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 Well, if you are a guest with us this morning, welcome.

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 Full disclosure, this might be a weird sermon for you.

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 And even if you have been coming for a while, if you've been attending church for many years,

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 this might in fact be a weird sermon for you.

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 Our typical practice is to preach straight through books of the Bible.

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 You open it up, chapter 1, verse 1, and you work your way all the way through to the end.

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 And what this does is it helps us to get the big picture of what's going on in the book.

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 It helps us to understand exactly what God is saying here in each book of the Bible.

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 But also what it does, what it means for me, is that I am not able to skip over difficult passages.

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 Uncomfortable passages.

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 You know, you may not know this, but some passages of Scripture are less popular than others.

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 Did you know that?

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 Some passages are harder to swallow than others.

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 And I don't have the luxury, you would notice, if I just happen to skip over a section of Scripture.

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 And I don't want to do that anyways.

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 Okay, we are here to submit ourselves to the Word of God.

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 Amen?

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 Beginning to end.

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 We want to receive what God has written in its entirety.

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 So, let's open our Bibles to the book of Titus.

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 Once more, the book of Titus.

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 We're going to be in chapter 3, verses 9 through 11 this morning.

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 We're concluding the body of Paul's letter to Titus this morning.

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 Next week, Lord willing, we'll conclude with the conclusion of Paul's letter.

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 But this morning, Paul is making one final appeal to Titus to defend the unity that the church was given in the gospel.

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 To defend the unity.

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 This precious unity that Christ purchased for the church in the gospel.

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 It was under attack by false teachers who had come to these young churches there in Crete.

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 And so, mentor Paul writes to co-worker Titus and says,

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 You must protect it.

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 You must defend it.

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 You must guard the unity of the church at all costs.

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 Keep the gospel and the glory of God at the center.

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 Let's read it together now.

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 Titus 3, verses 9 through 11.

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 Paul says,

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 Father God, you know the weight of a text like this.

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 So give me strength, Lord.

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 And would you lead us through a difficult text even?

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 Father, to worship.

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 And to praise you for your goodness.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 All of us know someone who we would describe as a health nut.

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 Someone who counts every calorie, measures every heartbeat, tracks every step,

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 does everything that they can possibly do to ensure that so far as it depends upon them,

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 that their body is healthy.

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 I am not one of those people.

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 I do care about my health.

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 I try to exercise.

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 I try to eat right.

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 But I'm not obsessive in that way.

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 Not entirely.

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 The other day, Amanda, we had a birthday party for Cobb.

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 Amanda made two cakes.

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 I had three pieces that night and one piece the next morning for breakfast.

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 So I'm not entirely health obsessed like that.

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 But I do know that a basic part of taking care of your body is that you should, in general,

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 avoid intaking what is bad for your health.

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 And if there is something in you that is dangerous to your body, you should remove it.

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 Avoid intaking what is bad.

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 Avoid intaking what is bad.

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 And remove what is dangerous.

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 So, for example, Halloween is coming up.

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 My children will probably, likely collect a lot of junk.

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 And we're not that mean.

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 We're going to let them eat some junk.

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 We'll let them eat some candy.

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 But only a little.

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 They don't get to have candy for dinner.

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 Okay?

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 They get to have a piece here, a piece there.

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 It'll probably last us a few years that way.

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 We try to avoid overindulging on empty calories.

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 Eat what is good for you and avoid what is bad.

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 And likewise, we know that if something is in you, in your body, that is dangerous to you,

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 it needs to come out.

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 It needs to be removed.

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 We visited my grandmother last week.

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 We loaded up the van once again and made the trip down to Athens, Georgia, where she lives,

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 to go celebrate her 90th birthday party.

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 And we got there before the rest of the crowd got there.

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 And so we got to sit and to talk with her.

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 And I got to ask her about her health.

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 And my grandmother has cancer.

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 She's 90 years old.

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 And she's been undergoing treatments for several years.

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 And so just recently, the doctors found a spot on her skin.

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 It's something new that developed.

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 They took a look at it under the microscope and found out, sure enough, it was melanoma.

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 It's dangerous.

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 It's cancerous.

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 It's aggressive.

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 It's destructive to the health of her body.

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 And so like any good doctor would do, he put forward a process, a plan of action, something

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 to take care of the issue.

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 He said, we're going to examine the problem.

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 We're going to identify it.

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 And then we're going to cut it out.

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 And we're going to monitor it.

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 We're going to make sure that it heals as it should.

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 We're going to make sure it hasn't spread any further.

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 No good doctor would ever look at that spot and say, you know what?

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 Let's leave it.

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 See what it does.

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 Let it remain.

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 No doctor, knowing how destructive that cancer is, would let it be.

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 Just hope it goes away.

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 For the good of the body, it must be removed.

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 Well, we're coming to the end of the book of Titus.

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 And throughout this letter, Paul could be described as a health nut.

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 He is obsessed with the health, not of his body, but of the body of Christ, with the

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 health of the church.

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 His concern has been throughout the letter with the soundness or the health of the body.

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 The church is the body of Christ.

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 We are members of one another.

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 The local church makes that invisible body visible.

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 And churches, just like physical bodies, we can be healthy or we can be sickly.

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 We can intake what is good and what's healthy and nutritious and beneficial and we can grow

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 strong or we can feast on empty calories.

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 We can have candy for dinner and grow weak.

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 And even in healthy churches, from time to time, issues can crop up that are dangerous for the health of the body.

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 And so like a good doctor, Paul tells Titus, we're going to have to do something here, Titus.

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 We're going to have to remove something here, Titus.

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 Don't leave it unaddressed.

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 Don't let it spread.

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 Do everything you can to remedy this situation.

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 And if you cannot remedy the situation, it must be removed.

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 So Paul here, he gives us two keys to protecting the health of the body.

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 Two keys to protecting the health of the body.

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 This is going to be our outline this morning.

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 If you'd like to take notes, two keys to protecting the health of the body.

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 Avoid foolish controversy and remove divisive people.

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 The two parts that we see here in Titus 3, 9 through 11.

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 Number one, avoid foolish controversy.

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 And number two, remove divisive people.

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 First, he says one key to protecting the health of the body is to avoid foolish controversy.

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 Look here to verse 9 with me.

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 Eyes on verse 9, please.

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 He says, but avoid foolish controversies.

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 Proversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law.

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 For they are unprofitable and worthless.

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 So avoid them.

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 Don't pay them any mind.

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 Paul says to Titus, stop entertaining.

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 Stop listening to.

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 Stop arguing over.

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 Stop focusing on.

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 Stop obsessing over little things.

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 Not everything is worth the time.

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 Stay the course.

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 In fact, that word avoid here, it literally means turn your face.

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 In the other direction.

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 Pay it no mind.

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 Do not give it the time of day.

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 It's not exactly clear what the issue was specifically that Titus was dealing with here.

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 That has Paul all riled up here in the book of Titus.

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 But it seems to be tied to some obscure interpretation and application of the law.

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 And so Paul, he calls them in chapter 1.

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 He says these are Jewish myths.

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 And here, he says that these are discussions of genealogies.

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 They're questions about the law.

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 It's likely similar to what Timothy was dealing with in Ephesus.

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 If you make note of 1 Timothy chapter 1 verses 3 through 4.

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 Paul says to Timothy there, he says,

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 Remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,

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 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies.

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 Sound familiar?

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 Which promote speculations rather than stewardship from God that is by faith.

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 And again, in 2 Timothy chapter 2, he says,

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 Avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.

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 That's the unprofitability that he's talking about.

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 It's unprofitable and worthless.

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 It's not producing the fruit of godliness that Paul wants to see from sound doctrine.

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 And then here is a good reminder for Christians about to get on social media.

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 Okay?

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 He says,

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 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies.

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 You know that they breed quarrels.

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 So we may not know exactly what teaching was going on here specifically,

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 but we do know how Paul feels about it.

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 Right?

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 They are unprofitable.

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 They are worthless.

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 They're not worth discussing.

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 Avoid it.

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 Turn your face the other direction.

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 Now, I wonder if you have the same question that I do when I read this.

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 What's interesting to me is that these were not discussions about some outside source.

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 Okay?

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 This was not some obscure teacher with his own writings that was distracting the church.

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 No.

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 What does it say?

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 These were discussions about the law.

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 The word of God.

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 And I thought, Paul, that all scripture was God-breathed and is useful for teaching, correcting, rebuking, and training in righteousness.

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 All scripture is useful.

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 So how can you now say that these discussions about the law, the word of God, are useless, worthless, unprofitable?

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 What's going on here?

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 Shouldn't this matter to you, Paul?

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 I'm glad you asked.

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 I think what he's saying here is we need to major on the majors and minor on the minors.

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 We need to major on the majors and minor on the minors.

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 All scripture is God-breathed.

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 All scripture is useful.

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 But not everything in the Bible carries equal weight.

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 Did I just say that?

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 Yes, I did.

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 Let me say it again.

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 All scripture is useful.

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 But not everything in the Bible carries equal weight.

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 Does it not matter more whether Christ was born of a virgin than what colors were on Joseph's robe and what they may or may not represent?

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 Does it not matter more that Christ actually died for our sin in our place?

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 That he physically, actually rose up from the grave to conquer death?

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 Then what type of fruit did Adam or Eve eat?

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 Was it an apple or was it a pomegranate?

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 Was it a big fish?

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 Was it a whale that swallowed up Jonah?

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 What type of furniture did Jesus make in his carpentry shop?

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 How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

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 Was Goliath seven feet tall or nine feet tall or eleven feet tall?

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 Do you get my picture?

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 The issue here, it wasn't theological curiosity.

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 I want to be clear.

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 We should be curious about God's word.

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 We should investigate it.

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 Ask questions of it.

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 I went to seminary.

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 I wrote a paper on genealogies.

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 Comparing the genealogies of Christ.

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 Paul is not against theological curiosity.

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 But not everything is of equal importance.

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 Be curious.

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 Ask questions.

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 Seek answers.

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 But church, do not get distracted.

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 Do not get distracted.

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 Eat a little bit of candy, but do not eat it for dinner.

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 Feast on what's good.

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 Feast on what's nutritious for you.

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 All doctrine, properly weighed, properly studied, should lead to devotion.

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 But wrongly weighed, wrongly applied, leads to distraction.

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 And at worst, leads to division.

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 Everything in scripture is worthy of our devotion.

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 It's worthy of our discussion, but not equally worthy of obsession.

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 And not everything is worthy of division.

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 The early church had a saying.

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 They used to say, in essentials, unity.

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 In non-essentials, diversity.

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 In all things, charity.

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 I think we'd be wise to recover that sort of sentiment in Christianity today.

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 In essentials, unity.

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 In non-essentials, diversity.

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 In all things, charity.

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 We have to major on the majors and minor on the minors.

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 Be convinced.

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 Be convinced.

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 But do not enter foolish controversy over the minors.

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 Major on the majors.

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 And be convinced.

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 But do not create unnecessary division and tension over the minors.

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 Not every issue is worth fighting over.

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 And not every hill is worth dying on.

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 Not every theological difference between you and another brother and sister in Christ

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 makes them a heretic or a false teacher.

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 You know, I just, I grieve over the ways that I hear some Christians speaking about other Christians

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 that just don't belong to their camp.

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 And so they must be the enemy.

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 They must be wrong.

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 They must be heretical.

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 Must be false teacher.

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 Just because we divide or disagree on minor issues.

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 Not every hill is a hill to die on, church.

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 There's always room for charity in all things.

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 We harm the body when we treat every issue with equal weight.

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 And when we're quick to enter into foolish controversy.

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 So, how do we rightly weigh the scriptures?

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 That's the question, right?

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 How do we rightly weigh the scriptures?

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 Well, you may be familiar with a concept called theological triage.

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 Theological triage.

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 I believe Al Mohler was the first to actually coin that term.

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 And I'll paraphrase here from an article that he wrote in 2005.

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 He takes that from the medical world.

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 So, maybe you're not familiar with theological triage.

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 You're probably familiar with triage.

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 Medical triage.

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 And he says,

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 And so, they have to sort these issues out.

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 They've got to figure out which is most important.

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 So, that they can treat them with the proper treatment.

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 And so, what they do is they use a color-coded system of tags.

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 Colored tags.

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 Black tag.

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 That's bad news.

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 That's untreatable.

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 The person is either dead or they're in such a condition that it can't be treated.

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 It's uncurable, untreatable.

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 Red tag is the most urgent.

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 There's a chance.

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 It's life-threatening.

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 There's a chance that with the right treatment quickly applied,

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 we can bring this person back to life.

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 Yellow tag.

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 They're in stable condition.

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 Not likely to die.

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 They still need serious treatment.

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 On and on and on.

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 So, he gets a white tag,

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 which means they're just people that wanted to pay for an ambulance ride for some reason.

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 Not sure why they're there.

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 And so, Mohler and others,

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 I'd recommend a guy named Gavin Ortland to you.

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 They take that idea of medical triage and apply it to the Bible.

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 And to our conversations about the Word.

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 I think it's a helpful way for us to think about it.

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 So, first-tier issues.

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 First-tier issues.

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 These are issues of the most importance.

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 Highest importance.

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 The Trinity.

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 The divinity of Christ.

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 Salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone.

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 These are worth dying for.

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 You cannot be a Christian if you don't hold to these beliefs.

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 The resurrection of Christ.

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 The second coming of Christ.

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 These are of utmost first-tier importance.

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 Then you have second-tier issues.

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 Baptism, for example.

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 Is it important?

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 Yes.

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 Does the Bible speak to it?

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 Yes.

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 Friend, you ought to be convinced about your position on baptism.

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 The Bible speaks on it.

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 We believe we're a Baptist church.

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 We believe baptism is for believers.

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 Our Presbyterian brothers and sisters believe that baptism is for believers and their children.

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 We take a difference of interpretation here, but they are not heretics.

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 They are our brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 So, we divide into separate churches.

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 But we, as Mark Dever says, we build low fences and we shake hands often.

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 They're our friends.

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 We don't divide over such things.

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 We disagree in love.

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 And then you have third-tier issues.

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 Down here at the bottom.

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 Now, these are issues that we can be a part of the same church family and we can disagree.

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 We don't have to argue.

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 We don't have to divide.

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 We don't have to throw stones at one another.

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 We can be a part of one big happy family and take positions that are different.

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 Maybe Scripture speaks to it, but it's a little less clear.

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 It's a little less easily discerned.

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 The details surrounding the second coming of Christ, for example.

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 We've been studying Revelation.

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 Is He coming?

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 First tier.

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 Yes, you better believe it.

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 Will He judge the living and the dead?

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 You better believe it.

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 First tier.

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 He's coming.

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 Will the new heavens and the new earth be glorious when He comes to reign?

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 Yes, first tier.

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 You better believe it.

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 When and how and where and what will be the signs when He comes?

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 And how do we interpret literal millennium, figurative millennium?

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 How do we understand Revelation?

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 We can disagree here.

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 And that's okay.

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 And essentials unity and non-essentials diversity and all things charity.

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 And way down the list here, way down the list, are the issues that Titus is dealing with here in Crete.

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 Arguments over genealogies?

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 Are you kidding me?

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 A list of names?

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 We're going to divide over that?

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 These names that promote speculation rather than stewardship?

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 We're going to spend our time obsessing over that?

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 See, the problem here was an over-fascination with minor points of the law in a way that distracted them and everyone around them from the main point of the law,

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 the main point of the Bible, namely the glory of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That demands our full devotion.

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 That is what demands our full attention.

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 Isn't that what Paul has just said in chapter 3, verses 3 through 8?

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 This is what we saw last week.

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 The gospel.

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 Make a big deal of the gospel church.

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 Make a big deal of our sinful past.

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 Look here.

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 Chapter 3, verses 3 through 8.

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 He says,

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 We ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures,

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 passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others, hating one another.

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 We're no better than anyone else.

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 We're no more worthy of salvation than anyone else.

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 Make a big deal of our need for redemption.

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 And then make a big deal of God's saving grace in the gospel.

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 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God, our Savior, appeared, He saved us.

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 He saved us.

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 He saved us.

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 His work, His power, His mercy, His plan, His steadfast love.

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 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His great mercy.

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 Make a big deal of His mercy, church.

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 Make a big deal of regeneration, our new life in Christ, new birth.

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 You've been born again.

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 Do you want to talk about that?

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 Do you want to make a big deal about that?

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 You've been reborn by the power of His Holy Spirit, the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

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 Call attention to that.

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 Rejoice in that.

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 Make a big deal of Jesus, Christ our Savior.

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 We worship a risen King.

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 Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, slain for us, risen from the grave, coming again to judge the world.

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 Isn't that worthy of our minds?

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 Isn't that worthy of our discussion?

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 Isn't that worthy of our emphasis as we gather, as we discuss, as we study?

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 Isn't that worthy of our lives?

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 Is that of first-tier importance for you as you study the Word?

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 As you talk with other believers?

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 Is that what comes through as the emphasis of your life?

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 Make much of our status in Him, church.

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 Justified.

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 Forgiven.

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 Declared innocent in the sight of God.

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 Anyone who trusts in Christ.

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 Anyone.

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 Your long record of sin that spills over the judge's table, out the front door of the courtroom,

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 is nailed to the cross.

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 You are declared righteous.

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 You are forgiven and received and adopted as a son or a daughter of the King.

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 Is that not worthy of our attention?

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 The hope that we have of eternal life free from sin forever with God.

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 Eternal life in the new heavens and the new earth.

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 Is that not worthy of our attention?

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 Don't get distracted.

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 And don't divide over worthless things.

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 A healthy church feasts on the good news of the gospel.

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 That's why he says in verse 8,

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 I want you, Titus, to insist on these things.

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 Insist on these things, church.

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 Don't get distracted.

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 These things are excellent and profitable for people.

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 These things are what leads to godliness in the church.

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 But avoid all this other foolish talk.

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 Unprofitable.

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 Worthless.

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 But sadly,

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 even in a healthy church,

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 issues can crop up

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 from time to time

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 that are dangerous for the health of the body.

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 Everything is going well

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 and then one day,

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 cancer.

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 Dangerous.

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 Destructive.

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 So Paul says,

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 we must be ready to remove it.

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 Avoid foolish controversy

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 and second,

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 remove divisive people.

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 This is admittedly much harder to swallow.

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 It's one thing to talk about ideas.

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 Avoid foolish conversations,

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 ideas,

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 topics.

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 It's another thing entirely

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 to do what Paul says here in verses 10 and 11.

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 For the sake of the health of the body,

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 avoid foolish controversies

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 and remove divisive people.

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 Look there to verse 10 and 11 with me.

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 He says,

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 as for a person who stirs up division,

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 after warning him once and then twice,

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 have nothing more to do with him.

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 Knowing that such a person is warped and sinful,

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 he is self-condemned.

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 Remove divisive people.

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 This is not a small matter.

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 And we should grieve to think about the potential

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 of removing someone from our body.

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 But Paul is clear here

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 that if there is unrepentant divisiveness,

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 unrepentant,

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 let me say it again,

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 unrepentant divisiveness,

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 after many heartfelt attempts

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 to bring them back,

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 call them to repentance,

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 draw them back to seek reconciliation,

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:51.759
 if they are persistent

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 in their attempt to divide the church,

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 Paul says they prove themselves

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 to be warped and sinful.

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 And they must be removed

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 for the health of the body.

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 I pray we never have to apply this scripture here.

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 But the time may come.

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 In my years of ministry,

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 I've seen this happen once,

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 where I sat in a room

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 with other elders and deacons

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 and ministry leaders

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 and read this passage

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 to an individual

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 who had been stirring division

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 in the church.

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 Pleas for repentance

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 had been made

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 and made

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 and made

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 and made

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 over the course of weeks

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 and months

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 of warning

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 and calling to repentance.

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 And I remember very clearly

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 calling him

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 to stop spreading division,

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 opening this passage to him

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 and calling him

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 to stop spreading lies.

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 And he said with hate in his voice,

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 this will get worse.

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 And he was right.

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 I was thankful

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 that this passage

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 had been taught

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 and understood

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 by the church

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 well before it needed

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 to be applied.

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 That they got it.

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 So I want to ask

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 four questions here.

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 We're going to jump around

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 to a few different places

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 of scripture,

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 so please have your Bibles open.

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 I want to ask

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 four questions here

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 that I think

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 will help us understand

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 what's going on

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 and what he's saying here.

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 First question,

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 what gift was given

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 to the church

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 in the gospel?

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 What gift

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 was given

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 to the church

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 in the gospel?

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 There are many gifts

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 given to the church

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 in the gospel,

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.339
 but the one

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 that was under attack

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 here in Crete

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 is the gift

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 of unity.

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 The gift

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 of unity.

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 Ephesians chapter 4

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 verses 1 through 3.

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 Paul says,

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 I therefore,

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 a prisoner

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 for the Lord,

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 urge you

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 to walk

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 in a manner

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 worthy

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 of the calling

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 to which you

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 have been called

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 with all humility

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.259
 and gentleness,

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.259
 with patience,

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.959
 bearing with one another

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.640
 eager to maintain

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.640
 the unity

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.759
 of the Spirit

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.079
 in the bond

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.340
 of peace.

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:32.779
 In the gospel,

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.960
 Christ Jesus,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.340
 he created

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:37.340
 spiritual unity.

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.960
 The sinners

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.059
 who were once

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.460
 divided from God

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.819
 are now united

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.700
 through faith

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.420
 in Christ,

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.079
 reunited

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.980
 to the Heavenly Father,

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.500
 and sinners

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.140
 who were once

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.720
 divided from one another

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.299
 are now through Christ

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.339
 in one body

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:55.160
 united to one another.

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.200
 Now,

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.140
 we don't create

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.360
 spiritual unity.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.200
 We don't have the task

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.720
 to create unity

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.460
 in the church.

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.420
 We're given the task

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.400
 to maintain

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.519
 what we have been given

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.440
 in the gospel.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.519
 Now,

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.900
 Paul says,

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.400
 be eager

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.279
 to maintain

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.079
 the unity

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.720
 of the Spirit

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.420
 in the bond

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.900
 of peace.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.660
 We have to be

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.120
 reminded of this.

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.059
 Now,

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.960
 Paul has to tell us

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.519
 to do this

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.380
 because otherwise

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.680
 we slip into

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.319
 our own opinions,

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.819
 our own preferences,

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:24.160
 our own world.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.900
 We want everybody

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.420
 to bend to our will

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.279
 and our way,

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.279
 get on board with us,

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.319
 and our desires

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.480
 is about us.

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.819
 And so,

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.819
 Paul tells us,

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.660
 he calls us

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.140
 in the power

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.700
 of the Spirit

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.700
 to bear

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:36.539
 with one another

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.860
 in love,

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.059
 with humility,

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.340
 with patience,

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.660
 with gentleness.

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.340
 Be eager

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:46.199
 to maintain

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.519
 the unity.

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.859
 Are we pursuing it?

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.179
 Church,

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.119
 are we eager

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.059
 to maintain

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.919
 the unity?

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.959
 Not do we want

00:32:57.959 --> 00:32:59.119
 a unified church?

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.939
 Everybody wants

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.859
 a unified church.

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.139
 Uh-oh.

00:33:02.439 --> 00:33:03.240
 Better speak right.

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.399
 Everybody wants

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.379
 a unified church.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.679
 Are we pursuing it

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.939
 with eagerness?

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:13.059
 Are we praying for it,

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.099
 laying our preferences

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.459
 aside for the sake

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:16.000
 of unity?

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:17.299
 Keeping these

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.539
 first-tier issues

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.480
 at first importance

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.719
 for the sake of unity.

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.379
 We're probably

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.139
 not united

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:25.619
 in many things.

00:33:25.719 --> 00:33:26.639
 Musical preferences,

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.319
 background,

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.500
 income level,

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.459
 upbringing,

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.759
 hair color.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.839
 But we're united

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.599
 in the gospel.

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.119
 Keep that first.

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.219
 Second question.

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.959
 What authority

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:39.659
 was given

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.659
 to the church?

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:43.279
 what authority

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.160
 was given

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.560
 to the church?

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.880
 In short,

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.320
 the church

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.860
 is given

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.540
 authority

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.840
 to recognize

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.680
 that unity.

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.360
 The church

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.700
 is given

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.160
 authority

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.519
 to recognize

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.279
 that spiritual

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.320
 unity.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.820
 Matthew chapter 18.

00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:00.320
 If you would

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.620
 turn there for me,

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.680
 because I want you

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.640
 to lay eyes

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.360
 on this passage.

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.060
 This is the passage

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.960
 that Pete read

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.799
 for us earlier.

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.760
 Matthew chapter 18

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:10.740
 verses 15

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.420
 through 20.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.039
 Jesus says,

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.039
 if your brother

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.400
 sins against you,

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.380
 go and tell him

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.059
 his fault

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.139
 between you

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.880
 and him alone.

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.699
 Don't hold a grudge.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.179
 Don't keep

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.240
 your offense silent.

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.519
 Don't harbor it

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.240
 inside of yourself.

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.519
 Talk to your brother

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.839
 between you

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.539
 and him alone.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.299
 If he listens

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.899
 to you,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.139
 you've gained

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.639
 your brother.

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.399
 Praise God.

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.159
 But if he does

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.939
 not listen,

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.379
 take one or two

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:45.339
 others along

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.899
 with you

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:47.000
 that every charge

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.919
 may be established

00:34:47.919 --> 00:34:48.899
 by the evidence

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:50.219
 of two or three

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.779
 witnesses.

00:34:51.919 --> 00:34:52.959
 If he refuses

00:34:52.959 --> 00:34:54.219
 to listen to them,

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.539
 tell it to

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.819
 the church.

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.139
 Here's the authority.

00:34:59.399 --> 00:35:00.619
 And if he refuses

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.319
 to listen

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:02.759
 even to the church,

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.540
 let him be to you

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:05.880
 as a Gentile

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.420
 and a tax collector.

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.540
 Truly I say to you,

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.400
 whatever you bind

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.920
 on earth

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.700
 shall be bound

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.240
 in heaven.

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.160
 Whatever you loose

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.780
 on earth

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.840
 shall be loosed

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.420
 in heaven.

00:35:15.540 --> 00:35:16.680
 Again I say to you,

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.820
 if two of you

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.660
 agree on earth

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.340
 about anything

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.020
 they ask,

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:20.660
 it will be done

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.000
 for them

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.680
 by my Father

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.200
 in heaven.

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.240
 For where two

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.580
 or three

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:24.160
 are gathered

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.940
 in my name,

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:26.540
 there am I

00:35:26.540 --> 00:35:28.580
 among them.

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:31.239
 you see the church

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.759
 is a community

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:34.059
 of the redeemed.

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.119
 We have been

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.279
 by the grace of God

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.360
 plucked out

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.400
 of belonging

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.239
 to the world.

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.259
 We now belong

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.039
 to the kingdom

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.360
 of God

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.400
 and the church

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.779
 is given

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:46.460
 incredible authority

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.679
 by God

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:49.019
 to recognize

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.619
 and to declare

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:52.400
 in the name of Christ

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.259
 who's in

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.900
 and who's out.

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:58.360
 that's what

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.740
 church membership

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.680
 is.

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:03.800
 It's a recognition

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.940
 by the church

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.900
 that each

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:07.300
 individual member

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.500
 is a member

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:10.260
 of the invisible church,

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.700
 is a member

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.380
 of the kingdom

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.079
 of God,

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.639
 that they are

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.820
 in fact saved

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.619
 by the grace

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.139
 of God.

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:16.280
 They have a credible

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.200
 profession of

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:18.260
 saving faith

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.680
 in Christ Jesus

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.680
 and so when the church

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:22.280
 adds a new member,

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.740
 what we're saying

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:25.439
 is we affirm

00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:26.679
 your salvation.

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.459
 We believe

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:30.079
 as far as we can tell,

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.519
 we're not infallible,

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.799
 but as far as we can tell

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:34.059
 that you have been

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.699
 genuinely born again.

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:37.179
 We believe you are

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.859
 united to God

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:40.379
 and we are

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:41.279
 committing

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:42.099
 to walk

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.359
 alongside you.

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.839
 We're committing

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:46.139
 to help you

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.839
 live a life

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.419
 that is

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:49.219
 pleasing to God,

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:50.059
 honoring to Him,

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.159
 to disciple you

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.439
 and to serve you

00:36:52.439 --> 00:36:53.259
 and to love you

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.860
 as a brother

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.480
 or sister

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.160
 in Christ.

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.960
 You are

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:57.340
 united to

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.120
 us.

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:01.380
 And when a church

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.780
 removes

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.900
 a member

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.360
 from among them,

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:07.620
 what they're saying

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:09.440
 is we can no longer

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:11.000
 in good conscience

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.720
 affirm

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:13.060
 your salvation.

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:15.400
 We can't say

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.420
 you're saved

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.140
 or not saved.

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:18.740
 We're not infallible.

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.080
 God alone knows that,

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.720
 but something

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.059
 is happening here.

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:24.000
 There's sufficient evidence,

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.719
 this posture

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:26.299
 of unrepentive

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:27.139
 divisiveness,

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:28.500
 of wanting to work

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.939
 against,

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.219
 destroy the church,

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:32.299
 that's not consistent

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:33.019
 with a profession

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.579
 of faith.

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.059
 And so,

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.639
 we release you

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.639
 back into

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.919
 the world.

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.719
 Church membership

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:42.299
 does not save anyone.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.759
 Church discipline

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.980
 does not condemn

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.719
 anyone.

00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.219
 Rather,

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.859
 the church,

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.219
 again,

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.719
 is given

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.639
 authority to

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.559
 recognize

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.379
 on behalf

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:51.939
 of Christ

00:37:51.939 --> 00:37:52.339
 and to

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:53.119
 declare

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.619
 those who

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.459
 give evidence

00:37:55.459 --> 00:37:56.839
 of regeneration

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:58.159
 or evidence

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.319
 not of us

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.879
 condemning,

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:02.299
 but of self-condemnation.

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:02.819
 So,

00:38:03.899 --> 00:38:04.379
 third,

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.419
 what command

00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:06.980
 was given

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.459
 for the divisive

00:38:08.459 --> 00:38:08.879
 person?

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:11.379
 What command

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:12.019
 was given

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.800
 for the divisive

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.880
 person?

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.519
 First,

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.780
 is to seek

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.380
 reconciliation.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.659
 First command

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.599
 is to seek

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.940
 restoration.

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.360
 The removal

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.059
 is not

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.780
 punitive,

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.780
 it is with

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.820
 tears,

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.320
 it is

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:33.259
 patient,

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.699
 it is

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.659
 slow,

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:34.799
 painful,

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.579
 it is

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.440
 painful.

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.739
 You know,

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.399
 this passage

00:38:40.399 --> 00:38:40.920
 in Matthew

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.559
 18,

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.399
 if your

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.839
 Bibles are

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.379
 still open

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:43.619
 there to

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.359
 Matthew 18,

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.000
 he says,

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.239
 if your

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.719
 brother sins

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.379
 against you,

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.799
 tell him,

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.779
 go bring

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.199
 others,

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.639
 bring the

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.059
 church,

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.059
 let him

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.579
 be to you

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.920
 as a

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.420
 Gentile

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.759
 and a

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.420
 tax collector.

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.379
 That passage

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:55.019
 is sandwiched

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.440
 there in

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.019
 between two

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.539
 parables.

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.659
 Do you see

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.139
 that there,

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.960
 Matthew 18?

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.179
 Two parables,

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.539
 parable of

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.079
 the lost

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.679
 sheep,

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.179
 we won't

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.559
 read them

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.980
 for the sake

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.480
 of time,

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.239
 and the

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.859
 parable of

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.779
 the unforgiving

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.359
 servant.

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:09.079
 Two slices

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.519
 of bread

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.920
 right there,

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.359
 the meat

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.819
 in the

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.039
 middle,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.239
 this section

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.779
 on church

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.259
 discipline

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.759
 in Matthew

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:15.199
 chapter 18.

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.159
 The parable

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.460
 of the

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.239
 lost sheep,

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:18.639
 you know

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:18.859
 it,

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:20.079
 it says

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.339
 there was

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.819
 a shepherd

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.359
 had a hundred

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.759
 sheep,

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.099
 he kept

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.779
 ninety-nine,

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.219
 the one

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.799
 went off,

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.099
 and what

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.579
 happens?

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.000
 He stays

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.219
 with the

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.679
 ninety-nine

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.779
 and bid

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.319
 good riddance?

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.619
 No,

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:29.279
 he pursues

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.699
 the one

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.039
 that went

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.379
 away.

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.339
 And it

00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:32.139
 concludes

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.519
 here with

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.099
 the heart

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:34.099
 of God,

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.399
 it says,

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.700
 so it

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.180
 is not

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.660
 the will

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:36.019
 of my

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.700
 father who

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.079
 is in

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.579
 heaven that

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.260
 one of

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.660
 these little

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.139
 ones should

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.559
 perish.

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.160
 And then

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.639
 the parable

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.180
 of the

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.880
 unforgiving

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.400
 servant,

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:46.000
 there beneath

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.800
 it begins

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.420
 with Peter's

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.860
 question,

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.200
 Lord,

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.920
 how often

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.260
 will my

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.760
 brother sin

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.260
 against me

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.519
 and I

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.079
 forgive him?

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:52.019
 Seven times?

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:54.440
 the Lord

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.920
 said to

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.139
 him,

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.900
 not seven

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.300
 Peter,

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.639
 but

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:58.579
 seventy-seven.

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.360
 I think

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.679
 this should

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.199
 tell us,

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.559
 church,

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.000
 that the

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.840
 removal of

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.440
 a member

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.300
 from among

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:06.900
 us should

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.719
 never be

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.219
 because of

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:09.739
 our unwillingness

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.480
 to forgive.

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.039
 It should

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.840
 never be

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.539
 because of

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.639
 the church's

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.579
 hardened

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.460
 posture.

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:20.079
 the first

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.679
 command in

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.639
 any case

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.199
 of church

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.740
 discipline

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.240
 is to

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.780
 seek

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.760
 reconciliation.

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.619
 It's to

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.059
 seek to

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.800
 demonstrate

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:28.780
 the heart

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.720
 of God

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.599
 to sinners,

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.159
 to call

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.760
 them to

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.139
 repent,

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.740
 to open

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:33.220
 up your

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.539
 arms,

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.900
 to be

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.539
 willing to

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.840
 forgive,

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.519
 not seven,

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.280
 but 77

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:37.340
 times if

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.960
 they would

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:39.199
 but repent.

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.780
 But if

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.380
 they will

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.920
 not,

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.199
 if this

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:47.440
 is not

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.579
 possible,

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.280
 then with

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.200
 tears,

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.760
 with tears,

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.539
 they must

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:54.679
 be removed.

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.539
 Surgery

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.300
 is painful.

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.700
 I've never

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.420
 met anybody

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.400
 who enjoyed

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:01.720
 it.

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.420
 But sometimes

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.340
 for the sake

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.019
 of the health

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.840
 of the body,

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.679
 it is

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:08.139
 necessary.

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:08.679
 So Paul

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.000
 says,

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.740
 have nothing

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:11.099
 more to

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.500
 do with

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.760
 him.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.159
 If that

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.500
 sounds

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.019
 weighty,

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.420
 if that

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.659
 sounds

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.260
 serious

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.240
 to you,

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:17.539
 it is.

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.739
 And this

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.579
 is not

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.399
 a popular

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.519
 section of

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.919
 scripture.

00:41:23.879 --> 00:41:24.519
 And for

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.159
 good reason,

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.799
 this isn't

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:26.379
 pleasant,

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.419
 but sadly,

00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:29.219
 it is on

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:30.099
 sad occasion

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.139
 necessary.

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:32.259
 When someone

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:32.819
 has so

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:33.500
 hardened

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.599
 themselves in

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.059
 sin,

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:36.319
 this warped

00:41:36.319 --> 00:41:37.419
 and self-condemning

00:41:37.419 --> 00:41:38.259
 state that

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:38.919
 will not

00:41:38.919 --> 00:41:39.500
 accept

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.239
 reconciliation,

00:41:40.859 --> 00:41:41.479
 we don't

00:41:41.479 --> 00:41:42.339
 condemn them,

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:43.340
 we recognize

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.200
 that they

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:45.140
 are self-

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:46.260
 condemned.

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.800
 Isn't that

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.260
 judging?

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:52.360
 Maybe you're

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:53.380
 wondering that.

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.360
 It is.

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:57.660
 As we

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.280
 were commanded

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.840
 to do.

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.600
 1 Corinthians

00:42:01.600 --> 00:42:02.660
 chapter 5,

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.340
 Paul says,

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.880
 I'm writing

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.579
 to you not

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.320
 to associate

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.079
 with anyone

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.620
 who bears

00:42:07.620 --> 00:42:08.180
 the name

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:08.980
 of brother.

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:09.440
 Let me say

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.920
 that again.

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.619
 who bears

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.360
 the name

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.320
 of brother.

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.599
 If he is

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.320
 guilty of

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.960
 sexual

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.720
 immorality

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.700
 or greed,

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.820
 or is an

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.659
 idolater,

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.400
 reviler,

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.019
 drunkard,

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.619
 or swindler,

00:42:20.680 --> 00:42:21.280
 not even to

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.059
 eat with

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.800
 such a one,

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.440
 for what

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.840
 have I to

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.159
 do with

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.480
 judging

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.220
 outsiders?

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.099
 Is it

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.880
 not those

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:28.180
 inside the

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:28.880
 church whom

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.440
 you are

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:30.300
 to judge?

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.700
 God judges

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.639
 those outside.

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.880
 Purge the

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:35.159
 evil person

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.300
 from among

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.639
 you.

00:42:38.720 --> 00:42:39.320
 Fourth

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:39.860
 question.

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:42.300
 what is

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.860
 the goal

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:44.119
 of removal?

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.280
 What's

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.880
 the point?

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:48.820
 Couldn't

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.519
 we just

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:51.300
 leave it

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.800
 alone?

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.500
 Well,

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.820
 there are

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.619
 many goals.

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.820
 Obedience

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.680
 for one,

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.240
 as I hope

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.760
 we've seen,

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.420
 this clear

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.380
 command of

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.680
 scripture,

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.460
 our witness

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:01.099
 for another.

00:43:01.220 --> 00:43:01.539
 What does

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.519
 the outside

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.400
 world say

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.400
 when we

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:05.760
 let a

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.900
 divisiveness,

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.740
 a spirit

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:08.320
 of division

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.940
 exist in

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.480
 the church?

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:12.200
 a warning

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.940
 for other

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.420
 believers,

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.019
 the purity

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.400
 of the

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.659
 church,

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.280
 the glory

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.599
 of God,

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.180
 but another

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:18.039
 goal of

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.519
 removal,

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.980
 I want us

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.680
 to see this,

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.840
 is love.

00:43:22.700 --> 00:43:23.559
 It's love.

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:26.599
 Our hope

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.880
 and our prayer

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.759
 in removing

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:31.059
 anyone is

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.099
 that by the

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.639
 grace of

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:32.960
 God,

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:33.400
 they be

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.519
 awakened to

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.019
 the depth

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.420
 of their

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:35.799
 sin,

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.179
 that they

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.980
 see it

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.380
 for what

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:37.860
 it is,

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.179
 and that

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.719
 they be

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:40.099
 restored in

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.380
 full,

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.940
 both to

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:41.639
 the Lord

00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:42.500
 and to

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.380
 the church.

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.339
 The first

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:46.219
 Corinthians 5,

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:46.619
 again,

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.099
 he says,

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.920
 when you

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.779
 are assembled,

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.440
 church,

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.019
 in the name

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.519
 of the Lord

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.900
 Jesus,

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.639
 and my

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.299
 spirit is

00:43:52.299 --> 00:43:53.519
 present with

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.119
 the power

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.819
 of the Lord

00:43:54.819 --> 00:43:55.239
 Jesus,

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:55.940
 you are to

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.039
 deliver this

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.739
 man to

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.880
 Satan for

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.519
 the destruction

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.579
 of the flesh.

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.179
 He says,

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.179
 send him out

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.960
 of the church

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.599
 and into

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.339
 the world.

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.900
 Treat him,

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.579
 as Matthew 18

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.019
 says,

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:07.480
 as a Gentile

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.239
 or a tax

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:08.679
 collector.

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.079
 But look

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.299
 here,

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.279
 here's the

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:10.559
 goal,

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:12.480
 so that

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.860
 his spirit

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:15.099
 may be

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:16.039
 saved

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.900
 in the

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:18.119
 day of

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.739
 the Lord.

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.739
 The goal

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:21.400
 is salvation,

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.579
 is redemption,

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:26.340
 is restored

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:27.699
 unity.

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.480
 So church,

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.159
 we close

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:30.000
 here with

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:30.980
 hope.

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:32.380
 This is the

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.960
 hope of the

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.360
 gospel.

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:36.000
 No sinner

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.699
 is too

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.799
 far gone.

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:41.300
 No sinner

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:42.960
 is too

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.860
 far

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.720
 gone.

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.220
 So long

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:45.620
 as there

00:44:45.620 --> 00:44:46.280
 is breath

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:46.900
 in our

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.519
 lungs,

00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:47.940
 there is

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.780
 opportunity,

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.700
 there is

00:44:49.700 --> 00:44:50.580
 invitation

00:44:50.580 --> 00:44:51.740
 to repent

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:52.280
 of our

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:52.680
 sin,

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.620
 to cast

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:54.200
 ourselves

00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:54.560
 and to

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.400
 trust in

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.900
 Christ,

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.320
 there is

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:56.860
 hope for

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:58.140
 the worst,

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.400
 most hardened,

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.800
 most difficult,

00:45:01.080 --> 00:45:02.220
 most divisive,

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:03.380
 most ruined

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:04.260
 sinner in

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.800
 the world.

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.180
 Like the

00:45:05.180 --> 00:45:06.120
 prodigal son,

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:06.560
 if they would

00:45:06.560 --> 00:45:07.740
 only recognize

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:08.399
 their state

00:45:08.399 --> 00:45:09.000
 and come

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.839
 back home,

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.699
 they would

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.359
 with open

00:45:11.359 --> 00:45:12.759
 arms be

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:14.059
 received by

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.719
 their father.

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:16.799
 Paul knew

00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:17.199
 this,

00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:17.719
 didn't he?

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.319
 Murderer

00:45:20.319 --> 00:45:20.739
 of the

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:21.239
 church,

00:45:22.439 --> 00:45:23.259
 persecutor

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:24.479
 of Christ,

00:45:25.399 --> 00:45:26.119
 the chief

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:27.599
 of sinners,

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:29.579
 rescued

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:30.719
 from his

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.000
 sin by

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.399
 the grace

00:45:32.399 --> 00:45:33.000
 of God,

00:45:34.279 --> 00:45:35.239
 restored to

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:36.019
 fellowship with

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:37.019
 Christ and

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.659
 his people,

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:39.420
 the church.

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.519
 The saying

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.420
 is trustworthy

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:43.320
 and deserving

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.119
 of full

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:45.039
 acceptance that

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:46.360
 Christ Jesus

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.199
 came into

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:47.719
 the world

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:48.320
 to save

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:49.039
 sinners of

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.780
 whom I

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.679
 am the

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.139
 foremost,

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.000
 but I

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:53.019
 received mercy

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.880
 for this

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.780
 reason,

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:55.519
 Paul says,

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:57.000
 that in me

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.480
 as the

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:57.940
 foremost

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.639
 sinner,

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:00.019
 Jesus Christ

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.739
 might display

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:01.840
 his perfect

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:03.480
 patience as

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.159
 an example

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:04.860
 to those

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.219
 who were

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.800
 to believe

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:06.320
 in him

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.519
 for eternal

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.079
 life.

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:10.960
 Do you

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:11.460
 believe that

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:11.860
 gospel?

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:15.460
 Rejoice

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.619
 that your

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:18.059
 sins have

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.619
 been forgiven.

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:21.000
 Rejoice

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:22.440
 that you

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:23.059
 as an

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.920
 undeserving

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:24.780
 sinner have

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:26.559
 been reconciled

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.400
 to God

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.340
 by the blood

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:28.880
 of Christ

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.460
 and rejoice

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:31.260
 that by grace

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:31.820
 through faith

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.180
 you have

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.680
 been brought

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.460
 into one

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:33.980
 big,

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:34.660
 messy,

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.820
 happy family

00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:37.140
 called the

00:46:37.140 --> 00:46:37.660
 church.

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.800
 Do you

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.400
 love that

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:39.820
 mess?

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:41.960
 Do you

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.320
 love the

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:42.760
 church?

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.920
 God does.

00:46:46.140 --> 00:46:46.840
 Those who

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.360
 came through

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:48.140
 last week's

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:49.140
 membership class,

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:50.140
 they read

00:46:50.140 --> 00:46:50.600
 through our

00:46:50.600 --> 00:46:51.300
 church covenant

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:52.580
 line by line,

00:46:52.660 --> 00:46:53.100
 that's a list

00:46:53.100 --> 00:46:53.340
 of our

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.960
 commitments that

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.500
 we plan to

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:55.240
 make to

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:55.780
 one another

00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:56.539
 and the

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.340
 very first

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.960
 one on

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.380
 the list,

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.640
 you know

00:46:58.640 --> 00:46:59.140
 what it is?

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.160
 We will

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.759
 pursue

00:47:01.759 --> 00:47:02.759
 unity,

00:47:03.259 --> 00:47:05.199
 working and

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:06.059
 praying for

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.679
 the unity

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:07.299
 of the

00:47:07.299 --> 00:47:08.059
 spirit in

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.699
 the bond

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.859
 of peace,

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:11.460
 working and

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:12.799
 praying for

00:47:12.799 --> 00:47:13.460
 the unity.

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:14.059
 Are you?

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.299
 Are you

00:47:16.299 --> 00:47:16.699
 committed

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:18.779
 to pursue

00:47:18.779 --> 00:47:19.719
 unity?

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.279
 Would you

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:23.699
 commit now

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:24.339
 not to make

00:47:24.339 --> 00:47:24.980
 mountains out

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.299
 of mole

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:26.039
 hills here?

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:28.399
 Church,

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.699
 would you

00:47:28.699 --> 00:47:29.420
 commit now

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:30.579
 to not

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:31.680
 divide over

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.599
 little things,

00:47:32.680 --> 00:47:32.980
 to not

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.740
 fight or

00:47:33.740 --> 00:47:34.460
 fuss over

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:35.300
 minor things,

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:35.599
 to not

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.519
 obsess over

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.460
 minor things?

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:38.039
 Would you

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:39.059
 commit now

00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:39.539
 to make

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:40.460
 Christ in

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:41.099
 the glory

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.760
 of God

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.519
 the center

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:42.940
 of our

00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:43.340
 attention

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:43.840
 together

00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:44.579
 as a

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:44.860
 church?

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:45.180
 Would you

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:46.240
 just commit

00:47:46.240 --> 00:47:46.599
 to do

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:46.860
 that?

00:47:48.700 --> 00:47:49.159
 Would you

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.900
 make that

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:50.559
 the priority

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.260
 of your

00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:51.840
 heart as

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.559
 an individual

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.099
 as you

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.099
 soak in

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.460
 the word

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:54.920
 of God

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:55.720
 this week?

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.079
 Would you

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:56.740
 seek the

00:47:56.740 --> 00:47:57.760
 main things?

00:47:57.760 --> 00:47:58.900
 devote your

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.380
 life to

00:47:59.380 --> 00:47:59.900
 Christ in

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.420
 the gospel?

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.620
 And would

00:48:02.620 --> 00:48:03.160
 we commit

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:03.740
 as a church

00:48:03.740 --> 00:48:05.480
 family to

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.160
 obey the

00:48:06.160 --> 00:48:06.600
 word of

00:48:06.600 --> 00:48:07.000
 God?

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.180
 There's

00:48:09.180 --> 00:48:09.680
 parts that

00:48:09.680 --> 00:48:10.240
 are easy,

00:48:11.140 --> 00:48:11.880
 there's maybe

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.380
 a few of

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.740
 those,

00:48:13.540 --> 00:48:14.460
 and those

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:14.720
 that are

00:48:14.720 --> 00:48:15.260
 harder to

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:15.580
 swallow.

00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:17.720
 Would we

00:48:17.720 --> 00:48:18.140
 submit

00:48:18.140 --> 00:48:19.560
 ourselves to

00:48:19.560 --> 00:48:20.380
 his word

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:21.220
 for the

00:48:21.220 --> 00:48:21.640
 sake of

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:22.420
 his glory

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:23.200
 and the

00:48:23.200 --> 00:48:23.480
 good of

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:24.080
 the church?

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:26.340
 Our

00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:27.120
 great physician

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:28.079
 heals the

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.460
 sick,

00:48:28.739 --> 00:48:29.019
 church,

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.920
 and the

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.460
 body of

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:30.799
 Christ,

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.639
 despite our

00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:32.339
 flaws,

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.259
 despite our

00:48:33.259 --> 00:48:33.819
 weakness,

00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:34.659
 will one

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:36.099
 day be

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:37.259
 radiant.

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.539
 Let's pursue

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:40.940
 that with

00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:41.400
 eagerness.

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:42.339
 Amen?

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.940
 Let's pray.

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.599
 Father God,

00:48:47.659 --> 00:48:48.279
 we thank you

00:48:48.279 --> 00:48:49.739
 for your

00:48:49.739 --> 00:48:50.199
 word,

00:48:50.779 --> 00:48:51.579
 and we

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:52.380
 pray that

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:53.539
 what was

00:48:53.539 --> 00:48:54.219
 good and

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:54.839
 true and

00:48:54.839 --> 00:48:55.579
 helpful of

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:56.239
 any that I

00:48:56.239 --> 00:48:56.799
 just said

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:57.500
 would stick

00:48:57.500 --> 00:48:58.940
 and if

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.180
 there was

00:48:59.180 --> 00:49:00.000
 any untruth,

00:49:00.080 --> 00:49:00.380
 anything

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:00.960
 unhelpful,

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.280
 would it

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:02.260
 fall out

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:02.640
 of our

00:49:02.640 --> 00:49:03.220
 ears and

00:49:03.220 --> 00:49:03.600
 hit the

00:49:03.600 --> 00:49:04.180
 ground and

00:49:04.180 --> 00:49:04.640
 be forgotten?

00:49:05.600 --> 00:49:05.860
 Lord,

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.700
 we ask that

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.180
 you would be

00:49:07.180 --> 00:49:07.800
 made much

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:08.539
 of here

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:09.440
 among us.

00:49:09.640 --> 00:49:09.780
 Lord,

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.640
 we ask that

00:49:10.640 --> 00:49:11.820
 we would be

00:49:11.820 --> 00:49:12.580
 a unified

00:49:12.580 --> 00:49:13.519
 body,

00:49:14.680 --> 00:49:15.240
 unified in

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:15.700
 the gospel

00:49:15.700 --> 00:49:16.340
 of Christ.

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:18.100
 Keep that

00:49:18.100 --> 00:49:18.680
 at the center

00:49:18.680 --> 00:49:19.660
 of our hearts

00:49:19.660 --> 00:49:20.060
 and of our

00:49:20.060 --> 00:49:20.380
 lives.

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:20.920
 We love you.

00:49:21.180 --> 00:49:21.660
 We pray this

00:49:21.660 --> 00:49:22.019
 in Jesus'

00:49:22.220 --> 00:49:22.360
 name.

00:49:23.080 --> 00:49:23.320
 Amen.

00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:23.440
 Amen.

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:23.480
 Amen.

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.519
 Amen.

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:23.560
 Amen.

00:49:23.560 --> 00:49:23.580
 Amen.

00:49:23.580 --> 00:49:23.600
 Amen.

00:49:23.600 --> 00:49:24.120
 Amen.

00:49:24.120 --> 00:49:25.480
 Amen.

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:26.480
 Amen.

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:26.800
 Amen.

00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:26.900
 Amen.

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:28.000
 Amen.

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.179
 Amen.

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:28.920
 Amen.

00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:29.219
 Amen.

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:29.920
 Amen.

00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:30.260
 Amen.

00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:30.820
 Amen.

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:31.000
 Amen.

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.019
 Amen.

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:31.260
 Amen.

00:49:31.260 --> 00:49:32.139
 Amen.

00:49:32.139 --> 00:49:32.240
 Amen.

00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:44.880
 Absolutely.

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:45.019
 Amen.

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:45.480
 Amen.

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:46.559
 Amen.

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:46.699
 Amen.

00:49:46.699 --> 00:49:46.820
 Amen.

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:47.280
 Amen.

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.219
 Amen.

00:49:48.219 --> 00:49:48.240
 Amen.

00:49:48.240 --> 00:49:48.300
 Amen.

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:49.280
 Amen.

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:50.340
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