WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.300 What are we talking about today? 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:03.359 The vision of Christchurch. 00:00:03.980 --> 00:00:06.100 The vision at Christchurch. 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.040 The vision that you guys all know way better than I do, 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:12.380 because I've only been here for eight months, right? 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:17.400 Who's been here since, is it 2005, when the partnership was official? 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:21.359 The LEP began? Put your hand up if that was... 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.339 Yeah, okay, so that's interesting, a real mixed bag. 00:00:25.060 --> 00:00:26.539 Actually, that's quite exciting as well, 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:28.519 because there was a lot of people who didn't put their hands up. 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.300 Which is a good fruit sign, right? 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:31.500 That's awesome. 00:00:32.019 --> 00:00:34.840 As you may imagine, by the fact that they're not here, 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.899 Russell and Clive have taken the opportunity to go on holiday, 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:46.879 and they've decided that the most naive, inexperienced, in every way, 00:00:47.239 --> 00:00:50.960 person would be doing the first of your series 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:57.460 on the vision that they have been championing for however many years. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:00.219 So apologies if everything I say now, 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:02.660 Clive and Russell, that's the correct next week. 00:01:02.980 --> 00:01:06.480 But it's their fault for not being here to check it, right? 00:01:07.340 --> 00:01:10.599 So the cards have been handed out over the past few weeks. 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.359 And if you're new, basically the vision is quite simple. 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:15.180 It's that we would be one in Christ, 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:17.579 that we would grow more disciples, 00:01:18.260 --> 00:01:19.700 and we would serve the community. 00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:22.859 And in that order, that we would be one in Christ, 00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:25.840 grow more disciples, and serve the community. 00:01:27.060 --> 00:01:29.480 Often when somebody starts a series, 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.040 they tend to do as an introduction the entire series, 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.719 leaving everybody else to try and work out 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:37.640 what they can actually say about their week. 00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:39.359 I'm not going to do that. 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:41.500 I'm just going to talk about our first point. 00:01:41.579 --> 00:01:44.359 What does it mean to be one in Christ? 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.819 And we're going to use Ephesians 4 as a guide, 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:48.819 as a bit of a structure, 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.379 to kind of find some goodies 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:55.519 about what us at Christchurch should be aiming for, 00:01:55.620 --> 00:01:58.420 what this means to be one in Christ. 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.000 So Paul, in his letter, he begins, 00:02:02.539 --> 00:02:03.439 well, he begs actually, 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.000 if we read it, he begs, 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.199 that we would lead a life worthy of the calling 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.800 to which we, they, have been called. 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:29.680 Paul, he kicks off big here. 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:33.460 He tells us that the Spirit has already actually made us one. 00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:36.880 But then he has this little second point, 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:38.720 that we are to maintain it, 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:41.699 that we are responsible for the depth of that oneness. 00:02:43.379 --> 00:02:45.900 So we need to remember that when we talk about being one. 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:47.539 Actually, we are already one. 00:02:49.419 --> 00:02:50.800 We are already one. 00:02:51.300 --> 00:02:54.599 But there's work to do. 00:02:55.219 --> 00:02:56.819 Because this kind of oneness 00:02:56.819 --> 00:02:59.539 is the kind of oneness, according to Paul, 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.000 that matches the one body, 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:04.000 one spirit, one hope, 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:05.780 one Lord, one faith, 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:06.979 one baptism, 00:03:06.979 --> 00:03:08.239 one God, 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:09.560 and Father of all, 00:03:09.699 --> 00:03:10.519 who is in everything. 00:03:11.979 --> 00:03:14.439 The oneness that Paul seems to be talking about 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.239 is one like God is one. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.159 We at the church are meant to be one 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.199 to that sort of degree. 00:03:23.179 --> 00:03:24.280 Not just friendly, 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:25.560 compliant, 00:03:26.399 --> 00:03:28.879 playing safe with surface level relationships, 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:31.719 but one like my physical body 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:32.899 is supposed to be one. 00:03:33.219 --> 00:03:34.899 Many parts working together, 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:36.819 and when one stops working, 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:38.360 the rest of the body suffers. 00:03:39.860 --> 00:03:41.360 That's the sort of oneness 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:44.000 that he's talking about. 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:49.620 And like I said, 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:50.280 our tagline, 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:50.780 technically, 00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:53.319 Christ has already sorted it for us. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:54.219 We can say, 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:55.280 yeah, we're one in Christ. 00:03:55.480 --> 00:03:56.460 Yeah, we're one in Christ. 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:57.920 Jesus did that. 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.179 But there's this nasty little word 00:04:01.179 --> 00:04:01.959 in that passage, 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:02.919 maintain. 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:05.179 Maintain. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:05.819 So dull. 00:04:06.579 --> 00:04:07.299 I don't know about you, 00:04:07.339 --> 00:04:08.539 but when I hear the word maintain, 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:10.199 I think of grass cutting. 00:04:11.299 --> 00:04:12.579 Make sure it doesn't get too long, 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:13.439 not too short, 00:04:13.539 --> 00:04:14.259 just right, 00:04:14.839 --> 00:04:15.919 so it looks good in the pictures. 00:04:18.039 --> 00:04:19.560 Or maybe like, 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:19.860 you know, 00:04:19.899 --> 00:04:21.199 you maintain a car. 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:22.060 You know, 00:04:22.099 --> 00:04:23.939 you take it for an annual service. 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:25.240 Is it still going to run? 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:25.539 You know, 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:26.199 no leaks? 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:26.519 Yeah, 00:04:26.659 --> 00:04:27.639 it's all sort of there. 00:04:28.039 --> 00:04:28.920 It's pretty dirty, 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:29.699 but you know, 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:31.439 the basics work. 00:04:31.659 --> 00:04:31.800 Yeah, 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:32.620 we're maintaining. 00:04:33.039 --> 00:04:33.360 To me, 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:34.159 that's what I hear 00:04:34.159 --> 00:04:36.139 when I hear that word maintainer. 00:04:37.899 --> 00:04:39.159 I don't quite think 00:04:39.159 --> 00:04:40.060 that's what Paul means. 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:41.560 We're meant to do with the church. 00:04:42.159 --> 00:04:42.879 Maintain it. 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:44.919 In that way. 00:04:45.099 --> 00:04:46.579 I think what he's talking about 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:48.120 is hard work. 00:04:51.219 --> 00:04:52.659 And he thinks it's us. 00:04:52.699 --> 00:04:53.120 So it says, 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:53.980 I've written here, 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:55.500 the part that we couldn't do 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:56.819 to make us one 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:58.120 has been done. 00:04:58.360 --> 00:04:59.519 Christ has accomplished that 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:00.160 on the cross 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.199 and in the resurrection. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:03.000 And now we, 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:03.540 the body, 00:05:04.699 --> 00:05:05.319 are one, 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.459 made in and through Christ. 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:09.319 But the oneness is on us. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:11.459 The depth of the oneness 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:13.000 is our responsibility. 00:05:15.339 --> 00:05:17.439 The maturity of our oneness 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:18.699 is on us. 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:23.060 How are we supposed to do that? 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.319 I think Paul preempted that question. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:29.439 I can imagine the first hearers 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.620 listening to those words 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:31.879 and looking around at everyone 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:32.939 going, 00:05:33.060 --> 00:05:33.279 really? 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:34.639 That guy? 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:36.519 There could be one with them? 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:37.719 That one? 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.500 They were a prostitute last week 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:40.240 and now they're in here 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:40.860 sat at the front? 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:42.899 Can you imagine 00:05:42.899 --> 00:05:44.519 the kind of reality, 00:05:44.719 --> 00:05:45.560 the mixed bag 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:46.659 of the first church? 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:46.740 church. 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:48.400 And Paul's writing to them 00:05:48.400 --> 00:05:48.720 saying, 00:05:49.260 --> 00:05:50.500 you're meant to be one with them. 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:53.560 I don't want you to look around now 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:54.560 but I'm sure if you did 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:55.660 you might feel similar. 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:57.100 I know people look at me 00:05:57.100 --> 00:05:57.860 and often think that. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:05:58.680 So, 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:00.780 Paul is, 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:02.080 Paul's caught us. 00:06:02.140 --> 00:06:02.500 He said, 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:04.660 we're meant to be one. 00:06:05.700 --> 00:06:06.379 And we've gone, 00:06:06.460 --> 00:06:07.300 how on earth are we supposed 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:08.000 to do that? 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:08.940 And he's gone, 00:06:09.320 --> 00:06:10.480 with the gifts that God 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:11.260 has given you. 00:06:12.460 --> 00:06:13.480 According to the measure 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:14.220 of Christ's gift 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:15.280 in each of us, 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:17.120 we've been given the gifts. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:19.160 God has come down. 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:20.360 He has shown us 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:21.939 what we need to do. 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:24.300 And he's given us 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:25.200 all we need. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:26.140 And we can get a little bit 00:06:26.140 --> 00:06:26.939 lost in gifts 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:28.580 and talking about them 00:06:28.580 --> 00:06:30.800 into detail. 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:31.700 What's my gift? 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:32.819 What am I going to give? 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:34.680 We start getting the rotors out. 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.160 I'm going to join the prayer team. 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:37.180 I'm going to join 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:38.460 the coffee rota. 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:39.920 I'm going to cut the grass 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.480 because I love maintaining grass. 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:42.280 You know, 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:43.420 we start doing that. 00:06:43.580 --> 00:06:44.040 But actually, 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:45.300 we're going to skip this. 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:46.840 We're going to skip 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:47.680 the gifts today. 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:49.480 Because you're going 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:50.200 to do that later, 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:50.600 I think, 00:06:50.640 --> 00:06:51.640 in your midweek sessions. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:54.759 We have the gifts. 00:06:55.460 --> 00:06:56.460 We are the gift. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:57.780 The details we can 00:06:57.780 --> 00:06:58.540 sort out later. 00:07:01.340 --> 00:07:02.640 I want us to really 00:07:02.640 --> 00:07:03.840 get a bit deeper 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:04.360 on what it means 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:05.020 to be one. 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:07.360 What oneness 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.520 really looks like. 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:10.080 And I wonder 00:07:10.080 --> 00:07:11.400 what images come to mind 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:12.419 when you hear the word 00:07:12.419 --> 00:07:13.019 one, 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:13.699 be one. 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:15.899 Maybe teams. 00:07:16.359 --> 00:07:17.560 We have some great analogies 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:18.879 often of football teams 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:19.579 and we're meant 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:20.560 to be a team like that. 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:21.839 Or family. 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:23.239 And we use the word family 00:07:23.239 --> 00:07:23.979 and we talk about 00:07:23.979 --> 00:07:25.319 how it's messy. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:26.879 But we are one 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:27.399 even though, 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:27.599 you know, 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:28.139 we haven't talked 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:28.819 to our great aunt, 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:29.259 blah, blah, 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:30.039 because, you know, 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:31.179 she said that thing once. 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:32.500 We sort of think 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:33.560 oneness like that. 00:07:34.599 --> 00:07:35.799 Or the caravan club, 00:07:35.899 --> 00:07:36.079 you know. 00:07:36.159 --> 00:07:36.839 Well, I've joined 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:37.899 and I go every now 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:38.419 and again. 00:07:38.420 --> 00:07:40.420 We're one. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:41.720 I'm part of that group. 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:44.540 But only the caravan club 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:45.100 know that I'm part 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:45.879 of the caravan club. 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:50.420 Oneness isn't about 00:07:50.420 --> 00:07:51.900 being part of a team. 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:53.200 That's true 00:07:53.200 --> 00:07:54.420 that it is an element 00:07:54.420 --> 00:07:54.939 of it. 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:57.500 It's about unity. 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:00.060 It's about you 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:01.740 becoming us, 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:04.120 I becoming we. 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:07.060 It's the difference 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:07.519 between where 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.060 before I was in Christ, 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:10.040 I was just me. 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:11.840 And now in Christ, 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:12.800 I'm no longer that. 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:17.079 I'm part of the we 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:17.900 who believe. 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.000 Belonging in him 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:21.840 and belonging as us. 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:24.100 Living for each other 00:08:24.100 --> 00:08:25.460 as one body 00:08:25.460 --> 00:08:26.720 that can only truly 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.379 function as such. 00:08:28.379 --> 00:08:31.379 We get what's being 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:32.279 asked of us, right? 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:34.779 Have you ever believed 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:36.240 so strongly in a cause 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.000 that it took over 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:37.860 your every day? 00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:39.019 Your thoughts, 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:39.679 your actions, 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:40.820 your words. 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:43.299 Being one is when 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:44.980 that thing becomes 00:08:44.980 --> 00:08:46.419 bigger than I am. 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:48.019 More important 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:48.860 than me. 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:50.700 That thing, 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:51.419 that unity 00:08:51.419 --> 00:08:53.100 becomes my primary 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:53.379 focus 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:55.340 when I gather. 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:58.480 my first port of call 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:00.080 isn't what do I do? 00:09:00.680 --> 00:09:01.700 What do I think 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:02.280 about this? 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:03.860 It's about what's 00:09:03.860 --> 00:09:04.540 going on 00:09:04.540 --> 00:09:05.440 in the we. 00:09:07.280 --> 00:09:08.280 So this vision 00:09:08.280 --> 00:09:08.920 at Christchurch 00:09:08.920 --> 00:09:09.700 isn't fluffy. 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:10.399 I'm sorry. 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.660 It's not as light 00:09:11.660 --> 00:09:12.759 as it can sound 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.980 when it's so nicely put. 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:14.280 You know, 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:15.060 one in Christ. 00:09:16.300 --> 00:09:16.840 This oneness 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:17.540 is not aiming 00:09:17.540 --> 00:09:18.660 to run a cake sale 00:09:18.660 --> 00:09:19.620 without puff pastry 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.700 being thrown at each other 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:21.920 or getting through 00:09:21.920 --> 00:09:22.800 another service 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:23.980 without another fallout. 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:25.659 Those things 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:26.420 are good to aim for 00:09:26.420 --> 00:09:27.139 but it's much 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:27.940 deeper than that. 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:30.300 This vision 00:09:30.300 --> 00:09:31.039 is about seeking 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:31.740 to achieve 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:33.600 an unbreakable oneness 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:35.700 so we will grow. 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:37.460 Not in number 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:40.600 but in Christlikeness. 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:42.820 Next week 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.320 the preacher 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:43.920 will deal with 00:09:43.920 --> 00:09:44.420 what growth 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:44.899 in numbers 00:09:44.899 --> 00:09:45.460 look like. 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:47.519 But what about 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.139 the growth 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:49.480 of the Christlikeness 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:50.360 of this church? 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:52.320 When people 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:52.980 look at us 00:09:52.980 --> 00:09:53.899 will they see that? 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:55.879 They see a lovely 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.879 community group 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.700 which is nice. 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.080 But is that 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:02.879 what Jesus died for? 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.600 I'm not sure. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.060 The kind of unity 00:10:09.060 --> 00:10:10.180 that we're talking about 00:10:10.180 --> 00:10:10.740 is actually 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:11.700 very specific 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:12.680 on Jesus' heart. 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:13.420 He prays for it 00:10:13.420 --> 00:10:14.220 in John 17. 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:16.920 He prays that 00:10:16.920 --> 00:10:18.500 they would be one 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.420 as you and I 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:20.860 Father 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:21.480 are one. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:22.600 Whoa. 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:22.740 Whoa. 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:25.419 Let that one sink in. 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:27.000 That they 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.019 we 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:29.240 would be one 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:30.539 as Jesus 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:32.360 and the Father 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.440 are one. 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:34.740 I wonder what 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:35.560 that looks like. 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.680 I've got a little clip 00:10:36.680 --> 00:10:37.259 just to break 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:38.759 the heaviness. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:39.519 Yes, exactly. 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:40.439 That's what I 00:10:40.439 --> 00:10:42.120 always say. 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:42.620 It's like, 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:42.879 God, 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:44.259 you get me. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:44.939 Well, 00:10:44.939 --> 00:10:45.319 you're an easy 00:10:45.319 --> 00:10:45.879 guy to get. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:47.500 I can't go home. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:47.819 He's probably 00:10:47.819 --> 00:10:48.500 waiting for me. 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:48.939 I mean, 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:49.500 he's going to be 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:49.960 my boss. 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:50.460 He's the younger 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:50.720 brother. 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:51.740 How old is he? 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:52.899 42. 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:53.659 Same. 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:54.939 My younger 00:10:54.939 --> 00:10:55.740 brother's 42 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:56.159 also. 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:56.860 Same. 00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:59.819 I mean, 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:00.179 32. 00:11:00.439 --> 00:11:00.840 32. 00:11:01.059 --> 00:11:01.340 32. 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:01.620 32. 00:11:01.819 --> 00:11:02.100 Same. 00:11:02.379 --> 00:11:02.659 Same. 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:03.039 Same. 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:03.439 I was going 00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:03.659 to say, 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:04.240 I was thinking 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.620 the same. 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:05.879 You thought 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.599 32 and then 00:11:06.599 --> 00:11:07.259 he said 32. 00:11:07.839 --> 00:11:08.360 That's so 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:08.740 insane. 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:10.179 Crazy. 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.319 Do you want 00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:12.099 a glass of wine? 00:11:12.219 --> 00:11:13.099 I love wine. 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:13.779 Red wine? 00:11:13.819 --> 00:11:14.699 I love red wine. 00:11:14.699 --> 00:11:15.139 Same. 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:16.799 It's like 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:17.439 too same. 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:18.519 That's insane. 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:19.459 It turns out 00:11:19.459 --> 00:11:20.279 the guys had 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.500 tons in common. 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:22.459 That's so weird. 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:24.000 Like, 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:25.559 the last 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:26.759 time I went 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.059 scuba diving? 00:11:31.339 --> 00:11:31.599 Wow. 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:33.939 I'm eating 00:11:33.939 --> 00:11:35.719 Captain 00:11:35.719 --> 00:11:36.519 Clash. 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.559 Same. 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:40.319 Sorry. 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:41.659 I think so 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:41.939 often, 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:42.219 like, 00:11:42.579 --> 00:11:43.120 I love that 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:43.399 scene. 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:44.679 It's so often 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:45.139 when we talk 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:45.719 about being 00:11:45.719 --> 00:11:46.299 one and 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.699 unity, 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.259 we start 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:47.620 thinking, 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:47.959 oh no, 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.259 I've got to 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:48.839 be a clone. 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:49.939 I've got to 00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:50.480 be able to 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.579 be the same 00:11:51.579 --> 00:11:52.019 as that 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.480 person. 00:11:52.659 --> 00:11:52.980 And we've 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:53.279 got to 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:53.679 like the 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:54.379 same things 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:54.679 and we've 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:54.939 got to 00:11:54.939 --> 00:11:55.480 agree on 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:55.980 everything. 00:11:56.719 --> 00:11:56.779 And, 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.099 you know, 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:57.519 I just 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:57.919 love that 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:58.099 scene. 00:11:58.179 --> 00:11:58.459 Because so 00:11:58.459 --> 00:11:58.899 often I 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.259 think we 00:11:59.259 --> 00:11:59.879 actually try 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.120 and do 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:00.439 that in 00:12:00.439 --> 00:12:00.779 church. 00:12:01.819 --> 00:12:01.899 Like, 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:02.079 we, 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:02.980 and from 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:03.460 the front, 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:03.899 I think 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.720 there are 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.519 the leaders 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:06.100 and I'm 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:06.460 sure I've 00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:06.860 been guilty 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:07.180 of that, 00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:07.800 especially as 00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:08.100 a youth 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:08.500 worker, 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:09.659 where my 00:12:09.659 --> 00:12:10.600 agenda was 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.080 to bring 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:11.500 this group 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:11.840 of people 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:12.940 together to 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:13.560 look like 00:12:13.560 --> 00:12:14.940 something that 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:16.460 I can say, 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:16.899 yes, 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:18.159 that's exactly 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:18.539 it. 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.180 And you 00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:20.600 have said 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:20.920 the same 00:12:20.920 --> 00:12:21.300 thing as 00:12:21.300 --> 00:12:21.620 you, 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.500 so you 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:22.860 guys are 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:23.279 definitely 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:23.840 functioning 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:24.279 properly. 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:24.840 This guy 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:25.340 over here, 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:26.100 he doesn't 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.720 like this, 00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:27.360 so he's not 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:27.820 there yet. 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:29.320 And there's 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:29.640 this sort 00:12:29.640 --> 00:12:31.000 of oneness 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:31.540 means that 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:32.020 we basically 00:12:32.020 --> 00:12:32.800 start becoming 00:12:32.800 --> 00:12:34.240 sheep of 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:34.879 something, 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:35.300 and we 00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:35.900 just get 00:12:35.900 --> 00:12:36.820 boring. 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:37.960 And it 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.400 just looks 00:12:38.400 --> 00:12:38.820 like that, 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.480 it's hilarious. 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:40.879 You know, 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:41.400 people aren't 00:12:41.400 --> 00:12:41.980 interested in 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:42.600 the church, 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.820 because a lot 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.240 of the time 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:44.540 that's what 00:12:44.540 --> 00:12:45.020 they think, 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:45.980 that they 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:46.680 leave themselves 00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:47.320 at the door, 00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:48.260 and they 00:12:48.260 --> 00:12:48.580 come and 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:49.200 they be the 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:49.820 same, 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.460 42, 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:50.960 32, 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:51.840 that was, 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:52.519 I was 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:52.759 going to 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:53.379 say 32, 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:54.200 that's what 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:54.560 I meant, 00:12:54.660 --> 00:12:55.000 we are 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.560 actually the 00:12:55.560 --> 00:12:55.840 same, 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:57.259 let's maintain 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:57.860 this fake 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.220 thing. 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:00.660 That's 00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:01.580 clearly not 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.480 oneness. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:05.560 If that 00:13:05.560 --> 00:13:06.259 was oneness, 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:06.639 that's an 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.300 unrealistic 00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:07.720 aim. 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:09.600 And it's 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.019 not actually 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:10.519 a sign of 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:10.860 unity. 00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.600 You find 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:13.040 that kind 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:13.379 of thing 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:13.900 in a social 00:13:13.900 --> 00:13:14.680 media echo 00:13:14.680 --> 00:13:15.160 chamber. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.960 You find 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:17.180 it a lot 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:17.700 in cults 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:18.060 as well, 00:13:18.180 --> 00:13:18.400 actually. 00:13:19.180 --> 00:13:19.440 You should 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:19.940 be careful 00:13:19.940 --> 00:13:20.340 of that. 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:21.400 If we 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:21.879 start to 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.280 look like 00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:22.480 that, 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:22.780 we need 00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:23.120 to ask 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.280 some 00:13:23.280 --> 00:13:23.700 questions. 00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:26.379 That 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:26.800 unity 00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:27.700 that we're 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.160 seeking, 00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:29.519 that Christ 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:29.900 has called 00:13:29.900 --> 00:13:30.519 us to be, 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:31.780 is not 00:13:31.780 --> 00:13:32.620 sameness. 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:34.840 It's a 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.180 biblical 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.000 oneness. 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.060 And Paul 00:13:38.060 --> 00:13:38.560 goes on, 00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:39.000 he says, 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:39.620 we must 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.040 no longer 00:13:40.040 --> 00:13:40.840 be children, 00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:42.080 tossed to 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.519 and fro, 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:42.940 and blown 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.420 about by 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:44.019 every wind 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.540 of doctrine, 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:45.259 by people's 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.639 trickery, 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.019 by their 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.639 craftiness, 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:47.980 and deceitful 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:48.540 scheming. 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:50.300 But speaking 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:50.799 the truth 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.219 in love, 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:51.559 we must 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:52.079 grow up 00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:52.519 in every 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.039 way into 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.959 him who 00:13:53.959 --> 00:13:54.279 is the 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:54.599 head, 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.279 into 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:55.899 Christ, 00:13:56.959 --> 00:13:57.419 from whom 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.879 the whole 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.620 body joined 00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:59.099 and knit 00:13:59.099 --> 00:13:59.979 together by 00:13:59.979 --> 00:14:00.839 every ligament, 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:02.120 with each 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.879 gift equipped, 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.539 and each 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.459 part working 00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:07.019 properly, 00:14:08.099 --> 00:14:08.759 promotes the 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.219 growth, 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.299 building itself 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.319 up in love. 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:12.379 love. 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:14.560 There's 00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:14.940 something about 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.780 growing up, 00:14:16.760 --> 00:14:17.180 that oneness 00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:17.640 is about 00:14:17.640 --> 00:14:18.680 growing up, 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:19.860 not sameness, 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.340 it's about 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:21.160 growing up 00:14:21.160 --> 00:14:21.680 together, 00:14:22.900 --> 00:14:23.520 finding ways 00:14:23.520 --> 00:14:24.580 to be 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:25.040 knitted 00:14:25.040 --> 00:14:26.120 together, 00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:26.920 where we 00:14:26.920 --> 00:14:27.460 still are, 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.300 are different 00:14:28.300 --> 00:14:28.920 people, 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:29.900 with our 00:14:29.900 --> 00:14:30.300 different 00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:30.860 skills. 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.420 Oneness, 00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:34.060 according to 00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:34.400 Paul, 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:35.520 is when the 00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:35.879 church, 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.320 full of 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:36.920 difference, 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.060 and variety 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:38.500 of gifts 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.260 and skills, 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:40.240 diverse in 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.960 all ways, 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:42.500 is working 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.399 together for 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:43.980 the glory 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.659 of God. 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.320 It's when the 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:47.919 church is not 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.759 divisive, 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.460 full of 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:50.340 deception and 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.200 infighting, 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.580 but full of 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.039 love. 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:56.360 It is when we 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.820 follow the 00:14:56.820 --> 00:14:57.580 example of the 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.680 one who by 00:14:58.680 --> 00:15:00.279 his love has 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:00.840 already made 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:01.320 us one. 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:06.279 This is the 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:06.919 point I really 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.440 want to get 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.039 clear, 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:10.080 hit home for 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:10.759 you, and I 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.120 want you to 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:11.520 take it 00:15:11.520 --> 00:15:11.820 home. 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:13.920 Love. 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:16.220 We will 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.460 deepen our 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:19.560 oneness as 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.060 we love 00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:20.520 each other. 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:23.000 We are 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.800 one, we've 00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.100 been made 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.420 one in 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:24.800 Christ, but 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:25.139 we will 00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:26.340 deepen our 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:28.120 oneness as 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.940 we love 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.860 each other. 00:15:32.660 --> 00:15:33.139 The 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:33.600 oneness we 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.140 are seeking 00:15:34.140 --> 00:15:34.980 that we 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.740 offer our 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.460 different gifts 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.740 to is bound 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.759 together by a 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.139 thick, 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.620 tangible love 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.580 that breaks 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.980 down the 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.679 barriers of 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.620 irreconcilable 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:45.299 differences and 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.259 deeply ingrained 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.439 my way and 00:15:47.439 --> 00:15:48.379 my kindisms. 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:50.340 It's not 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.000 something we 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.679 can partially 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.399 opt into. 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.740 This love 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.439 modelled for 00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:56.600 us in Jesus 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.159 perfectly, his 00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.980 death and 00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.639 resurrection. 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:02.460 Real love. 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:02.540 love. 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.879 And it's 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.460 that kind of 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.300 real love 00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:06.980 that we 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.440 need to 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.200 develop our 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.660 oneness. 00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.879 We are 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.519 called to 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.259 aim towards 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.379 something bigger, 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.220 something of 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.740 the agape, 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.580 and to offer 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.200 that to each 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:21.500 other. 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.900 That 00:16:24.900 --> 00:16:25.460 unconditional 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.200 love that 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:26.780 compelled 00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:27.780 perfection to 00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.379 enter into 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.100 our broken 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.600 world, 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.879 willing to 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.500 be broken 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:34.440 so that we 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:35.040 the broken 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.960 could be 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.200 made 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.740 perfectly 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.180 whole. 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.940 This love 00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.560 that deepens 00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.180 the oneness 00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:46.000 is far better 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.480 than any 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.139 collection of 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:47.740 skills could 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:47.940 be. 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.560 It's not 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.139 passive, 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.279 it's not 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.740 cute, 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.840 it's hard 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:55.040 work and 00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.460 can be 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:55.840 messy. 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.320 Now I'm 00:16:59.320 --> 00:16:59.660 not really 00:16:59.660 --> 00:17:00.300 a gardener, 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.220 but if you 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.480 are a 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:01.899 gardener and 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.280 I get this 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.460 wrong, 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:02.920 apologies, 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:03.899 but I 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.180 think it's 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.420 a little 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.860 bit like 00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.600 manure for 00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:06.039 a rose. 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.319 It 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.799 stinks, 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.600 but it's 00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.019 worth it 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.480 because for 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.960 embracing 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.680 the muck, 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.340 you get 00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:12.860 the beauty. 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.360 Or if 00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.600 you're a 00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.019 gym member, 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.380 which I 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:17.720 used to 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:17.880 be, 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.299 as you 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.579 can see 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.039 it's not 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.539 so true 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:19.799 anymore. 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:21.920 Have you 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.319 ever used 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.759 a TENS 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.259 machine? 00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.039 Now if 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.180 you, 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.279 this is a 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.539 popular 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:25.960 thing, 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.200 I've had 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.639 four kids 00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:28.019 so I 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.359 definitely 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.779 know this, 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.039 it's a 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.299 popular 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.720 thing 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.220 during 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.720 birth 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:30.920 and 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.259 stuff, 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:31.779 but 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.119 actually 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.480 I 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:32.839 remember 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.200 when they 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.660 first got 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.079 popular 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.420 and people, 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:36.619 anyone, 00:17:36.899 --> 00:17:37.559 would use 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:37.779 them, 00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.700 but generally 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.619 it only 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.460 would work 00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:40.859 if you were 00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.359 already really 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.680 skinny, 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.859 and then you'd 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:43.440 put it on 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.079 and it would 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.579 make you look 00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.279 really tough, 00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.240 but it was 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.859 all surface 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.639 level stuff, 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.200 it was shallow, 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.420 you looked like 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.119 you were strong, 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.000 you had the 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.619 muscles because 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.420 the machine did 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:53.859 all the work 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.220 for you, 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.980 but you 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.539 actually weren't 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.180 any stronger, 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:56.720 you just 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.100 looked the 00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:57.460 part. 00:17:59.860 --> 00:18:00.579 The real 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.380 love that I'm 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.240 talking about, 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:02.920 the real love 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.360 that I think 00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:04.420 we are needing 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.720 in this church, 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.900 in the church, 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.759 is much more 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.660 like a bench 00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.079 press. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.700 So if you've 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.160 ever done a 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.799 bench press, 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.759 you know the 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.700 point is you 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.460 try and lift the 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:16.059 heaviest weight 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.500 possible, 00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.460 make the most 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.160 amount of noise 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:19.100 and get hurt. 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.539 like you're 00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.019 not working 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:22.119 out if you 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.599 don't hear the 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.159 screams in the 00:18:23.159 --> 00:18:23.299 gym. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.599 Like that bench 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.799 press is meant 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.899 to be hard work 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:28.119 because you only 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.879 actually build 00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.579 strength by 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.139 ripping the 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:30.419 muscles. 00:18:31.719 --> 00:18:32.299 The TENS 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.019 machine makes 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.639 you look great, 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.139 yeah look at 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:35.240 that six pack, 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:35.839 I've never 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.459 actually had one 00:18:36.459 --> 00:18:37.019 but I hear they 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.559 exist. 00:18:38.719 --> 00:18:39.339 The bench 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.459 press rips the 00:18:40.459 --> 00:18:41.619 muscles so that 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.639 they grow back 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.240 stronger. 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:44.699 It's real 00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.339 strength. 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:47.359 And I think 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.799 that that's what 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.500 we need to seek 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.259 for is a bench 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.000 press kind of 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.399 love. 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.859 Real love. 00:18:54.179 --> 00:18:54.879 We're good at 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.299 the TENS 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:56.059 machine love. 00:18:56.459 --> 00:18:57.240 All of us are 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.879 and it's not a 00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.619 criticism of 00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.119 Christchurch, 00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.879 it's humanity. 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.740 We are good at 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.919 surface level love. 00:19:02.679 --> 00:19:04.159 When it's okay 00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:05.339 to give you love 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.359 because I'm safe, 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.000 there's no risk 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.480 to me. 00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.619 That's TENS 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.379 machine love. 00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.279 We're called for 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.119 the bench press. 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:21.179 And now you're 00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.839 thinking like I 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.500 am, how on earth 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.000 are we going to 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.759 achieve that sort 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.279 of oneness? 00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.339 No one does it, 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.839 right? 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.519 Not really. 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.339 And you're 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.879 looking at me 00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.939 and I can be 00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:33.539 honest right now 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:33.879 and say there 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:35.399 are people who 00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:36.299 just know how 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.980 to break my 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.539 niceness. 00:19:38.959 --> 00:19:39.199 You know? 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.599 There are people 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.419 who just know 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:42.119 how to make me 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.480 snap. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.079 And there are 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.439 people who are 00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:46.139 just annoying. 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.759 Like it doesn't 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:50.039 matter how much 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.519 you try, 00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:52.159 they just annoy 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.679 you. 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.980 And I'm that 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.759 person to 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.659 somebody else, 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:58.599 to other people. 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.199 And yet I'm 00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:02.379 called in Christ 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.699 to find some 00:20:03.699 --> 00:20:05.159 kind of deepness 00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:05.919 and oneness 00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:07.159 of love that 00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:09.319 just transforms 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.679 that. 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:09.820 love that. 00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.460 It breaks that 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.880 barrier. 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.080 What I'm not 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:19.279 saying is that 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.080 trying to achieve 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.660 this unity, 00:20:20.840 --> 00:20:21.539 this oneness, 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.640 is about ignoring 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.279 our feelings. 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.660 And I'm not 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.480 saying that you 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.299 should feel bad 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.860 or guilty that 00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.440 you have those 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.039 feelings for other 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.380 people. 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:31.380 We are human, 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.920 we are not 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.000 perfect, that is 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.080 normal stuff. 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.419 I mean I'm 00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:36.839 annoyed at 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.579 Laura, my wife, 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.279 all the time 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.779 because she 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.460 never listens 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.879 to me. 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.960 And she's 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.339 annoyed at me 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:41.899 all the time 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.379 because I 00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.839 never listen 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.279 to her. 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.279 But we are 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.779 loving and we 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.599 love each other 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.799 and we grow. 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.359 We're not wrong 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.939 for having those 00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.699 feelings, it's 00:20:50.699 --> 00:20:51.539 human, right? 00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:53.119 And the fruit is 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.759 in the deepness 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.579 of the relationship. 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:57.019 So what I'm 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.779 really wanting 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.559 to stress here 00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.179 is oneness is 00:20:59.179 --> 00:20:59.899 not about 00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.639 surface level 00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.099 stuff. 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.460 But we really 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.059 do have to 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.619 push past 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.199 that barrier. 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.460 Christ didn't 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.939 die for us 00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.659 to have mutual 00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.500 disdain for 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.980 each other. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.519 Can you 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.000 imagine that? 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.699 Jesus on the 00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:19.939 cross. 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.699 I do this 00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.639 so that you 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:23.379 may say 00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.119 hello on a 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.339 Sunday 00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.799 morning. 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.859 Really? 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.740 He broke 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.500 barriers that 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.480 were unbreakable. 00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:34.299 He broke 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.619 the veil between 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.480 us and God 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.159 because of our 00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:37.339 sin. 00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:37.779 He broke 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.419 the veil between 00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:40.179 us, me and 00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.559 you. 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.459 The aim is to 00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:44.939 get to the 00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:45.939 oneness that 00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.699 Jesus has with 00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.339 the Father. 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.559 Wow. 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.000 We settle so 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.599 often, I 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.199 settle so 00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:54.879 often for that 00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.740 mutual disdain. 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.559 God, forgive 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.000 me. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.559 Forgive me for 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.359 cheapening the 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.719 cross to that. 00:22:02.719 --> 00:22:02.819 Yeah. 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.679 We could spend 00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.219 ages in this 00:22:09.219 --> 00:22:09.679 passage and 00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:09.980 you're probably 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.659 thinking I already 00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.079 have spent 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.659 ages in it. 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.439 But let's 00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:13.899 move on. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.980 Paul, right 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.619 at the start, 00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.699 he gives us 00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.399 some practical 00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:18.399 actions. 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:23.340 He begs that 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.060 we, with all 00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.780 humility and 00:22:24.780 --> 00:22:26.360 gentleness, with 00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:29.300 patience, would 00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:29.960 bear with one 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.800 another in love, 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.040 make every effort 00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:33.060 to maintain the 00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.720 unity of the 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.759 spirit in the 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.700 bond of peace. 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:35.779 peace. 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.580 I just want us 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.080 to think about 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:39.740 these three 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.759 oneness elements. 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.180 Our oneness 00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:47.059 will deepen if 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.880 we approach 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.640 each other 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.080 with all 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.019 humility. 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.779 We need to 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.380 get humble. 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.120 And when we 00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.559 hear the word 00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.259 humble, I 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.900 wonder about 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.259 you. 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.759 But it 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.920 quite easily 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.859 sits with the 00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.220 meek and 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.920 mild picture. 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.379 You know, 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.940 Jesus sat 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.220 with the 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.839 lambs having 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.379 a cuddle, 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.059 or just 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.759 people smiling 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.379 all the time, 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.980 the dentist 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.059 posters, 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.759 this sort of 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:12.960 like, 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:14.079 everything's 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.420 lovely, 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.960 I'm so 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.379 humble. 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.460 But 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.099 interestingly, 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.460 and I 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.279 apologize if 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.640 I've used 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.240 this analogy 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.879 before, but 00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.440 Moses, 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.440 in the 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.839 Bible, is 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.240 apparently a 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.619 very humble 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:28.960 man. 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.720 In fact, 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.240 he says of 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.740 himself, 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.619 now Moses 00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.700 was a very 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.339 humble man, 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.240 more humble 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.859 than anyone 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:39.200 else, on 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.839 the face of 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.279 the earth. 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.319 A bit like 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.759 Donald Trump, 00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.059 isn't it? 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.740 I'm the 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.319 most, 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.460 most 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.259 humblest 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.839 to earth. 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.839 But 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.220 actually, 00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.799 this is a 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.660 really odd 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.640 hit to us 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:53.960 when we 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.339 think about 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.759 humility, 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.700 because Paul's 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.359 referring to 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.220 Moses as 00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.039 his kind of 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.579 humbleness, 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.759 his humility, 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.200 because when 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.640 we actually 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.099 look at 00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.519 Moses' 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.359 life, that 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.079 line, out 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.759 of context, 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.640 we miss 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.119 the point. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.879 Moses was 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.299 willing to 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.940 take all 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.460 the hits. 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.740 Moses was 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.079 willing to 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.680 put himself 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.319 in harm's 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.319 way, to 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.819 go alone 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.160 to an 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.299 emperor, and 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.640 say, let 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.180 my people 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.240 go, to 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.900 go speak 00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.319 even though 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.680 he had a 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.019 stutter. 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.180 He was 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.640 willing to 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.980 take the 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.440 hits for 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.940 the people 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.480 of Israel. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.000 He was 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.759 insulted, he 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.380 was betrayed, 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.120 but as 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.440 long as 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.480 Israel achieved 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.180 the goal of 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.559 reaching the 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.299 promised land, 00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.920 that was 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.259 fine. 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.360 That level of 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.599 humility, that 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.460 letting go of 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.000 me, my, and 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.779 I as the 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:45.400 priority, and 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.000 seeking the 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.059 good of the 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:49.099 other, seeking 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.140 the oneness of 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.839 the body, seeing 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.599 God's plans 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.819 fulfilled, for 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.460 the church its 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.980 oneness. 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:57.140 So our 00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.059 oneness will 00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.160 deepen if we 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.079 get humble. 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.559 And our 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.059 oneness will 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.079 deepen if we 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.940 approach each 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.980 other with 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.579 gentleness. 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.740 So hand in 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.160 hand with 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.279 gentleness is 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.700 humility. 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.319 They go together 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.960 really naturally, 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.420 don't they? 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.440 Because one is 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.860 about the 00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.299 other, and 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.779 one is about 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.460 the approach 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.420 of the other 00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.299 being first. 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.539 So I used 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.079 that analogy 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.220 earlier of the 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.660 muscles. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:22.880 muscles. 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.900 But loving 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.640 each other isn't 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.720 quite as harsh 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.220 as that. 00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.940 We must carry 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.740 gentleness. 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.560 Not dragging 00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:33.519 people into our 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.320 world and our 00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:35.600 views, but 00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.680 opening up our 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.440 worlds, and 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.300 being willing to 00:25:39.300 --> 00:25:39.860 enter other 00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.460 peoples. 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.500 Something about 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:45.500 gently becoming 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.060 vulnerable. 00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.259 It's a word we're 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.820 scared of. 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.160 It's a word we 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.820 keep being told 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.359 we're meant to 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:51.939 not have. 00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.220 Vulnerability is 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.919 a bad thing. 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.919 And again, as a 00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.379 youth worker, 00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.460 vulnerability was 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.439 like a thing we 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.059 had to protect 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.579 against. 00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:01.039 In many ways, 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.379 that's very 00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.799 important. 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.799 But on the 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.399 flip side, 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.240 actually, 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.759 vulnerability is 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.259 normal. 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.539 It's that taking 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.259 that step of 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.659 faith. 00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.439 When you don't 00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:11.359 quite know what's 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.919 going to happen, 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.639 putting yourself in 00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.139 that sort of 00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:15.059 vulnerable position. 00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.980 So it's about 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.539 gentleness. 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.740 Oneness comes, 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.839 deepens in our 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:23.339 gentle vulnerability, 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.640 entering into 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.220 each other's 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.579 worlds, being 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.299 willing to see 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.819 the other's 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.400 view, being 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:30.039 willing to see 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.819 things differently. 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.839 And this is 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.259 kind of the 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.740 main bit. 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.940 If we love 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.480 each other, 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.120 right, if we're 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.319 humble and 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.779 gentle, our 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.859 oneness will 00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.240 deepen. 00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.279 That's what 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.839 Paul says. 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.720 But there's 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.619 that word in 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.379 there that we 00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.799 can never 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.199 forget. 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.199 We also need 00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:53.819 patience. 00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.599 We live in the 00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.679 Instagram world, 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.659 the instant 00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.779 message, the 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.539 prime delivery, 00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.339 the swipe right 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.939 till you find 00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.500 what you like 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.879 world. 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.359 And if any of 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.879 that was lost 00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.619 on you, ask 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.500 someone who's 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.919 been on their 00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.559 phone for most 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.299 of this talk and 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.879 they'll explain 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.379 what I'm talking 00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.659 about. 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:14.700 We live in 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.279 an instant 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.880 world. 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.380 But how 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.860 often do 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.759 great movements 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.160 crumble because 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.700 they couldn't 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.420 wait any longer 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.120 for results? 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.420 Loving 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.320 towards oneness, 00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.360 it takes 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.820 time. 00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.040 It's about 00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.720 breaking through 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.420 barriers that 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.080 actually is so 00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.740 much easier to 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.180 leave up. 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:39.519 It's about 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.440 getting past 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.940 people's 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.800 stubbornness. 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.700 And their 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.779 self-centeredness 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.300 and my 00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:46.500 self-centeredness 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.080 and seeing 00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:49.259 us under 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.180 Christ and in 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.660 Christ as 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.420 something far 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.240 more significant. 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.720 But we're 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.140 trying to do 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.519 that in a 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.019 world that 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.500 says, well, 00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:56.940 I think 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.480 first that 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.840 must be 00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.160 right. 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.040 Well, I 00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.540 don't like 00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:01.720 that. 00:28:01.800 --> 00:28:02.180 I'm going to 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.640 go there. 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.120 I want that 00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.700 to change 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.160 because it's 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.560 not the way 00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:06.040 I would do 00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.200 it. 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.160 That's the 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.540 world we 00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.000 live in. 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.920 And yet, 00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.400 this oneness 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.800 that we're 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.440 called to is 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.200 so much 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.860 messier than 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.120 that. 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.080 It's where 00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.640 we acknowledge 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.240 all of those 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.279 views, but 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.900 we seek a 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.340 new thing 00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.779 together. 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.880 This in 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.539 Christ thing, 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.220 this church 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.980 and light 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.420 and dark 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.140 places thing, 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.580 this thing 00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:24.840 that the 00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.340 world doesn't 00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.200 see that 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.120 many similarities 00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.460 with, 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.820 actually. 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.580 When the 00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.019 world can 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.580 look at us 00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.420 and think, 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.220 yeah, I 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.600 get that, 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.019 yeah, it's 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.580 nice, it's 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.000 a bit like 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.400 this and 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.340 that, that 00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.000 worries me. 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.240 Because what 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.559 they should 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.820 say is, 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.259 why on earth 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.460 are you 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.860 chatting to 00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.519 that person? 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.759 And why 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.099 do you do 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.599 things that 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:42.960 way when 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.339 you're like 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.660 that? 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.700 The church 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.019 should be 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.460 something 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.019 groundbreaking 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.619 in the 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:47.900 world. 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.000 And that's 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.240 what it 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.559 means to 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.079 be one, 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.920 is to be 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.539 groundbreaking 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.160 in a world 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.460 where there's 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.900 division, 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.240 is to find 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.139 true oneness, 00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.500 not sameness, 00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.400 oneness. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.799 We need 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.259 patience, 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.619 we need to 00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.099 be humble, 00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.660 we need to 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.200 be gentle, 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.680 and we 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.080 need that 00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.480 love, 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.640 that real 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.019 love, 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.519 being willing 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.140 to support 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.680 each other, 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.819 to enter 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.620 into oneness 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.039 with each 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.340 other, 00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.420 with that 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.860 love that 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.259 resembles 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.500 Christ for 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.880 us. 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.700 After all, 00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.900 he did it 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.420 for us, 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.920 and we 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.400 didn't deserve 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.680 it. 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.299 Shouldn't 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.840 we do the 00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.440 same for 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.840 each other? 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.259 Our vision 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.860 is to be 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.380 one in 00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.799 Christ, 00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.519 to see 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.039 oneness 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.019 in Christ, 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.079 lived out 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.119 in our 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.859 living as 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.339 the church 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.799 together, 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.519 through our 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.240 loving each 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.519 other. 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.819 And so I'll 00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.240 leave you with 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.900 this thought, 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.519 where do you, 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.079 where do we, 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.220 where do I, 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.900 need to invest 00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.799 love into 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.639 Christ's church 00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:55.839 to bring about 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.359 that deeper 00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.839 oneness?