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 Good morning. If you've got your Bibles, go ahead and open them up to 1 Corinthians chapter 11

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 is where we will be today. I want to remind y'all and reinforce a couple of announcements that we

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 just had, but tonight we will have a meeting for everyone who is interested in being a part of

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 our Circle of Welcome team as we will be adopting a refugee family that is coming here to the United

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 States from somewhere in the world. We don't know exactly where this family will come until they're

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 assigned to us or given to us, but we're looking forward to that. And so this evening, if you've

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 already signed up to be a part of this, or if you've just got questions and you want to find out more of

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 what it's about, we'll be meeting at 630 in building two in room 200. And so that's the first room there

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 on the right as you walk in. And so I look forward to all of you who were interested to be there. I'm

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 going to share some information, but largely just have an opportunity for you guys to ask questions

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 about what this ministry will look like. Also, today is the last Sunday to get marriage conference

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 tickets that'll be this coming weekend. And so I would love for you to join us. We're really excited.

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 We're excited as a staff. Aaron and I are excited as a couple to walk through this weekend with you

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 guys to walk through this in our own marriage and to see all that God is going to do and how God's

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 going to bless us. And so it's going to be a wonderful, wonderful time. This is for newly married

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 couples. This is for couples thinking about getting married. This is for couples that have been married

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 for a while and you're in the thick of it with your teenagers. And this is for couples who have been

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 married for a lot longer than I've been married. All right. It's going to be for all of us. And so

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 I would love for you to be able to join us. Well, as the pollen on my windshield reminded me this

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 morning, in spite of the 42 degrees, it is springtime, which means Easter is going to be here

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 before you know it. And so we've got these little printouts on, I think there's two on each row that

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 are there. And so this is just an opportunity for you to grab this and throw this on your refrigerator.

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 Well, last year we did a couple of different things that seem to resonate with our church family.

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 And so we're going to continue on with some of those and add some different dynamics to it as well.

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 And so this Easter, April 17th, we're going to have an 8 a.m. We thought about calling it a sunrise

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 service, but let's be honest, the sun's been up long before then. All right. And so an 8 a.m.

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 outdoor service in the parking lot. We know that there's a lot of people that enjoyed that time

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 of worship of being outdoors. We are in prayer that it'll be substantially warmer than it was this time

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 last year. And so we will have that service at 8 a.m. Now the flow of the service is going to look

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 a little different, but we will be taking the Lord's Supper together and the message will be the same

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 as it will in the later service. And then something else that we're going to be doing this year,

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 which I'm excited about, is we're going to provide a full hot breakfast for our church family

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 that Easter morning at 9 a.m. And so if you're coming to the eight o'clock service, you can stay,

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 you can have breakfast with us as a church family, and then the next service will start

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 at 10 a.m. And that'll be the indoor, our normal service that we have. And so what we're hoping

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 that we can do as a church family is come together, if you're coming to the earlier service or you're

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 coming to the later service, and we can come together for a wonderful time of breakfast and

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 fellowship as we celebrate the fact that the tomb is empty. And so I'd like to encourage you

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 to be a part of that. Also with that said, this card is a wonderful thing like for you and for us at the

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 Bradberries to be a reminder, but it's also a wonderful opportunity to invite someone. And so

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 if you know of someone looking for a place of worship on Easter morning, please use this and

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 invite them and we'll be looking forward to seeing all that God is going to do that day. We'll take the

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 Lord's Supper at both, same message at both service, so pick which ones you feel like you would

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 worship at. As we look at chapter 11 this morning, I want to go and share, we're going to cover the

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 entire chapter and it's going to be broken down into three parts. I had a pastor at the first

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 church that I served at and it was getting ready to do something. He said, just give me a little

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 sermonette. And I'm like, well, what do you mean by that? He's like, you know, take what you would say

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 and just divide it down. I'm like, all right. So that's what I was responsible for doing. And as I was

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 going through this chapter this week, there's three definite sections as we walk through that

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 overlap, and we're going to talk about that in just a second, that overlap, but they seem to be

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 thematically isolated from each other. And so what we're going to do is we're going to look at each

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 one of those individually, but understanding that what Paul is doing to the church at Corinth and what

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 Paul is doing for us is reminding us of the truth of God's standard, of God's expectations, of what it

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 means to fully surrender to him in his way, that you and I, that we agree that we in society should

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 not be the ones to dictate and to understand and to set truth, but that Christ does this for us.

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 And so that'll be the theme that kind of works through as Paul's working with the Corinthian church.

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 And so let's begin. We're going to read just the first verse to begin in 1 Corinthians 11, verse 1.

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 Paul says,

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 Be imitators of me as I am of Christ.

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 And what we're going to look at from the very beginning here, what I want us to grasp is the

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 defining piece of what God is establishing for us, of what Paul is showing of biblical leadership.

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 Now, the church at Corinth, where Paul is, is a church that is filled with young and new believers.

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 It's something that we actually talked about a little bit this week as a staff.

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 I want you to think about this.

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 These people, a lot of us, maybe not all of us, but a lot of us grew up in church.

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 A lot of us got saved at a young age, and Christianity and our faith is all that we've ever known.

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 But some of us, it's a different story, right?

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 Some of us maybe grew up in church, but came to faith at a different age as an adult.

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 Or some of you maybe have never had a background or experience with church,

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 and you've come here, and as an adult, you've become a believer.

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 Maybe some of you in the last several weeks or several years.

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 And then some of you may be here today, and you're not a believer at all.

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 But when you think about the context in which Paul is writing this letter, that Christianity did not exist.

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 And so the dynamic of which Paul is bringing this to them is everyone here is young.

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 Everyone is a new believer.

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 And it's fair to say, not in a way that's condescending, but in establishing the depth of their faith,

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 they were immature in their faith.

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 And we're seeing a lot of that for what we're working through.

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 And so Paul takes a vulnerable step out there and says to them,

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 be imitators of me as I am of Christ.

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 Now, it draws a question.

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 Is this a little arrogance from Paul?

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 And I would say no.

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 But this isn't cockiness that Paul is showing.

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 Instead, this is confidence.

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 It's confidence in who he is, and it's confidence in who he is in the gospel.

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 I mean, I want you to think about that.

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 I don't know if you've ever been shadowed by someone, right?

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 Whether it be at work.

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 But when someone's job, when someone's responsibility is to watch you and then emulate you, right?

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 It can be overwhelming.

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 And Paul says, watch me, emulate me, not as a tent maker, not as just simply a person,

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 but as a follower of Christ.

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 And in that is making himself completely vulnerable and transparent in here.

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 But what Paul's doing is he's setting the standard.

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 And I think here's a piece that's important.

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 If Paul had said, just be like me, be like Paul, he misses it.

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 He misses it.

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 But what Paul does here is he says, imitate me as I am of Christ.

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 So what's Paul seeking?

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 Paul's seeking to imitate Jesus, and in that, imitate me.

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 And he sets Christ as a standard.

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 Now, this isn't the first time he's done this.

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 In 1 Corinthians 4, starting in verse 16, he does this here as well.

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 He says, I urge you then, be imitators of me.

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 That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord.

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 And here's what's key.

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 To remind you of my ways in Christ as I teach them everywhere and every church.

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 And so Paul's standard is this, Paul's standard for himself and Paul's standard for the church is Christ.

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 So he's who we look at.

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 He's who we emulate.

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 He's the one that sets the standard.

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 It's not you that sets the standard.

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 It's not me that sets the standard.

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 It's not Paul that sets the standard.

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 It's Christ that sets the standard.

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 And Paul, in vulnerability of leadership, steps before them and says, then imitate me because this is what I'm seeking after.

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 And when you see those pieces that don't line up, that's my sin.

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 Call me out.

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 Paul's addressed the accountability that comes.

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 He's addressed what you do with sinful behaviors.

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 But he says, if you need a standard, if you need to see it in flesh, look at me as I seek to imitate Christ.

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 Now, the reason I call this biblical leadership and not just church leadership as Paul is a pastor is because this leadership model isn't just for church leadership, but it's for all.

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 As I challenge you this morning, as we gather in here today, as we go from here to your homes, as you get up in the morning to head to work, as you take your journey to the grocery store, as you go out to coach your little league team, as you go out to lead in your neighborhood association,

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 is what is the standard for which you are modeling?

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 What is the standard for which you are emulating?

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 What is the standard for what you are imitating in your life?

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 And if it's anything other than Christ, it's insufficient.

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 It's insufficient.

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 It will fall and it will fail.

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 Because Jesus is the standard.

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 Jesus is the standard.

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 And so as Paul begins this, it's a continual reminder for the church that's here to imitate Christ.

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 But in order for them to do that, in order for those young and those, for those immature, Paul says, then I'm going to put myself out there.

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 And is that what we're willing to do?

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 Are we willing to do that in our marriage?

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 Are we willing to do that in our families?

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 Husbands, what does your wife see in you?

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 Parents, what do your kids see from you?

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 Managers, what do your workers see in you?

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 Coaches, what do your players see from you?

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 Is it Christ?

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 And who you are?

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 Because he's your standard.

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 Let's keep reading starting verse 2.

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 He says,

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 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I had delivered them to you.

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 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

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 But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

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 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short.

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 But since it's disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.

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 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God.

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 But woman is the glory of man.

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 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.

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 Neither was man created for woman, but woman from man.

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 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority over her head because of angels.

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 Nevertheless, in the Lord, the woman is not independent of man, nor man of woman.

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 For as a woman was made from man, so man is now born of a woman, and all things are from God.

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 Judge for yourself.

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 Is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair, it is a disgrace for him?

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 But if a woman has long hair, is it her glory?

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 For her hair is given to her for a covering.

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 If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.

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 I was read through this this week and studied this this week.

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 A lot of this has to do with head coverings.

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 And I'll be honest with you, I believe is what Paul is journeying through with the church at Corinth

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 and dealing with head coverings is dealing with a first century Corinth situation of culture that's there.

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 But there's a lot of truth of application that comes out of this that we can begin to see

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 as we begin to see God's view and God's standard on gender.

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 And I don't know about you, but it seems that the topic of gender has become a hot topic over the last several years.

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 And this debate got even more publicly drawn this weekend, or this past week.

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 I don't know if you watch sports.

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 There's a big sports championship going on right now, NCAA March Madness.

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 My South Carolina Gamecocks still have not lost in March Madness, right?

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 They're not playing in it either, but they haven't lost in it, right?

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 The men's team, the women's team, and they're rolling right through.

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 But there's also been some others, and there was the swimming championships that took place as well.

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 And the University of Pennsylvania, which is an Ivy League school, has a male swimmer who identifies,

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 I'll put that in quotes in my notes, as a female.

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 And this swimmer, this man, competed this past week in the women's 500 freestyle in the women's division,

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 even though he's a biological male, and he won.

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 And so this has brought out a lot of discussion, a lot of questions.

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 I would say if you roll through social media, it's probably one out of every four posts that you see

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 is something defined in this debate, as we tend to turn to other things to set the standard.

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 But as we look through this passage of Scripture, and as we look through the Bible as a whole,

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 what I want us to draw to this morning is this, that God decides, God defines, and God designs gender.

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 We don't get to decide this, God decides it.

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 God decides male or female.

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 All right, go to the garden.

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 He made man as man, and when he saw that man was incomplete, and we'll talk about this in just a second,

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 he didn't add a part or take a part away.

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 Instead, he created woman.

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 In Genesis 2, verse 15, it said,

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 The Lord took the man, in a little quick little language, this is man and gender, not mankind.

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 He took man and put him, what the Bible says, in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

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 And then you look down at verse 18,

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 And then the Lord God said,

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 It is not good that the man, again, gender, should be alone.

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 I will make a helper suitable for him.

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 So he made woman.

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 Genesis 2, 22.

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 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man,

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 he made into a woman, different gender, and brought her to the man.

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 God decides.

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 It's not up for debate.

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 In a Christian ethic, in a Christian narrative, in the study of God's word,

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 this is what we come to.

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 You and I do not get to decide these things.

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 It's not feelings that decide,

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 but it's the sovereign Holy Lord who does.

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 And so men be men,

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 and women be women,

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 as God designed.

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 Now,

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 in situations like with this swim room,

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 what do we do with this?

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 What do you and I do?

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 What do we say?

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 How do we respond?

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 What is our posture?

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 And coming alongside

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 in what God's word has laid out for us,

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 and seeing how Jesus walked alongside individuals

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 who are hurting and broken,

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 and walking through the own areas of my life

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 where I've chosen my set or my standard

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 before the Lord's,

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 and where people walk alongside me,

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 what has drawn me to the Lord?

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 We stand with truth.

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 We stand with truth.

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 We continue to provide help.

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 We give prayers.

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 In church, we show compassion

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 and love

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 for those who are seeking anything outside

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 of the will of the Lord.

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 So not only does God decide,

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 but God defines gender.

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 God defines gender.

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 And when we look at this,

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 God defines as male and female,

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 but equal.

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 Look back at verses 11 and 12

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 of 1 Corinthians 11.

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 So where we are in equality in gender,

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 men and women is this,

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 that we were both beautifully and wonderfully made

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 in the concept of Imago Dei,

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 the truth of Scripture,

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 of the Lord.

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 Back in Genesis 1, 26 through 27.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 let us make man in our image

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 after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea,

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 and over the birds of the heavens,

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 and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing

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 that creeps on the earth.

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 So God made man in his own image.

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 In the image of God,

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 he created him.

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 Male and female,

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 he created them.

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 So Aaron and I are equally made

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 in the image of the Lord.

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 My son and my daughter

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 are equally made in the image of the Lord.

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 And so God gives us the beauty of equal value.

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 We're equally desirable to him.

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 God gives equal dignity.

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 We are equally worthy to him.

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 And he gives us equally love.

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 He loves us equally.

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 This is who he is,

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 regardless and in the context of gender.

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 He defines us differently.

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 I'm sorry,

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 he describes us differently,

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 but defines us equally

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 of who we are in Christ.

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 But then because he's the creator.

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 Because he's the one who creates.

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 He's the one who decides.

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 He's the one who designs their purpose as well.

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 It's not just that God decides,

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 that God defines,

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 but God also designs their purpose also.

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 Verse 3 in 1 Corinthians 11.

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 But I want you to understand

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 that the head of every man is Christ.

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 And the head of a wife is her husband.

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 And the head of Christ is the church.

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 And so what we begin to see here

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 is a differing,

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 not in equality,

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 not in equality,

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 not in God's love,

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 not in the worth that he places,

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 but in the purpose of what he gives

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 in the context of gender.

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 Like you and I are equally called

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 to live our lives for the glory of God,

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 but God begins to define differently

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 in the context of purpose.

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 In Ephesians 5,

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 Paul walks through with this.

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 Several weeks ago,

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 we talked about this as well,

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 but he led the charge of men lead.

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 Men in the context of your marriage lead,

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 and then again,

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 he sets the standard.

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 Not lead because you're a man,

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 but lead because of Christ.

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 And you lead like Christ.

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 Not lead out of your ego.

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 Not lead out of your preference.

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 Not lead out of personality.

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 Not lead out of arrogance.

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 Not lead out of sin.

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 Not lead out of,

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 because you want to tell someone what to do,

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 but lead in the image

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 and in the likeness of Christ.

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 So what does this mean?

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 What does this look like?

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 Well, without going through

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 and reading through all four Gospels,

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 let's see how Jesus led.

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 Jesus led in sacrifice.

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 He was sent here to serve,

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 is what he tells us.

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 Jesus led in love

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 and showed compassion and kindness

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 to men,

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 to women,

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 to religious,

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 into lost.

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 He led in love.

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 He led in forgiveness

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 and in grace.

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 It's who he is.

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 He didn't withdraw,

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 but he poured this out

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 and he led

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 in their betterment,

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 in their betterment

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 of seeking for them

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 to seek after

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 the things of the Lord.

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 And to summarize it, men,

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 Jesus led from the fruit of the Spirit

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 of the imagery that we see

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 and every single thing that he did

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 and every single thing

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 that he worked toward

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 and every single thing

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 that he accomplished,

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 he led in love,

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 joy,

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 peace,

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 patience,

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 kindness,

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 goodness,

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 faithfulness,

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 gentleness,

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 and self-control.

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 That's the standard

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 of leadership.

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 And men,

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 that's what we're called

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 to emulate.

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 That's how we're called

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 to lead our wives.

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 That's how we're called

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 to lead our children.

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 And that this would be

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 the standard

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 what's there.

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 Right?

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 And women,

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 ladies,

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 the longing

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 and the desire

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 to follow

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 this biblical leadership.

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 It's what Ephesians 5

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 points us to.

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 That they follow,

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 they submit

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 like the church does

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 to Christ.

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 Right?

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 We don't follow

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 Peter.

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 We don't follow

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 Paul.

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 We follow them

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 in Christ

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 as they imitate

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 Christ,

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 as they work

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 toward Christ.

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 And that's the standard

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 for this as well.

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 That ladies

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 come alongside

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 and when we look

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 back at the narrative

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 to be the helpmate

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 that God has provided,

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 not in a lessening form,

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 but as we lead,

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 as Christ leads,

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 as we stay in line

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 with his will,

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 as we stay in line

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 with our purpose.

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 And then you should think

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 about this.

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 Why do you follow Christ?

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 Everyone in here,

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.100
 why do you follow Christ?

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 Because you know

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.000
 who he is.

00:25:31.020 --> 00:25:32.740
 You know his sacrifice.

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 You know his love.

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 You know his forgiveness.

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 You know his truth.

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 You know his peace.

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 And this is what

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 draws us to him.

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 This is what causes us

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 to cling to him.

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 Right?

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 And as we see,

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:51.660
 this is what we follow

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 toward and what we go.

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 Follow like the church.

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 Follow from biblical leadership.

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 Now,

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.240
 whether the topic

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.580
 that you're working through

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:04.800
 is gender or not,

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.180
 we can sit in here

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.600
 and say,

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.700
 and go around

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 and poll everyone

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.900
 about their standard

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.440
 of gender.

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.800
 Their belief of gender.

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 And maybe where you are

00:26:16.020 --> 00:26:17.020
 is where I am

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 as we draw these things

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.240
 from scripture.

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 But here's what I think

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.160
 the bigger question

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.900
 I want to draw from.

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 Are you living your life

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:26.040
 under the clear expectations

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.940
 of the Lord?

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 Or are we living our life

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.920
 based off of

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.240
 what we determine

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.380
 is right or wrong?

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.900
 What are we journeying toward?

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.740
 What are we allowing

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:39.360
 to move toward

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:41.040
 the definition of that?

00:26:41.760 --> 00:26:41.880
 Right?

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 Let's keep you reading

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.880
 verse 17.

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.880
 Paul says,

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 But in the following instructions,

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.940
 I do not commend you

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.880
 because when you come together

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.020
 it is not for the better

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.800
 but for the worse.

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 For in the first place

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.680
 when you come together

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.520
 as a church,

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.320
 I hear that there are

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.580
 divisions among you

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 and I believe it in part.

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.560
 For there must be factions

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.360
 among you

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.940
 in order that those

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.700
 who are genuine

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.820
 among you

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.700
 may be recognized.

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.800
 When you come together

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:17.460
 it is not the Lord's supper

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.360
 that you eat.

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:20.160
 For in eating

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.740
 each one goes ahead

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.840
 with his own meal.

00:27:23.520 --> 00:27:24.820
 One goes hungry,

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:26.180
 another gets drunk.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.640
 What?

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.100
 Do you not have houses

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:30.940
 to eat and drink in?

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.840
 Or do you despise

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.820
 the church of God

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.940
 and humiliate those

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.060
 who have nothing?

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:38.340
 What shall I say to you?

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:40.440
 Shall I commend you in this?

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.660
 No, I will not.

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 For I receive from the Lord

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.860
 what I also deliver to you

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 that the Lord Jesus

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.920
 on the night

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.820
 when he was betrayed

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.780
 took bread

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:51.560
 and would give him thanks.

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.740
 He broke it

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.480
 and said,

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.400
 This is my body

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.260
 which is for you.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:57.160
 Do this in remembrance of me.

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.860
 In the same way also

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.720
 he took the cup

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.720
 after supper

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.120
 saying,

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.760
 This cup is the new covenant

00:28:02.760 --> 00:28:03.360
 in my blood.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.720
 Do this as often

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.520
 as you drink it

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:06.760
 in remembrance of me.

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:08.000
 For as often

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.180
 as you eat this bread

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.020
 and drink the cup

00:28:10.020 --> 00:28:11.460
 you proclaim the Lord's death

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.600
 until he comes.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.160
 Whoever therefore

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.480
 eats the bread

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.600
 or drinks the cup

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.260
 of the Lord

00:28:17.260 --> 00:28:18.700
 in an unworthy manner

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.760
 will be guilty

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:21.040
 concerning the body

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:22.560
 and blood of the Lord.

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:24.000
 Let a person

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.380
 examine himself

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.480
 then

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.940
 and so eat

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.700
 of the bread

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.000
 and drink of the cup.

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.080
 For anyone

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.260
 who eats and drinks

00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:33.160
 without discerning

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.860
 the body

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:35.140
 eats and drinks

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.780
 judgment

00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:37.060
 on himself.

00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:38.380
 That is why

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.300
 many of you

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:39.960
 are weak

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.500
 and ill

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.980
 and some

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.580
 have died.

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.060
 But if we

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:44.300
 judged ourselves

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:45.020
 truly

00:28:45.020 --> 00:28:46.420
 would we not

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.120
 be judged?

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.380
 But when we

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.960
 are judged

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.780
 by the Lord

00:28:49.780 --> 00:28:51.380
 we are disciplined

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.200
 so that we may

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.280
 not be condemned

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:55.140
 along with the world.

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.920
 So then my brothers

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.120
 when you come together

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.820
 wait for one another.

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.220
 If anyone

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.000
 is hungry

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.940
 let him eat

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.520
 at home

00:29:03.520 --> 00:29:04.640
 so that when

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.640
 you come together

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.460
 it will not

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.800
 be for judgment

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:09.460
 about the other

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.920
 things

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.860
 I will give

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.760
 directions

00:29:11.760 --> 00:29:12.760
 when I come.

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.000
 Now one of the

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.700
 things that you

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.380
 think would be

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.480
 a celebratory

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.080
 time

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.640
 in the life

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.160
 of the church

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.620
 would be

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.460
 partaking

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.360
 of the Lord's

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.560
 supper

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:22.220
 together.

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.880
 It's one of my

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.520
 favorite things

00:29:24.520 --> 00:29:25.160
 that we do

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.680
 together

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.560
 as a church.

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.500
 If you're new

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.780
 here

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.920
 are typically

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.620
 what we will

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.900
 do

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.680
 is we take

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.320
 the Lord's

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.560
 supper

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.520
 together

00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:33.300
 the first

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:33.620
 Sunday

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.220
 of every

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.540
 month

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.240
 we'll take

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.740
 the Lord's

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:35.900
 supper

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.400
 together

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.280
 on Easter

00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:38.000
 and we'll

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.380
 take the

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.780
 Lord's

00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:39.040
 supper

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.800
 together

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.960
 on Christmas

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.580
 Eve

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:41.980
 and so

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.600
 depending

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.120
 on how

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.680
 all those

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.240
 days fall

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.260
 on average

00:29:45.260 --> 00:29:46.140
 we're usually

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.920
 taking the

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.220
 Lord's

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.360
 supper

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.760
 together

00:29:47.760 --> 00:29:48.980
 around 14

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.060
 times a year

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.920
 and it is a

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.740
 wonderful part

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.260
 it is a

00:29:52.260 --> 00:29:53.020
 wonderful time

00:29:53.020 --> 00:29:53.620
 of worship

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.720
 as it causes

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.040
 us to focus

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.880
 on who

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.680
 Christ is

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.840
 but Paul

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.840
 says here

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.980
 that the

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.940
 division has

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.800
 been created

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:04.080
 in the church

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.040
 during the

00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:06.120
 taking of

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.680
 the Lord's

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.900
 supper

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.720
 because how

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.080
 they are

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.720
 treating the

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.360
 Lord's

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:09.620
 supper

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.200
 and so I'm

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.260
 going to

00:30:10.260 --> 00:30:10.400
 kind of

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.120
 explain to

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.580
 you a

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:11.980
 little bit

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.340
 what is

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.940
 happening

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.380
 here at

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.720
 Corinth

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.260
 so that

00:30:14.260 --> 00:30:14.680
 we can

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.440
 draw from

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.700
 this

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.280
 and begin

00:30:16.280 --> 00:30:16.600
 to look

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:16.880
 at our

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.560
 own lives

00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:18.120
 with how

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.720
 we take

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.560
 the Lord's

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:19.860
 supper

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.540
 not only

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:21.120
 as a

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.480
 church

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.120
 but more

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.680
 importantly

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.680
 individuals

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.340
 as we

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.900
 partake

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.360
 in this

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.000
 together

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.360
 so

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.440
 there

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.600
 would

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.740
 be

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.020
 a

00:30:28.020 --> 00:30:28.360
 meal

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.160
 that

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.380
 would

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:29.900
 happen

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.820
 before

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.280
 the

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.860
 Lord's

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.400
 supper

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.820
 would

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.060
 take

00:30:33.060 --> 00:30:33.460
 place

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.360
 and

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.620
 this

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.020
 meal

00:30:35.020 --> 00:30:35.240
 that

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.400
 would

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.900
 happen

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.600
 before

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:36.840
 the

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.220
 Lord's

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.660
 supper

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.460
 is

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.760
 where

00:30:38.760 --> 00:30:39.100
 the

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.820
 root

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.060
 of

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.820
 disunity

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.420
 had

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.760
 taken

00:30:41.760 --> 00:30:42.380
 hold

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.880
 in

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.060
 the

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.400
 church

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.880
 now

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.160
 this

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.560
 meal

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.300
 was

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.700
 supposed

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:45.980
 to

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.440
 show

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.420
 unity

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.300
 amongst

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.640
 the

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.980
 church

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.540
 now

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:50.500
 having

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.060
 breakfast

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.660
 together

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.160
 on

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.780
 Easter

00:30:52.780 --> 00:30:53.900
 is

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.260
 not

00:30:54.260 --> 00:30:54.760
 just

00:30:54.760 --> 00:30:55.160
 to

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.960
 save

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.480
 everyone

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.860
 so they

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.200
 don't have

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.520
 to fix

00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:57.900
 breakfast

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.100
 at

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.380
 home

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.200
 that's

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.400
 not

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.560
 why

00:30:59.560 --> 00:30:59.700
 we're

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.940
 doing

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.200
 that

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.160
 we're

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.880
 having

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.180
 an

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.940
 opportunity

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.720
 where

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.220
 we can

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.520
 come

00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:05.120
 together

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.840
 as a

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.480
 family

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.200
 on a

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.420
 day

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.900
 that's

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.460
 special

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.920
 to us

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.840
 and use

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.520
 this time

00:31:10.520 --> 00:31:10.720
 of

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.500
 fellowship

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.180
 together

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.080
 and write

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.580
 worship

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.980
 for the

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.220
 Lord

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.940
 that's

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.280
 why we're

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:15.480
 doing

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.880
 this

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.500
 as an

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.000
 opportunity

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.680
 as we

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.040
 come

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.300
 and we

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.620
 get our

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.940
 seats

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.400
 on Sunday

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.760
 mornings

00:31:19.760 --> 00:31:20.300
 and maybe

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.620
 we don't

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.320
 see or

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.640
 know

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.100
 other people

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.340
 that are

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.620
 here

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.160
 it gives

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.440
 us an

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.980
 opportunity

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.660
 of what

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.240
 we hope

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.820
 of building

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.440
 the unity

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.060
 of fellowship

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:27.620
 amongst the

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.920
 body

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.900
 and so the

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.340
 church at

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.780
 Corinth and

00:31:29.780 --> 00:31:30.500
 other churches

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.080
 have done

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.400
 this for

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.660
 years

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.400
 Baptists

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.220
 didn't invent

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.000
 the potluck

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.400
 even though

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.760
 we like to

00:31:34.760 --> 00:31:35.020
 think that

00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:35.260
 we did

00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:35.580
 all right

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.500
 but we

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.240
 see this

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.080
 in scripture

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:39.380
 we see

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.060
 churches

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.840
 coming

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.360
 together

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:42.180
 men

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.900
 and women

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.720
 and children

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.740
 and eating

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.700
 a meal

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.500
 together

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.320
 to bring

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:48.000
 unity

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.680
 amongst the

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.000
 church

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.580
 but this

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.160
 isn't what

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.760
 was taking

00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:51.260
 place

00:31:51.260 --> 00:31:52.120
 in Corinth

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.860
 and what

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.380
 the meal

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.280
 had done

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:56.900
 is the meal

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.680
 had broken

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.740
 the church

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.680
 into different

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.380
 segments

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.620
 largely the

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.160
 haves and

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.740
 the have

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.180
 knots

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.980
 so here's

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.240
 what would

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.840
 take place

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:09.040
 the time

00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:09.620
 of the

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.980
 meal

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.600
 was earlier

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.180
 in the day

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.900
 and we know

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.440
 how our

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.620
 world works

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:15.960
 okay

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.960
 and so

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.600
 but I want us

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:17.980
 to think

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.620
 through the

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.360
 work day

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.100
 of a

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.720
 Corinthian

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.780
 man or

00:32:21.780 --> 00:32:22.400
 woman

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.660
 they didn't

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.020
 have a

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:24.680
 five day

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.820
 work day

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.660
 and some

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.880
 of you

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.400
 don't as

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.720
 well

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.920
 they had

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.460
 for most

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.940
 of them

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.720
 a seven

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.040
 day

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:31.980
 work day

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.420
 and this

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.440
 work time

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.220
 could break

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.080
 off shorter

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.840
 if you

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.580
 owned the

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:37.980
 business

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.560
 or you

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.960
 were a

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.480
 wealthier

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.260
 influencer

00:32:40.260 --> 00:32:40.940
 in the

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.340
 town of

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.700
 Corinth

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.260
 and it

00:32:42.260 --> 00:32:43.120
 extended on

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.240
 past that

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.280
 if you

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:45.580
 weren't

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.140
 wealthier

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.220
 well because

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.760
 the beauty

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:48.200
 of the

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.620
 gospel

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.300
 is the

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:49.740
 gospel

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.600
 crosses

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:52.100
 socioeconomic

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.580
 lines

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:52.820
 right

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.500
 just as it

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.820
 crosses

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.580
 lines of

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.980
 race

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.660
 lines of

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.140
 culture

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.960
 and even

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.560
 lines of

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:57.880
 gender

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.080
 right

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.560
 so the

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:58.920
 gospel

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.340
 is for

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.800
 everyone

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.880
 so gathered

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.360
 in here

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.820
 today

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.820
 we have

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.440
 people

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.960
 we have

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.520
 individuals

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.220
 and families

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.020
 from different

00:33:06.020 --> 00:33:07.100
 socioeconomic

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.780
 backgrounds

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.800
 and standings

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.480
 within our

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.900
 community

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.900
 but what the

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.340
 church of

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:12.020
 Corinth had

00:33:12.020 --> 00:33:12.580
 done

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.080
 I'm just gonna

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.320
 throw out

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.900
 some generic

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.300
 times

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.620
 all right

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.440
 and let's

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.760
 say that

00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:16.400
 everyone was

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.000
 off work

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.060
 by 530

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:19.820
 they'd start

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.280
 the meal

00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:20.920
 at four

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:23.140
 and the

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.540
 wealthier

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.100
 people because

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.660
 they could

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.440
 brought most

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.140
 of the food

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.560
 and so

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.860
 they would

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.240
 show up

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.780
 at four

00:33:28.780 --> 00:33:29.300
 they would

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:30.420
 get everything

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.420
 set out

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.040
 they have

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:32.800
 the nice

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.400
 cuts of

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.380
 meat

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.640
 they have

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.020
 the nice

00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:35.600
 dishes

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.400
 like the

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.920
 prime

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.820
 casseroles

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.500
 in first

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.900
 cent three

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.420
 Corinth

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.760
 they're taking

00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:40.300
 place there

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.540
 right

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.880
 and then

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.560
 the poor

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.100
 people

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.680
 who couldn't

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.120
 get there

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.500
 who couldn't

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.780
 bring the

00:33:45.780 --> 00:33:46.240
 nicer food

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.860
 would come

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.200
 later

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.680
 well I don't

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.860
 know about

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.320
 you but

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.620
 one of the

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:49.900
 things that

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.300
 we like

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.600
 to do

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:50.920
 one of the

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.180
 things that

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.600
 we like

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.560
 is let's

00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:53.240
 wait till

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.780
 everybody

00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.820
 gets here

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:56.280
 but instead

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:56.940
 of waiting

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.260
 they decided

00:33:58.260 --> 00:33:58.680
 no no no

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.120
 we'll just

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.640
 go ahead

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.680
 and go

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.160
 forward

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.720
 so by the

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.440
 time the

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.600
 other group

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:04.940
 of the

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.340
 church

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.480
 the have

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.140
 nots

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.980
 got there

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.540
 the seating

00:34:09.540 --> 00:34:10.060
 in the

00:34:10.060 --> 00:34:10.520
 house

00:34:10.520 --> 00:34:12.280
 was taken

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.060
 most of

00:34:14.060 --> 00:34:14.860
 the food

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.100
 was gone

00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:17.500
 and so

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.020
 they were

00:34:18.020 --> 00:34:18.780
 left to

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.700
 feel as

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.240
 if they

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.640
 were

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.280
 second

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.900
 class

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.720
 citizens

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.940
 now you

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.880
 sit outside

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.460
 you get

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.060
 the scraps

00:34:26.060 --> 00:34:26.580
 you get

00:34:26.580 --> 00:34:27.120
 the crumbs

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.440
 that are

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.700
 there

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.740
 and Paul's

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.900
 driving point

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.520
 to them

00:34:30.520 --> 00:34:31.140
 was look

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.820
 this isn't

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.440
 a family

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.240
 of unity

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.880
 but it's

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.300
 a family

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:35.140
 of division

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.840
 and so

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.800
 some show

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.580
 up and

00:34:37.580 --> 00:34:38.420
 you're fed

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.660
 and they're

00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:40.140
 hungry

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.560
 some show

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:42.060
 up and

00:34:42.060 --> 00:34:42.500
 you've been

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.020
 there so

00:34:43.020 --> 00:34:43.480
 long

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.940
 you're

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.440
 drunk

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:47.540
 right

00:34:47.540 --> 00:34:48.700
 and you

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.020
 see the

00:34:49.020 --> 00:34:49.560
 brokenness

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:49.840
 that's

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.060
 there

00:34:50.060 --> 00:34:51.820
 and so

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.120
 at that

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.400
 point

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.720
 in time

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.140
 of moving

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.620
 forward

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:55.080
 it doesn't

00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.560
 matter

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:56.000
 if you

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.740
 say all

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.180
 the right

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.640
 things

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.180
 in the

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.540
 Lord's

00:34:58.540 --> 00:34:58.760
 Supper

00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:00.000
 it doesn't

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.500
 matter

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.040
 if you

00:35:01.040 --> 00:35:01.600
 have the

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:01.960
 proper

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.780
 elements

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.520
 during the

00:35:03.520 --> 00:35:03.960
 Lord's

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.200
 Supper

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.840
 it doesn't

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.340
 matter

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.860
 if you

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.240
 have the

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.000
 right songs

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.620
 picked out

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:08.120
 for the

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.560
 Lord's

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:08.780
 Supper

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.460
 it doesn't

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.960
 matter

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.460
 if you

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.800
 say the

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.060
 right

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.520
 prayers

00:35:11.520 --> 00:35:12.180
 during the

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.540
 Lord's

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:12.740
 Supper

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.180
 because

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.820
 your heart

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.600
 is filled

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.640
 with disunity

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.840
 and brokenness

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.420
 and there's

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.080
 no love

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.560
 for your

00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:19.020
 brother or

00:35:19.020 --> 00:35:19.440
 sister in

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.820
 Christ

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.200
 that's

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.520
 Paul's

00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:21.820
 driving

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.200
 point

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.540
 and so

00:35:23.540 --> 00:35:23.820
 what I

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.240
 have for

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.720
 us

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.480
 to think

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.780
 through

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.680
 is our

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.220
 heart

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:29.420
 and the

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.800
 Lord's

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.040
 Supper

00:35:30.040 --> 00:35:31.840
 our

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.320
 heart

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.780
 and the

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.080
 Lord's

00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:33.300
 Supper

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.640
 now the

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.340
 Lord's

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.600
 Supper

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:37.740
 it's for

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.220
 believers

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:40.100
 if you're a

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:40.540
 follower of

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:41.300
 Jesus Christ

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.920
 regardless of

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.840
 your denomination

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.820
 regardless of

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.420
 how long

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.900
 you've been a

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.420
 Christian or

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.760
 not

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:49.220
 the Lord's

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.380
 Supper

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.780
 is for

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.360
 all of

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.600
 us

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:51.220
 who are

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.600
 believers

00:35:51.600 --> 00:35:53.600
 the Lord's

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:53.760
 Supper

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.800
 causes us

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.660
 to look at

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.380
 and recognize

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.320
 the sacrifice

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.960
 that Christ

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.680
 made in

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.340
 his body

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.720
 as he took

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.340
 on the

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.040
 debt and

00:36:02.040 --> 00:36:02.640
 the punishment

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:03.200
 that we

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:03.620
 deserved

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:05.780
 he died for

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.560
 my sin

00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:07.300
 and your

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.660
 sin

00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:09.560
 and so we

00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:10.180
 partake of

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.720
 the body

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.800
 and representing

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.540
 of the bread

00:36:12.540 --> 00:36:14.360
 and then we

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.920
 partake of

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.520
 the cup

00:36:15.520 --> 00:36:17.580
 which represents

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:18.300
 his blood

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.080
 which washes

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:20.580
 us

00:36:20.580 --> 00:36:21.620
 and makes

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:22.160
 us clean

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:23.600
 and gives

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.140
 us proper

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:25.120
 standing

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.500
 and identity

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.860
 in Christ

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.780
 in Christ

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.180
 alone

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:31.100
 and we can

00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.880
 know this

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:34.080
 we can talk

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.780
 about this

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.400
 but what Paul

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.440
 presses toward

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.960
 the church

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.540
 at Corinth

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:39.500
 and what Paul

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.520
 presses toward

00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:40.880
 us

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.600
 as well

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.420
 even if

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.140
 you're a believer

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.920
 there's something

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.360
 that you need

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.080
 to work through

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.600
 there's some

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:46.060
 things you need

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:47.000
 to dialogue

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.200
 with yourself

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:49.480
 in your heart

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.220
 in taking

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.780
 the Lord's

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:50.980
 Supper

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.800
 and the first

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.600
 one is this

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.860
 examine yourself

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:56.100
 examine yourself

00:36:56.100 --> 00:36:57.580
 I read

00:36:57.580 --> 00:36:58.140
 an author

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.840
 that said

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.480
 and as he was

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.400
 continuing through

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.180
 of Jesus

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.900
 being the

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.320
 standard

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.360
 he said

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.760
 examine yourself

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.820
 not based

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.260
 off the

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.020
 actions of

00:37:07.020 --> 00:37:07.420
 others

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.420
 but examine

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.080
 yourself

00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:09.920
 based off

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.580
 the sacrifice

00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:11.300
 of Christ

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:13.300
 and am I

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.860
 broken for

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.340
 my sin

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.840
 is there

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.500
 unrepentant

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.000
 sin in my

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.440
 life

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.940
 do I

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.580
 desire

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:20.120
 the will

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.720
 of God

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.940
 do I

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.420
 seek

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.880
 to be

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.380
 obedient

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:25.020
 not am I

00:37:25.020 --> 00:37:25.420
 perfect

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.900
 and got it

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.340
 all figured

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.600
 out

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:27.440
 but where

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.000
 is my

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.460
 heart

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.100
 in this

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.420
 time

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.220
 examine

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.860
 yourself

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.620
 and church

00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:31.900
 I want to

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.420
 say this

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.640
 sometimes

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:35.420
 we walk

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.900
 in here

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:37.640
 and we're

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.200
 bringing in

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.720
 the baggage

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.500
 last week

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.840
 right

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:41.180
 we're

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.660
 bringing in

00:37:41.660 --> 00:37:42.160
 the baggage

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:42.600
 of this

00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:42.980
 morning

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.600
 and sometimes

00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:46.100
 in taking

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.740
 the Lord's

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.000
 supper

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:49.280
 maybe one

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.700
 of the most

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.160
 spiritually

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.940
 mature

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.660
 things that

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:51.980
 we could

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.340
 do

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.920
 is say

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.320
 I'm not

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.620
 ready

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:56.660
 I'm not

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.020
 ready

00:37:57.020 --> 00:37:59.120
 not for

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.680
 me today

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:01.680
 because we've

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:02.040
 examined

00:38:02.040 --> 00:38:02.580
 our heart

00:38:02.580 --> 00:38:04.800
 another

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.320
 aspect

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.680
 that's

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:05.960
 here

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.940
 what Paul

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.320
 points

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.720
 him to

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:10.180
 with going

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.620
 back to

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.160
 this previous

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:11.720
 dinner and

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.180
 the standing

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.660
 between the

00:38:12.660 --> 00:38:13.040
 church

00:38:13.040 --> 00:38:14.900
 is examine

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.100
 your

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:15.800
 relationships

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:17.800
 examine your

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.320
 relationships

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.060
 is there

00:38:20.060 --> 00:38:20.380
 something

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.920
 broken

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.120
 between

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:22.720
 me

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.920
 and another

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.560
 brother and

00:38:24.560 --> 00:38:25.060
 sister in

00:38:25.060 --> 00:38:25.500
 Christ

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.840
 if so

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.300
 seek to

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.120
 restore it

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:30.660
 before we

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.620
 take the

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:31.900
 Lord's

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.120
 supper

00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:34.320
 do I have

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.760
 ill will

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.500
 toward someone

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.160
 you know when

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:37.660
 you see him

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.140
 and it just

00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:38.740
 makes you sick

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:40.580
 but they're

00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:41.020
 brother and

00:38:41.020 --> 00:38:41.400
 sister in

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.820
 Christ

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:43.960
 if so

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.860
 seek repentance

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:47.100
 before you

00:38:47.100 --> 00:38:47.420
 take

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:49.540
 do I not

00:38:49.540 --> 00:38:50.240
 love my

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.940
 brothers and

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.900
 sisters in

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.320
 Christ

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.320
 am I so

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.060
 self-focused

00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:54.740
 that I don't

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.180
 have love

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:55.460
 for him

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.260
 if so

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.100
 take a time

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.840
 to focus

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.820
 to God

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.420
 and prayer

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.180
 to change

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:01.180
 your heart

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:02.600
 before I

00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:02.960
 take

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:05.800
 take a time

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.420
 to examine

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.000
 your heart

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.920
 take a time

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.900
 to examine

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.900
 your relationships

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.700
 and I want

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.180
 to give you

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.680
 permission

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.400
 this morning

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.240
 if you take

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:16.000
 the Lord's

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.280
 supper

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.820
 out of

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.600
 obligation

00:39:18.600 --> 00:39:20.600
 then stop

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:23.620
 if you take

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.340
 the Lord's

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.600
 supper

00:39:24.600 --> 00:39:26.020
 out of a

00:39:26.020 --> 00:39:26.600
 sense of

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.280
 religious

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.380
 nature

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.420
 and piousness

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.320
 then stop

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:32.820
 if you take

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.700
 out of fear

00:39:33.700 --> 00:39:34.580
 of what

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:35.280
 others will

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.740
 say

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:38.760
 then stop

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:42.200
 but start

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.620
 again

00:39:42.620 --> 00:39:45.140
 with a

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.760
 pure heart

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:48.140
 with godly

00:39:48.140 --> 00:39:49.020
 relationships

00:39:49.020 --> 00:39:51.420
 and recognizing

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.260
 the sacrifice

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:53.120
 of Jesus

00:39:53.120 --> 00:39:55.140
 and the

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.720
 power that

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.260
 it has

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:58.400
 on every

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.660
 aspect of

00:39:59.660 --> 00:40:00.160
 your life

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:02.080
 would you pray

00:40:02.080 --> 00:40:03.280
 with me

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:13.840
 Lord we

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.260
 come to you

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.840
 this morning

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:17.900
 Lord honestly

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.800
 and transparent

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.860
 transparently

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.980
 with a

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.980
 heavy passage

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.420
 of scripture

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.040
 this morning

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:26.560
 but God

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:26.860
 could we

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.620
 could we

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:28.440
 be reminded

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:30.480
 of the

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.120
 standard

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:32.440
 that you

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.000
 set for

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.440
 us

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.840
 of Christ

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:39.400
 Lord in

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.020
 so many

00:40:40.020 --> 00:40:40.720
 of these

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.340
 things that

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.620
 we are

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.100
 seeing

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.920
 at the

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.340
 church of

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.780
 Corinth

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:46.880
 whether it's

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.560
 the situation

00:40:47.560 --> 00:40:48.300
 dealing with

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:49.440
 the head

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:50.080
 coverings

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:52.140
 whether it's

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.820
 the Lord's

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.100
 supper

00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:56.540
 whether it's

00:40:56.540 --> 00:40:56.800
 meat

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.600
 sacrificed

00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:57.900
 to

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.740
 idols

00:40:58.740 --> 00:41:00.920
 whether it's

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.400
 divisions

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:01.940
 within the

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.380
 church

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:04.920
 whether it's

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.620
 lawsuits

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.460
 amongst

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.180
 believers

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:09.380
 whether it's

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.940
 the pursuit

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.520
 of sexual

00:41:10.520 --> 00:41:11.200
 morality

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.860
 the pursuit

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.760
 of idolatry

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:15.300
 or the truth

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.760
 that just

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.560
 continues to

00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:17.240
 pour out

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:20.380
 is that

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.000
 it's men

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.600
 and women

00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:24.460
 who are

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.180
 seeking their

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.860
 own will

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:28.520
 and their

00:41:28.520 --> 00:41:29.440
 own standard

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:33.420
 above you

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:37.720
 in your

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.160
 will

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:40.080
 and your

00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:40.640
 standard

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:42.480
 and your

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.300
 desire for

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.900
 our life

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:46.100
 and so

00:41:46.100 --> 00:41:46.520
 Lord maybe

00:41:46.520 --> 00:41:47.740
 the topics

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.340
 that came

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:49.160
 out of

00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:50.840
 chapter 11

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.460
 this morning

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:53.820
 ring home

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.260
 to some

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.820
 of us

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:56.780
 or maybe

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:58.280
 they don't

00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:00.180
 Lord I'd

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.860
 ask and I

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.560
 plead in the

00:42:01.560 --> 00:42:02.060
 power of

00:42:02.060 --> 00:42:02.660
 your spirit

00:42:02.660 --> 00:42:04.620
 that you

00:42:04.620 --> 00:42:05.120
 would show

00:42:05.120 --> 00:42:05.540
 us these

00:42:05.540 --> 00:42:06.320
 areas in

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.460
 our life

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:09.300
 where we

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.380
 have determined

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:12.920
 that we're

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.200
 going to put

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:14.120
 our ego

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:17.100
 our pride

00:42:17.100 --> 00:42:19.260
 and our

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:20.040
 sin

00:42:20.040 --> 00:42:22.560
 above you

00:42:22.560 --> 00:42:28.900
 and then

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.560
 Lord in your

00:42:29.560 --> 00:42:30.340
 discipline

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:34.320
 that strengthens

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.800
 us

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.900
 that loves

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.500
 us

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:41.340
 that causes

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:41.980
 us to

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:43.120
 drink out

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:43.480
 of the

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.940
 sweetness

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.580
 of your

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.040
 grace

00:42:45.040 --> 00:42:48.540
 Lord could

00:42:48.540 --> 00:42:49.020
 you bring

00:42:49.020 --> 00:42:49.520
 us to that

00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:50.040
 this morning

00:42:50.040 --> 00:42:53.960
 it's not

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.600
 about me

00:42:54.600 --> 00:42:55.420
 being right

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:57.720
 it's about

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.560
 me glorifying

00:42:58.560 --> 00:42:58.940
 you

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:04.900
 and living

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.620
 for the

00:43:06.620 --> 00:43:07.120
 glory of

00:43:07.120 --> 00:43:07.540
 your name

00:43:07.540 --> 00:43:27.820
 thanks again

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.560
 for listening to

00:43:28.560 --> 00:43:29.140
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00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:31.780
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