

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 because that's

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 what David was

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 just talking

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 about.

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 But what's

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 important to

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 recognize,

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 it's where

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 the brothers

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 are dwelling

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 together in

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 unity.

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 That's the

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 there.

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 And if it's

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 in Jerusalem,

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 God will

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 command his

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 blessing there.

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 And if it's

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 in Kenosha,

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 God will

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 command his

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 blessing there.

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 But God

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 commands his

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 blessing.

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 There's this

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 verse in

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 Isaiah 66.

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 This is the

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 one to whom

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 the Lord will

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 look.

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 who is

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 humble,

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 contrite in

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 spirit,

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 and trembles

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 at my

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 Lord.

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 God just

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 delights in

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 humility.

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 And he

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 will just

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 look to it,

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 pour out his

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 favor on it.

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 Unity is

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 this expression

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 of humility.

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 And God

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 is compelled

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 to pour out

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 his blessing

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 on it.

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 Life

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 forevermore.

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 if we're

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 unified,

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 God will

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 surely bless

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 us.

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 Christ the

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 King Church,

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 don't you

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 want that?

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 Don't you

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 want to be

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 set apart for

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 God's purposes?

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 Don't you

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 want to be a

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 blessing to

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 this city?

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 We must be

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 united.

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 I've got a

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 theory,

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 and here's

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 my theory.

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 Christians

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 settle for

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 surfacy

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 relationships.

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 And the

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 reason why

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 are twofold.

00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:46.600
 Christians

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 settle for

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 surfacy

00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.159
 relationships

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 because they

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 don't know

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 what true

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 unity is.

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 They don't

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 know what

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 it takes.

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 It takes a lot

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 of humility,

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 a lot of

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 hard work.

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 So there's

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 kind of an

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 ignorance.

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 But there's

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 another reason

00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.759
 why Christians

00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.299
 settle for

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.740
 surfacy

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.319
 relationships.

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 It's those

00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.899
 Christians who

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 know what

00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:06.839
 true humility

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 requires,

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 but they are

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 unwilling to

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 pursue it.

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 And they're

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 unwilling to

00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.779
 pursue it

00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.360
 because they've

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 been burned.

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 They've been

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 in a context

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 where they have

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 opened up their

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 lives and

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 they've gotten

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 trampled.

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 And so

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 there's an

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 unwillingness,

00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.799
 a guardedness

00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.539
 to stay on

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 the surface,

00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.959
 to stay on

00:14:29.959 --> 00:14:30.519
 the side of

00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.079
 the playground.

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 So the

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.659
 question becomes

00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.819
 if unity

00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.879
 is God's

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.360
 people living

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 together for

00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.519
 the glory of

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 God,

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.799
 how do we

00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.559
 as a church

00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.659
 pursue that?

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 Well,

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:47.720
 that's the

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.299
 second half

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:48.620
 of this

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:48.879
 sermon.

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 And before

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.159
 I go there,

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.620
 I want to

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.159
 share you a

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 story that

00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:54.219
 Mary Jo

00:14:54.219 --> 00:14:54.860
 Filippelli

00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:55.399
 has taught

00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:55.579
 me.

00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:56.219
 It's a

00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:56.539
 lesson.

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.659
 Have you

00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.079
 seen this

00:14:59.079 --> 00:15:01.240
 garden in

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.659
 the front of

00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.059
 our building?

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.539
 If you come

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:02.919
 in through the

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 front glass

00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:03.959
 doors,

00:15:04.319 --> 00:15:04.779
 there's this

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.559
 garden there

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.019
 and it's

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.519
 beautiful.

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.939
 An array

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.860
 of plants,

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:10.860
 different

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.579
 fragrances,

00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.699
 different colors.

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.740
 It's just

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.319
 beautiful.

00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.279
 Here's what

00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:17.699
 Mary Jo

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.199
 Filippelli

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:18.639
 has taught

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:18.779
 me.

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.600
 She's the

00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.240
 gardener of

00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:20.779
 that garden.

00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:23.699
 The

00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.179
 lesson is

00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.620
 this.

00:15:26.579 --> 00:15:27.059
 Beautiful

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.659
 gardens

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.860
 require a

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.120
 lot of

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.699
 hard work.

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.279
 Mary Jo

00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:31.819
 Filippelli

00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.240
 is in

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 this

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:32.740
 building

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.059
 tending

00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.279
 that

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:33.620
 garden

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:33.860
 on a

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.100
 frequent

00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.559
 basis.

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 And if

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.879
 unity

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.059
 of our

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:39.500
 church

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.679
 is like

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.220
 a garden,

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:43.339
 it's going

00:15:43.339 --> 00:15:43.740
 to take a

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:43.980
 lot of

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.500
 hard work.

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.500
 God

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.379
 and so

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:46.659
 what I

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:46.899
 want to

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.379
 share with

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:47.940
 you now

00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:49.320
 are ten

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.960
 ways that

00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:51.440
 we can

00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:52.659
 live together

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.039
 for the

00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.519
 glory of

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:53.779
 God.

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:55.039
 Ten ways

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.659
 that we

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.379
 maintain the

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.019
 unity of the

00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.360
 spirit and

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.820
 the bond of

00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.200
 peace.

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.740
 Ten ways

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.960
 we pursue

00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.139
 oneness

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.559
 in Christ.

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.200
 Now,

00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.379
 if you're

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.779
 right now

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.320
 wilting in

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:06.620
 your chair

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.120
 like ten

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.500
 ways,

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:07.759
 man,

00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.120
 it's hot

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.460
 in here.

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.600
 I'm out!

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.620
 Stay checked

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:12.860
 in.

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.779
 The challenge

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.000
 is going

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.120
 to be

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.519
 keeping up

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:14.740
 with me.

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:14.940
 I'm going

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.120
 to move

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.440
 through it

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:15.919
 pretty quick.

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:18.139
 So ten

00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:19.220
 ways we

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:20.159
 seek this

00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.000
 good and

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.539
 pleasant

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.960
 unity that

00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.919
 God is

00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.860
 just drawn

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.519
 to to

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.000
 bless.

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 You ready?

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.659
 The first

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:28.940
 way.

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.899
 The first

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.279
 way we

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.940
 live for

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.600
 God's glory

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.379
 together is

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.179
 by realizing

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:35.759
 that our

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.600
 unity is

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.220
 dependent on

00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:38.919
 Christ's

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.379
 death.

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.460
 Christ's

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:41.799
 death

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.479
 unites

00:16:42.479 --> 00:16:42.839
 us.

00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:43.599
 Our

00:16:43.599 --> 00:16:44.879
 unity is

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.120
 a gospel

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.219
 unity.

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.019
 It's born

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.859
 of what

00:16:49.859 --> 00:16:50.519
 Jesus has

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.219
 done in

00:16:51.219 --> 00:16:51.839
 our behalf.

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.399
 Remember

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:52.859
 how these

00:16:52.859 --> 00:16:53.459
 Jewish men

00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:53.839
 would make

00:16:53.839 --> 00:16:54.579
 pilgrimage to

00:16:54.579 --> 00:16:55.339
 Jerusalem three

00:16:55.339 --> 00:16:56.079
 times a year

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.979
 and at these

00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.299
 feasts,

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.779
 these feasts

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:58.579
 would commemorate

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:59.059
 something that

00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.799
 God has done

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 for Israel

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 and it would

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 unite them

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 together around

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 the work God

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 has done for

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 them.

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 Well,

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 Christ's work

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 on the cross

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 for each

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 of us

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 unites

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 us

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 together.

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 We share

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 a common

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 forgiveness

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 in Christ.

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 We share

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 a common

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 peace with

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 God in

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 Christ.

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 We share

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 in the very

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 righteousness

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 of Christ.

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 We share

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 in the living

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 hope of

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 Christ.

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 We share

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 in a common

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 aim,

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 God's glory.

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 We share

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 a common

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 eternity,

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 a common

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 destination.

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 We share

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 a common

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 enemy.

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 Christ's

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 death has

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 united us.

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 I find it

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 really interesting

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 that in the

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 book of

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 1 Corinthians,

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 this church

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 that was

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 dysfunctional

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 and divisive,

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 that the

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 apostle Paul

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 waits until

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 the last

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 chapter

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 to raise

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 the gospel.

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 And he

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 says to them

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 in 153,

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 I will now

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 pass on to

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 you of first

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 importance

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 what was

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 passed on

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 to me.

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 That Christ

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 died for

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 our sins

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 according to

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 the scriptures.

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 Do you know

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 what he's doing?

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 He's uniting

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 that church

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 in the gospel.

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 This is what

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 you have in

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 common.

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 Christ's

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 death is the

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 very basis

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 of our unity.

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 It's the very

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 cause of

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 our unity.

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 His death

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 unites us

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 to live for

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 him.

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 My favorite

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 verse is

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 2 Corinthians

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 5.15,

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 and he died

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 for all that

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 those who

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 live might

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 no longer

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 live for

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 themselves but

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 for him

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 who for

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 their sake

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 died and

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 was raised.

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 I know

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 it's a

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 mouthful.

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 Here's a

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 summary.

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 Christ died

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 for all of

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 us so

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 that all

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 of us

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 would live

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 in union

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 for him.

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 Our goal

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 now is

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 Jesus.

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 So the

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 first way

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 we live

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 for God's

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 glory is

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 by realizing

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 Christ's

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 death

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 unites

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 us.

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 Here's a

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 helpful way

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 to think

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 about it.

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 If you're

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 in conflict

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 with another

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 Christian,

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 you know

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 it's a

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 helpful way,

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 helpful starting

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 point,

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 to see that

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 other Christian

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 as blood

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 bought by

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 Jesus.

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 That person

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 belongs to

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 Jesus.

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 It matters

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 how you

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 pursue peace

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 with them.

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 The second

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 way we live

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 for God's

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.880
 glory together

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 is in a

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 shared,

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 personal,

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 dying

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 daily.

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 In order

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 for us to

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 live for

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 Christ together,

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 we must

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 die to

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 ourselves

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 alone,

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 daily.

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 In Matthew

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 16,

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 24,

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 Jesus said,

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 if anyone

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 would come

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 after me,

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 he must

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 deny

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 himself,

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 take up

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 his cross,

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 and follow

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 me.

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 It's a

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 picture of

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 humbling

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 yourself,

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 following

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 after Jesus.

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 Our unity

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.000
 as a

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.460
 church

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 will never

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 result from

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 any one

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 of us

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 insisting

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.680
 on our

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 own way.

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 That's not

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 the way

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.220
 of humility.

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 The path

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.720
 of unity

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.579
 begins

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.660
 with dying

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.720
 to ourselves

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 so that

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.100
 each of

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.759
 us is

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.480
 living for

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:13.799
 Jesus.

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 I'm

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 constantly

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.640
 amazed

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 at how

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 easy it

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 is.

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 I put

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 no thought

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.240
 into living

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 for myself.

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 I default

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.780
 into

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 insisting

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.680
 on my

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 own

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 way.

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 I put

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 no thought

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 into it.

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 I wake

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 up in the

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:29.900
 morning,

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 you know,

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 this is

00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:31.420
 about me

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.740
 today.

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 But what

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:34.060
 it takes

00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:34.620
 to live

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.320
 for Christ

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 is conscious

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.940
 intentional

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.640
 effort

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:40.300
 to die

00:20:40.300 --> 00:20:41.300
 to myself

00:20:41.300 --> 00:20:42.240
 in order

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.900
 to live

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.800
 for Christ

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.759
 and others.

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 So the

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.220
 question I

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.580
 have for

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:48.020
 you is,

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.460
 have you

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.920
 died to

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.440
 yourself

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.860
 today

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:52.740
 in order

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.160
 to live

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.780
 for Christ?

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.660
 So to

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:55.980
 preserve

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.500
 the unity

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.880
 of our

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.259
 church.

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.880
 The third

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.300
 way we

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:01.880
 live together

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.440
 for God's

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.780
 glory

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:05.420
 is by

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.000
 walking by

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.520
 the Spirit,

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.480
 sharing in

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.040
 a Spirit

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.860
 dynamic.

00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:10.200
 What Christ's

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.480
 death

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.320
 accomplished,

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.640
 the Spirit

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.960
 seeks to

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.520
 apply.

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.020
 In 1 Corinthians

00:21:16.020 --> 00:21:16.440
 12,

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.840
 13,

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.820
 we are taught

00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:18.100
 that the

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.840
 Holy Spirit

00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:20.140
 baptizes

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:21.259
 each Christian

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.740
 at the

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.360
 moment of

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.920
 salvation

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.980
 into the

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.920
 one body

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.519
 of Jesus

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.000
 Christ.

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.560
 He unites

00:21:27.560 --> 00:21:28.019
 us.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.000
 And not

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.400
 only does

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.779
 He unite

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.279
 us,

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.340
 He is

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.039
 actually

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.759
 seeking

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.840
 for us

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.759
 to experience

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.160
 this unity

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.840
 in greater

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.279
 and greater

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.700
 measure.

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.180
 We're going

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.440
 to be

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.740
 preaching

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.000
 through

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.620
 Galatians

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.920
 in September.

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 And you

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.060
 remember what

00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.340
 the fruit

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:49.759
 of the Spirit

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.100
 is in

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.779
 Galatians 5?

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.100
 Love,

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.300
 joy,

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.580
 peace,

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:51.859
 patience,

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.159
 kindness,

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.419
 goodness,

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.779
 gentleness,

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.259
 faithfulness,

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.799
 self-control.

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.000
 We tend

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.299
 to think

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.720
 about those

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.599
 as individual

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.399
 characteristics,

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:58.879
 but do you

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.339
 know what?

00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:01.859
 That is

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.659
 couched

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:04.359
 in loving

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.199
 one another.

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.899
 That whole

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.619
 section

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.740
 in Galatians

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.179
 5,

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.740
 it's about

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.439
 unity.

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.720
 It's about

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.779
 living together

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.819
 as a church.

00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.699
 It's about

00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.939
 walking by

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.500
 the Spirit

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.519
 and not

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.299
 yielding to

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.819
 the desires

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.559
 of the flesh

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.399
 so that

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.039
 we can

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.599
 love

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.299
 one another.

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.539
 In

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.200
 Ephesians 4,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.279
 3,

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.859
 we're told

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.519
 to be

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 eager to

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.399
 maintain

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:30.899
 the unity

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.240
 of the

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.519
 Spirit

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.839
 and the

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.099
 bond

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.619
 of peace.

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 So do you

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:35.679
 know what

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.259
 our sinning

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.960
 against each

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.500
 other is?

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.879
 In the words

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.200
 of one

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.700
 theologian,

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.019
 it's culpable

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.839
 shalom

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.259
 breaking.

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.139
 It's working

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:48.500
 against what

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.119
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.679
 is seeking

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.160
 to do

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.220
 to unite

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.660
 us.

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.720
 Living

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.539
 for the

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.080
 glory of

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.420
 God

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.060
 together.

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.759
 And this

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.000
 is a

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.440
 dynamic.

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 What I

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.680
 mean by

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.180
 that is

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.759
 our unity

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.560
 is not

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.220
 static,

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.740
 it's dynamic.

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.100
 It ebbs

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:08.320
 and flows.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.180
 And it

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.600
 often,

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.140
 more often

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.360
 than not,

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.840
 depends on

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.580
 our willingness

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.779
 to humble

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.420
 ourselves.

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:16.080
 it is

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.440
 good and

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.800
 right for

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.100
 us to

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 be regularly

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.200
 praying,

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.220
 fill us

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.800
 today by

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.259
 your Spirit

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.660
 of God.

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.880
 Unite us.

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.120
 Help me.

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.259
 Help us

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.940
 to walk

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.460
 by your

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.840
 Spirit

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.580
 and so

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.180
 fulfill

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.279
 the law

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.140
 of Christ

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.120
 to love

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.480
 your neighbor

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.100
 as yourself.

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.039
 The fourth

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.580
 way we live

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.180
 together for

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.860
 God's glory

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:37.860
 is by

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.400
 sharing

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.660
 in doctrinal

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.259
 truth.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.379
 Doctrine

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.059
 simply means

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.579
 teaching.

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.319
 What the

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.879
 Bible teaches,

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:47.980
 what the

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.420
 Bible teaches

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.039
 about God

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.619
 is the

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.039
 doctrine of

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.240
 God.

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.559
 What the

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.019
 Bible teaches

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.579
 about sin

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.859
 is the

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.259
 doctrine of

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.460
 sin.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.039
 What the

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.519
 Bible teaches

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.200
 about salvation

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.559
 is the

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.079
 doctrine of

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.559
 salvation.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.279
 So on

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.839
 and so

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.079
 forth.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:57.960
 And so

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.720
 our posture

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.359
 as a

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.799
 church,

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.200
 all doctrine

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.960
 comes from

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.640
 this book,

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.200
 the Bible.

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.119
 And our

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.099
 posture as

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.559
 a church

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.339
 is to come

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.500
 under God's

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.299
 word together.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.299
 We don't

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.960
 stand over

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.380
 God's

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.640
 word,

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.519
 we come

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.200
 under

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.700
 God's

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.000
 word.

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.039
 Doctrine

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.240
 unites

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.680
 us.

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.360
 God's

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.180
 truth

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.460
 knits

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.900
 us

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.539
 together.

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.079
 Unity

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.940
 is not

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.880
 the result

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.240
 of

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.220
 minimizing

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.140
 doctrinal

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.620
 truth.

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.920
 Unity

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.180
 comes from

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.120
 emphasizing

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.980
 the right

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.740
 doctrinal

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.259
 truth.

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.039
 That's why

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.539
 we have a

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.059
 statement of

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.259
 faith.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.500
 That's why

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.740
 in our

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.120
 membership

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.640
 class,

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.080
 we

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.480
 purpose

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.000
 to bring

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.500
 everyone

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.900
 through

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.560
 every

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.020
 paragraph

00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.440
 of our

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.720
 statement

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:43.900
 of

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.140
 faith.

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.720
 Because

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.080
 we as

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.400
 a church

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.880
 are saying

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.840
 these are

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.420
 the doctrines

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.180
 from God's

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.960
 word that

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.660
 we are

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.440
 committed to

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.200
 and are

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.020
 vital to

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:53.240
 our faith

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.040
 and practice.

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.500
 Our

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.900
 unity

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.280
 depends

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:58.880
 upon

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.460
 doctrine,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.480
 not the

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.800
 other way

00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:02.160
 around.

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:13.660
 God's

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.180
 love.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.700
 God's

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.279
 glory is

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.820
 sharing

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.880
 in a

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.240
 common

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.400
 dependence.

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.720
 God's

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.400
 love.

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.840
 In

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.340
 John 15,

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.680
 Jesus

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.320
 describes

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:22.680
 our

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.780
 dependence

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.300
 in

00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:24.880
 relationship

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.480
 to him

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.600
 as a

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:26.900
 vine and

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.000
 a

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.360
 branch.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:27.940
 Jesus

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.300
 says in

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:29.000
 15.5,

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:29.880
 I am

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.380
 the vine,

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.360
 you are

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.900
 the branches,

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.259
 anyone abides

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.860
 in me and

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.480
 I in him.

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.560
 He it is that

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.240
 will bear much

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.180
 fruit, but

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.920
 apart from

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.780
 me you

00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:39.900
 can do

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.720
 nothing.

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.220
 It's another

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.700
 picture of

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.160
 humility,

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.680
 our humble

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.560
 dependence upon

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:44.920
 our Lord

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.220
 Jesus

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.740
 Christ.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.160
 We are

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.000
 all dependent

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.700
 on Jesus.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.800
 Not one

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.360
 of us can

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.880
 be fruitful

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.740
 for Jesus

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.740
 apart from

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.279
 Jesus.

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.160
 And so to

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.560
 bring this

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.080
 little point

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.519
 to a head,

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.700
 are you

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.759
 depending on

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.840
 Jesus today?

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.360
 Our

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.980
 unity

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.420
 depends

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.680
 on your

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.080
 dependence

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:10.180
 on Jesus.

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.259
 The

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.700
 sixth

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.880
 way we

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.020
 live

00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:15.300
 together

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:15.640
 for the

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:15.920
 glory

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.500
 of God

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.400
 is in

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.880
 a shared

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.080
 interdependence.

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.940
 In 1 Corinthians

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.400
 12,

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.500
 Paul describes

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.280
 the church

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:26.540
 as a

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:27.100
 body.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.000
 Remember,

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.680
 the Spirit

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.860
 baptizes

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.840
 each Christian

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.280
 at the

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.760
 moment of

00:26:31.760 --> 00:26:32.220
 salvation

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.360
 into the

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.200
 one body

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.960
 of Christ,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.820
 but that

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.820
 same Spirit

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:38.260
 also gives

00:26:38.260 --> 00:26:39.080
 individual

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:40.100
 gifts to

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:41.180
 each Christian

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.940
 for the

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.720
 building up

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.640
 of the

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.100
 church.

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.340
 God

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.920
 and Paul,

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.460
 when he's

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.180
 talking about

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.540
 this,

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.800
 describes the

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.380
 church and

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.080
 individual

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:52.040
 Christians as

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:53.260
 individual members

00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:53.900
 of the body.

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.120
 I mean,

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:56.300
 our church,

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.620
 we need hands

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.320
 and thumbs.

00:26:58.540 --> 00:26:59.460
 We need elbows

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.180
 in knees.

00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.140
 We need

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.140
 shoulders,

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.600
 knees,

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.440
 and toes.

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.440
 Knees and toes.

00:27:05.280 --> 00:27:06.020
 Knees and toes.

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:08.279
 It's a

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.259
 picture of

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.319
 interdependence.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.519
 And so,

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.400
 in love,

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.220
 individual

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.859
 Christians

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.539
 use their

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.240
 Spirit-given

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.220
 gifts to

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.039
 build up

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.440
 the one

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.059
 body of

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.539
 Christ.

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:21.900
 So,

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.319
 another way

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.779
 to say it

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:22.940
 is,

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.779
 the Holy

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.400
 Spirit has

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.960
 gifted you,

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.460
 brother and

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.900
 sister in

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.200
 Christ,

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.160
 not for

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.440
 you.

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.579
 The Holy

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.119
 Spirit has

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:31.119
 gifted you

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.519
 in order

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.739
 to build

00:27:33.739 --> 00:27:34.979
 up this

00:27:34.979 --> 00:27:35.519
 church.

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.879
 You've been

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:40.419
 gifted for

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.939
 the unity

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.319
 of our

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.639
 body.

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.819
 And this

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.259
 is much

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.859
 more than

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.259
 just kind

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.259
 of utilitarian

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.099
 view of

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.439
 gifts.

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.559
 This body

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.819
 image pictures

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.799
 us in close

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.959
 proximity to

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.519
 one another,

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.819
 living life

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.279
 together,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.579
 knowing what's

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.179
 going on.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.979
 We build

00:27:58.979 --> 00:27:59.399
 each other

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.319
 up formally

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.099
 and in

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.519
 formally.

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.240
 Now,

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.500
 on a

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.299
 related note,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 under the

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.039
 same point,

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.659
 I just want

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.059
 to clarify

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.579
 something.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.419
 Unity

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:14.039
 does not

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.419
 mean

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.699
 uniformity.

00:28:17.219 --> 00:28:17.779
 Unity

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.319
 does not

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.559
 mean

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.480
 sameness.

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.679
 We have

00:28:21.679 --> 00:28:22.000
 men and

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.359
 women in

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.859
 this church.

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.899
 We have

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.319
 people of

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.099
 all ages

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.699
 in this

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:26.079
 church,

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.059
 all seasons

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.559
 of life,

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.199
 different

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.859
 ethnicities,

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.199
 different

00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:29.879
 income levels

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.480
 and education

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.859
 levels.

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.459
 We have

00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.399
 people adhering

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.859
 to different

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.279
 political

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.740
 parties.

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.359
 They take

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.699
 different

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.439
 stances on

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.079
 gun control,

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.079
 different native

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.619
 languages,

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.639
 different music

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.199
 preferences.

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.039
 This is the

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.119
 stuff that

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.679
 makes us

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.480
 diverse.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.379
 But when

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.699
 we are united

00:28:46.699 --> 00:28:47.359
 with Jesus

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.459
 as our head

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.359
 and his death

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.439
 uniting us,

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.480
 we're united

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.219
 under his

00:28:52.219 --> 00:28:53.819
 word and

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.759
 walking by

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.459
 the spirit

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.079
 dynamic,

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.179
 democratic,

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:59.339
 we embrace

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.259
 the diversity.

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.220
 We're saying

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.379
 yes to

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.859
 this.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.099
 There is

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.539
 nothing that

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.519
 can divide

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.639
 us when

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.559
 our unity

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.839
 is in

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.519
 Jesus

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.359
 Christ.

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.659
 In fact,

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.980
 I believe

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.179
 that diversity

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.939
 when held

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.439
 rightly

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.259
 actually

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.099
 enriches

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.779
 our unity.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:22.839
 community.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.480
 It helps

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.420
 us understand

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.980
 people.

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.200
 You know,

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.660
 the Amazon

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.139
 River,

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:30.319
 it gathers

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.519
 tons of

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.359
 silt and

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.660
 nutrients on

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:36.019
 its way out

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.680
 into the

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.039
 Atlantic.

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.019
 and where

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.779
 the Amazon

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.539
 and the

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.379
 Atlantic meet,

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.519
 this nutrient

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.460
 rich fresh

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.420
 water and

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.440
 this cold

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.319
 salt water,

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.539
 where it

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:48.039
 comes together,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.960
 these two

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.720
 diverse bodies

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.339
 of water,

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.039
 where they

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.819
 come together,

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.859
 it is

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.659
 incredibly

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.180
 fertile.

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.740
 They've

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.379
 discovered a

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.819
 whole new

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.839
 ecosystem

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.859
 underneath

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.899
 this.

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.680
 I believe

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:06.240
 that God

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.980
 through Christ

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.720
 is bringing

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.339
 about a

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.120
 whole new

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.740
 gospel

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.660
 ecosystem

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.299
 in a

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.819
 whole new

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.519
 people.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.000
 The

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.500
 diversity

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.940
 is our

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.559
 strength

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.099
 when united

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.740
 in Christ.

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.099
 We

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:26.039
 live

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.400
 together

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.960
 for God's

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.220
 glory

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.220
 by sharing

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.160
 in this

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.140
 interdependence.

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.860
 The

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.339
 seventh way

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.640
 we live

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.059
 for God's

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.400
 glory

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.000
 glory is

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.700
 by sharing

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.280
 a

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.960
 determination

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.920
 to work

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.259
 towards

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.820
 peace.

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.400
 In

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.660
 Romans

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.259
 chapter 12

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.100
 verse 18,

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.060
 Paul says,

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.900
 if possible,

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.580
 as far as it

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.480
 depends on you,

00:30:50.040 --> 00:30:51.259
 live peaceably

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.259
 with all.

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.280
 Experience

00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:55.140
 shalom

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.060
 with all.

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.940
 not just

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.460
 an absence

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.279
 of hostility,

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.980
 but a

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.440
 fullness of

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.899
 affection,

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.419
 a fullness

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.279
 of trust,

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.139
 a fullness

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.940
 of goodness.

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.859
 You want to

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.339
 be with

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.599
 them.

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.659
 What Paul is

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.139
 saying in

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.659
 Romans 12

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.179
 is that

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:10.460
 our peace

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.059
 as a

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.440
 church

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.319
 in our

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.879
 relationships

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:14.000
 will be

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.720
 challenged

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.899
 and we're

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.059
 going to

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.339
 have to

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.779
 work on

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:16.940
 it.

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.139
 When it's

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.700
 challenged,

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.559
 we will

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.200
 already

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.019
 have needed

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.319
 to have

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.220
 determined

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.100
 that

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.579
 we're

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.660
 going to

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:24.759
 do

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.079
 everything

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.680
 we can

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.120
 to pursue

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.640
 peace

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.579
 with all,

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.360
 especially

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.980
 those in

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.539
 this church.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.039
 So,

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.160
 in light of

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.279
 that,

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.539
 I want to

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.960
 ask you a

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.319
 question.

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.660
 Is there

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.339
 a situation

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.140
 right now

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.460
 in your

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.819
 life

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:43.240
 that you

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.640
 need to

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.299
 take action

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.539
 on?

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.339
 There's a

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.720
 lack of

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.960
 peace and

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.319
 there's still

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.819
 something that

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.480
 you can do

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.279
 in order to

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.539
 move towards

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.180
 peace with

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.539
 this other

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.000
 person.

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.080
 Matt Sear

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.560
 pointed out

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.039
 this past

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.400
 week,

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.299
 Ephesians 4

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.039
 3 starts

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.720
 with eager.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.140
 Eagerly

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.799
 maintain the

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.220
 unity of

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.580
 the spirit

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.799
 and the

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.160
 bond of

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.539
 peace.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.660
 Be eager

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.220
 to do it.

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.460
 Jesus

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.019
 talked about

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.299
 it as

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.720
 drop your

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.460
 offerings

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.299
 before you

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.720
 go to the

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.320
 altar and

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.880
 get right

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.220
 with your

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.500
 brother.

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.380
 Be eager

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.920
 to pursue

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.400
 peace.

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.180
 If there's

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.600
 anything

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.400
 unresolved,

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.640
 any conflict

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.180
 in the room

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.860
 between any

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.380
 of us,

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.500
 be eager to

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.120
 pursue peace

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.480
 with one

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.740
 another.

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.779
 Do

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.039
 everything

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.500
 you can.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.840
 But I

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.440
 also know

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.039
 of situations

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.680
 in this

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:29.279
 room where

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.560
 Christians in

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.200
 this room have

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.799
 done all

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.299
 that they

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:34.019
 can and

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.440
 there's still

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.000
 no peace.

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.480
 What do you

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.860
 do then?

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.720
 You've played

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.140
 out all your

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.539
 cards.

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.840
 What do you

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.060
 do?

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.519
 Well, you run

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.500
 to Psalm 62.

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.580
 You wait for

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.200
 the Lord in

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.580
 silence.

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.779
 You recognize

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.359
 that you

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.759
 are being

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.259
 shaken.

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.279
 You surrender

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.200
 control to

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.500
 Him.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.680
 You rest in

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.180
 your God

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.000
 knowing that

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.279
 He is

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.740
 unlimited

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.319
 power,

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.339
 unrelenting

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.879
 love,

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.839
 and He is

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.339
 unrivaled in

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.000
 His sovereignty,

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.500
 and you rest

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.639
 in His

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:06.099
 peace even

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.039
 though there

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.519
 is an

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.220
 unresolved

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.039
 peace with

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.720
 someone else.

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.000
 You've obeyed

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.660
 Him as far as

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.119
 He can go.

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.700
 And now you

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.299
 just wait.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.399
 peace.

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.319
 But as a

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.879
 subset to

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.579
 this point,

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.539
 I just want

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.139
 to point out

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:22.399
 that this

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:23.399
 determined to

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.379
 be at peace

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.779
 with one

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.079
 another,

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.940
 it's still

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.119
 going to

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.700
 require some

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.139
 dialogue.

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.799
 This peace

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.539
 gets worked

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.019
 out

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.399
 conversationally

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.220
 in order for

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.720
 us to dwell

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.319
 in unity

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.220
 and experience

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.839
 this good

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.539
 and pleasant

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.399
 thing that

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.859
 David is

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.399
 describing.

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.599
 We've got to

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.259
 talk it out

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.720
 from time

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.159
 to time.

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:44.640
 when people,

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.620
 God's people,

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.240
 are living in

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.100
 close proximity

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:48.220
 with one

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.500
 another,

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.700
 it's just a

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.240
 matter of time

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.820
 before someone

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.380
 says something

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.980
 that annoys

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.220
 you or

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.940
 offends you

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.480
 or confuses

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.779
 you or

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.540
 alarms you,

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.820
 disappoints

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.080
 you,

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.240
 or angers

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.620
 you.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.960
 Amen?

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.120
 Amen?

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.720
 When any

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.840
 of us realizes

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.720
 that we have

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.680
 given offense

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.279
 to someone

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.500
 or we've

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.339
 been offended

00:34:13.339 --> 00:34:14.239
 by someone

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.399
 and it's

00:34:15.399 --> 00:34:15.899
 not something

00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:16.259
 we can

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.899
 overlook,

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.259
 you will

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:19.079
 need to

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.579
 talk it

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.159
 out with

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.759
 that person.

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.000
 You'll need

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.419
 to pursue

00:34:22.419 --> 00:34:23.599
 peace with

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.199
 that person.

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.299
 Now there's

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.579
 a couple

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.339
 resources here

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:27.659
 I want to

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.019
 point you

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.239
 to.

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.179
 Ken Sandy

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.599
 has a

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.039
 classic,

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.539
 it's called

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.440
 The Peacemaker.

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.440
 It is a

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.000
 very helpful

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.379
 book.

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.339
 I use a

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.719
 lot of that

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.559
 material in

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.480
 our premarital

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.019
 counseling.

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.019
 The other

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.599
 book that I

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.859
 want to

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.679
 highly recommend

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.279
 is Paul

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.739
 Tripp's

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.639
 War of

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.119
 Words.

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:42.940
 I'm working

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.679
 through that

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.059
 book right

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.500
 now with a

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.879
 brother in

00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:45.299
 the church

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.039
 and we

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.839
 are both

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:48.440
 really benefiting

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.019
 from this

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.339
 book.

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.199
 It tells you

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:51.019
 how to use

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.980
 your words

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.000
 well.

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:53.899
 We're either

00:34:53.899 --> 00:34:54.799
 going to use

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.359
 our words

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.519
 for peacemaking

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.199
 and unity

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:58.119
 or peace

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.599
 breaking

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.559
 and discord

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.119
 and it all

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.019
 depends on

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.599
 what's ruling

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.119
 your heart

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.619
 at a given

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.960
 moment.

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:05.900
 The point

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.380
 though is

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.260
 we all

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.740
 need to be

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.220
 determined

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:09.420
 to pursue

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.159
 peace with

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.619
 one another.

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.940
 It might be

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.380
 uncomfortable

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.119
 but good

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.599
 and pleasant

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.079
 is waiting.

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.340
 The eighth

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.480
 way we

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.000
 live together

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.840
 for God's

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.400
 glory is

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.980
 by being

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.940
 dedicated to

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.760
 show up.

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.679
 Membership

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.420
 is this

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.179
 formal

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.720
 commitment

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.199
 to one

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.480
 another.

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.400
 And in

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.519
 Psalm 133

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.920
 those making

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.320
 the pilgrimage

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.159
 to Jerusalem

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:39.199
 at some

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.760
 point they

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.440
 decided to

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.719
 go.

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.400
 At some

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.800
 point they

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.559
 decided you

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.900
 know what

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.659
 it's time

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.079
 to leave

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.619
 I gotta go

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.199
 show up.

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.619
 Unity

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:51.380
 often boils

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.880
 down to a

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.519
 faith filled

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:55.260
 decision to

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.840
 just show

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.139
 up.

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.360
 Psalm 133

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:02.380
 says

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.900
 remember

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:06.519
 for there

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.000
 the Lord

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.920
 commands

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.920
 the blessing.

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.260
 Do you

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.920
 need help?

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.480
 Are there

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.039
 moments where

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.380
 you're like I

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.740
 just don't

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.099
 want to go

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.320
 to the

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.700
 service.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.940
 I want to

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.860
 lie in bed

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.480
 and binge

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.059
 on Netflix.

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.120
 I don't

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:21.480
 want to go to

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.140
 life group.

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.120
 It's been a

00:36:23.120 --> 00:36:23.660
 hard week.

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.019
 I want an

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.579
 open night.

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.539
 I don't want

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.039
 to go and

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.440
 serve on this

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.140
 ministry team.

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.019
 It's just

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.639
 crazy.

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.480
 Let me

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.039
 encourage you

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.440
 at those

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.400
 moments to

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.839
 pull out

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:35.099
 Psalm 133

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.259
 3 and

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:37.279
 say for

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:39.000
 there for

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.739
 there the

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.559
 Lord commands

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.199
 the blessing.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.299
 There's life

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.079
 forever more

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.599
 on the Sunday

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.179
 service.

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.420
 Life forever

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.199
 more in life

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.539
 group.

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.819
 Good and

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.379
 pleasant things

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.739
 are waiting

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.159
 for me.

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.920
 Unity our

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.659
 unity depends

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.359
 upon each

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:54.719
 of us

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.599
 showing up

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.619
 and

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.239
 unity has

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.839
 a reality

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:01.279
 of being

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:01.900
 present.

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.799
 The

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.159
 ninth

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:06.559
 way we

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.019
 live together

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.539
 for God's

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:09.839
 glory is

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.659
 by sharing

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.839
 a distinction.

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:14.619
 Do you

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.139
 remember in

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.699
 Psalm 133

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.779
 the anointing

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.719
 oil of

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.259
 Aaron's

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:20.179
 head how

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.059
 that was a

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.519
 picture of

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.099
 being set

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.619
 apart for

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.039
 God's

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.719
 purpose of

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.460
 then there

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.719
 was that

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.159
 other

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.960
 comparison of

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.740
 the dew

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.460
 of Hermon

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.880
 and how

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.260
 God's

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.679
 people are

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.260
 a blessing

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.039
 to those

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.880
 around them?

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.880
 In John

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.539
 17

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.039
 20 and

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.420
 21

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.179
 Jesus is

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.579
 praying

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.720
 for us

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:40.679
 and as

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.220
 he's praying

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.699
 to his

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.280
 father for

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.860
 unity he

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.000
 says so

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.599
 that the

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.360
 world may

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.300
 believe that

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.659
 you have

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.139
 sent me.

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.220
 God unite

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.099
 them so

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.519
 that the

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.980
 world may

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:52.019
 know that

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.340
 you have

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.019
 sent me.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:54.619
 our unity

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.300
 sets us

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:57.320
 apart from

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.440
 everybody else

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.460
 and it

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.480
 speaks a

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.099
 word to

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.659
 the world.

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.920
 It

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.739
 validates our

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.360
 message about

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.719
 Jesus.

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:09.000
 That he's

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.659
 united us.

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:09.960
 That he's

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.420
 making a

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.239
 difference in

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.639
 us.

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.079
 In fact it

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.679
 seems as though

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.280
 what Jesus is

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.840
 saying one of

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.300
 the implications

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.019
 is the

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.139
 effectiveness of

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.179
 our evangelism

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.139
 depends in

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.860
 some measure

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.579
 on our

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.699
 unity as a

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.039
 church.

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.719
 Our unity

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:28.960
 distinguishes us

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.779
 from everybody

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:31.679
 else and it's

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.179
 a good and

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.799
 pleasant thing.

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:35.299
 It points

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:37.179
 to the fact

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.299
 that Jesus

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.199
 has come.

00:38:41.419 --> 00:38:42.119
 The tenth

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.879
 and final

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:44.399
 way we

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:44.859
 live together

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.379
 for God's

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:48.139
 glory is by

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.000
 sharing in

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.739
 God's delight.

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:52.879
 133.3

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.839
 For there

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:55.019
 the Lord

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.839
 commands his

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.279
 blessing.

00:38:56.479 --> 00:38:57.059
 Where is

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.359
 that?

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.939
 Wherever

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.679
 God's people

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.139
 are dwelling

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.779
 together in

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.139
 unity.

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.059
 You know

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.179
 what?

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.599
 It would be

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.339
 possible for

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:05.699
 us to

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.019
 unite in

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.659
 grumbling

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.959
 and complaining.

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.839
 We see that

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.259
 in the Old

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.699
 Testament.

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.319
 Israel

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.919
 grumbling

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.579
 and complaining.

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:16.679
 God wasn't

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.379
 thrilled by that.

00:39:17.479 --> 00:39:17.799
 He didn't

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.339
 pour out his

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:18.919
 blessing on

00:39:18.919 --> 00:39:19.179
 that.

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.639
 Far better

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.759
 for us to

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:24.179
 unite in

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.459
 our gratitude

00:39:25.459 --> 00:39:26.519
 to God for

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.939
 what he's

00:39:26.939 --> 00:39:27.119
 done.

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.839
 We have so

00:39:27.839 --> 00:39:28.299
 much in

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.599
 common for

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.279
 what Christ

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:31.059
 has done.

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.219
 A shared

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.759
 forgiveness.

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.599
 A shared

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.319
 peace.

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.959
 A shared

00:39:35.959 --> 00:39:37.519
 eternity.

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.939
 Destination.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.019
 Hope.

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.799
 Rejoice.

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.279
 Rejoice.

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.199
 Let every

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.059
 tongue rejoice.

00:39:46.419 --> 00:39:46.939
 One heart.

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.699
 One voice.

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.159
 Oh,

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.980
 church of

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.579
 Christ.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.179
 Rejoice.

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.379
 Our gratitude

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:54.359
 unites us.

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:56.039
 When we

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.420
 are expressing

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.819
 our gladness

00:39:58.819 --> 00:40:00.799
 to God

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:03.500
 in gratitude,

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.940
 it unites

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.539
 us

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:09.039
 and it

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.559
 distinguishes

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.039
 us.

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:11.199
 God's

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.039
 glory.

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.279
 Well,

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.519
 these are

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:13.820
 the ten

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.500
 ways to

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.059
 live together

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.639
 for God's

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.039
 glory.

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.239
 And as

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.820
 Mary Jo

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.400
 has taught

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.880
 us,

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.860
 like a

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.360
 garden is

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.900
 hard work,

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.340
 so is

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.619
 unity.

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.219
 Unity is

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:24.779
 hard work.

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.059
 It requires

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.539
 humility.

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.820
 Like cultivating

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.320
 a garden.

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:31.600
 But over

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.080
 time,

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.620
 with all

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.240
 the weeding,

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.019
 with all

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.660
 the pruning,

00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:35.500
 with all

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.700
 the intentionality,

00:40:37.100 --> 00:40:38.100
 comes beauty,

00:40:38.600 --> 00:40:39.460
 comes health,

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:41.000
 comes fragrance,

00:40:41.600 --> 00:40:42.820
 comes fruitfulness,

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:45.019
 comes life

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.620
 forevermore.

00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:48.539
 God

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.320
 commands

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.160
 his blessing.

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.460
 Our

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.840
 unity

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:54.680
 is a

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:55.059
 magnet

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:56.740
 to God's

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.100
 blessing.

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.159
 blessing.

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.880
 So let's

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.199
 unite.

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.900
 Will you

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.179
 pray with

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.339
 me?

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.019
 God,

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.500
 thank you so

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.819
 much for

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.179
 your word.

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.860
 Thank you for

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.960
 Psalm 133.

00:41:07.819 --> 00:41:08.279
 God,

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.639
 would you

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.259
 take these

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:09.900
 words and

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.420
 now press

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.880
 them into

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.539
 our hearts.

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.380
 And God,

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.819
 would you

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.360
 bring about

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.019
 the effect

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:15.259
 that you

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:16.039
 unite us,

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.159
 that we

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.779
 are eager

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.420
 to maintain

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.920
 the unity

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.199
 of the

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.599
 spirit and

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:19.819
 the bond

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.339
 of peace.

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.719
 And God,

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:22.000
 you would

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.819
 use us

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:24.279
 in this

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.319
 city to

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.619
 be a

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.159
 blessing to

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.539
 others.

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.440
 for the

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.860
 glory of

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.360
 your name.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.340
 Amen.

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.480
 Amen.