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 The children may go or stay, but going is more normal, I suppose.

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! So out you go. Thank you.

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 Let me read your Bibles this morning to John chapter 13. Let me read the passage, and I

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 want you to follow along in your own copy of the Scriptures, beginning there in verse

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 34. A new commandment I give you, that you love one another just as I have loved you,

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 you also are to love one another. By this, all people will know that you are my disciples

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 if you have love one for another. Since we don't have a problem with this passage, and

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 it's something we're pretty good at, I'm just going to pray that God helps me preach for

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 my own soul's edification. How's that? The rest of you just listen in and see how it applies.

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 But let's pray together. Our Father God, this morning we are so very thankful for the blessing

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 we have of being able to open the Scriptures and find in them words of life, truth.

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 We're thankful also for the fact that we who know the Lord Jesus Christ have the indwelling

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 Spirit, and one of His ministries to us is enabling us in listening, in understanding,

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 and applying the Scriptures. And we would ask that this morning you would do a work in our lives

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 that is powerful to the point that the unbelieving world marks the radical difference in our lives

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 from this day until you take us home. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So I want to ask you a question. Just kind of think with me here for a minute at the start. And I do this

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 because I want to frame this lesson against the backdrop. The context is important. Question.

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 Do you think the disciples really, really loved each other a whole bunch?

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 Nod your heads like this or go like that. Okay. I'm kind of convinced that. Okay.

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 Are there any Bible indications that they struggled a little bit with getting along with each other?

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 Any Bible? I mean, after all, we're not up here to hear my opinion. We want to know what the Word says.

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 Right? Are there any Bible

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 information items that kind of tell us they

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 struggled a little bit with each other?

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 What were they arguing about this night?

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 Remember?

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 If you were to go, and don't need to, but if you were to look in Luke,

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 in the context of the Last Supper, you'll find that

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 they ended up in a dispute.

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 Now, you've got to understand that this was in the context

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 of Jesus breaking bread and sharing the cup and saying,

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 this blood is the New Testament.

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 This is my body, which is for you.

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 I'm going to die for your sins.

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 I am going to die because I love you,

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 and I'm going to die because I love the Father.

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 And here they are having their little intramural spat

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 about who's going to be what.

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 Can I tell you,

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 you can't be arguing about who's going to be the greatest

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 and really be in love with anybody other than yourself?

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 Okay.

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 Now, we've got the disciples in the bag.

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 We know where their hearts were, right?

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 Here's what I want you to do.

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 Just think with me just a minute.

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 I want you to make a short list.

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 I don't want you to cover everything,

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 but I just want you to make a short list of some people

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 that you honestly really don't like a whole lot.

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 I know you have to think hard.

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 But some people that you actually kind of struggle with,

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 even that are in the body of Christ,

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 I mean, you know, they irritate you.

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 They've offended you.

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 I appreciate pastor's prayer.

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 If it were not for the fact you know better as a believer,

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 you would go ahead and get involved in bitterness

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 and an unforgiving spirit, right?

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 But what happens when you have an unforgiving spirit?

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 Does anybody know what the Bible says,

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 the unintended consequence of that disobedient act is?

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 Matthew 18 says this.

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 You get turned over to the tormentors.

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 Some of the most miserable people I've ever met

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 are people that will not forgive.

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 Okay, so here we are.

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 We're just talking about the fact, short list,

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 some people that are really honestly a real challenge for you to love.

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 You got your list, right?

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 I grew up in India.

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 My parents were missionaries.

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 One of the things I learned in India

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 is that missionaries a lot of times leave the field because,

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 do you know why?

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 Why?

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 Because they can't get along with other missionaries.

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 I have had the privilege of serving here for 30 years.

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 Well, it will be 30 in December 30th, something like that, you know.

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 I have seen people come and go, sadly, profoundly saddening to me.

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 And one of the most common denominators

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 is they were having trouble with other people.

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 Yesterday, a number of us were taking oatmeal to homeless people.

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 Do you know what the number one common denominator is

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 over the years that I've discovered with people

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 that are in a homeless environment?

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 Do you know what it is?

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 They can't get along with other people.

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 I talked with an individual a couple months ago,

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 several months ago.

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 The dad and mom are attorneys here in Columbus

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 living under the bridge.

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 Reading a play by Moliere.

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 And you need to know the name,

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 so I'm just throwing them out there so you can hold on to them.

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 Right, Jared?

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 He's like, who cares?

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 But reading a French play and reading Oedipus Rex.

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 You know, it's like, I mean, these are important books to read.

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 And there he is, chattering at night, freezing,

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 because he doesn't like his mom and dad.

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 Met a guy yesterday.

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 Has a sister in Mount Sterling.

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 I mean, is that very far away?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Is that?

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 I'm teasing you.

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 It's like, I would rather sleep under the bridge

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 than sleep with my family, right?

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 Okay.

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 How does that happen?

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 You got your short list?

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 I want you to remember my prayer.

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 It's for me.

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 Lord, I want your word to make me different

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 than I am by nature.

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 I want to be a person who understands

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 what it is to love like Jesus loves.

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 Oh, add this little piece there.

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 Father, with the power of the Spirit of God.

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 Well, with that, let's get into the lesson.

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 And I want you to understand that

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 had you asked the disciples,

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 okay, so what is Jesus going to say

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 just, you know, like five hours

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 before he dies on the cross?

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 What is he going to say?

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 How many of you think,

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 I mean, if you didn't know the story

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 because you got the book,

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 but how many of you think that,

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 oh, yeah, yeah, I would talk about loving one another.

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 And so here we go with Jesus.

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 As he goes about the Last Supper,

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 the first thing that he does is

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 he gets involved in a Passover lesson.

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 And I want you to understand that

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 the way in which the Passover was constructed,

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 going all the way back to the book of Exodus,

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 and you don't need to go back there at this time,

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 but one of the characteristics of celebrating the Passover

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 is that it was a time of family instruction.

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 I'll just kind of recite the portion.

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 In Exodus chapter 12, verse 25 and 27, it says this,

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 And when you come into the land

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 that the Lord will give you as he promised you,

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 you shall keep this service.

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 And when your children say to you,

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 what do you mean by, why are we doing this?

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 You shall say to them,

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 it is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover,

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 for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel

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 in Egypt when he struck the Egyptians

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 but spared our houses.

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 So, in this pattern of conducting the Passover

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 in a very typical and traditional Jewish fashion,

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 one of the things that was wrapped up in that ceremony

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 and that service was teaching and instruction.

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 And so I have no doubt that in relationship

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 to that responsibility,

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 Jesus, as he conducted the Passover,

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 the Last Supper,

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 he actively engaged himself

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 in teaching critical lessons to his disciples.

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 And I've got to tell you that I am fully persuaded

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 that the disciples didn't get it.

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 I mean, do you think they did?

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 No.

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 But the benefit is that it was placed into their hearts

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 by the teaching of the Lord Jesus

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 recorded for us in the Scriptures

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 and enabled in terms of the ministry of the Spirit of God,

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 bringing back to remembrance

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 those things which he said,

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 for our sakes that we may grow

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 to be more like the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so I do think there is some significance

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 for us to stop and think here this morning

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 of just how important this particular portion

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 of the lesson must have been

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 for Jesus right on the other side

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 of Judas going out

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 and him saying,

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 now is the Son of Man glorified

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 and God is glorified in him.

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 He says, and by the way,

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 I've got a new commandment for you.

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 So what I want us to do now

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 as we frame this issue of here's the Passover lesson

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 and Jesus says,

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 I've got a new commandment for you.

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 Let's think a little bit about what is new.

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 What are we talking about here?

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 The newness of his command.

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 As we take up verse 34

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 and kind of put your finger on it there

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 and look, it's a new commandment.

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 We recognize that actually

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 this statement of loving other people

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 was not an entirely new idea.

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 It wasn't something that Jesus kind of

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 just invented on the spur of the moment

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 or thought up

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 because if you know the ministry of Christ,

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 one of the things that characterized it,

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 it was Bible rich.

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 What I mean by that is that

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 every time he had a lesson,

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 every time he had a statement,

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 you could track it back.

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 You could track it back to the Old Testament

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 that was just kind of the genesis of his teaching.

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 He who was the Word brought the Word forward.

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 Not new, but the Word that had already been given.

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 And you recognize that Moses had already given,

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 under God's instruction,

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 the commandment in Leviticus chapter 19, verse 18.

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 Take a look at that passage just for a moment.

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 Leviticus chapter 19, verse 18.

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 Let's go back there just for a second

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 and mark the instruction there.

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 Leviticus chapter 19, verse 18.

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 Leviticus chapter 19,

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 you shall not take vengeance

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 or bear a grudge against any of the sons

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 of your own people,

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 but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6 is the other one.

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 In Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 5,

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 hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one,

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 and you shall,

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 what?

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 Can anybody say the rest of it?

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 and with all your mind.

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 And you'll remember that Jesus was asked

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 the question by a lawyer,

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 hey, by the way,

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 what's the greatest commandment?

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 Which one I really need to focus in on?

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 And Jesus said what?

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 Love the Lord your God

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 and love your neighbor as yourself.

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 So we have to ask ourselves the question,

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 it's a practical one,

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 so what's new about this?

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 Fair?

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 I mean, Jesus said,

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 he said what?

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 A new commandment.

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 What is new?

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 It helps us to understand,

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 first of all,

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 that the word that Jesus used for new

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 is a Greek word that refers to something

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 that is more impressive

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 or superior in value,

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 more attractive.

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 Now, this is not to be compared

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 with boxes of cereal,

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 but you and I have been trolled

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 innumerable times

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 by advertising that tells us

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 this is new and improved.

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 And the truth of the matter is

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 the packaging is new,

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 but the actual contents is less.

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 How many of you figured that one out?

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 It's like, what happened?

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 That box of Cheerios used to be this big

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 and now it's this big.

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 And it does have a fancier exterior,

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 but hey, I was into what was inside the box,

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 not the outside.

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 Can't eat that.

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 And so here's Jesus saying,

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 this is new.

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 He's saying,

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 this is something that is,

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 that's better.

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 And we have to stop

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 and ask ourselves the question,

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 where is the superiority

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 in this matter?

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 The newness of this command

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 lies actually in the benchmark

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 that Jesus set for loving.

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 So keep in mind the passage

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 that we have over in Leviticus

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 that I just recited

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 where it said,

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 love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Here is Jesus saying,

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 I want to kind of up this a little bit.

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 I want you to love one another

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 like I have loved you.

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 And so the newness lies in this matter

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 of the comparison

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 and the connection he is making

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 with the expectation

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 that you and I love one another

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 the way he loves us,

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 not the way you love yourself.

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 Now let me get over on a side here

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 just for a moment

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 because it continues to be

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 one of these things

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 that just stuns me.

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 I can remember having a conversation

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 with an individual

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 that had been engaged in immorality

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 and gross behavior.

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 And as he was,

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 how many of you have learned

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 that in counseling

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 it's always good to start out

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 by listening longer than anything?

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 Take time and hear

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 what a person has to say.

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 And this person was just going on

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 about all the filth and vile.

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 And I asked him a question

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 after he'd talked for a long time.

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 I said,

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 so why do you think you did that?

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 I mean, you know,

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 I expected a Sunday school answer.

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 The guy said he was a believer.

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 He's like, oh, I sinned.

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 Now here's what he said.

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 He said,

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 I guess I didn't love myself enough.

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 I was like, what?

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 Now one of the things

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 that goes with being 68

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 is you learn just kind of like,

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 uh-huh, yeah.

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 Yeah, that was really good.

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 I didn't do that.

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 I just kind of,

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 no, I didn't.

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 You just have to act like,

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 yeah, I get it.

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 But I said, you know,

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 your problem wasn't loving yourself.

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 Your problem is

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 you're just focused entirely on yourself.

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 You're really full of yourself.

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 I didn't say it exactly that way.

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 It was a little slower.

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 But here's my point.

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 The church of the living God

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 has bought into the unbeliever's mindset

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 that the starting of all of our getting it all right

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 is loving ourself.

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 Jesus wasn't saying,

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 guys, you need to get a handle

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 on how much you love yourself.

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 He was saying,

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 let's get an idea

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 of how you ought to love other people.

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 At least kind of bring it up in your game

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 to the way you love yourself.

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 How many of you love yourselves?

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 No, I don't want to admit it publicly,

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 but are you good at that one?

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 Try this.

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 Hit your thumb with a hammer one time.

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 Your entire psyche wraps up with saying,

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 don't do that again.

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 Do you follow me?

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 It's really, you got the memo.

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 It's like, I like my thumb.

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 Don't be so, you know,

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 you got my point, right?

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 We love ourselves.

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 And Jesus says, hey, you know,

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 you need to get into this a little more.

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 And by the way,

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 the newness also relies

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 or lies in this issue of

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 the frame of reference

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 that Jesus was pointing to

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 was new,

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 was superior.

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 So Jesus here is calling his disciples,

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 in fact, he is calling us,

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 to love one another like he loves us.

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 How many are doing well at that?

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 Come on, just say to me,

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 I am.

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 I'm really good.

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 I love people like Jesus loves me.

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 Liar.

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 I mean, you know.

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 Any of you here struggle

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 with being a little judgmental?

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 I mean, when, you know,

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 the first thought that you have

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 is not sweetness and light,

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 you know.

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 Someone is five minutes late

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 and you don't immediately think,

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 oh, they may have gotten struck

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 by a train, you know.

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 You're just thinking,

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 yeah, they don't care about me.

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 My time is really important.

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 Or someone doesn't answer your text,

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 you know, the full day

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 and you think to yourself,

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 well, if they cared more,

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 they would keep their watch chart.

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 You know,

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 they have all kinds of things

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 that help them know

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 when I'm texting.

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 And when I'm texting,

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 it's, you know,

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 it's not God,

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 but it's close.

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 Jesus says,

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 hey, you're to love one another

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 the way He loves you.

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 And the truth of the matter is,

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 is loving other people

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 the way we love ourselves

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 does have some inconsistency

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 and is insensitive.

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 How many of you have to admit

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 there are times that

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 you aren't very impressed

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 with yourself?

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 I mean, you admit it.

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 But the fact of the matter is

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 that Jesus calls us

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 to a standard of love

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 that absolutely surpasses

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 the best we do

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 at loving ourselves.

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 So when we love like Jesus loves,

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 our love goes to a far higher,

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 nobler,

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 and spirit-enabled plane.

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 I want you to hold on to that fact.

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 Because if you walk out of here

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 this morning thinking to yourself,

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 all right,

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 I need to up my game

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 and I have got a list

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 of three people

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 that I'm just going to really focus

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 on loving more.

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 And you go and stop at

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 Walmart,

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 Meyers,

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 CSV,

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 I don't want to name all of them,

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 but you know,

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 you're going to get five cards

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 and you're going to make

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 a little list

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 and you're going to put it on you

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 and you're just going to go

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 all hog wild to do this

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 and you don't recognize

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 that you can't pull it off

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 apart from the Spirit of God,

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 you're missing the point.

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 When we love like Jesus loves,

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 we're going to step it

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 to a spirit-enabled plane.

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 So let's think a little bit

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 about how Jesus actually loves us.

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 Now, for the sake of continuity,

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 I'm going to stay primarily

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 within the frame

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 of John chapter 13.

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 John 13 has enough information

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 of how Jesus loved

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 that we don't have to go beyond it.

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 Now, I want to tell you this morning

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 for me to propose to you

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 that John chapter 13

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 kind of presses together

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 all the important information

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 about the love of Christ

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 would be wrong

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 and I couldn't do that

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 because for one,

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 in Ephesians chapter 3,

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 verse 14 through 19,

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 what does Paul say?

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 How many of you know it

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 without looking?

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 You should.

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 For this cause I bow the knee.

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 Well, what's he going to pray for?

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 He's going to pray

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 that we might be able

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 to comprehend with all the saints

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 what is the breadth

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 and height and width

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 and depth of the love of Christ.

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 How big is the love of Christ?

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 How big?

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 It is mind-blowing.

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:07.279
 But at least,

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.420
 for this morning's lesson,

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.460
 I want us to think about

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.240
 the love of Christ

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 as we see framed here

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 in John chapter 13.

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 So, first of all,

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 I want you to understand

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 that the love of Christ

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 is settled in its unwavering commitment.

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 It is settled

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 in its unwavering commitment.

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 John chapter 13, verse 1,

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 it says here,

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 Now before the feast of the Passover,

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 when Jesus knew that His hour

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 had come to depart

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.420
 out of this world to the Father,

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 having loved His own

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 who were in the world,

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 He loved them to the, what?

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 He loved them to the end.

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 Aren't you glad

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.660
 that He loves you to the end?

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:47.759
 Huh?

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:47.860
 Huh?

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.600
 He hasn't changed His mind.

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 I'm trying to think of the author.

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 Pastor Saul,

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 can you bail me here?

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 David Platt,

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 I'm thinking,

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 There's nothing you can do

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:09.279
 that will make Jesus love you more,

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.219
 and there's,

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 I'm waiting for a nod

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 from somebody.

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 Just nod

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 to make me feel better.

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:17.039
 There's nothing you can do

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.899
 that will make Jesus love you more,

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 and there's nothing you can do

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:22.259
 that will make Jesus love you less.

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 That's really hard to believe,

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 isn't it?

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 I mean,

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.759
 we are in a performance-based world.

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 Isn't that right?

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.319
 Huh?

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.559
 I love this statement.

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.259
 The love of Christ is settled

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.539
 in its unwavering commitment.

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:52.539
 That means that when we love like Jesus,

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.500
 we know up front

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.700
 that it's going to cost us

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 more often than not.

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 Courtship,

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.960
 I'm talking about

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.119
 between a young man and a woman,

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 are usually,

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 I call it hide-and-seek, actually.

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 It's not full disclosure.

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 You never want to talk about,

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.000
 you know,

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.059
 all the things that really come

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.500
 with marriage,

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 but, you know,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.299
 it's like,

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:14.019
 I am going to be the answer

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 to all of your dreams.

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 I mean,

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 I am the best thing going.

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 I am going to satisfy your interests.

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 I will love on you.

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 It's just going to be wonderful.

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 It would probably be wise

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.940
 in pastoral counseling

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.819
 on premarital to say,

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 do you realize

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.759
 what you're signing up for?

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.519
 Huh?

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.600
 Do you understand

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.299
 what's going to happen?

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 You're going to spend

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.819
 the rest of your life.

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.819
 You're going to hand over

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.440
 your check.

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 You're going to run up

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.480
 and down steps

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.400
 for a drink of water.

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 You're going to move furniture

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.820
 until you die.

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.779
 Yes!

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:05.259
 She's in the nursery today.

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:16.279
 When we love like Jesus,

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 we understand

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.879
 that it's going to cost us something.

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:25.059
 When we love like Jesus,

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.940
 we do not walk away

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.859
 from relationships

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:31.539
 because of the disappointments

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.440
 that come with them

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:34.599
 and the frailties

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.539
 that are involved in that.

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:42.339
 Loving like Jesus

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:44.099
 means we don't say,

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.759
 pay attention

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.700
 because these are some things

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.579
 that when you're counseling

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.099
 other people,

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.940
 you can help them with.

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.900
 When we're loving like Jesus,

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.960
 we don't say,

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.720
 here we go.

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.160
 Are you ready?

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.819
 Write this down

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.879
 so you can pick it up

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.799
 on helping others.

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.680
 I'm not getting my needs met.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.960
 You ever heard of that said?

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.319
 I'm not getting my needs met?

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.259
 Or here's another one.

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.579
 Stinky, stinky.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.079
 I didn't sign up for that.

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.140
 You heard that one?

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.559
 I didn't sign up for that.

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:06.859
 What?

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.779
 Loving like Jesus?

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.920
 Can you imagine Jesus saying that?

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.019
 What?

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.200
 What?

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.200


00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.200
 What?

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.200


00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.200


00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.200


00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.200


00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.200
 What?

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:16.580
 It settled

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:20.100
 in its unwavering commitment.

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:24.299
 Second thing about the love of Christ,

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:27.819
 it is joyfully sacrificial to the end.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:36.240
 As you look at John chapter 13,

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:41.279
 here is Jesus at the table

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.879
 in verse 3 and 4.

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:45.179
 Jesus, knowing that the Father

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:46.720
 had given all things into His hand,

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.980
 that He was come from God

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.460
 and was going back to God,

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.259
 He knew exactly what was going to happen.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:53.740
 And as He was there at the table

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.679
 with His disciples,

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.859
 that He loved unconditionally

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.819
 and with an unwavering love,

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:01.059
 He knew that His life

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.579
 was going to be sacrificed for them

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:06.059
 and it was joyful in doing so.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.779
 I think about the passage in Hebrews

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:22.199
 where it says this,

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:39.779
 There are times when we're going to sacrifice our rights.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.799
 We're going to sacrifice our preferences.

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.640
 I remember a dear saint came to me once

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.920
 and said,

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.900
 Pastor, I've been led to believe

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.300
 that you prefer hymns

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:53.980
 over some of these more contemporary songs.

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.259
 And I said,

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:56.000
 Yes, I do.

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.660
 And this dear saint said,

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.380
 Well, then why don't we sing more of them?

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.259
 And I said,

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.940
 Well, let me tell you,

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.960
 when we have dinner at the Kenoyer Home,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:08.580
 I never fix a meal

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:11.220
 that is reflective of just my personal preferences.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:15.860
 I fix a meal to the preferences of the children

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.200
 that God has blessed me with.

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:19.059
 I grew up in India

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.539
 and I can eat it as hot as you can make it.

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:24.980
 In fact, I like it that way.

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.940
 I prefer it that way.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:29.160
 And any of you here that on occasion

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.759
 have decided to go spoon for spoon,

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:34.380
 you understand that I can stay with you.

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:37.140
 But here's the deal.

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:42.320
 Love gives away some of those preferences

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:44.240
 because of people that you genuinely love.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.020
 I got to tell you,

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.480
 my mom knocks me out of the park.

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.480
 She's with Jesus now.

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:51.880
 But I remember when she began that process

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:54.400
 of adapting to more contemporary music.

00:28:58.280 --> 00:29:00.360
 It was like nails on the chalkboard.

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:01.780
 Do you follow what I'm saying?

00:29:02.520 --> 00:29:03.720
 There was a learning curve.

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.319
 There really was for Marlia.

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.680
 But she loved Jesus

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.700
 and she loved others.

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.920
 And when it came time to do her funeral,

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:17.240
 one of the songs was one of the more contemporary ones

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.740
 that we sing here as a congregation.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.900
 And when we had that service,

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.339
 you guys knocked it out of the park.

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.759
 I remember your dad.

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.259
 Same thing.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:32.980
 You cannot love like Jesus

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:35.220
 without being willing to give away your preferences.

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.880
 By the way,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.059
 if you're going to love like Jesus,

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:41.960
 you're also going to have to learn a whole lot about forgiving.

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.160
 Will you write that down?

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:49.039
 We are hardwired for justice.

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.000
 Isn't that right?

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.480
 Huh?

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:50.940
 Justice?

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.259
 Merchant of Venice,

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:57.680
 some of us play Shylock to the extreme.

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.079
 It's like,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.539
 I want my pound of flesh

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.740
 and it's going to be your heart.

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:08.779
 You can't be faithful in loving like Jesus

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:13.400
 and not be well-practiced at forgiving other people.

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:17.420
 Well,

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:19.259
 there's a third thing that I want you to see here.

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:21.320
 It is a sanctifying love.

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.420
 You find there,

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:27.960
 as Jesus goes about washing his disciples' feet,

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:31.220
 you'll remember that Peter was all about,

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.259
 you're not washing mine.

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:32.920
 And Jesus says,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.259
 oh yeah,

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.740
 I am,

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:35.080
 or you don't have anything to do with me.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.559
 And it really comes down to that.

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.740
 This business of washing the feet

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.879
 is kind of a word picture,

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:43.859
 an image of this business of progressive sanctification,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:47.699
 dealing with the grit and the crud of daily living.

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.779
 And Jesus is into that.

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:54.019
 And that means if you're going to love like Jesus,

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.819
 that you are conscious and deliberate

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:58.980
 in going about building other people up.

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.659
 Are you listening?

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:07.299
 Dad,

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.679
 so what's your plan

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:13.799
 for helping your boy learn

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.539
 how to be a godly leader in his home

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:18.240
 before he walks out the door at 18 or so

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.119
 and is on his own?

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:28.059
 Are you going to nurture godliness?

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:31.279
 We do a much better job

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:33.339
 of teaching our children how to work

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.759
 than how to walk godly.

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:37.619
 There's nothing wrong

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.960
 with teaching your children how to work.

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.679
 That's important.

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.899
 But,

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:44.799
 it's more important

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.740
 to teach your children

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:47.779
 what it is to walk uprightly

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.539
 before the Lord.

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.839
 What does it say in Micah?

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.960
 Love mercy,

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.159
 do justice,

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.619
 walk humbly with your God.

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.599
 Get those down.

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:57.199
 And here we look at

00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:59.439
 the sanctifying ministry of Christ.

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.619
 His interest was in

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.159
 the ministry to the disciples.

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:08.719
 There's a fourth point

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:09.859
 that I want you to recognize

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:11.299
 if you're going to love like Christ.

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:15.699
 Christ's love was spirit-enabled

00:32:15.699 --> 00:32:16.559
 in its power.

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.460
 Now,

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:25.460
 I don't want to overemphasize this

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.539
 to the point of diminishing

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.720
 the entirety of the divine nature

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.240
 of Jesus,

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.539
 but at the same time,

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.819
 Jesus, the Son of Man,

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.799
 was dependent on the Spirit

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.579
 for His earthly ministry.

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.559
 I love the summary statement

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:40.119
 that you find

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:42.859
 over in Acts chapter 10, verse 38.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.859
 And let's turn there,

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.979
 lest you think I just kind of

00:32:45.979 --> 00:32:47.359
 come off the top of my head

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.919
 with this,

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:50.679
 but Acts chapter 10, verse 38.

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:55.019
 If you're going to love like Jesus,

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.039
 you're going to have to rely

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.079
 upon the Holy Spirit.

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.559
 Remember the list of three people

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.859
 that you struggle with loving?

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.399
 You have them.

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.759
 I know you.

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.639
 Most of you.

00:33:08.699 --> 00:33:09.119
 Some of you.

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:10.899
 Okay, you got your list.

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:13.360
 You can't do it without the Holy Spirit.

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:16.000
 Acts chapter 10, verse 38.

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.940
 Let me read it to you.

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:19.160
 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.080
 with the Holy Spirit

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.740
 and with power,

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.860
 and He went about doing good

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:23.220
 and healing all who were oppressed

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.080
 by the devil,

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.100
 for God was with Him.

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.060
 How was God with Him?

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.560
 In the Holy Spirit's presence,

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.960
 enabling His ministry.

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.640
 Jesus had the Spirit

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.820
 without measure.

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.420
 No restraint,

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.160
 no restriction.

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:41.460
 Here is the encouraging piece

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:43.000
 to us.

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.340
 Listen,

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:47.540
 if you're sitting here

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.100
 and thinking

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:49.900
 that you actually need

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.800
 to walk out of here

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:52.040
 and kind of pick up

00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:55.180
 your energy just a little bit

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.320
 and be a little more loving

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:57.980
 towards maybe two or three people

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.360
 on the list occasionally,

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:02.200
 that's not the purpose

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:04.580
 and vision that Jesus had

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:06.800
 in this lesson to His disciples.

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:11.659
 You cannot love effectively

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:14.119
 like Jesus calls us to love

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:17.700
 apart from a persistent dependence

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:19.159
 on the Holy Spirit.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.760
 I love Galatians chapter 5, verse 16.

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.820
 I was reciting it to myself

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:29.079
 over and over again this morning.

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.139
 How many of you know it?

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.579
 Walk.

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.820
 Help me out here.

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.200
 How many of you?

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.940
 Just raise your hand.

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.300
 Just nod at me like you know it.

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.960
 You know the verse.

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.940
 Stop just for a second.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.460
 Everybody know it.

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.460
 If you don't know the verse,

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:44.440
 it may be because you haven't thought

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.840
 it necessary to know it.

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.480
 Right?

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.920
 Illustration.

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.760
 I bet you I could call on

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:58.559
 Dr. Radcliffe

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.900
 or Dr. Malumba

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:03.160
 and they could give me

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:06.260
 a fairly reasonable explanation

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:09.440
 of what it is to have

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.840
 tachycardia.

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.579
 Could you do that?

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.700
 Bang.

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.420
 If I said to them

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.059
 I've had PVCs,

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:22.119
 they could answer all the details.

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:23.579
 Do you know why they know those things?

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.220
 Because it's,

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:24.980
 hello,

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:27.119
 it's important to their well-being

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:28.659
 and mine.

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.900
 Are you listening?

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.820
 Galatians chapter 5 verse 16,

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.119
 walk by the Spirit

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.800
 and you will not fulfill

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:38.079
 the lusts of the flesh.

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:43.699
 And if you don't have that verse

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.860
 on the short list,

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:48.319
 maybe you're just so adept at this

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:49.840
 you don't need the Holy Spirit's help.

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.059
 Okay?

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.139
 A little snarky.

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.960
 Forgive me for that.

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.019
 I mean that.

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:57.719
 I would plead with you.

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.480
 You can't love the way

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.559
 Jesus wants you to love

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.659
 unless you have the enabling

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.420
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:10.820
 So when we love like Jesus,

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.139
 we're going to do it in a manner

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.780
 that is beyond our natural bent.

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.960
 We're going to go beyond

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.300
 what it is to love ourselves.

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.820
 And we're only going to be able

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.619
 to do it through the power

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.099
 of the Spirit.

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.679
 So let me push this

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.960
 to this point.

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:29.059
 His expectation is that

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.639
 you love like Him

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:33.759
 backed up by the power

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.539
 of the Spirit of God.

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:37.159
 You need to get that in your mind.

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:39.659
 His expectation is that

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.519
 you love like Him

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.320
 backed up by the power

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.159
 of the Spirit of God.

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:45.239
 And it would be extremely frustrating

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.639
 and unfair to call us

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.780
 to love like Him

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.860
 apart from the enabling

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.699
 of the Spirit of God.

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.400
 Does that make sense?

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.539
 Do you understand the logic

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.139
 of what I said?

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:54.219
 It would be unfair to say

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.399
 here's what you ought

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:56.259
 to be doing

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:59.679
 and not recognize

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:01.059
 or encourage you to understand

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:02.379
 here's where the empowerment

00:37:02.379 --> 00:37:03.099
 comes from.

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.019
 Take a look just for a second.

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:07.179
 You're there in John

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.939
 or you were in Acts

00:37:07.939 --> 00:37:08.719
 but I want you to go

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.179
 to Romans chapter 8

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.439
 verse 4 and 5.

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.480
 Romans chapter 8

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.399
 verse 4 and 5.

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:23.039
 Let me go ahead and read verse 3.

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.480
 For God has done

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.460
 what the law weakened

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.980
 by the flesh could not do

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.680
 by sending His own Son

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:30.280
 in the likeness of sinful flesh

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:32.280
 and for sin He condemned sin

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.860
 in the flesh

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:35.400
 in order that the righteous requirement

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:37.220
 of the law might be fulfilled in us

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:39.980
 who walk not according to the flesh

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.519
 but according to the Spirit.

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:45.539
 Do you understand what that's saying?

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:50.480
 I don't have to be the way I am.

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:53.059
 If you don't think

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.160
 that's pretty good news

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:55.480
 let me say it again.

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.680
 I don't have to be like I am.

00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:00.079
 For those who live

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:01.099
 according to the flesh

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.820
 set their minds

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.760
 on things of the flesh.

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.760
 You wonder why you're thinking

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.480
 the way you are?

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.519
 There's the word.

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.539
 But those who live

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.460
 according to the Spirit

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.280
 set their minds

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:10.440
 on the things of the Spirit.

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:14.320
 Now, what is it like

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:15.760
 to set your mind

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.780
 on the things of the Spirit?

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.240
 It means that when those things

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.920
 of the flesh

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.320
 go zinging by

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.960
 you say

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.559
 no, no, no

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.119
 that's not

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.220
 no, no

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:24.059
 not that one.

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.659
 You got me?

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:32.920
 Going back to the passage

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.559
 in John

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:37.619
 if the idea of loving

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:39.139
 with an unwavering commitment

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.839
 with a sacrificial joy

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:42.460
 with a planned effort

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.920
 to bless the ones you love

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:46.559
 seems incredibly hard

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:48.000
 and very frankly

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:49.219
 impractical

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:53.739
 then you must confess

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:57.019
 either that you do not know

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.219
 the Lord Jesus Christ

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.359
 and the expectations

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:00.239
 of His word

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.579
 are just beyond

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.359
 your imagination

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:03.079
 or

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:05.719
 you are a believer

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:07.419
 who is not appreciating

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:08.000
 the blessing

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:09.459
 of living much

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:10.480
 of the Christian life

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.419
 with the power

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.959
 of the indwelling Spirit.

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.939
 You know what Jesus said

00:39:15.939 --> 00:39:16.799
 to His disciples?

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.959
 He said,

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.359
 listen

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.480
 it's a good thing

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.059
 that I'm going

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.079
 because guess what?

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.559
 You get the Spirit.

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.019
 It's good for you.

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.660
 You need the Spirit.

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:29.059
 That brings me

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.740
 to one more

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.620
 incredible truth

00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:31.400
 and I'll close with it.

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.820
 Go back to the passage

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.519
 in John

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.860
 and just be struck

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.900
 by what it says there

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:40.039
 in John chapter 13

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:41.840
 verse 35.

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.559
 By this all people

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:43.920
 will know

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.840
 that you're my disciples

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:46.599
 if you have love

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.220
 for one another.

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.940
 By this

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.980
 all people

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.400
 will know

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.780
 that you are

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.440
 my disciples

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.079
 because you have

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.900
 love for one another.

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.619
 Now it's not

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.179
 the only way

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.860
 that the unbelieving

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.700
 world knows

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.139
 that we're His

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.559
 disciples

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:05.639
 and the unbelieving

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.820
 world is used

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.480
 to looking for

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.559
 signals as to

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.800
 what your faith

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.539
 or your religion

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.980
 is.

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.619
 I mean hey

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.960
 if you're an Amish

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.860
 person guess how

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.559
 you can pick out

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.300
 an Amish person

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.720
 if you're up

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.460
 around Millersburg.

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.119
 How do you do it?

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.659
 How many

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.619
 buttons?

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.820
 I mean hey

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.800
 what is a zipper?

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.119
 Not to be had

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.179
 by a good Amish man.

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:25.840
 Okay.

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:27.119
 Hats.

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:27.760
 I mean do you

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.220
 follow what I'm

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.480
 saying?

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.960
 I was up in

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.980
 I went to

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.420
 Lehman's.

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:31.760
 How many of you

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.360
 know Lehman's?

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.559
 I had to go.

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.440
 Okay.

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:36.619
 And sure enough

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.199
 there was buggy

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.519
 parking.

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.400
 I didn't park there

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.940
 but you know

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.659
 you can tell

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.320
 the Amish.

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.639
 How many of you

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.139
 can pick out

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.539
 a Muslim?

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.539
 How many of you

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.980
 can pick out

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.699
 a Muslim today?

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:48.059
 What's a giveaway

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.500
 of a Muslim woman?

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:51.799
 What?

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.339
 Are we this

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.819
 culturally

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:59.339
 a headscarf?

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.819
 I mean

00:40:59.819 --> 00:41:03.179
 I was at

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.579
 Home Depot

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.199
 the other day

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:05.239
 and there's a guy

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.900
 there named

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.279
 Mohammed.

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.019
 I'm a frequent

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.759
 flyer at Home Depot.

00:41:07.879 --> 00:41:08.400
 They know me

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:09.700
 and I'm talking

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.240
 to the guy

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:11.559
 and I noticed

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.079
 that he had

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.680
 actually left

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.139
 where he was

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.740
 working normally

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.220
 and he was

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:14.860
 walking around

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:16.920
 with a young lady

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.780
 and an older woman

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:19.240
 and I could tell

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.639
 by the way

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.280
 they were talking

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.980
 that they were

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.980
 related and so

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:23.320
 I said to Mohammed

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.760
 I said

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:25.780
 I want to tell

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.160
 your mother

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:26.700
 that you are

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.680
 a fine young man

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.780
 and I held out

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.180
 my hand.

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:29.900
 Mohammed said

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.079
 oh

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:32.519
 she won't touch

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.840
 that.

00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:35.960
 Tim Kenoyer

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.599
 should know better

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.940
 it's like

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.740
 I'm sorry

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.979
 Muslim women

00:41:39.979 --> 00:41:40.659
 do not what?

00:41:41.459 --> 00:41:41.699
 What?

00:41:41.979 --> 00:41:42.139
 What?

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.379
 What?

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.419
 They don't touch

00:41:43.419 --> 00:41:44.139
 the hands of men

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.459
 I mean

00:41:44.459 --> 00:41:45.819
 die and go to

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.439
 wherever

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:47.159
 you know

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.399
 but

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:48.879
 can you pick out

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:49.259
 Muslims?

00:41:49.439 --> 00:41:49.659
 Yes.

00:41:49.819 --> 00:41:50.219
 How many of you

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:50.839
 can pick out

00:41:50.839 --> 00:41:51.239
 Sikhs?

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.459
 Do you know

00:41:51.459 --> 00:41:52.199
 what a Sikh is?

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.719
 Sikhs.

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.159
 How many of you

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.899
 have seen Sikhs

00:41:55.899 --> 00:41:56.539
 with turbans?

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.759
 They never

00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.739
 cut their hair

00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:00.179
 never cut

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:01.159
 their hair

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:02.539
 in all

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.579
 of life.

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:07.380
 It does

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.779
 fall out

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.139
 occasionally

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.420
 but

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:11.019
 a Sikh

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.920
 also wears

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.119
 a steel

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.699
 bangle

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.480
 around his

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.000
 wrist

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.980
 if he's

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.219
 a good

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.420
 one.

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:18.480
 So Jesus

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.860
 says

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.239
 you don't

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.559
 have to

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.179
 wear a

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.420
 steel

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.779
 bangle

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.679
 you don't

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:21.900
 have to

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.119
 have a

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.319
 dot

00:42:22.319 --> 00:42:22.559
 you know

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:22.779
 what a

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.319
 tikka is

00:42:23.319 --> 00:42:24.400
 right here

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:24.799
 between the

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.139
 eyebrow

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:26.860
 if you're

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.239
 a Hindu

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:29.199
 our

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.519
 neighbor

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:31.739
 put out

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.119
 a website

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.479
 called

00:42:32.479 --> 00:42:32.779
 connect

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.399
 the dots

00:42:33.399 --> 00:42:35.500
 it's a

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.699
 little bit

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:35.839
 like

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.299
 e-harmony

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:36.559
 for

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.299
 Hindus

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:38.519
 okay

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:40.139
 took you

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.459
 a while

00:42:40.459 --> 00:42:40.759
 I know

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.659
 it's a

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.059
 little slow

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.299
 on the

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.639
 uptake

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.859
 you know

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.039
 but

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.539
 connect

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.059
 the dots

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.679
 duh

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.079
 so how

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.259
 do you

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.579
 pick out

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.079
 Christians

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:49.919
 huh

00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:51.559
 no red

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.019
 dots

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.699
 no lots

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.179
 of hair

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:56.279
 you know

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:57.459
 you

00:42:57.459 --> 00:42:58.059
 we

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.379
 are to

00:42:58.379 --> 00:42:58.519
 be

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.779
 marked

00:42:58.779 --> 00:42:59.159
 by our

00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.479
 deep

00:42:59.479 --> 00:42:59.759
 love

00:42:59.759 --> 00:42:59.939
 for

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.139
 one

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.519
 another

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:02.360
 our

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.599
 deep

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:02.800
 love

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:02.960
 for

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.119
 one

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.480
 another

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:05.440
 and I

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.619
 thought

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:05.860
 very

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:06.460
 quickly

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:06.719
 just

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:06.980
 what

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.119
 was

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:07.219
 the

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:07.400
 early

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:07.659
 church

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:07.860
 so

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.059
 good

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.239
 at

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.400
 that

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:09.219
 there's

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.559
 a lot

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:09.699
 of

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.079
 history

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.619
 about

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:10.820
 how

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:10.960
 the

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.139
 early

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.400
 church

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.599
 took

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:11.800
 care

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:11.920
 of

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.099
 each

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.320
 other

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:12.980
 and

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.199
 you

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.340
 can

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.539
 work

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:13.679
 through

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:13.780
 the

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:13.940
 book

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.079
 of

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.300
 Acts

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.440
 you

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:14.579
 can

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:14.780
 work

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.039
 through

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.659
 books

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:15.840
 on

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.059
 church

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.380
 history

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:16.880
 for

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.119
 one

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:17.300
 they

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.659
 cared

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:17.840
 for

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.039
 one

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.280
 another

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.460
 in

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.759
 times

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:18.940
 of

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.320
 need

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.860
 remember

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.000
 in

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.079
 the

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.280
 early

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:21.659
 church

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:21.780
 in

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:21.860
 the

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.000
 book

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.139
 of

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:22.159
!

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.380
 Acts

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.119
 church

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.400
 but

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.840
 there

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:31.960
 were

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.239
 people

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.420
 who

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.639
 got

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:32.820
 the

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.239
 idea

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:33.480
 that

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.759
 hey

00:43:33.759 --> 00:43:34.420
 why

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.840
 work

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:36.380
 and

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.579
 what

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:36.759
 did

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.000
 Paul

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.300
 say

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:39.179
 if

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.300
 you

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:39.579
 don't

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.860
 work

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.039
 you

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.519
 don't

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:41.800
 eat

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.820
 so

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:43.000
 we

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.179
 see

00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:43.360
 the

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.599
 pendulum

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.860
 going

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.079
 back

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.199
 and

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:44.360
 forth

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:44.500
 but

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:44.619
 they

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:44.719
 were

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:44.900
 willing

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.019
 to

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.179
 help

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.360
 each

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.559
 other

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.400
 the

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.639
 early

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:46.920
 church

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.400
 rescued

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:47.840
 abandoned

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:48.300
 babies

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.639
 to the

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:48.920
 point

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.780
 that

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:51.539
 a lot

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.659
 of

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:51.880
 people

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.119
 came

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.259
 to

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:52.559
 Christ

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:52.759
 through

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:52.920
 the

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.280
 ministry

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:53.440
 of

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.539
 the

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.719
 early

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:54.019
 church

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.199
 and

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.599
 rescuing

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.000
 abandoned

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.300
 babies

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.639
 they

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:55.860
 took

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.039
 care

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.119
 of

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.239
 the

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:56.579
 sick

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:58.859
 that's

00:43:58.859 --> 00:43:59.039
 really

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.480
 interesting

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.759
 isn't

00:43:59.759 --> 00:44:00.940
 it

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.539
 if

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.440
 norovirus

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.799
 had

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.199
 happened

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:03.579
 in the

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:03.920
 lobby

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.599
 of

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:04.779
 the

00:44:04.779 --> 00:44:04.980
 new

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.400
 testament

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.000
 church

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.440
 how

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:06.599
 do

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:06.739
 you

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:07.019
 think

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.339
 the

00:44:07.339 --> 00:44:07.619
 church

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:07.799
 would

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:07.920
 have

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.400
 acted

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.960
 I

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.179
 won't

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.339
 go

00:44:10.339 --> 00:44:10.759
 there

00:44:10.759 --> 00:44:13.079
 email

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.359
 me

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:14.719
 they

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:15.179
 protected

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.440
 one

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.900
 another's

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.480
 reputation

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:18.880
 okay

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.699
 so

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:19.920
 when

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.119
 someone

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.400
 comes

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.500
 to

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.559
 you

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:20.659
 and

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:20.799
 has

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.059
 something

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.239
 to

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.539
 say

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.059
 you

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.139
 can

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.239
 say

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.500
 hey

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:23.420
 how

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.559
 did

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:23.659
 it

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:23.859
 go

00:44:23.859 --> 00:44:24.079
 when

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.199
 you

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.559
 practice

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:24.880
 Matthew

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.299
 18

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:25.599
 step

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:25.900
 one

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.119
 to

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.240
 go

00:44:26.240 --> 00:44:26.440
 real

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.740
 well

00:44:26.740 --> 00:44:28.079
 they

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.460
 protected

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.660
 one

00:44:28.660 --> 00:44:28.960
 another's

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.420
 reputation

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:30.900
 they

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.360
 spoke

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:31.740
 well

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:31.920
 of

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.099
 one

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:32.420
 another

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:32.860
 and

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.000
 they

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.440
 served

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:33.619
 one

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:33.900
 another

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.340
 I'll

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:34.519
 tell

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:34.619
 you

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:34.880
 one

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:34.960
 of

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.059
 the

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.340
 things

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:35.539
 that

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:35.760
 has

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:35.940
 been

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.119
 a

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.579
 consistent

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:37.180
 testimony

00:44:37.180 --> 00:44:37.940
 of

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.460
 this

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.420
 ministry

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:40.760
 has

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:40.940
 been

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.220
 the way

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:41.400
 we

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.619
 take

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:41.820
 care

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:41.960
 of

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:42.139
 each

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.380
 other

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.980
 when

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:43.260
 people

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.440
 are

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.780
 sick

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:44.079
 and

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.240
 when

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.480
 people

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:44.700
 need

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:44.840
 to

00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:45.160
 move

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:46.380
 and

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:46.780
 over

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:47.000
 and

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.240
 over

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.639
 again

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.500
 when

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:48.700
 we

00:44:48.700 --> 00:44:48.900
 are

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:49.740
 John

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:49.940
 where

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.099
 are

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.260
 you

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.720
 when

00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:51.840
 you

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.099
 left

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:52.260
 your

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:52.619
 neighborhood

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.139
 everybody

00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:56.539
 I gotta

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:56.800
 hire

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:57.039
 two

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.220
 men

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.340
 in

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:57.460
 a

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:57.760
 truck

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:58.340
 and

00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.480
 they're

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.619
 not

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:58.840
 very

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.200
 happy

00:44:59.200 --> 00:45:00.079
 and

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:00.519
 all

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:00.720
 these

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:00.960
 people

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.260
 parked

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.519
 up and

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.660
 down

00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:01.820
 the

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.139
 streets

00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.500
 carrying

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.940
 boxes

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.280
 and

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.740
 you

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:03.820
 know

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.000
 having

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.119
 a

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:04.260
 great

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.619
 time

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:06.119
 so

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:07.760
 we

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:07.920
 are

00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:08.039
 to

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.180
 be

00:45:08.180 --> 00:45:08.579
 marked

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.400
 by

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.579
 the

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:09.900
 joy

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.079
 of

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.519
 spirit

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:10.980
 enabled

00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:11.500
 obedience

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:13.700
 and

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:13.840
 we

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:14.000
 are

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.180
 to

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.340
 be

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:14.680
 marked

00:45:14.680 --> 00:45:14.880
 in

00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:15.099
 such

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:15.260
 a

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:15.579
 fashion

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:15.780
 that

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:15.920
 the

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.400
 unbelieving

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.800
 world

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.160
 looks

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:17.300
 at

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.400
 the

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.559
 way

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:17.760
 we

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.019
 care

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:18.200
 for

00:45:18.200 --> 00:45:18.400
 one

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.700
 another

00:45:18.700 --> 00:45:18.900
 and

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.099
 says

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.740
 wow

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:21.519
 they

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:21.780
 must

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.019
 be

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.480
 following

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:22.980
 Jesus

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:24.639
 so

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:24.860
 let's

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.119
 close

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.340
 in a

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:25.639
 practical

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:25.960
 way

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:34.340
 I

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:35.920
 would

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.239
 venture

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.659
 to say

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:36.980
 that the

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.360
 truth of

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:37.559
 the matter

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:37.980
 is

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.360
 is that

00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:38.719
 every

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:38.940
 one

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.199
 of us

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:39.440
 here

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:40.159
 have

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:40.880
 more

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.699
 to do

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.579
 at

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:42.900
 learning

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:43.119
 to

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:43.320
 love

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:43.519
 like

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:43.840
 Jesus

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.159
 loved

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:44.360
 isn't

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:44.480
 that

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.679
 right

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:48.139
 and

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.340
 if

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:48.639
 you're

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:49.300
 kind

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.480
 of

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.780
 giving

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.139
 yourself

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:50.320
 a

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.519
 pat

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:50.639
 on

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:50.739
 the

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:50.920
 back

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.079
 go

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.300
 back

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.420
 to

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:51.559
 that

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:51.840
 list

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:51.980
 of

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.140
 three

00:45:52.140 --> 00:45:52.460
 people

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.680
 you're

00:45:52.680 --> 00:45:52.860
 really

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.200
 struggling

00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:53.519
 with

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:55.780
 Jesus

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:56.260
 doesn't

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.559
 have

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:56.860
 people

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.140
 like

00:45:57.140 --> 00:45:57.360
 that

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:57.519
 on

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.700
 his

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.100
 list

00:45:58.100 --> 00:45:58.800
 for

00:45:58.800 --> 00:45:58.940
 the

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.200
 reasons

00:45:59.200 --> 00:45:59.400
 you

00:45:59.400 --> 00:45:59.620
 have

00:45:59.620 --> 00:45:59.780
 them

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:00.000
 there

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.579
 and

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:02.700
 you

00:46:02.700 --> 00:46:02.860
 go

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:02.980
 to

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.120
 the

00:46:03.120 --> 00:46:03.280
 Lord

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:03.420
 and

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:03.559
 say

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:03.780
 Lord

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.200
 I

00:46:04.200 --> 00:46:04.480
 want

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:04.620
 the

00:46:04.620 --> 00:46:04.940
 enabling

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.120
 of

00:46:05.120 --> 00:46:05.260
 the

00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:05.480
 Spirit

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.660
 of

00:46:05.660 --> 00:46:05.980
 God

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:07.740
 to

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:07.980
 love

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.220
 like

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:08.400
 you

00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:08.620
 do

00:46:08.620 --> 00:46:10.579
 I

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:10.840
 want

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.019
 to

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.300
 love

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:11.760
 others

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:12.059
 like

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.440
 Jesus

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.120
 loves

00:46:13.120 --> 00:46:13.579
 me

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:16.840
 let's

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 close

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 in

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 prayer

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 God

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 to

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 Father God

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 this

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 morning

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 as we

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 attend

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 to

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 we

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 recognize

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 that

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 it

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 speaks

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 with

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 authority

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 its

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 purpose

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 is to

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 help us

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 see the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 Lord

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 of

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 glory

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 Savior

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 came

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 to

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 die

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 for

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 our

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 sins

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 and

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 rise

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 again

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 be

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 his

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 children

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 be

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 examples

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 and

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 witnesses

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 to

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 his

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 glory

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 and

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 Lord

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 the

00:46:50.319 --> 00:46:50.619
 purpose

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:50.859
 of

00:46:50.859 --> 00:46:51.159
 preaching

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 is to

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 put us

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 on the

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 spot

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 of

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 saying

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 yes

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 or

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 no

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 to

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 God

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 and

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 this

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 morning

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 convicts

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 who

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 know

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 Christ

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 blood

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 bought

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 need

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 to

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 work

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 at

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 loving

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 one

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 another

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 as

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 we

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 don't

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 want

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 short

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 list

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 we

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 want

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 to be

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 like

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 Jesus

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 and

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 so

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 quietly

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 and

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 deliberately

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 this

00:47:16.379 --> 00:47:16.719
 morning

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.619
 we

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 ask

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 for

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 your

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 spirit

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 to

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 convict

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 us

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 and

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 that

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 from

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 this

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 day

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 forward

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 we

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 are

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 growing

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 in

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 our

00:47:29.299 --> 00:47:29.659
 love

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 in

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 a

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 conscious

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 and

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 deliberate

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 fashion

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 and

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 we'll

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 give

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 you

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 the

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:33.960
 glory

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 we

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 ask

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.639
 in

00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:35.879
 Jesus

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:36.319
 name

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 amen

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:38.379
 let's

00:47:38.379 --> 00:47:38.579
 stand

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 together

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 as

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 we

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 sing

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 and

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 to

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