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 28th of August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC

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 and delivered what is regarded as one of the top five speeches of the 20th century and certainly

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 for the English speaking world. He said, I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and

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 live out the true meaning of its creed that we hold these truths to be self-evident that all

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 men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former

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 slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of

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 brotherhood. I have a dream that one day, even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the

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 heat of injustice and sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of

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 freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children one day live in a nation that

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 will not judge them by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream

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 today. He articulated and symbolized a great dream, a vision of racial harmony and social justice and

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 peace and unity, a vision that he himself unfortunately did not see to materialize.

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 It is, however, a dream that I would suggest aligns with God's purposes for his world and for all people.

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 I believe it's a dream that must start with Christians embracing the Lord Jesus. It must start with the

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 local church and it must start here at St. Paul's Chatswood. Our vision, as I launched last week,

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 we're in a vision series and launched last week a new vision for us and our vision is to be united

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 in our desperation for the world around us to encounter Jesus and in our desire to represent

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 the diversity of Chatswood. I talked a lot last week about unity. This week, I want to focus on

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 the idea of diversity for us as a church. Our vision is to be united in our desire to represent

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 the diversity of Chatswood. God's vision, as we just heard from God's word, is a vision for all

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 people. The vision that we're looking, working our way through in the course of these four weeks of

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 vision series is far greater than Martin Luther King's vision of a racial harmony of the United

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 States or even beyond the United States. Our vision is intimately connected to God's vision

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 of all things. The biblical vision, let me say what I intend on doing in this next little while

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 is to preach the Bible to you. So we're going to begin Genesis chapter one and see God's vision

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 unfold really, really quickly. The biblical vision starts beginning of the Bible in Genesis one,

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 where God creates all things. He creates all people, two of them at this point, in his image.

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 In his image. And every person who's ever walked the face of the earth from that moment

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 carries the image of God. There is solidarity for all people. We all are created equal.

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 It's not just a constitutional thing for the United States. All people are created equal. But as

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 we have solidarity in image, so we also have solidarity in our sin. In Genesis chapter three,

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 Adam and Eve reject God's rule over their life. And every human being who's walked the face of the

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 earth since that has followed in their footsteps. And we, from the point of conception, are flawed.

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 Our image of God is marred by sin. We have all sinned and we fall short of God's purposes for our lives.

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 Romans chapter three. And one of the big consequences of that is God's judgment upon all people. And you see it

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 played out in terms of the nations in Genesis chapter 11, where he scatters people. He confuses their

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 language so that they would not work together in order to dethrone him as the Lord of all.

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 And yet God doesn't just act in judgment. He doesn't leave us in that place because

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 he sets about a plan to reverse it all in Genesis chapter 12, the beginning there, verses one to

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 three. But Genesis 12 is the hinge point of the Bible. It's the turning point of scripture. It's the

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 beginning of God's plan of redemption that began with a promise to a bloke named Abram, that all peoples

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 of the earth will be blessed through him. And God's call of Abraham here is a direct response

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 to the disastrous human situation of Genesis 3 to 11. God's focus is on Abraham and it's not

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 an exclusive focus, but to use this individual, an unimpressive individual, and his descendants to

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 bless and deliver the entire human race. And that means that God's solution to our sin

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 reaches its final goal when it includes all peoples, all nations of the earth.

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 The purpose of God choosing Israel was to witness to the universal power and love and magnificence

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 of God for all people. God's plan for all the nations is amazing in its scope and its vision.

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 And that's what you see right through the rest of the Bible, including the Old Testament, which

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 appears to be so centered on the people of Israel. Psalm 67, the nations will benefit from the Abrahamic

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 blessing of Israel. The nations will come to worship the living God in Psalm 22, 86, 102, 138, 145, Isaiah 2, 12, 42, 45.

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 The nations will be included within Israel as the standard people of God, as God's purposes are worked out,

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 as such a way that they'll be registered in God's holy city in Psalm 87.

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 They'll be blessed with God's salvation in Isaiah 19. They'll be accepted into God's house in Isaiah 56.

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 They'll be called by God's name in Amos 9. They'll be joined with God's people in Zechariah 2.

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 Just to name a few. It is absolutely essential for us to see that God is not a racist in any way whatsoever.

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 He doesn't have favorites. The choosing of Israel was not for ethnocentric purposes. It was for universal redemption.

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 But Israel failed consistently in living out that purpose. They consistently displayed sinful prejudice,

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 apathy, racial pride. They consistently forgot the reason God chose them.

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 And God's plan of redemption, which started with the promise to Abraham,

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 was not thwarted in any way, but it continued on and finds its fulfillment in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

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 You see, with the arrival of the Lord Jesus, you see this very early on in the Gospels,

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 was a radically new way of defining what it meant to be part of the people of God,

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 start to be expressed with clarity from the person of Jesus.

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 And it wasn't ethnically defined.

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 It was defined by faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 You see, with Abraham, God set in motion a plan of redemption that overtones every curse

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 for everyone who receives the blessing of Abraham.

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 And that blessing is the forgiveness of sins, acceptance by God,

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 that comes through Jesus Christ, the descendant of Abraham.

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 Galatians 3, 13 and 14 says it,

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is anyone who is hung on a tree.

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 That is, what it's saying there is that Jesus redeemed all people by his death on the cross.

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 He redeemed us in order that the blessing that was given to Abraham

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 might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus.

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 It's for all people.

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 God's redemptive plan has always been to save and to bless peoples from all peoples of the earth

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 and to unite them together with him as his people through the Lord Jesus.

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 It is the center of the Christian message.

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 We refer to it as the Gospel, the good news about Jesus.

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 It's redemption with our Creator God,

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 being redeemed, united with him,

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 and united with all people.

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 Galatians 2 refers to the Gospel as justification by faith.

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 Justification is what a judge does in a courtroom.

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 It's the declaration that a defendant is innocent because they are in fact innocent.

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 They are truly innocent.

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 How does God declare rebellious humans to no longer be rebellious?

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 When they've been rebellious?

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 Not by just going,

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 Oh, let's just love everyone and forget about it.

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 No, by judging it.

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 By dealing with it.

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 By giving it the right condemnation.

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 Someone has to jump in to be the substitute.

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 Someone has to take the place of the guilty,

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 to suffer the just punishment for the guilty.

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 And as we saw last week, that was Jesus.

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 Jesus Christ lived and died to bear our punishment

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 and provide for us a right standing before God.

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 Justification by faith puts all people on a level playing ground.

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 That's what justification by faith does.

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 It's a level playing ground for all people.

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 We are all utterly dependent upon God's grace to us in the Lord Jesus.

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 No one is different.

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 And justification smashes pride.

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 It's why we have a core value written on the wall just out there called humble authenticity.

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 The Gospel smashes pride.

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 Justification by faith is at the center of the Christian faith

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 and many new and sweet and tender and deep and strong

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 and beautiful and noble and humble and kind

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 and wise and patient and caring

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 and serving attitudes and behaviors that flow directly from that.

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 And one of which is the breaking down of the hostile barriers

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 and suspicion that gets built up between people

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 who are different than us.

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 It breaks the barriers

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 builds us together as one new humanity

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 and that's how Galatians 3 puts it

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 you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus

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 for all of you

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 who were baptized into Christ

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 have clothed yourselves with Christ

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 there is neither Jew nor Greek

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 slave nor free

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 male nor female

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 male nor female

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 male nor female

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 male nor female

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 if you belong to Christ

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 then you are Abraham's seed

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 and heirs according to the promise of Abraham

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 back in Genesis 12.

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 When Paul states here that there's neither Jew nor Greek

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 slave nor free

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 male nor free

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 male

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 what he does here is he

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 he strikes at the heart

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 of three of the major barrier forming divisions

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 in human society

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 and certainly was the case in the first century

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 ethnicity

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 economic status

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 and sexuality

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 there was a Jewish prayer

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 that was prayed

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 in the first century

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 that went like this

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 and it's a prayer of thanksgiving

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 blessed be he

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 that he did not make me a Gentile

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 blessed be he

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 that he did not make me a slave

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 or an ignorant peasant

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 blessed be he

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 that did not make me a woman

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 now I'm assuming

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 that that was only ever prayed

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 in the

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 men's breakfast

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 at the temple

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 the bacon free men's breakfast

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 just egg rolls

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 that's all it is

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 just egg rolls

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 and what the Christian gospel does

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 is it smashes those barriers

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 and forms a radical new society

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 the old divisions are abolished

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 the new community is formed

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 and you see just after Jesus' resurrection

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 on the day of Pentecost

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 the Holy Spirit comes

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 the church is formed

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 and people of different races

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 and generations

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 and languages are there

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 and the coming of the Holy Spirit

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 is a symbolic reversal

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 of the judgment of

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 Genesis 11

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 with the Tower of Babel

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 where God scatters

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 and confuses their language

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 people who were once scattered

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 and frustrated

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 are gathered together under Jesus

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 and even language on that day

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 is not a barrier

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 as people hear

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 hear God's plan of redemption

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 in their own tongue

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 the blood of Jesus unites all people

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 and what is symbolic

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 is a reality of the final picture

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 of all things

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 final picture of all things

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 in history in Revelation

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 as we just saw in Revelation 5

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 in verse 9

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 John tells us

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 why Jesus is worthy

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 to open the book

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 at the end of history

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 so that things unfold

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 according to the plan of God

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 Jesus is worthy

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 because of how

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 his death relates

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 to all races

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 and tribes of the earth

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 it says

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 you are worthy

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 to take the scroll

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 to open its seals

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 because you were slain

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 and with your body

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 you purchased men

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 let me just

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 purchase people

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 for God

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 from every tribe

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 language

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 nation and people

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 and you have made them

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 to be a kingdom

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 and priests

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 to serve our God

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 and they will reign

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 on the earth

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 it was God's design

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 in the death

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 to ransom some

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 from every kind of race

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 and language

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 and people

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 and kingdoms

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 and to make them

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 one kingdom

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 and as the king

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 of the kingdom

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 all people live

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 with Jesus

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 as their supreme

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 treasure and lord

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 every individual

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 in this new humanity

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 as you notice

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 you have made them

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 a kingdom of priests

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 there's not a hierarchy

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 of order here

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 they're all priests

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 they are all

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 full time

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 worshippers

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 of the king

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 that's what the priest's job was

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 Jesus died

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 to ransom subjects

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 for the king

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 and worshipers

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 for the king

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 from every race

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 and tribe

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 and language

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 the goal

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 is for all those

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 scattered from God

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 will return

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 to enjoy fellowship

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 with him

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 the scattered ones

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 once separated

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 from God

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 and from each other

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 are now brought together

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 under the reign of Jesus

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 and finding God's blessing

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 his promise of blessing

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 as God said to Abraham

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 back in Genesis 12

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 we see it here

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 in Revelation 5

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 fulfilled

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 you can see it fulfilled

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 in verses 11

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 sorry

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 13 and 14

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 then I heard

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 every creature

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and on the sea

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 and all that is in them

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 singing to him

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 who sits on the throne

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 to the lamb

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 be praise

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 and honor

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 glory

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 and power

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 forever and ever

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 the four living creatures

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 said amen

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 and the elders

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 fell down

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 and worshipped

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 the elders fell down

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 and worshipped

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 and that is what

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 all of creation

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 is designed for

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 this is what history

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 is about

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 this is what

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 the nation is about

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 this is what

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 people is about

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 this is what

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 group is about

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 this is what

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 diversity is about

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 this is what

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 language is about

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 this is what

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 St. Paul's

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 is about

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 this is what

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 my life is about

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 this is what

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 your life is about

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 and so it is

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 inconceivable

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 that we should believe that the goal of God in history

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 and the aim of the death of his son

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 is to gather all people

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 and for us not to care

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 about breaking down the barriers now in this city

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 and this church

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 between you and other people and me and other people.

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 The Christian gospel is the power of God

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 that breaks down the dividing wall of hostility

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 between Israelis and Palestinians

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 and Russians and Poles and Nazis and Jews

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 and white and black and male and female

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 and old people and young

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 and whatever other divisions are in there.

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 When our Redeemer and Great Reconcile and his gospel

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 are what we hold as first importance

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 which is what 1 Corinthians 15.3 says it is

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 we are empowered to listen to those different perspectives and preferences

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 evaluate fairly to change as we need

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 and be proactive in reaching across those lines

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 that have traditionally caused divisions amongst us.

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 when Jesus is our greatest treasure

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 we see that our lifelong preferences

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 our lifelong treasures

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 all those little idols that I spoke about last week

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 are ultimately our hope

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 they're not our hope

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 they're not our security

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 they're not our comfort

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 it means that we will actually become eager

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 to have them changed

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 removed

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 refined

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 if it means less barriers to others

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 embracing and treasuring the Lord Jesus with us

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 you see when the cross is our salvation

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 and our daily strength

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 we're eager to crucify our pride

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 and our love for self

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 and our type

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 and our comfort

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 and our way

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 we're empowered to take the extra steps

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 extra steps

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 to step across those dividing lines

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 across generations

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 across cultures

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 with kindness

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 with grace

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 with a listening ear

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 because my security is not in my preferences

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 my comfort is not in my preferences

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 my security

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 my comfort

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 my identity

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 is wrapped up

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 that I'm a child of a living God

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 and so as I said last week

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 there's a certain irony

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 a terrible irony

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 in this being

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 as I launched into this vision last week

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 that this is my passion

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 this has been my ministry passion

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 as a church

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 for so, so long

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 and yet

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 for me to have

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 an idol

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 that results in me

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 working against my passion

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 I talked about it last week

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 I encouraged you

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 in the past week

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 to go and look at your idols

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 I've got other

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 treasures and idols

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 that get in the way

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 of me pursuing

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 God's vision

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 of all things

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 I said last week

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 it was control

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 and it's not all negative

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 it's a positive thing

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 I am the senior minister

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 of St. Paul's

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 and so

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 there is an element

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 that I ought to have

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 a certain element of control

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 but when

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 that becomes

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 the most important thing

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 becomes the ultimate thing

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 then it becomes

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 a treasure

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 it becomes an idol

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 that displaces Jesus

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 from being the greatest treasure

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 of my life

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 and the interesting thing

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 about the

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 idol of control

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 is that your biggest emotion

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 will be an emotion

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 of worry

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 when your idol

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 is fed

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 inflamed

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 and pumping in your heart

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 worry

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 will be the thing

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 that I'll be

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 my greatest

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 troubling emotion

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 and

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 what will people

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 around me feel

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 when it's really

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 got my heart

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 control's got my heart

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 that's the idol

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 that's the treasure

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 that's really got my heart

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 people around me

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 will feel condemned

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 isn't that ironic

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 when we're trying

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 to build a community

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 of unity

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 a unity

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 around the Lord Jesus

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 who says that there is

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 no condemnation

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 in him

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 and so

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 I've walked away

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 since July

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 Steve

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 you've got to work

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 on this idol

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 because it's impacting

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 St. Paul's

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 it's impacting

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 my relationships

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 it's impacting

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 us as a

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 as a church

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 and the vision

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 that God has

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 for us as a church

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 treasuring Jesus

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 is the only solution

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 and here's how

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 the solution

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 is for me

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 for an idol

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 control

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 I go to those

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 Bible passages

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 they're in front of me

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 all the time

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 the Bible passages

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 we talk about

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 God's sovereignty

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 over all things

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 they are sweetness

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 to my soul

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 I've got to

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 constantly remind

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 that he is

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 control of all things

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 do you know

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 the other Bible passages

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 which is so

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 so important for me

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 is those Bible passages

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 we speak about

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 the grace of the Lord Jesus

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 there's no condemnation

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 in him

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 I've got to keep

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 both of those things

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 together

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 there's no condemnation

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 in him

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 the only way

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 to displace an idol

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 is to have a bigger one

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 a greater affection

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 and to see that

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:01.359
 Jesus is the one

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.000
 who gives you

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.179
 all that you need

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 and all that you desire

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 and so

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 I believe

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 it is

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 more than just

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 unfortunate

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 when our worldly

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 associations

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 and our identities

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 are allowed

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 to determine

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 the composition

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 of our churches

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 I believe it works

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 against the very nature

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 of the Christian gospel

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 and God's purposes

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.539
 here's a quote

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 from an American theologian

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 Michael Horton

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 he said

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 not that long ago

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 evangelical missiologists

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 were defending

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 the separation

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 of races

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 based on the principle

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 that people like

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 to be with people

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 who are like them

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 South African theologians

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 have pointed out

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.519
 that this principle

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 in mission work

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 laid the groundwork

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.940
 for apartheid

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 an incredible evil

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:51.900
 now that racial segregation

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 is less explicitly deployed

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:57.160
 as a church growth strategy

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.019
 I think he's being

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.860
 somewhat sarcastic

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.300
 at that point

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 we carve up

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 Christ's body

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 into socio-economic

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 and generational segments

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 some churches

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:07.460
 use demographic marketing

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.920
 to appeal

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 to different music styles

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 with country western

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 rock and jazz services

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 it's what has been

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 referred to

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 as the

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 homogenous

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 unit principle

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 like

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 like to be with like

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 we like to hang out

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 with people

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 who are like us

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 it's a principle

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.160
 that was propagated

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 by the church growth movement

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 in the 1990s

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 but has been in play

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 for a long time since then

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 it goes right back

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.759
 to the issues of racism

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 and everything else

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 it has led to churches

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.660
 planted

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 to target specific demographics

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 specific segregating

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 segregations of people

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 segregating corporate worship

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 into individual preferences

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.240
 traditional services

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 family services

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 youth services

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 ABC services

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 and a multitude of other services

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.279
 such as cowboy services

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 even in the United States

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 in Texas

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 and you must ride a horse

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 by the way

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 that's true

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 it might seem funny

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.859
 but it's true

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 I know it's the United States

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 and anything can happen

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 especially

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 you know

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.299
 in the next couple of days

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:05.900
 and let me tell you

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.379
 the homogenous

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.160
 unit principle

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.200
 is standard practice

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 on the north shore of Sydney

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:11.799
 it's standard practice

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.799
 right throughout

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.079
 Sydney Diocese

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.579
 and it was standard practice

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.319
 here at St. Paul's

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.220
 until 2011

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:21.279
 Martin Luther King

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.079
 once said

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:24.259
 that the most segregated hour

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.039
 in America

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.200
 is 11 o'clock

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.339
 on a Sunday morning

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:31.360
 that was over 50 years ago

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.140
 but I believe

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.360
 the statement is true

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:34.200
 of a lot of churches

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.880
 in our city

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:36.039
 even today

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.640
 even though we have

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:39.380
 an integrated society

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.799
 our schools are integrated

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.660
 our places of work

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.100
 are integrated

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.799
 our neighbourhoods

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.380
 are integrated

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.640
 our social clubs

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.299
 are integrated

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.000
 and on Sunday morning

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.500
 we get in our cars

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.180
 we drive to our

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.460
 homogenous churches

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:53.259
 to worship our God

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.980
 who has called us

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.799
 to be united

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.519
 in the Lord Jesus

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.759
 by the power of his spirit

00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.480
 and I am totally convinced

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.599
 that our homogenous

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.579
 circles of comfort

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.460
 are a hindrance

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.119
 to the gospel

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.980
 as we fail to display

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.299
 the beautiful picture

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.119
 that God has

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.000
 of all time

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.059
 in Revelation 5

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 and 7

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 and 9

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 it's so ironic

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:19.900
 that Christians

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.880
 have led some of the charge

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.880
 in pursuing

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.460
 racial and social justice

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:29.040
 as well as

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.320
 cross-cultural ministries

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.759
 across the other side

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.420
 of the world

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.820
 and yet it has not

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:36.220
 appeared to trickle down

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:39.019
 into interpersonal behaviour

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.200
 on the local church level

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:43.539
 it's phenomenal

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:47.080
 it's so much easier

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:48.360
 to pursue God's purposes

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.279
 when they don't interfere

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.180
 with my preferences

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:53.539
 when I can just give money

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.980
 to

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.680
 seeing the gospel

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.400
 reach somewhere

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.059
 at the other side

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.720
 of the world

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:03.380
 changes we have made here

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.920
 in St. Paul's

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.220
 in 2011

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.340
 in our corporate worship

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.319
 was to move deliberately

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.940
 away from the

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.019
 homogenous unit principle

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.000
 in our corporate worship

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.400
 in our community groups

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.640
 and a bunch of other ministries

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:15.500
 the ordering principle

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:17.480
 of our corporate gatherings

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.680
 at St. Paul's

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.820
 is

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.900
 not

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:22.460
 personal preferences

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:24.120
 based on

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.799
 age

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.799
 stage of life

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.440
 ethnicity

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.640
 tradition

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.320
 music

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 and the

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:30.440
 morning tea

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:32.860
 colours of carpet

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.980
 or anything else

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.960
 my personal preferences

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.580
 don't set the agenda

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.759
 of what we do

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.259
 when I say

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.039
 my personal preferences

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.559
 what I mean is

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.839
 my personal preferences

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.139
 even me

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.639
 as senior minister

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.539
 of St. Paul's

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.579
 it's our

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:49.379
 purpose

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.579
 as a church

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.460
 our vision

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.319
 our values

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.179
 they do

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.599
 God's glory

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.460
 does

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.819
 rather than valuing

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.399
 the comfort

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:58.099
 of like

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.960
 we started valuing

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.759
 the discomfort

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:02.339
 a shared

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.179
 discomfort

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.559
 when we gather

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.000
 together

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.140
 and that includes

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.460
 me

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.640
 let me tell you

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.160
 I think I've said

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.880
 this so many times

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.079
 but

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.579
 but there's still

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.140
 an assumption

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.339
 I've heard from a few

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.680
 people

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.680
 that the way we do

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.579
 church at St. Paul's

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.000
 right now

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.900
 is my preference

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.299
 there is

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.900
 I

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.799
 I do not

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.880
 recall a single

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.299
 Sunday

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.880
 where I've not

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.640
 had discomfort

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:25.240
 not a single

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.680
 Sunday

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.220
 where I've not

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.920
 had discomfort

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.000
 we don't do

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.299
 church

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.880
 according to my

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.380
 preference

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.480
 we've got a

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.819
 purpose

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.259
 we've got a

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.519
 vision

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.079
 and that

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.179
 what drives

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.679
 us

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:40.319
 but what I am

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.859
 so pleased

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.399
 about is that

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.099
 I look around

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.539
 at our

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.899
 English

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.639
 congregations

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.939
 today

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.399
 we have

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.819
 so much

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.339
 greater

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.899
 diversity

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.720
 than we did

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.299
 five years

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.500
 ago

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.779
 in fact

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.099
 even more

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.379
 than we did

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:50.799
 six months

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.079
 ago

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:53.359
 so much

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.659
 greater

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.259
 diversity

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.559
 did you

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:55.899
 know

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:57.159
 since we've

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.619
 been breaking

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.000
 down the

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.559
 modulus unit

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.079
 principle

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.419
 our

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.599
 Chinese

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.299
 congregation

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.220
 has less

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.619
 Chinese

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.039
 members

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.319
 in it

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.579
 than the

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.259
 English

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.980
 congregations

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:13.639
 it's been a

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.180
 journey towards

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.819
 greater unity

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.500
 and diversity

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.159
 a journey that

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.419
 we are

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.919
 continuing

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:19.000
 and I

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.680
 assume that

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.119
 given that a

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.619
 whole bunch of

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.000
 people have

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.579
 come to St.

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.039
 Paul since

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.000
 2011 and we

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.599
 continue to

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.879
 grow

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.680
 you've found

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.319
 Christ here

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.659
 you've found

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:25.980
 a church

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.539
 family here

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.200
 I would

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.720
 suggest

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.419
 that this

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:28.839
 is at least

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.819
 one aspect

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.519
 of St.

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.940
 Paul's that

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.480
 we actually

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.919
 value

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:35.660
 so let

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.880
 me just

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.180
 take this

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.759
 vision statement

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.160
 a little bit

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.840
 further for us

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.420
 and point out

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.160
 some implications

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.580
 it says that

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.220
 we're united

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.279
 in our desire

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.039
 to represent

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.620
 the diversity

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.279
 of Chatswood

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.640
 now for those

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.320
 of you who

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:46.680
 get the

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.460
 technicalities

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.920
 of all this

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.840
 vision statement

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.300
 stuff

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:50.300
 you would know

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:50.820
 that a vision

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.580
 statement must

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.259
 be measurable

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:54.160
 must be

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.500
 measurable

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:57.460
 you need to

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.860
 be able to

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.440
 assess

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.240
 whether in

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.720
 fact you're

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.440
 pursuing your

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.779
 vision

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.920
 and that

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.420
 statement

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.359
 right there

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.920
 is the

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.440
 measurable

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.859
 bit

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:06.019
 in our

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.259
 vision

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.740
 statement

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.579
 every five

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.859
 years

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.240
 there's this

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.639
 thing called

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.079
 the census

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.779
 if it doesn't

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.160
 crash

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.059
 and there's a

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.740
 national church

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.619
 life survey

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.779
 that gets an

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.619
 evaluation of who

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.259
 we are as a

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.599
 people

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.920
 and it does

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.819
 evaluation of who

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.639
 the community is

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.059
 as a people

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.539
 and we get to

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.099
 compare those

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.480
 things

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.240
 and we get to

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.539
 go

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:26.519
 okay

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.720
 how we're

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.279
 tracking in

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.980
 our diversity

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.900
 we desire to

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.460
 represent the

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.119
 diversity of

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.559
 Chatswood

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.559
 that is what

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.779
 we desire is

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.680
 we desire not

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.920
 to be a

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.720
 subculture within

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.240
 a culture

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.319
 our goal is to

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.240
 have that data

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.059
 so closely

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.920
 aligned as

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.279
 possible

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.460
 it is also a

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.240
 massive danger

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.099
 for Christians

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.000
 Christian churches

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.460
 to be a

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.680
 subculture within

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.299
 a culture in

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.960
 such a way that

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.539
 the two don't

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.879
 relate

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.660
 it's possibly so

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.480
 comfortable with

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:56.440
 one demographic

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:58.160
 group because

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.579
 of a long

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.799
 association and

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.440
 yet have no

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.259
 interest in another

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.200
 demographic group

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.980
 because their ways

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.519
 are just too

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.220
 foreign to us

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.759
 they're too

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.740
 strange to us

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.360
 they're even

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.460
 repulsive to us

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.259
 as a Christian

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.900
 subculture

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:13.420
 my vision is for

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.299
 us is to always

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.960
 be assessing

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.759
 whether we are

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.319
 reaching our

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.819
 community

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.779
 whether we're

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.559
 displaying the

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.180
 diversity of our

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.400
 community

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.579
 if we find that

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.720
 50% of Chatswood

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.420
 are below the

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.220
 poverty line

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.720
 but we don't

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.539
 have anyone

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.180
 in this

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.420
 building

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.079
 who's below

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.600
 the poverty

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.019
 line

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.319
 I want to

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.059
 ask why

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.460
 is it

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:33.500
 the middle

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.279
 class or the

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.700
 upper middle

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.539
 class or the

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.880
 whatever class

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.039
 level of lower

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.620
 north shore

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.460
 that's hindering

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.360
 the mission

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.839
 that God's

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.559
 placed us in

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:43.299
 and if that's

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.779
 the case

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.180
 we need to

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.759
 change

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:47.059
 I need to

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.740
 dress differently

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.380
 or something

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:51.579
 if 20% of

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.160
 Chatswood

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.840
 we discover

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:55.580
 has Icelandic

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.259
 heritage

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.920
 but we've

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.460
 got one

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.960
 member from

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.300
 Iceland

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:58.700
 in this

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.960
 church

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.240
 we need

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.519
 to buy

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.160
 some ice

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.460
 or something

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:06.580
 there's my

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:08.560
 narrow mindedness

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.320
 coming to play

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:10.140
 at that point

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.080
 or if

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:13.720
 15%

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.560
 are of

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.800
 in our

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.240
 community

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.900
 are same

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.620
 sex couples

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.540
 and we've

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:19.080
 got none

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.340
 here

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.720
 I want to

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.519
 ask why

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:24.879
 my vision

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.559
 for us

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.660
 is that we

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.619
 are so

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:29.519
 love

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.259
 and treasure

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.639
 the Lord

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.099
 Jesus

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.519
 that we

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.920
 have hold

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.200
 him of

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.740
 such

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.359
 infinite

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.839
 value

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.180
 that it

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.440
 will be

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.960
 displayed

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.259
 as the

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.400
 Lord

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.660
 Jesus

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.099
 said

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.160
 in our

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.460
 love

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.759
 for one

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.099
 another

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:42.519
 love

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.819
 will be

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.079
 the

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:45.500
 primary

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.940
 thing

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.619
 that people

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.460
 experience

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.839
 when they

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.180
 gather

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:49.420
 in such

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.840
 a way

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.960
 that even

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.660
 those who

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.700
 are fundamentally

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.600
 opposed

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.500
 to my

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.100
 theological

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.820
 convictions

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:57.660
 will be

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:57.900
 able to

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.299
 sit in

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.660
 church

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.980
 and say

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.799
 I disagree

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.440
 with that

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.820
 guy

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.600
 I disagree

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.920
 with

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.160
 he's

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.880
 narrow minded

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.920
 but I want

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.519
 to be part

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.740
 of this

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.120
 community

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.560
 because I

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.180
 feel more

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.680
 loved here

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.220
 than I do

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.580
 with the

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:07.880
 liberal

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.259
 church

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.920
 that agrees

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.259
 with my

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.720
 position

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.920
 that's my

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.240
 vision

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.460
 for St.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.019
 Paul's

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.580
 and so I

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:15.900
 got to work

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.160
 on my

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.440
 treasure

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:20.960
 my vision

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.460
 is that we

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.740
 will be

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.100
 welcome

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.539
 while at

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.880
 the same

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.279
 time not

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.740
 affirming

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.080
 of all

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.420
 cultural

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.200
 distinctives

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.920
 and this

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.259
 is an

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.620
 issue for

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.880
 the whole

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.320
 church to

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:28.779
 address

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.740
 if our

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.140
 current

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.039
 1115

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.740
 congregation

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.960
 is only

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.539
 Chinese

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.400
 I want to

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.799
 know why

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.100
 they're not

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.400
 reaching

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.880
 Syrians

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.460
 and Japanese

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:42.580
 we want

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:42.880
 to look

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.080
 at the

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.539
 data and

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.860
 see what

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.620
 God has

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.019
 for us

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.500
 next

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.900
 what new

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.539
 barriers

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.140
 we need

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.799
 to break

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.099
 down

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.359
 what

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.720
 listening

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.039
 ear

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.240
 what

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.579
 things

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.859
 we need

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.359
 to learn

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.940
 and know

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.880
 what we

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.160
 need to

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.819
 change

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.660
 what groups

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.900
 we need

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.240
 to start

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.720
 praying for

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.160
 what things

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.519
 need to be

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.380
 resourced

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.519
 Chatswood

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.299
 is our

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.859
 mission field

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.339
 it's a place

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.779
 where God

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.400
 has called

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.119
 us for

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.680
 his purpose

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.200
 to reach

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.380
 it with

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.859
 the gospel

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.839
 in such

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.140
 a way

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.519
 that people

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.940
 from all

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.279
 nations

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.619
 gather

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:06.980
 around

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.579
 his throne

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.259
 and we

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.740
 get an

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.240
 expression

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.700
 of it

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.519
 in this

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.960
 place

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.840
 the vision

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.420
 of unity

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.319
 in diversity

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.960
 is for

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.220
 every

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.660
 congregation

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.240
 it's for

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.500
 every

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.819
 small

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.160
 group

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.840
 one of

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.299
 the great

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.079
 demonstrations

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.400
 of the

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.660
 Christian

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.059
 gospel

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.680
 is people

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.059
 coming

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.940
 together

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.880
 all people

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.420
 black

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.140
 white

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.880
 rich

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.500
 poor

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.940
 male

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.420
 female

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.980
 cool

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.620
 uncool

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.700
 all coming

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.120
 together

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.299
 because the

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.539
 good news

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:33.759
 of the

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.220
 Lord Jesus

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.759
 and so my

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.259
 vision for us

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.880
 as a church

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.340
 is to be a

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:38.539
 trans-cultural

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.139
 church

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:41.960
 this is

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.460
 different

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 than a

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.519
 multicultural

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.139
 church

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:47.480
 a trans-cultural

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.019
 church

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.740
 you see

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.220
 to me

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.000
 multicultural

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.519
 still implies

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.619
 an element

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.240
 of

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.480
 individualism

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.799
 and it

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.879
 still implies

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.639
 that the

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.259
 thing

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.259
 that is

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.859
 distinctive

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.700
 about me

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.359
 is my

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.799
 individual

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.420
 culture

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:05.480
 it says to

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.819
 me that

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.379
 our individual

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.139
 cultural

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.980
 identifications

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.820
 should in

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.320
 fact be the

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.840
 significant

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.800
 marker in

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.199
 how we

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.400
 view

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.059
 ourselves

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.820
 in how we

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.179
 view each

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.579
 other in

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.920
 the way that

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.559
 we relate to

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.099
 each other

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.679
 as a church

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.099
 it says to

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.619
 me that our

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.139
 individual

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:19.240
 culture is

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.619
 one of the

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.119
 significant

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.699
 ordering

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.740
 principles of

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.159
 our life

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.539
 together

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.440
 it means to

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.519
 have equality

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.840
 you've got your

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.820
 culture I've got

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.599
 my culture and

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.039
 we need to

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.940
 equally honor

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.260
 them

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.840
 that's what

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.380
 multicultural

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.880
 that's how it's

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.460
 worked out in

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.900
 Chatswood

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:38.519
 it means

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.460
 including all

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.079
 aspects of

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.760
 all cultures

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.500
 in such a

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.740
 way that

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.320
 we don't

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.019
 critique we

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.820
 don't seek to

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.800
 transform any

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.340
 culture we

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.019
 just take it

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.960
 on holus

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.980
 bolus and

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.639
 it means that

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.440
 every culture

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.019
 has every

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.680
 right next

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:51.960
 thing you

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:54.240
 know 365

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.280
 days a year

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.039
 we're celebrating

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.920
 someone's culture

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.720
 in some particular

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.360
 kind of way

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.200
 there's no room

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.800
 at all for me

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.220
 to preach or

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.820
 anything else

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:05.480
 in a

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.920
 multicultural

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.620
 church there's

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.580
 always a danger

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.120
 that we'll be

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.780
 tussling to

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.559
 evaluate one

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.280
 culture over

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.539
 another in

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.160
 order that one

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.700
 cultural group

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:12.960
 will have

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.780
 supremacy over

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:16.000
 another and

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.320
 in that

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.980
 environment the

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.860
 majority culture

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.600
 will set the

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:19.600
 tone they will

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:20.360
 set the flavor

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.960
 they will set

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.460
 the agenda

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.980
 they will have

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.680
 the prominence

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.920
 as they have

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.420
 at St.

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.180
 Paul's for

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:27.840
 decades it will

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.920
 always happen

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.440
 because our

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.360
 individual culture

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.140
 whatever it is

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.280
 is the unifying

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.400
 principle for us

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.740
 and what must be

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.400
 honored and it

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.099
 must be respected

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.840
 above all and

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.340
 what I'm calling

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.900
 to is something

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.380
 different a

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.579
 trans cultural

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.840
 church is a

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:43.420
 community that

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:45.260
 reflects it

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.920
 embraces and

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.579
 enjoys the

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.599
 diversity of its

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.780
 mission context

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:51.099
 but by the

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.680
 power of the

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.500
 gospel it

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.640
 transcends

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:56.160
 transcends its

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:57.660
 cultural context

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.860
 and it creates

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.900
 one new

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.680
 community in

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.079
 Christ

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.500
 that's a

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.019
 trans cultural

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.480
 church

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.860
 this vision

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.460
 this church

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:11.240
 is not about

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.380
 obliterating

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.680
 cultural diversity

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.220
 and distinction

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.559
 you see

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.500
 you know when

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.900
 Jesus broke

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.260
 down the

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.920
 barriers between

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.500
 people

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.760
 he didn't

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.539
 obliterate the

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.980
 differences

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:22.099
 he didn't say

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.960
 well you Jews

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.660
 are now Gentiles

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:24.300
 and you Gentiles

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.900
 are now Jews

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.920
 or we'll have a

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.260
 new thing

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.880
 we'll have a

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.500
 Jew

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:33.720
 the Jews

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.160
 were still

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.460
 Jews

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.900
 the Greeks

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.300
 were still

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.820
 Greeks

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.780
 the slaves

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.140
 were still

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.760
 slaves

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.980
 the free

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.400
 were still

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.680
 free

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.099
 the men

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.440
 were still

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.720
 the men

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.240
 and the women

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.640
 were still

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.059
 the women

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.000
 the Bible

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:44.260
 affirms culture

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.140
 the Bible

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:46.059
 affirms cultural

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.660
 diversity

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:48.039
 diversity of culture

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.940
 is arguably part

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.619
 of God's nature

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.320
 in order for all

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.920
 of humanity

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.280
 the picture of

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.139
 the end of time

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.680
 is people

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.300
 worshipping

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.720
 Jesus still

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.559
 I believe

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.680
 in Revelation 5

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.180
 and other bits

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:59.039
 of the Revelation

00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.720
 still in their

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.659
 cultural diversity

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.420
 I don't think

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.880
 we're all going to

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.619
 walk in there

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.180
 and all going to

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:06.380
 look like me

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.240
 praise God

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:10.579
 I don't think

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.059
 that's what's

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.639
 going to happen

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:13.039
 and I don't think

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.480
 we're all going to

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.079
 speak English

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.559
 I don't think

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.380
 Jesus is doing

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.220
 ESL languages

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.860
 right now

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.099
 I don't think

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.559
 that's what's

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.019
 going to happen

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.159
 and I'm

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.019
 absolutely confident

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.599
 we're all going

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.219
 to be Anglican

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:25.099
 the Bible

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.399
 also causes

00:37:26.399 --> 00:37:28.599
 to a cultural

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.339
 sensitivity

00:37:29.339 --> 00:37:31.639
 in Romans 14

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:33.219
 and 1 Corinthians

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:34.000
 10 11

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.440
 we understand

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.219
 and we communicate

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.859
 the good news

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.460
 of the Jesus

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:39.099
 culturally

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:41.579
 the word culture

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.179
 is not mentioned

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.279
 however in the whole Bible

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:44.539
 but the Bible

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.719
 is deeply concerned

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.460
 about our human

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.039
 identity

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.579
 and interaction

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.319
 our vision

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.059
 is to embrace

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.820
 the diversity

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:53.059
 as part of

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.120
 God's creativity

00:37:54.120 --> 00:37:55.539
 but transcend

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.660
 the diversity

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:58.240
 and find a common

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:58.800
 ground

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.240
 not in our

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.940
 cultures

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:03.440
 not in our

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.780
 cultures

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.340
 but in the Lord

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.660
 Jesus

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:07.240
 crucially

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.840
 the Bible's

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.440
 reflection on

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.120
 human identity

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.620
 interaction

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:10.539
 stands outside

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.100
 of culture

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:11.559
 itself

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.580
 it says

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:13.539
 all of humanity

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.160
 are fallen

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:15.660
 they're all sinful

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:16.180
 beings

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.519
 who have been

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.280
 made in God's

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.620
 image

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.000
 and yet

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.539
 redeemed

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.179
 and transformed

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.980
 by the one

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.500
 Lord Jesus

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.000
 Christ

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.880
 through the

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.460
 Holy Spirit

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.099
 into a new

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.779
 humanity

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.359
 under the

00:38:24.359 --> 00:38:24.819
 Lordship of

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.139
 Jesus

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.380
 that is

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.539
 this is

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.420
 and I believe

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.059
 will be

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:31.599
 true for everyone

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.559
 irrespective of

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.119
 your culture

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.980
 and so what the

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.619
 Bible does

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.119
 is actually

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:37.159
 marginalizes

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.920
 culture

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.920
 particularity

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.460
 there is very

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.440
 little interest

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.099
 in cultural

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.639
 practices

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.599
 in the Bible

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:46.019
 they are

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.839
 either ignored

00:38:46.839 --> 00:38:48.179
 or they are

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.699
 pushed to the

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.139
 edges

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.359
 in the New

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.819
 Testament

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:51.679
 our identity

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.299
 in Jesus

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.059
 supersedes

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.119
 all other

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.699
 cultural

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.539
 identifications

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:57.299
 and this is

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.659
 the vision

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.079
 that I have

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.559
 for us

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.879
 we don't

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.519
 try to find

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.139
 common ground

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.460
 in our

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.940
 respective

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.519
 cultures

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.759
 we transcend

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.599
 them in order

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.059
 to find

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.639
 Jesus

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:07.639
 a number

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.980
 of years

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.339
 ago

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:10.680
 in the

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.140
 transition

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.840
 from me

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.260
 being a

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.780
 country lad

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.620
 to getting

00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:14.079
 used to the

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.320
 city

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.079
 I said yes

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.500
 to go to

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.980
 the orchestra

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:19.220
 and never

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.660
 been to one

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:20.000
 before

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:23.380
 and it was

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.800
 sold to me

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.440
 as a concert

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:27.100
 and so I

00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:27.820
 went along to

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.400
 this thing

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.120
 with Nat

00:39:29.120 --> 00:39:30.180
 thinking okay

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.760
 I better

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:32.300
 take something

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.880
 to read

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:38.059
 and I

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.500
 remember

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.260
 sitting there

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:41.180
 and we

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.539
 had a good

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.820
 spot in

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.119
 terms of

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.480
 seeing where

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:43.840
 it was going

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.160
 first time

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.320
 I've ever

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.740
 been to one

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:44.980
 of these

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.300
 events

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.220
 and I

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.420
 remember

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.880
 sitting there

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.740
 in advance

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:50.480
 when they're

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.160
 all practicing

00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.960
 and people

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.500
 are banging

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.360
 on stuff

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.800
 and making

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.500
 a racket

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.700
 you know

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.460
 it was

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.140
 squeezing this

00:39:58.140 --> 00:39:58.519
 and whack

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:58.900
 whack whack

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.320
 some blokes

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.860
 over there

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.260
 and I'm

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.579
 thinking oh

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:00.920
 this is going

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.519
 to be great

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:03.420
 yeah bring

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.880
 it on

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:06.559
 and yet I

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:06.840
 remember

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.679
 sitting there

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.340
 being mesmerized

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:12.259
 as they

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:14.320
 they started

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.739
 to play

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.320
 the conductor

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:16.000
 comes out

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.280
 and the

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.579
 conductor

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.000
 gets them

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.360
 all to do

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.719
 their bit

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.079
 at the right

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.500
 time

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:20.159
 and it

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:21.179
 was incredible

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:23.159
 the musical

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:24.139
 harmony that

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.639
 I saw with

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.219
 that orchestra

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:27.139
 and what I

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.539
 thought was

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.239
 interesting

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.300
 one guy

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.940
 stood at the

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.360
 back

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.880
 with this

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.460
 huge

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:34.620
 bell

00:40:34.620 --> 00:40:35.039
 donger

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.400
 thing

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:38.180
 I've got

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.620
 a seat

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.140
 this guy

00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:40.099
 standing there

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.640
 for what

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:41.120
 an hour

00:40:41.120 --> 00:40:41.579
 or something

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.980
 I don't know

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.280
 how long

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.579
 it went

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:42.960
 for

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.720
 you know

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.059
 it doesn't

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.320
 matter

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.920
 it seemed

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.220
 longer

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:48.340
 he's standing

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.900
 there

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.800
 and I'm

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.980
 I'm watching

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.300
 him

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.539
 because I'm

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.820
 thinking

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.700
 this is the

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.400
 most interesting

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.079
 bit for me

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.039
 when he

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.680
 when he

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.240
 wails on

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.700
 that thing

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.079
 that's going

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.559
 to be great

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.699
 and he

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.219
 didn't do

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.460
 it

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.099
 until right

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.400
 at the

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.779
 end

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:04.380
 boom

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:05.840
 and I'm

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.679
 like yes

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:08.440
 that's all

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.079
 he did

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:12.759
 that's how

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.059
 he earned

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.460
 his money

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.900
 that guy

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.460
 that night

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.719
 he stood

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.039
 there the

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.699
 whole night

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:18.759
 and yet he

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.400
 played part

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.820
 in something

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.279
 that was

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.880
 magnificent

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:22.719
 he played

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.059
 part of

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.279
 something

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.579
 that was

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.500
 magnificent

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:27.460
 didn't draw

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.820
 the attention

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.480
 to himself

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.460
 at the

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.679
 end of

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.079
 the night

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:33.460
 at the

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.659
 end of

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.019
 the night

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.840
 none of

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.340
 the musicians

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.860
 stood

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 the conductor

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 did

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 the conductor

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 stood

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 it all

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 reflected him

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 that's the

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 vision I have

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 for us

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.099
 as a church

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 it's all

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 about Jesus

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 he's the

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 one who

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 unites us

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.519
 takes all

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 of our

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.199
 distinctions

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 and differences

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 and brings

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 them together

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 in a beautiful

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.639
 harmony

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.400
 that the

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.239
 United Nations

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:56.199
 cannot achieve

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:57.559
 Amen