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 Well, everyone's heard the saying, no doubt, if you don't aim at anything, you'll hit it every time.

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 It's important to have goals.

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 We have goals in career, we set ourselves goals in sporting achievements, in relationships, personal development.

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 We need goals.

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 Because without goals, we just wander.

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 And there's no way of measuring growth or progress.

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 Well, it's exactly the same when it comes to being Christians.

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 And so I asked this morning, what is your goal as a believer or a member of this church?

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 Now, hopefully, you're not just wandering.

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 Hopefully, you do have a goal.

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 And hopefully, you'd say to me, your goal is to be a faithful, mature servant of Jesus.

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 Or in the terms of this sermon series, hopefully, you want to say, I want to be plugged in and switched on to Jesus.

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 Now, jumping into the church at Corinth, it seems that there's no doubt at all that the believers there were keen to be spiritually mature.

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 The problem is they had wrong ideas of what spiritual maturity would look like on the ground.

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 They understood that they were spiritually new.

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 In other words, they had been converted.

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 They were plugged into Jesus.

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 But they confused that with being spiritually mature.

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 It seems like they thought, well, since I'm a believer, therefore, whatever I think and do as a believer is evidence of being mature in Christ.

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 And to that, Paul says, no, not so.

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 Paul's saying to them right through these first three chapters, to be spiritually mature is not just to be plugged into Jesus when you're converted,

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 but to be like Jesus in all your thinking and all your actions or to pick up the link from chapter 2 that we looked at last week to chapter 2, verse 16.

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 It's to have the mind of Christ and be able to apply the mind of Christ into every circumstance of life.

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 In his letter to these believers at Corinth, Paul's been contrasting the spirit of the world and the spirit of God.

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 And he's been helping these believers see that they've been more influenced and driven.

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 They were still more influenced and driven by the spirit of the world.

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 That is, the spirit of the Corinthian culture that they had lived in for so many years and continued to live in even as believers.

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 That they were more influenced by that than they were by the spirit of God, the wisdom of God, the mind of Christ.

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 And that takes us to Paul's confronting conclusion, which is where, in a sense, I want to leave my formal ministry among you with.

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 Chapter 3, verse 1.

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 These believers at Corinth thought they were spiritually mature, but Paul calls them out as being spiritually immature and worldly.

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 Now, surely, friends, if anything would make you sit up and listen and engage this morning,

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 then the frightening possibility of thinking that you're mature in Jesus, spiritually mature in Jesus,

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 while being spiritually immature, should actually be that motivation.

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 And Paul gives them some really helpful pointers towards being spiritually mature,

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 which will also make them the most useful disciples they can be in that church in Corinth.

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 And, of course, the lessons are for us, too.

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 The first one is, Paul says to these believers,

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 don't be happily immature with a correct but limited understanding of the gospel.

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 And when you look at these verses that Linda's just read to us,

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 there's no way you can sugarcoat Paul's challenge.

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 It's really a very, very abrasive, abrupt challenge.

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 Essentially, he's saying, for goodness sake, grow up.

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 Your thinking and your actions are more like unbelievers than believers.

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 Grow up.

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 The evidence that would bring Paul to say that?

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 Well, chapter 1, 2, and 3.

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 Disunity.

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 Jealousy.

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 We've looked at it over the last few weeks.

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 Competitive individualism.

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 Factions.

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 Obsession with personalities.

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 Striving for dominance and preeminence.

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 Even if it meant going to war with each other.

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 So, for Paul, growing up is simply to become skilled in the mind of Christ.

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 To express the mind of Christ.

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 In all things.

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 Not only understanding God's grace in their own personal salvation,

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 but also in its wider implications of how they should live in this new community called the church.

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 A community of saved people.

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 A community of Christ's people.

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 So, Paul's really saying to them, as he summarizes these first three chapters, as he writes to them,

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 that their aim, their aim should have been to be known for speaking the truth in love.

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 Loving generously those hardest to love.

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 Carrying the cost of being wronged and forgiving those who wrong you.

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 Being other person-centered and ministry-minded.

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 Being concerned for God's glory.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 Not your own.

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 Not your own position.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 Being concerned for God's reputation.

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 And as I've said over the last three weeks,

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 those things can't exist.

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 Cannot coexist with self-promotion.

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 Competitive individualism.

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 And personality factions.

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 And so, I think we can say, these believers were happily immature.

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 That's a pretty strong statement, but these believers were happily immature because they were happy with a correct but limited understanding of the gospel and God's word.

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 Yes, I'm wonderfully excited that I'm saved.

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 But they haven't thought about the implications of that in a community.

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 They were happy to enjoy all the blessings and security of being saved.

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 Equally happy to live with a dreadful contradiction of continuing to be self-centered.

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 To be self-promoting.

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 Dismissive of their brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 And Paul said, grow up.

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 You can't do these two things together.

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 And the application, I think, is fairly obvious.

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 If you are happy

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 knowing that you've been saved

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 by Christ through grace

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 but continue to think and act towards others using the world's attitudes,

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 then

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 you're actually making a commitment

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 to be happily immature.

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 and therefore a commitment

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 to not being useful

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 in this church.

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 Over my ministry years,

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 it's been a real source of sadness

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 to observe some people

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 who seem to be the same today

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 as what they were 20 years ago.

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 How does that happen?

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 Unless people are happily immature.

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 Second thing then is

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 be a team player.

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 Happy with the position God plays you

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 verses 5 through to 9.

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 The problem for the Corinthian believers

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 was that they had put people on a pedestal.

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 And that pedestal

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 was God's pedestal

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 and God should have been on the pedestal.

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 Not people.

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 Not personalities.

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 And Paul uses a farming metaphor

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 to make his point clear.

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 And the metaphor is,

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 as Dave's already referred to,

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 it's crop production.

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 And of course we know

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 that they grow a crop.

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 There's different inputs,

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 different human inputs

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 at different points.

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 Each input is critical

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 in its own stage.

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 But none of it amounts to anything

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 unless the Lord

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 causes the growth to harvest time.

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 And Paul's point is very simple.

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 In the same way,

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 God puts individuals

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 in a church family

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 to do a job

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 that he has gifted them to do

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 at that particular time,

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 that particular season.

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 Each individual will contribute

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 in different ways,

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 in critical ways.

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 But all of it

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 is God's process

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 of growing his new community

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 to maturity.

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 And ultimately,

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 the end of the process

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 is that God is glorified

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 as he deserves to be.

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 Now,

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 again,

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 practically,

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 Paul is not saying here

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 that we should never

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 and that he would never

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 have a deep sense

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 of indebtedness

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 and fondness

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 for a particular individual

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 that's been formative

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 in our Christian walk.

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 That's not what Paul's saying here.

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 Or a Christian leader

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 who have been

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 particularly helpful

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 in our lives.

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 What he is saying is

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 that we need

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 to be team players.

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 Team players

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 never think

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 the team

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 is carried

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 by one person.

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 No matter

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 how helpful

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 that person

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 has been,

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 he's only one person

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 in a team.

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 team players

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 never sort of

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 parade their own

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 gifts or abilities.

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 Whether that person

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 is themselves

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 a leader

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 or just

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 an ordinary

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 person

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 in the church.

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 Team players

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 value

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 every contribution

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 and know

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 that each

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 is essential

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 for the team

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 to be successful.

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 And so my friends

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 I say to you this morning

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 you will be

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 most useful

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 in this church

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 whether it's up front

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 in some sort of

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 formal role

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 or behind the scenes

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 not heard of

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 during the week.

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 You'll be most useful

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 if your aim

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 is consistently

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 and happily

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 to contribute

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 to the growth

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 and maturing

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 of this family

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 as God gives you

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 opportunity

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 to do so.

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 The future

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 needs

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 team players.

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 Now

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 speaking very

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 personally

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 for a moment

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 individuals

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 take me

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 at this particular

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 moment in time

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 individuals

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 will come

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 and go.

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 And when the

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 Lord brings

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 an individual

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 perhaps me

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 into your life

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 it's for

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 your benefit

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 for your

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 spiritual

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 maturing.

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 And equally

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 true

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 when the

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 Lord takes

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 an individual

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 perhaps me

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 out of your

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 life

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 then it's

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 because that

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 individual

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 perhaps me

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 has served

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 their purpose.

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 And the

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 Lord's got a

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 new stage

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 of growth

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 for you

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 to enter

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 into

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 under his

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 hand

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 and under

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 his grace

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 and perhaps

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 with a new

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 personality

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 or a new

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 group of

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 personalities.

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 And here's

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 the point

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 and this is

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 so crucial

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 in times of

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 change.

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 The team

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 will always

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 be changing.

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 changing.

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 We might

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 wish it

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 to be

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 static

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 but we

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 can't

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 get it

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 like that.

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 The team

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 will always

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 be changing

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 but the

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 Lord

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 will always

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 be the

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 coach

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 for

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 preparing

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 the team

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 of the

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 moment

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 for heaven

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 through

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 maturity.

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 Churches

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 don't get

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 that and

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 that's why

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 transitions like

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 this are so

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 notoriously

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 bad.

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 Third thing

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 is be a

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 team leader

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 a team

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 builder

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 rather

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 using

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 you be a

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 team leader

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 self-promotion

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 Freudian slip

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 there.

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 Be a team

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 builder

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 using the

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 best mind

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 of Christ

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 building

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 materials.

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 Picking up

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 the thoughts

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 of 10 to

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 17

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 and you

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 know I'm

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 just going

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 to skate

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 over the

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 top of

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 this.

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 I'm not

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 going to

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 dig into

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 all the

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 details

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 that could

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 be

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 lifted

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 out here.

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 Paul

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 essentially

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 changes

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 the

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 metaphor

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 to

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 a

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 building

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 site

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 and

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 he's

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 really

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 saying

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 look

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 the

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 church

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 at

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 Corinth

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 you

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 guys

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 are

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 God's

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 special

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 building

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 project.

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 Paul

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 his

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 fellow

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 workers

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 and all

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 the

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 believers

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 in Corinth

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 says

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 Paul

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 well

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 you're

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 the

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 subcontractors

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 you're

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 engaged

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 to

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 actually

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 do

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 the

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 work

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 on

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 the

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 ground.

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 God

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 is the

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 owner

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 builder

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 or

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 project

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 manager

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 constantly

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 monitoring

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 the quality

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 of the

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 build.

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 In

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 verses

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 10 and

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 11

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 Paul

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 says

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 well look

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 I

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 started

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 I put

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 down

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 the

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 foundations

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 as a

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 skilled

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 master

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 builder.

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 He calls

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 himself a

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 skilled

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 master

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 builder

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 I think

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 because

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 he's

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 saying

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 I

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 used

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 the

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 right

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 tools

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 for

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 a

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 solid

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 foundation.

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 It

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 really

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 told us

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 what those

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 tools are

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 in chapter

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 2.

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 The

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 message

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 of

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 Jesus

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 crucified

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 who is

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 God's

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 righteousness

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 wisdom

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 power

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 redemption

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 sanctification

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 he's the

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 one who

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 can renew

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 people from

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 the inside

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 out.

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 So

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 Paul

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 uses

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 the gospel

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 message

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 in

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 conjunction

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 with

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 carefully

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 applied

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 practical

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 gospel

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 wisdom

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 and power.

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 In

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 other

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 words

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 the

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 gospel

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 message

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 in

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 conjunction

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 with the

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 mind

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 of

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 Christ.

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 That's

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 what makes

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 Paul

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 a skilled

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 master

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 builder.

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 And

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 that's

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 why the

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 foundation

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 is so

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 solid.

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 Verse

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 12

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 through

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 15

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 Paul

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 says

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 well

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 that's

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 only

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 stage

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 one

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 of

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 God's

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 build.

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 Others

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 will

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 follow

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 and

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 build

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 upon

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 what

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 I've

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 done.

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 Doing

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 the

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 framing

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 the

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 roofing

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 the

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 external

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 cladding

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 internal

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 fit out

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 all of

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 that

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 needs

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 to be

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 done

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 and

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 will

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 be

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 done

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 as

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 part

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 of

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 God's

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 build

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 in

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 Corinth.

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 And

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 says

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 Paul

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 you

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 also

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 are

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 called

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 to be

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 skilled

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 master

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 builders.

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 And

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 then he

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 sets up

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 a bit

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 of a

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 contrast.

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 Well

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 there's

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 an option

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 there's

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.100
 a choice

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 here.

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 You

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 can be

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.240
 skilled

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 master

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 builders

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 using

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 top

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 shelf

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 building

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 materials.

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 Or

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 which is

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 gold

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 and silver

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 and precious

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 stones

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 in there.

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 That's

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 the

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 metaphor.

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 Or

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 you

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 can be

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 a

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 shunky

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 builder

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 using

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 stuff

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 that's

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 sort of

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 cheap

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 and nasty

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 but looks

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 alright

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 when you

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 first use

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 it.

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 It

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 just

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 doesn't

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 stand

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 the test

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 of

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 time.

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 Wood

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 and hay

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 and stones.

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 That's the

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 picture in

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.500
 there.

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 I think.

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 Things that

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 look good

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.220
 now but

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.880
 will cause

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.460
 the build

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 to fail

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 in the

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 long term.

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.339
 And again

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.740
 Paul's

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.299
 point is

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 simple but

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 again very

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 confronting.

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 Either your

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.640
 ministry

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.619
 contribution

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.779
 to this

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.339
 church

00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:47.500
 will be

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.000
 worthwhile

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 and lasting

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 or

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.319
 and this

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 is very

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 confronting

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.980
 or

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.900
 it is

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.299
 building

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.900
 weakness

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.940
 and failure

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.940
 into the

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 church

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.759
 family

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 even

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.519
 though

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 it might

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.960
 look good

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.519
 now in

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:02.860
 the short

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.180
 term.

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.539
 There's a

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 huge challenge

00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:09.779
 in that

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 I think.

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 And all

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:13.620
 of this

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 is put in

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 the context

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 of knowing

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 that the

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.840
 Lord

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:17.059
 who's the

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 owner builder

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.339
 and building

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.000
 inspector

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:20.200
 says Paul

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 well the

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.380
 Lord himself

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.279
 will expose

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.319
 the master

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.720
 builders

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.299
 and the

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.579
 shonky

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:24.980
 builders.

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 And that's

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.880
 not a threat.

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:29.900
 I think that

00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.640
 Paul uses that

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 an encouragement

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.019
 to use

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:34.860
 quality materials

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.720
 that the

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 Lord himself

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 as the

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 project manager

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 and the

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 chief builder

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 and the

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 owner builder

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 use the

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 materials the

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 Lord has

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 actually provided

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 to ensure

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 that the

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 build is

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 good

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 and materials

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 that will

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 bring God's

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 approval for

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 a job well

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 done.

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 And for

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 Paul

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 his ultimate

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 concern was

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 not to win

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 the approval

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 of people

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 in Corinth

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 or to impress

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 people in

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 Corinth

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 but to win

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 the approval

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 of the

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 owner builder

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 himself.

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 Now

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 just one

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 little thing

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 to note

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 carefully in

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 passing.

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 These verses

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 are not

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 suggesting for

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 a moment

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 that a

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 believer might

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 lose their

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 salvation

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 if their

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 ministry is

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 not gospel

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 shaped as it

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 should be.

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 That's taken a

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 metaphor and

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 making it

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 absolute.

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 It's taken a

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 metaphor way

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 way too far.

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 What he is

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 saying here

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 I think is

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 that we

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 should be

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 focused on

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 maximizing our

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 usefulness in

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 this church

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 family.

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 In this church

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 family build

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 by making

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 sure we

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 use top

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 gospel

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 materials in

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 our ministry

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 contribution.

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 One of the

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 reasons I get

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 a tradesman to

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 do my work

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 at home is

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 because I've

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 learned the

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 pain of trying

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 to do it

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 myself.

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 Only to have

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 to redo it

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 six months

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 later.

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 Because this

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 particular builder

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 when it comes to

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 those projects

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 is your

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 ultimate

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 chunky builder.

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 It's expensive

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 and it's a

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 pain.

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 Brothers and

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 sisters let's

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 build with the

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 right materials

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 top shelf

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 materials and

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 then build

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 once knowing

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 that it's going

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 to stand the

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 test of time.

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 verses 16

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 and 17

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 Paul's

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 encouragement

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 then is if

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 only you could

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 see your

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 church family

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 there in

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 Corinth.

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 If only you

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 can see your

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 church family

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 here as to

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 use the terms

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 of modern TV

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 shows as

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 God's dream

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 build.

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 Paul says if

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 only you can get

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 that into your

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 mind then you

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 will no longer

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 be concerned

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 about yourselves

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 or your own

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 reputation or

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 your own

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 preeminence.

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 You'll be

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 concerned to

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 build carefully

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 for God's

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 approval.

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 So what are

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 quality building

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:15.279
 materials which

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 will make you a

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 skilled master

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 builder in this

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 church family?

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 Well same as

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 what Paul had.

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 The gospel

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 message of

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 Jesus crucified.

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 God's

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 righteousness,

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 wisdom,

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 power to

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 renew people from

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 the inside out

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 and carefully

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 applied practically

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 with the mind

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 of Christ.

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 It's not

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 rocket science.

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 It's building

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 on the unity

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 we already

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 share because

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 we are defined

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 and blessed

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 equally in

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 Jesus.

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 It's producing

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 discipleship

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 that's marked

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 by allegiance

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 to Jesus

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 not a

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 personality.

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 It's valuing

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 the whole

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 team with

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 all the

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 different

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 and varied

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 contributions

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 rather than

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 competitive

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 individualism.

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 I'm more

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 important than

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 you.

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 I know

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 more than

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 you.

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 I've been

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 here longer

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 than you.

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 It's building

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.680
 self-sacrificial

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.339
 commitment to

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 this church

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 family.

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 That's

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 increasingly a

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.720
 rare commodity

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 in our

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 selfish world,

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 isn't it?

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 Self-sacrificing

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.919
 commitment to

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 this church

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 family.

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:39.699
 That is

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 intentionally

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.459
 choosing to

00:22:41.459 --> 00:22:41.859
 use your

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 time, to

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 use your

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 energy to

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 volunteer and

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.419
 get involved in

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.220
 the jobs which

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.179
 need doing to

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.959
 make this church

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.859
 operate on a

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.279
 week-to-week

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.759
 basis.

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 I have to

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 say, it's

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.379
 getting harder

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.900
 and harder to

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.759
 do that in a

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.500
 congregation that's

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.079
 getting bigger and

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.299
 bigger.

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.720
 How does that

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 work?

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.720
 It's being

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.640
 intentional and

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.160
 generous with

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.480
 your money, if

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 I might say

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.299
 this.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.140
 Choosing to

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.819
 use your money

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:19.579
 sacrificially to

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.480
 make sure that

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.200
 this church

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.059
 family has the

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.860
 money to pay

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.880
 the staff that

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.779
 are required to

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.480
 do the work

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:28.240
 that's existing

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.400
 and then to

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.380
 grow and

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.279
 expand into

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.000
 new ministry

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.579
 that hasn't

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.960
 even been

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.700
 thought of yet.

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.980
 The mind of

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.039
 Christ is

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.480
 saying that

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.940
 money is to

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.740
 be used for

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.039
 kingdom purposes.

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.440
 So the

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.000
 question is very

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.279
 simple.

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.039
 Are you

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.440
 giving

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.360
 sacrificially?

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.920
 Is that a

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.039
 goal or a

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.559
 sub-goal?

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.019
 Because if you

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.420
 don't have a

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.420
 goal and if

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.660
 you're not

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.319
 intentional, then

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.000
 I can guarantee

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.700
 you'll be

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.000
 controlled and

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.799
 driven by our

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.279
 culture.

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.120
 What does our

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:10.579
 culture say to

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:10.720
 us?

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.680
 You're the most

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.400
 important person.

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.380
 Giving your

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.960
 money away is

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.299
 stupid.

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:20.259
 gather,

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.019
 hoard,

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.099
 accumulate all

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.079
 the things you

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.759
 desire because

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.539
 you're worth it.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.740
 Or,

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.919
 accumulate all

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.220
 those things

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.720
 because in the

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.079
 end, you know,

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.319
 your identity and

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.519
 your security is

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.599
 in the amount of

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.259
 things you have

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.859
 around you.

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.619
 Well,

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:46.619
 you hear the

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.299
 contrast again.

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.500
 You're worth it.

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.299
 Paul would say,

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.899
 is Jesus worth it?

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.059
 We're going to sing

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.719
 a song along

00:24:54.719 --> 00:24:56.479
 asking that very

00:24:56.479 --> 00:24:56.839
 question.

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.339
 Is he worth it?

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.119
 Surely, my

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.039
 friends, the

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.959
 mind of Christ

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:06.859
 would say, I

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.019
 will sacrifice my

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:10.099
 own comfort, my

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:12.439
 own rights, for

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.199
 the sake of God's

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:13.459
 kingdom.

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:31.519
 fourth point, and

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.079
 very briefly then,

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.159
 don't compete for

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:35.219
 blessing already

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:36.679
 yours from our

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.299
 generous God,

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.099
 verses 18 through

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.619
 to 23.

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.919
 I think Paul is

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.739
 both doing two

00:25:41.739 --> 00:25:42.000
 things.

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.979
 He's anticipating

00:25:42.979 --> 00:25:44.599
 an objection to

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.019
 what he's been

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.039
 saying, but he's

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.759
 also starting to

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.599
 move towards a

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.240
 conclusion.

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.799
 He's anticipating

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.799
 an objection to

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.740
 his notion about

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.659
 being spiritually

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:55.719
 mature and useful

00:25:55.719 --> 00:25:56.399
 in ministry.

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:59.019
 And I think it

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.839
 comes back again,

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.719
 circles around,

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:02.099
 like each of his

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.839
 points have been in

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.419
 these first three

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.799
 chapters.

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 See, being

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 spiritually mature

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 ultimately doesn't

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 fit with the

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.480
 world's understanding

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.980
 of what being

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.700
 mature is.

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.079
 The world's

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.579
 understanding of

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.480
 being mature is

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.019
 about being

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:21.319
 flashy, about

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 being outstanding.

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 Put simply, the

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.940
 world thinks it's

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 stupid to put the

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 needs and concerns

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 of others before

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 ourselves.

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 The world says

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 protect yourself,

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.200
 promote yourself,

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 get what you can

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 for yourself,

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 because nobody

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.659
 else will.

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 The world says

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.559
 being quietly

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 useful in a

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.740
 church family

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 rather than

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.059
 seeking personal

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.019
 popularity and

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.159
 reputation is

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.839
 wasted effort.

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 Paul's response?

00:26:57.180 --> 00:27:01.320
 Christ, you have

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 it all in Christ.

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 How could we

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:06.140
 possibly think that

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.940
 having the mind

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 of Christ, being

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:10.180
 ministry minded, how

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.019
 could we possibly

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.940
 think that that is

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.299
 stupid?

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.140
 Quite the opposite

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 in God's eyes.

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.480
 Being ministry

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.680
 minded, team

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.620
 player, committed

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.279
 to building

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.460
 spiritual maturity

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.080
 in this church

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:23.620
 family is simply

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.600
 the expression of

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.240
 who we are in

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.580
 Christ.

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 the outworking

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.740
 of the mind

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 of Christ in

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 us.

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 So my friends,

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 I finish where I

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.179
 start with in

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 chapter 1,

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 verses 1 to 9,

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.379
 four weeks ago.

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 You don't have

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 to compete for

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 recognition,

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.259
 for approval,

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.579
 for security,

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 for love,

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:51.179
 because in

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.839
 Christ you

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.859
 already have all

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.480
 of that and

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.240
 more besides.

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:59.099
 flip the coin,

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 disunity,

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.159
 competition,

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.919
 jealousy,

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.599
 resentment in a

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.240
 church family

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.980
 always arises

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.779
 from thinking

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 that others

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.099
 have an

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.079
 advantage that

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.460
 you don't

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.839
 have.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.619
 That's the

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.159
 source of it.

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 but that

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.320
 tells me that

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.100
 you've forgotten

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.560
 that you have

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.720
 it all in

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.100
 Christ.

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.800
 I'll just

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.380
 finish with this

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.700
 opening sentence.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.880
 if you don't

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.620
 aim for this,

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.680
 spiritual maturity,

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.600
 usefulness in

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.039
 this church

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.400
 family,

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.200
 then my friend,

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.700
 you'll hit it

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.340
 every time.

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 And there

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.860
 ends 24 years

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.279
 of formal

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.660
 ministry,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.120
 for better or

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.480
 for worse.

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 Thank you for

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.740
 the last time

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.240
 for listening.

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 Sarah.

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 do

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.140
 you

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 you

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 you