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 The scripture reading comes from Colossians chapter 3 verses 12 to 17.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin or on the screen.

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 Put on then as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

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 bearing with one another, and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other,

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 as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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 And above all this put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony,

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 and let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.

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 And be thankful, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Before I do that pastoral prayer and we kind of look at this passage,

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 I just want to say a massive thank you to you as a congregation.

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 Fiona and I and Etienne have just been so blessed by able to take some time away.

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 As you can see, we've had a little bit of transition in our family.

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 And during this time, we've been able to really spend a lot of time together as a family,

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 and particularly even in the UK.

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 Some of you know my dad had a stroke back in August,

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 and we were able to really spend a lot of time with him.

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 And just the physios who are looking after him just said,

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 your timing of coming has just been absolutely miraculous,

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 because it was the perfect time to come.

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 And as I was looking at my dad, who basically,

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 it was like having two kind of babies in the house.

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 I don't know if you know about strokes, but my dad's been stripped of everything.

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 He can almost, he's learning how to walk again.

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 He's learning how to dress himself again.

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 He's learning how to go to the toilet by himself.

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 And yet in the midst of all of this,

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 he said to me something just that really, really struck me.

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 He said, you know, I've been stripped of everything.

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 You know, when you're 76 years old, you've got a lot of life behind you.

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 And to be kind of back like a baby, it's very humbling.

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 But he said, I've been stripped of everything.

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 But in this place, I realize

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 that when you have nothing left,

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 Jesus is all that you need.

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 And as we kind of think about all that's going on at the moment,

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 I want us to pray just in the light of that

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 and to just ask God to come and be with us

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 and to work in our city.

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 So would you come and pray with me, the pastoral prayer?

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 And don't just listen to me praying.

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 Let's just pray this together and I'll lead you.

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 So please bow your heads and let's pray.

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 Father, we live in what seem to be very troubled times.

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 A lot of fear.

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 A lot of suspicion.

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 A lot of division.

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 A lot of criticism.

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 And yet this is the world that you came in.

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 Your son, Jesus Christ, came.

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 And you said and you called a group of people,

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 your disciples, a messy bunch of people.

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 And you said, my peace I give to you.

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 I don't give as the world gives.

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 I give as I give.

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 And Father, you gave Jesus to be our prince of peace.

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 We pray, Lord, that you would draw near to us today

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 as your people in all our anxieties,

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 in all our uncertainties, in all our failures.

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 Bring us your peace.

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 Because if we have you,

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 then we have everything that we need, Lord.

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 Lord, you're our refuge in the storm.

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 You're a firm foundation.

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 You're an anchor that is never swayed.

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 Forgive us, Father, where we have put our hopes

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 on shifting sands.

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 We have so much from you,

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 and yet we feel that our life

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 is more in the gifts you've given us

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 than in you, ourself.

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 We look to our stuff that we have,

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 the plans that we have,

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 the certainties that we have,

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 that you tell us that our life is in you.

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 Help us to believe that, Lord.

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 Help us to go deeper in our hearts, Lord.

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 Because you are rock solid.

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 Teach us to trust you,

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 the one who's the never failing rock of ages.

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 Drive the gospel deeper into our hearts.

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 So that even if everything is stripped away from us

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 and our city and all these other things,

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 if we have you, we have everything that we need.

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 Lord, we just completely pray for Wuhan

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 and for all those who are affected there by the virus.

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 We pray for our brothers and sisters,

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 particularly in that province.

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 Lord, I pray that you would be their confidence

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 at this time, that they would know

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 that their lives are utterly in your hands

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 and they are immortal until you decide

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 it is their time to go.

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 May they mirror your sacrificial love

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 for the people there

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 by not running away from people,

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 but running towards them with your love.

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 Protect them, we pray,

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 and even in this terrible situation,

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 would you use it for good?

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 Would you draw people to yourself through this?

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 We pray for the medical workers.

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 We pray for the government officials.

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 We pray that you protect them.

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 You give them wisdom.

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 You give them grace.

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 You keep their hearts from fear.

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 Just give them wisdom to know how to treat patients

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 and how to deal with the situation wisely, Lord.

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 And we pray, Lord, against fear

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 just further dividing our society.

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 Prince of peace, would you come?

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 And Lord, we also want to pray,

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 I want to pray for India too at this time, Lord.

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 It just, there's a country with so much beauty

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 but so much darkness, Lord.

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 Just even this last week

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 with the hostage taking of 20 children,

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 the beating of a man's wife to death,

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 the persecution of believers,

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 the protests of a religious freedom,

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 we just pray for our partners in the church in Delhi,

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 for Akshay and Shruti there.

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 We just pray, would you give their church

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 boldness and confidence to witness to you

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 in the midst of all of this situation.

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 Use them to release many from darkness into your light.

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 And Father, finally, we just want to pray

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 also for the students here.

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 Lord, even in the disruption of their classes

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 and kids not being able to go to school,

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 we pray in the midst of this turmoil

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 that they would just have, again,

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 this courage and this confidence

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 that even when it feels like there's so little time

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 and there's so much pressure on,

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 that they can know that you've got this one.

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 That their life, their grades,

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 their future is utterly in your hands

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 and they can trust you.

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 Thank you that you are our Prince of Peace.

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 You are our Rock of Ages.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 So if you have your bulletin open,

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 we're going to be looking through at this passage.

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 And we're really following on from the series

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 that we've started, the Watermark Essentials.

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 And if you haven't been here, like me,

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 you can listen back to some of the previous sermons.

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 And we're going through the three core values

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 that we have as a church,

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 which are...

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 Very good.

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 Okay.

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 A few of you.

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 Okay.

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 The rest of you can just look on the banner and cheat.

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 But what, as Kevin said earlier,

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 there is a virus which is infecting us.

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 There's a virus which is destroying

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 and devastating relationships, communities,

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 individuals' lives throughout this city.

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 And it's a virus which is more significant

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 than the coronavirus.

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 And that is sin.

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 And as Kevin said earlier,

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 sin is not just what the Bible says,

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 sin is not just doing bad stuff.

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 It's a heart that wants to go our own way,

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 wants to rely on ourselves,

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 wants to live life in our timing,

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 in our way,

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 in the way that we think things should happen

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 and rejects the way God has designed us

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 and called us into relationship with himself.

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 And we've seen over the last few weeks

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 that in the gospel message,

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 the gospel message is not good advice

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 to try and self-cure yourself

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 because the disease is too deadly

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 for your little bit of moral improvement

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 to fix you.

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 But the gospel is this good news

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 that Jesus Christ,

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 he lived the life that you and I couldn't live

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 free from this virus.

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 And he died the death that you and I should have died

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 so that we could have this restored,

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 healed relationship with him

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 and with each other.

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 And as we believe and trust

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 in this gospel message in Christ,

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 that gospel then is not just the entrance point

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 into the community of faith,

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 it's also the power to transform our lives.

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 And that's what we've been looking at.

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 And the power to make us more and more like Jesus.

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 And so I want to show today,

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 we've been looking at gospel,

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 how that gospel message then flows into our life

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 as a church in the community.

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 So I'm going to look at three things, okay?

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 It's a classic sermon with three points.

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 So you're not going to be too confused.

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 The first one,

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 a chosen people formed by the gospel,

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 a messy people,

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 a sinful people changed by the gospel,

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 and then a word-filled people speaking the gospel.

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 Okay?

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 So have your passage open

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 and we're going to have a look through.

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 So a chosen people.

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 Just some background.

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 The book of Colossians

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 is written by Paul

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 to a small house church

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 in a place in Turkey,

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 which some of us have been very close to,

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 called Colossae.

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 And this church is probably a mix

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 of Jews and non-Jews, Gentiles,

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 in the midst of the pagan Roman Empire.

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 And Paul has spent three chapters,

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 as Kevin said last week,

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 telling the Colossians

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 that Jesus is so much better

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 than all the philosophies

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 that are going around.

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 These were philosophies

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 which told you

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 if you just rely on yourself,

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 if you just get a bit of self-improvement,

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 you can make your life

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 a better you.

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 And they had these things

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 that if you're keeping the rules,

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 then you're kind of in,

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 in the in crowd.

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 And if you're breaking the rules,

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 then you're out.

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 And the Jews had certain rules,

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 like don't eat pork,

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 circumcise,

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 keep the Sabbath.

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 And the non-Jews

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 had certain rules,

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 like eat pork,

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 don't restrict my diet,

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 like don't impose on my freedom,

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 worship all these other gods,

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 don't kind of restrict yourself

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 down to one.

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 The Jewish people

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 had a license to performance

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 of everything that they wanted

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 to do through the rules.

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 Some people wanted to do everything

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 breaking the rules.

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 And the clash of cultures and rules

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 often resulted in division

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 and separation.

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 But Paul has been saying

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 that now in the gospel,

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 Jesus who's the supreme Lord

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 of all creation,

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 he's the ruler and sustainer

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 of everything,

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 through his death,

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 he has brought together

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 these people who are totally divided,

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 and he's brought them together

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 in one radically different community.

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 Not based on a performance

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 to a whole lot of rules,

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 not based on a license to sin

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 and do whatever you want,

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 but based on the gospel,

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 and this is what we call church.

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 So,

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 if I were to ask you,

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 what is church?

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 What would you normally say?

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 Anyone?

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 Sorry.

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 You're whispering very loudly.

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 Sorry?

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 A community of believers?

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 Where you get baptized?

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 Yes.

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 We have all kinds of definitions of church.

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 Some of us think it's a building,

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 some of us actually think

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 it's a meeting place.

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 Many of us will say,

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 oh,

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 it's a community of believers,

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 but functionally,

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 we treat it as something different.

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 But,

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 here's Paul's definition of church,

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 or one of his.

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 He says,

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 verse 12,

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 put on then,

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 as God's chosen people,

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 holy and beloved,

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 or dearly loved.

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 God's chosen people,

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 holy and beloved.

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 And what he's doing,

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 he's taking a title from the Old Testament

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 for Israel.

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 People who were chosen out of many nations

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 to know and be in this covenant relationship

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 with the living God.

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 They had to be given his word and his promises,

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 and then to live,

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 they were called to then live a distinctive lifestyle

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 among the nations,

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 so that other people would know that he truly is God.

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 And what he does,

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 what Paul does,

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 is he takes this same title,

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 and now he says to this little group of believers in Turkey,

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 and he says,

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 just as God chose Israel to be his special people,

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 so God has chosen you.

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 He's chosen you

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 to be his people.

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 You know,

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 when I was growing up,

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 and I'm sure you do this in Hong Kong as well,

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 but we used to play football in the playground.

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 And so whenever we'd start playing football,

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 people would pick teams.

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 And you know,

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 there was always one kid who was left at the end

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 who nobody wanted

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 because he was useless at football.

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 And everyone would be going,

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 oh, you have him.

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 You have him.

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 No, no, I don't want him.

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 You have him.

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 And the thing is,

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 what God comes along,

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 and he says,

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 you are like that kid.

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 That kid is you and me.

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 Because your performance

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 really doesn't stand up to anything.

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 But I'll have you.

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 I'll have you for my team.

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 Not based on anything that you have done.

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 Not based on anything of how great you are,

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 but based on something of how great I am.

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 And how great my love is for you.

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 You know,

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 the Israelites,

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 in the book of Deuteronomy,

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 God says to them,

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 I didn't choose you

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 because you're more numerous,

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 because you are amazing.

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 I chose you because I loved you.

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 I chose you because I loved you

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 to show my power and my glory

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 to people around.

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 Which means this.

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 Church is not my idea or your idea.

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 It's God's idea.

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 And church is not just a place you go to.

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 It's an identity.

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 It's a people you belong to.

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 Jesus didn't save us

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 to go to a meeting once a week.

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 Did you know that?

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 He saved us

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 to be part of his people.

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 random selfish individuals

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 brought together

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 to be his family for his glory.

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 It's his choice.

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 His initiative.

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 And it's not just an identity

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 initiated by God.

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 He then says,

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 your chosen people,

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 holy.

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 Do you know what holy means?

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 Holy means set apart

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 for God.

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 Belonging to him.

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 We're his.

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 You know,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 there's Moses.

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 When he sees this burning bush,

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 he comes and approaches

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 the burning bush.

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 And God says to him,

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 take off your sandals

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 because you are standing

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 on holy ground.

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 Why is it holy?

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 It's holy

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 because God's presence is there.

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 It's reserved for God.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 you and I are reserved for God.

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 Did you know that?

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 His church is reserved for God.

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 That is an incredible privilege.

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 You know,

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 when I married my wife,

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 I became set apart for her.

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 I'm hers and she's mine.

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 Now the thing is,

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 that cannot just be an idea in my head.

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 That shapes me.

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 I can no longer do everything I could do

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 when I was single.

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 If I try,

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 things won't go well.

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 Because I've got a new identity.

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 I'm not my own,

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 Paul says.

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 I was bought at a price.

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 Which when we're talking about church,

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 means this.

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 If we're holy to God,

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 it means this is God's church.

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 It's not my church.

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 It's not Kevin's church.

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 It's not the elder's church.

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 It's his church.

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 Which means something

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 even more uncomfortable.

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 It means,

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 if this is truly his church,

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 then there should always be something in church

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 which will make you uncomfortable.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because if everything's comfortable

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 for a sinful person like me,

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 I've probably made it into my church,

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 not God's church.

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 Right?

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 Because I want it the way I want it,

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 not the way God wants it.

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 And so like,

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 we come along on a Sunday morning

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 and we go,

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 I wonder if the sermon's gonna be good today.

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 Or you're in your CG

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 and you're like,

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 I just don't click with my CG leader.

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 I think I'd like to go and join another CG.

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 Rather than going,

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 God, this is about you.

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 So how can I worship you

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 and serve you

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 and love the people around me?

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 How can I love even these people

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 I don't always get on with?

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 Well,

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 because we're holy people.

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 We belong to him.

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 We're his.

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 We're chosen.

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 And also,

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 thirdly,

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 he says here,

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 we're beloved.

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 We're dearly loved.

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 Do you know Jesus loves this church?

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 Oscar knows it.

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 Just look around you, okay?

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 Look around you

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 at the motley crew

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 that is around you right now

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 and say to the person next to you,

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 God says you are part of

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 his chosen,

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 holy,

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 dearly loved people.

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 And,

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 God says you are part of

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 your kingdom.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 He's chosen.

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 Now,

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 I know somebody,

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 I know somebody

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 who is considering

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 donating their kidney

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 for their brother

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 to save his life

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 because

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 even though the operation

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 is very dangerous

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 and could have consequences

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 for him,

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 he loves his brother

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 that much

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 that he's willing to do it.

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 Do you know,

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 Jesus didn't just give a kidney

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 for us,

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 for his church.

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 He gave his life for us.

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 That's how much he loves

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 and delights in the church.

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 And he doesn't delight in it

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 just worldwide,

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 although that's true.

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 He delights in a specific

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 individual church.

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 Regardless of your sin,

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 regardless of your past,

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 regardless of anything

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 you have done before,

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 his love is upon us

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 if you are a believer in him.

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 He died

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 so that the person

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 sitting next to you

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 could be sitting next to you

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 here right now

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 because he wanted them

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 in this church.

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 Did you know that?

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 You might not want them

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 in this church.

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 You might be wishing

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 they were in another church,

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 but Jesus wanted them here.

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 And it's his church.

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 It's not our church.

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 And so the question is,

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 if I love Jesus,

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 I'm called to love

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 those he loves.

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 So do I love them?

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 Do I see them as his family?

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 How does the gospel

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 help us to become better lovers

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 of those God loves?

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 Let's have a look at that.

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 We said the gospel

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 is what creates this community.

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 We're chosen,

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 we're holy,

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 we're dearly loved.

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 We're people from many,

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 many different backgrounds.

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 And second point,

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 we're sinful people

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 changed by the gospel.

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 You know,

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 Kevin said last week

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 that it's easy

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 for people to believe

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 we become a Christian

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 through just believing

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 this gospel message

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 and then we kind of move on

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 to like a whole load

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 of working hard

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 spiritual practices,

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 pray hard,

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 do a lot of good

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 moral behavior.

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 And it's very easy

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 in the same way

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 to do that.

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 When we join the church,

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 we come to join the church

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 through believing the gospel

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 and then we think

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 that actually we kind of

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 carry on as church

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 through being very moral

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 and good

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 and behaving well.

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 That's why some non-believers

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 have said to me,

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 I don't want to come to church

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 because I'm not good enough.

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 You ever had people say that?

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 Do you know,

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 church should be the very place

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 that messed up people

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 feel most welcome.

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 Right?

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 Why?

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 Well,

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 let's have a look at this.

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 Paul knows this.

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 He says,

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 verse 12,

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 put on then

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 as God's chosen,

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 holy and beloved.

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 Put on.

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 You know,

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 when you get up in the morning,

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 you're going to look

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 in your wardrobe

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 and you decide

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 what you're going to wear.

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 Right?

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 You have to put something on.

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 What Paul is saying is,

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 every morning,

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 you have to decide

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:16.539
 what are you going to put on,

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.259
 what attitude

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.720
 you're going to dress yourself in.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.640
 Am I going to dress myself

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:22.079
 in what Christ has done

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.640
 for my identity in the gospel

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.019
 or just in my own selfish ways?

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.700
 So he says,

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.559
 put on then,

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.640
 what does he say

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.279
 you've got to put on?

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.900
 Compassionate hearts,

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.680
 kindness,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.420
 humility,

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.079
 meekness,

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.660
 patience,

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.220
 bearing with one another.

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.880
 And if one has a complaint

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.759
 against another,

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:39.039
 forgiving each other

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.799
 as the Lord has forgiven you,

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:43.319
 so also you must forgive.

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.299
 If you have a look

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.259
 at that list of qualities,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.180
 how many of you would like

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.039
 to have those qualities

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.920
 in your relationships?

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.059
 Okay,

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.819
 good number.

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.079
 Well,

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.920
 just think about it.

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.920
 Why do you need

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.599
 to have compassionate hearts?

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.839
 Because people

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.420
 that you come into,

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.440
 even today,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.259
 are more broken

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.160
 than you realize.

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.799
 Why do you need kindness?

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.619
 Because there's going to be

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.379
 a whole lot of times

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.980
 when you're tempted

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.440
 to be harsh and judgmental.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:19.299
 Why do you need meekness?

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.079
 Because you're going

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.640
 to be tempted

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.440
 to try and push

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.460
 your own way forward

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.119
 all the time.

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.460
 Paul says,

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.759
 bear with one another

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.500
 in love.

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.299
 That means be in the long

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.180
 haul with people.

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.799
 Don't just tolerate them.

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.279
 Keep persevering

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.900
 in loving them.

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.740
 Don't back out.

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.200
 Now,

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.920
 why do you need

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.700
 to command someone

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.740
 to bear with people?

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.000
 Because sometimes

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.319
 people can be unbearable,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.319
 right?

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.799
 Especially Christians.

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.119
 Right?

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.900
 You see,

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.819
 living out

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.400
 what God has called us to

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.859
 is hard work.

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.720
 It's messy

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.759
 because we're a bunch

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.200
 of sinners.

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.799
 And if you put

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.480
 one sinner

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.660
 and another sinner

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.279
 together

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.359
 in the same room,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.420
 it's like putting

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.240
 stones together.

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.160
 And you rub them

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.619
 long enough,

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.299
 what do you get?

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.720
 Sparks or fireworks,

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.160
 right?

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:07.259
 Right?

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.160
 And in one sense,

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.240
 what Paul knows

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.240
 is the reality

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.839
 that actually,

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.180
 if you are in church

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.920
 long enough,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.700
 there will be conflict.

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.299
 There will be times

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.759
 it rubs up against you.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.420
 And if you never

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.220
 have conflict

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.980
 in your CGs,

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.019
 your community groups,

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.700
 then that's a clear

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.380
 sign to you

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.799
 that you're simply

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.920
 either not close enough

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.380
 to each other

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.160
 or not honest enough

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.720
 with each other.

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:38.240
 because at Watermark,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.120
 we've really tried

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:40.220
 to build a stronger

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.059
 sense of community.

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.120
 And I don't know

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.420
 about you,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.960
 but community is

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.779
 such a blessing

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.720
 to us.

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:44.940
 Like,

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.759
 while we've been away,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.759
 just guys have been

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.200
 amazing.

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:50.059
 But there is a danger

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.700
 for us,

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.980
 and the danger is

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.480
 that we surround

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.539
 ourselves with people

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.480
 we like and people

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.279
 who are like us,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.839
 and we call it

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.680
 Christian community.

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.299
 Church the way

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.880
 we want it.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.100
 You know,

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.740
 you go to community

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.220
 lunch,

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.460
 and who do you

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.059
 sit with?

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.920
 You just sit with

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.240
 the people

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.259
 who are just like you.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.660
 But you have to think

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.279
 what Paul is saying.

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.240
 Has that displayed

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.860
 the gospel

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.640
 where Jew

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.860
 and non-Jew,

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.079
 where rich and poor,

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.319
 where single and married

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.440
 are brought together

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.039
 in Jesus?

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.259
 I might want to put

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.980
 to you that maybe

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.980
 that isn't gospel

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.120
 created community.

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.480
 Sometimes we may be

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.259
 creating our own

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.799
 community,

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.519
 and just avoiding

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.420
 the rub,

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.420
 the awkwardness,

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.660
 the challenge

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:34.180
 of Christ-centered

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.820
 community.

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.320
 Because we're

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.960
 a bunch of sinners.

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.180
 But,

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.580
 God's chosen people,

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.259
 if I left you with that,

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.720
 that would just

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.800
 depress you.

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.960
 But God's chosen people

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.340
 are his means

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.640
 to take the gospel

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:53.080
 deeper into your heart.

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.220
 Tim Keller,

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.820
 and I know we've said

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.420
 this a number of times,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.960
 so I think it's just

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.279
 helpful,

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.700
 summarizes the gospel

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.059
 as you're more sinful

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.580
 than you dare believe,

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.500
 and you're more loved

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.559
 than you dare hope.

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.380
 Right?

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.440
 The gospel tells us

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.140
 that we're sinners.

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.259
 You need a grace.

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.100
 But actually,

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.120
 I think in practice,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.059
 most of us don't really

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.200
 think we're that sinful.

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.759
 Or,

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.720
 we actually don't

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.500
 really believe

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.220
 that other people

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.680
 in the church

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.840
 are that sinful

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:24.220
 until you experience it.

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:26.980
 until you experience

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.279
 something of the difference

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.680
 of them.

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.100
 And it brings out

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.819
 your own sin.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.759
 And sometimes,

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.779
 it's not even their own sin,

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.559
 it's sometimes the fact

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.980
 that they're just

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.839
 different from you.

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.339
 But you see,

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.460
 your heart gets exposed.

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:38.779
 You know,

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.680
 I don't think

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.779
 I'm that judgmental.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.779
 But I was once asked

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.900
 to usher

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.620
 at a wedding

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:47.319
 of some Nigerian

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.180
 Christian friends

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.860
 of a friend

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:50.000
 who had very little money.

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.420
 And so I agreed

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.039
 to help out.

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.240
 And so the wedding

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.720
 was 11,

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.759
 I arrived at 10,

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.019
 there was no one.

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.259
 10.15,

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.940
 10.30,

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.720
 10.45,

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.620
 10.50,

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:02.120
 no one turned up.

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:04.420
 About 10.50,

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.299
 the groom arrived.

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.200
 And then,

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.680
 there was kind of

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.640
 this slow trickle

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.059
 of people

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.980
 suddenly started arriving.

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.880
 About 11.15,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.160
 things started kicking off

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.620
 a little bit.

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.700
 So I decided to go down

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.480
 five minutes down the road

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.500
 to the reception venue

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.180
 just to see

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.819
 what was going on.

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.259
 I walked into the hall.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.059
 There was nothing.

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.960
 There were tables

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.579
 just kind of

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.600
 up at the side

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.660
 and there was no one.

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.319
 And I thought,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.620
 man,

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.759
 the reception's starting

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.400
 in like an hour.

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:32.019
 And so I just started

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.039
 taking down the tables,

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.019
 putting up the tables

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.740
 and started putting them out.

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.799
 And then at about 12 o'clock,

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.559
 some ladies came in.

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.819
 And they came in with food

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.559
 and they came in

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.500
 with some tablecloths.

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:43.840
 And I thought,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.279
 great,

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.980
 now they're going to

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.759
 kind of come and help.

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.600
 So they put everything

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.279
 down on the table

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.180
 and then they started

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.819
 doing their hair

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:51.299
 for the next half an hour.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:54.559
 And so I'm taking everything.

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.319
 There's 150 people at this.

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:58.139
 I'm taking all the cutlery around.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.220
 I'm putting it all up

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.119
 on there.

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.960
 And people are going,

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.240
 okay,

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.259
 they're coming in like

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.019
 five minutes.

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.879
 And I'm rushing to and from.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.779
 And I ask one of them,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:05.899
 hey,

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.579
 could you help me?

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.059
 And she kind of

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.960
 takes down one plate,

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.940
 puts one plate down

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.940
 and carries on doing her hair.

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:14.279
 And while I'm doing this,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.980
 I get to the end of it

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.279
 and finally I just put down

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.220
 the last kind of set,

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.940
 the last table

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:21.440
 and then the bride and groom

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.039
 and the other people

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.620
 walked in.

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.079
 And here I am like

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.140
 collapsed on the floor

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:27.240
 and everyone else is happy.

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:29.200
 But I was furious.

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.579
 Someone said to me,

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:31.759
 oh,

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.819
 thank you very much

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.299
 for helping.

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.220
 And I'm like,

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.980
 that's not what I need.

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.759
 And you see,

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.839
 in my heart,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.620
 I was judging

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.319
 and I'm just being honest,

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.759
 I was judging

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.200
 every Nigerian at that point.

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:50.860
 But let me tell you,

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:52.420
 in what seemed to me

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.279
 as a British guy,

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.319
 disorganization

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:56.120
 and just cultural difference,

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:58.120
 for me was actually

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:59.400
 a gospel moment

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:01.319
 because it started exposing

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.779
 something in my own heart.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.160
 Because when people

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.940
 don't perform

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.360
 up to the expectations

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.819
 you have,

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.340
 maybe they're good,

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.640
 maybe they're bad expectations,

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.299
 when someone even

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.500
 sins against you,

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.140
 and it wasn't really

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.980
 sin against me,

00:30:14.020 --> 00:30:14.460
 even then,

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.540
 doesn't their sin

00:30:16.540 --> 00:30:17.420
 or their difference

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.880
 start provoking your own?

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.880
 And you slide off

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.780
 what Kevin called

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:24.340
 that gospel horse

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.140
 that he talked about

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.740
 last week,

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.220
 where you slide

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.340
 either into performance

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.700
 or into license.

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.900
 When you go into performance,

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.160
 you just start judging people

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:36.080
 and condemning them

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.900
 for their behavior,

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.660
 don't you?

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.680
 Telling everyone else

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.360
 about them.

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:43.000
 or then we slide

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.059
 the other way,

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:46.159
 justifying the reason

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:47.019
 why I'm angry

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.719
 because it's righteous anger.

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.659
 Don't we?

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.699
 And when we're doing that,

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.399
 what happens

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.439
 in that moment,

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.359
 I'm pressing

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.919
 what I call

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:58.299
 a gospel delete button.

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:02.000
 Because at that moment,

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.479
 if I allow

00:31:03.479 --> 00:31:04.679
 those things

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.399
 to carry on

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.099
 in my heart,

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.879
 what happens

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.540
 is my spiritual veins

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.460
 begin to harden.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.540
 My love for Jesus

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:14.500
 gets infected

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:16.020
 by that sin virus.

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.740
 And what happens

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.460
 is it begins

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.500
 to destroy

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:21.220
 not only my joy

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.700
 in Christ,

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.820
 but it also destroys

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.940
 the community around.

00:31:25.520 --> 00:31:26.820
 And Paul here

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:28.000
 says,

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.600
 if any of you

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.600
 has a complaint,

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.220
 what do you do?

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.300
 Forgive one another.

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.680
 And he knows

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.619
 this is really hard.

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.399
 So what he says,

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.220
 he says it again.

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.639
 As the Lord

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.500
 has forgiven you,

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.259
 so you also

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.879
 must forgive.

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.519
 Because when we get

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.940
 offended,

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.399
 when anger happens,

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.159
 when complaining

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.200
 arises in my heart

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.819
 and I allow it

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.480
 to fester,

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.159
 do you know

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:54.259
 that reveals to me

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.799
 that I've lost

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.619
 sight of the gospel?

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.719
 people.

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:59.579
 But Paul says,

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.259
 forgive as the Lord

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:03.319
 has forgiven you.

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.239
 How did the Lord

00:32:06.239 --> 00:32:06.879
 forgive me?

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.919
 When I was at my best

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.959
 or when I was at my worst?

00:32:13.239 --> 00:32:13.679
 Right?

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:17.579
 And if we don't get this,

00:32:17.739 --> 00:32:18.519
 have a look at this

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.119
 whole list.

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.939
 Compassion,

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.619
 kindness,

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.299
 humility,

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.919
 meekness,

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.439
 patience,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.139
 bearing with one

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.379
 another,

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.879
 forgiveness.

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.820
 Do you know

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:26.040
 that every single

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:27.020
 one of those

00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:28.860
 are the characteristics

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:31.920
 of how God in Christ

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.900
 has treated us?

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.480
 I mean,

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:35.140
 let me just take

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.740
 like one verse

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.520
 which shows you this.

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:38.860
 Romans 2 verse 4.

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.740
 Do you presume,

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.180
 this is Paul talking,

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.280
 on the riches

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:45.340
 of God's kindness

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:47.340
 and forbearance

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.780
 and patience,

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.960
 not knowing

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.340
 that God's kindness

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:52.720
 is meant to lead you

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.340
 to repentance?

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:56.120
 I wonder,

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.060
 do you know

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:58.060
 the kindness

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:59.360
 of God towards you?

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.240
 Do you know

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.440
 the patience

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.380
 of God towards you?

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:07.980
 Before he chose you,

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:09.660
 he knew how impatient

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.340
 you could be.

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.740
 He knew how unkind

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.380
 you could be.

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.960
 He knew

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.100
 that you can be

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.540
 unbearable at times.

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.120
 And if you're married

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:20.180
 and you don't believe me,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.520
 just ask your spouse.

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.560
 What?

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:25.560
 God,

00:33:25.560 --> 00:33:26.300
 God,

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:29.220
 in his great mercy,

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.080
 because he's rich

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.660
 in love

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.780
 and compassion,

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:35.240
 he still died

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.980
 to bring people

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.120
 like you and me,

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.620
 he still chose you

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.480
 and me

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.760
 to be part of his family.

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:46.619
 So when we're impatient,

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.420
 when we're unkind,

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.839
 when we won't forgive,

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.480
 it's a sign

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.460
 that we've lost sight

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.660
 of the immense

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:54.759
 nature of his kindness

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.980
 and patience

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.779
 and forgiveness

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.740
 towards us.

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:02.079
 Let me just make that

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.779
 personal.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.900
 Some of you here

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:06.779
 have had issues

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.000
 with people in the church,

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.480
 maybe even your family,

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.900
 maybe your spouses.

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.260
 Some of you

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.900
 have had needs

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.460
 which you felt

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.099
 were unmet.

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.539
 Some of you

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.880
 have felt

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.539
 that people just

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:19.119
 were judgmental

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.900
 or too harsh

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.800
 or they didn't care enough.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.539
 There were things

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.460
 which was left said

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.179
 or that you wish

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.800
 had been said,

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.940
 things that were unsaid

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.599
 that you wish

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.420
 hadn't been said.

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.059
 And what God

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.059
 wants to bring to you

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.860
 is first of all,

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.320
 he wants to bring

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.760
 the gospel

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.599
 of his kindness

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.219
 to you.

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:40.559
 He wants to tell you

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:42.159
 first of all

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:44.460
 that his arms

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.380
 are open wide

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.079
 for you.

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:49.679
 And in these moments

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.500
 what he's trying

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.039
 to do

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.159
 is he wants you

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.400
 to run to him,

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.059
 to be honest

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.719
 with him,

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.940
 to allow him

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.440
 to come

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.099
 and expose

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.920
 your heart

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.880
 and as you preach

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.719
 the promises

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.179
 of God

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.519
 that you are

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.719
 chosen by him,

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.379
 dearly loved

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:08.779
 by him,

00:35:08.939 --> 00:35:09.500
 he begins

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.639
 to expose you

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.339
 so that you

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.339
 begin to see

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:13.739
 that as you dwell

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.539
 on his glory

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.259
 of his forgiveness

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.819
 and grace,

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.519
 it begins to melt

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.039
 your heart.

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:19.619
 Because it's only

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.480
 as I see

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.699
 that I'm more sinful

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.839
 than I dare believe

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:24.259
 and yet I'm more loved

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.000
 than I could ever

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.980
 possibly imagine

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.379
 that I can begin

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.539
 to extend that

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.519
 to other people

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.019
 who I think

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.799
 are far more sinful

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.819
 than I dare believe

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:33.299
 but are also

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.139
 far more loved

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.819
 than I could ever

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.779
 possibly imagine.

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:40.400
 And as we do that

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:42.460
 it teaches us

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.000
 not to wash

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.440
 our hands

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.019
 of people

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:46.980
 but to show

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.480
 grace,

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.380
 kindness,

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.519
 compassion,

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.920
 persistent grace

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.519
 to people.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.580
 You know,

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:55.160
 there's never been

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.760
 a person

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.519
 who when there's

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.240
 been a conflict

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.940
 or an issue

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:01.100
 who has run away

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.660
 from that

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.200
 or withdrawn

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.160
 from that

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.579
 and withdrawn

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.480
 from community

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:08.799
 who has ever

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.679
 fallen more in love

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.159
 with Jesus

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.799
 because of that

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.199
 decision.

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.099
 And there has

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.139
 never been a person

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.920
 who experiences

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.179
 the pain of community

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:20.759
 and yet runs

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.399
 to Jesus

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:22.039
 in the midst

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.239
 of it

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.879
 in desperation

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:24.079
 seeking him

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:29.099
 who through

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.980
 that experience

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.400
 as they've

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.199
 allowed the gospel

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.340
 to deepen their heart

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.239
 go in their hearts

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.139
 and lead them

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.679
 to seek to love others

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:37.340
 who has not gone

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.239
 deeper in the gospel

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.799
 and has not seen

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.420
 the love of Jesus

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.980
 more beautiful

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.699
 than they realized

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.299
 it was before.

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:45.159
 Because you know

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.000
 if you have a conflict

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.400
 with someone

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.579
 and you work through it

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.559
 what happens

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.380
 to that relationship?

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:52.179
 Doesn't it go deeper?

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.239
 Doesn't it go deeper?

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.159
 And so

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.599
 this is what God

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.679
 wants to do with us

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.420
 in community.

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.659
 He wants to both

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.500
 take his love

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.299
 deeper into us

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.079
 through each other

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.159
 through our messiness

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:07.299
 to show you

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:07.900
 his grace

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.179
 in multi-color

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:11.880
 and then to share

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.840
 that with each other.

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.219
 But how does that

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:19.380
 not lead us

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.179
 to what we called

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.279
 license to sin

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.659
 before?

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.739
 Like

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:24.459
 you know

00:37:24.459 --> 00:37:25.139
 someone comes to you

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.359
 and says

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:26.419
 hey I didn't tell you

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:27.199
 I wasn't turning up

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.799
 to help with kids

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.539
 ministry today

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.699
 because I thought

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.239
 you could learn

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.019
 patience.

00:37:32.439 --> 00:37:33.359
 Don't go there

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.699
 okay?

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:34.719
 That's not the gospel.

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.579
 But we come to the

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.839
 how do we stop

00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.539
 just sliding into

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.899
 well you just

00:37:38.899 --> 00:37:39.859
 got to forgive people

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.959
 and let them

00:37:40.959 --> 00:37:42.199
 let them off

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.559
 everything.

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.759
 How do we stop

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.159
 that becoming

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.959
 licensed to sin?

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.619
 The third thing

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.919
 the final thing

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:49.099
 we're not just

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.639
 a chosen

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.220
 holy

00:37:50.220 --> 00:37:50.800
 dearly loved

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.260
 people

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.920
 we're not just

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.780
 a sinful people

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.340
 that God wants

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.340
 to change

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:55.539
 through even

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.740
 the rub of each

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.059
 other

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.240
 we're also people

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:59.900
 who speak the gospel

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.000
 to each other.

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:03.079
 Let me ask you

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:04.599
 what's the difference

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.340
 between doing

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.840
 Airbnb

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:07.180
 and dwelling

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.840
 in a place?

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.860
 You can answer.

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.760
 Sorry.

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.740
 Yeah one's permanent

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.520
 the other one's temporary.

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.480
 Airbnb you're there

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.560
 for one, two, three days

00:38:19.560 --> 00:38:20.300
 maybe a week

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:22.340
 but you dwell in the place

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.700
 you unpack your bags

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:24.640
 you settle in

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:26.660
 you're just camped out there.

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.600
 It's home.

00:38:29.540 --> 00:38:30.480
 Here's what Paul says

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.720
 in verse 16.

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:35.720
 Let the word of Christ

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:37.660
 Airbnb in you.

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:42.140
 Doesn't say that.

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:44.659
 Let the word of Christ

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:47.379
 dwell in you

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:48.579
 richly.

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:51.079
 What is he saying?

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.900
 He's saying

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.980
 this church

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.759
 Airbnb

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.500
 is like

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.980
 okay

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.679
 God's word Sunday

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.460
 and then maybe

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.359
 I'll do midweek

00:38:59.359 --> 00:38:59.719
 once

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.199
 you know

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.739
 once or twice.

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.059
 No he's saying

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.579
 no no no

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.539
 it's got to dwell

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.379
 so that your community

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:06.460
 is so camped out

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.039
 in God's words

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.699
 that it's filling

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.279
 your WhatsApp

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:09.219
 that it's filling

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.839
 your prayers

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.699
 that it's filling

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.899
 your community life

00:39:11.899 --> 00:39:12.399
 together.

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:13.699
 It cannot be

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.419
 Sunday

00:39:14.419 --> 00:39:15.759
 Airbnb only.

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:19.519
 How does it dwell

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.960
 with us?

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.299
 He says

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:21.099
 through teaching

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.000
 admonishing

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.879
 and singing.

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:26.119
 That's why we sing

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.639
 together

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:28.079
 so that Christ

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:29.399
 may dwell in our hearts.

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.899
 Who does he say

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.699
 the word of Christ

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.519
 should dwell in?

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:36.340
 you.

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.000
 You there

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.780
 is plural.

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.579
 So he's not

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.179
 talking

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.519
 to the pastor

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.719
 of Colossian

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.840
 Watermark Church.

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.980
 Who is he talking

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.579
 saying it's the

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.239
 responsibility

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:50.519
 of mine

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.159
 to help

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:52.539
 the gospel

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.280
 be taught

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.820
 and admonished?

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.739
 Whose responsibility

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.380
 is that?

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.820
 After me say

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.719
 mine.

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.320
 Mine.

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.140
 whose responsibility

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.780
 is it?

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.680
 Okay.

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:07.580
 Good.

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.200
 It's my

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:10.039
 responsibility.

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.559
 Why is it

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.160
 all of our

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:13.940
 responsibilities?

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.519
 Because I have

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.440
 a gospel delete

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.840
 button

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:18.460
 and so do you.

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.980
 Every day

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.860
 it resets

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.960
 again and again.

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.140
 Sin is

00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:24.780
 this virus

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.780
 is deceitful

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.820
 because

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.900
 every single

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.580
 day I am

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:29.620
 tempted to forget

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.519
 the mercies

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.599
 the patience

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.500
 the kindness

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.980
 of God

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.380
 to me.

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.179
 You've got

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.900
 work deadlines

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.579
 and a boss

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.159
 who is breathing

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.980
 fire and you're

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.960
 tempted to fear

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.900
 and believe that

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.300
 your boss

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.940
 determines your

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.380
 life.

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.239
 You look over

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.800
 your peers

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.440
 how their kids

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.940
 are doing

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:48.500
 and you're

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.119
 tempted to feel

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.659
 like oh

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.780
 I'm behind

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.280
 my kids

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.800
 are behind

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:53.900
 I've got to

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.699
 prove myself

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.619
 we've got to

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.340
 somehow do

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.780
 something to

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.460
 catch up.

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.739
 It doesn't

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.380
 matter how long

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.820
 you've been a

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.240
 Christian

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:01.880
 today

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.780
 tomorrow

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.680
 and every

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:04.480
 day this week

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.980
 there's going

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.820
 to be moments

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:07.320
 which are going

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.820
 to come

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.480
 and the gospel

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.400
 in those moments

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.640
 flies out of the

00:41:11.640 --> 00:41:12.460
 window and fear

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.160
 flies in

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:14.320
 unforgiveness

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.099
 flies in

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:16.599
 anger flies in

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.360
 insecurity

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:18.300
 flies in

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.579
 unforgiveness

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.340
 flies in

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.280
 and the heart

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.940
 can begin to

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.320
 harden

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:24.519
 and you know

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.019
 what I lose

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.460
 joy

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.900
 I lose

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.360
 peace

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.640
 I lose

00:41:26.640 --> 00:41:27.119
 confidence

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.840
 in Christ

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.680
 and what

00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:30.220
 do I need

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:31.519
 I need a

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.860
 group of

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.260
 people

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:34.000
 a chosen

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.780
 holy

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.740
 dearly loved

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.140
 group of

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.500
 people

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.420
 who are going

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.960
 to come to

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.760
 me and

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.660
 remind me

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:40.280
 of the

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.780
 incredible

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:41.360
 kindness

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.079
 and grace

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.740
 and patience

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:43.440
 of God

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.980
 himself

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:46.160
 who come

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:46.500
 to me and

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.800
 bring the

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.340
 gospel to

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.840
 bear saying

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.740
 Chris don't

00:41:48.740 --> 00:41:49.420
 fear

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:51.360
 doesn't matter

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.260
 what people

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.960
 say about

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.160
 you

00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:53.980
 your identity

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.579
 is secure

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.300
 you're chosen

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:56.039
 you're holy

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.700
 you're dearly

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:56.920
 loved

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.579
 so don't

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.119
 let Satan

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.400
 walk all

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.760
 over you

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.360
 this week

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.639
 rise up

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.240
 overcome

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:02.920
 in him

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.360
 because in

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.880
 Christ you

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.139
 are more

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.400
 than a

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.860
 conqueror

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.360
 because he

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.680
 has done

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:07.000
 everything

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.720
 for you

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:09.039
 don't we

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.619
 need that

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:11.300
 so let me

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:11.639
 ask you

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.039
 who are you

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.440
 doing that

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.780
 with

00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:15.400
 who are you

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.139
 encouraging

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.480
 in the

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:16.860
 gospel

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.420
 daily

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:21.000
 things I'm

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.619
 just really

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.340
 encouraging our

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.700
 community

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.420
 I just see

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.380
 that happening

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:27.440
 in just so

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.880
 many different

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.340
 ways and I

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.539
 want to

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.260
 encourage us

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.720
 as a church

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.300
 just to keep

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:30.940
 going with

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.119
 that

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:31.680
 do you

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.260
 know

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:33.360
 who you

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.860
 are called

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.500
 to gospel

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.680
 to bring the

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:36.180
 gospel to

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.500
 bear

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.519
 are you doing

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:37.920
 it

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.300
 because our

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:39.720
 brothers and

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:40.140
 sisters we

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:40.780
 need it

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:41.660
 it's the only

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:42.059
 way this

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.720
 community can

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.300
 flourish

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:45.519
 but let me

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.160
 finish with

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:48.059
 there's one of

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.519
 those things

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.119
 that it says

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:50.099
 the word of

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.900
 Christ dwells in

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.640
 us which is

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:53.619
 maybe a little

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.279
 more challenging

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:56.879
 Paul says

00:42:56.879 --> 00:42:59.539
 admonish one

00:42:59.539 --> 00:42:59.879
 another

00:42:59.879 --> 00:43:01.900
 do you know

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.119
 what to

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.900
 admonish means

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:05.719
 it means to

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.279
 correct

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:07.519
 to bring

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.339
 someone back

00:43:08.339 --> 00:43:08.960
 to the right

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.519
 path

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:12.199
 you know

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.900
 some people

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.739
 think Christians

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.599
 should be

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.639
 nice to each

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:15.859
 other

00:43:15.859 --> 00:43:18.460
 we think

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.639
 that niceness

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.799
 is like a

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.920
 like a

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.279
 Christian

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.759
 virtue

00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:24.900
 I'm British

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:26.539
 the British

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.079
 invented

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.719
 niceness

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:29.000
 that's why we

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.539
 say sorry

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.159
 all the time

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:31.639
 only Canadians

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.159
 say sorry

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.480
 more

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:36.420
 and yet

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.139
 niceness

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:38.339
 is not

00:43:38.339 --> 00:43:38.819
 a fruit of

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.279
 the spirit

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.920
 love

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.239
 joy

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:41.579
 peace

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.019
 patience

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.779
 niceness

00:43:42.779 --> 00:43:43.519
 it's not

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:43.859
 there

00:43:43.859 --> 00:43:45.940
 because

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.639
 sometimes

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.659
 niceness

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.519
 can actually

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.380
 mask our

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:49.699
 lack of

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.179
 love for

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.320
 our

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.539
 brothers

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.119
 and sisters

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.000
 and I'm

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.500
 guilty of

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.780
 this as

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.119
 anyone

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:55.559
 you know

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.019
 Fiona and

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.539
 I we try

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.960
 and involve

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.400
 other people

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.659
 in our

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.059
 lives

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.320
 and

00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.800
 and one

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:00.960
 of the

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.280
 things that

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.739
 has happened

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:02.420
 in the

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.820
 past is

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.139
 people are

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:03.539
 involved in

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.000
 their lives

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.759
 they see

00:44:04.759 --> 00:44:05.280
 Fiona and

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:05.679
 myself

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.559
 fighting

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.920
 and I'm

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.139
 generally

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.440
 trying to

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.780
 hide it

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.039
 away

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.820
 Fiona's

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.179
 like out

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.719
 and proud

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.079
 like

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:11.800
 no we're

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.780
 we're gonna

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.079
 do it

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.460
 if we're gonna

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.719
 do it

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:13.900
 do it

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.079
 in front

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.179
 of

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:14.559
 everyone

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:19.139
 which is

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.559
 good

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.340
 I mean

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.079
 because

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.719
 I remember

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:22.719
 one partway

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.159
 through one

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.500
 fight

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:26.039
 and you know

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.519
 I'd gone

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.199
 off and

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:28.079
 you know

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:29.619
 we separated

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:29.960
 and

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.920
 and one of

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.320
 the people

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:32.739
 who was

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.139
 who was

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:33.480
 with us

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.900
 came up

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:34.239
 to me

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.500
 and said

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:37.179
 hey Chris

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:39.820
 you know

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.139
 I've just

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.559
 noticed

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:40.880
 that

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.480
 sometimes

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:43.079
 you struggle

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:43.460
 with really

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.039
 listening and

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.279
 trying to

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:45.039
 understand

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:46.559
 Fiona's

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.079
 perspective

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:49.279
 I think

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.639
 you should

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.219
 actually

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:51.900
 stop

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.199
 thinking

00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.440
 about

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:52.800
 yourself

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.380
 and start

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:53.900
 trying to

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.239
 think about

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:54.699
 your wife

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:54.960
 here

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:57.420
 obviously

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:58.000
 my response

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.460
 was filled

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.960
 with kind

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.420
 of thank

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.880
 you

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:03.659
 every

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.199
 defensive

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.739
 bone in

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:05.199
 my body

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:05.719
 was kind

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:06.500
 of raised

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:09.380
 but you

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:09.659
 know

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.779
 that person

00:45:10.779 --> 00:45:11.599
 loved me

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:13.639
 because

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.539
 that person

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.199
 loved me

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.539
 enough

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:15.920
 to not

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.299
 let the

00:45:16.299 --> 00:45:17.139
 sin virus

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:18.159
 harden my

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:18.719
 heart

00:45:18.719 --> 00:45:19.619
 and break

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:20.079
 into my

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.619
 relationship

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:21.059
 with my

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.559
 wife

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:23.860
 and as I

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.319
 went away

00:45:24.319 --> 00:45:24.759
 and thought

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.360
 about it

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:26.679
 I realized

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.139
 she had

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:27.599
 loved me

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.900
 more than

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.279
 all the

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:28.699
 people who

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.299
 stayed silent

00:45:29.299 --> 00:45:29.839
 about my

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.119
 sin

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:32.000
 and that

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.480
 caused me

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.819
 to turn

00:45:32.819 --> 00:45:33.179
 back to

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.480
 Jesus

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.960
 and say

00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:34.159
 God

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:34.900
 forgive me

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:37.059
 and as

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:38.260
 I saw

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:38.680
 that I'm

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:39.180
 more sinful

00:45:39.180 --> 00:45:39.519
 than I

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.119
 realized

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:41.460
 I also

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:41.880
 realized

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.360
 but God

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:43.139
 still loves

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.480
 me

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:45.019
 he still

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.539
 accepts

00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:45.940
 me

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.980
 and as I

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.320
 could go

00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:48.019
 and apologize

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.680
 to my

00:45:48.680 --> 00:45:49.220
 wife

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.940
 do you see

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.599
 the gospel

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.200
 had begun

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.539
 to go

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:52.220
 work deeper

00:45:52.220 --> 00:45:52.519
 in my

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:52.740
 heart

00:45:52.740 --> 00:45:53.059
 and actually

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:53.519
 work deeper

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.880
 into our

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.480
 relationship

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:56.880
 you see

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:58.780
 you see

00:45:58.780 --> 00:45:59.079
 that's it

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.680
 he agrees

00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:03.659
 you see

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.779
 this is

00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:05.239
 what it is

00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:05.539
 to be

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:05.940
 church

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.639
 some of

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.079
 us here

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.399
 we need

00:46:07.399 --> 00:46:07.899
 to repent

00:46:07.899 --> 00:46:08.219
 of our

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.699
 niceness

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:10.619
 we need

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.139
 to repent

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:11.480
 that we've

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.919
 not allowed

00:46:11.919 --> 00:46:12.579
 the gospel

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.519
 to give

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:14.539
 us courage

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:16.259
 in a

00:46:16.259 --> 00:46:16.579
 loving

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:17.339
 relationship

00:46:17.339 --> 00:46:17.639
 and I'm

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:17.879
 not talking

00:46:17.879 --> 00:46:18.159
 about being

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.759
 harsh

00:46:18.759 --> 00:46:20.119
 I'm talking

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:20.440
 about being

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.079
 kind

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:23.179
 but we

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.579
 need to

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.279
 have people

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:25.199
 that love

00:46:25.199 --> 00:46:25.859
 us enough

00:46:25.859 --> 00:46:26.980
 to bear

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.440
 with us

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:27.899
 and forgive

00:46:27.899 --> 00:46:28.440
 us

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.659
 to keep

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:30.099
 sharing

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:30.639
 the gospel

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:31.339
 with us

00:46:31.339 --> 00:46:32.599
 to admonish

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.299
 one another

00:46:33.299 --> 00:46:35.039
 without it

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.739
 being harsh

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.219
 without it

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:37.239
 being judgmental

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:38.420
 and this

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:38.759
 is the

00:46:38.759 --> 00:46:39.199
 community

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:39.779
 that Jesus

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.559
 died for

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.859
 that is

00:46:41.859 --> 00:46:42.579
 more precious

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.000
 than a

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.379
 thousand

00:46:43.379 --> 00:46:43.699
 of the

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.000
 greatest

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.359
 sermons

00:46:44.359 --> 00:46:44.659
 you could

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.079
 ever listen

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.359
 to

00:46:45.359 --> 00:46:47.179
 this is

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.659
 the church

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:47.980
 Jesus

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.699
 died for

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:50.019
 a sinful

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.940
 messy

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.440
 bunch

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:51.980
 of people

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:53.739
 but who

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:54.159
 through

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:55.159
 his power

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:56.039
 and his

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.460
 power

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.980
 alone

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:58.799
 can begin

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.740
 to change

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.960
 and we

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:01.660
 are instruments

00:47:01.660 --> 00:47:02.160
 in each

00:47:02.160 --> 00:47:03.039
 other's lives

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.980
 to enable

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.420
 that to

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:04.820
 happen

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:07.080
 and Jesus

00:47:07.080 --> 00:47:07.620
 gets the

00:47:07.620 --> 00:47:07.980
 glory

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.640
 because nobody's

00:47:08.640 --> 00:47:09.000
 going to look

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.240
 at us

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:09.519
 and say

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:09.860
 wow

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:10.200
 you're

00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:10.720
 amazing

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:12.220
 but they'll

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:12.700
 look at him

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:13.080
 and say

00:47:13.080 --> 00:47:13.780
 Jesus

00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:15.300
 it says

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:15.660
 here

00:47:15.660 --> 00:47:18.140
 whatever you

00:47:18.140 --> 00:47:18.380
 do

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:18.760
 in word

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:19.080
 or do

00:47:19.080 --> 00:47:19.660
 everything

00:47:19.660 --> 00:47:20.100
 in the name

00:47:20.100 --> 00:47:20.280
 of the

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:20.440
 Lord

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:20.780
 Jesus

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:21.680
 giving

00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:22.580
 thanks

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:24.239
 to God

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:24.739
 the

00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:25.279
 father

00:47:25.279 --> 00:47:26.139
 through

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:26.559
 him

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:28.440
 that's

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.079
 what

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.759
 church

00:47:29.759 --> 00:47:30.960
 is about

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.119
 the glory

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.739
 of God

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:33.659
 through a

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:33.940
 broken

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.299
 messy

00:47:34.299 --> 00:47:34.679
 people

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:35.360
 like us

00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:36.319
 let's

00:47:36.319 --> 00:47:36.860
 just pray

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:46.360
 actually on

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:46.860
 the screen

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:48.299
 there's a few

00:47:48.299 --> 00:47:48.900
 questions

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.739
 here

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:51.639
 and I want

00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:51.859
 you to

00:47:51.859 --> 00:47:52.259
 think about

00:47:52.259 --> 00:47:52.839
 these questions

00:47:52.839 --> 00:47:53.539
 in the light

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.439
 of the grace

00:47:54.439 --> 00:47:55.159
 of God

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:57.679
 I want you

00:47:57.679 --> 00:47:58.019
 to take

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.619
 just a minute

00:47:58.619 --> 00:48:01.059
 to allow

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:01.639
 God just

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.139
 to speak

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:02.500
 to your

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:02.959
 heart

00:48:02.959 --> 00:48:08.079
 do you

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.539
 see

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:09.639
 the immensity

00:48:09.639 --> 00:48:10.099
 of what

00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:10.679
 Christ has

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:11.099
 done to

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:11.579
 bring you

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:12.000
 into his

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.419
 people

00:48:12.419 --> 00:48:15.000
 and do you

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.559
 see how he

00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:15.919
 wants to

00:48:15.919 --> 00:48:16.579
 use you

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:18.420
 and he

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:18.759
 wants to

00:48:18.759 --> 00:48:19.219
 work

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:20.759
 in his

00:48:20.759 --> 00:48:21.159
 people

00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.039
 and I

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.139
 want to

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:23.340
 give you

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:23.679
 just a

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:23.920
 minute

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:25.299
 to just

00:48:25.299 --> 00:48:25.799
 do business

00:48:25.799 --> 00:48:26.259
 with God

00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:26.819
 right now

00:48:26.819 --> 00:48:30.179
 some of you

00:48:30.179 --> 00:48:30.519
 have

00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:31.299
 unforgiveness

00:48:31.299 --> 00:48:31.679
 in your

00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:32.139
 hearts

00:48:32.139 --> 00:48:37.319
 God wants

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:37.759
 you to run

00:48:37.759 --> 00:48:38.099
 to him

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:38.559
 today

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:39.099
 not to

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:39.440
 let that

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:39.659
 go

00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:40.059
 another

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:40.539
 day

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.920
 where you

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:42.159
 just

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.480
 kind of

00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:42.940
 put that

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.739
 off

00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:44.179
 and brush

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:44.460
 it under

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:45.000
 the carpet

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:49.579
 some of

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:49.900
 you have

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.659
 got hurts

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:52.639
 some of

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.460
 you realize

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:54.099
 you'd be

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:54.559
 more wrapped

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:54.900
 up in

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.280
 yourself

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:55.820
 than really

00:48:55.820 --> 00:48:56.380
 thinking about

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.119
 anybody else

00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:59.900
 some of

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.320
 you just

00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:00.840
 feel

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:02.900
 there have

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.380
 been things

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:03.800
 in church

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:04.099
 which have

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.500
 hurt you

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:04.780
 and just

00:49:04.780 --> 00:49:05.300
 wonder whether

00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:05.860
 God really

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.460
 loves you

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:06.739
 through

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:08.000
 because you've

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.320
 seen his

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:08.820
 people hurt

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.199
 you but

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.780
 actually God

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:10.199
 wants to

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:11.400
 bring healing

00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:11.840
 to you

00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:12.159
 today

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:16.460
 spend time

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:16.739
 with him

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:17.319
 right now

00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:35.000
 to

00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:38.880
 you

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:40.880
 Amen.

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:14.460
 Father, I just want to thank you.

00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:24.380
 That you would actually choose to choose us.

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:30.220
 Thank you for your love.

00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:37.800
 Because without it, Lord, we would just be lost in.

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:42.440
 And bitterness and harshness and judgmentalism.

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:46.000
 A whole load of things which just tear people apart.

00:50:48.920 --> 00:50:50.720
 But because of what you have done.

00:50:52.060 --> 00:50:54.280
 Because of your great love for us.

00:50:57.900 --> 00:51:03.900
 We are not consumed, but you bring us the power to change.

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:06.620
 The power to live life.

00:51:08.200 --> 00:51:09.440
 With a new perspective.

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:20.660
 I pray, Father, for those of us who actually struggle with what it really means to be this people.

00:51:21.560 --> 00:51:23.760
 We struggle with the people in our community groups.

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:28.300
 We struggle with things not being the way we want them to be.

00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:31.000
 I pray, come and minister.

00:51:32.060 --> 00:51:36.600
 And show, Lord, that you are everything that we need.

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:45.480
 I pray for those of us, Lord, who are sometimes cowardly.

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 When we see things in other people's lives, we either respond with harshness or respond with silence.

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 But I pray, teach us to know how to love with such great compassion.

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 That we have such great boldness.

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 Because we have such a great savior.

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 That our identity is not at stake.

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 When we come and share just how to point each other back to you.

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 Make us a people who are willing to be courageous with the gospel.

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 Give us your power.

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 Work in this church, Father, that your name might be glorified.

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 Thank you for your goodness.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.