WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.460
 Well, by God's grace, I'm here this morning.

00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:26.780
 So let's ask for the Lord's help before we look at his word together.

00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:27.820
 Please pray with me.

00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:32.560
 God, we do thank you for your grace.

00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:38.679
 We thank you for your grace that has covered all of our sins in Christ.

00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:45.740
 Lord, we thank you for your grace which shows itself to us in love that has no source in

00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:52.260
 ourselves that we are lovable, but Lord, comes from you and your abundant and overflowing

00:00:52.260 --> 00:00:53.140
 love for us.

00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:59.539
 Thank you for your grace that enables us in our weakness, in our frailty, Lord, and even

00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:01.899
 in our sin, Lord.

00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:10.579
 And it was us to look to you, not despair, but find hope, hope of forgiveness, hope of strength,

00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:13.019
 hope of life with you.

00:01:13.019 --> 00:01:17.140
 God, as we look into your word this morning, we pray that you will help us.

00:01:18.199 --> 00:01:21.039
 Lord, may our hearts be ready to receive your word.

00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:24.780
 May our minds be alert to listen to what you have to say to us.

00:01:26.039 --> 00:01:27.840
 God, I ask for your help this morning.

00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.459
 Lord, give me clarity of thought and of expression.

00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.399
 Give my body strength, I pray.

00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:35.459
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:36.619
 Amen.

00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:49.319
 When you walk into a situation, reception, a new neighborhood, a block party, what's the

00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.539
 first thing that you are asked?

00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.339
 Well, it depends on where you are and depends on the context, doesn't it?

00:01:56.539 --> 00:01:59.599
 Some places you'll be asked the question, what do you do?

00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:03.319
 Other places you'll be asked, oh, where are you from?

00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:08.439
 Some places you'll be asked, oh, who's your father?

00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:10.599
 Who's your daddy?

00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:17.219
 Some places you'll be asked, what family do you come from?

00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:24.180
 All of these questions are different ways of trying to get at the core question, which

00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:25.799
 is, who are you?

00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.240
 Of course, the question, the answer is complicated to that, isn't it?

00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:36.379
 I may actually go to a block party this afternoon in my neighborhood, and I've been thinking

00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:39.320
 about how I might answer the question, oh, hi, who are you?

00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:41.879
 Well, I live at 161.

00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:43.480
 I lived there for five years.

00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:45.760
 I'm a pastor.

00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:47.920
 I'm a father.

00:02:48.100 --> 00:02:49.280
 This is Eli and Katie.

00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:52.700
 I'm a guy who lives in the neighborhood.

00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:54.859
 I'm a widower.

00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.399
 I'm from Boston and Pittsburgh.

00:02:59.339 --> 00:03:05.539
 I have a degree from Princeton and a degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

00:03:06.219 --> 00:03:08.780
 I'm a Pirates fan and a Red Sox fan.

00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:12.319
 Hope I didn't step on any toes there.

00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:16.519
 And here's the thing.

00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:18.219
 All of those things are true of me.

00:03:19.079 --> 00:03:23.459
 All of them are, in God's sovereignty, a part of who I am.

00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:32.819
 But the question of who am I has to do not just with what those things are, but how I weight

00:03:32.819 --> 00:03:33.139
 them.

00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:38.219
 What do I trust in to be my core identity?

00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:45.819
 And, you know, when we ask those questions of other people, it's worth thinking, why do

00:03:45.819 --> 00:03:46.340
 we do that?

00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:47.860
 Sometimes we ask those questions.

00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:48.300
 Who are you?

00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:49.219
 Who are you?

00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:49.819
 Where are you from?

00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:50.620
 Those kinds of questions.

00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.120
 We do it because we want to make connections.

00:03:53.419 --> 00:03:54.919
 Oh, oh, yeah.

00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:57.240
 Maybe we know someone in common.

00:03:57.740 --> 00:04:01.780
 We make connections humanly through asking those kinds of questions.

00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:11.639
 But I think that often we can also use those questions to find our place in the pecking

00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:11.960
 order.

00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:17.839
 We walk into the room and we think, okay, who am I a peer with?

00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:22.959
 Who is my superior socially, organizationally?

00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:26.680
 Who am I over in this group?

00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:32.199
 We often walk in and we ask these questions because we want to figure out where do I fit

00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:33.740
 in all of this?

00:04:35.019 --> 00:04:39.460
 But there can also be an even uglier side to this, can't there be?

00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:46.980
 It's that we look for ways to distinguish ourselves, this is who I am, as opposed to who you are,

00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.740
 so that we find those places of difference.

00:04:50.340 --> 00:04:53.920
 And in those differences, then we can find ourselves comparing ourselves.

00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.980
 Am I better than you or am I worse than you?

00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:06.200
 That allows us to become snobs and critics and to separate ourselves from one another

00:05:06.200 --> 00:05:08.740
 in an attempt to build ourselves up.

00:05:08.980 --> 00:05:13.920
 It's the classic elementary school bully routine, isn't it?

00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:15.879
 You walk into the playground as a bully.

00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:16.819
 What do you look for?

00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.860
 The one person who's a little different from everyone else.

00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:21.259
 Oh, she wears glasses.

00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:23.220
 He's from a different ethnic group.

00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:24.960
 Um, he's really tall.

00:05:25.580 --> 00:05:26.440
 She's really short.

00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:28.260
 And you beat up on him.

00:05:28.780 --> 00:05:29.940
 And you make fun of him.

00:05:31.280 --> 00:05:33.160
 To make yourself feel better.

00:05:36.020 --> 00:05:40.680
 One might argue that this dynamic in the smaller settings of our social lives

00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.880
 are also the ones that are writ large on the social fabric of our world

00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:49.120
 that lead to things like genocide, tribal warfare.

00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.819
 Things that, as much as we wish would go away, they don't.

00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.100
 We long for a world of peace and unity.

00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.540
 We long for a place where people can get along.

00:06:01.659 --> 00:06:06.120
 But there are those terrible people out there who do those terrible things.

00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:11.759
 Well, friends, I think it's actually a little more complicated than that, isn't it?

00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.180
 Because that very same dynamic that may happen largely

00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:18.420
 in things like the Holocaust

00:06:18.420 --> 00:06:21.340
 or the refugee crisis today

00:06:21.340 --> 00:06:23.780
 and our response to it,

00:06:24.280 --> 00:06:27.019
 the very same thing is in our hearts

00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:29.340
 and plays out in all these little social settings

00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:31.100
 day in and day out.

00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:32.840
 Who are we?

00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.220
 What does the Bible have to say about this?

00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:40.900
 How does the gospel of Jesus Christ impact

00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:44.220
 how we understand who we are

00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:46.060
 and then how does that impact

00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:48.100
 how we relate to one another?

00:06:48.939 --> 00:06:51.360
 And that leads us to our passage this morning.

00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:54.740
 We are continuing in our series in 1 Corinthians.

00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:56.620
 If you're using the Pew Bible,

00:06:56.780 --> 00:06:58.780
 we're in page 952.

00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:01.819
 And for those of you who have asked,

00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:03.799
 we are actually setting off on a series

00:07:03.799 --> 00:07:06.239
 that will preach through the whole book of 1 Corinthians.

00:07:06.579 --> 00:07:08.679
 Don't be afraid that the sermon schedule

00:07:08.679 --> 00:07:10.319
 only gets us through chapter 4.

00:07:10.619 --> 00:07:13.099
 That's just how we'll get to before we take a break for Advent.

00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:14.879
 Then we'll come back after Christmas

00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:16.199
 and we'll dive on in.

00:07:17.679 --> 00:07:18.819
 Bucket your seatbelts.

00:07:18.859 --> 00:07:19.379
 Here we go.

00:07:19.919 --> 00:07:21.679
 It's going to be a great time

00:07:21.679 --> 00:07:25.599
 because this book is such a powerful book

00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.520
 where the Lord is going to help us think about

00:07:28.520 --> 00:07:30.879
 what does it mean to know Christ

00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:32.980
 and to be a follower of him in this world.

00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:36.080
 And as Nick preached last week,

00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:37.840
 Paul has just thanked God

00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:39.360
 for this church in Corinth,

00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.200
 for the work of grace that God has done in these people

00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:45.060
 and for the evidence of his gifting,

00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.340
 his calling,

00:07:46.340 --> 00:07:51.260
 and his bringing them together

00:07:51.259 --> 00:07:53.379
 into a unity in Christ,

00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:54.420
 under Christ.

00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:58.839
 All of it is focused on Jesus Christ.

00:07:58.920 --> 00:07:59.439
 If you remember,

00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.219
 he said verses 1 through 9,

00:08:01.579 --> 00:08:03.899
 name the name of Jesus Christ 11 times.

00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.199
 It's a powerful thing.

00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.319
 And after having given thanks,

00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:10.459
 Paul then begins.

00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.539
 He begins to address concerns.

00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:13.779
 The whole structure of the book

00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:17.360
 is really about Paul addressing concerns.

00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:19.519
 Chapters 1 through 6

00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.000
 are dealing with concerns that he's heard about.

00:08:22.379 --> 00:08:24.939
 Chapter 7 begins the concerns

00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:26.939
 that the church themselves have written

00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:29.199
 to Paul asking him about

00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:32.740
 or dialoguing with him about certain things.

00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.079
 So we see the first problem

00:08:36.079 --> 00:08:39.079
 that Paul addresses surface in this passage.

00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:40.360
 So let's read it together.

00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:42.679
 1 Corinthians chapter 1,

00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:44.120
 starting in verse 10.

00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:47.480
 I appeal to you brothers,

00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.360
 by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:08:51.060 --> 00:08:52.899
 that all of you agree

00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:56.080
 that there be no distinctions among you,

00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:57.639
 but that you be united

00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.240
 in the same mind

00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:00.879
 and the same judgment.

00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:04.200
 For it has been reported to me

00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:05.139
 by Chloe's people

00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:06.899
 that there is quarreling among you,

00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:07.460
 my brothers.

00:09:08.259 --> 00:09:09.720
 What I mean is that

00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:11.180
 each one of you says,

00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.000
 I follow Paul,

00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:14.580
 I follow Apollos,

00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:16.300
 I follow Cephas,

00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.259
 or I follow Christ.

00:09:19.379 --> 00:09:21.139
 Is Christ divided?

00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:23.960
 Was Paul crucified for you?

00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:25.700
 Or were you baptized

00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:28.060
 in my name?

00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:30.379
 I'm sorry,

00:09:30.540 --> 00:09:31.379
 were you baptized

00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:33.060
 in the name of Paul?

00:09:34.060 --> 00:09:35.280
 I thank God

00:09:35.280 --> 00:09:36.680
 I baptized none of you

00:09:36.680 --> 00:09:38.340
 except Crispus and Gaius

00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:39.960
 so that no one may say

00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:41.480
 you were baptized in my name.

00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:43.720
 I did baptize

00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:44.940
 the household of Stephanas.

00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:46.019
 Beyond that,

00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:47.060
 I don't know

00:09:47.060 --> 00:09:48.620
 whether I baptized anyone else.

00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:51.519
 For Christ did not send me

00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:52.440
 to baptize,

00:09:53.019 --> 00:09:54.320
 but to preach the gospel,

00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:55.840
 not with words

00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:56.860
 of eloquent wisdom,

00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.620
 lest the cross of Christ

00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:02.080
 be emptied of its power.

00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:04.360
 Friends,

00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:05.420
 this is what Paul wants us

00:10:05.420 --> 00:10:06.139
 to hear today,

00:10:06.820 --> 00:10:07.820
 is that God

00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:09.120
 has called his people,

00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:10.560
 God has called us

00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:11.620
 into a unity

00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.759
 that is based

00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.519
 on the deepest

00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.039
 and the most profound identity

00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.080
 we can have,

00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:19.779
 that of being in Christ.

00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:22.679
 Paul is going to say

00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.899
 that unity flows

00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:26.980
 from a proper identity.

00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:28.799
 And as we work

00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.480
 through the passage,

00:10:29.620 --> 00:10:30.120
 we're going to see

00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.440
 Paul sort of presents

00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:32.200
 the problem,

00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:34.159
 and then he attacks,

00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:36.279
 or then he puts forth

00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:36.980
 a solution.

00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:38.220
 He says,

00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:39.080
 this is the problem,

00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:39.960
 that's what we'll talk

00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:40.500
 about first,

00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:41.960
 and then this is the solution,

00:10:42.060 --> 00:10:43.060
 this is how we respond

00:10:43.060 --> 00:10:44.820
 to it in a proper way.

00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:45.539
 So first,

00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:46.720
 what is the problem?

00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:47.100
 Really,

00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:49.460
 it's in verses 10 through 12.

00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.460
 Starts out by saying,

00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:53.860
 there are divisions

00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:54.899
 among you.

00:10:56.500 --> 00:10:56.920
 Right?

00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:00.940
 And these divisions

00:11:00.940 --> 00:11:02.200
 seem to be related

00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:03.560
 to a number of things,

00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.139
 don't they?

00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:06.139
 These divisions are related

00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:07.679
 to personalities.

00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:08.600
 Paul,

00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:09.539
 Apollos,

00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:10.759
 who was a follower

00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:11.500
 of Paul's,

00:11:11.819 --> 00:11:12.259
 a relative,

00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:13.340
 who had probably

00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:14.860
 ministered in Corinth

00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:15.860
 at one point,

00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.639
 silver-tongued Apollos.

00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:19.879
 He's probably a great speaker.

00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:21.879
 I follow Paul.

00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:22.120
 Well,

00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:23.480
 Paul is the original apostle

00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:25.000
 to the Gentiles.

00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.139
 I follow Cephas,

00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:27.439
 which is the Aramaic name

00:11:27.439 --> 00:11:28.080
 for Peter.

00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:29.120
 Well,

00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:30.360
 he was with Jesus.

00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.879
 I want to be on his team.

00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.799
 I follow Christ.

00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:35.439
 Well,

00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:36.980
 you guys follow human leaders.

00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:37.639
 Look at me.

00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:39.240
 I know that that's silly.

00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:41.399
 I'm on the Christ team.

00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.240
 And in doing this,

00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:44.439
 they've separated themselves

00:11:44.439 --> 00:11:45.379
 from one another.

00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.439
 They've said,

00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.460
 I'm better than you are

00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:51.700
 by my identification

00:11:51.700 --> 00:11:53.399
 with this person.

00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:57.159
 It also seems to be

00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.159
 connected to baptism.

00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:00.360
 Well,

00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:02.100
 I was baptized by John Stott.

00:12:02.319 --> 00:12:02.459
 Well,

00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:04.059
 I was baptized by Billy Graham.

00:12:04.459 --> 00:12:04.659
 Well,

00:12:04.699 --> 00:12:06.159
 I was baptized by the Pope.

00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:06.699
 Well,

00:12:06.699 --> 00:12:08.679
 I was baptized by Jesus himself.

00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:09.639
 You know?

00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:12.120
 And somehow,

00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:15.139
 they latched on to baptism

00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:16.399
 as one of these identifiers.

00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.159
 It also seems

00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:21.079
 that it was probably

00:12:21.079 --> 00:12:23.439
 connected to gifting

00:12:23.439 --> 00:12:24.259
 and speaking.

00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.579
 We see that at the end

00:12:25.579 --> 00:12:26.679
 and we'll see it much more

00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:27.419
 as we go on

00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.659
 in the next couple of chapters.

00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:30.019
 That eloquence

00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:32.879
 and being able to speak publicly

00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.379
 in the frame

00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:36.059
 of the Corinthian context

00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:37.699
 with sophistry

00:12:37.699 --> 00:12:38.500
 and rhetoric

00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:40.980
 and filling the pattern

00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:42.399
 of expected rhetoric

00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:44.399
 so that you can impress

00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.819
 impress your hearers.

00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:51.659
 So for all these reasons,

00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:53.120
 the church in Corinth

00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.159
 was divided.

00:12:55.699 --> 00:12:56.919
 They were divided

00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:58.639
 like a piece of fabric

00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.039
 that is meant to be whole

00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:01.519
 that had been torn up

00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.379
 into pieces.

00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:10.860
 Notice how strong

00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.720
 this identification

00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:13.000
 with the leaders is.

00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.600
 It's not just

00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.299
 I like this guy

00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:17.539
 better than this guy

00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:18.740
 or I've been blessed

00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.679
 by this guy

00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.759
 and not that guy.

00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.659
 It's not nearly

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:24.100
 that shallow.

00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.340
 It's much more profound.

00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:26.100
 Look at it again.

00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.240
 It's in verse what?

00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.259
 Verse 12, right?

00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:29.879
 I follow Paul.

00:13:30.019 --> 00:13:30.720
 I follow Paul.

00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:31.860
 This is how the ESV

00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.059
 translates it.

00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.000
 You know how it is

00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.639
 in the original?

00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.700
 It actually just says

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:37.440
 I am of Paul.

00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:40.519
 Look back to verse 2

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.139
 for a second.

00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:43.720
 Who does the church

00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.639
 really belong to?

00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.519
 To the church

00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.500
 of God.

00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:53.259
 But these men and women

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.819
 in Corinth

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:55.019
 have lost sight of that.

00:13:55.199 --> 00:13:55.819
 Haven't they?

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.059
 And they've divided themselves.

00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:59.379
 And it seems like

00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.480
 in identifying

00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.860
 with these human leaders

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:02.980
 they're trying

00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:04.580
 to ride their coattails

00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.379
 to success.

00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:07.059
 In the competitive context

00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:08.600
 of the Corinthian world

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.419
 they're thinking

00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:10.479
 how do I get ahead?

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.799
 And they've translated it

00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.120
 from their business practices

00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:14.620
 and from their social settings

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:16.199
 into the church itself.

00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.819
 I want to be a part

00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:19.120
 of the really cool church

00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:20.479
 that's really getting ahead.

00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.959
 I don't want to be a part

00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:25.500
 of that backwater church

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.159
 over there

00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.959
 that isn't very exciting.

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:29.600
 I want to be

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.480
 I want to follow

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.360
 these coattails

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.060
 to spiritual prominence

00:14:33.060 --> 00:14:34.320
 in the church

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.360
 and in the world.

00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:37.019
 Kind of like

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.060
 I want to find

00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.660
 the right startup guy

00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:41.220
 to invest my money in

00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:42.480
 so that I can be in

00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.800
 on the ground floor

00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:44.620
 of the next

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:47.019
 Google, Twitter, Facebook

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.019
 whatever it is.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:53.899
 they're wielding

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.539
 their identity

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:55.879
 against one another

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.179
 with this desire

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.019
 to get ahead.

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.679
 And it's become

00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.819
 not just their

00:15:01.819 --> 00:15:02.960
 preferred leader

00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.919
 but it's become

00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.799
 their identity.

00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:06.639
 I am of Paul

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.879
 I am of Apollos.

00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:12.480
 It's also important

00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.879
 this is a slight side note

00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.620
 but it's important

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.360
 to recognize

00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:17.919
 that these divisions

00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:19.159
 are not doctrinal.

00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:20.519
 Right?

00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:21.460
 For one thing

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.639
 Paul and Apollos

00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.519
 and Peter

00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.620
 would be horrified

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.259
 to know that

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.860
 their names

00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:27.019
 are being used by this.

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:28.240
 None of these men

00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:29.779
 advocated for this

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.899
 cultivated it

00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:32.379
 or would support it

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:32.879
 if they knew

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.639
 that it was happening.

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.120
 But secondly

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.980
 recognize that

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.940
 this is not

00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:39.720
 a Galatians situation.

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.820
 Paul clearly says

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.519
 there are times

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.279
 when the gospel

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.000
 is at stake

00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.779
 the truth

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.500
 and the clarity

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.059
 of the gospel

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.879
 is at stake

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.820
 and divisions

00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:48.639
 are important

00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.559
 and to say

00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.440
 that man

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.460
 is a false teacher

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:52.259
 that person

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.440
 is a false teacher

00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.039
 because they are

00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:55.200
 distorting the gospel

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.059
 is an important thing

00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:58.279
 in the life

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.059
 of our church.

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.759
 And yet

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:02.419
 friends

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.519
 how often

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.759
 and maybe

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.340
 how often

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.639
 especially for us

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.899
 in the Protestant tradition

00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:09.379
 have we allowed

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.840
 personality splits

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.800
 and secondary things

00:16:12.800 --> 00:16:13.220
 like

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.040
 what version

00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.800
 of the Bible

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:16.399
 do we follow

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.519
 or

00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.259
 what color

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:21.120
 is the carpet

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.120
 or what kind

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.800
 of music

00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:24.000
 do we play.

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:26.460
 There are so many ways

00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.259
 that we then

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:28.200
 blow little

00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.800
 secondary things up

00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:30.580
 into

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:32.460
 primary and central

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.660
 things about the gospel

00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:36.240
 and then divide

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.879
 over them

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.799
 in ways

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.679
 that are unhealthy.

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.480
 That's what

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.139
 these men did.

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:41.939
 They said

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:43.179
 the church here

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:43.480
 said

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.259
 here are men

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.179
 who I've been blessed

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:46.000
 by their ministry

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.679
 and then they've been

00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:47.419
 inflated

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:49.339
 to a place of prominence

00:16:49.339 --> 00:16:50.120
 in their identity

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.959
 and their understanding

00:16:50.959 --> 00:16:51.839
 of the Christian life

00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.879
 that has completely

00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.699
 distorted it

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.879
 and torn the fabric

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.879
 of the church apart.

00:16:55.879 --> 00:17:01.899
 So we need to be careful

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.919
 about our motivations

00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:04.700
 when we go to the place

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.900
 of doctrinal division

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:08.519
 even though there are times

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.480
 when it is appropriate

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.279
 and right.

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.680
 This is why we at Trinity

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.559
 talk about ourselves

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.880
 as a gospel centered church

00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:19.079
 because we want the gospel

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.039
 to be in the center.

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.519
 Now we always have to talk

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.500
 about what is the gospel

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.480
 and what's an entailment

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.980
 of the gospel

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.960
 and what's the implications

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.640
 of the gospel

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.980
 and all of those things

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.560
 and those are all

00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.560
 good conversations

00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:30.400
 but we say it explicitly

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.740
 because we want to make

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:33.060
 the important things

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:34.560
 the important things

00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:35.400
 in our church.

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.360
 We are Baptist

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.620
 but we really want to be

00:17:39.620 --> 00:17:40.420
 about the gospel.

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.340
 That's a conviction we hold

00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:43.220
 but it's not

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.320
 the very core

00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:45.100
 of our identity

00:17:45.100 --> 00:17:47.540
 let alone our positions

00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:48.759
 on the end times

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.940
 or our denominational affiliation

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:52.540
 or our support

00:17:52.540 --> 00:17:53.580
 of a political party

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.259
 or a candidate.

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.980
 we could go on

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.539
 and on about

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.299
 different ways

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.379
 in which churches

00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.079
 could be known

00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:00.559
 for lots of different things

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.900
 and Paul says

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:04.579
 don't let yourself

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.299
 be divided

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:06.680
 over these things.

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.099
 This is the problem.

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.879
 Now

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:15.359
 is this really a problem

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.960
 in our church?

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.720
 This is a worthwhile question

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.119
 to explore

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.680
 don't you think?

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.779
 Is this really

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:22.759
 I thank the Lord

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.119
 that this is not

00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:25.160
 a major problem

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.879
 in our church.

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.160
 I don't believe

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.139
 as I walk in here

00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.599
 on Friday

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.259
 that there are

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.059
 four factions

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.819
 that are sitting

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.839
 amongst you all

00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.940
 that are somehow

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:35.039
 fighting and backbiting

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.819
 and challenging

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.500
 one another

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:38.200
 for the control

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.859
 or direction

00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:39.599
 or prominence

00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.259
 in our church

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:42.079
 and I am so thankful

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.619
 for that.

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.619
 But having said that

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.579
 let me explore it

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.420
 a little bit with you.

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:49.180
 A couple of reflections

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.800
 on this.

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.320
 One

00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:52.300
 we have a co-pastor

00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:53.259
 model in this church.

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.080
 If you're new to it

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:55.140
 there are three of us

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.680
 Greg, Nick and I

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:59.320
 who are staff elders.

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.320
 That means that

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:01.080
 we are full time

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:02.080
 on the staff of the church

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:03.120
 we are called pastors.

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.279
 There are elders

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.800
 that we are peers with

00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:06.460
 who are not

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:08.100
 on the staff of the church

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:09.480
 that we serve with.

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.519
 One of the dangers

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.680
 one of the fears

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.940
 when this model

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.820
 was put into place

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.920
 four or five years ago

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:17.120
 was that our church

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:18.140
 would very easily

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.400
 devolve into the

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:20.759
 I'm of Nick

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:22.380
 and I'm of Greg

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:24.019
 and I'm of Matt.

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.800
 Oh

00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:29.380
 how thankful I am

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.779
 that by the grace of God

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.980
 that has not been true.

00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.660
 And I will say

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.539
 that I think it is

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.860
 to a large extent

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.920
 because of the humility

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.460
 of the men

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.340
 that I serve with

00:19:39.340 --> 00:19:40.779
 that they have

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.140
 discouraged it

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.140
 they have

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.800
 not done anything

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.919
 to encourage it

00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:47.960
 they have refuted it

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.980
 when it has come up

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:50.720
 they speak well

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.799
 of one another

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.019
 and it's made

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.960
 a huge difference.

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.099
 But it has been

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.960
 God's grace

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.379
 that that is true.

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:58.940
 Friends

00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.759
 may this always be true

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.399
 of our church.

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:05.740
 I think there might be

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:07.080
 a second kind of division

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.820
 in our church

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.100
 though

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.800
 that may be

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:10.060
 a little more salient

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:11.400
 and may strike

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.300
 a little bit closer

00:20:12.300 --> 00:20:12.820
 to home.

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.540
 So let me explore this

00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:15.380
 for a few minutes.

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.680
 It's a division

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.420
 that's woven

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.560
 into the very fabric

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:19.460
 of our community

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.080
 just like

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:21.680
 in the Corinthian community

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.660
 there was a culture

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:24.140
 that encouraged

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.340
 that kind of division.

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.740
 The division

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.519
 that I see

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.740
 that's at least

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.320
 possible

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.299
 in our church

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.980
 would be this

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:34.139
 I am of Yale

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:36.339
 I am not

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.279
 of Yale.

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.500
 Now this may not be true

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.220
 some of you

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.639
 are going to be

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.339
 fence sitters

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.059
 some of you

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.939
 are going to be married

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.599
 some in

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.179
 some out

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:50.220
 some of you

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.119
 may not feel this

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.579
 at all

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:53.279
 but let's explore it

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.079
 for a few minutes

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.399
 just to think about it.

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:58.040
 One of the things

00:20:58.040 --> 00:20:59.080
 that I think is true

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.740
 is that

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.640
 when you come

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.300
 to a prestigious

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:01.940
 university

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.720
 like Yale

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.920
 it's very easy

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.040
 for that to become

00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:06.640
 very central

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.540
 to your identity

00:21:07.540 --> 00:21:08.480
 very quickly.

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.460
 It's just

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.780
 it's not a conscious

00:21:11.780 --> 00:21:12.340
 decision.

00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:13.980
 You walk into

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.360
 the culture

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:14.940
 and part of it

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.880
 is the university

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.880
 itself tells you

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.860
 that you are the best

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.780
 and the brightest

00:21:18.780 --> 00:21:19.500
 and you're going

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.340
 to change the world

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.820
 and you're going

00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:21.340
 to be presidents

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:22.420
 of the United States

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.740
 and you're special

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.840
 because you're at Yale.

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.579
 and you're repeated

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.480
 over and over

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.259
 and over again.

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.179
 And I'm not sure

00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:31.519
 you always know

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.480
 how deep it is.

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.179
 I'm not sure

00:21:34.179 --> 00:21:34.759
 you always

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.879
 recognize

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:37.139
 how much

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.559
 you communicate

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.159
 that

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.619
 to those around you

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.179
 who aren't

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.939
 a part of Yale.

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.199
 It plays out

00:21:44.199 --> 00:21:44.679
 in really

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.839
 simple ways

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.939
 very normal

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.919
 human ways

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:50.519
 maybe your

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.299
 social cliques

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.980
 the people

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.399
 who are in

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.019
 your professional

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.519
 school

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.079
 or in your

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.459
 college

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.880
 or in your

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:57.000
 you just

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.519
 naturally

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.120
 gravitate

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.640
 towards those

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:58.960
 and those

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.360
 are the people

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.880
 you talk to

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.500
 after church

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.799
 and those

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.200
 are the people

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.519
 who you get

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.019
 a small group

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.279
 with

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.720
 and they're

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.819
 the church

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.319
 that you

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.700
 sort of

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.059
 hang out

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.360
 with.

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.680
 Another way

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.120
 I think it

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.720
 seeps in

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.759
 is if you

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.279
 haven't listened

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.220
 to Pastor Greg's

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.059
 sermon that he

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.600
 preached a couple

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.100
 years ago

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:16.120
 in Jeremiah 29

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:17.120
 go back and look

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.539
 it up on the

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.299
 website and listen

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.759
 to it.

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.799
 He said there

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.279
 are lots of

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.799
 people who come

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.420
 to New Haven

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.860
 for a while

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:24.460
 to get their

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.120
 stuff and to

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.519
 get out

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:27.360
 and it's very

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:29.080
 easy in a

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.740
 place like Yale

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.279
 to do that.

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.940
 You come in

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.620
 and you're only

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.340
 here to get

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.920
 your degree

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.920
 to get through

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.680
 your program

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.759
 and to move

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.840
 on and you've

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.480
 got your sights

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.200
 set on something

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.279
 else and this

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.779
 is just a

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.360
 way station

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.740
 and you know

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.600
 just like stopping

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.300
 at a rest area

00:22:43.300 --> 00:22:44.340
 you may ignore

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:45.180
 all the restaurants

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.820
 if all you need

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.420
 is a bathroom

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.420
 you know

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.519
 you're just doing

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.100
 you're getting

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.720
 what you need

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.180
 and then you

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.819
 keep going.

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.940
 It's easy in the

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.920
 questions that you

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.559
 ask when you

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.279
 meet someone new

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.420
 oh who are you

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.519
 right?

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.120
 What do you do?

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.140
 Oh what department

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.720
 are you in?

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.660
 Well you know

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.559
 what if you're

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.600
 just working in a

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.360
 job in town

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:11.620
 those can really

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.579
 be off-putting.

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.519
 They communicate

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.200
 automatically

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.059
 I'm not a part

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.700
 of your world.

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:21.880
 I say you

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.440
 but I want

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.220
 to say this

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.120
 I remember

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.799
 doing this

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:26.440
 I was a student

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.900
 once

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.579
 when I went

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.380
 off to university

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:30.059
 I lived in a town

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.660
 but I didn't know

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.360
 anything about it

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.480
 I didn't care

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.259
 anything about it

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:36.500
 it wasn't until

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.640
 after I graduated

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.360
 and stayed

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.279
 for a little while

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.259
 that I began

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.860
 to learn

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.700
 about the region

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.420
 and about the

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.220
 spiritual condition

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.579
 of it

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.039
 and the place

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.660
 of the church

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:47.559
 I was thankful

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.480
 that I was in a church

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.920
 where I actually

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.600
 got to know

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.300
 some of the church

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:51.320
 members outside

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:51.980
 of just the

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.940
 university community

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.880
 through service

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.300
 it's a plug

00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:56.019
 for the one thing

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.779
 you get involved

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.300
 in those things

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.900
 you get to meet

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.740
 people in the church

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.320
 who are different

00:23:59.320 --> 00:24:00.600
 which is wonderful

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:05.259
 but one of the things

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.800
 that I realized

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.440
 is that when I

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.080
 didn't care

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.779
 about the town

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.580
 that I was in

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:10.019
 it communicated

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.620
 to those who

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.100
 lived there

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.220
 it doesn't matter

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.980
 that's very painful

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:17.039
 and it's very dividing

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:19.779
 now

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.759
 how about those

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.039
 of you

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.659
 who are not

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.399
 of Yale

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:26.420
 often

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.680
 everything seems

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.200
 to be about

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.440
 Yale

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.940
 doesn't it

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:32.180
 you might feel

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.599
 envious

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.180
 of all the

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.639
 attention

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:35.519
 all the

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.159
 resources

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:37.000
 all the

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.619
 opportunities

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.359
 that people

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.700
 who are

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.539
 of Yale

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.460
 have

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.779
 you might feel

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.180
 insecure

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.920
 and threatened

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.039
 well they're

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.639
 really smart

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:45.980
 people

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.599
 I'm not very

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.980
 smart

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.460
 how do I

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.960
 go to Bible

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.279
 study

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.860
 with smart

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.360
 people like

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.559
 that

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.839
 that's

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.420
 intimidating

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:54.000
 you may feel

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.819
 contemptuous

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.079
 because you've

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.400
 seen them

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.940
 try to change

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.339
 a tire

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.099
 and you know

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.559
 they can't

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.059
 do it

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:08.120
 you may be

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.460
 weary

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.019
 if you've

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.360
 been here

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.000
 for a while

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.420
 of the stream

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.200
 that's flowing

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.680
 through our

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.059
 church

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:16.819
 you may

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.500
 resent them

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.460
 for taking

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.960
 and not

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.359
 giving

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.259
 it seems

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.139
 and you may

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.599
 feel like

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.179
 an overlooked

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.779
 majority

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.679
 not valued

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.599
 or seen

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.200
 very well

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.960
 in our

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.440
 society

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.000
 here in

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.419
 New Haven

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:30.480
 maybe even

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.819
 here in

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.299
 our church

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.339
 church

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:37.639
 I expose

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.680
 this division

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.559
 not because

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:39.980
 I think

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.299
 it is

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.680
 tearing

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.259
 our church

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.639
 apart

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.759
 but because

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.039
 I think

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.500
 it could

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:46.319
 I expose

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.000
 it because

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.759
 I want

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.379
 us to see

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.680
 that if

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.119
 we have

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.659
 taken on

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.059
 these

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.720
 attitudes

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.419
 the root

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.680
 of them

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.059
 may be

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.480
 in our

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.039
 identity

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.059
 we see

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.480
 ourselves

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.960
 in one

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.339
 camp

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.779
 or the

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.119
 other

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.019
 and in

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.500
 doing so

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.940
 we allow

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.319
 ourselves

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.980
 to separate

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.539
 from people

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.839
 who are

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.159
 different

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.839
 from us

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.639
 we think

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.079
 we end up

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.579
 competing

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.039
 for the

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.559
 resources

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.980
 for the

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.319
 attention

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.659
 of the

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.099
 pastors

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.240
 for the

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.440
 money

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.680
 and the

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.039
 budget

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:11.920
 we could

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.200
 end up

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.599
 having a

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:12.940
 mutual

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.359
 attitude

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.599
 of

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.099
 superiority

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.059
 one over

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.539
 the other

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.980
 we can

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.279
 have a

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.779
 disregard

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.200
 or be

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.839
 dismissive

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.180
 of one

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.539
 another

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.519
 and friends

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.980
 if we

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.440
 embrace

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.859
 that

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:24.899
 then we're

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.200
 a part

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.420
 of the

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.779
 problem

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.299
 that Paul

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.980
 is exposing

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.399
 and confronting

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:30.500
 in the

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.720
 church

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.900
 in

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.259
 Corinth

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:34.980
 let me

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.380
 just say

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.620
 this

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:35.940
 out of

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.200
 these

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.500
 two

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.820
 things

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.100
 that I

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.280
 think

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:37.860
 are very

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.860
 salient

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.560
 in our

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.800
 church

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:41.300
 culture

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:43.080
 I would

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.360
 just want

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.680
 to ask

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.060
 a series

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:44.660
 of questions

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.100
 because there

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.560
 are lots

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:45.960
 of things

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.240
 that we

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.580
 can put

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.100
 our identities

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.420
 in

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.980
 there are

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.240
 lots

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.660
 of ways

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:48.980
 that we

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.440
 can build

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.800
 ourselves

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.060
 up

00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:50.620
 and separate

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.160
 ourselves

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.140
 from those

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.840
 around us

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.440
 even within

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.019
 the church

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:56.700
 so let me

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.319
 just ask you

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.059
 some questions

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.639
 to reflect

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.000
 on your

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.259
 own

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.000
 when I

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.379
 introduce

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.940
 myself

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.319
 what do

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.819
 I say

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:04.940
 what does

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.379
 that say

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.759
 who I

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.200
 think I

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.639
 am in

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.879
 this

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.359
 particular

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.079
 relationship

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:10.980
 how do

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.480
 what

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.900
 how I

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.139
 share

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.559
 myself

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.900
 how does

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.460
 that position

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.980
 me with

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.500
 regard to

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.859
 the other

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.379
 person

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.579
 do I

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.079
 use my

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.519
 identity

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.099
 subtly

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.500
 or not

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.139
 so subtly

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.460
 to make

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.859
 myself

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.519
 look good

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.319
 in the

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.819
 eyes of

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.220
 others

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:28.380
 we need

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:28.680
 to ask

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.059
 ourselves

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.299
 these

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.819
 questions

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:32.519
 I think

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.100
 this tendency

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.740
 runs pretty

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.059
 deep

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.579
 in human

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:36.339
 and humanity

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:38.700
 the good

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.120
 news is

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.400
 there's

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.660
 hope

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:41.620
 we don't

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.059
 have to

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.759
 be divided

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.920
 our longing

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.000
 for a

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.640
 unity that

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.240
 is real

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.180
 and substantial

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:49.019
 is possible

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.960
 in the

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.400
 kingdom of

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.740
 God

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.779
 and in

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.220
 Christ

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:55.539
 because when

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.980
 we find

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.579
 our identity

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.339
 not in

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.660
 all of

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.039
 these other

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.319
 things

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.740
 but in

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.200
 Christ

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.880
 himself

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:01.980
 this

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.240
 then

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.759
 produces

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.319
 a unity

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.859
 in us

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.859
 that is

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.279
 a beautiful

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.819
 thing to

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.200
 behold

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.099
 let's

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.660
 explore how

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.200
 Paul talks

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.620
 about this

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:08.839
 in the

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.140
 passage

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.620
 look back

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.019
 with me

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.900
 in verses

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:13.079
 we're going

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.359
 to start

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.759
 in verse

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.160
 10

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.400
 because you

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.660
 see

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.240
 Paul's

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.539
 initial

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.980
 solution

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.400
 it seems

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.620
 to be

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.180
 very easy

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.279
 don't be

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.740
 divided

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.740
 agree

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.180
 be of

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.599
 the same

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.140
 mind

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.799
 think the

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.079
 same

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.620
 have the

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:25.859
 same

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.240
 judgment

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.099
 just get

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.440
 along

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.319
 right

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.299
 and he's

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.720
 not doing

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.480
 that superficially

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.839
 you'll see

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.440
 he's building

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.900
 the case

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.200
 for it

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.720
 but at the

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.180
 very beginning

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.660
 he's saying

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.380
 don't be

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.839
 divided

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.740
 if you

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.039
 feel

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.500
 divided

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.380
 you are

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.759
 doing

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.299
 something

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.240
 that is

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.740
 contrary

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.259
 to your

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.680
 nature

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.579
 and contrary

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.980
 to the

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.259
 nature

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.759
 of the

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.220
 community

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.720
 that God

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.259
 has called

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.900
 you into

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:47.019
 having

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.460
 the same

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.840
 judgment

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.340
 and having

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.740
 the same

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.140
 mind

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.360
 is not

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.140
 just agreeing

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.860
 to disagree

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:53.320
 it's not

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:54.560
 just shallow

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.820
 tolerance

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.500
 in the way

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.920
 that our

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.900
 world often

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.480
 presents it

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.860
 today

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.759
 it's a

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.160
 deeper

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.040
 unity

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:02.180
 of values

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.800
 and of

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.400
 priorities

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.980
 and of

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.560
 ends

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:06.440
 it is that

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.100
 there is a

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.640
 core of

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.120
 truth

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.220
 that matters

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:11.360
 to us

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.360
 a truth

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.900
 about who

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.420
 God is

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.720
 and what

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.080
 he's done

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.559
 in the world

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.879
 and who

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.240
 we are

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.799
 in relationship

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.379
 to him

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.779
 and not

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.119
 only is

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.720
 that truth

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.359
 true

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.139
 but it

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.439
 is the

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.119
 most important

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.799
 thing about

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.139
 us

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.939
 so it

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.299
 is both

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.839
 the truth

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.119
 of it

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.579
 and the

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.199
 significance

00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.879
 of it

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:27.099
 that brings

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.980
 us together

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.319
 that's what

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.879
 Paul is saying

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.299
 when he talks

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.659
 about being

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.139
 of the same

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.480
 mind

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.220
 and the

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.599
 same

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:35.419
 what is

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.799
 the phrase

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.319
 let me look

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.659
 at it

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.379
 same mind

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.720
 and the

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.419
 same judgment

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.579
 right

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:41.699
 he's saying

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.579
 this is at

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.059
 the core

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.059
 in Christ

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.119
 this is

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.480
 where it

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.819
 is

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.599
 and there

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.960
 are lots

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.359
 of ways

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.679
 that he

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.099
 helps us

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.539
 understand

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.099
 the basis

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.679
 of this

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.399
 do you

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.720
 notice

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.099
 that one

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.339
 of the

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.599
 first

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.819
 things

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.259
 he did

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.940
 is to

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.319
 say

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.159
 brothers

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:56.879
 I

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.379
 appeal

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.099
 to you

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.919
 brothers

00:29:58.919 --> 00:30:00.000
 and then

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.480
 he repeats

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.859
 it at the

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.159
 end of

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.839
 verse 11

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:03.039
 my

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.559
 brothers

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:05.740
 he's

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.960
 saying

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.599
 God

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.819
 has

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.099
 called

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.419
 us

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.720
 in

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.079
 Christ

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.419
 into

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.639
 a

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.099
 family

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:10.119
 now

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.359
 your

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.839
 family

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.199
 may

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.419
 be

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.919
 completely

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.599
 fractured

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.119
 your

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.500
 family

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.779
 may

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.059
 feel

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.259
 like

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.519
 there's

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.759
 no

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.119
 unity

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.519
 in it

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.000
 at all

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.919
 but

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.159
 the

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.480
 biblical

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.119
 picture

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:19.259
 the

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.579
 biblical

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.079
 picture

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.319
 of

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.719
 unity

00:30:20.719 --> 00:30:21.959
 is

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.500
 that

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.259
 God

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.439
 has

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:23.740
 called

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:23.879
 you

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.119
 into

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.639
 one

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.240
 family

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.839
 with

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.299
 one

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.699
 God

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:26.899
 and

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.219
 father

00:30:27.219 --> 00:30:27.559
 over

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:27.779
 us

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.079
 all

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.219
 and

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.339
 we

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.480
 are

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.819
 called

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.179
 to be

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.519
 brothers

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.859
 and

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.219
 sisters

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.879
 of

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.279
 Jesus

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.539
 the

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.959
 redeemer

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.139
 and

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.279
 the

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.619
 king

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.159
 what

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.319
 a

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.719
 glorious

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.399
 thing

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.199
 that

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.679
 is

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:39.559
 so

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:39.759
 he

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.139
 says

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:41.500
 how

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.739
 can

00:30:41.739 --> 00:30:41.899
 we

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.099
 be

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.459
 divided

00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:43.379
 against

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.659
 one

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.019
 another

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.279
 if

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.679
 Christ

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:44.899
 has

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.139
 called

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.319
 us

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.599
 into

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.099
 one

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.039
 family

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.359
 and

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.539
 then

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.919
 secondly

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.179
 he

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.419
 says

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.979
 and

00:30:49.979 --> 00:30:50.119
 I

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.399
 appeal

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.579
 to

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.739
 you

00:30:50.739 --> 00:30:50.959
 in

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:51.119
 the

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.419
 name

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.599
 of

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.239
 Christ

00:30:52.239 --> 00:30:53.159
 this

00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:53.279
 is

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.439
 in

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:53.619
 verse

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.839
 10

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.099
 again

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.659
 he's

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:54.859
 saying

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.259
 we

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.359
 are

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.559
 not

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.759
 only

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.139
 called

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.319
 into

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.559
 this

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.839
 family

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.059
 but

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.239
 we

00:30:57.239 --> 00:30:57.439
 have

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:57.739
 one

00:30:57.739 --> 00:30:58.259
 authority

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.659
 over

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.039
 us

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.739
 the

00:30:59.739 --> 00:31:00.079
 church

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.359
 has

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.759
 one

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.199
 head

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:01.719
 who

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:01.879
 is

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.139
 Jesus

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.699
 Christ

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.840
 he

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.539
 alone

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.340
 has

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.539
 the

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.960
 ultimate

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.640
 authority

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.920
 and

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.100
 so

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.580
 how

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:08.819
 can

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.039
 we

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.480
 divide

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.200
 ourselves

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.700
 against

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:10.980
 one

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.360
 another

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.799
 and

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.100
 claim

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.539
 identity

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.740
 in

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.960
 this

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.279
 person

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.460
 and

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.700
 this

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.080
 person

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.519
 when

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.680
 there

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:14.840
 is

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.180
 one

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.740
 person

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.860
 who

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.200
 alone

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.460
 has

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.580
 the

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.900
 authority

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.259
 over

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 us

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.059
 and

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.240
 then

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.660
 Paul

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.080
 in

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.319
 verse

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.980
 13

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.960
 or

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.240
 verse

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.680
 12

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.380
 no

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.720
 verse

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.140
 13

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.440
 I

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.759
 love

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.160
 Paul's

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.600
 rhetorical

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.180
 questions

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.860
 you should

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.120
 look

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.680
 particularly

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.880
 in

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.039
 first

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.420
 Corinthians

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.019
 he

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.319
 pulls

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.440
 them

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.620
 out

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.900
 a

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.200
 lot

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.420
 to

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.580
 get

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:32.740
 his

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:32.980
 point

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.440
 across

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.860
 and

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.080
 it's

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.460
 always

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.800
 worth

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:35.320
 asking

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.759
 when

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.960
 there's

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.080
 a

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.539
 question

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.980
 what

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.140
 is

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.340
 Paul

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.840
 expecting

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.080
 the

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.400
 answer

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.560
 to

00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:38.820
 be

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:40.140
 right

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.640
 look at

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.860
 verse

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.320
 13

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.980
 is

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.380
 Christ

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.980
 divided

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.660
 well

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.160
 of course

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.480
 not

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.920
 how can

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.080
 you

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.580
 divide

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.220
 Christ

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.940
 so

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.180
 how

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.400
 can

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.560
 you

00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:49.019
 divide

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.340
 his

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.779
 church

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:51.700
 that's

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:51.840
 the

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.100
 answer

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.279
 that

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.420
 he's

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.680
 giving

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.300
 and

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.380
 then

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.500
 he

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.700
 keeps

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.039
 going

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.860
 was

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:56.560
 Paul

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.259
 crucified

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.680
 for

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.000
 you

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.800
 well

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.180
 this is

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.660
 absurd

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.440
 of course

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.799
 not

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.460
 only

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.900
 Christ

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.120
 was

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.640
 crucified

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.720
 then

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.019
 why

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.340
 are you

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.600
 making

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.120
 so much

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.259
 of

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.620
 Paul

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.340
 that

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.580
 you

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.019
 are

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.640
 diminishing

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.460
 the

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.059
 excellency

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.460
 and the

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.840
 supremacy

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.120
 of

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.539
 Christ

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.140
 he keeps

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.600
 going

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:15.740
 were you

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.120
 baptized

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.860
 into the

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.380
 name

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.240
 of Paul

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.779
 right

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.380
 he picks up

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.600
 this

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.100
 this

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.680
 baptized

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.259
 thing

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.120
 of course

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.420
 you wouldn't

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.100
 be baptized

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.759
 in the name

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.220
 of Paul

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.980
 Paul hasn't

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.580
 done anything

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.759
 but proclaim

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.259
 to you

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.759
 what Jesus

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.299
 has done

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.720
 you

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.240
 are baptized

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.799
 in the

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.180
 name

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.740
 of Jesus

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.339
 Christ

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.099
 because

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.799
 he's

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.039
 done

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.220
 the

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.500
 work

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.659
 of

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.039
 redemption

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.680
 for you

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.279
 and we'll

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.899
 explore that

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.379
 as we get

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.879
 down a little

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.480
 bit further

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.000
 and this

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.399
 leads him

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.680
 a little

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.039
 bit into

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.319
 this

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.859
 place

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.019
 of

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.419
 baptism

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.879
 and I

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.460
 love

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.119
 how he

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.419
 does

00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:45.599
 this

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.980
 because

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.180
 he

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.500
 says

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.460
 look

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:49.099
 I'm

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.319
 glad

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.659
 I didn't

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.119
 baptize

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.419
 many

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:50.759
 of you

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.159
 because

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.899
 then it

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.099
 might

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.339
 look

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.579
 like

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.759
 I

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:52.919
 was

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.159
 trying

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.299
 to

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.519
 build

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.759
 my

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:53.980
 own

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.200
 little

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.599
 army

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.180
 sort

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.299
 of

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.599
 counting

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:55.919
 my

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.519
 scalps

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.900
 you know

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.259
 I'm

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.460
 trying

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.619
 to

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.220
 get

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.559
 people

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.779
 to

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.279
 be

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.700
 my

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.139
 people

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.720
 by

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.319
 baptizing

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.480
 him

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.599
 he's

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.740
 like

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:02.960
 I'm

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.220
 glad

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.420
 I

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.639
 didn't

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.039
 baptize

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.759
 and then

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.440
 in

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.879
 God's

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.279
 sovereignty

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.579
 this

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.859
 little

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.359
 aside

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.559
 in

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.759
 verse

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.139
 16

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.339
 is

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.559
 so

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.039
 beautiful

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.400
 isn't

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.559
 it

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.779
 right

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.319
 because

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.579
 it's

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.000
 funny

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.799
 Paul's

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.940
 like

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.059
 I

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.279
 only

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.720
 baptized

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.000
 to

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.839
 oh

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:15.440
 this

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.220
 what

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.339
 is

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.559
 Paul

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.879
 saying

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.299
 it

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.639
 didn't

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:17.980
 matter

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.180
 to

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.460
 him

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.339
 it

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.700
 wasn't

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.079
 important

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.259
 at

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.660
 all

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.400
 who

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.619
 it

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.920
 was

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.119
 who

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.099
 performed

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.359
 the

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.879
 baptism

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.799
 ceremony

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.180
 what Paul

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.519
 cared

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.839
 about

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.319
 is

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.539
 who

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.720
 were

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:27.899
 you

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.299
 baptized

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.279
 into

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.279
 and

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.480
 you

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.639
 were

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.299
 baptized

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.480
 not

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.899
 into

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.480
 your

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.779
 church

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.119
 leader

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.559
 not

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.779
 into

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:34.940
 your

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.579
 denomination

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.399
 not

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:36.700
 into

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.919
 your

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.399
 particular

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.759
 church

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.159
 faction

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.819
 you

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.000
 were

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.399
 baptized

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.919
 into

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.440
 Christ

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.119
 and

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.240
 in

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.399
 the

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.759
 name

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:41.940
 of

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.379
 Christ

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:44.579
 so

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.819
 how

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.039
 can

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.200
 you

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.720
 divide

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.539
 over

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.919
 these

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.480
 things

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:51.139
 which

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.399
 leads

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:51.579
 us

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.720
 to

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.940
 verse

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.539
 17

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.680
 in

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.919
 some

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.119
 ways

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.359
 this

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.500
 is

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.680
 where

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.840
 we

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.080
 see

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.759
 the

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.180
 end

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.340
 of

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.519
 where

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.799
 Paul

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:56.940
 has

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.080
 been

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.380
 taking

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.640
 this

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.039
 argument

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.299
 he's

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.500
 saying

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.720
 you

00:33:59.720 --> 00:33:59.940
 are

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.440
 divided

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.160
 don't

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.420
 be

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.920
 be

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.100
 of

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.340
 one

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.680
 mind

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.920
 be

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.060
 of

00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:03.279
 one

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.580
 mind

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:03.880
 because

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.100
 you

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.340
 have

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.700
 all

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:04.880
 of

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.120
 these

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.500
 things

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.160
 in

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.539
 Christ

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.860
 in

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.259
 common

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:09.420
 then

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.619
 in

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.800
 verse

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.380
 17

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.639
 what

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.800
 he

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.159
 says

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.659
 is

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.360
 read

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.480
 it

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.680
 with

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.220
 me

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.139
 for

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.460
 Christ

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.619
 did

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:15.760
 not

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:15.960
 send

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.059
 me

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.200
 to

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.659
 baptize

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.800
 but

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:16.980
 to

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.200
 preach

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:17.380
 the

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.800
 gospel

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.700
 not

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:18.900
 with

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.159
 words

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.280
 of

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.599
 eloquent

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.000
 wisdom

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.500
 lest

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.900
 the

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.340
 cross

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.600
 of

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.059
 Christ

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.760
 be

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.260
 emptied

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.900
 of

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.059
 its

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.440
 power

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:26.800
 now

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.039
 look

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.360
 Paul

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.240
 didn't

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.480
 not

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.960
 baptize

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.340
 people

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.120
 right

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.760
 Matthew

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.220
 28

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.640
 18

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:31.860
 would

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.039
 say

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.220
 that

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.320
 he

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.600
 actually

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:32.940
 was

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.220
 called

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:33.420
 to

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.860
 baptize

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.140
 people

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:34.360
 just

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.559
 like

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.840
 everyone

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.100
 else

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.200
 in

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.320
 the

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.500
 church

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.660
 is

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:35.860
 called

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.000
 to

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.140
 go

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.280
 and

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.420
 make

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.840
 disciples

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.019
 and

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.440
 baptize

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.800
 people

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.680
 but

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:38.840
 what

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.059
 Paul

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.260
 is

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.519
 saying

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.720
 is

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:39.920
 that

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.700
 my

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.559
 job

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.260
 before

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.600
 you

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.780
 is

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:42.940
 to

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.400
 proclaim

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.640
 what

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:43.820
 God

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:43.960
 has

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.120
 done

00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:44.280
 in

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.780
 Christ

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.240
 and

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.460
 don't

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.700
 use

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.240
 baptism

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.559
 as

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.840
 this

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.440
 kingdom

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.660
 I

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:51.980
 wasn't

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.260
 called

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.420
 to

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.539
 do

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.860
 that

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.460
 that's

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.640
 not

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:53.920
 why

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.120
 I

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.480
 came

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.200
 I

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.480
 came

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.640
 to

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:55.980
 proclaim

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.220
 to

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.360
 you

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.559
 the

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.180
 excellencies

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.380
 of

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.539
 what

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.740
 God

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:57.880
 has

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.120
 done

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.720
 in

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.100
 Jesus

00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:00.380
 and

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.600
 not

00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:00.820
 only

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.019
 did

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.140
 I

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.380
 do

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.620
 that

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.000
 but

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.160
 I

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.420
 did

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.579
 it

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.140
 not

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:04.160
 buying

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.640
 into

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.320
 the

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.840
 impressive

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.519
 ways

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.059
 that I

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.280
 could

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.420
 have

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.840
 spoken

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.500
 to

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.960
 impress

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.300
 you

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.760
 why

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:12.340
 because

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.480
 I

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.800
 want

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:12.920
 you

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.100
 to

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.500
 see

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.120
 the

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:14.500
 power

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.700
 of

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:14.860
 the

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.320
 cross

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:18.700
 friends

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:18.980
 this

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.140
 is

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.320
 the

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.740
 very

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.640
 center

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.019
 of

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.199
 what

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.480
 Paul

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.779
 wants

00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:21.940
 us

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.079
 to

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.239
 get

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.460
 to

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.059
 it

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.299
 is

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.059
 the

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.599
 cross

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:25.839
 of

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:26.359
 Christ

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.799
 that

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.440
 alone

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.799
 has

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.000
 the

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.440
 power

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.219
 to

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.480
 give

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.639
 us

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.799
 an

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.440
 identity

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.319
 that

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.519
 can

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.000
 actually

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.679
 produce

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.679
 true

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.619
 unity

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:38.079
 when

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.239
 we

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.480
 grab

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.679
 hold

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:38.839
 of

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.119
 other

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.819
 identities

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:41.500
 spiritual

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.039
 leaders

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.699
 theological

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.460
 schools

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.779
 who

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.099
 baptized

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.679
 me

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:48.199
 what's

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.339
 my

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.859
 education

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.319
 whatever

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:49.579
 it

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.960
 is

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.619
 when

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:50.760
 we

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:50.980
 grab

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.179
 on

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.639
 those

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.000
 things

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.179
 and

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.400
 make

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.539
 them

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.699
 our

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.039
 primary

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.320
 thing

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.940
 we

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.639
 deny

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.240
 the

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.920
 centrality

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.260
 of

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.420
 the

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.639
 work

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.800
 of

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.099
 Christ

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.300
 in

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.460
 our

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.860
 lives

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.300
 we

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.780
 deny

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.039
 that

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.199
 the

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.619
 cross

00:35:59.619 --> 00:35:59.880
 is

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.099
 as

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.619
 significant

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:02.139
 as

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.300
 it

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.559
 should

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.820
 be

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.119
 in

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.300
 our

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.880
 lives

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:07.860
 but

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.340
 friends

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.059
 when

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.420
 Christ

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.800
 is

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.619
 our

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.079
 identity

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:14.079
 when

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.260
 he

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.539
 is

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.000
 central

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.320
 in

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.480
 our

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.119
 lives

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.659
 when

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:16.800
 he

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.000
 is

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.360
 central

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.579
 in

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.740
 our

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.099
 thoughts

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.400
 about

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.659
 who

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:18.880
 we

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.260
 are

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:20.860
 oh

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.280
 friends

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.640
 it

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:21.920
 makes

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.360
 all

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.580
 the

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.100
 difference

00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:23.660
 because

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:23.900
 we

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.300
 gather

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.900
 together

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.760
 under

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.540
 him

00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:28.680
 and

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:28.820
 when

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:28.980
 we

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.380
 interact

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.580
 with

00:36:29.580 --> 00:36:29.760
 one

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.080
 another

00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:30.580
 we're

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:30.920
 able

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.160
 to

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.400
 come

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.580
 to

00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:31.820
 each

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.160
 other

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.940
 not

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.460
 figuring

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.800
 out

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:33.980
 and

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.560
 comparing

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:35.300
 and

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.840
 contrasting

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.180
 figure out

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.600
 where do

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:38.120
 I fit

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.520
 with these

00:36:38.520 --> 00:36:38.880
 people

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.600
 but we

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:40.020
 encounter

00:36:40.020 --> 00:36:40.340
 each

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.740
 other

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.240
 instead

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:42.480
 with

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.940
 the joy

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.120
 of

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.880
 exploring

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.620
 and learning

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:44.900
 about

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.440
 the grace

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.040
 of God

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.740
 in this

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.240
 person's

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.600
 life

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.679
 we get

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.239
 to hear

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.519
 their

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.099
 story

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.599
 and we

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.719
 get

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.299
 to see

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.579
 how

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.339
 Christ

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:53.000
 and the

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.400
 cross

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.079
 of Christ

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.819
 has

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.559
 intersected

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.860
 with

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.199
 them

00:36:56.199 --> 00:37:00.940
 because

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.779
 of this

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:03.199
 when Christ

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.559
 is our

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.900
 central

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.360
 identity

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.900
 these

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.219
 other

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.559
 things

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.900
 which are

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.219
 true

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.839
 of us

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:08.940
 fade

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.380
 into the

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.759
 background

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.639
 they don't

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.139
 become the

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.539
 thing that

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.159
 we need

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.539
 in order

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.159
 to connect

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.099
 with one

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.500
 another

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:16.460
 when Christ

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.820
 is our

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.239
 identity

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.340
 we can

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.900
 give up

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.099
 our

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.699
 comparison

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:22.739
 we can

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.199
 give up

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.539
 our

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.579
 competitive

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.199
 spirit

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.480
 of

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.019
 where do

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.559
 I fit

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.260
 am I

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.500
 more

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.900
 spiritual

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.340
 or less

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.699
 spiritual

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.179
 than this

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.559
 person

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.139
 am I

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.360
 more

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.800
 important

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.300
 or less

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.739
 important

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.400
 in the

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.719
 church

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.440
 is my

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.760
 role

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.019
 more

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.539
 significant

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.019
 or less

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.480
 significant

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.199
 in the

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.480
 church

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.920
 none

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.260
 of these

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.579
 things

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.019
 matter

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:40.960
 we don't

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.260
 need to

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.840
 make much

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.659
 of ourselves

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:45.000
 because Christ

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.559
 has called

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.859
 us

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.819
 and made

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.179
 us his

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.559
 own

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.940
 and so

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.299
 we can

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.699
 instead

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.219
 love

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.379
 and serve

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:52.019
 others

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.000
 we can

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.559
 make much

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.359
 of others

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:59.859
 and friends

00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.460
 when we know

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.779
 that our

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.460
 identity is in

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.819
 Christ

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.699
 we don't

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.619
 spend so

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.000
 much of

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.559
 our time

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.460
 so much

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.739
 of our

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.039
 heart

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.500
 energy

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.239
 so much

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.500
 of our

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.980
 passions

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.619
 desperately

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.480
 seeking

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.239
 to find

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.819
 something

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.500
 that's going

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.940
 to be so

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.500
 significant

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.880
 that will

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.219
 actually

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.840
 bear the

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.139
 weight

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.780
 of our

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.039
 human

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.519
 identity

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.760
 we think

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.539
 that if

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.320
 my success

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.739
 in my

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.119
 career

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.099
 or the

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.500
 way that

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.380
 I fulfill

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.039
 my duties

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.559
 at church

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.119
 or whatever

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.639
 it is

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.360
 if we think

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.019
 that those

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:26.099
 things are

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.480
 where we

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.039
 will find

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.280
 it

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:31.639
 we find

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:31.920
 that they

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.440
 can't actually

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.860
 bear the

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.099
 weight

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.480
 and when we

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.019
 find that

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.719
 Christ is

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.260
 actually the

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.659
 center of

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.800
 it

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.599
 then all

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.019
 those other

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.420
 things

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:40.340
 are a part

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.780
 of who we

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.199
 are but they

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.719
 don't have to

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.159
 bear that

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.440
 weight

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.079
 and that's

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.619
 a beautiful

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.099
 gift

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:45.340
 to us

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:51.519
 I read a

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.880
 story

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.019
 I think it

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.579
 wasn't in an

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.380
 evangelism book

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.039
 it was a long

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.599
 time ago

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.200
 I couldn't

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.740
 find it

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.579
 but I read

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.119
 this great

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.059
 story once

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.559
 about

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.539
 in the

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.740
 1970s

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.740
 some of you

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:04.000
 will remember

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.340
 this

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.000
 some of you

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.579
 weren't born

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.860
 yet

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.220
 when people

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.700
 used to wear

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:08.360
 coats and ties

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.840
 to church

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.780
 all the time

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.320
 everybody

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.900
 and it

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.580
 was expected

00:39:11.580 --> 00:39:12.280
 and it

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.700
 was a way

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.059
 to honor

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.480
 the Lord

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.780
 and it

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.220
 was a good

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.559
 thing

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:17.320
 and during

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.760
 the early

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.620
 70s there

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:19.380
 was a revival

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.980
 in America

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:21.620
 and it was a

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.760
 revival especially

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.440
 among the young

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.160
 people and

00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:25.920
 especially among

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.519
 the people who

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.980
 were counter

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.440
 cultural

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.320
 some of you

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.700
 may have been

00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.200
 some of those

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.580
 people

00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:33.300
 the hippies who

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.640
 went to

00:39:33.640 --> 00:39:34.519
 Woodstock also

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.400
 became followers

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.000
 of Jesus

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:38.099
 in lots

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.619
 of ways

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:40.300
 and he

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.940
 tells of a

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.840
 story of a

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.500
 young man

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.599
 with long

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.099
 hair

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:45.019
 and a tank

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.480
 top

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.740
 and flip

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.200
 flops

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.880
 who walked

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.320
 into a

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.720
 church

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.720
 because he

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.079
 had been

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.660
 encountered

00:39:50.660 --> 00:39:51.139
 Christ

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.500
 and been

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.860
 changed

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.280
 by him

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.880
 and he

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.160
 walked

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.840
 into church

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:55.119
 he looked

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.579
 around

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.220
 he looked

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.960
 at all

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.539
 the suits

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.900
 thought well

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.380
 and he

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.780
 walked up

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.059
 to the

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.280
 front

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.559
 and he

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.840
 sat

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.160
 on the

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.500
 floor

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.980
 right there

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:06.659
 and it

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.179
 was awkward

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:08.440
 and it

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.740
 was like

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.240
 whoa

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:11.480
 and one

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.719
 of the

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.219
 ushers

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.740
 took off

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.199
 his coat

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:15.300
 walked down

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.719
 the aisle

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.340
 took off

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.920
 his shoes

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.960
 and sat

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.440
 down next

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.699
 to the

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.179
 young man

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.980
 and they

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.280
 worshipped

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.679
 together

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:22.719
 it was a

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.059
 very

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.099
 practical

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.199
 very

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.059
 pragmatic

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.119
 very

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.719
 visible

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.240
 way

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.039
 in which

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.760
 that usher

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.380
 understood

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:32.539
 that though

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.280
 he wore

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.780
 a church

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.720
 tie to

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:34.980
 church

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.600
 because it

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.620
 was the

00:40:36.620 --> 00:40:36.920
 culture

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.180
 of the

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.440
 day

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.240
 that wasn't

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.740
 what his

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.200
 identity

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.640
 was

00:40:39.640 --> 00:40:40.160
 and he

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:40.600
 saw in

00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:41.000
 this young

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.300
 man

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.620
 with his

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.100
 tank top

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.360
 and his

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.860
 long hair

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.220
 and his

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.940
 flip flops

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.019
 Jesus

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:47.120
 a brother

00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.980
 and he

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.680
 welcomed him

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:53.140
 friends

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:53.840
 this is of

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.340
 course the

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.900
 very nature

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.220
 of the

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.600
 gospel

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:56.760
 the reason

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.320
 why

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.320
 taking these

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:58.780
 identities

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.560
 and creating

00:40:59.560 --> 00:41:00.480
 divisions among

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.660
 you

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.480
 empties the

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.920
 cross

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.860
 of its

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.340
 power

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.420
 is because

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.900
 it has

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.480
 nothing to

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.300
 do with

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.680
 the one

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.160
 who hung

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:07.420
 on the

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.840
 cross

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.880
 Jesus

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.500
 came

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:13.960
 not in a

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.360
 competitive

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.980
 spirit

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:16.660
 not to

00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:17.340
 assert himself

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.980
 as the

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.620
 ruler by

00:41:18.620 --> 00:41:19.280
 riding on a

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.740
 horse with

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.079
 an army

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.340
 in his

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.740
 back

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:22.720
 but Jesus

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.260
 came

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:25.440
 not to

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.900
 be served

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.360
 but to

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.900
 serve

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.860
 to give his

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.420
 life a

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.079
 ransom for

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.400
 many

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.900
 money

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.900
 he went

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.240
 to the

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:33.720
 cross

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.440
 to die

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.340
 for our

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.840
 sins

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.500
 he took

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.039
 the penalty

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.480
 that they

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.139
 deserved

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:39.579
 that we

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.200
 deserve

00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:42.619
 so that we

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.099
 don't have

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.360
 to

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:46.160
 he lived a

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:46.860
 life not of

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.220
 self

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:48.160
 exaltation

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:49.180
 but of

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:49.639
 self

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.920
 sacrifice

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:55.860
 he bought

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.280
 us with

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.760
 the price

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.079
 of his

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.360
 very

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:57.780
 life

00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:00.940
 and this

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.260
 is why

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.019
 Paul says

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:03.460
 how can

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:04.260
 you divide

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:05.860
 the people

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.480
 of Christ

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.139
 around anything

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.480
 when this

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.700
 precious treasure

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.360
 of the blood

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:11.940
 of the very

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.720
 son of God

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:14.119
 has bought

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.700
 you and

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:15.300
 brought you

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:16.260
 into a

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:16.579
 unity

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:19.980
 this is the

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.719
 glory of the

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.099
 church

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:22.480
 this is the

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.960
 goodness

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:27.860
 so who are

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.099
 you

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.319
 is a really

00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:30.239
 important question

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:32.340
 the Bible

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:32.779
 would say

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.360
 that the most

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:34.099
 important question

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.639
 for you to

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.319
 ask is

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:36.099
 are you in

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.579
 Christ

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.840
 or are you

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.259
 not

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.799
 and if you're

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.219
 here this

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.679
 morning and

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.340
 you're exploring

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:42.019
 Christianity

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:43.639
 I hope you

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.239
 will see

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:45.279
 that though the

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.819
 church may

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:46.440
 look very

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.139
 fragmented

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:48.139
 in its

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.840
 forms and

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.220
 in its

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:51.320
 modern day

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:52.179
 expressions

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.519
 this is not

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.079
 the intent

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.639
 and this is

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:55.000
 not the

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.280
 goal

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.800
 and this is

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.200
 not how

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:56.519
 it will

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.780
 be

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.539
 there will

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:57.880
 be a

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.220
 unity

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:59.000
 in the

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.480
 people of

00:42:59.480 --> 00:42:59.860
 God

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.740
 in eternity

00:43:00.740 --> 00:43:01.200
 that will

00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:01.480
 be a

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:01.800
 beautiful

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.260
 thing to

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:02.639
 behold

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.400
 and there

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:03.740
 is in

00:43:03.740 --> 00:43:04.300
 fact even

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:04.940
 now a

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.539
 beauty in

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.260
 the people

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.780
 of God

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:07.440
 as people

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.240
 from different

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:09.000
 denominations

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.519
 and from

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.820
 different

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.980
 socioeconomic

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.260
 levels

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:12.700
 and from

00:43:12.700 --> 00:43:13.400
 different races

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:13.980
 and from

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.559
 Yale and

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.000
 not Yale

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.260
 gather together

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:17.020
 every Sunday

00:43:17.020 --> 00:43:18.080
 to worship

00:43:18.080 --> 00:43:18.640
 God

00:43:18.640 --> 00:43:22.700
 and I hope

00:43:22.700 --> 00:43:23.180
 you will see

00:43:23.180 --> 00:43:23.740
 that this

00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:24.880
 is founded

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.580
 in the very

00:43:25.580 --> 00:43:26.020
 work of

00:43:26.020 --> 00:43:26.440
 Christ

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:28.520
 and he calls

00:43:28.520 --> 00:43:28.880
 you to

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.460
 believe and

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.960
 come in

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:33.540
 and to

00:43:33.540 --> 00:43:35.060
 the rest

00:43:35.060 --> 00:43:36.080
 to those of

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:36.600
 you who are

00:43:36.600 --> 00:43:37.240
 in the church

00:43:37.240 --> 00:43:37.800
 already

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.800
 may we make

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.200
 much of

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.620
 Christ

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:43.519
 I don't

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:43.759
 want to

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.239
 talk about

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.659
 unity

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.539
 every week

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.099
 I want

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.380
 to talk

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.599
 about

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.079
 Christ

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.980
 and as

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.359
 we talk

00:43:48.359 --> 00:43:48.599
 about

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.039
 Christ

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.339
 and as

00:43:49.339 --> 00:43:49.819
 we exalt

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.039
 him in

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.519
 our hearts

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.099
 as we

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.679
 treasure

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.039
 him

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.619
 as we

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:52.900
 make

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.059
 him

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.559
 central

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:53.980
 in our

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.400
 identity

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.139
 as all

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.639
 the other

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.119
 things that

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.420
 we do

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.699
 in our

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.079
 lives

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.719
 find their

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.099
 place

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:58.839
 under

00:43:58.839 --> 00:43:59.299
 him

00:43:59.299 --> 00:43:59.739
 and in

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:00.359
 relationship

00:44:00.359 --> 00:44:01.279
 to him

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:03.440
 then Christ

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.019
 is great

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.659
 for us

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.920
 and then we

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.519
 will be

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.539
 a church

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.339
 not divided

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.420
 but united

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.720
 let's pray

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:15.880
 Lord thank you

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.620
 for this

00:44:16.620 --> 00:44:16.980
 word

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.720
 we thank you

00:44:17.720 --> 00:44:18.420
 for Christ

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.720
 and that the

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:20.260
 cross

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:21.820
 has a power

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:23.059
 to transform

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.680
 us

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:25.480
 to give us

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.820
 a new

00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:26.320
 identity

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.039
 far more

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.559
 profound

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.900
 than anything

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.360
 we would

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.900
 create on

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.380
 our own

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:31.780
 and Lord

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.160
 in that

00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:32.640
 identity

00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:33.460
 you produce

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:33.920
 in us

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.500
 a unity

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.800
 Lord

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.280
 that has

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.720
 beauty

00:44:36.720 --> 00:44:37.340
 to it

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.680
 God we

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.180
 pray you

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:39.380
 would

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:40.720
 we pray

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:41.100
 that in

00:44:41.100 --> 00:44:41.559
 your mercy

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:41.820
 Lord

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.100
 you would

00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:42.720
 help us

00:44:42.720 --> 00:44:45.320
 help us

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.680
 to be

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.180
 that kind

00:44:46.180 --> 00:44:46.760
 of church

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:49.100
 that your

00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:49.620
 love

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.539
 and your

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:50.980
 mercy

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.620
 your

00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:52.079
 righteousness

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:53.019
 and justice

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.960
 seen at

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.519
 the cross

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:55.800
 would be

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:56.500
 magnified

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.280
 and proclaimed

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.059
 through our

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.400
 body

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.760
 not by our

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.180
 divisions

00:45:00.180 --> 00:45:00.900
 but by our

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.260
 unity

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:02.820
 we pray

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:03.320
 these things

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.700
 in Jesus

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.039
 name

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.760
 Amen