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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons.

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 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear

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 the latest message.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Good morning.

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 If you've got your Bibles, going to open them up to 1 Corinthians chapter 1.

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 It's where we're going to be as we start off in our new series.

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 I hope you all got to go outside or chose to enjoy the snow in the way that you wanted

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 to enjoy it, right?

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 I don't know if you know this or not, but Joanne C. gets cold, like, looking at refrigerators

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 at Lowe's, all right?

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 Like, she's that level of cold.

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 And so, she confessed any picture that she got was, like, from the inside of the comfort

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 of her home.

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 But us, we got out in it for, like, three hours, as long as it was out there, and got

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 to enjoy doing some South Carolina sledding, which means, like, finding stuff around your

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 house and then pushing people down a hill of mud, right?

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 And that's what we did for a while.

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 But it was a wonderful, wonderful time.

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 And I hope you guys had the opportunity to enjoy it.

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 But it's good to have you guys here this morning.

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 Did this, got here early, hit a little bit of ice on some of the back roads from my house

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 to here, but overall, it was safe and glad to be able to be here with y'all.

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 We will have our Sunday night starting back.

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 We were supposed to start back last week, but we will start back tonight.

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 And we're excited about that.

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 Sunday night's full on for us.

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 Sunday night's more like Sunday afternoons, starting at 4 o'clock.

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 We'll have all of our adult small groups will be starting back.

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 Some started this morning, but we'll be back.

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 And we're going to be working through on Sunday mornings and in our groups, 1 Corinthians

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 together.

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 So I'm excited about that, to be leading a group, going through that, preaching through

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 this on Sunday morning.

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 But then also on the rows that you're seated, you'll see there's a little reading schedule

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 there.

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 And so what I would like to challenge you to do is to take that reading schedule.

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 And as we work through this on Sunday morning and in our small groups, during your quiet

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 time, work through it with us.

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 And here's what you're going to see.

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 Like on Sunday mornings, we're not going to necessarily read and go word by word through

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 1 Corinthians.

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 We'll do a little bit more of that maybe in our small groups, but you have the opportunity

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 to do that on your own as we walk through this.

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 And I love it when we have the opportunities to do this together as a church, because what

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 we see is, is you guys through the power of the Holy Spirit, feeding yourselves in quiet

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 time, discussing that in your small groups as you meet together.

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 And then us having the opportunity corporately to come together in worship through studying

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 God's word.

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 If you're not in a small group, also on your seats, there's a list of all of our small groups

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 and there's definitely an opportunity and time for you to get connected in one and would

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 love to see you have that.

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 We've also got our kids discipleship is going on tonight and our student ministry is going

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 on tonight.

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 And so we have something for every age and every opportunity for you to be a part of Willow

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 Ridge Church and what God is doing here.

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 So let's look in, get started in 1 Corinthians.

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 Now, last week was different for me.

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 All right.

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 Confession moment.

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 All through seminary, you take preaching classes and they're like, hey, we want you to preach

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 on this passage of scripture.

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 And it never worked out that that's the passage of scripture that we were doing in church.

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 And so on usually Sunday nights after we'd get done with church, I would tell Aaron and

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 the kids, hey, I need y'all to go upstairs and be really quiet.

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 And then I would position myself somewhere in the house.

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 Like I did like all the trash, all the dirt, right?

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 Get move all that out of the way.

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 Not that we're dirty people.

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 That just sounded bad, right?

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 But try to make it cleaner.

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 And then I would position myself in our home and preach.

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 And it was weird because it was me and the camera.

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 And then last week it was weird a little bit too.

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 But God was good, enjoyed being able to do that.

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 And just kind of give us a little background of 1 Corinthians of what is this letter about

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 that we're diving into.

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 And one of the things that I talked about last week, and I want to kind of recap that

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 a little bit as we're going into this, is if you've studied scripture some, what you'll

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 know is that the church at Corinth, as we get into this, like it epitomizes, it embodies

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 dysfunction.

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 There's a lot of stuff that's going on that when we read through this, we're like, really?

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 You're like, this is the decision that y'all are making.

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 And what I want us to do a little bit is as we read, we're going to see the problems that

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 are in this church that we're studying.

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 And I don't want them to see these as these problems that they suffer with, because for

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 us on the surface, they may be so foreign, but yet the theological stuff that's going on,

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 the application things that are going on, the practical issues that we're going to see,

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 and as Paul corrects, are so many of them that can be applied to our context at Willow Ridge

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 Church, but also to our lives as individual believers.

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 So that as we journey through this, it's not the standing on the outside looking at the

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 shock of what those people are doing in their problematic church, but seeing what Paul is

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 addressing, why Paul is addressing that, how Paul is correcting them, and then looking at

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 that for ourselves.

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 And we're going to look at this morning with unity amongst the body, and say, God, what

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 are you showing me in my life?

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 Lord, what are you showing us as a body of believers in Willow Ridge Church in Lexington,

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 South Carolina, where we have the privilege and the opportunity to read this letter this morning?

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 Right?

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 It's not just them, it's us, and what do we want to draw from this?

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 And so just a minute, we're going to start reading in verse 10, but Paul begins this letter,

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 very important, and we're not going to read it this morning, but he begins it with a greeting

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 like he often does, and begins it with a thanksgiving.

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 I think that's important.

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 I think that's important, and here's kind of what I want to just segue on a little bit.

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 They're a problematic church that Paul has to deal with, that Paul's got to work with.

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 There we go.

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 But what is beautiful in this that we're going to see, and I want it to be the way that we

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 look at, the way that we address, the way that we work through different things in our life,

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 is when we have things that cause us problems, when we have things that cause us issues that

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 we've got to work through, how, what is the mindset that we're taking to them?

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 Are we taking them to with thanksgiving, as Paul does, as he recognizes that it's a group of

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 believers that have wandered, a group of believers that are confused, or do we look at these as the

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 simple inconveniences of our life?

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 But Paul looks at this as an opportunity for the church to grow and mature in their faith,

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 and as a result of that, Paul begins with thanking the Lord for them.

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 So it's going to be the groundwork that we're going to see with this.

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 So let's start reading in verse 10.

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 Paul writes, and he says,

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 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree,

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 and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind, in the same

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 judgment.

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 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is some quarreling among you, my brothers.

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 What I mean is that each of you, what I mean is that each one of you says, I follow Paul,

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 or I follow Apollos, or I follow Cephas, or I follow Christ.

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 Is Christ divided?

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 Was Paul crucified for you?

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 Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

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 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that

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 you were baptized in my name.

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 I did baptize also the house of Stephanas.

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 Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.

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 Verse 17, for Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, and not with words

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 of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of his power.

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 And so Paul jumps in very quickly, and he says, look, I'm grateful for you, and now I

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 want to appeal to you.

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 I want to appeal to you for who you are to address these things out of the love that I

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 have for you.

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 And what Paul does is he calls them to unity.

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 Look back at verse 10.

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 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united

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 in the same mind and the same judgment.

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 And so Paul says, I want to encourage you.

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 I want you to be united.

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 I want to appeal to you.

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 So I'm not bringing this to you in words of anger, but as the loving, as someone who loves

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 you, as a leader who cares for you, as someone that a lot of you look to me as a father in

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 your faith, I want to appeal to you in this.

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 Like, can you hear the heart of Paul, what he's dealing with?

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 It's a parent who's sitting there with their children, imploring them out of the love that

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 is in their heart, not in the rebuke that comes from their mouth, but imploring them,

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 begging them, understanding, like, this is what it means for God, for you to walk in his

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 will, and to exude all that Christ has for you.

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 And he says in verse 10, he defines this unity for us in two ways.

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 The first is at the end of verse 10.

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 He says, but that you may be united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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 So what's he talking about?

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 Paul here is talking about an inward harmony.

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 He said, I want to be how you feel toward one another and how you feel toward the gospel

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 to be one of unity.

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 That when you look at and when you see one another, that you do not see the divisions.

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 When you look at and when you see one another, what you see is Christ.

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 When you hear about the gospel, when we're called to the gospel, that we're in the same mind,

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 there's the same feeling, there's the same desire within this.

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 That there's agreement, that there's unity.

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 But also, kind of in the middle, he says that all of you agree.

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 And this word that you agree is the word, it's a court term that would mean that all of you

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 would have the same testimony.

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 And not testimony as in my testimony of coming to faith and your testimony of coming to faith

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 align and that they happen in the exact same format.

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 But it's that the testimony of Jesus Christ, the gospel of Jesus Christ, of who he is,

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 is unified in who we are.

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 So our stories may be different, but we're proclaiming the same gospel.

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 And what we're working toward is we're working toward alignment and unity within the church.

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 Because the gospel works in this way.

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 So let's talk a little bit about unity.

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 And then kind of a negative context.

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 Let's talk about divisions versus disagreements, all right?

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 Can we disagree in the church?

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 Yes, we can disagree in the church.

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 Now, that makes some of us, myself, feel uncomfortable, right?

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 But we can disagree.

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 There are wonderful, beautiful things that we can disagree on.

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 But can we have divisions in the church?

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 No.

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 Here's the thing.

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 We can disagree on the things that are secondary.

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 But where there must be unity, where there cannot be division, is on things that are primary.

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 And that's how the church needs to live and how the church needs to be.

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 And we can look at that and see that in so many different areas of our life.

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 From your job that you go to, you need to be unified in where you're going and what you're doing.

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 Does that mean that there can be disagreements?

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 Yes, there can.

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 And disagreements can honestly bring out what's better in this situation.

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 I thought about the example in my life where I learned so much from what God is gracious to give me is in our marriage.

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 Mine and Aaron's marriage.

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 Some of you may find this hard to believe, but we disagree from time to time, right?

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 I know, right?

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 And I'm wrong, right?

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 We disagree.

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 But what is beautiful in marriage is we disagree on what's secondary.

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 What color to paint a room, where to go out to eat, what to do on vacation.

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 These are disagreements that if you've lived in a marriage, you know these are things that we can disagree on.

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 But we're unified on what is primary.

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 That in our marriage that we seek and desire to be obedient to God in all things.

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 That in our marriage we fight for and cling to faithfulness amongst the two of us.

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 That in our marriage that we want to agree that we raise our kids to love the Lord and to seek after Him.

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 And so when we take these understandings of who we are as a couple and that this is what we work toward.

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 Do Aaron and I disagree in our marriage?

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 Yes.

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 Do these disagreements bring disunity?

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 No.

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 Because they're secondary.

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 And so many times on both sides of this, churches divide over secondary.

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 Church divides over things that are based off of opinions.

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 Paul's like, we can disagree on that.

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 But we can work toward unity because we're unified under the gospel.

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 And the church, we need to fight to make sure that we don't have these divisions.

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 But we must not turn secondary disagreements into primary divisions.

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 And Paul's going to kind of address some of the things in the church that causes this.

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 So what causes disunity?

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 What causes divisions?

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 Well, let's look at what's happening here in Corinth.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 Paul says,

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 For it's been reported to me by Chloe's people that there's some quarreling among you, my brothers.

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 What I mean is that each one of you says,

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 I follow Paul, or I follow Apollos, or I follow Cephas, or I follow Christ.

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 So Paul points out here that there's four divisions that are going on in the church.

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 And we think we can understand a little bit through context of scripture what's going on, how the church is divided.

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 So the church is divided into four different factions.

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 Well, see, this church isn't just a church of Jewish converts.

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 It's not just a church of Gentile converts, even though it's mainly a church of Gentile converts, right?

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 They outnumber the Jewish converts.

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 And so Paul says, some of you follow Paul.

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 Some of you are saying that they follow him.

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 And so these are more than likely the Gentile converts.

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 He says, some of you follow Apollos.

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 Now, Apollos, you can kind of read about him in Acts 18.

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 But basically, he was known as a very eloquent preacher from Alexandria.

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 Now, you're going to see some of this context later at the end of this passage of what Paul writes.

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 So some of you are like, man, we're Gentile converts, and we follow Paul.

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 He's the one because he's the missionary to us.

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 And some are like, no, no, no.

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 Have you heard this Apollos guy speak?

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 Like, when he shows up to our church, when we have the opportunity to go out and listen to him,

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 like, how eloquent he is, like, whatever he says, we follow him.

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 And then some are like, well, but we follow Cephas.

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 Now, Cephas is Peter, and Peter was largely seen as a missionary to the Jewish people.

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 And so they're like, no, no, we're Jewish, and so we follow him.

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 And then there's a fourth group.

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 And the fourth group's like, no, well, y'all can follow them, but we're just going to follow Jesus.

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 Now, they're not right either, and let me explain.

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 All right?

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 What's going on with this group is they're standing back with almost like a sense of religious pride.

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 Look how good we are.

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 You can have all your quarrels all you want to.

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 We're going to rise above this.

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 We've been enlightened to the things that you aren't enlightened to.

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 And so we're just the ones who follow Jesus, and you're incapable of being where we are.

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 And we're going to see this level of division all throughout 1 Corinthians come up over and over again.

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 And so what causes this?

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 What causes this sense of division that we begin to see within here?

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 And I think there's three different things that we can look at in churches that bring this type of division.

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 Number one is ego.

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 Number one is ego.

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 And let me say this before we get into these three.

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 If there's division in your church, division in your marriage, division in your job, division in your family,

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 I would be willing to bet that one of these three things is what's kind of raising its head up there, too.

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 That when we see what brings so much pain and so much suffering,

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 when we see what destroys the unity that God has for us,

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 we'll find these exact same things.

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 I mean, if my marriage and my family are supposed to be a reflection of the church,

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 then these things would be consistently there, too, if there's division.

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 If you're a Christian in your workplace and you're supposed to be the one that embodies Christ and shows Christ,

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 but yet you and other believers find a sense of disunity which is in there,

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 more than likely this would be the case as well.

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 And the first one that we see is ego.

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 And so what's happening in here,

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 and honestly, we don't know what's kind of coming forward in a lot of these different aspects

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 of what's leading these people to choose these factions,

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 but what we see happening here and what we see can happen in the church

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 when the egos begin to rise up

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 are pastors and leaders

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 who demand loyalty

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 even over loyalty to Jesus.

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 Now, we're going to talk about the frailty of pastors

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 in just a little bit.

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 We're going to talk about the weakness of pastors here in just a moment

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 and I feel like I know them really well.

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 But pastors and leaders who demand loyalty

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 over loyalty to Christ.

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 Yes, loyalty is a beautiful thing.

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 Loyalty is something that needs to be embraced

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 within the context of the church.

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 But in the moment where it's choosing a man

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 over choosing Jesus,

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 he's lost his way

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 and so has the church who follows him.

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 Or secondly,

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 people who try to put pastors and leaders

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 on a platform that they don't deserve

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 and honestly, I've seen this so many times

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 that they never even asked for.

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 I mean, if I can have a little bit of freedom here

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 on this passage of scripture,

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 Paul goes five years earlier

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 before he writes this

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 and helps plant this church.

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 And what Paul would do

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 is he would plant a church,

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 he would raise up leaders,

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 he would leave that church to go

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 plant more churches,

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 they would help fund what he was doing

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 and then he would report back,

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 he would hear back from them,

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 he would send letters, right?

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 And to continue to encourage

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 to be able to do.

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 And so Paul gets this report

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 from Chloe's people

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 that says,

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 hey, there's factions in the church.

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 Paul's like, really?

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 Like, yeah, and some of them

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 are like, no, no, no, no,

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 we only follow Paul.

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 We only follow Paul.

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 And I can imagine the heartbreak

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 of what we see from scripture

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 consistently with the heart of Paul

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 for the gospel.

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 And look at how Paul,

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 and we're going to talk about this

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 in a little bit,

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 look how he tries to address this issue

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 in scripture.

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 He says, was Paul crucified for you?

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 Were you baptized in Paul's name?

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 The humility of what's there.

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 And church, we're going to follow leaders.

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 And we're going to follow pastors.

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 And Paul's not perfect.

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 And Paul's not Jesus.

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 And every pastor that I know,

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 including the one standing here,

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 is filled with struggles,

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 with doubt,

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 with sin,

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 with battles that they face.

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 But if that pastor

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 ever doesn't embrace

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 the humility

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 of what Paul says here,

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 he's no longer worthy

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 to be the pastor that we follow.

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 Was it Paul that crucified you?

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 Were you baptized in Paul's name?

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 Obviously, you know that's not true.

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 It's ego

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 that we follow.

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 The second thing

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 that we begin to see

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 that brings disunity,

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 this anti-authority.

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 Right?

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 While Christ is the leader

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 of the church,

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 Christ leads the church,

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 and Christ is the leader

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 of this church.

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 Right?

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 God does give us leaders

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 to follow.

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 He gives us pastors,

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 elders,

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 ministers,

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 and He calls us

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 as a congregation

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 and He calls us

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 as a body

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 to follow them

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 and to submit to them

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 as they seek to lead us

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 in the way of Christ.

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 The problem is

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 for so many of us,

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 we have a sense of rebellion

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 that we still want to cling to.

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 We still have the sense of,

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 oh, you think you're going

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 to tell me what to do?

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 And it's the battle

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 of the pride of the heart.

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 That in spite of what I see,

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 in spite of what God is doing,

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 that I feel like

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 that I know what's best for me

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 and I feel like

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 I know what's best for you.

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 Was the leadership

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 trying to lead

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 and to keep our eyes

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 focused on Jesus?

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 Is our leadership

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 trying to keep us focused

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 in on the proclamation

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 of the gospel

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 and seeing lost people

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 come to know the Lord?

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 Are we there

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 to glorify Him

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 in all that we do and say?

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 If the answer is yes,

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 then is the leaders

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 headed in the wrong direction

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 or are you taking

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 a secondary issue

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 and making it primary?

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 And we all,

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 all of us,

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 have to follow leaders.

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 A danger for leaders

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 is this.

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 Ask the leader

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 who's leading them.

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 Ask the leader

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 who they submit to.

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 And it should be

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 in the area

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 that we see

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 and what we find

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 in the value

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 of Scripture

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 in understanding

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 authority.

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 It should be Christ

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 and others

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 that are around them.

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 And then also

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 what we're going to find

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 as we read through this

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 is agendas.

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 It's agendas.

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 Now Paul doesn't speak

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 directly to agendas here,

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 but we're going to see it

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 throughout 1 Corinthians

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 and you see it all

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 throughout Scripture.

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 is I'm going to do

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 what I'm going to do

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 apart from the unity

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 of the body.

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 And it doesn't matter

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 where the church

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 is going.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what the church

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 is being a part of.

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 It's just the choosing

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 in what I want to do.

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 And all of this,

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 all of this comes

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 from a heart

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 and a mindset

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 of taking our eyes

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 off of Jesus

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 and putting them

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 on someone else.

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 When people talk

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 about loyalty

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 to a person

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 and not a loyalty

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 to Jesus,

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 we begin to see

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 eyes shift.

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 And so what Paul

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 wants to do

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 is he wants

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 to establish unity

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 to see that unity

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 is what's going

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 to be a part

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 of the body

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 of what they're

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 working toward,

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 of what they see.

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 And so much

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 of what Paul's

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 going to call them

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 into unity

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 is what they

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 already have.

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 And so he gives

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 them three different

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 reminders.

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 The first one

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 that he's going

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 to see is the

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 equipping of the church.

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 Look back in verse 4,

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 we're going to read

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 verse 4 through 9.

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 And this is in

00:24:39.780 --> 00:24:40.700
 Paul's thanksgiving.

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 He says,

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 I give thanks

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 to my God

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 always for you.

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 because of the grace

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.220
 of God

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 was given to you

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 That in every way

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 you were enriched

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 in him

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 in all speech

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 in all knowledge

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 even as the testimony

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 about Christ

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 was confirmed

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 among you.

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 And then pay

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 attention to verse 7.

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 So that you

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 are not lacking

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 in any gift

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 as you wait

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 for the revealing

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 who will sustain

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 you to the end

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 guiltless

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 in the days

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 of our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 God is faithful

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 by whom

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 you are called

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 into fellowship

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 of his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 our Lord.

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 Here's the beauty

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 of what Paul's

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 telling them

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 and the beauty

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 of what we can

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 cling to today

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 at Willow Ridge Church.

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 That the church

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 at Corinth

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 and the church

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 at Willow Ridge

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 right now

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 for us

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 right now

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 in this moment

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 and right then

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 for them

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 we have all

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 that we need

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 to be who God

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 has called us

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 to be

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 and to do

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 what God's

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 called us to do.

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 There's no excuses

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 for us to not

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 pursue

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 the gospel

00:25:55.760 --> 00:25:56.820
 and the will

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.500
 of God

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.600
 in our lives

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.780
 and in our congregation.

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.740
 Paul says that

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.420
 you are not lacking

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.960
 in any gift

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.620
 any gift

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:07.440
 and the truth

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.060
 is said

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.640
 for that

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.420
 for us today

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.940
 that we are not

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.340
 lacking

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:13.000
 in any gift

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.680
 that we have.

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.540
 So what do we have?

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.780
 What do we have

00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:17.860
 that the church

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.520
 at Corinth had?

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.780
 Number one

00:26:18.780 --> 00:26:19.460
 we got the Holy Spirit.

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.440
 Paul established

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.300
 for all of these

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:24.500
 because of the grace

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.040
 of God

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:26.180
 was given to you

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.300
 in Christ Jesus

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:28.680
 and then what happens

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.460
 when we are saved

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.640
 that the Holy Spirit

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.080
 of God

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:32.340
 indwells

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.380
 within us.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:36.360
 the same Holy Spirit

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.000
 of God

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:39.920
 indwelled Paul

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:42.720
 indwells you

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.580
 indwells me

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.580
 indwells the church

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.040
 at Corinth.

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:46.480
 So you got the Spirit

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.020
 of God.

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:49.160
 You got part of the Trinity

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.000
 in you.

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.700
 It's everything

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.400
 that you need.

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.220
 That's everything

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.300
 that is required.

00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:58.220
 That within you

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.060
 because the goodness

00:26:59.060 --> 00:27:00.000
 of God

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.260
 is his Holy Spirit

00:27:01.260 --> 00:27:02.280
 but also

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:03.340
 and I think this is

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.060
 one of the most

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.960
 beautiful things

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.860
 of what God

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.720
 blesses the church

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:06.920
 with.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.220
 All right?

00:27:07.760 --> 00:27:08.840
 You got each other.

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.820
 You got each other

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:12.660
 and that's beautiful.

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.800
 That's beautiful.

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:17.220
 Every single one

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.760
 of you

00:27:17.760 --> 00:27:19.460
 sitting in here

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.140
 today

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:22.340
 is a gift

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:23.100
 of God

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.960
 to each

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.840
 and every

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.520
 one

00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:26.360
 of us.

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.280
 and the beauty

00:27:28.280 --> 00:27:28.940
 of this

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:30.640
 of what God

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.620
 gives us

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.600
 and the people

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.400
 that God

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.680
 brings us

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.660
 to be a part

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.440
 of the body

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.920
 here

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.020
 is the diversity

00:27:38.020 --> 00:27:38.680
 that he gives.

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.660
 Right?

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.580
 He brings us

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.700
 the diversity

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.760
 of gifts.

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.500
 Right?

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:46.260
 There's a few

00:27:46.260 --> 00:27:46.680
 of us

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.180
 that can come

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.760
 on stage

00:27:47.760 --> 00:27:48.100
 and do

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.500
 what they

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.800
 do.

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.140
 There's a few

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.660
 of us

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.320
 that can come

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.820
 on stage

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.360
 and do

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.020
 what I do.

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.500
 There's a few

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.840
 of us

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.340
 that can go

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.140
 into the kitchen

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.720
 and do

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.380
 what they do.

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.000
 There's a few

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.460
 of us

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.260
 who can go

00:28:00.260 --> 00:28:00.900
 and stand

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.500
 out the doors

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.820
 and do

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.380
 what they do.

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:02.960
 There's a few

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.360
 of us

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.940
 that can gather

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.880
 in these rooms

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.240
 and do

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.840
 what they do

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.640
 and what God's

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.940
 doing

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.620
 is he's given

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.060
 us all

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.820
 this wonderful

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:10.080
 sense of giftedness

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:11.020
 among us

00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:11.680
 so that we can

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.480
 serve amongst

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.040
 the body

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.860
 because we have

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.760
 all that we need.

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.860
 The beauty

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.420
 of what God

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.000
 gives us

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.460
 is he gives

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.160
 us different

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.020
 perspectives

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:20.840
 of life

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.100
 of what we've

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.900
 experienced

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.060
 of what we've

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.620
 been through

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:26.100
 the diversity

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.740
 of that

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.100
 in which

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.740
 that brings

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.300
 of where

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.860
 we've come

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.160
 from

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.940
 who we've

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.060
 learned under

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.880
 how long

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.360
 we've been

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.780
 saved

00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:33.900
 it's a beautiful

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.580
 diversity

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.560
 of what God

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:36.180
 gives us.

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.040
 God gives us

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:37.820
 a beautiful

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.800
 diversity

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:40.000
 of passions

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.740
 of what he

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.220
 brings

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.740
 and so

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.440
 some people

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.220
 are passionate

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.900
 about school

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.360
 ministry

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.080
 some people

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.580
 are passionate

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.080
 about kids

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.540
 ministry

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.260
 some people

00:28:47.260 --> 00:28:47.840
 are passionate

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.460
 about worship

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.920
 ministry

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.580
 some people

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.120
 are passionate

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.140
 about international

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.020
 ministries

00:28:52.020 --> 00:28:52.940
 and God gives us

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.680
 all of these

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.540
 different passions

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:55.460
 so that men

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.860
 and women

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.500
 can find

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.880
 who they

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.340
 are

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:59.180
 and it's

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.300
 a beautiful

00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:00.740
 thing

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:03.080
 and all

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.640
 of these

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:05.440
 are used

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.080
 in a way

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:07.540
 to build up

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:08.100
 the body

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:09.460
 and to share

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.040
 the gospel

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.860
 but here's

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.340
 what gets

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.900
 dangerous

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:15.100
 is what

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.500
 that when

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.040
 the gifts

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:17.960
 become not

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.820
 seen as

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.580
 gifts of

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.120
 diversity

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.460
 that are

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.080
 used together

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.840
 to unify

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:23.200
 but gifts

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.780
 of difference

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.240
 that are used

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.760
 to divide

00:29:24.760 --> 00:29:26.920
 that when

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.340
 the gifts

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.180
 of perspective

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.940
 are not

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.480
 there as

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.960
 differences

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.620
 to learn

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.020
 from

00:29:32.020 --> 00:29:33.360
 but are

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.800
 there as

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.460
 areas of

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.020
 division

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.140
 we have

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.660
 concerns

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:38.660
 than the

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.300
 areas of

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.880
 passions

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:41.120
 of ministries

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.440
 of what

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.060
 we have

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:43.200
 that they

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.560
 must be

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.280
 seen as

00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:45.540
 a diversity

00:29:45.540 --> 00:29:47.060
 of differences

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:48.380
 that can join

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.080
 us together

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:50.240
 to strengthen

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.200
 and to equip

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.180
 more ministries

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.040
 so that more

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.600
 people could

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.240
 come to know

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.960
 Christ

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.780
 and not

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.580
 as areas

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.820
 of disunity

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.760
 that could be

00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:00.120
 divided

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:02.940
 the second

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.680
 thing that Paul

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.700
 shows us

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:04.920
 and we

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.780
 focused on

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.020
 this

00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:06.720
 or reminds

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.360
 us on

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.640
 is to

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.140
 focus on

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.500
 Jesus

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.680
 why was

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.280
 Paul crucified

00:30:11.280 --> 00:30:11.800
 for you

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:13.260
 or was

00:30:13.260 --> 00:30:13.820
 Paul crucified

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.360
 for you

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:15.540
 or were you

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:16.300
 baptized in

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.820
 the name

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.620
 of Paul

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:19.100
 a couple

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.580
 questions

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.140
 I want to

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.440
 ask

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:22.200
 why are we

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.620
 here this

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.900
 morning

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.920
 why are we

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.200
 here

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:28.820
 we here

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.360
 for Jesus

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:31.200
 or anything

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.580
 else

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:34.040
 if anything

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:34.620
 else

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.180
 or anyone

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.140
 else

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.200
 filled that

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.780
 answer

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:39.280
 we missed

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:39.820
 it

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:41.060
 we missed

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.480
 it

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.720
 and who

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:42.980
 are we

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.340
 following

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:45.420
 who are we

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.740
 following

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:48.560
 God's

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.420
 blessed us

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:51.140
 with the

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.460
 wonderful

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.200
 privilege of

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.720
 being able to

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.560
 be at this

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:53.940
 church I

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.440
 believe we'll

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.980
 be here for

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.200
 nine years

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.920
 this summer

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:59.220
 I didn't

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.920
 have gray hair

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.420
 in my beard

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.880
 when I got

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.220
 here

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:04.140
 I had a lot

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.560
 more hair

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:04.960
 on the top

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.500
 of my head

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.580
 when I got

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.880
 here

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.220
 I don't

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.740
 blame y'all

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.160
 for that

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.640
 I blame

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.200
 genetics

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.540
 I just want

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:10.940
 to be honest

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.180
 with you

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.360
 right

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:12.600
 I come

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:12.980
 from a

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:14.260
 long line

00:31:14.260 --> 00:31:15.040
 of balding

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:15.700
 gray men

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.000
 right

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.940
 been here

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.560
 nine years

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:20.960
 the average

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.400
 stay

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.240
 of a senior

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.780
 pastor

00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:25.940
 in the church

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.320
 in the United

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.900
 States right

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.800
 now is four

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:29.080
 years

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:30.980
 right

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:33.340
 I was reading

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.020
 a study on

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.660
 the Barna

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.120
 group some

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.360
 of you may

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.740
 be aware

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.100
 of them

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.860
 and from

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.540
 2020

00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:40.160
 until right

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.500
 now

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.500
 shows that

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.340
 38%

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.280
 of pastors

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:47.000
 38%

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.260
 are trying

00:31:49.260 --> 00:31:49.660
 to figure

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.180
 out how

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.820
 to leave

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.520
 the ministry

00:31:51.520 --> 00:31:53.220
 all right

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.740
 and go do

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.260
 something else

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:56.860
 they don't

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.300
 care they

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.560
 just don't

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:58.980
 know

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:00.580
 and they're

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.720
 dying to

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.060
 get out

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:04.860
 and that's

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.460
 the danger

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:07.700
 of when we

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.920
 put our

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.480
 eyes

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.720
 and focus

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.560
 solely

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:13.080
 on the

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.600
 people who

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.080
 stand up

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.300
 here

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:16.040
 right

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:19.120
 four

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.540
 years

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:21.820
 38%

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:23.800
 most

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.140
 churches

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.460
 when a

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.740
 pastor

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.260
 leaves

00:32:25.260 --> 00:32:26.700
 attendance

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.460
 declines

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.600
 dramatically

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:30.620
 church

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:30.980
 members

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.460
 fall

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.960
 to the

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.320
 side

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:34.500
 and I

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.800
 just have

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.080
 to ask

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.680
 the question

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.160
 who are

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.560
 their eyes

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:37.840
 on

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:40.120
 and focus

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.640
 on Jesus

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:42.600
 and the

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.180
 last thing

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.780
 is be

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.140
 gospel

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.620
 focused

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:47.540
 read verse

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:47.980
 17

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.840
 for Christ

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.140
 did not

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.480
 send me

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.200
 to baptize

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.500
 but to

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.920
 preach the

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.320
 gospel

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:54.660
 and not

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.220
 with words

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.800
 of eloquent

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.300
 wisdom

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:57.820
 lest the

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.320
 cross of

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.820
 Christ

00:32:58.820 --> 00:33:00.100
 be emptied

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.380
 of its

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.700
 power

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.340
 so this

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.160
 Apollos guy

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.680
 you can read

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.160
 about in Acts

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.600
 18

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.920
 here's what we

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.360
 can find out

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.680
 about this

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.800
 guy

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.100
 what we

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.440
 know

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.200
 right

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.140
 he's

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.720
 entertaining

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.160
 he's

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.680
 engaging

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.100
 he's got

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.540
 a crowd

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:14.380
 a crowd

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.680
 that loves

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.160
 to hear

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.400
 him

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.720
 a crowd

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.020
 that wants

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.700
 to follow

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.040
 him

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:19.540
 and they

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.000
 begin to

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.300
 say

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:21.960
 it doesn't

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.520
 matter about

00:33:22.520 --> 00:33:23.180
 the faithfulness

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.500
 of what we

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.920
 have

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.420
 it doesn't

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.880
 matter about

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.300
 the vision

00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:27.140
 that's there

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.540
 we want

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.140
 that guy

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:30.780
 because of

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.260
 what he can

00:33:31.260 --> 00:33:32.260
 bring to

00:33:32.260 --> 00:33:32.720
 us

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.620
 what he can

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.620
 share with

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.080
 us

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.680
 and the

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.340
 talent that

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:37.080
 he has

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:39.120
 and whether

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.840
 you stay

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.380
 here for

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.940
 one more

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.280
 Sunday

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:41.860
 or whether

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.520
 you stay

00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.940
 here for

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.340
 another

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.260
 thousand

00:33:45.260 --> 00:33:45.880
 Sundays

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.580
 whether God

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.540
 grants me

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.500
 the wonderful

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.140
 opportunity

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.800
 which is what

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.520
 we pray for

00:33:52.520 --> 00:33:53.860
 to retire

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.420
 from here

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.420
 or whether

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.240
 God calls

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.480
 me at a

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.000
 different time

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.320
 I don't

00:33:59.320 --> 00:33:59.580
 know

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:01.900
 but when it

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.440
 comes to

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.960
 preaching of

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.520
 God's word

00:34:03.520 --> 00:34:05.240
 and let me

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.640
 just tell you

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.100
 I've been

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:07.120
 so blessed

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:08.160
 to be

00:34:08.160 --> 00:34:08.780
 under some

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.240
 pastors

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:10.180
 that have

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.600
 let me

00:34:10.600 --> 00:34:11.140
 swing and

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:11.700
 miss a lot

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.220
 more than

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.020
 swing and

00:34:13.020 --> 00:34:13.200
 hit a

00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:13.540
 home run

00:34:13.540 --> 00:34:13.820
 okay

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.740
 but I want

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.100
 you to ask

00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:16.760
 these questions

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:18.600
 when you're

00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:19.060
 sitting there

00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:19.380
 with your

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.940
 small group

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.260
 leader

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.900
 when you're

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.400
 sitting there

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.660
 in your

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:23.400
 Bible study

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.000
 I want you

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.340
 to ask

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.060
 these questions

00:34:26.060 --> 00:34:28.640
 don't let

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:29.240
 the standard

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.680
 be

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:31.140
 is he

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.600
 entertaining

00:34:31.600 --> 00:34:33.500
 is he

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.060
 engaging

00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:35.560
 is he

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:35.960
 relevant

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.300
 is he

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.720
 smart

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:39.840
 let the

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.300
 question

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.340
 that rings

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.720
 in your

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.080
 mind

00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:43.180
 ask this

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:44.120
 is he

00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:44.640
 faithful to

00:34:44.640 --> 00:34:45.080
 God's word

00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:46.660
 is he

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:47.060
 faithful to

00:34:47.060 --> 00:34:47.440
 God's word

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:49.160
 I've got a

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.420
 friend of

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.900
 mine who

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.420
 pastors at

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.940
 another church

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.320
 in another

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.800
 state

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:55.020
 and big

00:34:55.020 --> 00:34:55.600
 old church

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.280
 mega church

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.860
 they do like

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.700
 seven services

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.320
 it's crazy

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.900
 he starts

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.340
 preaching on

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.940
 Saturday night

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.280
 and he gets

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.660
 done on

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.120
 Monday it

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.580
 feels like

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.500
 anyway

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.600
 he was

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.040
 talking to

00:35:04.040 --> 00:35:04.260
 me and

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.460
 there was

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.820
 a church

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.140
 there in

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.660
 their area

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.540
 and he was

00:35:06.540 --> 00:35:07.020
 really curious

00:35:07.020 --> 00:35:07.340
 about what

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.580
 they were

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.040
 doing and

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.400
 so he

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.040
 he went

00:35:09.040 --> 00:35:09.360
 there to

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.760
 the church

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.020
 and he

00:35:10.020 --> 00:35:10.340
 knew some

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.480
 of the

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.840
 people that

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.060
 were on

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.420
 leadership

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.800
 that were

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.100
 at this

00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:12.420
 church

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.160
 and he's

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.340
 like I

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.600
 was just

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:13.780
 really

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.240
 curious

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.600
 and so

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.100
 I went

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:15.300
 and I'm

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.520
 not going to

00:35:15.520 --> 00:35:15.800
 use any

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.240
 names but

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.660
 just want to

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.200
 kind of share

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:18.320
 this with

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.800
 you guys

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.540
 and I said

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.180
 well what

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.740
 did you learn

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:23.920
 and he said

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.200
 you know my

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.660
 wife and I

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.440
 we went

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.440
 and then we

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.120
 left and we

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.460
 went out to

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.980
 eat and we

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.180
 we were

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.440
 just kind

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.060
 of processing

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:29.640
 through ways

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:29.920
 we could

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.260
 learn and

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.540
 ways we

00:35:30.540 --> 00:35:30.800
 could get

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.480
 better and

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.680
 he said

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:32.080
 here is the

00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:32.800
 realization that

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.120
 we came

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:34.940
 to he

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.320
 said during

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.920
 that service

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.480
 we laughed

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:40.580
 during that

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:41.100
 service we

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:42.180
 felt compelled

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:43.580
 to move

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:43.980
 to take

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.420
 action

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:46.700
 during that

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.180
 service we

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.720
 got angry

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:50.180
 during that

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.600
 service we

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:51.020
 cried

00:35:51.020 --> 00:35:53.260
 some pretty

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.880
 strong

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:55.740
 emotions

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:57.740
 to be

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.540
 experienced

00:35:58.540 --> 00:36:01.080
 for sadness

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.840
 to hit you

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:03.840
 for laughter

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.980
 to hit you

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.560
 for tears

00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:07.400
 to come

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.340
 from you

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.460
 to feel

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.080
 compelled

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:11.120
 to action

00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:12.540
 and I

00:36:12.540 --> 00:36:13.000
 said well

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.280
 man that

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:14.400
 was fantastic

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.880
 and he

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.880
 said but

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.480
 the problem

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.040
 was

00:36:18.040 --> 00:36:19.760
 is that he

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.400
 opened God's

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.720
 word

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:22.040
 he read

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:22.260
 a few

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.620
 verses

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:24.080
 and he

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.520
 never came

00:36:24.520 --> 00:36:24.880
 back to

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.100
 it

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:26.900
 and he

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.180
 wasn't

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.560
 faithful

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:29.240
 and he

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:29.460
 wasn't

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.760
 faithful

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:33.740
 as a

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.060
 preacher

00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:36.940
 verse 17

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.560
 has hit me

00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:38.880
 hard

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:42.440
 for Christ

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.700
 did not

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.200
 send me to

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.960
 baptize but

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.260
 to preach

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.760
 the gospel

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:47.380
 and not

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.940
 with words

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.540
 of eloquent

00:36:48.540 --> 00:36:49.040
 wisdom

00:36:49.040 --> 00:36:50.380
 listen to

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.620
 this

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:53.460
 lest the

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.000
 cross of

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.480
 Christ

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.520
 be emptied

00:36:56.520 --> 00:36:56.780
 of its

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.120
 power

00:36:57.120 --> 00:37:04.480
 we got to

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.960
 be careful

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.720
 that the

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.280
 standard of

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.820
 teaching of

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.500
 God's word

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:10.920
 is not the

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.560
 standard of a

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:12.060
 politician

00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.720
 trying to lure

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.140
 us with their

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.900
 words to buy

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.440
 into something

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:17.620
 but to

00:37:17.620 --> 00:37:18.240
 understand

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:20.780
 that the

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.180
 gospel

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:23.360
 it's

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.760
 enough

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:27.320
 and it's

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:27.740
 all that's

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.000
 needed

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:31.480
 Jesus Christ

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:33.420
 the son of

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.700
 God

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:35.740
 came here

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:37.300
 and died

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.740
 for you

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:40.080
 to pay the

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.480
 price for

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.060
 your sins

00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:43.420
 the price

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.820
 that you

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.220
 don't want

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.640
 to pay

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:47.600
 the price

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:47.920
 that you

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.460
 can't pay

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:50.420
 and was

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.860
 buried

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:52.780
 and was

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.360
 raised to

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.700
 life

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.780
 three days

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.040
 later

00:37:55.040 --> 00:37:57.500
 and lived

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.040
 and ascended

00:37:58.040 --> 00:37:58.380
 to the

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.680
 father

00:37:58.680 --> 00:38:00.240
 and for

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.880
 those who

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.480
 surrender

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.580
 and put

00:38:02.580 --> 00:38:03.240
 their faith

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.300
 and hope

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.260
 and trust

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.760
 in him

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.900
 are guaranteed

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:09.100
 the inheritance

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:10.080
 of eternal

00:38:10.080 --> 00:38:10.540
 life

00:38:10.540 --> 00:38:15.980
 as we go

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.620
 into this

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:17.380
 season of

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.420
 our church

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:20.300
 going to

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.660
 our small

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.100
 groups

00:38:21.100 --> 00:38:23.520
 small group

00:38:23.520 --> 00:38:23.840
 leaders

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:25.540
 be faithful

00:38:25.540 --> 00:38:27.240
 just be

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:27.580
 faithful

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:29.860
 as you

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.380
 open up

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.620
 your

00:38:30.620 --> 00:38:32.200
 God's word

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.820
 every morning

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.320
 whether you're

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.800
 working through

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.460
 first Corinthians

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.180
 with us

00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:38.780
 don't open

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.060
 it

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:40.580
 saying

00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:40.860
 God

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.420
 entertain

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.840
 me

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:44.160
 open it

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:45.260
 knowing

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.380
 that God

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.660
 will be

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.040
 faithful

00:38:47.040 --> 00:38:49.580
 his word

00:38:49.580 --> 00:38:50.220
 is living

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:51.520
 and is

00:38:51.520 --> 00:38:51.960
 powerful

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:54.500
 and whether

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.280
 God blesses

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.720
 me with

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.160
 another

00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:59.540
 25 years

00:38:59.540 --> 00:39:03.500
 25 days

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:05.920
 let the

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.420
 standard

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.940
 be

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:08.620
 is

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:09.480
 he

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.700
 faithful

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:11.660
 to

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:12.580
 Christ

00:39:12.580 --> 00:39:14.240
 would you

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.560
 pray with

00:39:14.560 --> 00:39:15.300
 me

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:23.580
 Lord we

00:39:23.580 --> 00:39:23.900
 come to

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.200
 you this

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.540
 morning

00:39:24.540 --> 00:39:26.900
 Lord

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.460
 thanking you

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.800
 for the

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.340
 beauty of

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.780
 your word

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.180
 and the

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.900
 truth that

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.340
 comes from

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:33.300
 it

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:38.520
 Lord I

00:39:38.520 --> 00:39:39.200
 pray for

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:40.700
 us as a

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.040
 body

00:39:41.040 --> 00:39:43.140
 that we

00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:43.520
 would be

00:39:43.520 --> 00:39:44.180
 unified

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:45.840
 completely

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:47.300
 and fully

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.920
 in you

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.280
 of who

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.980
 you are

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:53.980
 or what

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.260
 you've

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.560
 done

00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:56.900
 Lord may

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.280
 we keep

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.840
 our eyes

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.400
 focused

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:00.120
 on the

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.680
 primary

00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:02.600
 Christ

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:03.820
 you

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:05.620
 Lord

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:05.920
 we keep

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.320
 our eyes

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.740
 focused

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.180
 that we

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.360
 are

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:08.040
 surrounded

00:40:08.040 --> 00:40:10.100
 by people

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.600
 who don't

00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:11.260
 know you

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:13.040
 and who

00:40:13.040 --> 00:40:13.480
 have never

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.060
 had the

00:40:14.060 --> 00:40:14.720
 opportunity

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:17.100
 to respond

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:18.800
 to the

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.360
 gospel of

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.560
 Jesus

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:20.100
 Christ

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:23.100
 Lord may

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:23.460
 we not

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.900
 be okay

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.380
 with that

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:27.900
 or could

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.220
 we be

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.780
 reminded

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:30.500
 that every

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.960
 Sunday

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.140
 we have the

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:33.780
 opportunity

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.420
 on Sunday

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.100
 mornings and

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.860
 Sunday nights

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:37.600
 to pour

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.020
 into the

00:40:38.020 --> 00:40:38.620
 lives

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:40.640
 of kids

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:41.400
 and students

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:43.540
 who are

00:40:43.540 --> 00:40:44.020
 journeying

00:40:44.020 --> 00:40:44.560
 through a

00:40:44.560 --> 00:40:45.160
 world that

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.800
 is demanding

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.120
 their

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.640
 allegiance

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:47.160
 in many

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.480
 different

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.040
 ways

00:40:48.040 --> 00:40:50.360
 Lord and

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:50.600
 they will

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:51.020
 make a

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:51.580
 choice

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:54.140
 choosing

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.500
 what to

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.920
 follow

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:57.700
 may we

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:57.920
 be

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.780
 unified

00:40:58.780 --> 00:41:01.640
 and that

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:01.940
 it is

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.580
 Christ

00:41:02.580 --> 00:41:05.980
 may we

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.280
 work

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.580
 toward

00:41:06.580 --> 00:41:07.240
 that

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:09.880
 Lord may

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.220
 we be

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.640
 unified

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:11.320
 that all

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.860
 over this

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.420
 world are

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.020
 men and

00:41:13.020 --> 00:41:13.480
 women and

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.440
 children who

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.860
 woke up

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.440
 this morning

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:19.940
 never hearing

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.460
 the name of

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.980
 Jesus

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:23.520
 and no

00:41:23.520 --> 00:41:24.280
 opportunity

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.740
 to go hear

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.220
 about him

00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:30.060
 Lord can we

00:41:30.060 --> 00:41:30.720
 not be okay

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.140
 with that

00:41:31.140 --> 00:41:35.720
 Lord all

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.100
 the other

00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:36.640
 things

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:40.140
 that seek

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:40.860
 to divide

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:43.140
 may we

00:41:43.140 --> 00:41:43.460
 push them

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.740
 to the

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:44.120
 side

00:41:44.120 --> 00:41:46.320
 because our

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.740
 eyes are

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.300
 focused on

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:47.580
 you

00:41:47.580 --> 00:41:50.720
 Lord I

00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.260
 pray for

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.800
 wisdom

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:54.960
 for myself

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.900
 for our

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.600
 other pastors

00:41:57.600 --> 00:41:58.340
 for our

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.020
 elders

00:41:59.020 --> 00:41:59.620
 for our

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:00.040
 ministry

00:42:00.040 --> 00:42:00.600
 leaders

00:42:00.600 --> 00:42:03.240
 for all

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:03.560
 of us

00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:03.900
 who take

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.060
 the

00:42:04.060 --> 00:42:04.640
 opportunity

00:42:04.640 --> 00:42:06.060
 to teach

00:42:06.060 --> 00:42:06.620
 your word

00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:08.680
 to facilitate

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.240
 a lesson

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:12.600
 Lord may

00:42:12.600 --> 00:42:13.060
 we not

00:42:13.060 --> 00:42:13.860
 feel like

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.100
 we need

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.760
 to be a

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:15.680
 politician

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:17.000
 trying to

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.600
 convince you

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:17.980
 of our

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.340
 way

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:21.400
 instead

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.920
 could we

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.360
 be men

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.740
 and women

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.100
 who are

00:42:23.100 --> 00:42:23.580
 faithful

00:42:23.580 --> 00:42:25.080
 to the

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:25.600
 inerrancy

00:42:25.600 --> 00:42:25.920
 of your

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.260
 word

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:29.040
 that

00:42:29.040 --> 00:42:29.520
 stands

00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:30.020
 the test

00:42:30.020 --> 00:42:30.600
 of time

00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:32.640
 and that

00:42:32.640 --> 00:42:32.900
 rings

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.260
 true

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:36.900
 Jesus

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.300
 may we

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.720
 keep our

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.300
 eyes

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:39.700
 fixed

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.900
 on you

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:45.260
 amen

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.340
 we've got

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.600
 prayer

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:48.140
 encouragers

00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:48.540
 on either

00:42:48.540 --> 00:42:49.040
 side

00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:49.520
 of our

00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:50.240
 auditorium

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:52.660
 maybe this

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:53.020
 morning

00:42:53.020 --> 00:42:55.240
 you want to

00:42:55.240 --> 00:42:55.620
 talk to

00:42:55.620 --> 00:42:56.000
 somebody

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:58.240
 maybe you

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:58.640
 came in

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.200
 here with a

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.700
 struggle

00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:00.120
 with a

00:43:00.120 --> 00:43:00.440
 doubt

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.760
 with a

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.240
 concern

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:02.860
 they would

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.180
 love to

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:03.580
 pray with

00:43:03.580 --> 00:43:03.700
 you

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:04.000
 love to

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.400
 encourage

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:05.020
 you

00:43:05.020 --> 00:43:06.600
 maybe this

00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:06.840
 morning

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.380
 you walked

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:07.720
 in

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:10.120
 you want

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:10.500
 to find out

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.680
 a little bit

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:11.040
 more about

00:43:11.040 --> 00:43:11.340
 this guy

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.500
 named

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.820
 Jesus

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:13.900
 what it

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.240
 means for

00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:14.540
 him to be

00:43:14.540 --> 00:43:15.040
 your savior

00:43:15.040 --> 00:43:15.540
 and Lord

00:43:15.540 --> 00:43:18.540
 that tug

00:43:18.540 --> 00:43:18.880
 that you're

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.400
 feeling at

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.860
 your heart

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:21.600
 here's what

00:43:21.600 --> 00:43:21.780
 we're going

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:21.980
 to ask

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.260
 that you

00:43:22.260 --> 00:43:22.640
 do

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:24.000
 that you

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.560
 respond

00:43:24.560 --> 00:43:24.820
 to that

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.100
 leading

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.400
 of the

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.660
 Lord

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:28.640
 great way

00:43:28.640 --> 00:43:28.920
 to do

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.260
 that is

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:29.600
 to let

00:43:29.600 --> 00:43:30.420
 either one

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.740
 of them

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.000
 know

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.200
 or

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:31.800
 I'll be

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.120
 down here

00:43:32.120 --> 00:43:32.620
 down front

00:43:32.620 --> 00:43:34.400
 and we

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:34.820
 can talk

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.100
 with you

00:43:35.100 --> 00:43:35.400
 we can

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.760
 pray with

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:35.940
 you

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:37.200
 we just

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.440
 want you

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.860
 to respond

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.080
 to the

00:43:38.080 --> 00:43:38.360
 Lord's

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.600
 calling

00:43:38.600 --> 00:43:38.840
 this

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.120
 morning

00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:40.640
 would you

00:43:40.640 --> 00:43:41.060
 guys all

00:43:41.060 --> 00:43:41.480
 stand

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.480
 as we

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:42.720
 worship

00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:55.540
 thanks again

00:43:55.540 --> 00:43:56.060
 for listening

00:43:56.060 --> 00:43:56.420
 to the

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.860
 Willow Ridge

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.200
 Church

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.560
 weekly

00:43:57.560 --> 00:43:58.180
 podcast

00:43:58.180 --> 00:43:58.920
 we hope

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.180
 that you

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.500
 enjoyed

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.820
 listening

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.200
 to this

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:00.460
 week's

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:00.760
 message

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:01.520
 if

00:44:01.520 --> 00:44:01.700
 you'd

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:01.820
 like

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.120
 to learn

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:02.360
 more

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.620
 about

00:44:02.620 --> 00:44:02.800
 who

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:02.960
 we

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.200
 are

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.520
 or

00:44:03.520 --> 00:44:03.860
 explore

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 additional

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